* Southfields (SW18): 1m Blackcap at my garden bird feeder for the first time this winter (Martin Honey)
* Southfields (SW18): 1m Blackcap at my garden bird feeder for the first time this winter (Martin Honey)
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* Wanstead Flats: up to 10 Skylark, Pied Wagtail, 19 Linnet, 20 + Goldfinch, 6 Gadwall, 7 Shoveler, 3 Pochard, 12 + Tufted Duck, 2 Stock Dove, large immature hawk through, scattering the gulls (probably large female Sparrowhawk) (Nick Croft)
== '''Tuesday 27th January 2015''' ==
== '''Tuesday 27th January 2015''' ==
Revision as of 11:30, 28 January 2015
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Wednesday 28th January 2015
Alexandra Park: 23 Redwing (lower slopes), Stock Dove (pitch 'n' putt course), Little Grebe and 2 drake Shoveler (boating pond) (Dominic Mitchell).
King's Meads nr Hertford: 40 Wigeon, 3 Water Rail, 3 Cetti's Warbler (Simon Knott via Herts BC); Red Kite, 5 Common Snipe, Kingfisher (Christopher Benton via Herts BC)
Oakley Square (TQ293834): 1 Long-tailed Tit with 2 Blue Tits (Colin Brooks)
Peckham: pr Sparrowhawk courting above Ctr for Wildlife Gardening (Twitter)
Richmond Park: Dartford Warbler still in lawn field with Stonechats (BirdGuides)
St James's Park: Kingfisher showing well this morning and drake Ruddy Duck in situ (Frank Nugent).
Snaresbrook Crown Court: Firecrest, Lesser Redpoll over, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Redwing, 2 singing Song Thrush early am (Stuart Fisher).
Shadwell: Sparrowhawk female flew west over DLR station 13 15:00 (John Archer)
Swanley Park: Tawny Owl 2am (Andy Meaton)
Tower Hamlets Cemetery: Firecrest still. Showing intermittently well in n/w corner of Monument Glade 1.15, also 5+ Goldcrest (Bob Watts and Alan Hobson)
Trent Park: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker female, 2 Teal pr lower lake (Robin White per RM Callf).
Vicarage Farm, Enfield: Common Snipe (Robin White per RM Callf)
Woodford Green: 9 Lesser Redpoll briefly (highest Winter count so far), 2 Coal Tit, 2 Nuthatch, and Common Buzzard interacting with male Sprawk at 16.25pm (Ken Murray) Where was this please? (Daniel Whitelegg)
Wapping Canal: Shoveler drake by Tobacco Dock, almost certainly the first site record (John Archer)
Wormwood Scrubs: ad Mediterranean Gull on football pitches c1230 (Des McKenzie via Twitter)
Hackney Wick, Lion Works : Black Redstart, brief Sub song. ( G.Harding ).
Sunday 25th January 2015
Alexandra Park: no sign of Smew, 6+ Redwing deer enclosures, 2m Shoveler Boating Lake (Bob Watts)
Brent Reservoir: drake Pintail, 130+ Teal, 300+ Tufted Duck, 33 Pochard, 3 Water Rail, 19 Snipe, Common Buzzard (Roy Beddard, Peter Casselton, Andrew Verrall)
Brookmill Park: Little Grebe, Mandarin, 2 Kingfisher, Song Thrush (Conrad Ellam)
Cheshunt: 3 Water Rail, m Goldeneye, f Goosander, 200 + Wigeon, Little Egret, (Bittern reported from hide), 8 Fieldfare, 10 Redwing (Stuart Fisher/Nick Croft)
Dulwich Upper Wood: Firecrest with long-tailed tits 3pm northern edge of reserve in holly just down from BTC store and with flats with green panels behind to left (Jo East)
Greenford UB6: f Blackcap in my garden (Neil Anderson)
Hampstead Heath: 2 Water Rail (1 at Highgate 1 Pond feeding not more than 6 feet away from the platform nearest the Mens Pond this morning, the other showing at the Bird Bridge at 11:30), 6 Redwing at Millfield Gate, Kingfisher at Sanctuary and Mixed Ponds (Frank Nugent).
Highams Park: Nuthatch, Grey Wagtail, Goldcrest, pr Great Spotted Woodpecker. Pr Goosander seen here on 12th Jan by Jeff (sorry, didn't get surname) who had some great pics of them. (Joe Dickens)
Hilfield Park Reservoir: f Goldeneye, 2 Raven flew east across north end of reserve at 11.40am then turned south west (Tony Blake-Herts website)
Hilly Fields: 3 Redwing, 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, Coal Tit, Goldcrest, Jay, Song Thrush (Tom Moulton/Phil Laurie et al)
Holmethorpe SPs: f Goldeneye, rh Smew Mercer's Lk then WC1 Lagoon, 2 Little Egret (Ian Kehl/Gordon Hay via HSP blog)
Mickleham: no sign Hawfinches at Juniper Bottom but Tawny Owl, Marsh Tit, Bullfinch (Twitter)
Osterley Park: 2 Common Gull, 4 Egyptian Goose, 2 Fieldfare, 3 Great Crested Grebe, Greenfinch, Green Woodpecker, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Herring Gull, 53+ Jackdaw, Little Grebe, Little Owl, 3 Mandarin, 9 Mistle Thrush, Pied Wagtail, 31+ Redwing, 5+ Ring-necked Parakeet, 7 Shoveler (Richard Woolley).
Regent's Park: f Kestrel and 2 Fieldfare playing fields (RPBirders)
Rye Meads RSPB: 2 Shelduck, 4 Water Rail, 2 Raven (Graham White via Twitter); Bittern fr tern_hide, Buzzard, Kingfisher, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail (RSPB blog)
South Norwood CP: 2 Teal, 2 Kestrel, 3 Water Rail, Snipe, Chiffchaff, 3 Fieldfare, Redwing, Grey Wagtail, Linnet, m Bullfinch (Twitter)
Staines Moor: 4 Snipe and Short-eared Owl 0730 (Dominic Pia via Twitter). 7 Woodcock, 3 Jack Snipe, 23 Snipe and 1 Little Owl after dark (Lee Dingain - record of Woodcock) Roughly whereabouts are the Jack Snipe being seen, please. Cheers. AC). Range widely - last night 1 on the pool on the west side (just south of the hawthorns), 1 on the bank of the Colne (by the southern footbridge) and one simply flushed from the grass on east side, Lee Dingain.
Tooting Commons: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 6 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatch, Redwing (Nick Rutter) Hi Nick, the LSW is a very significant record for Tooting Common. Can you please supply as many details as possible for this sighting? Thank you (James Hudson, Tooting Heritage Project) James: of course. Email your contact details to me at nick.rutter[at]btinternet.com, and I'll send you the details (Nick)
Tottenham Marshes: pr Stonechat near allotments, Peregrine on gasometer (Stuart Fisher)
Walthamstow Reservoirs: 2 imm male Scaup (East Warwick), pr Goosander and 3 Goldeneye (Lockwood) (Stuart Fisher): adult Scaup still on Lockwood, Mediterranean Gull north over No 4 north (different bird to yesterday);, Wigeon - No 5 all per Pete Lambert. 4 Goldeneye on No 5 (David Bradshaw).
Wembley: Common Buzzard over gardens near Fryent CP (Joe Taylor)
Woodford Green: 4 Lesser Redpoll, male Blackcap, Grey Wagtail, Little Egret flyover and Goldcrest (Ken Murray)
Wormwood Scrubs: 3 Redwing, 1 fem/juv Reed Bunting, 2+ yaffling Green Woodpecker (Charlie Farrell). 1 male Stonechat, 5-10 possibly more Meadow Pipits, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Herring Gull (Andy Cameron).
Yeading Brook Meadows: 9 Teal, Little Egret, Red Kite, 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Kestrel, 11 Snipe, 102 Common Gull, pr Little Owl, Kingfisher, Meadow Pipit (Neil Anderson)
Saturday 24th January 2015
Alexandra Park: Smew Adult female on Tunnel Res 11am at least (appears to be a different bird to last winters), also 20+ Redwing mostly near Rose Garden (Bob Watts)
Braeburn Park, Crayford: Woodcock am, Kestrel, 2 Redwing (Peter Beckenham)
Brent Reservoir: drake Pintail, Egyptian Goose, 2 Greylag Geese, 35 Pochard, 308 Tufted Duck, 3 Water Rail, 17 Snipe , Sparrowhawk, Kestrel (Roy Beddard, Andrew Haynes, Andrew Verrall).
Broxbourne Woods - Hoddesdon Park Wood: Woodcock, 140+ Redwing through treetops (Ken & Linda Smith via Herts BC)
Connaught Waters: Puna Teal, plus about 10 Mandarins (Jean-Patrick Elmes)
Eaton Park Road, N13: Red Kite drifted N at 12:20 (Katy McGilvray)
Fulham Reach: 42 House Sparrow (19 inner London) (Nathalie Mahieu).
Hampstead Heath: 3 Bullfinch in a Birch near Bird Bridge, Kingfisher at Highgate 1 Pond (Frank Nugent).
