News June 2008

From Londonbirders

Contents 1 Monday 30th June 2 Sunday 29th June 3 Saturday 28th June 4 Friday 27th June. 5 Thursday 26th June. 6 Wednesday 25th June. 7 Tuesday 24th June. 8 Monday 23rd June. 9 Sunday 22nd June. 10 Saturday 21st June. 11 Friday 20th June. 12 Thursday 19th June. 13 Wednesday 18th June. 14 Tuesday 17th June. 15 Monday 16th June. 16 Sunday 15th June. 17 Saturday 14 June. 18 Friday 13th June. 19 Thursday 12th June. 20 Wednesday 11th June. 21 Tuesday 10th June. 22 Monday 9th June. 23 Sunday 8th June. 24 Saturday 7th June. 25 Friday 6th June. 26 Thursday 5th June. 27 Wednesday 4th June. 28 Tuesday 3rd June. 29 Monday 2nd June. 30 Sunday 1st June.

Monday 30th June

• East India Dock NR: Grey Heron, 8 Cormorant, 2 Mute Swan, ~10 Tufted Duck, ~15 Mallard + chicks, 2 Shelduck, Coot, 3 Moorhen, 80+ BH Gull, 15 LBB, 9 Common Tern, 2 Feral Pigeon, 4 Woodpigeon, 1 Swift very high over, 3 Sand Martin, Pied Wagtail, Dunnock, Wren, 2 Robin, Blackbird, 2 Starling, 2 ad & 2 juv Long-tailed Tits, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Goldfinch, 2 Greenfinch, Great Tit, 4 Magpie, 3 Crow (J Lethbridge).
• Tyttenhanger GPs: 2 Little ringed Plover. Ringed Plover. 2 Oystercatcher + 1 Fledgling. 2 Green Sandpipers. 1 Common Sandpiper. 2 Hobby. (Steve Blake).
• Crossness: 2 Med Gulls (ad, 2nd summer) (Ian MIller per JA).
• Rainham Marshes: 2 Avocet, Yellow-legged Gull (J Lethbridge)
• Horsenden Hill: Cuckooo 1 fem (NPS)

Sunday 29th June

• Greenwich Yacht Club/Ecology Park,SE8: 15+ Common Terns (including 7 juveniles), 2 juv Black-headed Gulls, 1 Oystercatcher (Richard Bonser)
• Brent Reservoir: Green Sand, LRP & 2 Lapwings (Andrew Self)
• Fairlop Waters CP:Sparrowhawk,Kestrel.Green Woodpecker,Garden Warbler,Chiffchaff,Willow Warbler,Whitethroat,4 Reed Buntings,5 Pied Wagtails,2 Skylarks,Swifs,Swallows,House Martins & a few Sand Martins.(Brendan Spooner)
• London Wetland Centre: Hobby 1, Green Sand. 1, Common Sand. 1, Redshank 2 juv's still, Lesser Whitethroat 1,Chiffchaff 1 (NPS) Buzzard north at 1155hrs; ad Med Gull west over Wildside at 1245hrs with BHGs (may have come from main lake) (Jonathan Dean).
• Stoke Newington Reservoirs: 2 Shoveler, 11 C. Tern (high for site in recent years), c40 Swifts (TeRNS).
• Bushy Park: 6 Crossbills flew over heading west at 1.40 (Roger Unite)
• Barking Outfall: 19 juvenile Black Headed Gulls, Little Egret, 2 Common Terns, 3 Oystercatchers, 4 Grey Wagtails and a Green Veined White.(Dave Morrison)
• Rainham RSPB: Hobby - also 6 Small Skippers, Essex Skipper, Small Heath, Cinnibar, 3 Ringlets, 2 Holly Blues and 14 Meadow Browns.(Dave Morrison); Garden Warbler (J Lethbridge).
• Staines Res: Red-necked Grebe - north basin, Black-necked Grebe - south basin (KLP).
• Crossness: ad Med Gull, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls (both 2nd summer), juv Little Egret, Common Sandpiper (John Archer).

