September 2024

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Monday 30th September

• Bow Creek: 2 Kingfisher, 2 Common Sandpiper, Teal (Tim Bray)
• Bush Hill Park, Enfield: 4 House Martin, 2 Mistle Thrush, 4 Jay, 50 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull (Andrew Peel)
• East India Dock Basin: 31 Teal, Cetti's Warbler [heard] (Tim Bray)
• KGV Res: S basin only, 3 Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, Common Sandpiper, 75 House Martin, 20 Swallow, 5 Sand Martin, 10 Little Grebe, Shelduck, Peregrine (A Middleton)
• London Wetland Centre: 5 Snipe, Little Grebe, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 60 Teal (WWT)
• Rainham Marshes: Short-eared Owl (Richard Harrison)
• Springfield Park: Firecrest, 4 Goldcrest, Coal Tit, 2 Nuthatch (Marcin Kempa)
• Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 11 Mandarin Duck [inc 8 drakes], 4 Teal, Common Gull, 2 Grey Heron, Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, Little Owl, Kestrel, 20 Rook, 2 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 14 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 4 Goldcrest, Grey Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 9 Linnet (Samuel Levy)
• Walthamstow Marshes: 3 Stonechat, 3 Meadow Pipit, Kestrel, 2 Sparrowhawk, 4 Greenfinch, 6 Chaffinch, 14 Chiffchaff, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 50+ Greylag Goose, 50+ Canada Goose, 10+ Egyptian Goose, 4 Little Grebe, 50+ House Martin (Richard Beesly)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: Black-necked Grebe [Lockwood Res], Wheatear, Common Sandpiper, Kestrel, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 House Martin, 40+ Shoveler, 3 Teal (Richard Beesly)

Sunday 29th September

• Brent Reservoir (Main Hide, East Marsh only): Common Sandpiper, 4 Snipe, Grey Wagtail, 15+ Shoveler, 12+ Gadwall, 10+ Teal, Common Gull, m Pochard, 5 [2 pr & single] Egyptian Goose, House Martin, No sign of last weeks tiny Great Crested Grebe chick but one well grown stripy juv w/ adults (Bob Husband)
• Brixton: 3 Shoveler, Sparrowhawk (Brockwell Park); House Martin, Swallow, both S (Blenheim Gardens Estate) (Tony Stones)
• Crayford Marshes: 5 Kestrel, 3 Buzzard, Meadow Pipit, 3 Cetti's Warbler [heard only], Curlew, 3 Teal, c30 Redshank, {4 Seal on the Thames riverbank} (Sam Reason)
• Hampstead Heath: 3 Redwing S, 15 Swallow, 15 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, Siskin SW, Kingfisher and 2 Shoveler at the Sanctuary Pond, 2 Grey Wagtail. Cetti’s Warbler (Hampstead Heath Birders)
• Hanwell Garden, W7: Woodlark E, 2 Redwing W, 800 House Martin SE, 500 Swallow SE, 5 Siskin W (D Brasier)
• Hilly Fields, Lewisham: Green Woodpecker (Tom Moulton/Sue Gore)
• London Wetland Centre: 2 Little Grebe, 3 Meadow Pipit, Peregrine, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 60 Teal (WWT)
• Peabody Hill Allotments, W Dulwich: 2 Chiffchaff, m Blackcap within group of great and Blue Tits (R Trev)
• Priest Hill: 6 Redwing W, 5 Stonechat [m 4 f], Swallow S, Sand Martin W, 26 mixed House Martin & Sand Martin SE, 21 Meadow Pipit, 7 Chiffchaff incl two singing, Common Gull (Neil Batten)
• Sidcup, DA15: 4 Teal, Hobby, 3 Swallow, c30 House Martin, 3 Meadow Pipit, 2 Redwing, 2 Firecrest, Rook (Ian Stewart)
• Stoneleigh, KT17: Meadow Pipit S am, Chiffchaff (Neil Batten)
• Ten Acre Wood area: 2m Pheasant, 5 Red Kite, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 4 Stock Dove, 7 Skylark, 18 Meadow Pipit, 10 Swallow, 2 Stonechat pr, Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Reed Bunting (Neil Anderson)
• Walthamstow Marshes: m Pheasant, 2 Stonechat, Kestrel, Meadow Pipit at Bomb crater, Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail over paddocks (Marcin Kempa)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: 28 Chiffchaff, 15 Blackcap, 4 Cettis Warbler (Walthamstow Wetlands Ringing Group)

Saturday 28th September

• Hampstead Heath: 3 Shoveler, new in. 100 Meadow Pipit mostly W/SW, 5 Stonechat, 20 Jay, 10 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 10 Chaffinch W, Siskin, Linnet, Yellow Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 30 Swallow, 5 alba Wagtail W (Hampstead Heath Birders)
• London Wetland Centre: Stonechat, Little Grebe, 30+ House Martin, Meadow Pipit, 4 Chiffchaff, 58 Teal (WWT)
• Queen Mother Reservoir: 3 Wheatear, 3 Yellow Wagtail, Common Sandpiper (S Musievski & FJM)
• Staines Moor: 3 Hobby [2 ad & juv] (S Musievski & FJM)
• Shrewsbury Park: 2 Firecrest, 5 Chiffchaff, Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Jay, Coal Tit (Tim Rymer)
• St Paul's Cray: Meadow Pipit NW over Saxville Road 13.50 (Jack Headley)
• Richmond Park: 5 Gannet [adult & 4 juvs flew WSW at 1000], Arctic Skua pale ad/2cy circled up very high then glided NW at 1250, 2 Hobby, Peregrine, 10 Red Kite, 20+ Buzzard - most moved W-NW, 4+ Sparrowhawk, 300+ Meadow Pipit mainly S, 50+ Jay mainly S, Raven (J Wilczur/R Kaye/P Pentek/D Brasier); Ring Ouzel perched briefly then flew S at 06.30 (D Brasier); a total of 77 species seen on Autumn Bird Count included Whinchat (RP Bird Group)
• Ruislip Lido/Woods: 59 Gadwall, 9 Wigeon, 7 Little Grebe, 2 Buzzard together, 350+ Coot, Grey Wagtail, c10 Swallow, 2 House Martin (Neil Anderson)
• Walthamstow Marshes: 12 Canada Goose, 6 Linnet, 4 Meadow Pipit, 6 House Martin & Buzzard high to W [Rear paddocks] (Jon Agar)
• Wanstead Flats: Woodlark over SE, 2 Skylark, 21 Meadow Pipit, 3 Whinchat, 4 Stonechat, 2 Mistle Thush, 6 Song Thrush, 8 Swallow, 11 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Goldcrest, 2 Linnet, Siskin, 3 Reed Bunting, Chaffinch [now not breeding round here], 9 Teal, 7 Shoveler, Gadwall, 2 Pochard, Little Grebe, Buzzard, Kestrel, Barn Owl, Little Owl (Wanstead Birders)
• Wormwood Scrubs: 3 Stonechat, 20 Meadow Pipit, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Jackdaw, {Painted Lady} (LNHS Walk)

Friday 27th September

• Bush Hill Park. Enfield: m Pheasant, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Coal Tit, 50 Black-headed Gull, 4 imm Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Jackdaw, Jay (Andrew Peel)
• Clapham Common: Little Owl staring out of a tree, not resident (Michael Mac)
• Epping Forest "Chingford Plain/Dannet's Hill": Whinchat, Redstart , 3 Stonechat, 3 Swallow, 4 House Martin, Kestrel, Buzzard, Meadow Pipit, Hobby, Sparrowhawk (RSa)
• London Wetland Centre: 3 Swallow, 30+ House Martin, 6 Meadow Pipit, 3 Snipe, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 58 Teal (WWT)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: Black-necked Grebe [permit-only area], 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Wheatear, 2 Stonechat, 9 Teal, 140 Shoveler (Walthamstow birders)
• Wanstead Flats: 4 Whinchat, 10 Stonechat, 9 Meadow Pipit, Skylark, 2 Swallow, 6 House Martin, 4 Chiffchaff, Shoveler, Kestrel, Snipe (Wanstead Birders)

