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November 2025 Bird News[]

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Sunday 30th November[]

  • Chelsea & Lambeth Reservoirs, Walton: f-type Garganey, 29 Teal, 2 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, Water Rail, 5 Redpoll [Private site] (Franko J Maroevic)
  • Greenwich Ecology Park: Little Grebe, Kestrel, Kingfisher, Cetti's Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Siskin (Conrad Ellam/Richard Green)
  • Greenwich Peninsula: Common Sandpiper on Thames foreshore (Conrad Ellam/Richard Green)
  • King George V Reservoir [permit only]: 10 Wigeon, 6 Goosander, 10 Goldeneye, Greater Scaup, Black-necked Grebe, Grey Phalarope & Black Redstart reported by others (Sam O'Donnell)
  • London Bridge: 8 Common Gull roosting on river furniture near bridge (Alan Hobson)
  • Oxleas Woods: 2 Firecrest, Buzzard, Goldcrest, Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay (Tim Rymer)
  • Queen Elizabeth II Reservoir: 2 Raven pair, feeding on dead gull & Red Kite [Permit only] (Franko J Maroevic)
  • Roding Valley Meadows NR "Great Horseley Meadow": 2 Stonechat, Red Kite, Buzzard, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk (RSa)
  • Ten Acre Wood area: m Pheasant, 2 Little Egret, 4 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, 3 Snipe, 6 Stock Dove, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, 14 Meadow Pipit, 8 Redwing, 3 Greenfinch (Neil Anderson)
  • Wimbledon Common: m Sparrowhawk hunting around the windmill, Redwing, 2 Coal Tit, Goldcrest, Great Spotted Woodpecker (observer?)

Saturday 29th November[]

  • Brent Reservoir: 32 Egyptian Goose grazing at Silver Jubilee Park (Will Griffin)
  • Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
  • Woodford Green: f/imm Goosander flew S at 11.05 [FOY], 30+ Redpolls over NW at 11.45, m Peregrine flew E at 15.24, 5 Redwing attempting to roost in grdn tree at 16.00 (Ken Murray)

Friday 28th November[]

  • Abney Park Cemetery: 2 Firecrest, Sparrowhawk, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Goldcrest, Jay, 11 Goldfinch, 14 Long-tailed Tit (Richard Beesly)
  • Crayford Marshes: 20+ Wigeon, 4 Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Little Egret, Red Kite, 3 Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Peregrine, 5 Avocet, 2 Grey Plover, c400 Lapwing, c300 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 30+ Redshank, c10 Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew, Skylark, 3 Water Pipit, 2+ Rock Pipit, 3 Meadow Pipit, Stonechat, c10 Fieldfare, 8+ Redwing, 4+ Cetti’s Warbler, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest (Ian Stewart)
  • Epping Forest "Connaught Water": Kingfisher, m Goosander, 4 Little Egret, {7 Ringed Teal} (RSa)
  • Greenwich Ecology Park: 2 Chiffchaff, Siskin (Conrad Ellam)
  • Lamorbey Park; Little Grebe, Little Egret (Mike Amos)
  • Thames Road Wetland, Crayford, Barnes Cray: Grey Wagtail, Song Thrush, 1 or 2 Water Rail (Chris Rose)

Wednesday 26th November[]

  • Brookmill Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
  • Glade Lane, Canalside Park, Southall: Red Kite, 2 Meadow Pipit, 37 Linnet, m Redpoll feeding with Linnets (Neil Anderson)
  • Sidcup: Skylark SE over station 11.05 (Ian Stewart)
  • Stratford: Chiffchaff at station (Ian Stewart)
  • Theydon Bois "Countryside in front of Blunt's Farm": 2 Stonechat, 2 Cetti's Warbler, Yellowhammer, 2 Skylark, 3 Greenfinch, 4 Snipe flushed, 2 Pheasant, c40 Linnet, c20 Reed Bunting, c20 Meadow Pipit, c10 Redwing, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Kestrel (RSa)
  • Walthamstow Wetlands: 14 Barnacle Goose, 10+ Pochard, 1+ Water Rail, Snipe, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, m Blackcap, 4 Cetti’s Warbler, 10+ Chiffchaff (Ian Stewart)
  • Warren Farm: Red Kite, Kestrel, 2 Fieldfare, 12 Redwing, 12 Rook, 4 Chaffinch, 3 Greenfinch (Neil Anderson)