Saturday 28th June

• Finsbury Park: 2 Crossbill over railway station at 07:05 this morning (Jan Hein)
• Rotherhithe,SE16: Shelduck E at 8pm over Old Salt Quay Pub plus 2 Sand Martins, 5 1st summer Common Gulls. Also pair of Common Terns feeding young on platform on Canada Water plus 9 Tufted Ducks (Richard Bonser)
• Walthamstow Res: 3 Redshank, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Lapwing. 100+ Pochard mostly males. At least 5 Little Egrets. (Paul Whiteman) An adult summer Mediterranean Gull flew South over the house in Leyton at 16:20. (Sadly not a house tick, though a plumage tick)
• Brent Reservoir: 2 Green Sands, 3 Common Sands, 2 LRP & 2 Lapwings & 18 Marbled White(Andrew Self, Roy Beddard & Andrew Verrall)
• Dagenham: Peregrine Falcon 12.20-12.25pm over my back garden and a long overdue garden tick ! ( Vince Halley-Frame ).
• Horsenden Hill: Common Buzzard 1 W, Bullfinch 2 ads 2juv, White Letter Hairstreak 3 (NPS)
• WWT LWC Barnes: 4 Black-tailed Godwit (at leat 3 males,one in full breeding plumage, arrived 2pm and fed continuously until at least 4pm), Hobby (hunting dr'flies), Redshank, LPR, Lapwing, C Tern, Sparrowhawk (Angus Innes), singing Chiffchaff reported.

Friday 27th June.

• Wormwood Scrubs: 1 Hobby over and nothing else of interest. (David Lindo).
• Crossness: adult Med Gull off the outfall late morning, Little Egret (Ian Miller per JA)
• Tyttenhanger GPs: . Oystercatcher, 2 Ringed Plover + 2Little Grebe turned up over night! Other than that, VERY Quiet! (Steve B)
• Trent Park Area: 7(6'eclipse' male, 1 female) Mandarin Duck + 2 young, Lower Lake; 1 Sparrowhawk; 2 Kestrel; 1 Green Woodpecker; 6 Common Whitethroat; 2 singing male Garden Warbler; 2 Nuthatch; 4 Treecreeper; 1 juv Coal Tit; 1 singing male Linnet; 1 male Yellowhammer; 1 Weasel, at Vicarage Farm; 1 Painted Lady; 1 Red Admiral (Robert Callf).
• Leamouth: Common Sandpiper, adult Great Black Backed Gull, 30 Swift and juvenile Black Headed Gull.(Dave Morrison)

Thursday 26th June.

• Stamford Hill, N16: Hobby chasing and catching Swift, c500m east of Stoke Newington Reservoirs (Mark Pearson)
• Wormwood Scrubs: Last night over 2000 Rose-ringed Parakeets (+ 1 Amazona sp) came in to roost. Plus both Pipistrelle species were recorded on our bat survey. (Alison Fure, David Lindo & Roy Nuttall)
• Stoke Newington Reservoirs: 2 Grey Wagtails, 60+ Swifts (TeRNS).
• Grovelands Park, Southgate: 2(1 ad female, 1 juv male) Green Woodpecker; 6 Song Thrush, including two singing males (Robert Callf).

Wednesday 25th June.

• East India Dock: juv LRP, 2 juv Black-headed Gulls, 3 Great Black-backs, 4 Common Tern chicks (David Callahan).
• WWT LWC 2 Little Egrets, 2 Avocets(Angus Innes)

Tuesday 24th June.

• Walthamstow Reservoirs: Brent Goose on Lockwood this a.m. (Pete Lambert via David Callahan).
• South Norwood Lake: 2 Great Crested Grebe, 10 Tufted Duck, 12 Ring-necked Parakeet, 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Nuthatch, 4 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Garden Warbler, 12 Swift, 2 House Martin, 6 House Sparrow, 2 Jay, 1 Collard Dove, 4 Goldfinch (John Watson).
• Alexandra Park: Hobby flew east over Conservation Pond 1745 then high north 1748 (Bob Watts).
• Stoke Newington Reservoirs: 13 Sand Martins (all south, over 90 minutes), 4 Common Terns, plus all the usuals (Mark Pearson, Laurence Pitcher).
• Stoke Newington Church Street: Hobby west, 2016hrs (Mark Pearson)
• Beddington SF: Shelduck, 4 Green Sandpiper, Common Tern (Dip or Glory).