Thursday 26th September

• Bromley Common: 8 House Martin W (Jack Headley)
• Bromley: Peregrine over High Street (Jack Headley)
• Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 6 Swallow, House Martin, Chiffchaff, Cormorant SW, Grey Wagtail (Neil Batten)
• London Wetland Centre: Stonechat, Hobby, 3 Little Egret, 50+ Shoveler (WWT)
• St Paul's Cray: c25 Swallow W over Saxville Road 1758 (Jack Headley)
• Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 2 Cormorant, Sparrowhawk, 2 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, Little Owl, 2 Hobby, 10 Rook, 39 Swallow W, 1215 House Martin W, 36 Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap, 9 Goldcrest, Firecrest, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 26 Mistle Thrush, 11 Pied Wagtail, 39 Meadow Pipit W, 8 Greenfinch, 35 Linnet (Samuel Levy)
• Wanstead Flats: 3 Whinchat, 7 Stonechat, 23 Meadow Pipit, Pied Wagtail, Skylark, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Whitethroat, Swallow, House Martin, 4 Tufted Duck, Pochard, 15 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 7 Little Grebe, Common Sandpiper, Kestrel, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Little Owl (Nick Croft/Mary Holden)
• Wanstead Park: 16 Shoveler, Teal, 6 Gadwall, 39 Pochard, 17 Tufted Duck, Little Egret, 2 Little Grebe, Hobby, Tawny Owl, Goldcrest, 4 Chiffchaff (Nick Croft/Mark Thomas)

Wednesday 25th September

• Bushy Park: 450+ House Martin [vis mig SW 1100-1200], 12 Swallow, Swift (John Strachan) 2 Whinchat (Justin Quail per FJM)
• Chingford Plain: f/imm Redstart at 1230 also flyover Raven (Ken Murray)
• Fishers Green - Lee Valley Regional Park: Pintail, Raven, 3 Hobby, 14 Barnacle Goose, Stonechat, Lapwing, 6 Wigeon, Red Kite, 5 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 50+ Shoveler, 50+ Gadwall, 9 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Meadow Pipit, Green Woodpecker, 2 Little Egret, 3 House Martin (Richard Beesly)
• Hampstead Heath: first-winter m Redstart, 7 Stonechat, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, c6 Meadow Pipit around hill, c10 House Martin (Hampstead Heath Birders)
• Kensington Gardens: 30 House Martin round Pond, Common Gull (Michael Mac); single Swift at 1600 (John Birkett)
• Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 77 mixed Hirundines W in 15 minutes, some very distant, Swallows & Martins still ]moving W/SW at 1615 - 21 in 2 minutes [equates to 600+ per hour and going on for most of today] Red Kite, Buzzard, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 40+ Herring Gull in afternoon roost (Neil Batten)
• London Wetland Centre: f Wheatear, Bittern, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, Kingfisher, 2 Hobby [inc juv], 300+ House Martins over -all heading east (Mike Wheeler); Common Sandpiper, 4 Meadow Pipit, 2 Skylark, 12 Chiffchaff, Kestrel, 120 Shoveler (WWT)
• Inner Temple Gardens, EC4: 5+ Chiffchaffs in garden shrubbery (Hugh Bradshaw)
• Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, 3 Nuthatch, 200+ Sand, House Martin, some Swallow ( Ron Turner)
• Sidcup, DA15: Peregrine, Kingfisher, 20+ Swallow SW, 600+ House Martin [light passage am, groups of 5-10 every few minutes then heavier 1300-1600 with pulses of 30-75 every few minutes, just one flock c20 seen after 1600], 2 Meadow Pipit W, 3 Grey Wagtail, 5+ Chiffchaff, Firecrest (Ian Stewart)
• Tufnell Park "Huddleston Road": Hobby over E (Reuben Braddock)
• Wanstead Flats: 2 Whinchat, 3 Stonechat, 7 Meadow Pipit, 9 House Martin, 8 Swallow, Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, 7 Chiffchaff, 2 Common Gull, Kestrel, Peregrine (Wanstead Birders)
• Wormwood Scrubs: Stonechat (Francis O'Sullivan)

Tuesday 24th September

• Brent Reservoir: 2 Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 2 Common Gull. (Brent Birders)
• Finchley Way Open Space: 5 Chiffchaff (Samuel Levy)
• Hampstead Heath: Peregrine chasing 2 Jay at the Sanctuary Pond earlier today (MBS walk)
• Hyde Park: Likely Bearded Tit flying into reeds by serpentine cafe, seen Briefly whilst jogging! (Mark H)
• London Wetland Centre: Green Sandpiper, 5 Snipe, Kingfisher, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 House Martin, 15 Chiffchaff, 3 Little Egret, Hobby, 180 Shoveler (WWT)
• Iver Heath, Rowley farm: 4 Red Kite, 20+ Swallow, Nuthatch, Green Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, Kingfisher ( Nigel Barratt)
• Sidcup DA15: Kestrel, Grey Wagtail, 2 Chiffchaff, Firecrest, Raven SW (Ian Stewart)
• Totteridge Valley/ Darlands Lake: 2 Mandarin Duck, Teal, Sparrowhawk, Red kite, Buzzard, Kestrel, 10 Rook, 5 Coal Tit, 19 Swallow W, 185 House Martin SW, 40 Chiffchaff, 13 Blackcap, 4 Goldcrest, Firecrest, 6 Nuthatch, 12 Song Thrush, 8 Mistle Thrush, 3 Grey Wagtail, 14 Pied Wagtail, 16 Meadow Pipit SW, 15 Greenfinch, 25 Linnet (Samuel Levy)
• Upper Cray Valley: 2 Gadwall, 2 Little Grebe, Kestrel, 2-3 Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, 2 Blackcap, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, c20 Chiffchaff, 2+ Goldcrest, Rook SE (Ian Stewart)
• Walthamstow Marshes: 2 Whinchat, 3 Stonechat, 2 Peregrine, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Teal, 18 Gadwall, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Linnet (Richard Beesly)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: Great White Egret [S over High Maynard], Common Sandpiper, 7 Teal, 9 Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail, 3 Little Egret, Cetti’s Warbler, Black Necked Grebe [by others on Res 4] (Richard Beesly)
• Wanstead Flats: 3 Whinchat, 4 Stonechat, 8 Meadow Pipit, 2 Stock Dove, 5 Swallow, 4 Chiffchaff, Kestrel, 3 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 9 Teal, 5 Pochard, Little Grebe, Little Egret (Wanstead Birders)
• Wimbledon Common: 4 Firecrest (Jon Reeves)

Monday 23rd September

• Brent Reservoir: Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 House Martin in nest (Barry Wilson)
• Hampstead Heath: Stonechat, Kingfisher (Francis O'Sullivan)
• London Wetland Centre: Green Sandpiper, 15 Chiffchaff, 3 Little Egret, 180 Shoveler (WWT)
• Oxleas Wood: Buzzard, Coal Tit, Treecreeper, 2 Nuthatch, Firecrest, 2 Goldcrest (Ron Turner)
• Perivale Park: Red Kite, Kingfisher, c40 House Martin feeding over meadow, 3 Chiffchaff (Neil Anderson)
• Springfield Park: Nuthatch, 2 Coal Tit, 4 Goldcrest, Jackdaw ( Marcin Kempa)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: Black-necked Grebe, Barnacle Goose, Common Sandpiper, Peregrine (G James)
• Wanstead Flats: Nightjar on path near large Skylark enclosure [1930], Little Owl, 2 Chiffchaff, Kestrel (Nick Croft)
• Wanstead Park: 15 Shoveler, 2 Teal, 15 Gadwall, 36 Pochard, 17 Tufted Duck, 5 Little Grebe, 3 Little Egret, Nuthatch, Coal Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, Kingfisher, 2 Stock Dove (Nick Croft)
• Waterworks NR: Water Rail (Marcin Kempa)
• Woodford Green: Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff through grdn. early am & Red Kite over low & W at 1340, also c15 House Martin over SSW at 1555 (Ken Murray)

