October 2024

Bird News October 2024

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Thursday 31st October

• Bayhurst Wood OS: m Stonechat (Richard Francis)
• Bushy Park: Firecrest (Tim Vine)
• Enfield area "private access": 3 Little Grebe, Grey Heron, 5 Tufted Duck, m Kestrel, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Pied Wagtail, 11 Dunnock, 4 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Redwing, 2 Goldcrest, 2 m Chaffinch, 12 Greenfinch, 15 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
• Greenwich Park: Firecrest, 4 Redwing, Nuthatch (Conrad Ellam)
• Leatherhead "Randalls Way": Red Kite, 2 Redwing SW, 2 Pied Wagtail pr, 60+ Herring Gull, 2 Cormorant over (Neil Batten)
• London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Skylark, 2 Chiffchaff, Little Grebe (WWT)
• Rayners Lane, HA2: Green Woodpecker, garden, Red Kite over (Tim Rymer)
• South Lodge Farm, Enfield: 5 Egyptian Goose (Robert Callf)
• Trent Park: 2 Cormorant, 4 Mandarin [3 m f], f Tufted Duck, 4 Moorhen, 3 Blackbird, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Jay (Robert Callf)

Wednesday 30th October

• Brent Reservoir: Scaup on North Marsh (Steve Blake)
• Brookmill Park: Little Egret (Conrad Ellam)
• Ealing Common: 2 Hawfinch N, 2 Redpoll N, Fieldfare N, 3 Collared Dove W, 11 Redwing, 8 Chaffinch, 19 Goldfinch S, 2 Blackbird N, Grey Wagtail (Freddie Matthews)
• Epping Forest "around Highams Park Lake": 5 Firecrest, Treecreeper, 4 Goldcrest, 6 Nutatch, 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Gadwall, 3 Pochard (Joe Dickens)
• Enfield area "private access": 3 Little Grebe, 6 Tufted Duck, 2 Red Kite, 7 Red-legged Partridge, 3 Skylark, 14 Meadow Pipit, 21 Pied Wagtail, 3 m Stonechat together, 3 Blackbird, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
• Ladywell: Peregrine perched on water tower for 1.5 hours (Sam Reason)
• Lake Farm CP: Short-eared Owl flew in from E mobbed by crows, then departed SW 07.48 (Dave Morris per FJM )
• Rainham Marshes: Long-billed Dowitcher at Rainham RSPB (Dave Smith et al); 30+ Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Curlew, 20+ Avocet, 10 Snipe, 2 Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, 2 Rock Pipit, 30+ Meadow Pipit, 3 Skylark, 6 Redwing, Firecrest, 2 Great Egret, 10 Stonechat, Pintail, Wigeon, Great Crested Grebe (RSPB); Long-billed Dowitcher showed well at times on Purfleet scrape from 14.30 to 16.15 at least feeding with Snipe, 6+ Pintail, Great White Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Water Rail, 30+ Lapwing, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 5+ Redshank, Curlew, Kingfisher, 3+ Meadow Pipit, 2 Grey Wagtail, Stonechat, 6+ Cetti’s Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, Siskin, Reed Bunting (Ian Stewart)
• Richmond Park: juv Pomarine Skua SW w/ 2 Herring Gull 08.15, 2 Rock Pipit SW, 11 Ring Ouzel NW/SE, 2 Hawfinch N (R Kaye/P Pentek/D Brasier); Jack Snipe, Dartford Warbler in bracken south of Lower Pen Pond (Jon Reeves); 2 Dartford Warbler - Pond Slade, 3 Firecrest (D Brasier); Lapwing, 14 Fieldfare, c100 Redwing, 9 Meadow Pipit, m Bullfinch (Neil Anderson); imm male Peregrine, 150+ Fieldfare, 2+ Raven, Brambling W (J Wilczur et al); 4 Firecrest (P Redmond)
• Sidcup, DA15: Hawfinch WNW 07.04 quite low, uttered a couple of thin squeaks, Tawny Owl calling around 04.30, 3 Grey Wagtail E together, 16+ Redwing inc several calls after 22.00, Redpoll (Ian Stewart)
• Trent Park: Cormorant, Grey Heron, 2 Pochard pr, m Tufted Duck, Buzzard, 8 Black-headed Gull, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Mistle Thrush, Goldcrest & Firecrest foraging in holly, Moat Wd, 3 Jay (Robert Callf)
• Walthamstow Marshes: Nuthatch [Springfield Park], 2 Stonechat, 20+ Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, 5 Teal, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 8 Redwing, 30+ Linnet (Richard Beesly)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: 3 Black-necked Grebe, Kingfisher, Pheasant, Kestrel, 3 Little Egret, 2 Teal, 3 Shoveler, 7 Little Grebe, Cetti’s Warbler, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Richard Beesly)

Tuesday 29th October

• Enfield area "private access": 3 Little Grebe, 2 Tufted Duck pr, 2 Green Woodpecker, Meadow Pipit, 19 Pied Wagtail, m Stonechat, 3 Blackbird, Redwing, 15 Rook foraging on field, 3 Chaffinch, Greenfinch, 14 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
• Greenwich Park: 2 Little Grebe, 4 Egyptian Goose, 2 Grey Wagtail (Ray Crouch)
• Hampstead Heath: 3 Stonechat, 2 Redwing, 34 Mandarin Duck (Francis O'Sullivan)
• Kew Gardens: 3 Mandarin Duck, m Gadwall, 2 first-winter m Shoveler, m Sparrowhawk, 10 Stock Dove, 6 Redwing, 5 Goldcrest (Neil Anderson)
• Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 14 Redwing E (Neil Batten)
• Richmond Park: 7 Redpoll, 3 Dartford Warbler, Water Rail, 2 Linnet, 3 Teal, Raven (Freddie Matthews)
• Trent Park: 3 Cormorant, Grey Heron, m Shoveler, 2 Pochard pr, 6 Tufted Duck, Kestrel, 2 Green Woodpecker {Speckled Wood} (Robert Callf); Firecrest, 5 Nuthatch, 4 Treecreeper (Eugene Dillon-Hooper per RM Callf)
• Totteridge Valley/ Darlands Lake: Great White Egret NE [2nd site rec], Greylag SW, Common Buzzard SW, 4 Skylark SW, 7 Mistle Thrush, 99 Redwing, House Sparrow W, 9 Meadow Pipit SW, 106 Chaffinch NW, Brambling W, 7 Greenfinch, 4 Linnet, 2 Lesser Redpoll, 10 Siskin, Reed Bunting [full count here] (Samuel Levy)
• Waterworks NR: Little Egret, 2 m Common Pochard, f Kestrel, 2 Peregrine {Muntjac Deer} (Gary A James)
• Wimbledon Common: 14 Firecrest (Jon Reeves)

Monday 28th October

• Broadwater Lake: f Goldeneye, Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, Chiffchaff, 2 Gadwall pr, 4 m Pochard, Cetti's Warbler singing (William Atkinson)
• Bromley Common: Stonechat, Chiffchaff (Jack Headley)
• Enfield area "private access": 3 Little Grebe, 2 Tufted Duck pr, m Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Meadow Pipit, 38 Pied Wagtail, 2 Blackbird, Linnet (Robert Callf)
• Foots Cray Meadows: Water Rail, Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
• Hall Marsh: Cattle Egret, 2 Chiffchaff (Simon Papps)
• Holyfield Farm: 8 Skylark, 2 Stonechat, 15 Barnacle Goose, Song Thrush, 4 Rook, Red-legged Partridge, Kestrel (John Emerson)
• St Paul's Cray: Redpoll E over Kelsey Road garden 07.14 (Jack Headley)
• Sewardstone Marsh: Great White Egret flew S/W across marsh & onto KGV reservoir 14.13 (Neville Smith)
• Trent Park: 2 Cormorant, Grey Heron, m Shoveler, 2 Pochard pr, m Tufted Duck, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Redwing, 4 Mistle Thrush, Goldcrest, Treecreeper, 2 Jay {Weasel edge of Moat Wd} (Robert Callf)