Monday 23rd June.

• Brent Reservoir: 1 LRP, 1 Common Sand, 1 Green Sand (Andrew Verrall per Roy Beddard), 10 Marbled White (Roy Beddard).
• Staines Reservoirs: summer-plumaged Red-necked Grebe still on North Basin late morning (Birdguides). Still there, albeit as far away as it could be, at (correction) 20.45hrs; also grey wagtails, redshank. (Nigel May)
• Alexandra Park: Reed Warbler singing from beside path between old brick conservation hut and noticeboard (tarmac path that runs towards Alexandra park station). Only 2nd record at this site for the year and a most unusual locality (Bob Watts). Reed warbler briefly at Conservation Pond late evening, not singing & elusive in dense vegetation (J.murray).
• Rickmansworth: 1 Crossbill flew SE over my garden calling at 08.35 hrs (Andrew Moon).
• Tyttenhanger GPs: Common Sandpiper, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Ringed Plover, 2 Hobby (Steve Blake).
• Trent Park Area: 1 Sparrowhawk, carrying prey, Park Farm; 1 Little Owl, at Vicarage Farm; 2 (1 juv)Green Woodpecker; 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker; 2 Skylark, together, at Vicarage Farm; 3 Lesser Whitethroat; 1 singing male Garden Warbler; 4(2 pairs) Bullfinch; 4 Small Skipper; 1 Red Admiral; 2 Ringlet (Robert Callf).
• Regents Park: 1 Cuckoo in the wetland area, Reed Bunting, 2 fresh Chiffchaffs, p Common Terns (Tony Duckett).
• Trent Park: 3 Common Buzzard ( together over Williams Wood),many Chiffchaff and Blackcap. Common Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, 20 Common Swift, 12 Meadow Brown.( Pete Lowman).

Sunday 22nd June.

• Staines Res: sum-plum Red-necked Grebe on north basin at 11.25am (R.B.A). Still present N basin at 1600hrs at least, though distant in windy conditions (Rob Innes).
• Isleworth: Hoopoe reported for its second day at Hall Road (Birdguides)
• East India Dock: 2nd-sum Yellow-legged Gull (moulting inner primaries), juv LRP, 2 Common Tern chicks still (David Callahan).
• Brent Reservoir: 2 Green Sands, 2 Lapwing & LRP (Andrew Self).
• South Norwood Lake: 2 Great Crested Grebe, 10 Tufted Duck, 20+ Swift, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 House Sparrow, 6 Goldfinch, 10 Ring-necked Parakeet (John Watson).
• Wanstead (skywatching in my garden): 11 Cormorant, Grey Heron, 2 LBB, Hobby, many Swift, 3 House Martin, 2 Jackdaw (J Lethbridge)
• Oakhill Park, East Barnet: 1 singing male Lesser Whitethroat; 1 juv Goldfinch (Robert Callf & Bob Husband).

Saturday 21st June.

• Thorndon Country Park: About 15 Common Crossbills flew over calling and seen briefly at 3.52pm, from the cycle/horse track near the visitor centre (V H-F J.Lethbridge).
• Brent Reservoir: Redshank & 2 Common Sands (Andrew Self).
• South Norwood Lake: 2 Great Crested Grebe, 8 Tufted Duck, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch, 8 Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Collard Dove, 10 Herring Gull, 1 LBBGull over, 2 House Sparrow, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Stock Dove (John Watson, Gavin Hawgood).
• Staines Res: two second-summer Mediterranean Gulls (an obvious pair) around the rafts mid-afternoon. Also c15 incubating Common Terns (lowest for some years), two Little Ringed Plovers and a Redshank (Rob Innes).
• WWT LWC Barnes: Gadwall, Teal (2 m), C Pochard, Tufted Duck, Shoveler, LRP, Redshank (3 adult, 2 juvenile), Lapwing (6 chicks), C Tern (8 chicks, Swifts and S Martins (abundant) - Hobby hunting them (Angus Innes), Peregrine (LWC website).
• Beddington SF: Hobby, 6 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper (Dip or Glory).
• Queen Elizabeth II Res: Peregrine (SBC).
• Paddington Green: Grey Wagtail singing briefly (Des McKenzie).
• Trent Park Area: 8(2 ads, 6 juvs) Barn Swallow, at South Lodge Farm; 3(ad female feeding 2 juvs) Grey Wagtail, at Salmons Brook; 6(3 ads, 3 juvs) Pied Wagtail, at South Lodge Farm; 1 male Bullfinch, near Equestrian Centre; 4 Linnet, at 'Barracks' (Robert Callf).