Tuesday 25th November[]

  • Brookmill Park: 2 Little Egret, Song Thrush, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
  • Foots Cray Meadows: 3 Gadwall, 4+ Little Grebe, 3 Water Rail, 2 Kingfisher, 4 Redwing, 3 Cetti’s Warbler (Ian Stewart)
  • Hounslow Heath: 14 Redpoll, 10+ Redwing (Andy Roberts)
  • Joydens Wood: Grey Wagtail, 2 Firecrest, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Raven, Redpoll, 2 Brambling (Ian Stewart)
  • Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 2 Red Kite (Neil Batten)
  • Lesnes Abbey Woods: 2 Firecrest, Fieldfare, 10 Redwing, Greenfinch (Tim Rymer)
  • Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatch, 2 Coal Tit, 3 Firecrest, 16 Goldcrest, Nuthatch , 3 Treecreeper, Green Woodpecker (Ron Turner)
  • Sidcup, DA15: Red Kite W, Sparrowhawk (Ian Stewart)
  • Walthanstow Wetlands: Yellow-browed Warbler showed briefly at 09.25, near dragonfly pool [called once], 3 Chiffchaff, m Stonechat in same area, Kingfisher on Coppermill stream behind (Davey Leach)
  • Woodford Green: Song Thrush & Chaffinch in grdn, Red Kite & Redwing over by 10.45 (Ken Murray)

Monday 24th November[]

  • Belmont Open Space. Cockfosters/East Barnet: m Blackcap in adjoining garden (Bob Husband)
  • Hounslow Heath: 230 Woodpigeon [140 SW in one flock, 18 NE & 72 in trees - resting on migration?], Goldcrest, 20+ Redwing (Andy Roberts)
  • Oxleas Wood: 8 Goldcrest, 4 Firecrest (Ron Turner)
  • Perivale, UB6: Redwing, Redpoll over (Andrew Peel)
  • Walthamstow Wetlands: Yellow-browed Warbler still showing well either side of path between Engine House & East Warwick Reservoir (Walthamstow birders) No sign of YBW 13.00 - 15.15, 3 Shoveler, 15+ Pochard, Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, 3+ Cetti’s Warbler, 12+ Chiffchaff inc beige abietinus bird (Ian Stewart/Conrad Ellam)

Sunday 23rd November[]

  • Battersea Park: Tawny Owl being mobbed by Jays before flying 17.40, Goldcrest (Ollie Stone-Lee)
  • Chelsfield: 2 Buzzard, Meadow Pipit, c50 Fieldfare, 4+ Redwing, 1+ Firecrest, Redpoll, 2 Yellowhammer (Ian Stewart)
  • Ewell, Bourne Hall: Kingfisher, Cormorant, 40 Black-headed Gull [20 years ago there would be 100+ at this time of year] (Neil Batten)
  • Motspur Park: Firecrest (Charlie Alpera per Bob Smith)
  • Hampstead Heath: 6 Firecrest, 2 Teal pr, Pochard, 4 Gadwall, 2 Shoveler, Buzzard (Hampstead Heath Birders)
  • Oxleas Wood: Green Woodpecker, 7 Goldcrest, Nuthatch, 3 Firecrest (Ron Turner)
  • Petersham Meadows: 2 Stonechat, Kingfisher on adjacent Thames (Hugh Bradshaw)
  • Shrewsbury Park, SE18: Tawny Owl (Tim Rymer)
  • Swanscombe Marshes: Little Egret, 13 Lapwing, 4 Dunlin, 50 Redshank, Green Sandpiper, Curlew, 2 Meadow Pipit, 7 Stonechat, 2 Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Reed Bunting (Conrad Ellam)
  • Watts Farms, BR5: Red Kite, Buzzard, Kestrel, 2 Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit, 20+ Fieldfare, 6+ Redwing (Ian Stewart)
  • Walthamstow Wetlands: Yellow-browed Warbler around the picnic tables & dragonfly pond in willows & other bushes (Sam O'Donnell)

Saturday 22nd November[]