Sunday 27th October

• Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, 2 Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
• Dagenham Chase: Cattle Egret flew E 08.20 (Andrew Self)
• Edmonton, N9: {Speckled Wood} (Dobrina Dobreva per RM Callf)
• Epping Forest "Dannet's Hill/Chingford Plain": Stonechat, Reed Bunting, Yellowhammer [to my knowledge this represents the first Yellowhammer on CP since Jan 1st 2011] (Ken Murray) 👍 Meadow Pipit, 15 Redwing, Red Kite, Buzzard, 2 Greenfinch (RSa)
• Hampstead Heath: Red Kite, 3 Buzzard, 2,000 Woodpigeon - mostly SW, 25 Redwing, 50 Chaffinch, 20 Goldfinch, 6 Siskin, 3 Redpoll, 10 Greenfinch, 15 Meadow Pipit, 3 Skylark, 35 Lesser Black-backed Gull over, 10 Alba wagtail, 3 Stonechat, Cetti’s Warbler near Highgate 1 (Hampstead H Birders)
• Mayflower Park: m and f Bearded Tit (Bill and Janis Reid per Bob Smith)-note m and f seen at Hogsmill LNR on same day(Surrey Bird Club)
• Middlesex Filter Beds: Firecrest, Chiffchaff (Jon Agar)
• Oakwood Park: m Nuthatch {2 Small Copper - presumably 4th brood individuals?} (Robert Callf)
• Osterley Park Farm: 2 Stonechat, Kestrel, Buzzard, Red Kite (Francis O'Sullivan)
• Ponders End Lake: young Purple Heron imaged in flight at dusk (A Middleton)
• Richmond Park: 3 Goosander W, imm Glaucous Gull SW w/ 32 Herring Gull 09.50, Merlin SW 09.00, Great White Egret SW, 15 Ring Ouzel including flocks of 7 and 5 W/SW, Bullfinch dropped in from NW, Hawfinch SW (R Kaye/P Penteck)
• Sewardstone Marsh: Firecrest (A Middleton)
• St Anne's Churchyard, Limehouse: Peregrine present on church tower early evening (Tim Bray)
• Strawberry Hill House Gardens, Twickenham: Firecrest w/ Goldcrest along woodland walk (Mike Wheeler)
• Ten Acre Wood area: 12 Red Kite [incl 9 sitting in sun on 2 adjacent oaks], 120+ Woodpigeon S, 13 Skylark flock feeding, 4 Meadow Pipit, 9 Pied Wagtail, 10 Redwing S, Mistle Thrush, 2 Reed Bunting, 3 Linnet, 6 Chaffinch S (Neil Anderson)
• Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 2 Teal, Buzzard, Kestrel, 3 Skylark, 6 Meadow Pipit, 4 Rook, c40 Chaffinch, Siskin, c15 Linnet, 2 Greenfinch {2 Red Admiral S} (John Colmans) Also 1870 Woodpigeon SW, 3 Little Egret, Peregrine N, 46 Magpie W, 13 Skylark, 152 Redwing W, Ring Ouzel W, 11 Meadow Pipit, 146 Chaffinch, 3 Brambling, 9 Greenfinch, 17 Linnet, 4 Lesser Redpoll, 19 Siskin [full totals here] (Samuel Levy)
• Town Park, Enfield: Little Grebe, 2 Mute Swan pr, 31 Shoveler [a record count for this site?], 14 Tufted Duck, 23 Black-headed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull (Robert Callf)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: 3 Black-necked Grebe, Great White Egret, Rock Pipit, Wheatear, Common Sandpiper, 20 Lapwing, 3+ Skylark over, 10+ Siskin over, Barnacle Goose, 2 Stonechat (Walthamstow Birders)
• Yeading Brook meadows: Little Egret, 3 Red Kite, f Sparrowhawk, 3 Snipe, 12 Common Gull, Meadow Pipit (Neil Anderson)

Saturday 26th October

• Brent Reservoir: 2 Little Egret, 4+ Cetti’s Warbler, 113+ Woodpigeon flew S (Steve Blake)
• Broadwater Lake: Great Black-backed Gull, Chiffchaff incl singing (William Atkinson)
• Brockley & Ladywell Cemetery: 5 Goldcrest, 2 Coal Tit, Redwing, Chiffchaff, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Song Thrush (Sam Reason/Bekki Stewart)
• Broomfield Park, Palmers Green: Little Grebe, 6 Mute Swan [pr w/ four first-winter], 4 Egyptian Goose, 6 Tufted Duck, ad Black-headed Gull w/ metal ring from Lithuania [ring code reported - ringed as a pullus in 2014], ad Common Gull, Pied Wagtail, Jay, 9 Greenfinch (Robert Callf)
• Crossness: Kestrel, 2 Brent Goose, 20+ Lapwing, 20+ Dunlin, 150+ Redshank, Common Sandpiper, 100+ Black-tailed Godwit, Snipe, Barn Owl, 2 Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting (John Bushell & Conrad Ellam)
• Oak Avenue LNR, Hanworth: Firecrest, Chiffchaff in large Sallow near mound. (Franko J Maroevic)
• Rainham Marshes: Great Egret, Hawfinch over (Andrew Self)
• Raynes Park "SW20": Grey Heron low N over garden at 15.40 (P Redmond)
• Richmond Park: Dartford Warbler, 2 Firecrest, Rook NE, Raven N, 2 Skylark S, Cetti’s Warbler, Mistle Thrush, 13 Common Gull (Freddie Matthews)
• Troy Mill Lake: Black-necked Grebe, 16+ Wigeon, 4 Egyptian Goose, Cetti's Warbler heard singing, Linnet over (William Atkinson)

Friday 25th October

• Forty Hall CP, Enfield: 6 Egyptian Goose [4 adults & 2 juvs], 52 Black-headed Gull, Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatch, Coal Tit (Robert Callf)
• Perivale Park: Red Kite, f Stonechat, 2 Redwing, 4 Chaffinch (Neil Anderson)
• Rainham Marshes: Short-eared Owl, Brambling (Andrew Self); probable Dusky Warbler along entrance road, 3 Hawfinch SE, 210 Gadwall, 44 Wigeon, 59 Shoveler, 23 Pintail, 38 Pochard, 9 Tufted Duck, 3500 Woodpigeon S, 4 Water Rail, 28 Avocet, Golden Plover, 10 Curlew, 90 Black-tailed Godwit, 28 Snipe, 11 Dunlin, 5 Common Gull, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, Great White Egret, 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, Short-eared Owl, 2 Kingfisher, Peregrine, 14 Bearded Tit, 7 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 3 Goldcrest, 3 Firecrest, 14 Song Thrush, 170 Redwing, 12 Blackbird, 4 Stonechat, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Water Pipit, Rock Pipit, 65 Chaffinch, 4 Greenfinch, 27 Linnet, Lesser Redpoll, 49 Goldfinch S, 3 Siskin (Samuel Levy/Ben Rumsby et al)
• Richmond Park: 6 Mistle Thrush E, Blackbird SW, Song Thrush S, 260 Redwing SW/NE, 8 Ring Ouzel SW/SE, 185 Starling SW, 11 alba Wagtail SW, 3 Grey Wagtail SW, 6 Skylark SW, Rook SW, 52 Chaffinch SW, 5 Brambling SW, 13 Siskin SW, 2 Hawfinch S 11.15 (R Kaye)