Sunday 22nd September

• Brent Reservoir: 2 Snipe, Common Sandpiper foraging on old rafts, 4 Little Egret, Great Crested Grebe pair with very tiny 3 day old chick, Cetti's Warbler, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, (Michael Robinson, Michel Tange, Bob Husband)
• Cray Valley GC: Lapwing briefly over Cookham Road c1115, 2 Swallow SE 1118, c6 Chiffchaff (Jack Headley)
• Hampstead Heath: Cetti’s Warbler, 16 Swallow NE, 12 Sand Martin N, 5 Stonechat, 5 Chiffchaff, 15 Jay ( Hampstead Heath Birders)
• London Wetland Centre: f Marsh Harrier (Shailesh Patel); 13 Snipe, Great White Egret, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 4 Blackcap, 14 Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Little Egret, 180 Shoveler, 14 Wigeon, 2 Little Grebe (WWT)
• Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Goldcrest, 4 Jackdaw, 7 Firecrest, 2 Coal Tit, Buzzard, Song Thrush, 2 Treecreeper, 4 Nuthatch (Ron Turner)
• Richmond Park: Rock Pipit NW, Firecrest (D Brasier); Golden Plover W, Raven, 20 Swallow S, Snipe (D Brasier/R Kaye)
• Shrewsbury Park, SE18: 2 Firecrest, Chiffchaff, Nuthatch, Stock Dove, Jay (Tim Rymer)
• Staines Moor: Great White Egret over north end heading towards Stanwell Moor, 3 Hobby, 4 Kestrel, 2 Little Egret, 3 Stonechat, 2 Grey Wagtail, Kingfisher, 3 Little Grebe, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, several Chiffchaff (Iain Darbyshire)
• United States Embassy: imm Kestrel hovering out front, 4 Pied Wagtail (Michael Mac)
• Wanstead Flats: 2 Mistle Thrush, Kestrel, 6 Chiffchaff (Nick Croft)
• Wanstead Park: 20 Tufted Duck, 12 Pochard, 12 Gadwall, f Wigeon, 6 Shoveler, Teal, 4 Little Grebe, 2 Tawny Owl, 2 Chiffchaff, Sedge Warbler, 5 Song Thrush (Nick Croft)
• Woodford Green: c12 House Martin over feeding briefly in the gloom at 1030, Chiffchaff & Blackcap through (Ken Murray)

Saturday 21st September

• Brent Reservoir: 5 Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 12+ House Martin, 4 Little Egret, 4+ Cetti’s Warbler. (Steve Blake)
• Greenwich Ecology Park: 2 Little Grebe, Kingfisher, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff (John Bushell & Conrad Ellam)
• Priest Hill: 6 Chiffchaff, f Blackcap, Meadow Pipit S, 20+ Greenfinch in one flock (Neil Batten)
• Raynes Park "Coombe Lane": 5 House Martin E at 08.55, 2 Raven E at 11.35, 16+ Greenfinch, Chiffchaff, Sparrowhawk, Pied Wagtail (P Redmond)
• Shooters Hill, SE18: Sparrowhawk, Chiffchaff, Jay, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Tim Rymer)
• Swakeleys Park, Ickenham: 2 Mandarin Duck pr, Grey Heron (Julie Dungey)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: 55 Chiffchaff, 24 Blackcap, 9 Cettis Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Kingfisher (Walthamstow Wetlands Ringing Group)
• Wanstead Flats: Nightjar [1940] S side of Long Wood (Nick Croft/Paul Wilcox); Whinchat, Stonechat, Coal Tit, 12 Meadow Pipit, 3 Grey Wagtail, Mistle Thrush, 9 Shoveler, 6 Gadwall, 2 Pochard, 7 Little Grebe, Common Sandpiper, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Little Owl (Wanstead Birders)
• Warren Farm: 2 Red Kite, 2 Kestrel, 2 Grey Wagtail [1 Long Wood, 1 adjacent canal]. 2 Swallow, 10 Rook {Willow Emerald, Small Copper} (Neil Anderson & 15 Central London RSPB members})
• Woodford Green: Sand Martin high SSE at 0910, Chiffchaff & Blackcap through grdn, also 2 Song Thrush (Ken Murray)

Friday 20th September

• Epping Forest "Chingford Plain": Stonechat, Kestrel, Green Woodpecker (RSa)
• Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 2 Red Kite, Buzzard, 50+ Herring Gull in afternoon roost (Neil Batten)
• Rainham Marshes: Hobby, 2 Snipe, 94 Black-tailed Godwit, 54 Avocet, 4 Curlew, Redshank, 2 Marsh Harrier, 7 Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, 4 Wigeon, 4 Curlew, 2 House Martin, Buzzard (Tim Bray); 14 Ringed Plover on south side of Thames as viewed from Tilda Quay (Ian Bradshaw)
• Staines Reservoir: juv Little Gull on South Basin still 0830, 400+ Cormorant majority moved to KGV1 at 0845 (Andy Roberts)

Thursday 19th September

• Bankside: Song Thrush [scarce here, FOY] (Reuben Braddock)
• Barnes Bridge: Little Egret feeding on south shore (Neil Anderson)
• Brent Reservoir: 2 Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 9 Egyptian Goose, 3 Wigeon, 8 Little Egret, 2 Cetti’s Warbler. (Steve Blake)
• East India Dock Basin: Little Egret, 68 Teal (Tim Bray)
• Fulham Reach [part of WeBS): 7 Teal, Little Egret, ad Yellow-legged Gull (Neil Anderson)
• Leatherhead "Randalls Way": Raven low SE, Red Kite, Buzzard, singing Chiffchaff, 60+ Herring Gull in afternoon roost (Neil Batten)
• Lee Valley, Seventy Acres: Bittern in reeds on west side of lake, 14 Barnacle Geese, Raven over {Striped Shieldbug from path to the farm} (WDC Volunteers)
• London Wetland Centre: Green Sandpiper, 2 Little Egret, 130 Shoveler, 95 Gadwall, 20 Wigeon, 7 Meadow Pipit, 12-15 Chiffchaff (WWT)
• Rayners Lane: 6 Swallow N (Tim Rymer)
• Raynes Park "Coombe Lane": 16+ Greenfinch feeding on pyracantha [never had Greenfinch here before] (P Redmond)
• Staines Reservoir: juv Little Gull still on South Basin, 1+ Yellow Wagtail on causeway, 750+ Cormorants on South Basin (Andy Roberts)
• Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 2 Teal, 2 Buzzard, 2 Swallow, c45 House Martin, 2 Grey Wagtail, Blackcap, 9 Chiffchaff, Linnet, Bullfinch (John Colmans)

Wednesday 18th September

• Beddington Farmlands: Long-tailed Skua (BFBG)
• Bromley Common: 3 Meadow Pipit N over college grounds c12.34 (Jack Headley)
• Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, 3 Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
• Eastcote, Field End Recreation Ground: 2 Chiffchaff (Tim Rymer)
• KGV Reservoir: Rock Pipit, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Wigeon, Red-crested Pochard, 6 Common Sandpiper, Black-necked Grebe, 15 Chiffchaff (A Middleton)
• Leatherhead "Randalls Way"; 40+ Herring Gull in afternoon roost (Neil Batten)
• London Wetland Centre: Common Sandpiper, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 60+ Shoveler, 40+ Teal, 30+ Gadwall, 15-20 Chiffchaff, 4 Great Tit (WWT), in the morning saw a raptor size 2-3x bigger than a buzzard, large WS with broad wings. Just saw some white under the body. Flying west. Have not idea what it was. (Shailesh Patel)
• Rainham Marshes: juv Cuckoo, Greenshank, Merlin, Hobby, 6+ Yellow Wagtail, 2 Green Sandpiper (Ian Bradshaw)
• Richmond Park: 7 Teal, 2 Shoveler, 4 Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, 5 Meadow Pipit, Whinchat, 10 Stonechat (Neil Anderson)
• Woodford Green: 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap {Holly Blue, Comma, Red Admiral, Large White, Speckled Wood & Brown Hairstreak through grdn by 1215} (Ken Murray)