  • Bow Creek: Common Sandpiper, 4 Redshank, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Mute Swan (Tim Bray)
  • Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Kingfisher, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
  • East India Dock Basin: 18 Shelduck, 66 Teal, Little Egret (Tim Bray)
  • Woodford Green: 30+ Fieldfare W at 09.23, Buzzard escorted by 9 corvids, 4 Redwing E, Song Thrush in pond, Little Egret N by 16.00 (Ken Murray)

Friday 21st November[]

  • Battersea Park: 2 Tawny Owl pr left roost at 16.20, 23 Gadwall, 14 Shoveler (Michael Mac)
  • Brookmill Park: Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, Coal Tit (Conrad Ellam)
  • Foots Cray Meadows: 5+ Gadwall, 4+ Little Grebe, 2 Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, Water Rail, 2 Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, Stonechat, Redwing, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, Chiffchaff, 2+ Firecrest, Nuthatch, 2 Raven NW, 5+ Siskin (Ian Stewart/Michael Walker)
  • KGV Reservoir: Black-necked Grebe, Grey Phalarope, SW corner of North Basin (Jeremy Hurley)
  • Lamorbey Park: 2+ Teal, Little Grebe (Ian Stewart)
  • Queen Elizabeth II Reservoir: Black Redstart fem type, near Pier early PM. Permit only (Franko J Maroevic)
  • Rainham Marshes: Water Pipit (Francis O'Sullivan)
  • Sidcup, DA15: Redpoll SE (Ian Stewart)
  • Staines Reservoir: m Lesser Scaup NE corner of South Basin w/ Pochard/Tufted Duck (Andy Roberts)
  • Walthamstow Wetlands: Bittern in no.1 Reedbed (Sam O'Donnell); Yellow-browed Warbler, 2 Lapwing this morning (Walthamstow birders)

Wednesday 19th November[]

  • Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, 2 Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
  • Epping Forest "Connaught Water": 4 Goosander, 2 Kingfisher, f Smew (RSa)
  • Walthamstow Wetlands: Grey Plover briefly on High Maynard, Common Sandpiper (Walthamstow birders)

Tuesday 18th November[]

  • Staines Reservoir: Brent Goose [circled S basin twice at 13.15, before heading towards King George VI Res], first-winter Little Gull N Basin (Andy Roberts)
  • Greenford "UB6": Red Kite over, m Blackcap & 3 Greenfinch at feeders (Neil Anderson)
  • Horton CP: Cetti's Warbler at Field Pond (Bob Smith)
  • Joydens Wood: 16 Crossbill in usual tree in Picnic area, Sparrowhawk w/ live prey (Michael Mac et al)
  • Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 7 Goldcrest, 4 Firecrest, 4 Redwing, 2 Jackdaw, 3 Treecreeper (Ron Turner)


Monday 17th November[]

  • Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
  • Bush Hill Park, Enfield: Red Kite, Buzzard mobbed by 2 Carrion Crow, 7 Redwing over (Andrew Peel)
  • Chingford Plain/Connaught Water: f Smew, Woodcock, Treecreeper (James Palmer)
  • Enfield Playing Fields: Little Owl [site tick] (Phil Rhodes) - where was it, please? (James Palmer). Landed in front of us near dusk, along the path between the allotments and football pitches from Mafeking Rd. Thanks (JP)
  • Enfield Wash "Albany Park": Kingfisher (James Palmer)
  • Ladywell Fields: Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Goldcrest, Grey Wagtail, Mandarin Duck, Nuthatch (Tom Moulton et al)
  • Motspur Park: Firecrest (Bob Smith)
  • Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 7 Goldcrest, 4 Firecrest, 2 Jackdaw, 3 Treecreeper, 4 Redwing (Ron Turner)
  • Ruislip Lido: 13 Pochard, Great Egret, 2 Little Egret, 3 Red Kite together, Sparrowhawk, c8 Redpoll briefly in alder (Neil Anderson)

Sunday 16th November[]

  • Greenwich Ecology Park: Kestrel, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush, Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, Goldcrest (John Bushell/Conrad Ellam/Richard Green)
  • King George V Reservoir [Permit required]: Grey Phalarope still (via Birdguides)
  • Priest Hill: 5 Common Gull (Neil Batten)
  • Shrewsbury Park, SE18: 3 Firecrest, 3 Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Coal Tit (Tim Rymer)
  • Ten Acre Wood area: Teal, m Pheasant, 3 Red Kite, 4 Skylark, 4 Meadow Pipit, c30 Redwing (Neil Anderson)
  • Yeading Brook meadows: Little Egret, 2 Red Kite, 10 Common Gull, Kingfisher, Fieldfare (Neil Anderson)
  • Walthamstow Wetlands: 114 Brent Goose S, 34 Lapwing, Redpoll E, Goosander S, hundreds of Gulls SW (Sam O'Donnell)