Holmethorpe SPs: f Goldeneye still, Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler still (Gordon Hay via HSP blog)
Home Park, Hampton Court: 2 adult Mediterranean Gulls still present, one with a red ring on right leg. 5 Mistle Thrush. (Kevin Duncan)
Lee Valley CP: Bittern, Water Rail at Bittern_watchpointt, 50 Lapwing, 10 Shoveler, 5 Pochard, 10 Wigeon, 3 Goosander, 2 Egyptian Goose (Jon Agar) 2 Little Egret, red-head Smew, c120 Wigeon, 4 Buzzard, pr Peregrine, 2 Water Rail, 160+ Lapwing, 3 Cetti's Warbler singing, m Bullfinch (Neil Anderson)
Lewisham Park: 12 Redwing (David Capper)
London Wetland Centre: 3 Bittern, 1 Water Rail (disturbed by one of the Bittern), 1m 1f Pintail, 1m 1f Stonechat, 1f Pheasant, 1m 1f Peregrine on Ch. X. Hosp. (Martin Honey)
Lonsdale Road Barnes: 1 Water Rail (John Gordon)
Margravine Cemetery: 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Nathalie Mahieu).
Mickleham: 2+ Hawfinch still Juniper Bottom 1130 (Mark Elsoffer via Twitter)
Rainham Marshes RSPB: First-winter Caspian Gull on Wennington Marshes, two adult Yellow-legged Gulls (Sean Huggins)
Ravensbury Park: Siberian Chiffchaff still (BirdGuides)
Roding Valley Park: 2 pr Teal (Malcolm Hibberd).
Stanwell Moor: 2 Jack Snipe, Water Pipit and Grey Wagtail (C Lamsdell)
Stratford: Peregrine flew over Stratford station at 2:00pm (Andy Cameron)
Tottenham Marshes: pr Stonechat still at south end nr allotments; 9 Linnets on Wild Marsh West. (Quentin Given)
Uxbridge (Church Road, Cowley): Red Kite over garden 8.00am (Alex Randall)
Walthamstow Reservoirs: Lockwood - adult drake Scaup, pair of Goldeneye & Peregrine over Banbury; No 5 - 1 Common Sandpiper & 4 Goldeneye; East Warwick - 1 Goldeneye; West Warwick - 2 immature drake Scaup, 1 Goldeneye and 1 ad Mediterranean Gull over towards canal. (David Bradshaw) Walthamstow Blog High Maynard - 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Little Egret, 3 Shelduck, 1 Great Black-backed Gull. Lockwood - 4 Goldeneye 3m 1f, 1 Great Black-backed Gull & Kestrel over Tottenham Marsh. Coppermill Stream (Ferry Boat Inn) - 2 Kingfishers. (Daniel Whitelegg)
Broadwater Lake, Harefield. 22 Chiffchaff along R. Colne at north end of lake (incl. 4 abietinus) plus Siberian Chiffchaff (tristis) behind yacht clubhouse, 5 Grey Wagtail, Water Rail and Cetti's Warbler also along river. ( John Edwards)
Brookmill Park: Little Grebe, Mandarin, 2 Kingfisher, Song Thrush, Goldcrest, Coal Tit (Conrad Ellam)
Joydens Wood: Siskin, 15+ Lesser Redpoll, 3-4 Bullfinch, c20 Redwing, 4+ Treecreeper, 4 Nuthatch, 20+ Goldcrest (conservative estimate, many in pines), 2 Mistle Thrush, 4+ Jay (Ian Stewart).
Kensington Gardens: the drake Scaup was on the Serpentine at 9.50am at the western end of the island (Tony Duckett).
Lee Valley, Waltham Marsh: imm Dark-bellied Brent Goose (at TL374008) with 30 Greylags and 50 Canada Geese, 3 Goosander (on adjacent Horsemill Stream) (Simon Papps)
Mudchute Park: 15 Monk Parakeets close to DLR station (John Cadera)
Richmond Park, Pen Ponds: 19 Shoveler, 8 Gadwall, 2 Wigeon, 38 Pochard, 4 Grey Heron - two pairs at nests, Buzzard, 2 Water Rail heard, Snipe, Kingfisher (J.Wilczur)
Sewardstone, Netherhouse Farm: male and female Stonechat 11:30 (Martin Shepherd)
Sidcup DA14 (Chalk Wood): Chiffchaff in middle of wood, 6+ Goldcrest, 4 Treecreeper, 3-4 Bullfinch (includes 2 of the Joydens Wood birds near Stonehill Woods caravan park), 2 Mistle Thrush, good numbers of common tit species (Ian Stewart).
Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): Male Blackcap still, Peregrine (Ian Stewart).
South Croydon: Firecrest in gdn Purley Down Road (Surrey BC)
Staines Moor: 5-6 Woodcock, 2 Jack Snipe, 5 Snipe, 1 Little Owl, 2 Tufted Duck, 2 Teal this evening (Lee Dingain)
Stocker's Lake: Yellow-legged Gull (Geoff Lapworth via Herts BC)
Ten Acre Wood Area: Kestrel, 3 Fieldfare, 5 Jackdaw, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch. (Dan Pinkham)
Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Firecrest male still near Monument Glade, Redwing, 3+ Goldcrest (John Archer & Bob Watts)
West Hyde 200 Skylark flushed from rape field by passing Red Kite. ( John Edwards)
Woodford Green: 4 Lesser Redpoll, Common Buzzard, 3 Treecreeper, 3 Goldcrest and male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Ken Murray)
Worcester Park: Little Egret, Beverley Brook , Green Lane (Bob Smith)
Wraysbury GP: 8 Goosander, Red Kite, Woodcock, Cetti's Warbler, and 2 Chiffchaff (C Lamsdell)
Thursday 22nd January 2015
Beddington Farmlands: wintering Garganey still (Twitter)
Brookmill Park: Little Grebe, Mandarin, Pheasant, Kingfisher, Song Thrush, House Sparrow (Conrad Ellam)
Cudham TN14/BR6: 2+ Marsh Tit around High Wood about half a mile NE of Cudham + Buzzard calling near Downe Road, 20+ Redwing, 4+ Nuthatch, 2+ Treecreeper, 2+ Bullfinch (Ian Stewart).
Danson Park, Bexleyheath: Common Buzzard over, 7 Fieldfare, 7 Egyptian Geese, 2170 Ring-necked Parakeets to roost (Ralph Todd, Chris Rose, Karen Sutton, John Turner)
Kensington Gardens: m Scaup still on Round Pond (Ralph Hancock's blog).
London Wetland Centre: Bittern N shore main lake (2 others reported), 1m 1f Sparrowhawk, 1 m 3f Pintail, 1 Common Snipe, 1m 1f Peregrine on Ch X Hospital (Martin Honey)
Lower Morden: 2 Peregrine Falcons flew high north east (Bob Smith)
Wormley: 2 Hawfinch in gdn Wormley West End (Graham White via Herts BC)
Wednesday 21st January 2015
Alexandra Park: 3 Shoveler (all drakes, 2 on boating pond and 1 on reservoir), 2 Water Rails (Conservation Pond), Stock Dove (deer enclosure), Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail (filter beds), 2 Redwing (Dominic Mitchell)
Beddington Farmlands: 2 Bearded Tit Northern Lake, 4 Jack Snipe, 4 Wigeon, 8 Common Snipe (Twitter)
Crayford Marshes: Grey Plover at creek mouth, Avocet at creek mouth then flying around the area at high tide c13.00, 6 Bearded Tits showing well in yacht club reed bed - my highest count here, 3 unidentified geese flew eastwards and down to area north of A13 - possibly the Whitefronts of late?, 10+ Gadwall, 15+ Wigeon, c110 Teal, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 2 Little Egret, 1 Golden Plover, 400+ Lapwing, c400 Dunlin, 1 Green Sandpiper, c50 Redshank, 1 Curlew, 2 Snipe, Yellow-legged Gull, Rock Pipit, 15+ Redwing, 2 Fieldfare, Goldcrest along Moat Lane, 2 Jays, Jackdaw, Reed Bunting, Corn Bunting (Ian Stewart).
Ewell Village: Little Egret at the Lower Mill this afternoon (Neil Batten).
Fulham Broadway: Grey Wagtail over (Nathalie Mahieu).
Kensington Gardens: 1w male Scaup showing well SE corner Round Pond 09.45, Tawny Owl in his usual place, 70 Egyptian Goose in vicinity of Round Pond (Alex Massey).
London Wetland Centre: 3 Pintail, 12 Mandarin, fem Pheasant, 2 Bittern, 2 Fieldfare (R.Kaye) 1m 1f Stonechat, 1m 1f Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Mistle Thrush, 6 Stock Dove, 1 Peregrine on Ch X Hosp (Martin Honey)
St James's Park: Kingfisher this morning and again this afternoon (Frank Nugent).
Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): Peregrine, male Blackcap again in garden (Ian Stewart).
Snaresbrook Crown Court: 2 Firecrest early am (Stuart Fisher)
Springfield Park, E5: 25 Goldfinch, Goldcrest, 7 Mistle Thrush, Fieldfare, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dan Barrett)
Stoke Newington Reservoirs: drake Teal, 48 Tufted Duck, 2 adult Great Black-backed Gull, Chiffchaff calling, singing Song Thrush, Grey Wagtail, f Reed Bunting (TeRNS)
Walthamstow Marshes: 2 Stonechat (m & f) on Bomb Crater Field, ca. 50 Chaffinch on rear paddocks at the Riding Centre, 13 Redwing and 1 Fieldfare on front paddocks (1030-1100) (Alastair Dent)
Greenwich Peninsula: Possible Caspian Gull 3rd winter perched on cable car support, Reed Bunting m in reed terrace, 20 Linnet Southern Park, 8 Meadow Pipit in Meantime Nursery (Conrad Ellam)
Kensington Gardens: m Scaup 1w still Round Pond 1245 (BirdGuides). Scaup quite close at 13.30 but sleeping also Tawny Owl snoozing in usual spot, Sparrowhawk over E, 3 Redwing on deck near Owl trees, 3 Jays (Ian Stewart). Scaup still at 1415, showing increasingly well with ice now covering the SW half of the pond (S Tusa).
Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: Nuthatch, 76 Tufted Duck, 4 Gadwall, 5 Shoveler, 3 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (drumming heard), m Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 5+ Redwing (Stuart Fisher)
London Wetland Centre: 4 Bittern, fem Pheasant (R.Kaye) Bitterns showing on north shore of Lake then one showed well from WWF hide, 40 Greylag, 2 Shelduck briefly, 3 Pintail, 56 Wigeon, 65 Lapwing, Kingfisher, 2 Stonechat, 38 Chaffinch, 3 Reed Bunting (J.Wilczur)
Pinner Park Farm: Little Owl, 10 Snipe, 29 Meadow Pipit, 212 Redwing, 14 Fieldfare, 11 Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Goldcrest & Long-tailed Tit (Jon Ridge).
Ponders End Lake: rh Smew early pm (BirdGuides)
Rainham RSPB: 7 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, f Peregrine, Avocet, Grey Plover, 13 Ringed Plover, 3 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 imm Caspian Gull, Bearded Tit, Siberian Chiffchaff still Cordite Store (Howard Vaughan via RSPB blog)
Redbridge Lakes and the Woodford Bridge part of Roding Valley Park: Little Egret, Snipe, Kestrel, Jay, 5 Long-tailed Tits (Alan Hobson).
Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: 123 Cormorant [site-high for obs'r] roosting Heron_Is area 8 at 0730 (RPBirders)
Roding Valley Park: 2 Teal m and f, on river at Redbridge (Malcolm Hibberd)
Ruislip Lido: 3 Little Egret, 2 Water Rail (northern marsh) C350 assorted gulls(Black Headed, Common,Herring and Lesser Black Backed) (Martin Smith)
Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): Male Blackcap in garden all day, Redwing, Grey Wagtail S - year 1st (Ian Stewart).
South Harrow: c550 Woodpigeon flying west between 07.45 & 07.55am. Presumably departing from Roxeth Hill roost (Michael Robinson)
Staines Reservoir: Black-necked Grebe, Scaup, Water Pipit ( Jim Sweetland)
Stockers Farm: 1 Little Owl. (Roger Dewey)
Thorney CP: 2 Bullfinch m/f, 3 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 15+ Common Gulls, 5 Cormorants, Song Thrush, small flock Long-tailed Tits, Juv Mute Swan. (Susan Giddens)
St James's Park: drake Ruddy Duck; also Peregrine on Westminster Abbey (Andrew Self); Kingfisher showing very well at 14:00 and Helen Macdonald, author of 'H is for Hawk', being photographed with a Harris_Hawk (Frank Nugent). Is there a particular part of the Eastern end of the lake that the Kingfisher favours? (Ian Strickland) Hello Ian. Watch from the south side of the Lake (though I have infrequently seen the bird from the north side) looking across to Duck Island. Positioning yourself next to the information board gives you a good view of the opening behind the Tiffany Fountain where it often perches and waiting next to the Plane Tree east of that board gives you a very good view of a most favoured perch. Check the Willow to the west (where it was today) and the fence along the perimeter where it can be easy to see while in inclement weather it can be tucked in anywhere around there. I've seldom seen it east of the Fountain. It can be found on occasion at the western end of the Lake at the reedbed or nearby Willows and very occasionally in a Willow on the north side of the Lake too. I hope that this helps. Good luck (Frank).
Staines Moor. 8 Water Pipit along the river Colne incl. 4 together by the stone bridge. 6 Stonechat (John Edwards); 2 Woodcock north end eve (Dominic Pia via Twitter)
Stanwell Moor: Water Rail h eve (Dominic Pia via Twitter)
Wanstead Park: No sign Slavonian Grebe on an all but frozen Heronry, Little Grebe, Peregrine Falcon, 48 Gadwall, 5 Shoveler, 2 Pochard, Grey Wagtail (Nick Croft)
Woodford Green: Common Buzzard, 2 Lesser Redpoll, Treecreeper and male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. (Ken Murray)
Worcester Park: Peregrine Falcon on pylon (Bob Smith)
Wraysbury GPs: 8 Goosander at Hythe End pits plus Cetti's Warbler. ( John Edwards)
Sunday 18th January 2015
Alexandra Park: Water Rail heard conservation Pond on WEBS count also 30+ House Sparrows near gardens behind Filter Beds (Bob Watts)
Banstead Downs: 2 Firecrest golf course along footpath nr clubhouse (Twitter)
Beddington Farmlands: 2 Long-eared Owl (reported in the week), Garganey, 106 Gadwall, 200+ Teal, 9 Egyptian Goose, 20+ Pochard, 20+ Tufted Duck, 1 Jack Snipe, 20+ Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 27 Lapwing, 10 Skylark, 2 Water Pipit, 150+ Linnet, 30+ Goldfinch, 4-6 Tree Sparrow, 25+ Reed Bunting (P.Alfrey, BFBG) Long-eared Owl 17:18 (BFBG via Twitter)
Bedfont Lakes Country Park, Feltham TW14: 4 Redwing and 1 Fieldfare (London Bird Club Members)
Bexleyheath Broadway : 132 Pied Wagtails going to roost in Market Square (Ralph Todd)
Brent Reservoir: drake Pintail still North Marsh, 31 Snipe, 1st-winter Yellow-legged Gull (Brent Birders)
Brookmill Park: Little Grebe, Pheasant, Kingfisher, 2 Redwing (Conrad Ellam)
Bushy Park: Little Egret along Longford river in Woodland Gardens (Martin Twycross)
Golders Green: Firecrest, very tame, West Heath Avenue (James Levy).
Hampstead Heath: 3 Bullfinch in the area behind the feeders, c30 Redwing on the deck at South Meadow (Frank Nugent).
Kensington Gardens: 1st winter male Scaup still present on the Round Pond at 10.30am. (David Lindo), still there at c10.50am then flew towards The Long Water (Brian Stretch), Not at Round Pond at 3pm (Michael Mac), Tawny Owl at roost, Coal Tit, Nuthatch (Stuart Fisher)
Panshanger Park: 50+ Golden Plover over (Allan Burrows via Herts BC)
Rainham Marshes RSPB: 3 adult European White Fronted Geese - Wennington Marsh, Water Pipit foreshore by Tilda jetty, 20 Ringed Plovers - Aveley Bay, 2 Ravens, 4 Marsh Harriers, Buzzard - Silt Lagoons (Ian Bradshaw); 3 White-fronted Goose onto Aveley Marsh fr Wennington 1605 (Paul Hawkins via Twitter); 4 Egyptian Goose (site record) early am, Ruff, 2 Water Pipit foreshore (RSPB blog). Stonechat along foreshore, Black-tailed Godwit by "Stone Barges" (Bob Husband, Robin Morden, Mike Williams)
Seventy Acres Lake: rh Smew on Holyfield Lake, 4 Goosander, Bittern fr watchpoint, f Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard goose_fields, 2 Water Rail fr Bittern_watchpoint, 4 Snipe, Cetti's Warbler, 50 Fieldfare, 50 Redwing, Grey Wagtail goose_fields, 8 Reed Bunting (EBwS field trip)
Sidcup DA15 (Lamorbey Park): 1 Mute Swan, 1 Greylag, c30 Canada Geese, Greylag x Canada Goose, 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 F Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, Peregrine, 2 Kingfishers around main lake, 3+ Redwing, 3+ Goldcrest, Jay (Ian Stewart).
Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): Peregrine, c100 Herring Gulls (mainly as far as I could tell in poor light) heading SW c8.30 (Ian Stewart).
Walthamstow Reservoirs: Male Scaup on Lockwood at 11.30, also M and F Goldeneye. (Quentin Given); ad Mediterranean Gull Lockwood then N (Pete Lambert per Walthamstow Birders blog)
Wanstead Flats: Common Snipe (Richard Rae)
Wanstead Park: Slavonian Grebe still on Heronry Pond at 1245, close in to the island (Alastair Dent). It was there earlier, too, 11.30- 11.45, along with Kingfisher, Little Grebe, pr of Shovelers (Alan Hobson). 407 Gadwall, 26 Shoveler, 32 Pochard, 3 Great Crested Grebe, Siskin (Tim Harris and Wren Group).
Wraysbury GPs: 2 Smew m rh Hythe Lagoon 1210 (BirdGuides)
Wormwood Scrubs: ad Mediterranean Gull football pitches pm (Twitter)
Saturday 17th January 2015
Alexandra Park: 16 Redwing west (Bob Watts). Recently 5 Gadwall Wood Green Res (Alan Gibson per Bob Watts)
Brent Reservoir: drake Pintail North Marsh, 26 Snipe, 2 Water Rails (Andrew Verrall), 270 Tufted Duck, 30 Pochard, M & F Bullfinch behind Main Hide (Roy Beddard, John Gravatt)
Cranford CP (J3 M4): Little Egret, Bullfinch (m&f), Little Grebe, Song Thrush, Goldcrest (T James)
Crossness: 2 Yellow-legged Gull ad + 1st winter, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, c10 Black-tailed Godwit, 13 Curlew in Barking Bay, Common Seal on mud off Golf Centre (John Archer).
Ewell (Banstead Road) 1 Common Buzzard hovering into wind and circling above tree line near Cuddington Golf Course before diving down into wood 13:00 (Neil Batten).