Thursday 24th October

• Battersea Park: 2 Tawny Owl pr left roost 17.50, Sparrowhawk, 14 Mandarin Duck, 5 Shoveler, 3 Egyptian Goose (Michael Mac)
• Bay Farm, Enfield: Red Kite, 25 Stock Dove, f Stonechat (Robert Callf)
• Brookmill Park: Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
• Capel Manor: 2 Firecrest along western perimeter path, 40 metres South of house (Neville Smith)
• Connaught Water "Epping Forest": Kingfisher, 30 Shoveler, 3 Grey Heron (Daniel Whitelegg)
• Greenwich Park: Tawny Owl (Ray Crouch)
• Hainault CP: m Stonechat, Meadow Pipit, Buzzard, 50 Shoveler (Daniel Whitelegg)
• Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 2 Egyptian Goose, 3 Mandarin Duck, 2 Teal pr, 3 Red Kite, c30 Skylark, Meadow Pipit, 2 Rook, c50 Chaffinch, 10 Greenfinch, c60 Linnet {3 Darter sp} (John Colmans); 5 Mandarin Duck, 64 Stock Dove, 2320 Woodpigeon SW, 7 Black-headed Gull, 7 Common Gull, Cormorant SW, Grey Heron W, 2 Sparrowhawk NE, 2 Kestrel NE, 65 Magpie SW [inc flock of 38 at 09.06], 203 Jackdaw W, 2 Skylark W, Chiffchaff, 6 Goldcrest, 2 Firecrest, 108 Starling, 272 Redwing W, 2 Grey Wagtail, 6 Pied Wagtail, 33 Meadow Pipit, 104 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 7 Linnet SW, 2 Lesser Redpoll SW, 32 Goldfinch SW, 32 Siskin [more detailed vis mig counts here] (Samuel Levy)

Wednesday 23rd October

• Capel Manor: Firecrest along western perimeter path 50 metres N of the house 08.20 (Neville Smith)
• Crossness "Riverside": Kingfisher, 3 Dunlin, c50 Black-tailed Godwit, c100 Teal, 6 Shoveler, 2 Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff 16.30 (Sam Reason)
• Enfield area "private access": 3 Little Grebe, 3 Tufted Duck, Buzzard, Red-legged Partridge, 4 Green Woodpecker, m Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Skylark, 12 Meadow Pipit, 24 Pied Wagtail, 2 Blackbird, 14 Long-tailed Tit, 12 Chaffinch, 8 Greenfinch, 18 Goldfinch, 7 Linnet {Red Admiral, Speckled Wood} (Robert Callf)
• Hollow Ponds: Buzzard, f Pochard (Daniel Whitelegg)
• Hounslow Heath [08.15-08.45]: 302 Woodpigeon SW [largest flock 180], 29 Chaffinch W, 11 Starling W, 12 Redwing mainly W (Andy Roberts)
• Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 60+ Herring Gull in afternoon roost (Neil Batten)
• London Wetland Centre: Bittern (Jon Reeves)
• Petts Wood: Meadow Pipit, c90 Redwing W, Chiffchaff, 2 Firecrest, 3+ Siskin (Jack Headley)
• Shirehall Farm, Dartford: pretty sure there is a flock of Golden Plover in the middle of the field, Meadow Pipit, Skylark, Buzzard, Kestrel, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Linnet (Pete Coates)
• Stoneleigh Broadway, KT17: 4 Redwing SW, 3 Pied Wagtail (Neil Batten)
• Trent Park: Grey Heron, 5 Mandarin Duck [4 m f], 2 Pochard pr, Grey Wagtail, 2 Chiffchaff {Red Admiral} (Robert Callf)
• Waltham Abbey, Town Mead: Yellow-browed Warbler in SW corner [150m N of M25] at 13.40 (Simon Papps)
• Wanstead Flats: 6 Meadow Pipit (Daniel Whitelegg)
• Wanstead Park: Kingfisher (Daniel Whitelegg)

Tuesday 22nd October

• Boxer's Lake, Enfield: 2 Mute Swan pr, 2 Greylag Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, m Shoveler, 4 Tufted Duck, 29 Black-headed Gull, Grey Wagtail (Robert Callf)
• Dagenham Chase: Marsh Harrier, Buzzard, 2 Green Sandpiper, 135 Woodpigeon SW (Andrew Self)
• Enfield area "private access": 2 Little Grebe, 2 Tufted Duck, Red Kite, Buzzard, m Kestrel, 2 Common Gull, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Meadow Pipit, 22 Pied Wagtail, 2 Redwing, Raven, 4 Chaffinch, 25 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch, 7 Linnet {Red Admiral} (Robert Callf)
• Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 2 Red Kite circling together pm (Neil Batten)
• Oak Hill Park: Red Kite (Clive Herbert)
• Orpington "Gorse Road/Skeet Hill Lane": Peregrine, c35 Meadow Pipit, 21 Skylark, Raven, 19 Linnet (Jack Headley)
• Sewardstone Marsh: Yellow-browed Warbler calling in scrub south corner of open marsh under the wires by footpath 09.00 [Location as per previous sighting on 12th] (A Middleton)
• Stoneleigh Broadway, KT17: 6 Pied Wagtail, m Sparrowhawk (Neil Batten)
• Southwark Park: 20 Jackdaw, 8 Gadwall (John & Janet Cadera)
• Trent Park: Water Rail, 2 Buzzard, 11 Meadow Pipit, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Jay & Magpies mobbing a perched Buzzard as I left (Michael Mac); 2 f Tufted Duck {2 Comma, Small Copper, Dock Bug} (Robert Callf)
• Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 2 Hawfinch [1 SW 07.46, 1 N 08.44], 7 Egyptian Goose, 63 Stock Dove, 1040 Woodpigeon SW, 24 Black-headed Gull, 8 Common Gull, Cormorant NE, 2 Skylark, S, Swallow SW, Mistle Thrush E, 46 Redwing W, 68 Meadow Pipit SW, 65 Chaffinch W, 25 Greenfinch, 15 Linnet, Lesser Redpoll NE, 60 Goldfinch SW, 4 Siskin NE, Reed Bunting SE [full vis mig totals here] (Samuel Levy)
• Epping Forest "Strawberry Hill Pond": 15 [8 m 7 f] Mandarin Duck (J M Hurley)

Monday 21st October

• Bay Farm, Enfield: Red Kite, 2 Stonechat pr (Robert Callf)
• Brookmill Park: Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
• Bushy Park: 7 Siskin, 26 Meadow Pipit, 8 Stonechat, Dartford Warbler, 3 Cetti's Warbler (John Strachan)
• Dagenham Chase: Bearded Tit in reeds at south end of Bardag (Andrew Self)
• Enfield area "private access": 3 Little Grebe, 2 Tufted Duck, Kestrel, Green Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, 48 Pied Wagtail, Ring Ouzel circled high & alighted in top of oak, Song Thrush, 3 Chaffinch, 12 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
• Gordon Hill Station, Enfield: {Feathered Thorn} (Robert Callf)
• Ladywell Fields: 2 Coal Tit, 2 Goldcrest, Chiffchaff, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatch, Redwing (Tom Moulton et al)
• Pool River/Ravensbourne River confluence, Catford: Yellow-browed Warbler, together with a small flock of Long-tailed Tit, and my first for the site at 16.05 (Paul Moss)
• Rainham Marshes: 3 Great White Egret, 2 Swallow, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Siskin (Andrew Self); Raven, c150 Lapwing, c25 Avocet, c50 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Curlew, 3 Snipe, 7 Redshank on Thames shore, 5 Pintail, c6 Shelduck, 3 Chiffchaff, Water Rail, c5 Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier (William Atkinson)
• Rectory Farm, Enfield: 44+ Collared Dove {Willow Emerald Damselfly} (Robert Callf)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Black-necked Grebe, 15 Barnacle Goose, Common Sandpiper, Water Rail [heard only], Peregrine, 3 Chiffchaff, Cetti’s Warbler, 5 Teal, 7 Shoveler, 5 Redwing, 4 Grey Wagtail, 4 Little Egret, Great Black-backed Gull (Richard Beesly)