Tuesday 17th September

• Blackfriars: Guillemot [found grounded by theatre and taken into care at South Essex Wildlife Hospital] (P Redmond per Andy Miller/SEWH)
• Bow Creek: Common Sandpiper (Tim Bray)
• East India Dock Basin: 16 Teal (Tim Bray)
• Kew Bridge: Little Egret feeding north side on shore (Neil Anderson)
• Kew Gardens: 4 Gadwall, 4 Mandarin, Little Grebe, Little Egret [Syon Park foreshore], Buzzard, 10 Stock Dove (Neil Anderson)
• London Wetland Centre: 15-20 Chiffchaff (WWT)
• Richmond Park: Whinchat, Stonechat, Lawn Field early PM (Franko Maroevic, Steve Shermer)
• Woodford GC: Spotted Flycatcher in oaks around pond adjacent Sunset Avenue at 1145 (Ken Murray)

Monday 16th September

• Eastcote, Field End Recreation Ground: 8 Chiffchaff (Tim Rymer)
• Hampstead Heath: Spotted Flycatcher, 14 Meadow Pipit, c15 Chiffchaff, Whitethroat, Swallow, Hobby (Hampstead Heath Birders)
• Ladywell Fields: Kingfisher, 4 Chiffchaff, Green Woodpecker, Nuthatch, Coal Tit, Stock Dove (Tom Moulton et al)
• London Wetland Centre: Common Sandpiper, 3 Snipe, 2 Little Grebe, Kingfisher, Sparrowhawk, Willow Warbler, 5 Meadow Pipit, 2 Swallow, 20+ Chiffchaff (WWT)
• Kelsey Park: 6 Mandarin, 3-4 Shoveler, 5 Little Grebe, 3 Little Egret, 5 Chiffchaff (Jack Headley)
• Kew Gardens: Hobby juv hunting over Temperate House mid PM (Steve Shermer, Franko J Maroevic)
• Rainham Marshes: 42 Avocet, 50 Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, 2 Marsh Harrier, Goldcrest, Wheatear, Stonechat (Andrew Self)
• Trent Park: Buzzard, 6 Green Woodpecker, 5 Jays, 10 Carrion Crow, 7 Magpie, 8 Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 Stock Doves, 6 Woodpigeon, 2 Kestrel [imm m & f], 7 House Martin, 2 Whinchat, Blue Tit, c20 Starling (Aaron Sapatsch)
• Walthamstow Marshes: 7 Whinchat, Stonechat, Reed Bunting, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Swallow, Kestrel (Marcin Kempa)
• Warren Farm: 5 Buzzard incl 4 together, 3+ Red Kite, 2 Sparrowhawk together, 3 Kestrel, 2 Swallow W, 7 Rook, juv Linnet (Neil Anderson)

Sunday 15th September

• Brent Reservoir: Cetti's Warbler, Common Sandpiper, 5 Little Egret, 12+ Grey Heron, 16+ Teal, 3+ Shoveler, 6+ Egyptian Geese, 50+ Canada Goose [inc Greylag × Canada] No sign of yesterday's Whinchat (Bob Husband, Sue Widdowfield)
• Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Song Thrush, Blackcap, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
• Dagenham Chase: Common Sandpiper, Tree Pipit (Andrew Self)
• London Wetland Centre: 3 Common Sandpiper, 4 Snipe, Little Egret, 2 Little Grebe, Kingfisher, Kestrel, Redstart (WWT)
• Plumstead Common SE18: likely Honey Buzzard, but very distant on binoculars heading SW (Patrick English)
• Priest Hill: Common Gull, ad. Lesser Black-Backed Gull, 3 Swallow, 5 Meadow Pipit S, 8 Chiffchaff, 2 Grey Heron W (Neil Batten)
• Stoneleigh KT17: Red Kite low NE (Neil Batten)
• St Paul's Cray: Chiffchaff heard calling from Kelsey Road garden 1311 (Jack Headley)
• Ten Acre Wood area: f Pheasant, Red Kite, 2 Sparrowhawk, Skylark, 8 Swallow, 6 Chiffchaff, 9 Greenfinch (Neil Anderson)
• Wandsworth, Northcote Road: Probable Honey Buzzard drifting over 12:45. Decent Swallow passage also.
• West Putney garden SW15: Merlin circled then W 1225, 3 Buzzard, 2 Hobby, Rook 1st winter NE, 41 Swallow SW, 2 House Martin SW, Sand Martin SW, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Chiffchaff (R Kaye/J Wilczur)
• Woodford Green: 2 Reed Warblers feeding in neighbour’s Ivy hedge between 9.24 and 13.00, plus a Lesser Whitethroat in bird bath at 16.22. (Ken Murray)
• Woolwich Common: 2 Whinchat, Stonechat, 4 Swallow S, Green Woodpecker, Blackcap, 10+ Chiffchaff, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, 2 Pied Wagtail E (Tim Rymer)
• Yeading Brook meadows: Red Kite, Kestrel, 13 Swallow S, House Martin S, 2 Chiffchaff (Neil Anderson)

Saturday 14th September

• Brent Reservoir: Whinchat, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, Swift, 100+ House Martin (Steve Blake et al)
• Kempton Park NR: Great White Egret (Colin Trim); m Marsh Harrier into trees on E side 17.50, 3 Snipe, 24 Lapwing, 6 Shoveler, 10 Teal, 2 Reed Bunting (Franko J Maroevic)
• London Wetland Centre: Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Little Egret, 20 Chiffchaff (BirdGuides)
• Rainham Marshes: 32 Avocet, Ringed Plover, 3 Curlew, 51 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Dunlin, Great Egret, 2 Hobby, Wheatear, Stonechat {Wall} (Andrew Self)
• Scadbury Park: 5 House Martin S/SW, c16 Chiffchaff, 2 Firecrest (Jack Headley)
• Richmond Park: Osprey SW at 07.40, 2 Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, Spotted Flycatcher, 13 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Whinchat, Wheatear (D Brasier); Hobby ad & juv, Peregrine ad m, 3+ Sparrowhawk, 2 Red Kite, 20+ Buzzard including a group of eight (D Brasier/J Wilczur)
• Ruislip Lido/Woods: 2 Wigeon, 42 Gadwall, 5 Shoveler, Little Egret, 6 Little Grebe, 5 Great Crested Grebe 3 ad 2 juv, Red Kite, Buzzard, 2-3 Sparrowhawk, 2+ Hobby, Kestrel, 2+ Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, 2 Treecreeper, 3 Nuthatch, 10+ Chiffchaff {9 butterfly spp inc Painted Lady, 2 Small Copper} (Neil Anderson, Nigel Dodd & 10 other LNHS members)
• Shrewsbury Park, SE18: Firecrest, Sparrowhawk, Chiffchaff, Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, Coal Tit (Tim Rymer)
• Stoneleigh KT17: Meadow Pipit SE, ad. Lesser Black-Backed Gull, Grey Wagtail on The Broadway (Neil Batten)
• Vauxhall Park: Spotted Flycatcher 3rd day (Michael Mac)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: 21 Chiffchaff, 12 Cettis Warbler, 11 Blackcap, 5 Reed Warbler, 2 Willow Warbler, Whitethroat, 3 Sedge Warbler, Wigeon, Tree Pipit, Meadow Pipit, Sparrowhawk (Walthamstow Birders)
• Wanstead Flats: 4 Whinchat, Spotted Flycatcher (Conrad Ellam)
• Woodford Green: 4-5 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap & a 3rd Firecrest [FOY] through the grdn by 0815 (Ken Murray)
• Mayesbrook Park: Stock Dove, Minor influx of 5 Great Crested Grebe (Geoff Harding)