Friday 20th June.

• Bedfont Lakes CP: Peregrine. 32 Common Terns (Ali Etherington per Adam Cheeseman).
• Hornsey: Red Kite low over roof top of garden calling! perhaps had been mobbed? drifted slowly and appeared to head towards an area east of new river village at 16:35 (John Murray).
• Fairlop Waters CP:Hobby,Kestrel,Swifts,House Martins,Swallows,Whitethroat,Willow Warbler,Chiffchaff,3 Reed Buntings,3 Skylarks & 2 Pied Wagtails.(Brendan Spooner)

Thursday 19th June.

• Rainham Marshes: 2 Black Swan, 56 Gadwall, 4 Hobby, 9 Little Egret, 2 Curlew, 75 Swift, 120 House Martin (ELBF).
• Queen Elizabeth II Res: Peregrine, 2 Common Tern (no nesting pairs this year for the first time since 1985) (SBC).
• Beddington SF: Green Sandpiper (Dip OR Glory).
• East India Dock: 2 LRP, 7 GBBGulls (inc 3 adults) in front of Dome (David Callahan), Reed Bunting, 2 Long-tailed Tits (Paul Hyland).
• Barbican: 15 Crossbills flew west at 5.50am seen by another observer (Tony Ducket).
• Stoke Newington east reservoir: c30 Swift (TeRNS).
• Trent Park: 1 Kingfisher, Lower Lake (Robert Callf).

Wednesday 18th June.

• Trent Park Area: 2 female Mandarin Duck with 10 young, Upper Lake; 1 Red Kite, flew SW over Park Farm, 13:45 - 13:50 BST; 1 Common Buzzard; 1 Sparrowhawk, carrying prey, over Camlet Hill; 1 Green Woodpecker; 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker; 6 Common Whitethroat; 3(1 ad, 2 juv) Nuthatch, Rough Lot; 1 Treecreeper; 2 Linnet, at Vicarage Farm; 1 male Yellowhammer, at Parkside Farm (Robert Callf).
• West Drayton: possible Quail heard from private garden c00:15hrs (seemed to be overhead, called once) (Des McKenzie).
• Beddington SF: Hobby, Redshank, Green Sandpiper, 3s Yellow-legged Gull (Dip or Glory).
• South Norwood Lake: 2 Great Crested Grebe, 8 Tufted Duck, 4 Herring Gull over, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Nuthatch, 7 Ring-necked Parakeet, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Song Thrush, 10 Swift, 4 House Martin, 3 House Sparrow, 4 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff (John Watson).
• Stoke Newington Reservoirs: Common Buzzard (SW, 1110), Garden Warbler, c60 Swifts, 2 Swallows, 7 House Martins, 5 Common Terns, 5 Grey Wagtails, 19 Pochards (Mark Pearson Hackney Wildlife).
• Abney Park Cemetery: pr Sparrowhawks, 6 Blackcaps (Mark Pearson).

Tuesday 17th June.