Sunday 20th October

• Brent Reservoir [Main Hide]: Water Rail reported, Cetti’s Warbler singing [Good numbers of gulls, ducks etc. until disturbed by canoeists late morning] (Bob Husband & Michel Tange)
• Clapham Common: Little Owl (Michael Mac)
• Cornmill Meadows: Cattle Egret, 6 Little Egret, 50+ Teal, 5-6 Wigeon, 2 Water Rail, Snipe (Simon Papps)
• Finsbury Park, N4: Cetti's Warbler singing from undergrowth in NW corner of the lake [possibly first site record] (Paul Gerard)
• Shrewsbury Park, SE18: 2 Firecrest, Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay (Tim Rymer)
• Ten Acre Wood area: 5 Red Kite, Green Sandpiper, 3 Skylark, 7 Meadow Pipit, 23 Redwing, 2 Goldcrest, 4 Chaffinch (Neil Anderson)
• Town Park, Enfield: Little Grebe, 24 Shoveler, 13 Tufted Duck, 24 Black-headed Gull (Robert Callf)
• Woodford Green: Chiffchaff in grdn [first one for 10 days], Firecrest calling, Chaffinch, w/ flyover Buzzard, Little Egret (Ken Murray)
• Yeading Brook meadows: 2 Red Kite, 2 Snipe, 17 Common Gull, Grey Wagtail, Reed Bunting (Neil Anderson)

Saturday 19th October

• Brookmill Park: Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
• Enfield area "private access": 2 f Tufted Duck, Green Woodpecker, 4 Meadow Pipit, 3 Stonechat [2 m f] {Red Admiral} (Robert Callf)
• RSPB Rainham Marshes: 8 Egyptian Goose, 136 Shoveler, 368 Gadwall, 98 Wigeon, 39 Pintail, 350 Teal, 25 Pochard, 4 Tufted Duck, 10 Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, 2 Water Rail, 63 Avocet, 10 Curlew, 80 Black-tailed Godwit, 19 Snipe, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 10 Dunlin, 5 Common Gull, ad Mediterranean Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Great White Egret, 5 Marsh Harrier, 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, Kingfisher, 2 Peregrine, 2 Bearded Tit, 6 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 4 Goldcrest, Firecrest, 45 Redwing, 6 Stonechat, 2 Grey Wagtail, Water Pipit, 2 Rock Pipit, 84 Chaffinch, 2 Brambling, 4 Siskin (Samuel Levy/Ben Rumsby et al)
• Shooters Hill, SE18: Chiffchaff calling in garden (Tim Rymer)
• Tooting Bec Common: m Kingfisher at the lake (Steve Woolfenden)
• Trent Park: Goldcrest 'The Clump' {Comma} (Robert Callf)
• Woodford Green: Firecrest & Song Thrush in grdn at 08.15, Chaffinch, Sparrowhawk (Ken Murray)

Friday 18th October

• Broomfield Park, Palmers Green: Cetti's Warbler singing from the Wetland pond (Greg Smith) This is a site first.
• Enfield area "private access": 3 Little Grebe, f Pochard, 2 f Tufted Duck, Red Kite, Buzzard, 3 Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, 22 Pied Wagtail, 3 Stonechat [m 2 f], 5 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Chaffinch, 14 Greenfinch, 9 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
• Greenland Dock: 30 Cormorant (Tom Moulton/Geoff Torry)
• Greenwich Ecology Park: 2 Little Grebe, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Siskin, Common Sandpiper on mooring raft on the Thames (John Bushell & Conrad Ellam)
• Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 2 Red Kite, Buzzard, Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail {Red Admiral} (Neil Batten)
• London Wetland Centre: Bittern [12.45 Reservoir lagoon, N shore towards east], Common Gull (John Boorman)
• Oakwood Park: m Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, 2 Goldcrest, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Coal Tit, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 3 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
• Trent Park: Tree Pipit w/ 10 Meadow Pipit near Lime's Avenue - showed more tendency to trees & then flew away on itself into woodland, 14 Siskin, Sparrowhawk, Common Gull, 2 Pochard pr, 6 Mandarin Duck (Michael Mac)
• Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 6 Mandarin Duck, Wigeon calling in fog 07.52 [3rd site record], 2 Common Gull w, 2 Tawny Owl, 2 Rook, Skylark, 3 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 10 Goldcrest, 4 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 100 Starling, 24 Song Thrush, 74 Redwing, Ring Ouzel [Rabbit Field], Grey Wagtail, 13 Pied Wagtail, 29 Meadow Pipit, 33 Chaffinch, Bullfinch, 12 Greenfinch, 12 Linnet, 9 Siskin (Samuel Levy)
• Victoria SW1: Woodcock [found grounded and taken into care at SEWH with eye injury] (P Redmond per LWP)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: Firecrest, 2 Goldcrest, 8 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 45 Redwing, Water Rail (Walthamstow Wetlands Ringing Group)
• Woodberry Wetlands: 2 Mandarin pr, m Stonechat, Coal Tit (T Butler/G James)

Thursday 17th October

• Bankside: Reed Warbler [by far my latest here], 2 Blackcap, Redwing (Reuben Braddock)
• Battersea Park: 3+ Firecrest [several heard in areas of Holly], at the expense of no Goldcrest, Cetti’s Warbler heard (Ken Murray)
• Brookmill Park: Sparrowhawk, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
• Bushy Park: 38 Chaffinch SW, 7 Linnet W, 250+ Redwing S, 8 Reed Bunting S, 10 Skylark, 32 Meadow Pipit, 11 Stonechat, 3 Little Egret, 7 Mistle Thrush, 3 Song Thrush (John Strachan)
• Crouch End: 225 Ring-necked Parakeet [in 28 groups between 17.30 to 18.00, heading to roost, Walthamstow Wetlands direction] {2 Noctule Bat followed them at 18.05} (J Eccles)
• Enfield area "private access": f/imm Black Redstart [elusive & flighty at times, but eventually showed very well - head-nodding & tail-shivering on apex of moss-covered roof from 13.08 to 13.33 - FOY] (Robert Callf)
• Enfield Lock "Swan & Pike Pool": Firecrest (A Middleton)
• Epping Forest "Connaught Water": Kingfisher, Little Grebe (RSa)
• Epping Forest "Connaught Water": Yellow-browed Warbler heard three times between 11.15 & 14.50, then seen for 10 minutes at 15.30 along south side of lake (J M Hurley)
• Epping Forest "Chingford Plain": 2 Stonechat, 100 Redwing over in flocks of 30s, 2 Meadow Pipit, Kestrel (RSa)
• Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 5 Buzzard (Neil Batten)
• Richmond Park: f Shelduck, 2 Little Egret, 17 Common Gull, 6 Meadow Pipit, 200+ Redwing [170+ S/SW), 8 Stonechat {2 Red Admiral S} (Neil Anderson)
• Wanstead Flats: m Ring Ouzel, Fieldfare, 20 Redwing, 3 Song Thrush, 3 Stonechat, 9 Skylark [inc 3 over], 12 Meadow Pipit, 3 Pied Wagtail, Goldcrest, 3 Chiffchaff, 13 Shoveler, 4 Teal, Tufted Duck, 9 Little Grebe, 5 Common Gull, Tawny Owl, 2 Little Owl (Nick Croft/Bob Vaughan/Paul Wilcox)

Wednesday 16th October

• Brookmill Park: Sparrowhawk, 20 Redwing SW, Chiffchaff, Coal Tit (Conrad Ellam)
• Bermondsey: 150+ Redwing (John Cadera)
• Dagenham Chase: Great White Egret, 901 Redwing over (Andrew Self)
• Ealing, UB6: 2 Redwing over am (Andrew Peel)
• Enfield area "private access": 2 Little Grebe, 2 f Tufted Duck, Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Kestrel, Green Woodpecker, Skylark, 3 Swallow flew S, 15+ Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, 6 Pied Wagtail, 8 Stonechat [2 m 6 f], 2 Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, 3 Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch {m Brimstone, 2 Comma, Green-veined White, 2 Red Admiral flew S, 7 Dock Bug} (Robert Callf)
• Greenford "UB6": c55 [35 & later 20] Redwing SW over garden (Neil Anderson)
• Hyde Park: 840 Redwing W, Ring Ouzel NE over serpentine towards Marble Arch, Rock Pipit E over Serpentine towards Hyde Park Corner, Grey Wagtail, 12 Chaffinch W, Siskin W, 5 Song Thrush W, 2 Goldcrest, Blackcap, 6 Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, 4 Swallow E, 2 Coal Tit (Samuel Levy/Daniel Whitelegg/Iona Cunningham/Rhys Evans/Bill Haines et al)
• Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 9 Redwing SW, Buzzard, {Red Admiral} (Neil Batten)
• Northolt & Greenford CP: Red Kite, m Sparrowhawk, 20 Redwing [inc 17 S], Cetti's Warbler (Neil Anderson)
• Pinner: Brambling in garden (Sean Moore)
• St Paul's Cray: 36 Redwing SW/W over Curtismill Way 08.42 (Jack Headley)
• Stave Hill: 150+ Redwing, 2 Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Firecrest, Cetti’s Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Coal Tit (John & Janet Cadera, Richard Page-Jones)
• Plumstead Common: early morning, over SW 110 Redwing, Skylark, Pied Wagtail & possible Brambling seen distantly with flight call heard (Patrick English)
• Trent Park: Cormorant, m Teal upper lake, f Tufted Duck, Red Kite, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, f Stonechat 'Old Golf Course', m Blackcap 'The Clump', 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Goldcrest, 3 Jay {Speckled Wood} (Robert Callf)
• Woodford Green: several hundred Redwing through SSW since 09.00 at least, Sparrowhawk (Ken Murray)