Friday 13th September

• Alexandra Park: Stonechat on west perimeter of cricket pitches in SE of Park, 5 Meadow Pipit over, Willow Warbler in Grove in NW corner of Park (APOG)
• Bow Creek: Common Sandpiper, m Tufted Duck (Tim Bray)
• East India Dock Basin: Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Little Egret, 25 Teal (Tim Bray)
• Epping Forest "Chingford Plain": 2 Stonechat, Hobby, 7 Meadow Pipit, 3 House Martin, 2 Swallow (RSa)
• Hanwell Garden W7: Tree pipit SW, Raven NW, 84 Swallow SW, 52 House Martin SW, Willow Warbler, 3 Meadow Pipit S, 16 Siskin S (D Brasier)
• London Wetland Centre: Common Sandpiper, 2 Little Grebe, 100+ House Martin, 4 Snipe, Kingfisher, 20+ Chiffchaff (WWT)
• Oxleas Wood: 3 Nuthatch, 4 Goldcrest, Firecrest, 4 Coal Tit ( Ron Turner)
• Plumstead Common: Peregrine with 2 Hobby (Patrick English)
• Richmond Park: 3 Whinchat, Common Sandpiper (Jon Reeves)
• Vauxhall Park: Spotted Flycatcher still same tree at 1345 (Michael Mac)
• Willow Warbler briefly in Garden in N5 (Sam O'Donnell)

Thursday 12th September

• Bankside: Spoonbill high upriver (Reuben Braddock)
• Bromley Common: 4 House Martin over Crown Lane 0911 (Jack Headley)
• Bow Creek: 2 Common Sandpiper, Kingfisher (Tim Bray)
• Bushy Park: Wheatear, 5 Whinchat, 17 House Martin [feeding over Heron Pond], Cetti’s Warbler (John Strachan)
• East India Dock Basin: Little Egret, 30 Teal (Tim Bray)
• Hampstead Heath: Stonechat [first of season here] (Hampstead Heath Birders)
• KGV Res: estimated 1000+ House Martin in this cool NW breeze, by far the highest numbers I've seen there, Hobby, 4 Yellow Wagtail, Wheatear, 3 Meadow Pipit (A.Middleton)
• London Wetland Centre: Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, 50+ House Martin, 20+ Chiffchaff, 6 Yellow Wagtail (WWT)
• Rainham Marshes: f Merlin hunting over tip, Ruff, Dunlin, Wheatear, 5 Yellow Wagtail, Tree Pipit (Andrew Self) Meadow Pipit, Kingfisher catching fish, Sedge Warbler, 10+ Cetti’s Warbler, Bearded Tit [heard only], 4 Little Egret, Teal, 5+ Black-tailed Godwit, 50+ House Martin, Lapwing, Little Grebe, Gadwall, 5+ Cormorants including juveniles (Ari Weiler-Ofek and Haeun Sun) Ringed Plover, adult Yellow-legged Gull on Thames (Ian Bradshaw)
• Richmond Park: Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper (S Hucks}; Hobby, ad m Peregrine with prey, Red Kite, 4+ Buzzard, 17+ House Martin, 2+ Whinchat, 2+ Raven (J Wilczur)
• Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Red Kite, 3 Common Buzzard, Little Owl, Kestrel, 6 Rook, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Swallow, 26 House Martin, 25 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Blackcap, 9 Goldcrest, 2 Firecrest, 6 Nuthatch, Mistle Thrush, Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 18 Meadow Pipit, 31 Linnet, (Samuel Levy)
• Vauxhall Park: Spotted Flycatcher (willow in the garden), Chiffchaff, Great spotted Woodpecker (Michael Mac)
• Walthamstow Marsh: 4 Whinchat still on Bomb Crater field (Quentin Given)

Wednesday 11th September

• Bromley Common: 2 Peregrine pr seen flying distantly W from Havelock Road (Jack Headley)
• Bermondsey: 2 Swallow over S (John Cadera)
• Bushy Park: Whinchat, 58 Pied Wagtail, 4 Little Grebe (John Strachan)
• Hampstead Heath: 2 Spotted Flycatcher, Reed Warbler, 5 Meadow Pipit (Hampstead Heath Birders)
• Lamorbey Park: 4 Teal, Little Egret, 3 House Martin, 3 Chiffchaff (Ian Stewart)
• London Wetland Centre: juv Garganey still on Main Lake (BirdGuides); Green Sandpiper, Little Egret, 30+ Yellow Wagtail, 2 Cormorant, Blackcap, 50+ House Martin, Kestrel, 20+ Chiffchaff (WWT)
• Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, 8 Jackdaw, 2 Raven, 4 Firecrest, 2 Goldcrest 2 Coal Tit, 3 Blackcap, Treecreeper, Nuthatch (Ron Turner)
• Hackney Marshes: Hobby (Marcin Kempa)
• Rainham Marshes: Marsh Harrier, Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 4 Teal, 4 Shoveler, c10 Gadwall, Pintail on Thames, 8 Egyptian Goose [2 ad 6 juv], c12 Shelduck, c8-10 Sand Martin, c8-10 House Martin, Great Black-backed Gull, Little Grebe incl juv fed by adult, 12+ Avocet, c8 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Curlew, 3 Dunlin, 7+ Lapwing, Ruff, juv Ringed Plover, 2 Snipe, Kingfisher (William Atkinson)
• Sidcup DA15: Sparrowhawk, Hobby [chased Blue Tit from my garden], Peregrine, 1+ Sand Martin, 3+ Swallow, 5+ House Martin [all hirundines W in single low-flying flock], Chiffchaff (Ian Stewart)
• Swanscombe Marshes: 2 Gadwall, 15 Teal, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 2+ Water Rail, 3 Ringed Plover, 6+ Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, Curlew, Sand Martin, 3 Meadow Pipit, Wheatear, 7 Whinchat, 2+ Blackcap, Whitethroat, 4+ Chiffchaff, Pied Flycatcher, 2 Raven (Ian Stewart)
• Upper Cray Valley: Little Egret, Hobby, 3 Chiffchaff (Jack Headley)
• Walthamstow Marshes: 4 Whinchat, 2 Meadow Pipit (Marcin Kempa)
• Wanstead Flats: 7 Meadow Pipit, 2 Whinchat, 2 Chiffchaff (Nick Croft/Mark Thomas)
• Wanstead Park: 4 Kingfisher, 70+ House Martin , 3 Chiffchaff, Hobby, Kestrel, 11 Tufted Duck, 8 Pochard, 6 Shoveler, 7 Gadwall, 2 Little Grebe, 5 Stock Dove (Nick Croft/Mark Thomas)
• Woodberry Wetlands: f Pintail, 32 Shoveler, 2 Peregrine, c25 House Martin (Chris Farthing)