• Rainham Marshes: 2 Black Swan, m Garganey, 5 Hobby, Curlew, 15 Sand Martin, 30 House Martin (ELBF).
• Stoke Newington: c20 Swift, brood of 3 Dabchicks (TeRNS).
• Hounslow: flock of 13 Crossbills flew W over Dominion Close at 0655hrs (Chris Jones).
• South Norwood Lake: pr Great Crested Grebe with 1 juv, 1 Cormorant, 4 Tufted Duck, 20+ Swift, 2 House Martin, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 6 Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 Song Thrush, 5 House Sparrow (John Watson).
• Beddington SF: 2 Shelduck, Green Sandpiper (Dip or Glory).

Monday 16th June.

• Beddington SF: 2 Common Buzzard, Redshank, 3 Green Sandpiper, ad Yellow-legged Gull (Dip or Glory).
• Queen Elizabeth II Res: pr Shelduck with 11 young, Peregrine (SBC).
• Walton Res: pr Shelduck with duckling (SBC).
• Clissold Park (Stoke Newington): Common Buzzard (west, 1520hrs), 8 Pochard (and brood of six young), c20 Swifts, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, House Martin, 7 Grey Herons west (Mark Pearson Hackney Wildlife).
• Stoke Newington Reservoirs: Garden Warbler singing, 2 Common Terns (again displaying & courtship feeding), 1 Sand Martin east, 14 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (plus 2 young on East Res, and a second pair breeding nearby), c30 Swifts, family of Grey Wagtails, 10 Reed Warblers, 2 Common Whitethroats, 3 Blackcaps, 2 pairs of Reed Buntings (Mark Pearson).
• South Norwood Lake: Pair Great Crested Grebe 1Juv, 6 Tufted Duck, 1 Cormorant, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Nuthatch, 4 Song Thrush, 6 Ring-necked Parakeet, 12+ Swift, 4 House Martin, 2 Pied Wagtail, 8 House Sparrow, 1 Collard Dove,4 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, Goldfinch, 8 Chaffinch, (John Watson)
• Horsenden Hill: 1 Cuckoo flew south. Also 3 White-letter Hairstreaks and 1 Small Heath (Andy Culshaw).

Sunday 15th June.

• M40 (junction 1): 14 Red Kites together riding a thermal, also 2 Buzzards (London), minimum of 63 Red Kites between there and Junction 6 (Oxford) (John Murray).
• Canada Water SE16: Nightingale singing late afternoon in sallows adjacent to the reedbed opposite Canada Water tube station, 2+ Reed Warblers, 2 Common Terns on raft & 8 Tufted Ducks, also 2 Common Terns nearby on Greenland Dock (Richard Bonser).
• Tylers Common/Pages Wood: 4 singing Grasshopper Warblers, singing Yellowhammer, Common Tern (NW), Willow Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Reed Buntings, 5 Linnet, 50+ Swift, 18+ Swallows, 14 Chiffchaffs, 30+ Whitethroats, 17 Blackcaps, 16 Skylarks, 6 Song Thrushes, Mistle Thrush, Stock Dove, 2 House Martins (David Callahan).
• Brent Reservoir: Green Sandpiper (Andrew Self).
• Rainham Gravel Pits: Shelduck (brood of 9), Turtle Dove, pair Shoveler, 4 Common Terns, 6 Pochard plus brood of 4 (Dave Morrison).
• Alexandra Park: Sand Martin low over Wood Green Res until 1225 at least (Bob Watts), Hobby south over Nightingale Lane towards Hornsey 1625 (Bob Watts, Dave Darrell-Lambert).
• Stoke Newington: 2 C. Tern, c30 Swifts (TeRNS).
• Paddington Green: c50 Swifts to the south late afternoon (Des McKenzie).
• South Norwood Lake : 2 Great Crested Grebes (1 juv), 6 Swifts, 4 House Martins, 5 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Coal Tit, 8 Ring-necked Parakeets, 6 House Sparrows, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Common Whitethroat, 2 Song Thrushes, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Collard Doves (observer?).
• London Wetland Centre: Hobby, Kestrel, Green Sandpiper - Large Skipper, Red Admiral, Common Blue, Large White, Speckled Wood (LWC website).
• Oakwood Park, N14: 2 juv Green Woodpecker, heard calling (Robert Callf).
• Grovelands Park, Southgate: 1 female Tufted Duck with 5 ducklings (Robert Callf).
• Enfield Grammar School Playing Field: 41 Jackdaw, in the evening (Robert Callf).