Tuesday 15th October

• Bankside: f/imm Black Redstart, Redwing, Long-tailed Tit, 4 Chiffchaff (Reuben Braddock)
• Bay Farm, Enfield: f Stonechat (Robert Callf)
• Bushy Park: 7 Skylark [circling SPA], 3 Ring Ouzel SW, 235+ Redwing [inc 200+ flew SE, 35 'leaf turning'], 8 Mistle Thrush, 2 Dartford Warbler, 14 Stonechat, 23 Meadow Pipit (John Strachan)
• Cudham: c28 Skylark, 4 Meadow Pipit, 5 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, c2 Song Thrush, 5 Stonechat, c20 Chaffinch, 21 Goldfinch, c40 Linnet, Siskin over Cudham Lane North, c30 Yellowhammer (Jack Headley)
• Enfield area "private access": 2 Little Grebe, 2 f Tufted Duck, Green Woodpecker, 11 Meadow Pipit, 19 Pied Wagtail, 5 Stonechat [2 m 3 f], 11 Chaffinch, 25 Greenfinch, 14 Goldfinch, 3 Linnet (Robert Callf)
• Greenwich Park: 2 Little Grebe (Ray Crouch)
• High Elms CP: Red Kite, c100 Redwing S/SW, 2 Meadow Pipit, Skylark, Marsh Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Raven, Siskin (Jack Headley)
• Lavender Hill Cemetery, Enfield: {Feathered Thorn & Red-green Carpet} (Robert Callf)
• Plumstead Common: 16 Redwing SW (Patrick English)
• Rainham Marshes: 49 Avocet, 2 Great Egret, Firecrest near Cordite, 200 Redwing, Rock Pipit, Water Pipit, Brambling (Andrew Self)
• Rectory Farm, Enfield: Kestrel, 43 Collared Dove (Robert Callf)
• Richmond Park: Shelduck (John Payne)
• Stoneleigh, KT17: 40 Redwing SE, Pied Wagtail (Neil Batten)
• St Paul's Cray: c40 Redwing S/SE over Kelsey Road garden 07.55 (Jack Headley)
• Trent Park: Water Rail calling from small reeded pond by lower lake, {Noctule Bat active over old golf course 15.10 for 15mins}, Stonechat, 13 Jay, 6 Green Woodpecker, 2 Red Kite, 50 Redwing, starved 1-eyed Buzzard taken to Beaumont & Sainsbury Animal Hospital (Michael Mac)
• Walthamstow Marshes: Yellow-browed Warbler, Siskin, Snipe, 2 Stonechat, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher, 4 Chiffchaff, 7 Meadow Pipit, Goldcrest, 30+ Linnet, 6 Teal, 2 Little Egret, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Richard Beesly)

Monday 14th October

• Brookmill Park: 2 Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
• Enfield area "private access": 3 Little Grebe, 2 f Tufted Duck, Red Kite, Buzzard, Kestrel, 5 Red-legged Partridge, Common Gull, 5 Swallow, m Great Spotted Woodpecker, 18 Meadow Pipit, 58 Pied Wagtail, f Stonechat, m Chaffinch, 5 Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch (Robert Callf)
• London Wetland Centre: Chiffchaff, Meadow Pipit, Little Grebe, Buzzard, Kestrel (WWT)
• Trent Park: Cormorant, Grey Heron, 2 Pochard [m f], Green Woodpecker, f Stonechat 'Old Golf Course', Song Thrush, Chiffchaff, 2 Long-tailed Tit (Robert Callf)
• Walthamstow Marshes: m Marsh Harrier at 14.30 (Marcin Kempa)

Sunday 13th October

• Brent Reservoir: Meadow Pipit on Cricket Field, 2 Snipe, Kingfisher, 5 Little Egret, 8 Grey Heron, Red Kite, etc (Bob Husband, NW London RSPB Group Birdwalk)
• Battersea Park: Sparrowhawk N over Thames, 2 Mandarin Duck, 3 Egyptian Goose, 6 Tufted Duck, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Goldcrest, 2 Jay, Grey Heron (Tim Rymer)
• Bushy Park: 23 Stonechat [all on East side of Park], 48 Meadow Pipit, Dartford Warbler, 2 Linnet, 7 Chiffchaff, 3 Reed Bunting, 6 Mistle Thrush, 15 Magpie [in one flock heading South] (John Strachan)
• Foots Cray Meadows: Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)
• Barrowell Green, N21: Swallow NE at 16.25 (Katy McGilvray)
• Joydens Wood: Raven {Reeve's Muntjac Deer} (Conrad Ellam)
• London Wetland Centre: Chiffchaff, Meadow Pipit, Stonechat, 2 Snipe (WWT)
• North Finchley: Yellow Wagtail over (John Colmans)
• Richmond Park: 15 Ring Ouzel SW including flock of 7 at 10.05, 5 Teal, Peregrine, 2 Red Kite, 8 Buzzard, Water Rail, Lapwing briefly onto Upper Pen Pond, 51 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 26 Song Thrush, 12 alba Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 3 Skylark, 20 Meadow Pipit, 3 Raven, Cetti's Warbler, 3 Dartford Warbler, 4 Greenfinch, Siskin, 3 Linnet, 103 Chaffinch, 9 Brambling, 80 Goldfinch of which 45 active migrants, 6 Reed Bunting (R Kaye/J Wilczur/P Penteck/ D Brasier); 3 Firecrest (D Brasier)
• RSPB Rainham Marshes: 151 Shoveler, 209 Gadwall, 15 Wigeon, 19 Pintail, 27 Pochard, 5 Water Rail, 53 Avocet, Golden Plover, 3 Curlew, 58 Black-tailed Godwit, 8 Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 3 Great White Egret, 4 Marsh Harrier, 2 Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, 2 Kingfisher, Peregrine, Raven, 2 Bearded Tit, Reed Warbler, 9 Swallow, 30 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest, 7 Song Thrush, 7 Redwing, 4 Stonechat, Grey Wagtail, 2 Rock Pipit, 55 Chaffinch W, 8 Greenfinch W, 86 Linnet W, 112 Goldfinch W, 6 Siskin W (Samuel Levy et al)
• Russia Dock Woodland: Firecrest, Cetti’s Warbler, Sparrowhawk, 6+ Chiffchaff ( John & Janet Cadera, London Bird Club)
• Shadwell Canoe Club, E1 [adjacent to]: Chiffchaff w/ Long-tailed Tit flock (Ken Murray)
• Shooters Hill, SE18: Chiffchaff, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Tim Rymer)
• Shrewsbury Park, SE18: Firecrest, 2 Siskin S, Green Woodpecker, Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Jay (Tim Rymer)
• Ten Acre Wood area: 3 Teal, 2 m Pheasant, c5 Red Kite, Buzzard, Kestrel, 3 Stock Dove, 5 Skylark, 13 Meadow Pipit, 3 Stonechat, 2 Reed Bunting (Neil Anderson)
• Town Park, Enfield: Little Grebe, 16 Shoveler, 13 Tufted Duck [3 m 10 f], 29 Black-headed Gull (Robert Callf)
• Upper Cray Valley: 4 Gadwall [2 m f], Little Egret, c35 Stock Dove, 2 Chiffchaff (Jack Headley)
• Yeading Brook Meadows: 3 Red Kite, Snipe, Reed Bunting (Neil Anderson); also Little Egret, f Stonechat, Kestrel, 5 Chiffchaff, 10 Redwing (Nigel Dodd)