Hackney Marshes: Wick Wood - Great Spotted Woodpecker, Goldcrest, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Jay, Kestrel (JW Davies)
Kensington Gardens: m Scaup 1w Round Pond still (Twitter) favouring Eastern side at 12pm. Tawny Owl showing well for 5 minutes at 1230. (Matt Reed). Tawny Owl again showing well early afternoon, also 2 Redwings (Bob Husband)Where about is the Tawny, is it over near Serpentine? (D Painter). From the Speke Monument walk towards the Physical Energy statue - stop at the first bench on the right and look at the trees to the right c.100 yds away - if the Tawny Owl is showing it sits up high on top of a broken off Chestnut tree trunk with a branch curving off to the left. I think the tree is the second to the right after the long clump of bushes (Bob Husband) thank you (D Painter)
London Wetland Centre: 3 Bittern (2 main lake, 1 reservoir lagoon), 1m 1f Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, 3 Pintail, 1 Shelduck seen earlier, 1m Scaup-type hybrid, 1m Sparrowhawk. Pair of foxes mating (Martin Honey)
Queen Mother Reservoir: Black Redstart still on grassy bank betw car park & pier among trees 1315 - permit only (Michael McKee via Berks BN)
Rainham Marshes: 5 Marsh Harrier, 5 Corn Bunting (ELBF via Twitter), Bittern W fr woodland to Wennington Marsh 1015 (Twitter, RSPB blog) then over west edge of reserve 1030 (BirdGuides); also Barn Owl, Common Buzzard, viewable Water Rails, Kingfisher, singing Cetti's Warbler, Peregrine on pylon, 36 Snipe on purfleet scrape (Tony Kennelly)
Ravensbury Park: Siberian Chiffchaff with 8 Chiffchaff at riverside 0930 (BirdGuides)
Richmond Park: Dartford Warbler with Stonechat pair in enclosure by Pen Ponds car park, Kingfisher & Water Rail upper Pen Pond (Steve Woolfenden)
Rickmansworth: 2m Blackcap and m Brambling in gdn (Andrew Moon via Herts BC)
Sevenoaks KWT reserve: pair Goosander on east lake close to banks but not very approachable, also showed in middle of lake, 100+ Teal, 20+ Gadwall, 20+ Shoveler, 20+ Pochard, 10+ Great Crested Grebe, Sparrowhawk, c300 Lapwing, 80+ Snipe (all Common that I could see from Tyler hide), Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, 2+ Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, 10+ Fieldfare, 50+ Redwing, 2 Chiffchaff 1 on deck by car park, 1+ Goldcrest, 2 Bullfinch (Ian Stewart).
Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): 3 Peregrines - local pair seeing off a male interloper, Cormorant high NW, 3+ Redwing, Goldcrest, possible Blackcap flew across garden (Ian Stewart).
Staines Moor: 2-3 Water Pipit along the Colne, 2-4 Woodcock, 2 Little Owl, 6 Stonechat (4m, 2f), 1 Little Egret, 4 Common Snipe, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 2+ Kestrel, 8 Little Grebe (a new site record), 16 Skylark, 2 Gadwall E, c20 Meadow Pipit, 9 Linnet and 2 Teal (Lee Dingain).
Staines Reservoirs: drake Scaup, Black-necked Grebe, Peregrine, Great Northern Diver flew to KGVI Res (Twitter)
Stocker's Lake, Rickmansworth: afternoon visit: [no Smew], 3 Red-crested Pochard 2m1f, 10 Lapwing, Red Kite, Little Owl at farm, pair of Stonechats, Redwing, Nuthatch, 4 Siskin (Andrew Verrall)
Walthamstow Marshes: 15 Redwing, 5 Fieldfare on paddock nearest Lee Bridge Road, Chiffchaff in willow Carr in Wateworks NR.(Quentin Given)
Walthamstow Reservoirs: Drake Scaup, pair of Goldeneye, fem Goosander on Lockwood; 2 immature drake Scaup on East Warwick; 5 Goldeneye & 2 Common Sandpipers on No 5; 6 Fieldfare on east bank of no 4 (David Bradshaw)
Wanstead Park: Slavonian Grebe still on Heronry Pond (Wanstead Twitter). 11 Ring-necked Parakeet (over north & 2 pairs inspecting tree holes), 4 Stock Dove, 2 Teal & 100 Gadwall - both on Ornamental Water (Tony Kennelly)
Watercress LNR nr St Albans: Water Rail, Kingfisher, 2 Siskin, 3 Lesser Redpoll (Dan Fletcher via Herts BC)
Woodford Green: 2 Lesser Redpolls, male Blackcap, Song Thrush, 3 Bullfinches (2 females and a single male), 2 Nuthatch and a flyover Little Egret (on 3 occasions at least). (Ken Murray)
Chelsham: 2 Short-eared Owl along Beech Farm Rd (BirdGuides)
East Barnet: 1 Tawny Owl, hooting in trees next to Oakleigh Park National Rail station at 18:35. First time I've heard an owl at this location (D Bates)
Ewell (Hogsmill Open Space): 1 Common Snipe, 1 Grey Wagtail, 5 Stock Dove, 1 Sparrowhawk (Neil Batten).
Holmethorpe SPs: Moors - Jack Snipe, m Stonechat, 2 Chiffchaff, 5 Fieldfare, 17 Redwing, 9 Meadow Pipit, 3 Pochard, 2 Kingfisher (Matt Palmer via HSP blog)
Kensington Gardens: m Scaup 1w Round Pond still and 2 Tawny Owl hooting early-am (Des McKenzie via Twitter); Scaup also early afternoon and Tawny Owl, Redwing, 20+ Egyptian Geese (Eric Brown, Phil Cliffe)
Rainham RSPB: Iceland Gull (3w) with Norwegian colour ring (white JK09 on black), 6 Caspian Gulls (ad, 3w, two 2w & two 1w) and 5 Yellow-legged Gulls (1w, three x 2w and ad) all east of stone barges in morning and early afternoon (Dominic Mitchell via BirdGuides), 15 Ringed Plover, 2 Eurasian Curlew (Dominic Mitchell and Dave Morrison) and briefly 2 Turnstones (Mike Dent) in Aveley Bay, 2 Ravens over reserve (Howard Vaughan).
Rickmansworth: Goosander on R Colne by Broadwater Lakes (Ben Norcott via Herts BC)
St James's Park: Kingfisher and Grey Wagtail this afternoon (Frank Nugent). & drake Ruddy duck & amazing sight of a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (M) calling and feeding in trees in St James Palace, viewed between Marlborough rd & Stable yard rd, before I was asked to move on by police! (J.Arthur).
Stocker's Lake: m Smew still (Geoff Lapworth per Herts BC)
Stoke Newington Reservoirs: adult Mediterranean Gull on the East basin p.m. (TeRNS)
Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: Firecrest still in Monument Glade not with flock (not seen in Sanctuary Wood previous 3 days so seems to have relocated from its preferred location in 2014), also 2+ Goldcrests, 4+ Ring-necked Parakeets nest prospecting nest boxes (Bob Watts)
Wanstead Flats: 20 + Linnet, 5 Shoveler, 4 Pochard, 2 Egyptian Goose, Little Grebe, Great Black-backed Gull, Kestrel, Common Snipe (Nick Croft)
Wanstead Park: Slavonian Grebe present but elusive on south side of Heronry, 43 Gadwall, 5 Pochard, 8 Shoveler (Nick Croft); SG still north side of Heronry Lake 1620 (Dominic Mitchell via BIrdGuides)
Thursday 15th January 2015
Alexandra Park: Tawny Owl heard adjacent to balancing pond/nursery south end Wood Green Res 0705 (Bob Watts)
Amwell GP: 3 Smew m 2rh to R of gladwin hide (Allan Meadows via Herts BC)
Canons Farm: 16+ Yellowhammer by Copt Hill Ln (David Campbell via CFBW Birds blog)
Staines Reservoirs: 1 Great Northern Diver, 3 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Scaup drake, 1 Water Pipit all N basin mid am.5 Fieldfare, 2 Mistle Thrush on W bank S basin. (Franko J Maroevic)
Trent Park: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker female 15:04 - 15:24 hrs - my first record at this site for 23 months! (Robert Callf)
Wanstead Park: Slavonian Grebe still on Heronry, Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, 360 + Gadwall, 7 Shoveler, 6 Pochard, Wigeon, Redwing, 2 Goldcrest, Siskin (Nick Croft/Jono Lethbridge) Hi, is the grebe showing closely like it was the other day? Thanks (JB) It's fishing close into the banks but more on the south side or by the islands, so still close if you can get near it! (NC)
Worcester Park: Little Egret Beverley Brook, Peregrine Falcon flew north west (Bob Smith)
Wednesday 14th January 2015
Kensington Gardens: m Scaup 1w Round Pond still 1:30pm (Steve Blake) Tawny Owl, Treecreeper (Conrad Ellam) 8 Redwing with similar number of Blackbird in rough grass (Neil Anderson)
London Wetland Centre: Bittern N. shore of reservoir lagoon almost opposite Wildside hide, 1m 1f Stonechat grazing marsh, 1 Shelduck main lake (Martin Honey) 3 Pintail, 1 Peregrine, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler calling (Martin Twycross)
Petts Wood: up to 6 Firecrests - a probable at the end of path from Riverwood Lane with Goldcrests, 1 seen well in Holly between Manor Park and "pine field" with possibly another with it, 2 calling to each other in N part of Edlmann Memorial Wood and a possible near Coopers School, Kestrel, 19 Common Gulls over, pair Pheasant, 20+ Redwing, 10+ Goldcrest, Treecreeper, 2+ Rook (Ian Stewart)
Sidcup DA15 (King George's Park): pair Peregrines W putting up c40 Black-headed Gull, 4+ Common Gull, 15+ Woodpigeon, Mistle Thrush and a few Starlings (Ian Stewart).
Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park: 2 Goldcrests butt no sign today or yesterday of last year's Firecrest in brief lunchtime searches (Bob Watts)
Walthamstow Reservoirs: pr Goosander, drake Scaup, Goldeneye, Kingfisher - Lockwood, Common Sandpiper - High Maynard (Jonathan Nasir)
Wanstead Flats: 19 Gadwall, 3 Shoveler, f Pochard, 3 Teal, Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Kestrel, Pied Wagtail (Nick Croft)
Wanstead Park: Slavonian Grebe Heronry Pond (15.00 still. Wanstead Park Avenue end, Barry Jones), Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, 42 Gadwall, 11 Shoveler (Nick Croft) also drake Teal and Kingfisher (Robert Callf)
Wimbledon Common: Firecrest in hollies 50m in from E corner of Putney Vale Cemetery, Redwing, Treecreeper, Grey Wagtail (Beverley Brook) (Peter Carlill)
Woodford Green: 3 female Bullfinch ( 3 together...represents an unprecedented number of this species for me locally, in recent years ), Common Buzzard, male Blackcap, 2 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Redwing and Little Egret. (Ken Murray)
Tuesday 13th January 2015
Connaught Water: A pair of Goosander, 20+ Teal, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Coal Tit, Lesser Redpoll heard only (Tony Brown).
Crayford Rough Bexley : Water Rail and Grey Wagtail (on the River Cray), Great Spotted Woodpecker (Ralph and Brenda Todd/Bexley RSPB Walk).
Foots Cray Meadows: 2 Little Egret, Water Rail, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail (Andy Meaton)
Hampstead Heath: c30 Redwing South Meadow (MBS)
Kensington Gardens: 1st winter drake Scaup on The Round Pond 9.20am and still present at 2.00pm (Tony Duckett via Twitter). pics & video here
Rainham RSPB: Lapland Bunting west end lower seawall with Rock Pipits 0945. Crept into rush stubble and had not reappeared by 10.45. (ELBF via Twitter)(Observed by Jo Edwards); Jack Snipe, 2 Bearded Tit, Bullfinch, also 8 Marsh Harrier 6f/imm 2m using marsh (RSPB blog, ELBF)
Rainham (stone barges): 2 Raven over tip (James Palmer)
Rye Meads RSPB: Bittern Lee Marsh still (Dave Beer/Tony Hukin per Herts BC)
St James's Park: Kingfisher at the eastern end of the Lake this morning (Frank Nugent).
Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: c200 Lapwing S between 10.10 and 10.20 in three flocks then c100 N then W at 11.50; also Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Fieldfare, 9 Teal (John Colmans)
Wanstead Flats: singng Mistle and Song Thrushes, Reed Bunting, 3 Meadow Pipit, Skylark, Goldcrest (Nick Croft)
Wanstead Park: Slavonian Grebe still present (via Twitter), immature Great Crested Grebe, 2 Little Grebe, 41 Gadwall, 4 Shoveler, 10 Pochard (Nick Croft)
Monday 12th January 2015
Amwell GP: Cetti's Warbler in front of gladwin hide (Allan Meadows via Herts BC)
Beddington SF: Hoopoe (heard only) (Twitter)
Brent Reservoir: drake Pintail still (North Marsh), 3 Common Snipe, 1 Water Rail (Andrew Haynes).
Brookmill Park: Little Grebe, Mandarin, Sparrowhawk, Pheasant, Common Gull, Kingfisher, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
Chelsham: Possible Rough-legged Buzzard over and went to roost in trees yesterday evening. Photos: https://twitter.com/JBarnesPhotos
Ewell, Hogsmill Open space: Water Rail, Snipe, Little Egret (Colin Manville)
HIghams Park: pr Goosander (per Joe Dickens)
Isle of Dogs: 20 Monk Parakeets around nest in trees on Thermopylae Gate (John Archer)
Kensington Gardens: 1st winter drake Scaup onThe Round Pond 8.50am and still present at midday.(Tony Duckett)
Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: 1-2 Firecrest, Lesser Redpoll, Meadow Pipit, drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker, singing Coal Tit, Sparrowhawk, 2 Shoveler, 4 Great Crested Grebe (including a pair displaying) (Stuart Fisher)
London Wetland Centre: Drake Goosander over NE 13.25 (Catherine Beazley)
Margravine Cemetery: m Blackcap (Nathalie Mahieu).
Mill Hill Cemetery: Please sign a petition to protect a threatened wildlife site on Green Belt land, and/or comment on the planning application on Barnet Council’s website.
Ruislip, Ducks Hill Road: Red Kite eyeing up carcass of dead fox in the road. I moved the remains and placed on to the grass verge where I assume the Kite will be better placed to feast on the extensively ripped entrails (Richard Francis).
Sidcup DA15 (York Avenue): Sparrowhawk, Peregrine, 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, 2 Rook NE and circled to NE briefly possibly over Danson Park, c80 Starling (Ian Stewart).
Stocker's Lake: m Smew still (Herts BC)
Turnford nr Cheshunt: 8 Goosander 3m 5rh on Ashley Pit (Neale Hider via Herts BC)
Worcester Park: Little Egret on Beverley Brook Green Lane(Bob Smith)
Sunday 11th January 2015
Battersea Riverside: 30 Cormorant perched on gantry.(Matt Reed).
Beddington SF: 2 Jack Snipe, Water Pipit (Twitter)
Hampstead Heath: Common Snipe flushed opp running track at 07:50, Water Rail showing well next to Bird Bridge at 12:30, pair of Kingfisher together at Hampstead 1 Pond, 12 Lesser Redpoll in trees on Parliament Hill, 1 Fieldfare, c30 Redwing at South Meadow, Collared Dove at Gospel Oak entrance, 30 Gadwall, 4 Shoveler, 15 Common Gull (Frank Nugent).
Holmethorpe SPs: rh Smew water colour lagoon early am (BirdGuides)
Lee Valley, Cornmill Meadows: possible Siberian Chiffchaff (plumage very grey/white, but no call heard) at TL377016, Common Chiffchaff, Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher (Simon Papps)
Osterley Park: Common Gull, 4 Cormorant, 4 Egyptian Goose, 4 Fieldfare, Goldcrest, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Green Woodpecker, Grey Heron, 56+ Jackdaw, Jay, Kestrel, Little Grebe, Little Owl, 5 Mistle Thrush, 20+ Redwing, 7+ Ring-necked Parakeet, 9 Shoveler (Richard Woolley). Red Kite over north c. 2pm, female Sparrowhawk (Iain Darbyshire).
Richmond Park: Dartford Warbler south of Pen Ponds car park, closely associating with a male Stonechat, 40 Redwing and 1+ Lesser Redpoll in Prince Charles Spinney, 4 Shoveler and 1 Red-crested Pochard Upper Pen Pond (Hugh Bradshaw)
Sidcup DA14: 4 Lesser Redpolls in birch along Lansdowne Road opposite Damon Close 08.10 (Ian Stewart).
Staines Moor: 4 Goosander 2pr on R Colne 0800 (Dominic Pia via Twitter); Dartford Warbler west of Colne with 3 Stonechats level with southernmost entrance to old railway am, also Water Pipit, Red Kite, Kingfisher, Bullfinch (Twitter)
Staines Reservoirs: Great Northern Diver (giving very close views on south basin), drake Scaup (north basin), 3 Black-necked Grebe, 10+ Goldeneye (James Hudson)
Stocker's Lake: 2 Smew (Herts BC, BirdGuides)
Stoke Newington Reservoirs: Cetti's Warbler by East basin (TeRNS)
Ten Acre Wood area: 2m Pheasant, 3 Teal, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 4 Kestrel, 51 Lapwing, 10 Snipe, Barn Owl (first since March 2013 when 3 were present with at least one perishing that month), 2 Skylark, 3 Meadow Pipit, 5 Redwing, 2 Rook, 20+ Jackdaw, 2 Bullfinch (Neil Anderson/G. Westley)
Wanstead Park: Slavonian Grebe still on Heronry, 1st winter Great Crested Grebe plus 2 adults on the basin, 4 Little Grebe, Wigeon, 200+ Gadwall, c 20 Shoveler, 2 Teal, 16 Pochard, 6 Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Coal Tit, Sparrowhawk (Wanstead Birders)
Worcester Park: 2 Little Egrets on Beverley Brook Green Lane(Bob Smith)
London Wetland Centre: Bittern (Twitter) SE corner of main lake viewed from WWF hide, 1m 2f Pintail, 1f Sparrowhawk (or a male from our 8 observers?), 1 Snipe (Martin Honey) 1 Peregrine, 1 Cetti's Warbler (Martin Twycross) Male and female Stonechat
Monken Hadley Common: Firecrest nr Games Rd entrance (Robert Callf)
Rainham Marshes: 4 Brent Goose Aveley Bay (Twitter); Water Pipit Target Pools pm (Paul Hawkins via Twitter)
Rotherhithe: 5 (2 ads & 3 1st-winters) Great Black-backed Gulls on mud by Hilton Hotel, 49 Tufted Ducks - 35 Surrey Water and 14 Canada Water (Richard Bonser)
Rye Meads RSPB: 2 Shelduck and 2m Pintail gadwall_hide (Stuart Harrison via RSPB forum)
Sidcup Place: 6 Canada Geese SW, Moorhen (very rare here), 50+ Black-headed Gull, 20+ Common Gull, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Redwing on deck, c20 Long-tailed Tit in 2 flocks, 4+ Jackdaw, House Sparrow roost near scout hut (Ian Stewart)
Staines Moor: 4 Water Pipit (Oliver Simms via Twitter)
Staines Reservoirs: Great Northern Diver, drake Scaup (Twitter). Staines Res north basin being drained until end April - could be good spring for waders? - Hallelugah!! & not underdue..(JR).