Saturday 15th November[]

  • Aldenham Reservoir: Pink-footed Goose (Michael Robinson)
  • Crayford Marshes: 5 Water Pipit, Knot amongst flock of c80 Dunlin, 9 Ringed Plover, 87 Lapwing, c60 Redshank, Common Sandpiper, 3 Wigeon, 3 Redwing, Little Egret, 38 Teal, 2 Skylark, Sparrowhawk, f Blackcap (Tim Bray)
  • Foots Cray Meadows: 2 Gadwall, 7+ Little Grebe, Water Rail, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, c10 Redwing, Cetti’s Warbler, Chiffchaff, 14 Firecrest, Nuthatch, 3+ Treecreeper, Siskin (Ian Stewart)
  • Joydens Wood: 17 Crossbill, Redpoll, 5 Siskin, Raven (observer?)
  • King George V Reservoir [Permit required]: Grey Phalarope, f Red-breasted Merganser, m Goosander, Black-necked Grebe, Goldeneye, Oystercatcher, Raven, Grey Wagtail, several Pied Wagtail (Bob Husband/Tony Clancy/Eugene Dillon-Hooper et al)
  • Rainham Marshes: Dartford Warbler (Andrew Self)

Friday 14th November[]

  • Aldenham Reservoir: Pink-footed Goose (Allan Stewart)
  • Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Kingfisher, Song Thrush, 2 Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
  • Foots Cray Meadows: 2 Gadwall, 7 Little Grebe, 2 Little Egret, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Water Rail, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, 3+ Redwing, Chiffchaff, Firecrest (Ian Stewart)
  • Lamorbey Park: 2+ Teal, Little Grebe, Peregrine, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, Mistle Thrush (Ian Stewart)
  • Lee Valley, Seventy Acres Lake: Bittern seen at 10.00 in front of the Wildlife Discovery Centre (WDC volunteers)

Thursday 13th November[]

  • Aldenham CP: Pink-footed Goose for second day (via Birdguides)
  • Battersea Park: there was Herring Gull on the lake, perched on the boats, that had a dark back and which I think was an argentatus sub-species Herring Gull rather than a Yellow-legged Gull (James Palmer)
  • Bow Creek: 2 Common Sandpiper, Redshank, 2 Little Egret, 8 Shelduck, 18 Teal (Tim Bray)
  • East India Dock Basin: 12 Teal (Tim Bray)
  • Foots Cray Meadows: Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam); 2 Gadwall, 7 Little Grebe, 2 Little Egret, Water Rail, 2+ Redwing, 3 Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Firecrest, 10 Linnet (Ian Stewart)
  • Joydens Wood: 20 Crossbill, 4 Siskin, Raven (Conrad Ellam/Justin Sneddon/Robert Todd); Sparrowhawk, Redwing, 1+ Firecrest, 2+ Treecreeper, Rook, 2 Linnet, 7+ Siskin (Ian Stewart)
  • Lamorbey Park: 4 m Teal (Mike Amos)
  • Leatherhead "Randalls Way": Blackcap singing, 2 Red Kite, 4 Redwing W, 3 Pied Wagtail (Neil Batten)
  • Oxleas Wood: 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 5 Goldcrest, 6 Firecrest, 2 Nuthatch (Ron Turner)
  • Sidcup, DA14 “Honeydale Farm”: Red Kite, Buzzard, c10 Meadow Pipit, 10+ Linnet (Ian Stewart)
  • Worcester Park: Raven flew SE (Bob Smith)

Wednesday 12th November[]

  • Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Chiffchaff, Firecrest (Conrad Ellam)
  • Foots Cray Meadows: 2 Gadwall, 7 Little Grebe, 2 Little Egret, Peregrine, 4 Water Rail, 2+ Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, 2+ Redwing, 3 Cetti’s Warbler, Chiffchaff, 1+ Firecrest, 13 Linnet, Siskin (Ian Stewart)
  • Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: 2nd cy Caspian Gull on Round Pond early morning, 1st winter Mediterranean Gull on Serpentine pm (Bill Haines et al)
  • Oxleas Wood: Song Thrush, Green Woodpecker 7 Goldcrest, 9 Firecrest (Ron Turner)
  • Paradise Fields, Greenford: m Mandarin Duck on nearby canal, Cetti's Warbler, f Blackcap, Goldcrest, 3 Redwing (Neil Anderson)
  • Wimbledon Common: 3 Firecrest (Jon Reeves)

Tuesday 11th November[]

  • Epping Forest "Connaught Water": f Smew, Kingfisher, 7 Wigeon, 8 Shoveler, 6 Teal, 3 Little Egret , 10+ Cormorant, 2 Common Gull, {eclipse Falcated Teal} (RSa)
  • Foots Cray Meadows: 2 Gadwall, 7 Little Grebe, 2 Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, 2 Kingfisher, Redwing, Blackcap, Cetti’s Warbler, Firecrest (Ian Stewart)
  • Joydens Wood: Kestrel, 6+ Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, 20+ Goldcrest, 3+ Firecrest, 4+ Nuthatch, 4 Treecreeper, Raven, Redpoll, 4+ Siskin, 8 Crossbill in pines at picnic area (Ian Stewart)
  • Northolt & Greenford CP: Red Kite, Grey Wagtail, Cetti's Warbler (Neil Anderson)
  • Oxleas Wood: Green Woodpecker, 3 Goldcrest, 3 Firecrest, Buzzard (Ron Turner)
  • Upper College Farm: 4 Mute Swan [ad & 3 imm from Foots Cray Meadows], Little Grebe, 4 Stonechat, 12 Linnet (Ian Stewart)
  • Worcester Park: 40 Chaffinch, 20 Goldfinch, 200 Starling, 200 Stock Dove (Bob Smith)
  • Yeading Brook Meadows: Raven, 2 Red Kite, Buzzard, Kestrel, 27 Common Gull, 5 Redwing, 4 Fieldfare (Nigel Dodd)

Monday 10th November[]

  • Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
  • Brent Reservoir: Water Rail, Jack Snipe, 16 Snipe (James Palmer)
  • Foots Cray Meadows: 2 Gadwall, 7 Little Grebe, Little Egret, 2 Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, 1+ Redwing, Blackcap, Cetti’s Warbler, 4+ Firecrest, Nuthatch, Linnet (Ian Stewart)

Sunday 9th November[]

  • Brent Reservoir: Jack Snipe, 15 Snipe from Main Hide [key required], also reported Firecrest & Water Rail (NW London RSPB Group monthly Birdwalk/Bob Husband/John Colmans/Francis O'Sullivan/Sue Widdowfield et al) Full report on - group.rspb.org.uk/nwlondon
  • Cornmill Gardens: Kingfisher (Tom Moulton)
  • Foots Cray Meadows: 2 Gadwall, 6 Little Grebe, Little Egret, Water Rail, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, Redwing, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, Chiffchaff, Firecrest, Nuthatch, 2+ Linnet (Ian Stewart)
  • Joydens Wood: 2 Egyptian Goose, Pheasant, Buzzard, 3+ Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, 5 Redwing, 15+ Goldcrest, Nuthatch, 4+ Treecreeper, 2+ Linnet, c10 Siskin, 8+ Crossbill (Ian Stewart)
  • KGV Reservoir: Goosander, f/imm Red- breasted Merganser, Black-necked Grebe, Oystercatcher, Red Kite, Grey Wagtail (Jeremy Hurley)
  • Leg O' Mutton NR, Barnes: Chiffchaff, 2 Cetti's Warbler singing, 3 Goldcrest, 9 Long-tailed Tit, 39 Teal, 4 Shoveler, nearby ad Yellow-legged Gull on Thames foreshore late am (Franko J Maroevic)
  • Osterley Park: Peregrine, Buzzard, Red Kite, Sparrowhawk Little Owl calling, 10 Teal, 9 Gadwall, 10 Tufted Duck, Kingfisher, 2 Little Grebe, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, Firecrest (Nigel Dodd/Osterley Birders)
  • Priest Hill: 27 Common Gull, 11 Meadow Pipit, 5 Redwing, 3 Pied Wagtail am (Neil Batten)
  • Southfields: Red Kite abonove junction of Skeena Hill and Girdwood Road (Martin Honey)
  • Stockwell: Blackbird alarm calling [used to breed in this garden now very rare, House Sparrows also gone and suspect a local cat] (Michael Mac)
  • Ten Acre Wood area: 3 m Pheasant, 4 Grey Heron in field, 3 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 3 Snipe, 4 Stock Dove, 9 Meadow Pipit, 8 Chaffinch (Neil Anderson)
  • St Paul's "atop cross": Peregrine about 13.00 (Ken Murray)
  • Upper College Farm: Sparrowhawk, f Stonechat, Linnet (Ian Stewart)
  • Yeading Brook meadows: Little Egret, 5 Red Kite, Kestrel, 2 Snipe (Neil Anderson)
  • Worcester Park: Brambling (Mark Bravery per Bob Smith)