Saturday 12th October

• Boxer's Lake, Enfield: 2 Grey Wagtail together (Robert Callf)
• Brent Cross: m Stonechat by River Brent opposite shopping centre, 12 Little Egret (Allan Stewart)
• Fairlop Waters: Raven flew S calling at 14.15 (Alan Bell)
• Greenwich Ecology Park: 2 Little Grebe, Kestrel, Water Rail, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff (John Bushell & Conrad Ellam)
• Hoblingwell Wood: Firecrest with mixed tit flock (Jack Headley)
• KGV Res: Rock Pipit (A Middleton)
• London Wetland Centre: Little Egret, 25+ Lapwing, 5 Redwing, 3 Chiffchaff, Meadow Pipit (WWT)
• Priest Hill: 52 Redwing W, 5 Common Gull, 2 Meadow Pipit, 4 Chiffchaff, Pied Wagtail (Neil Batten)
• Sewardstone Marsh: Yellow-browed Warbler seen several times with tit & Chiffchaff flock S end of Patty Pools [open marsh] around 10.30, but not again by 12.00, non-calling, Stonechat, Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff (A Middleton)
• Shrewsbury Park, SE18: Firecrest, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay (Tim Rymer)
• Stave Hill: Hawfinch, c80 Redwing, Meadow Pipit, Siskin, 2 Grey Wagtail (John & Janet Cadera, Darren Young)
• Trent Park: Cormorant, Grey Heron, 3 Pochard [m 2 f], Buzzard, Mistle Thrush, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Jay (Robert Callf)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: Yellow-browed Warbler, 18 Chiffchaff (Walthamstow Wetlands Ringing Group)
• Warren Farm: Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Redwing, 2 Chiffchaff, 8 Rook, 4 Linnet, 8 Greenfinch (Neil Anderson) In addition, Peter Edwards reported the following from the Imperial College Meadows at WF: Egyptian Goose, 2 Skylark, m Wheatear, 110 Pied Wagtail, 12 Meadow Pipit, 2 Stonechat, 15 Linnet, Chaffinch, 30 Rook, 20 Jackdaw (per Phil Belman)

Friday 11th October

• Bow Creek: 5 Redshank, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Mute Swan, 4 Teal, 2 Common Gull (Tim Bray)
• East India Dock Basin: 82 Teal, Grey Wagtail, 2 Mute Swan (Tim Bray)
• Enfield "Strayfield Rd, EN2": Grey Wagtail actively catching flies [species undetermined] on manure heap 12.28 to 12.44, until flushed by unsuspecting person (Robert Callf)
• Fairlop Waters: Yellow-browed Warbler from mid afternoon, still present 17.20, at E end of Lagoon calling frequently & seen on & off but elusive (Alan Bell)
• Fortis Green, East Finchley: Grey Wagtail over (John Colmans)
• Greenwich Park: 2 Little Grebe (Ray Crouch)
• Hounslow Heath: 2+ Blackcap, 2+ Chiffchaff, 80+ Woodpigeon SW [largest flock 40] but no thrushes/finches (Andy Roberts)
• KGV Reservoir [permit only]: juv Gannet flew over SSW at 11.15, Rock Pipit, 3 Lapwing, 10+ Skylark, 3 Siskin, 20+ Swallow, 3 Goosander, Raven pr, Buzzard, 3 Red Kite, 3 Kestrel (Eugene Dillon-Hooper & Gavin Horsley)
• Leatherhead "Randalls Way": Meadow Pipit SE, 150+ Herring Gull (Neil Batten)
• Richmond Park: f/imm Marsh Harrier flew W at 12.40, Raven, 10+ Skylark, 28+ Stonechat, Dartford Warbler (Friday Bird Group); 30+ Buzzard including a group of seven with some moving W and a few S, 3 Red Kite, 2 Swallow S, 40+ Meadow Pipit mainly S, 25 Redwing W (J Wilczur/P Redmond et al)
• Shooters Hill: Redwing over (Tim Rymer)
• Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: VisMig 07.05 - 12.30 - 1750 Woodpigeon SW, 13 Common Gull SW, Cormorant NE, Sparrowhawk SW, Marsh Harrier S at 12.28, 12 Buzzard S, Kestrel SW, Peregrine NW, 29 Skylark [20 SW, 9 NE], 21 Swallow [16 SW, 5 NE], 15 Song Thrush W, 4 Mistle Thrush [3 SW,1 NE], 16 Redwing W, Ring Ouzel N 10.07, 50 Meadow Pipit SW, 265 Chaffinch N, 2 Brambling N [All other counts here] (Samuel Levy & Tony Clancy); also 2 Teal, 2 Red Kite, 4 Buzzard, Little Owl, 35 Rook, 12 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 7 Goldcrest, 5 Nuthatch, 3 Stonechat, 2 Bullfinch, 14 Siskin (Samuel Levy)
• Walthamstow Marshes: 5 Stonechat, Buzzard, 11 Meadow Pipit, 2 Kestrel, Coal Tit, Cetti’s Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Grey Wagtail, 30+ Chaffinch, 2 Teal, 8 Jackdaw, 2 Little Grebe (Richard Beesly)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: 3 Black-necked Grebe [Lockwood Res], Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, 4 Little Egret, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 10 Shoveler, 8 Teal, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Richard Beesly)
• Wanstead Flats: 4 Swallow, 20 Meadow Pipit, 3 Skylark, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Stonechat, 2 Chaffinch, Linnet, Siskin, Reed Bunting, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 4 Buzzard (Nick Croft/Doug Davis/Mark Thomas/Bob Vaughan)
• Wanstead Park [Bush Wood]: 5 Firecrest (Nick Croft/Mark Thomas)
• Whetstone, Raleigh Drive, Red Kite, fairly low, drifting E at 13.30 (David Roberts)

Thursday 10th October

• Epping Forest "Chingford Plain": 3 Stonechat, Chiffchaff, Kestrel (RSa)
• Kew Bridge to Richmond Thames towpath: 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Grey Wagtail (Francis O'Sullivan)
• London Wetland Centre: Wryneck, 2 Chiffchaff, Stonechat, 40+ Lapwing, 35 Pochard (WWT)
• Woodberry Wetlands: Stonechat, Sparrowhawk (G James)

Wednesday 9th October

• Forty Hall CP, Enfield: 5 Egyptian Goose [pr & 3 juvs], 2 Mandarin Duck pr, f Tufted Duck, Red Kite, adult Black-headed Gull w/ Russian metal ring [returned for another winter - first noted 2019 & every year subsequently, ringed in 2015], Green Woodpecker, m Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Treecreeper (Robert Callf)
• Greenwich Park: 2 Little Grebe, f Shoveler, Grey Wagtail, Firecrest (Joe Beale)
• Greenwich Peninsular Ecology Park: Yellow-browed Warbler feeding in Willow Tree c100 yards south of Visitor Centre 1515, Water Rail, Kingfisher, 4 Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam/Jack Headley)
• Hampstead Heath: 7 Stonechat, 4 Firecrest, Cetti's Warbler, Treecreeper, 3 Chiffchaff, 7 Shoveler (Hampstead Heath Birders)
• Hollow Ponds: Cetti's Warbler, Nuthatch (Daniel Whitelegg)
• London Wetland Centre: 2 Skylark, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Stonechat, 5 Song Thrush, 11 Meadow Pipit, 15 Chiffchaff (WWT)
• North Enfield "private site": 2 juv Hobby together perched & in flight 1330 (Robert Callf)
• Russia Dock Woodland: Cetti’s Warbler, 10+ Chiffchaff w/ Long-tailed Tit flock, Grey Wagtail (John Cadera)
• Totteridge Valley/ Darlands Lake: 3 Mandarin Duck, 2 Red Kite, 2 Little Owl, 2 Tawny Owl, 15 Swallow, 4 Chiffchaff, 10 Goldcrest, Treecreeper, Mistle Thrush, 13 Song Thrush, 36 Meadow Pipit, Bullfinch, Siskin, 14 Linnet (Samuel Levy)