Saturday 14 June.

• Richmond Park: Grasshopper Warbler singing from bracken by Lower Pen Pond (via FJM) also 1 recently fledged Lesser Spotted Woodpecker in willows at east end of Lower Pen Pond (Hugh Bradshaw)
• Regents Park: 2 juvenile Little Owls, 3 juvenile Tawny Owls, m Peregrine hunting at 3.30pm. pr Common Terns, 2 pr Herring Gulls nesting 1 with 2 young, pr Grey Wagtails, 3 Chiffchaffs(Tony Duckett).
• Rainham RSPB: 2 Black Swan, 8 Little Egret, Little Grebe, 2 Greylag, 3 Dunlin, 3 Blackwit, Hobby, 1 Sand Martin, many House Martins and Swifts today (J Lethbridge).
• Seventy Acres Lake: Pair Mandarins, 1st Tufted Duck brood of the year, 4 ad + 2 1st Summer Black-headed Gulls. (+ Little Egret reported nearby on Hall Marsh)(Roy Woodward).
• Canada Water,SE16: 2 Common Terns on raft (agressively chased off a 1st summer Herring Gull), 3 Tufted Ducks (Richard Bonser)
• Hall Marsh area:Little Egret,3 Hobbies,Kestrel,Buzzard,Kingfisher,Blackcap & Chiffchaff.(Brendan Spooner)

Friday 13th June.

• Barking: Hobby flew north.(Paul Hawkins)
• Banstead Downs: 1 Peregrine over + Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Kestrel etc

Thursday 12th June.

• Banstead: Osprey SW over station 08:30hrs (Steve Gale).
• Paddington Green: 2 ad type Great Black-backed Gull 07:55hrs (Des McKenzie).
• East India Dock: 2 ad GBBGulls, 4 Sand Martins, Collared Dove, and the Common Terns now have at least two chicks, but seem to be down to four pairs (David Callahan).
• Beddington SF: Shelduck, fem Peregrine, Redshank (Dip or Glory).
• Tyttenhanger GPs: 3 Wigeon (2m/1f), 2 Oystercatcher, 3 fledgling Common Tern, 4 Redshank (Steve Blake).
• R. Thames at Vauxhall: 30+ Swifts seemed to be feeding on insects, possibly blown from nearby Plane trees (Dave de Silva)

Wednesday 11th June.

• Beddington SF: 2 Shelduck, Red Kite south, Common Buzzard, Hobby, 2 Peregrine (m/f), Little Stint, Green Sandpiper, 5 Yellow-legged Gull (Dip or Glory).
• East India Dock: pr Teal, Swallow, 2 Sand Martin (Paul Hyland).
• London Wetland Centre: Hobby, several broods of Little Grebe (LWC website).
• Staines Res: Little Gull 4 (South Basin) (KLP).
• Rainham Marshes: 2 Black Swan, Teal, Shovelers, Little Grebe with young, Great Crested Grebe, 12 Little Egret, Stonechat, Reed Warbler, Common Whitethroat, Linnet, Reed Buntings, Teal (ELBF).
• Tylers Common (Upminster): Grasshopper Warbler (ELBF).
• Ingrebourne Valley: 7 Gadwall, 2 Kestrel, Little Egret, Lapwing, Cuckoo, Green Woodpecker, Pied Wagtail, 3 Reed Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat, family party of Long-tailed Tit, Bullfinch, 4 Reed Buntings (ELBF).
• Fairlop Waters: 10 Greylag Geese, 10 Tufted Duck, Kestrel, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Pheasant, Lapwing, 2 Common Tern, Green Woodpecker, 4 Skylark, 3 Dunnock, Common Whitethroat, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 10 Reed Bunting, 2 Corn Bunting (ELBF).

Tuesday 10th June.