Saturday 8th November[]

  • Albany Park Station: Firecrest (Ian Stewart)
  • Crayford: Red Kite W over station (Ian Stewart)
  • Dartford Marshes: 40+ Gadwall, 5 Shoveler, 50+ Wigeon, 50+ Teal, 3 Pochard, 4 Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Little Egret, m Marsh Harrier, 2+ Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 26 Avocet, Grey Plover, 30+ Lapwing, 150+ Dunlin, 4 Common Sandpiper, 100+ Redshank, c30 Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew, Snipe, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, c70 Great Black-backed Gull, 5+ Skylark, 3+ Water Pipit, 10+ Meadow Pipit, 2 Grey Wagtail, 10 Stonechat, 7 Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, Greenfinch, 2 Siskin, 2 Reed Bunting (Ian Stewart/Conrad Ellam)
  • Epping Forest "Lippitt's Hill": Raven, Woodcock flushed, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, c100 Redwing (RSa)
  • Foots Cray Meadows: 2 Gadwall, f Shoveler, 5 Little Grebe, Little Egret, Water Rail, 2 Kingfisher, Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, Redwing, 3 Cetti’s Warbler, 3+ Firecrest, Nuthatch, Greenfinch (Ian Stewart)
  • Hampstead Heath: 2 Great Egret NW over Pryor’s Field (Hampstead Heath Birders)
  • Horton CP: 3 Peregrine (Bob Smith)
  • Knights Reservoir, Walton: Common Sandpiper (Franko J Maroevic)
  • Lonsdale Rd Res [part of WeBS]: 69 Teal, 4 Shoveler, Green Sandpiper (Neil Anderson)
  • Queen Elizabeth II Reservoir, Walton: 2 Raven flew over then E 11.07 [permit access only] (Franko J Maroevic)
  • Perivale, UB6: Meadow Pipit, c80 Woodpigeon over 09.00 (Andrew Peel)
  • Walthamstow Wetlands: Great White Egret, Goldeneye, Common Sandpiper, 4 Snipe, 14 Barnacle Goose, Skylark N (Sam O'Donnell)

Friday 7th November[]

  • Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Chiffchaff, 2 Firecrest, Siskin (Conrad Ellam/Ian Stewart)
  • Bushy Park: adult Mediterranean Gull on Diana Fountain lake, no sign of yesterday's Black Redstart at Hawthorn Lodge (Mike Wheeler)
  • Fishers Green: Water Rail, 2 Fieldfare, 3+ Siskin (Phil Rhodes)
  • Foots Cray Meadows: 5 Gadwall, f/imm Goosander, 4+ Little Grebe, Little Egret, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Water Rail, 3 Kingfisher, Skylark, 3+ Grey Wagtail, 2 Stonechat, Redwing, Mistle Thrush, Cetti’s Warbler, Chiffchaff, 16+ Goldcrest, 4 Firecrest, Nuthatch, 3+ Siskin (Ian Stewart)
  • Mayflower Park: 2 Chiffchaff (Bob Smith)
  • Old Park Wood, Harefield: 4+ Firecrest, Crossbill heard over, Siskin heard over, 23 Wigeon grazing in adjoining field (William Atkinson)
  • Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Goldcrest, 7 Firecrest, Nuthatch (Ron Turner)
  • Russia Dock Woodland: Woodcock (Conrad Ellam)
  • Thames Road Wetland, Crayford, Barnes Cray: 2 or 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Water Rail, Grey Wagtail (Chris Rose)
  • Worcester Park: f Brambling, 27 Chaffinch, 130 Stock Dove, 60 Jackdaw on horse fields (Bob Smith)