Tuesday 8th October

• Lewisham Park, SE13: f Pheasant [1st record I have had in 12 years of living here] (David Capper)
• London Wetland Centre: Water Rail, Yellow Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Little Grebe, 100+ Black-headed Gull (WWT); Hobby hunting over grazing marsh (Martin Honey)
• South Lodge Farm, Enfield: 4 Meadow Pipit, 13 Pied Wagtail, 32 Linnet (Robert Callf)
• Trent Park: 2 Cormorant, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, m Shoveler, 3 Pochard [m 2 f] {Speckled Wood} (Robert Callf)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Black-necked Grebe, Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, Wheatear, 4 Stonechat [2 m 2 f], 2 Water Rail, 8 Jackdaw S, f Sparrowhawk, 4 Meadow Pipit (Daniel Whitelegg/Lol Bodini)

Monday 7th October

• Bushy Park: 4 Ring Ouzel [all first year] (John Strachan)
• Finchley "garden N3": 60+ House Martin, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 3 Redwing W, Meadow Pipit SW, 7 Chaffinch W (Samuel Levy)
• Greenwich Park: Grey Wagtail, Little Grebe (Ray Crouch)
• Hyde Park: 2 Firecrest in Nursery Woodlands this lunchtime (Dave Jordan)
• Lewisham Park SE13: 15+ House Martin over (David Capper)
• London Wetland Centre: 2 Snipe, 2 Little Egret, Water Rail, 20+ House Martin, Lesser Whitethroat, Yellow Wagtail, Willow Warbler, 2 Redwing, 20 Meadow Pipit, 13 Song Thrush, Kestrel, Little Grebe (WWT)
• Oxleas Wood: 4 Goldcrest, Firecrest, Buzzard, Green Woodpecker, 8 Jackdaw, 5 House Martin, Song Thrush, Coal Tit (Ron Turner)
• Peckham Rye Park: 21 House Martin (Fernley Symons)
• Perivale Park: Red Kite, Kestrel, Grey Wagtail, c50 House Martin feeding high over site, 4 Chaffinch (Neil Anderson)
• St Paul's Cray: 3 House Martin S about 1605 (Jack Headley)
• Walthamstow Marshes: Tree Pipit, 3 Whinchat, [both Bomb Crater Field], Buzzard, Pheasant, 3 Redwing, 2 Meadow Pipit, Kingfisher, 3 Green Woodpecker, 11 House Martin, Blackcap, 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Sparrowhawk, Grey Wagtail, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Teal, 18 Shoveler, 16 Jackdaw (Richard Beesly)
• Windsor Open Space, Finchley: 2 Firecrest, 4 Chiffchaff (Samuel Levy)
• Woodford Green: Tawny Owl singing & a single House Martin over by 0926, Firecrest at 1530 (Ken Murray)

Sunday 6th October

• Barking Riverside: Buzzard, 5 Common Sandpiper, 1st-winter Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Jay (James Palmer)
• East Dulwich: 150+ House Martin heading SW (Steven Robinson)
• Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park: Yellow-browed Warbler [Seen by the first Hide] (Richard Green/John Bushall)
• Hampstead Heath: 2 Red Kite S, 60 Swallow S/SE, Song Thrush S, 2 Meadow Pipit S, Little Grebe on Highgate 1, 25 Mandarin Duck on the Stock Pond (Hampstead Heath Birders)
• Harefield GPs: 2 Buzzard, 3 Red Kite, Little Egret, Kingfisher, Sparrowhawk (Nigel Barratt)
• Hyde Park: Black Swan, 17 Pochard, 74 Tufted Duck, m Pochard x Tufted Duck, 2 Common Gull, Red Kite S, Peregrine, 4 Coal Tit, 16 Swallow S, 8 Chiffchaff, 4 Goldcrest, Meadow Pipit W, Redwing W (Samuel Levy & Arjun Dutta)
• Kensington Gardens: 8 Shoveler, 2 Red-crested Pochard, 79 Pochard, 24 Tufted Duck, Little Grebe, 6 Common Gull, Little Owl, Kingfisher, Kestrel, 4 Coal Tit, Swallow, 25 House Martin, 7 Chiffchaff, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Goldcrest, 4 Song Thrush, Meadow Pipit W, Linnet W, 5 Greenfinch (Samuel Levy & Arjun Dutta)
• Priest Hill: 10 Common Gull, 3 Stonechat, 6 Meadow Pipit over, 3 Redwing, 7 Chiffchaff, 2 Buzzard, f Sparrowhawk, 3 Cormorant E (Neil Batten)
• St Paul's Cray: 400+ House Martin, 4+ Sand Martin (Jack Headley)
• Shooters Hill: 100's of House Martin W this pm, 4 Chaffinch, Redwing, Cormorant over, Chiffchaff, Great Spotted Woodpecker in garden (Tim Rymer)
• Shrewsbury Park, SE18: 10 House Martin S, Firecrest, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay (Tim Rymer)
• Stoneleigh, KT17: Meadow Pipit SE (Neil Batten)
• Ten Acre Wood area: 6 Red Kite, Kestrel, Green Sandpiper, 6 Skylark, 6 Meadow Pipit, 3 Stonechat pr together & single male, 6 Song Thrush [4 together], Nuthatch, 4 Chiffchaff, Rook (Neil Anderson)
• Town Park, Enfield: Little Grebe, 16 Shoveler, 13 Tufted Duck [3 m 10 f], Lesser Black-backed Gull (Robert Callf)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: 3 Black-necked Grebe on public part of Lockwood Reservoir, Barnacle Goose, Common Sandpiper, 4 Stonechat, Buzzard (Walthamstow birders)
• Woodford Green: Firecrest bathing in grdn pond at 09.42, c3+ Chiffchaff, Tawny Owl singing at 15.07 (Ken Murray)
• Yeading Brook meadows: 2 Red Kite, 4 Snipe, 2 Common Gull, 2 Grey Wagtail, m Reed Bunting (Neil Anderson)

Saturday 5th October

• Brent Reservoir: 4 Snipe, 4 Cetti’s Warbler [2 East Marsh, 2 North Marsh], 4+ Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, Red KIte, Sparrowhawk (Steve Blake)
• Priest Hill [am]: 4 Stonechat, 17 Swallow S, 40+ Redwing mostly S, 6 Meadow Pipit, 7 Chiffchaff, 2 Common Gull, m Kestrel, 10+ Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush S, Grey Wagtail (Neil Batten)
• Hampstead Heath: Hobby S, 15 Swallow E, 30 House Martin E, Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush [No Redwing!], 15 Meadow Pipit, 3 Stonechat, Common Gull, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, 5 Shoveler (Hampstead Heath Birders)
• RSPB Rainham Marshes: Cape Shelduck, 104 Shoveler, 82 Gadwall, 10 Wigeon, 10 Pintail, 3 Water Rail, 29 Avocet, 2 Ringed Plover, 10 Curlew, 106 Black-tailed Godwit, 15 Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 33 Redshank, 3 Dunlin, 5 Common Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, 5 Great White Egret, 4 Marsh Harrier, Sparrowhawk, 9 Buzzard S, 2 Kingfisher, 3 Woodlark W at 0852, 13 Swallow SE, 33 House Martin SE, 45 Chiffchaff, 30 Blackcap, 22 Song Thrush W, 6 Redwing W, 6 Stonechat, Grey Wagtail, 10 Pied Wagtail SW, 51 Meadow Pipit SW, 2 Rock Pipit, 11 Chaffinch SW, 9 Greenfinch E, 70 Linnet SW, Lesser Redpoll SW, 27 Goldfinch SW (Samuel Levy et al)
• Shooters Hill: 30 House Martin E (Tim Rymer)
• Shrewsbury Park, SE18: Firecrest, Siskin, Redwing, Nuthatch, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Goldcrest, 2 Jay (Tim Rymer)
• Stoneleigh, KT17: Skylark & Meadow Pipit over, Pied Wagtail (Neil Batten)
• Stave Hill: 14 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 9 Pied Wagtail, 2 Lesser Redpoll, 4 Song Thrush, 20 Redwing, Siskin, Chaffinch, Green Sandpiper (John Cadera)
• Tufnell Park “Huddleston Road”: Brambling over (Reuben Braddock)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: 31 Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap, 4 Cettis Warbler, Goldcrest, Song Thrush (Walthamstow Wetlands Ringing Group)
• Warren Farm: Red Kite, Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 4 Skylark, Greenland-type Wheatear, 2 Chiffchaff, 16 Rook (Neil Anderson)