Stoke Newington Reservoirs: 4 Shelduck, 21 Shoveler, 2 Little Grebe, Water Rail, Grey Wagtail, 3 Reed Bunting (TeRNS)
Tottenham Marshes: Pair Stonechat still in Glendish Marsh scrubby area near allotments. Goldcrest. Kingfisher and Grey Wagtail on nearby River Lea. (Quentin Given).
Walthamstow Marsh: Little Egret wandering around one of the horse paddocks near Lea Bridge Road, 2 Stonechat (Bombcrater field) (James Palmer)
Gallions Reach: Curlew, Green Woodpecker, Reed Bunting (James Palmer)
Kelsey Park Beckenham: Firecrest still present this morning by first bridge from Stone Park Avenue c.9am. Also two Egyptian Geese, 6+ Mandarins and 4 Blue-crowned Parakeets over Hayes Lane (make of those exotics what you will.(Martin Birch)
London Wetland Centre: 6 Mandarin, Peregrine perched on hospital, Stonechat, Grey Wagtail (WWT website)
Pinner Park Farm: adult Mediterranean Gull, 2 Little Egret, 2 Snipe, 2 Meadow Pipit, 108 Redwing, 4 Fieldfare, 3 Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 115 Jackdaw & 5 Grey Heron (Jon Ridge).
Regent's Park: m Peregrine seen fr Pk stooping over Lisson Grove NW8 north of Hilton Metropole 0855 (RPBirders)
Sevenoaks WR: Shelduck, pr Goosander, 2 Sparrowhawk, 50 Snipe, 2 Chiffchaff, Bullfinch (Russell Brockett via Kent OS)
Snaresbrook Crown Court: Firecrest, Lesser Redpoll over (Stuart Fisher)
Staines Reservoir: 2 Black-necked Grebe, Great Northern Diver, Scaup ( Jim Sweetland )
Staines upon Thames: Peregrine over c3pm (Dominic Pia via Twitter)
Sutcliffe Park: 2 Stock Dove, Common Snipe, Green Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, f Pochard, 2 Kingfisher, 4 Mistle Thrush. Cator Park (Kidbrooke). Grey Heron pr Mute Swan, Grey Wagtail, Kingfisher. (P Kite)
Thorney CP Iver/West Drayton: 2 Kingfishers along river, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpeckers, 3 Pochard, 2 Common Gulls, Grey Heron, Little Grebe, 9 Cormorants.(Sue Giddens)
Bow Creek Ecology Park: Common Sandpiper, 55 Redshank, c80 Teal in high tide roost (Ian Stewart).
Brent Reservoir: Very high water level, no mud, 3 Egyptian Goose, drake Pintail, 250+ Tufted Duck, 20+ Pochard, Green Sandpiper, 24+ Snipe, 2 Water Rail (Leo Batten, Roy Beddard, Pete Lowman)
London Wetland Centre: 1 Redshank (SE), 4 Snipe, 1 Shelduck (W), 5 Cetti's Warbler (Adam Salmon) Bittern - right of WWF hide then flew to N side Sheltered Lagoon at dusk, 3 Pintail, Peregrine - eating prey CX Hospital, Tawny Owl - hooting from gardens near entrance (J. Wilczur, O. Dewhurst)
Pinner Park Farm: 3 Little Egret, Snipe, Kestrel, Great Black-backed Gull over, 43 Meadow Pipit, 51 Redwing, 8 Fieldfare, 5 Mistle Thrush, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 180 Jackdaw, 2 Grey Heron & 6 Canada Goose (Jon Ridge).
Staines Reservoir: South - Great Northern Diver, Black-necked Grebe; North - Scaup, Goldeneye, 3 Black-necked Grebe, Water Pipit east bank (Surrey BC, BirdGuides)
Walthamstow Reservoirs: Drake Scaup asleep on Lockwood, pr. Goldeneye, Common Sandpiper, pr. Pheasant, Peregrine, Sparrowhawk, probably 7 different Grey Wagtails across Lockwood, High Maynard, East Warwick and Coppermill Filter Beds (Adam Winstanley)
Wanstead Park: Slavonian Grebe, 5th day on Heronry (Tony Brown)
Worcester Park: Peregrine Falcon over observers garden (Bob Smith)
Wednesday 7th January 2015
Brent Reservoir: drake Pintail still present in North Marsh (John Gravatt/Andrew Haynes).
Colney Heath: 11 Siskin (Steve Blake via Herts BC)
Cornmill Gardens: Kingfisher (Tom Moulton).
Crayford Marshes: Female Marsh Harrier in from east and down to Rainham RSPB, Raven flew over Thames and landfill, c10 Shoveler, 50+ Teal, c10 Wigeon, 2 Great Crested Grebe on Thames, 2 Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, 50+ Golden Plover, 15 Ringed Plover, c1000 Lapwing, c500 Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 20+ Redshank, 2-4 Curlew, adult Yellow-legged Gull, Little Owl, 2 Rock Pipit, 4 Stonechat, Grey Wagtail, c30 Fieldfare, 5+ Redwing, Chiffchaff, Jay, 3 Reed Bunting, 66 species in 4 hours to 15.25 (Ian Stewart).
East India Dock Basin: Black Redstart on Thames path c200m west of basin, Kingfisher, 10 Shelduck, 21 Tufted Duck, c25 Teal (John Archer).
Kelsey Park Beckenham: Firecrest 1030 same place as Jo East on Monday 5th, probable escapees Cayuga Duck and white Am. Peking type duck at next bridge (Fred O'Hare).
Leyton Flats/Snaresbrook: 2 Firecrest, Nuthatch, 3 Green Woodpecker, Sparrowhawk, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 146 Coot (Hollow and Eagle), 17 Moorhen, Lesser Redpoll, Stock Dove, singing Mistle Thrush, 4 Song Thrush (Stuart Fisher)
Rainham Ferry Lane and tow path east: f Marsh Harrier, Curlew, 230 Black-tailed Godwit roost at Stone barges, 190+ Redshank, 8 Shelduck, ad Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 10+ Rook (Stuart Fisher)
Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: Woodcock flushed Leaf Yard Wd area 40, ad Great Black-backed Gull commuting W 0815 and Fieldfare N 0825 - Hill watch 07:35-08:30, ad Jackdaw on rugby pitch a41 - favours west side of Pk, Chiffchaff a2, 3 Blackcap; few G'crests since last wk's cold snap (RPBirders)
Rye Meads RSPB: Shelduck, 2 Water Rail, Kingfisher, Cetti's Warbler (Allan Meadows via Herts BC)
St James's Park: immature Great Black-backed Gull (Andrew Self).
Shepperton Lock: ad Mediterranean Gull 1115 (Surrey BC)
Wanstead Park: Slavonian Grebe still on Heronry, Little Grebe, 9 Shoveler, 2 Teal, Water Rail, Coal Tit, Grey Wagtail, 4+ Redwing, Kestrel (Nick Croft). Wigeon still one on the basin (Dan Hennessy)
Battersea Park: pr Egyptian Geese, 10 pr Gadwall, few pr Shoveler - slow removal of Gasometer (which usually had winter hunting Peregrine) and major work on Battersea Power Station seems to have reduced winter Peregrine sightings here (Michael Mac).Saw Peregrine yesterday pass BP Station landing on nearby flats (Neil Anderson)
Bow Creek: 1 Common Sandpiper, 50 Redshank, 170 Teal in high tide roost (John Archer)
Broadwater Lake: ad Yellow-legged Gull, also m Goosander on R Colne (David Neal via Herts BC)
Brookmill Park: Mandarin, Pheasant, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Kingfisher, 2 Song Thrush, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
East India Dock Basin: 13 Shelduck, 30 Tufted Duck, 34 Teal, 1 Grey Wagtail (John Archer)
Hampstead Heath: about 8 Lesser Redpoll, South Meadow (MBS)
Headstone Moat: male Kingfisher - stunning views, Great Spotted Woodpecker & Coal Tit (Jon Ridge).
Lee Valley, Seventy Acres Lake/Holyfield Lake: drake Goldeneye, 5 Goosander, 2 Bittern (in front of Bittern Info Point), 100+ Lapwing, Great Black-backed Gull, Bullfinch, Linnet (Simon Papps)
St James's Park: Kingfisher at the eastern end of the Lake this morning, Sparrowhawk over and adult Great Black-backed Gull this afternoon (Frank Nugent).
East India Dock Basin: Kingfisher, 10 Shelduck, 17 Tufted Duck, 130 Teal (John Archer)
Kelsey Park: 09:50 Firecrest hovering around bushes just left of first bridge Stone Park Avenue entrance. Also 5 pairs of Mandarin Ducks, 2 Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Egyptian Goose and Herons on island. (Jo East)
Kensington Gardens: (lunchtime) Tawny Owl in usual roost tree, 14 Redwing on grassy avenue between Round Pond and Longwater, several Song and Mistle Thrush, Nuthatch and Coal Tit - all new for year (Martin Honey)
Lee Valley, Cornmill Meadows: imm Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 59 Wigeon, 50+ Teal, Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 18 Stock Dove, 50+ Rook, 3 Reed Bunting (Simon Papps)
Mudchute: Little Egret over playing fields heading W (Richard Harrison).