Thursday 6th November[]

  • Chalk Wood: Firecrest (Conrad Ellam)
  • Danson Park: 2 Gadwall, 4 Little Grebe, 3 Great Crested Grebe, Little Egret, 2-3 Water Rail, c40 Common Gull, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, Redwing, Cetti’s Warbler, Chiffchaff, Firecrest, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 3+ Siskin (Ian Stewart)
  • Ewell Village: 7 Redwing SW am (Neil Batten)
  • Foots Cray Meadows: 5 Gadwall, f/imm Goosander, 5 Little Grebe, Little Egret, Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Water Rail, 2+ Kingfisher, 2 Meadow Pipit, 5 Grey Wagtail, 2 Stonechat, c10 Redwing, 3 Mistle Thrush, 3 Cetti’s Warbler, Chiffchaff, 15+ Goldcrest, 4 Firecrest, Treecreeper, 2 Redpoll, c10 Siskin (Ian Stewart)
  • Horton Country Park: 7 Redwing, Water Rail on Meadow Pond (Bob Smith)
  • Leatherhead "Randalls Way": Red Kite, Buzzard, f Sparrowhawk, 50+ Herring Gull (Neil Batten)
  • Oxleas Wood: 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatch, 9 Goldcrest, 4 Firecrest (Ron Turner)
  • Richmond Park: 56 Greylag Goose, 5 Gadwall, Teal, 3 Pochard, 12 Great Crested Grebe, 42 Common Gull, 5 Meadow Pipit, 3 Fieldfare, 30+ Redwing, m Dartford Warbler, 4 Stonechat, 2 Redpoll (Neil Anderson)
  • Staines Reservoir: 8 Black-necked Grebe (Dave Kiddell)
  • Woodford Green: Yellow-browed Warbler briefly on my grdn, Elder at 08.00 - my 2nd for the year, also several flocks c40 Redwing S, Pied Wagtail E - my 2nd for the year, Song Thrush, f Blackcap by mid-day (Ken Murray)

Wednesday 5th November[]

  • Brookmill Park: Firecrest (Conrad Ellam)
  • Foots Cray Meadows: 4 Gadwall, f/imm Goosander, 2+ Little Grebe, 2 Little Egret, Buzzard, 2+ Kingfisher, Skylark, 4 Grey Wagtail, 4+ Redwing, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, Chiffchaff, Firecrest, 4+ Siskin (Ian Stewart)
  • Lamorbey Park: imm Mute Swan, Cormorant, Little Egret, 4+ Teal, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Mike Amos)
  • London Wetland Centre: Glossy Ibis, Bittern, 7 Siskin (Francis O'Sullivan)
  • Minet CP: 2 Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, Grey Wagtail, 5 Meadow Pipit, f Stonechat, 10+ Redwing (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
  • Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatch, 6 Goldcrest, 4 Firecrest, 9 Redwing (Ron Turner)

Tuesday 4th November[]

  • Bankside: 2 Peregrine, 2 Blackcap, Chiffchaff (Reuben Braddock)
  • Beddington Farmlands: 2 Little Egret, Kestrel, 5+ Little Grebe (Joel Pollard)
  • Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Blackcap, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
  • Foots Cray Meadows: 4 Gadwall, f/imm Goosander, Pheasant, 4+ Little Grebe, 2 Little Egret, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 3+ Kingfisher, Meadow Pipit, 5+ Grey Wagtail, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 2+ Chiffchaff, c20 Goldcrest, 4+ Firecrest, Nuthatch, 1+ Linnet, Redpoll, 5+ Siskin (Ian Stewart)
  • Hounslow Heath "08.15": 445 Woodpigeon S/SW [largest flock 180], 20+ Redwing, 19 Chaffinch, 10 Greenfinch (Andy Roberts)
  • Ickenham: Raven (Steve Dungey)
  • Kingston Town Centre: Peregrine carrying rat over Castle Street (Jon Reeves)
  • Lamorbey Park: 2 imm Mute Swan [first here in a few years], 3+ Teal (Ian Stewart)
  • Oxleas Wood: 2 Nuthatch, 13 Firecrest, 4 Goldcrest, 2 Treecreeper (Ron Turner)
  • Sidcup Place: Firecrest (Ian Stewart)
  • Upper Cray Valley: 4+ Gadwall, 7+ Little Grebe, 2 Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, 3 Mistle Thrush, 10+ Redwing, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 6+ Goldcrest, Firecrest, 4+ Linnet, c20 Greenfinch, Siskin (Ian Stewart)
  • Yeading Brook Meadows: Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 14 Common Gull, 2 Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Grey Wagtail, Chiffchaff, Meadow Pipit, 6 Redwing (Nigel Dodd)