• Ingrebourne Valley: pr Gadwall, pr Garganey, pr Tufted Duck, Kestrel, 2 Cuckoo, Common Whitethroat, Blackcap, 3 Song Thrush (ELBF).
• Beddington SF: Shelduck, Common Buzzard, Hobby (Dip or Glory).
• Queen Elizabeth II Res: Peregrine (SBC).

Monday 9th June.

• Farringdon: Red Kite SE at 11:20 (Stuart Harrington).
• Brentford: Black Kite low east over Great West Road near Kew Bridge at 07:38hrs this morning, mobbed by Ring-necked Parakeets (Birdguides).
• Bedfords Park: Woodlark, 2 Siskin (Colin Jupp/ELBF)
• London Wetland Centre: 2 Pochard broods, 6 Tufted Duck broods, Hobby, 4 visible Lapwing broods (24 ads), 6ad Redshank with 2 young, 6 breeding pairs of Common Tern (2 broods so far), singing Common Whitethroat, Grass Snake/s (reservoir lagoon islands and wildside ponds), many Black-tailed Skimmer, good numbers of Common Blue (LWC website).
• South Norwood Lake: pair Great Crested Grebe +2 young, 2 Cormorant, 8 Tufted Duck, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Coal Tit, Long-tailed Tit, 6 House Sparrow, 2 Song Thrush, Jay, 12+ Swift (John Watson, Gavin Hawgood).
• Queen Elizabeth II Res: Shelduck with 13 duckling, Madagascar Teal (esc), Peregrine (SBC).
• Regents Park: Cuckoo NW at 7.30am, p Common Terns, 8m Reed Warblers, 3 Little Owls (Tony Duckett).
• Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: Emperor Goose (esc), fem Mandarin with 2 duckling, fem Red-crested Pochard with duckling, Common Buzzard high south 14:08hrs, Grey Wagtail, juv Pied Wagtail, 5 Long-tailed Tit broods - Blue-tailed Damselfly, 2 Azure Damselfly, 2 Migrant Hawker, m Broad-bodied Chaser (Des McKenzie).
• Beddington SF: Shelduck, Common Buzzard, Common Tern (Dip or Glory).
• Rainham Marshes: 2 Black Swan, pr Shelduck with 3 duckling, 18 Teal, 2 Pochard, 3 Kestrel, 3 Hobby, Peregrine, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 7 Little Egret, Ringed Plover, 2ad Mediterranean Gull, Stonechat, Sedge Warbler, Common Whitethroat (ELBF).
• Fairlop: Greylag Goose (2 broods), Kestrel, Lapwing, Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, 3 Skylark, Common Whitethroat, Blackcap, Chiffchaff (ELBF).

Sunday 8th June.

• De Beauvoir Town: Red Kite over c12.30pm (Kate McFarlane per DMc).
• Rainham Marshes: 2 Black Swan, 6 Teal, 4m Garganey, 5 Shoveler, 6 Hobby, 13 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret reported by various people from mid-day onwards but never seen together (ELBF). 1s Little Gull (Bob Watts).
• West Thurrock Marshes: 2 pair Oystercatchers, 2 Little Egrets, adult G/B/B/Gull, pair Gadwall and brood of Stonechats (Dave Morrison).
• Stoke Newington Reservoirs: LNHS walk - 1 Peregrine the highlight among 38 sp. recorded (TeRNS).
• Dagenham: 2 Common Buzzards soaring over my back garden at 1.55pm, Hobby at 4.10pm, also Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Swallow, Cormorant and Great Spotted Woodpecker seen (Vince Halley-Frame).
• Wanstead (my garden): Hobby over at 6.30pm (J Lethbridge).
• Brent Reservoir: Cuckoo, also Ringed Plover, 2 LRP & 2 Lapwing (Andrew Self & Roy Beddard).
• London Wetland Centre: Common Buzzard high north, 2 Hobby, 2 Kestrel, Painted Lady (LWC website).
• South Norwood Lake: pair Great Crested Grebe with 2 young, 6 Tufted Duck, pair Common Whitethroat, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 8 Swift, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, 4 Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, House Sparrow, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Collard Dove (John Watson, Gavin Hawgood)
• St James' Park LNHS Walk: 1 Collared Dove, 1 Mistle Thrush, c20 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Rose-ringed Parakeet & 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (David Lindo, Jan Hewlett, Kim Dixon et al).
• Rainham G/Pits: 9 Shelduck, pair Shelduck with brood of (9) and 7 drake Pochard (Dave Morrison).
• Ingrebourne Valley: female Sparrowhawk, Hobby, 4 Common Terns, 22 Lapwing (presumed failed breeders) and 2 Yellow Wagtails, also 2 Four Spotted Chasers, many Banded Demoiselles, 6 Black-tailed Skimmers, Peacock Butterfly, 2 Large Whites, Brimstone, 11 Common Blues, Holly Blue, 2 Brown Argus, Large Skipper, 2 Small Skippers, 3 Green Hairstreaks, Small Heath, Speckled Wood and 5 Small Whites (Dave Morrison).