Pinner Park Farm: 4 Little Egret, Little Owl from 15:42, 11 Snipe, 38 Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, 52 Redwing, 5 Fieldfare, Mistle Thrush, Green Woodpecker, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 110 Jackdaw & 2 Grey Heron (Jon Ridge).
Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: m Blackcap Hill area 47, Redwing, Dunnock singing, 8 House Sparrow and Grey Wagtail Cumberland Basin nr zoo a27 (RPBirders)
St James's Park: Kingfisher showing well at the eastern end of the Lake this morning (Frank Nugent), also drake Ruddy Duck (Andrew Self)
Sidcup: Footscray Meadows; Siberian Chiffchaff still, associating with common chiffchaff, 5 Mute Swan, 2 Little Egret, 12 Little Grebe, Gadwall, Tufted Duck, 2 Jay, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Kingfisher, Song Thrush, 7 Redwing, Long-tailed Tit. (Eric Brown, Peter Graham).5 Bullfinch, pr Blackcap, 5 Goldcrest. (P Kite).
Southfields, SW18 (Girdwood Road): 8pm Tawny Owl heard kee-vic'ing in back gardens, first time in more than 11 years (Martin Honey)
Staines Moor: 2 Short-eared Owl flushed from centre of moor, 5 Water Pipit at southern end of moor, 4 Stonechat, c.20 Linnet and 2 Little Owls near Stanwell Moor. (Roger Morton). Hi Roger, can you tell me whereabouts the Little Owls were? Were they on Staines Moor itself? Thx, Lee Dingain.
Staines Reservoir: Great Northern Diver, m Scaup, Black-necked Grebe (Surrey BC)
Sunbury Cross: Peregrine sat on the old Chubb building by the M3 at 0800 (Tony Sweetland)
Trent Park: c25 Lesser Redpoll feeding in birches Nature Trail (Robin White per RM Callf)
Walthamstow Marsh: Song Thrush. (Dan Barrett)
Walthamstow Reservoirs: East Warwick: 2 Scaup (north end); No. 4: Common Sandpiper; West Warwick: Kingfisher (James Palmer)
Wanstead Flats: probable Woodlark east over fairground with Skylark, decidedly smaller and different flight to the other lark, shorter tail and more rounded wings, didn't call and not refound [Woodlarks are usually solitary & no call...it could have been anything. Its not unusual for Woodlarks to associate with Skylarks (S.Robinson) Have to agree. Out of breeding season, certainly not unheard of for Woodlark to associate with other congeners (D. Barrett) I agree I have seen them with Skylarks in winter before (SF). In the autumn of 2011 we had a Woodlark associating with Skylark for several days - found by SF himself (NC) Well it's hard to respond to a "gang" - but good luck with the record :)], 8 Skylark,1-2 Meadow Pipit, 3 Pied Wgtail, 20 Linnet, 3 Lesser Redpoll, Bullfinch, Reed Bunting, 2 Fieldfare, singing Mistle Thrush, 5 Pochard, 7 Shoveler, 15 Gadwall, Little Grebe, Goldcrest (Nick Croft/Richard Rae), Kestrel (Ian Stewart)
Wanstead Park: Slavonian Grebe still on Heronry (Tim Harris), still present and showing very well on south side of Heronry c11.30 to myself and several other visiting birders also 2 Egyptian Geese on cricket pitch by golf course, 8+ Shoveler, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Mistle Thrush on cricket pitch, 6+ Goldcrest, Jay (Ian Stewart) Lesser Spotted Woodpecker in churchyard off Overton Drive (Keith Marchant)
Sunday 4th January 2015
Alexandra Park: first-winter Caspian Gull on east bank of reservoir from 13:47 to 14:09, then perched on CCTV installation in filter beds compound until 14:21, after which briefly returned to reservoir and then appeared to fly off north - first site record (Dominic Mitchell; also seen by Henry and Sarah Wyn-Jones and another unknown observer). Record shot will be posted on Birding London group on Facebook later. Why not post it here too? Also two Water Rails in north corner of Conservation Pond (Dominic Mitchell, Henry and Sarah Wyn-Jones).
Foots Cray Meadows: Presumed Siberian Chiffchaff still on lake islands this morning at 10am (Martin Birch)
Gallions Reach: 12 Scaup downriver @ 09.05. Caspian Gull adult, Dunlin, 2 Curlew, 2W Yellow-legged Gull, Chiffchaff, 70 Linnet. (Gary A James & Paul Davis).
Hampstead Heath: Water Rail showing well next to Bird Bridge, Kingfisher at Mixed, Highgate 1 and Vale of Health Ponds, c30 Redwing feeding on the deck in South Meadow (Frank Nugent).
Headstone Moat: male Kingfisher - perfectly perched, Green Woodpecker, Grey Heron, 2 Mistle Thrush & 2 Coot (Jon Ridge).
Holyfield: 21 Egyptian Goose, Pintail, 4 Goosander, Peregrine, Little Owl (Graham White via blog)
Home Park, Hampton Court : 2 Mediterranean Gulls both ads, one with pink ring on right leg. Larger gathering than previously, at least 2000 Black-headed Gulls. Many foot paddling for earthworms. 70 Herring Gulls, 25 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 30 Common Gulls. All gulls flew off at 14.40. 25 Egyptian Geese (Franko J Maroevic)
Limehouse Cut: Kingfisher (John Ball).
London Wetland Centre: Goosander female, flew E just before 10:00, Bittern, 3 Pintail, 2 Stonechat, 5 Snipe (WWT website)
Maple Cross: c60 Golden Plover field south of the estate (Chris Bessant via Herts BC)
Mercedes-Benz World (Weybridge): 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Lapwing, 10+ Mistle Thrush (Simon West)
Mill Hill NW7: m+f Blackcap, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Steve Blake)
Osterley Park: Coal Tit, 2 Collared Dove, Egyptian Goose, Goldcrest, Great Crested Grebe, Grey Heron, 2 Herring Gull, 34+ Jackdaw, Kingfisher on Garden lake, Little Owl, 3 Pied Wagtail, Redwing, 7+ Ring-necked Parakeet, 11 Shoveler (Richard Woolley).
Pinner Park Farm: Little Owl from 15:18, Kestrel, 11 Fieldfare, 16 Redwing, Mistle Thrush, 2 Stock Dove, Jackdaw, Grey Wagtail, Green Woodpecker & Great Spotted Woodpecker (Jon Ridge).
Queen Elizabeth II Reservoir: 1 Red-necked Grebe. (Franko J Maroevic)
Rainham RSPB: Avocet, 7 Grey Plover, Ruff all at Aveley Bay (Paul Hawkins via Twitter); 398 Black-tailed Godwit Stone Barges (David Darrell-Lambert via Twitter)
Regent's Park: 70+ Cormorant at Heron_Is roost 0740, 2f Tawny Owl ['kewicking' N thru zoo toward canal 0655 & hooting on NW side of Pk 0705 - 3rd bird no longer roosting at Longbridge area 33], Pied Wagtail (RPBirders)
Rotherhithe: 22 Shoveler Southwark Park, Song Thrush, 15 House Sparrows, 8 Long-tailed Tits Russia Dock Woodland (Richard Bonser)
Rye Meads RSPB: Shelduck, Pintail, Jack Snipe, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff (Graham White via blog)
Wanstead Park: Slavonian Grebe - showed down to 2 feet in the morning but then spent most of the afternoon on the southside of Heronry, Little Grebe, 30 + Gadwall, 2 Teal, 3 Pochard, 6 Shoveler (Heronry and Shoulder of Mutton only), Meadow Pipit, Treecreeper (Bush Wood), Water Rail (The Aldersbrook) (Wanstead Birders et al)
Whitewebbs Wood: Mandarin Duck; Red-legged Partridge; Stock Dove; Great Spotted Woodpecker; Treecreeper, Nuthatch; Goldcrest; Song Thrush (Phil Rhodes)
Beddington SF: 1w Little Gull main lake till 0915 (BirdGuides)
Brent Reservoir: 4 Green Sandpiper, 2 Ruddy Duck (Andrew Self).
Danson Park: 5 Egyptian Geese, 4 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Mistle Thrush, Goldcrest (Ian Stewart).
Dartford Marshes: 3 Yellow-legged Gull (Andrew Lawson via Kent OS); 2 Caspian Gull ad&1w on flood off Bob Dunn Way (Barry Wright via Kent OS/BirdGuides)
Foots Cray Meadows: Siberian Chiffchaff still on lake islands (BirdGuides)
Headstone Moat: female Sparrowhawk hunting in the drizzle (Jon Ridge).
Holmethorpe SPs: red-head Smew still on Mercer's Lake north end (Neil Randon via HSP blog)
London Wetland Centre: 2 Bittern, 3 Pintail, 70 Lapwing (WWT website) 1st-winter Yellow-legged Gull (J. Wilczur) 8 Mandarin in with collection, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 8 Common Snipe (Martin Honey)
Pinner 08:30, 8 Stock Doves on back lawn. Resident flock, 2 m Blackcap on feeder(Richard Francis).
Pinner Park Farm: Little Egret, Little Owl at 16:20, 6 Snipe, 37 Meadow Pipit, Kestrel, 10 Fieldfare, 9 Redwing, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 64 Magpie, c220 Jackdaw & 19 Collared Dove (Jon Ridge).