Tuesday 10th September

• Bankside: Lesser Whitethroat [FOY], Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Jay, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Reuben Braddock)
• Brookmill Park: 2 Kingfisher, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
• Dagenham Chase: Cuckoo, 2 Green Sandpiper, Common Tern, Hobby (Andrew Self)
• Ealing Broadway: Hobby seen chasing Starling flock over Haven Green (Andrew Peel and Toni Menezes)
• Ewell, London Road: 4 Swallow W 0815 (Neil Batten)
• Foots Cray Meadows: 4 Gadwall, Buzzard, Hobby, Kingfisher, 6+ Sand Martin, 4+ Swallow, c100 House Martin, Grey Wagtail, Blackcap, Cetti’s Warbler, c20 Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Firecrest (Ian Stewart)
• Greenwich: 40 House Martin (Ray Crouch)
• Lewisham: 3 Swallow w (Conrad Ellam)
• London Wetland Centre: 3 Little Egret, Cormorant, 60 Shoveler, 50 Gadwall, 70 Teal, 40 Pochard, Blackcap, Kestrel, 50 House Martin, 20 Chiffchaff, Dunnock, Great Tit (WWT); Garganey on Main Lake (BirdGuides)
• Oxleas Wood: Kestrel, Buzzard, Firecrest, 19 Swallow, 4 House Martin, Peregrine ( Ron Turner)
• Primrose Hill: Pied Flycatcher, 11 House Martin N (Dave Clark/Sam Bonham)
• Rainham Marshes: Osprey circled high then drifted NE (BirdGuides)
• Staines Reservoir: Black Tern on South Basin (BirdGuides)
• Stockwell, Community garden: Great Spotted Woodpecker on mealworm feeder, first seen here (Michael Mac)
• Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Whinchat, Mandarin Duck, 2 Teal, 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 20 Rook, 24 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 29 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 5 Goldcrest, 3 Nuthatch, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 14 Pied Wagtail, 13 Meadow Pipit, 2 Greenfinch, 31 Linnet (Samuel Levy)
• Wanstead Flats: 4 Whinchat, f Wheatear, Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 7 Meadow Pipit, Willow Warbler, 20+ Chiffchaff, 2 Skylark, Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Kestrel, Hobby, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 10+ Swallow, Sand Martin, 40+ House Martin, Linnet, Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 2 Teal, 2 Stock Dove, Little Owl (Richard Beesly/Brian Downton/Jon Clark/Mary Holden/Nick Croft)

Monday 9th September

• Alexandra Park: Pied Flycatcher still in north-west corner of The Grove (BirdGuides)
• Bushy Park: Spotted Flycatcher, Whinchat (John Strachan)
• Dartford Marshes: Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, 3 Avocet, 28 Lapwing, 3 Redshank, 2 Common Sandpiper, Curlew, 13 Yellow-legged Gull, 15 House Martin, 5 Sand Martin, 2 Meadow Pipit, Whinchat, Wheatear (Conrad Ellam)
• East India Dock Basin: Kestrel mobbed by Gulls, 7 Teal, 2 Cormorant, f Tufted Duck, Common Gull (Tim Bray)
• Epping Forest ‘Connaught Water & Chingford Plain’: Hobby, 14 Mandarin Duck, 2 Shoveler, 3 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 20 Swallow (Richard Beesly)
• Foots Cray Meadows: 2 Gadwall, Swallow, Blackcap, Cetti’s Warbler, c15 Chiffchaff, Spotted Flycatcher, Pied Flycatcher (Ian Stewart)
• Hampstead Heath: 2 Whinchat (Hampstead Heath Birders)
• London Wetland Centre: 2 Common Sandpiper, 7 Little Egret, 155 Shoveler, 131 Gadwall, 122 Teal, 70 Pochard, 9 Blackcap, 27 Chiffchaff (WWT)
• Island Barn Reservoir: Osprey flew low west (BirdGuides)
• KGV Reservoir: 3 Sandwich Tern over (BirdGuides)
• Oxleas Wood: 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker 4 Blackcap, 5 Firecrest, Goldcrest, Kestrel, Hobby, 2 Chiffchaff, Coal Tit, 6 Jackdaw, Stock Dove, Whitethroat (Ron Turner)
• Staines Reservoir: 4 Black Tern on South Basin, 9 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Sanderling on South Basin (BirdGuides)
• Wanstead Flats: roosting Nightjar until flushed by Grey Squirrel, 5 Whinchat (John & Janet Cadera, Andrew Self); Pied Flycatcher, Spotted Flycatcher, Wryneck in enclosure east of Long Wood (BirdGuides); Barn Owl, 3 Little Owl, 20+ Swallow, 33 House Martin, 2 Sand Martin, Willow Warbler, 10+ Chiffchaff, 3 Whitethroat, Grey Wagtail, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Pochard, 3 Gadwall (Wanstead Birders et al)

Sunday 8th September

• Alexandra Park: Pied Flycatcher (BirdGuides)
• Brent Reservoir: Pied Flycatcher, Whinchat, Lesser Whitethroat, Hobby, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Common Sandpiper, etc. 51 sp. recorded inc. A count of 164 Feral / Rock Dove on Cool Oak Lane footbridge (NW London RSPB Group Birdwalk, Bob Husband, RSPB Group Leader)
• Bushy Park: 3 Whinchat, Cetti's Warbler, 3 Kingfisher (John Strachan)
• Durants Park: Spotted Flycatcher (AM)
• Foots Cray Meadows: Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Hobby, Kingfisher, 2+ Blackcap, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, c20 Chiffchaff, Spotted Flycatcher, Pied Flycatcher (Ian Stewart)
• Hampstead Heath: 5 Swallow S, 20 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, Tree Pipit (Hampstead Heath Birders)
• Hornchurch CP: a tweet relates 2 Nightjar ringed by Paul Hawkins @PaulHawky, imaged (AM)
• KGV Res: Common Scoter, 3 Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, Ringed Plover (AM)
• London Wetland Centre: 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 6 Snipe, Little Egret, 155 Shoveler, 131 Gadwall, 122 Teal, 70 Pochard, 6 Wigeon, 4 Water Rail, 2 Kingfisher, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat, 9 Blackcap, Willow Warbler, 27 Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, Reed Bunting, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler (WWT)
• Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 2 Firecrest, Chiffchaff, Stock Dove, 2 Pied Flycatcher, 2 Kestrel, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Hobby (Ron Turner)
• Rainham Marshes: Tree Pipit over (Andrew Self)
• Richmond Park: 3 Ringed Plover, 2 Greenshank early morning only, Great White Egret SE, Green Sandpiper, 8 Common Sandpiper, 9 Whinchat, 6 Yellow Wagtail SW, Tree Pipit SW (D Brasier); 114 Greylag Goose, Hobby, juv/imm Peregrine, Kingfisher, Reed Warbler (J Wilczur/S Woolfenden); Greenshank in evening (P Pentek)
• Shrewsbury Park, SE18: 3 Swallow S, Firecrest, Sparrowhawk, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Nuthatch, Stock Dove, 2 Jay (Tim Rymer)
• Staines Reservoir: Black-necked Grebe, 4 Black Tern (BirdGuides)
• Wanstead Flats; Wryneck seen fly between 2 oak saplings into undergrowth at 1450, Common Sandpiper, Hobby, 3 Whinchat (Michael Mac); m Redstart; fem. Wheatear (HarringayBirder); 5 Whinchat, 4 Wheatear, Pied Flycatcher, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Whitethroat, 16+ Chiffchaff, 4 Willow Warbler, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Skylark, 2 Little Owl, Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 3 Stock Dove, 9 House Martin, Swallow, Sand Martin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Gadwall, 8 Teal (Wanstead Birders et al)
• West Thurrock: Osprey 1015 to 1030 then went high N, Greenshank, Wood Sandpiper, Curlew, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 45 Goldfinch, Peregrine, Sparowhawk, Buzzard (A Middleton)
• Woolwich Common: Sparrowhawk, Hobby, Kestrel, Redstart, 2 Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)