Monday 3rd November[]

  • Brookmill Park: Little Egret (Conrad Ellam)
  • Crayford Rough: 4 Redwing, m Blackcap, Chiffchaff (Ian Stewart)
  • Foots Cray Meadows: 4 Gadwall, f/imm Goosander, 4+ Little Grebe, 3 Little Egret, 2+ Water Rail, 1+ Kingfisher, Meadow Pipit, 5+ Redwing, 12+ Goldcrest, 3 Firecrest, Treecreeper (Ian Stewart)
  • London Wetland Centre: Long-eared Owl seen along the sheltered lagoon being mobbed by Magpies (Sevim Demir/Shailesh Patel)
  • Oxleas Wood: 6 Firecrest (Ron Turner)

Sunday 2nd November[]

  • Bessborough Reservoir, Walton: f Merlin flew N 12.58, 5 Red Kite, 8 Chaffinch flew W (Franko J Maroevic/Jerry Nightingale)
  • Crossness Foreshore: Common Sandpiper, Kingfisher, Wigeon (Sam Reason)
  • Foots Cray Meadows: 4 Gadwall, f/imm Goosander, 6 Little Grebe, Little Egret, Buzzard, Peregrine, 2+ Water Rail, 3 Kingfisher, 5 Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, 3 Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 3+ Firecrest, 2 Linnet, 3+ Siskin (Ian Stewart)
  • Greenwich Ecology Park: Little Grebe, Song Thrush, 2 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff (John Bushell/Conrad Ellam)
  • Harefield GPs: Water Rail [first sighting here], Kingfisher, 20+ Siskin, Buzzard harassed by Carrion Crows, numerous large flocks 100+ Stock Dove over W during the morning (Nigel Barratt)
  • London Wetland Centre: juv Glossy Ibis appeared at 12.15, showing very well in the area between the Peacock Tower & the Wader Scrape hide (Neil Batten)
  • Staines Moor: Water Pipit, 9 Stonechat, 2 Chiffchaff (Iain Darbyshire)
  • Petersham Meadows: a pair of Stonechat (Hugh Bradshaw)
  • Ten Acre Wood area: 4 f Pheasant together [family?], 6 Grey Heron [inc 4 feeding in newly cut field], Little Egret, 4 Red Kite, Buzzard, Kestrel, 11 Skylark, 10+ Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, 2 Stonechat, 8 Redwing, 4 Redpoll (Neil Anderson)

Saturday 1st November[]

  • Clapton Pond: Grey Wagtail (James Palmer)
  • Crossness: 2 Little Egret, Buzzard, 2 Avocet, 23 Lapwing, 250 Redshank, Common Sandpiper, 150 Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew, 2 Fieldfare, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
  • Foots Cray Meadows: 2 Gadwall, f/imm Goosander, 6+ Little Grebe, Little Egret, Buzzard, Kestrel, Water Rail, 2+ Kingfisher, Meadow Pipit, 3 Grey Wagtail, 6+ Redwing, m Blackcap, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, Chiffchaff, c20 Goldcrest, 6+ Firecrest, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 2 Linnet, Redpoll, 10+ Siskin, 2 Crossbill S (Ian Stewart)
  • Horton CP: Cetti's Warbler at Meadow Pond (Bob Smith)
  • Shrewsbury Park, SE18: Firecrest, Nuthatch, Goldcrest, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay (Tim Rymer)
  • Waterworks NR: Kingfisher (James Palmer)
  • Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Firecrest (Sam O'Donnell)