Queen Mother Reservoir: m Common Scoter off pier am - permit only (Marek Walford/Russell Ness via Berks BN)
Wanstead Park: Slavonian Grebe showing ridiculously wellon Heronry (Nick Croft per SF), 2 Gadwall, 2 Pochard, 6 Shoveler, 2 Teal, Kingfisher, 2 Goldcrest, Siskin, Wigeon, Fieldfare (Wanstead Birders) Tony Brown's pics here http://wansteadbirding.blogspot.co.uk/ and http://www.thecowboybirder.com/
Friday 2nd January 2015
Beddington SF: Mediterranean Gull, Woodcock, Garganey (BFBG via Twitter)
Bentley Priory: 2 m Goosander on lake. House Sparrows at North End of Masefield Avenue. Best numbers for years (Richard Francis).
Broadwater: Siberian Chiffchaff behind and to the west of yacht club. Also at least 20 Common Chiffchaffs including several abietinus. (Roger Morton)
Brookmill Park: Little Grebe, Mandarin, 2 Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush, Redwing, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)
Burgess Park: adult Mediterranean Gull again on lake early a'noon; also 5 Herring Gulls, 250 Black-headed Gulls, 15 Tufted Ducks and 26 Egyptian Geese (Richard Bonser)
Bushy Park: 2 Stonechat (R Bell)
Crossness: Marsh Harrier fem hunting over paddocks then flew E @ 14:15, 4 Yellow-legged Gulls 2 adults+near-ad+2nd winter, Rock Pipit, Greenshank adult, 8 Black-tailed Godwit, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Peregrine, 2 Stonechat, 2 Chiffchaff, also 2 Pochard and c.60 Tufted Ducks Southmere (John Archer and Richard Bonser).
Dagenham Chase: Shelduck, 10 Golden Plover (Steve Drake & Steve Bacon per ELBF)
Ewell (Hogsmill Open Space): 1 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Grey Wagtail. 3rd party report of Water Rail showing well on first bend of river north of railway (Neil Batten).
Hampstead Heath: 22 Lesser Redpoll, Parliament Hill, Water Rail showing very well next to Bird Bridge, female Kingfisher at the Mixed Pond again (Frank Nugent).
Ingrebourne Valley: 3 Shelduck, f Marsh Harrier, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Barn Owl, 3 Water Rail, Little Egret, 3 Fieldfare (Dave McGough per ELBF)
Lee Valley, Hooks Marsh: 4 Smew (incl 2 ad males) (Simon Papps)
Leyton Traffic Island: Little Egret, Water Rail, Stonechat, Grey Wagtail, Song Thrush, 6+ Long-tailed Tits, 2 Wrens, 2 Robins, 2 Blackbirds, 2 Dunnock, 3 Greenfinch, Chaffinch, Great Tit, Blue Tit...but alas no Reed Warbler! (Ken Murray)
Lion Gorge: pr Bullfinch, 25 House Sparrow (per ELBF)
Pinner: Little Egret along Pinn at Cranbourne Drive (Richard Francis).
Pinner Park Farm: 2 Little Owl at 15:57, Little Egret, 8 Snipe, 42 Meadow Pipit, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 26 Redwing, Fieldfare, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker (one drumming), Green Woodpecker, 7 Stock Dove, 32 Jackdaw, 12 Goldfinch, Long-tailed Tit & 2 Grey Heron (Jon Ridge).
Rainham RSPB: Knot with Redshank on foreshore by barrier 0945 (ELBF via Twitter); Caspian Gull 2w and 3 Yellow-legged Gull on tip (Paul Hawkins via Twitter); Grey Plover- Aveley Bay, 2 Marsh Harriers and Buzzard - Silt Lagoons (Ian Bradshaw); f Merlin, Caspian Gull 1w, Cetti's Warbler (per ELBF)
Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: m Sparrowhawk, Jay, 5 Redwing - expected spp missed y'day, also m Peregrine again SW past lake 1135 (RPBirders)
Richmond Park: Short-eared Owl over Broomfield Hill at 09.37, 2 Bullfinch south side of Sidmouth Wood (R.Herbert)
Rotherhithe: Kingfisher, 4 Goldcrests and c.10 Long-tailed Tits Russia Dock Woodland, 31 Tufted Ducks Surrey Water, 23 Shovelers Southwark Park (Richard Bonser)
St James's Park: drake Ruddy Duck, Red-crested Pochard (Andrew Self)
South Ealing Road Park: 8 House Sparrow (Richard Woolley).
Staines Moor: Dartford Warbler on east side of river Colne viewed from concrete bridge after it called, Water Pipit south of concrete bridge, Little Egret, 3 Kestrel, Kingfisher, 2 Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff by stream on east side (Ian Stewart); Red Kite, 2 Water Pipit (Mark Elsoffer via Twitter)
Staines Reservoir: Snow Bunting still (Mark Elsoffer via Twitter), Great Northern Diver S basin, 2 Black-necked Grebes N basin 1 close in SW corner, drake Scaup on N bank of N basin, 15+ Goldeneye, Fieldfare on bank of King George VI res (Ian Stewart)
Tottenham Marsh: Goosander, Little Egret, Peregrine, Water Rail, at least 2 Chiffchaff (James Palmer)
Walthamstow Reservoirs: drake Scaup on No 4; Common Sandpiper on No 5; 1 Goosander north to Banbury; 2 Snipe on East Warwick and 1 on West Warwick; 3 Chiffchaffs. 8 Goldeneye. 3 Stonechats - 58 species on the first day the reservoirs were open in 2015 (Mike Messenger & David Bradshaw)
Foots Cray Meadows: Siberian Chiffchaff on middle island 12.40 keeping low and elusive, Firecrest at north end of North Cray wood, 6+ Gadwall, female Shoveler, c10 Little Grebe, Little Egret, Water Rail, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, 2 Redwing, Chiffchaff, 6+ Goldcrest, Nuthatch, 2+ Treecreeper, 5+ Jay, Reed Bunting (Ian Stewart). Siberian Chiffchaff still present 2pm, 3rd clump shrubs east of five arches. (Tom Clarke)
Hampstead Heath: 19 Lesser Redpoll and a Chiffchaff feeding in the trees around Vale of Health Pond, Water Rail from Bird Bridge, Kingfisher at Mixed Pond, 22 Gadwall, 4 Shoveler, 9 Common Gull, 20+ Redwing, 4 Fieldfare (Frank Nugent).
Harold Wood SF: Gadwall, 10 Teal, 8 Shoveler, Sparrowhawk, Great Black-backed Gull, Grey Wagtail, Cetti's Warbler (per ELBF)
Harrow School Fields: 1 Red Kite, 4 Stock Dove, 1 Redwing, mixed flock of c400 Black-headed Gull and Common Gull (Michael Robinson)
Highgate Woods: M & f Bullfinch, 2 Lesser Redpoll (Paul Angus)
Holmethorpe SPs: 69 spp incl Shelduck, Goldeneye, Smew, 2 Little Egret, 6 Jack Snipe, 52 Black-headed Gull (Gordon Hay & Ian Kehl via HSP blog)
Hooks Marsh Lake, Lee Valley Park: Smew (several present - saw only 1 male due to limited time); 1 male Goosander (Phil Rhodes) 2M & 2F Smew, 2 m Goosander & 1 M Goosander on River nearby, 3 Lesser Redpoll (Davey Leach). Little Egret, drake Smew (Friday Lake) pair of Goosanders in flight and roosting Bittern from 70 Acres Lake watchpoint (Ian Bradshaw)
Kidbrooke Village: Water Rail, Sutcliffe Park. 10 Meadow Pipit, Castor Park (Conrad Ellam)
Lea Valley (Holyfield Farm area): Hawfinch flew through, landed briefly near farm 11.45am then flew N toward Nazeing. 4 Yellowhammer, Little Owl, Reed Bunting, 4 Skylark, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk. (Davey Leach).
Little Britain Lake, Cowley: 1 Heron on nest in heronry. 1 Little Egret flying over. 1/2 hr pre-dusk visit. (Roger Dewey)
London Wetland Centre: A rather frustrating 49 species for the day, including Bittern (one of two seen today), 1m 2f Pintail, Chiffchaff, 1m Sparrowhawk, 2 Goldcrest, 4 Mandarin, 4 Egyptian Geese, 5 Common Snipe, 1m 1f Stonechat. Others seen, but not by me, included Peregrine, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler, Jackdaw (Martin Honey)
Margravine Cemetery: 21+ Magpie (site record), 6 Greenfinch, Green Woodpecker, drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker (Nathalie Mahieu).
Mill Hill NW7: m+f Blackcap, Great Spotted Woodpecker. (Steve Blake)
Oaklands nr St Albans: 45 Golden Plover over lge field opp Wickes store (Dan Fletcher via Herts BC)
Regent's Park/Primrose Hill: 51 spp incl Shelduck, single Great Crested Grebe and Little Grebe after ice, 2 Kestrel [m Hill a48 & f Pk a32], m Peregrine E over Marylebone Grn a15 at 1250, Jackdaw, Blackcap, m House Sparrow briefly nr Wetland Pen fdr a32 am - rare away fr zoo, Redpoll (RPBirders)
Valentines Park: 41 spp incl pr Gadwall, 2 Shoveler, Sparrowhawk, 'Valentino' the Mediterranean Gull, Kingfisher (Gideon Knight blog via Facebook) The Early Worm