Saturday 7th September

• Beddington Farmlands: Sandwich Tern from public hide at north lake (BirdGuides)
• Brent Reservoir: 2 Spotted Flycatcher, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, Willow Warbler, Whitethroat, Blackcap, Little Egret, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk [Brent Birders Autumn Bird Count = 59 species, so far] (Bob Husband, Steve Blake, Michael Robinson, Francis O'Sullivan, Shailesh Patel)
• Bushy Park: 2 Whinchat, 18 Gadwall (John Strachan)
• Crystal Palace: Pied Flycatcher (BirdGuides)
• Dagenham Chase: 3 Green Sandpiper, Willow Warbler, Nuthatch (Andrew Self)
• Durants Park: Spotted Flycatcher (A Middleton)
• Epping Forest: Wryneck in scrub by model airplane runway at Chingford Plain (BirdGuides)
• Foots Cray Meadows: Hobby, Kingfisher, Whinchat, 3+ Blackcap, Cetti’s Warbler, 30+ Chiffchaff, Pied Flycatcher (Ian Stewart)
• Greenwich: 5 House Martin, Peregrine (Ray Crouch)
• Hampstead Heath: Osprey S over South End Green 1530, Hobby at Extension, Spotted Flycatcher, Whinchat, 30 House Martin and 5 Sand Martin over Tumulus (Hampstead Heath Birders)
• KGV Reservoir: drake Common Scoter on South Basin (BirdGuides), pm also Black Tern, 2 Common Tern, 2 Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail (A Middleton)
• Orpington "Gorse Road/Skeet Hill Lane": c35 Swallow, c8 House Martin, Whinchat, 3 Yellow Wagtail [incl two S/SE], 2 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Raven (Jack Headley)
• Rainham Marshes: Pied Flycatcher by Purfleet Hide (BirdGuides)
• Richmond Park: 3 Ringed Plover, 7 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper still, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Whinchat, 2 Raven (Alex Westenberger, Freya Fulcher) 2 Dunlin (D Brasier)
• Shrewsbury Park, SE18: Spotted Flycatcher in old allotments, 3 Nuthatch, Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, Coal Tit, 3 Jay (Tim Rymer)
• Swanscombe Marshes: 2 Whinchat (John Bushell & Conrad Ellam)
• Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Teal, Hobby, 20 Swallow, Grey Wagtail, Spotted Flycatcher, Blackcap, 18 Chiffchaff, 6 Greenfinch, 2 Linnet (John Colmans)
• Wanstead Flats: Wryneck, 1st winter Caspian Gull, Pied Flycatcher (old enclosure), 5 Whinchat, 2 Wheatear, 2 Redstart, 2 Tree Pipit, Meadow Pipit (first bird of autumn), Yellow Wagtail, Skylark, 4 Swallow, House Martin, 2 Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 2 Common Sandpiper, Teal, 16 Chiffchaff, Lesser Whitethroat (Wanstead Birders)
• Woodberry Wetlands: 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 28 Shoveler (Chris Farthing)

Friday 6th September

• Barking Riverside: Sandwich Tern over east, Whinchat, Wheatear, 4 Ringed Plover, 7 Common Sandpiper, 3 Oystercatcher, 62 Shelduck, 3 Kestrel (Tim Bray)
• Beckton: Sandwich Tern. 2 Arctic Tern (BirdGuides)
• Beddington Farmlands: Pied Flycatcher at South Gate (BirdGuides)
• Chorleywood: 3 Meadow Pipit flying over station calling (Shaan Purohit)
• Crayford Marshes: Marsh Harrier, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 5 Kestrel, Hobby, 4 Oystercatcher, 41 Avocet, 13 Ringed Plover, Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Dunlin, 9 Common Sandpiper, 5+ Yellow-legged Gull, Sandwich Tern, 3 Common Tern, 4+ Sand Martin, 2 Swallow, 3+ House Martin, 2 Reed Warbler (ad feeding juv), c10 Chiffchaff, c50 Linnet (Ian Stewart)
• Durants Park: Spotted Flycatcher (A.Middleton)
• Epping Forest "Chingford Plain": Wryneck (RSa)
• Capel Manor: Osprey 13:20 circling over head, and slowly heading South getting mobbed by Gulls. Imaged (Neville Smith)
• Hounslow Heath: Pied Flycatcher (seen briefly at 8.25), Wheatear, 20+ Blackcap, 6 + Chiffchaff, 4+ Whitethroat (Andy Roberts)
• Island Barn Reservoir: drake Common Scoter (BirdGuides)
• Queen Mary Reservoir: 4 Common Scoter 3 drakes, 4 Sandwich Tern flew over early pm, then W, Ringed Plover over, 3 Common Sandpiper, Yellow-legged Gull ad, 50 Swallow, 42 House Martin 18 Sand Martin, Kestrel juv, 13 House Sparrow (Franko J Maroevic)
• Queen Mother Reservoir: Arctic Skua flew east, 30+ Sandwich Tern (BirdGuides)
• Rainham Marshes: Sandwich Tern, 2 Tree Pipit (Andrew Self); 40 Black-tailed Godwit, 38 Avocet, 5 Curlew, 2 Snipe, 2 Redshank, 4 Ringed Plover, 2 Sandwich Tern, 3 Common Tern, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, Hobby, Kestrel, Peregrine, 2 Buzzard, 2 Marsh Harrier, Sparrowhawk, 30 Sand Martin, 14 House Martin, 2 Swallow, Whinchat, Kingfisher (Nick Croft/Mark Thomas)
• Richmond Park: Knot, 3 Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, 8 Common Sandpiper, Redstart, 11 Whinchat, 2 Wheatear, Kingfisher, 3 Little Egret, Raven, 5 Shoveler, (Friday Bird Group)
• Wanstead Flats: 4 Whinchat, Yellow Wagtail, Tree Pipit, Kingfisher,2 Common Sandpiper, 40 House Martin, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel (Wanstead Birders)
• Wapping: 10+ House Martin over Hermitage Basin along R Thames (John Colmans)

Thursday 5th September

• Barking Riverside: Iceland Gull again, 6 Black Tern (Gary A James)
• Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Kingfisher, 2 Stock Dove (Conrad Ellam)
• Dagenham Chase: Little Ringed Plover, 3 Green Sandpiper, no sign of Spotted Crake (Andrew Self)
• KGV Res: Great White Egret N 1420 [I only watched from south end] (A Middleton)
• London Wetland Centre: Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 3 Snipe, 3 Little Egret, 57 Shoveler (WWT); Swallow over main lake (Shailesh Patel)
• Island Barn Reservoir: 4 Black Tern (BirdGuides)
• Rainham Marshes: 11 Black Tern in Aveley Bay, 50+ Arctic Tern (BirdGuides)
• Richmond Park: 5 Whinchat, 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler (J Wilczur)
• Staines Reservoir: 2 Black Tern on South Basin, 5 Black-necked Grebe (BirdGuides)
• Wanstead Flats: Whinchat, Wheatear, Spotted Flycatcher, 6 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 16 Blackcap, 7 Whitethroat, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 14+ Chiffchaff, 4 Stock Dove, Kestrel, Little Owl (Nick Croft/Andy Gibbons)

Wednesday 4th September

• Beddington Farmlands: juv Wood Sandpiper on 100 Acre (BirdGuides)
• Brookmill Park: 2 Kingfisher, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam)
• Bromley: Dotterel reportedly heard flying over (BirdGuides)
• Bushy Park: 2 Whinchat (John Strachan)
• Dagenham Chase: Spotted Crake in reedbed on west bank of the Slack at 10am. View from near bencehs on east bank, do not enter fenced areas, not seen since 10:30 (BirdGuides)
• Hyde Park: Whitethroat in the Rose garden earlier today (Pete Mantle); 25+ Buzzard circled overhead then moved north at c.12.15 (P Lawrence per S Read/J Wilczur)
• KGV Reservoir: juv Black Tern, 2 Turnstone, both on South Basin (BirdGuides)
• London Wetland Centre: Greenshank, 2 Common Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpiper, Great White Egret, Little Egret, 3 Wigeon (WWT)
• Richmond Park: Great White Egret flew SW, Wheatear, Rook flew N (R.Kaye/P.Pentec)
• Staines Reservoir: juv Little Gull still on south edge of South Basin, Black Tern (BirdGuides)
• Stocker's Farm: 2 Tree Sparrow (Michael Robinson)
• Vicarage Farm, Enfield: Wheatear, Linnet, Buzzard, 3 Red Kite, Kestrel, Raven heard calling, 22 Swallow (Bob Husband & David Hills)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: 12 Sandwich Tern over West Warwick Reservoir (BirdGuides)
• Wanstead Flats: 2 Pied Flycatcher (BirdGuides); 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 4 Whinchat, 10 Wheatear, Redstart, 5 Tree Pipit, Yellow Wagtail, Skylark, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Swallow, 2 House Martin, Kestrel (Wanstead Birders)
• Wembley (HA0): calling Tawny Owl (Shailesh Patel)
• Woodberry Wetlands: 12 Sandwich Tern over (BirdGuides)