Friday 4th October

• Dartmouth Park: 3 Swallow SE, 2 Jackdaw (Michael Mac)
• East India Dock Basin: 91 Teal, 2 Mute Swan, Tufted Duck, Cetti's Warbler [heard] (Tim Bray)
• Kew Gardens: 5 Gadwall, 4 Shoveler, 12 Mandarin Duck, Little Grebe, Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, 2 Nuthatch {22 Willow Emerald Damselfly} (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)
• Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 3 Swallow SE, 3 Red Kite, Buzzard, m Kestrel, Chiffchaff (Neil Batten)
• Oxleas Wood: 3 Nuthatch, 4 Coal Tit, Buzzard, 4 Firecrest, 9 Jackdaw, 2 Goldcrest (Ron Turner)
• Plumstead Common, SE18 "early morning over garden": Buzzard mobbed by a flock of Carrion Crows, 10 Chaffinch & 5 Redwing over SW, 2 Chiffchaff briefly in trees, 10 Cormorant over together towards Thames, several Pied Wagtail (Patrick English)
• RSPB Rainham Marshes: imm Spoonbill flew in to Aveley Bay around 1645 & spent c90 minutes working its way up & down Aveley Bay foreshore feeding. A total of 60 species in the Reserve [Essex section] during the day including a showy juv Bearded Tit frequenting the grit tray at the Dragonfly Pool, 3+ Great White Egret [showing well mid-morning and late afternoon from Purfleet Hide], Red Kite drifting over high to the north-east around lunchtime, and good numbers of waders roosting on Purfleet Scrape at high tide late afternoon incl 9 Curlew, 22 Avocet, c30 Lapwing, 58 Black-tailed Godwit, 7 Snipe (C Quinn)
• Trent Park: 2 Cormorant, 2 Egyptian Goose pr, m Northern Shoveler, 2 Common Pochard [m f], Common Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, m Stonechat at 'Old Golf Course' {m Brimstone, Comma, f Green-veined White, Red Admiral, Small Copper} (Robert Callf)
• West Putney, SW15: juv Marsh Harrier circled then W 1340, 2 Hobby (R Kaye)

Thursday 3rd October

• Epping Forest "Chingford Plain": 4 Stonechat, 12 Redwing, Buzzard, Kestrel, Meadow Pipit (RSa)
• Greenwich Park: Little Grebe (Ray Crouch)
• Hanwell Garden,W7: Short-eared Owl high E, c50 Redwing SW, Great White Egret S, 8 Siskin W (D Brasier)
• Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 70+ Herring Gull in daytime roost (Neil Batten)
• London Wetland Centre: Bittern, 6 Water Rail, Skylark, 30 Meadow Pipit, 3 Blackcap, Black Redstart, 3 Cetti's Warbler, Linnet, Siskin (WWT), Lesser Whitethroat, Hobby (Jon Reeves)
• Lippitts Hill: 0700 to 0900 vis mig mostly W, 110 Redwing, 24 Song Thrush, Ring Ouzel, 11 House Martin N, Skylark, 8 Siskin, 12 Meadow Pipit, Reed Bunting (A Middleton)
• Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, Firecrest, 24 Jackdaw, 2 Goldcrest, Song Thrush, 2 Coal Tit, Blackcap (Ron Turner)
• Rainham Marshes: Brent Goose, 11 Sandwich Tern, [both Aveley Bay], Wheatear, 2 Siskin, Dunlin, Bearded Tit, 9 Pintail, Raven, 4 Redwing, 100+ Black-tailed Godwit, 45 Avocet, Common Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, 8 Redshank, Curlew, 6 Marsh Harrier, 3 Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 5 Kestrel, 60+ Wigeon, 200+ Teal, 100+ Shoveler, 50+ Shelduck, 100+ Lapwing, 14 Little Egret, Water Rail [heard], 3 Blackcap, 9 Chiffchaff, 5 Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Skylark, 8 Meadow Pipit, 50+ Linnet, 8 Swallow (Richard Beesly)
• Sewardstone Marsh: 16 Song Thrush over, 8 Redwing, 3 Snipe, harrier sp south 0910, 35 House Martin, 3 Skylark NW (A Middleton)
• Shoreditch, N1 7JH: juv Corncrake [grounded at 1800 but flew before rescuers arrived, not relocated, ID confirmed by finder photo] (Paula Redmond per LWP)
• St Paul's Cray: 7 Swallow S over Chipperfield Road 0846 (Jack Headley)
• Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: [VisMig 0700 - 0900] 92 Stock Dove, 51 Black-headed Gull, 8 Common Gull, 5 Cormorant, Red Kite, Hobby S [latest site record], Peregrine, 5 Skylark, 3 House Martin, 84 Song Thrush, 172 Redwing, Grey Wagtail, 9 Pied Wagtail, 66 Meadow Pipit, 57 Chaffinch, 9 Greenfinch, 26 Linnet, 14 Siskin, Reed Bunting, Blackcap, 10 Chiffchaff, Little Owl (Samuel Levy)
• West Putney, SW15: Honey-buzzard SW 1420 (R Kaye)
• Woodford Green: 2-3 Chiffchaff through garden at 0730, House Martin N at 0845, 3 Redwing N at 0940 & crests calling from hedge & Collared Dove [scarce here] E at 1040 (Ken Murray)
• Wormwood Scrubs: 5 Stonechat, Whinchat, 6 Redwing, 3 Meadow Pipit, Kestrel {Common Lizard} (Francis O'Sullivan)

Wednesday 2nd October

• Bushy Park: Ring Ouzel, Linnet, 41 Meadow Pipit [inc one flock of 26], Sparrowhawk [mobbed by corvids over Heron Pond], 5 House Martin, 2 Swallow (John Strachan)
• Kelsey Park: Kingfisher, on upturned [floating] stump which was embedded with mussels
• London Wetland Centre: 8 Snipe, 7 Water Rail, 2 Skylark, 14 Meadow Pipit (WWT)
• Oxleas Wood: Nuthatch, Firecrest, Redwing, Goldcrest, 25+ Siskin 18 Jackdaw (Ron Turner)
• Stave Hill Ecology Park: Cetti’s Warbler, Kingfisher, Sparrowhawk, Coal Tit (Richard Page-Jones/John Cadera)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: m Hen Harrier S at 0942, also 100+ House Martin (Samuel Levy et al)
• Woodford Green: 3 Redwing N at 0745, also Mistle Thrush & Song Thrush N at 0857, w/ c8 House Martin to include at least one Sand Martin again N at 0905 & calling Tawny Owl, Blackacp & Firecrest at 1700 (Ken Murray)

Tuesday 1st October

• Bay Farm, Enfield: Whinchat, 2 f Stonechat (Robert Callf)
• London Wetland Centre: 12 House Martin (WWT)
• Northolt & Greenford CP: 2+ Red Kite, 5 Swallow W, 3 Chiffchaff (Neil Anderson)
• Ravenor Park, Greenford: 2 Red Kite, 4 Mistle Thrush (Neil Anderson)
• Tottenham Marshes: 4 Stonechat southern end [Glendish Marsh] (Quentin Given)
• Woodford Green: 3 Little Egret low and SW over at 0833, also flock of c12 Martins/Swallows N at 0843 (Ken Murray)