Tuesday 3rd September

• Bushy park: Great White Egret over SE 0900, Hobby (John Strachan)
• Croxley Green: 2 Turtle Dove at Killingdown Farm (BirdGuides)
• Frays Farm Meadows LWT: incl 2 Barn Owl (Dan Pinkham)
• Hampstead Heath: Spotted Flycatcher, 4 Willow Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail, Hobby (Hampstead Heath Birders)
• London Wetland Centre: 2 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 5 Little Egret, Wigeon, 15 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 4 Willow Warbler (WWT)
• KGV Reservoir: juv Black Tern, juv Little Gull (BirdGuides)
• Richmond Park: Greenshank for three minutes at 07.20 then off S (R.Kaye)
• St Anne's Churchyard, Limehouse: mixed tit flock of c40 birds, mostly Great & Blue Tit with some Long-tailed (Tim Bray)
• Staines Reservoir: Black Tern, Little Gull, 5 Black-necked Grebe (BirdGuides)
• Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 2 Teal, Mandarin Duck, 3 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, Kingfisher, Kestrel, Hobby, 6 Rook, 2 Coal Tit, 50 Swallow, 65 House Martin, 2 Willow Warbler, 31 Chiffchaff, 13 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat, 8 Goldcrest, 5 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Grey Wagtail, Bullfinch, 25 Greenfinch, 13 Linnet, 100 Goldfinch (Samuel Levy)
• Upper Cray Valley: Gadwall, 2 Little Egret, Hobby, 2 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff (Jack Headley)
• Wanstead Flats: Wryneck in broom north of Centre Road car park (BirdGuides) heard but not seen from 11:30, 5 Whinchat, 3 Wheatear, 2 House Martin, Skylark, 4 Stock Dove, Hobby, Red Kite, Buzzard, Lesser Whitethroat (Wanstead Birders)
• Walthamstow Marshes: Cattle Egret [Lee Valley Riding Centre horse paddocks], Whinchat, Wheatear, 2 Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, Sparrowhawk, 2 Little Egret (Richard Beesly)
• Walthamstow Wetlands: Wheatear, 5 Common Sandpiper, Peregrine, Kingfisher, 5 Little Egret, 14 Shoveler, 8 Gadwall, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Richard Beesly)

Monday 2nd September

• Barking Riverside: Black Tern on foreshore mud then flew E (BirdGuides)
• Bushy Park: 4 Whinchat, 2 Wheatear, 9 Stonechat [2 m, 2 f, 5 juvs], 28 Mistle Thrush [flock E tree to tree] (Matteo De Oliveira/John Strachan)
• London Wetland Centre: Greenshank, 6 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 4 Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, Hobby, Little Grebe (WWT)
• Orpington "Gorse Road/Skeet Hill Lane": 4 Red Kite, Red-legged Partridge, 5 Swallow, Whitethroat, Blackcap, 12 Chiffchaff (Jack Headley)
• Rainham Marshes: Cattle Egret on Butts Scrape, Garganey on Purfleet Scrape, Bonaparte's Gull on water just east of Aveley Bay, 45 Avocet, 8 Ringed Plover, 18 Lapwing, Curlew, 29 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 3 Redshank, 11 Common Gull, 4 Yellow-legged Gull, 14 Arctic Tern, 42 Common Tern, 30 Little Egret, Great White Egret, 3 Sparrowhawk, Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 3 Kingfisher, 2 Hobby, Peregrine, 2 Bearded Tit, Sedge Warbler, 8 Reed Warbler, 45 Sand Martin, Swallow, House Martin, 33 Chiffchaff, 10 Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Whitethroat, 3 Grey Wagtail, 57 Yellow Wagtail (Samuel Levy)
• Richmond Park: Cattle Egret briefly on Upper Pen Pond then flew south west 06.00, 7 Little Grebe, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Raven, 2 Siskin NW (D Brasier); 2 Greenshank on Upper Pen Pond briefly at 13.00 (R Pattinson); Common Sandpiper, Cuckoo (C Williams); Green Sandpiper, Yellow-legged Gull 2cy flew east, Tree Pipit (R Kaye/P Pentek/D Brasier/J Wilczur)
• Staines Reservoir: ad Black Tern & juv Little Gull on South Basin & Yellow Wagtail on causeway (Andy Roberts); 8 Black-necked Grebe (BirdGuides)
• St Paul's Cray: Red Kite W over Homebase Car Park (Jack Headley)
• Wanstead Flats: 2 Whinchat, Wheatear, Spotted Flycatcher, 2 House Martin, Swift, 20+ Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 5 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, Common Sandpiper, Skylark, Grey Wagatil, 2 Sparrowhawk, Kestrel (Wanstead Birders)

Sunday 1st September

• Aimes Green: Whinchat (A Middleton)
• Beddington Farmlands: 2 juv Wood Sandpiper, (BirdGuides)
• Brent Reservoir: 2 Green Sandpiper. Common Sandpiper, 2 Common Tern. Little Egret, Kingfisher, Cetti’s Warbler {Migrant Hawker & Willow Emerald Damselfly} (Bob Husband & Michael Robinson)
• Epping Forest "Chingford Plain": 2 Whinchat, Whitethroat, Hobby, Kestrel, 5 Greenfinch (RSa)
• Greenwich Ecology Park: Little Grebe, Little Egret, Kingfisher, 2 Sand Martin, 2 Whinchat, Blackcap, Reed Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff (Conrad Ellam & Richard Green)
• London Wetland Centre: 2 Greenshank, 4 Snipe, 3 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 3 Little Egret, Hobby, Water Rail, Willow Warbler (WWT)
• Hampstead Heath: 2 Hobby, 5 Sparrowhawk, Redstart, 6 Spotted Flycatcher, Whinchat, Yellow Wagtail, 2 Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, 3 Willow Warbler, Swallow (Hampstead Heath Birders)
• KGV Res: am Little Gull, Black Tern, 8 Common Sandpiper, 7 Whinchat, 5 Wheatear, Raven, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Green Woodpecker, Peregrine (SH, IL, TC, Andrew Middleton)
• Petts Wood: f Pied Flycatcher at Little Thrift (BirdGuides)
• Rainham Marshes: Whimbrel, 2 Ringed Plover, 3 Dunlin [Aveley Bay], 4 Common Tern on river (Andrew Self et al)
• Regents Park: Osprey over (BirdGuides)
• Richmond park: Spotted Flycatcher, Whinchat, Tree Pipit, 2 Raven, 5 Yellow Wagtail (D Brasier)
• Staines Reservoir: 3 Black Tern, Little Gull, 4 Black-necked Grebe (BirdGuides)
• Ten Acre Wood area: m Pheasant, 3 Red Kite, 2 juv Hobby together, 7 Stock Dove, Grey Wagtail, 5 Whitethroat (Neil Anderson)
• Totteridge Valley/ Darlands Lake: Mandarin, Teal (FOA), 2 Cormorant, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Red Kite, 4 Buzzard, Little Owl, 2 Kestrel, Hobby, 4 Rook, 2 Coal Tit, 50 Swallow, 35 House Martin, Willow Warber, 16 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 6 Goldcrest, 3 Nuthatch, 3 Spotted Flycatcher, 6 Yellow Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, 3 Linnet (Samuel Levy et al)
• Wanstead Flats: Pied Flycatcher still in Old Enclosure (BirdGuides)
• Woodford Green: Pied Flycatcher in grdn Sycamore imaged at 0900, seen to fly S at 0927, when followed by a Spotted Flycatcher, also Willow Warbler and Chiffchaff through (Ken Murray)
• Yeading Brook meadows: Little Egret, 3 Red Kite, Kestrel, 3 Swallow (Neil Anderson)