Saturday 7th June.

• Rainham Marshes RSPB: Great White Egret again until at least 17:35hrs, showing distantly from sea-wall (Birdguides).
• Queen Elizabeth II Res: Black Tern, Peregrine, Madagascar Teal - the bird seen earlier in the month at Beddington (DMH).
• Alexandra Park: Cuckoo landed briefly in tree in Grove before flying off north-west, THREE Red Kites together, one headed off north-east, the other two circled, before being lost to sight (Andrew Gardener).
• Walthamstow Res: Cuckoo, rustic female over main entrance, Red Kite drifted from Lockwood to the west and at least 4 juv Little Egrets on No5 (John Murray, Chris Freddi).
• London Wetland Centre: 2 Common Tern chicks (at least 6 pairs), minimum 10 Lapwing chicks/juvs, 2 Redshank chicks still on scrape, 2 LRP, 1 Hobby, 1 m Peregrine, 1 m Kestrel, 2 f Sparrowhawk (all hunting), brood of 8 Pochard ducklings entrance lake (reported to have walked in through the front gates - and presumably nested in the angler's pond on the adjacent playing fields!) (D.Monk).
• South Norwood Lake: 2 Great Crested Grebe (with 2 young), 6 Tufted Duck, 5 Song Thrush, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Nuthatch, 6 Swift, 1 Common Whitethroat, 3 Ring-necked Parakeet, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 4 House Sparrow, 1 Pied Wagtail with 1 juv, 6 Goldfinch (John Watson, Gavin Hawgood).

Friday 6th June.

• No reported bird sightings.

Thursday 5th June.

• Chingford: Raven north 17.10 (ELBF).
• Rainham Marshes: 2 Back Swan, 9 Hobby, 11 Little Egret, 2 Avocet, Spotted Flycatcher (ELBF).
• Oxleas Wood: Ring-necked Parakeet (P.Fallan).
• London City Airport: 2 Linnet (PF).
• East India Dock: no sign of Firecrest this a.m., but LRP, 3 GBBGs, plus the usuals (David Callahan).
• Paddington Green: Sparrowhawk, pr vocal Kestrel a.m. (Des McKenzie).
• London Wetland Centre: Gadwall (small numbers), m Teal, Shoveler (small numbers), 2 Sparrowhawk, (LWC website) - (Late p.m./early evening): 2 Redshank chicks on wader scrape, at least 9 young Lapwing on site including new brood of 4 on sheltered lagoon, 2 broods Canada Geese (7 large and 5 small goslings), one brood of 4 Tufted Duck on reservoir lagoon, Common Tern with 2 chicks on raft, a second nesting Pochard, Hobby unsuccessfully hunting Sand Martins over wader scrape, pair LRP (Martin Honey).
• Hornsey: Hobby south over the train station (J.Murray).
• Trent Park Area: 1 Kestrel, at Parkside Farm; 2 Skylark, at Vicarage Farm; 2 juv Pied Wagtail, together, at Parkside Farm; 1 Lesser Whitethroat, carrying food, near Oakwood entrance; 3 fem/imm Broad-bodied Chaser, at Parkside Res (Robert Callf).

Wednesday 4th June.

• Rainham RSPB: Marsh Harrier, 4 Hobby, Great White Egret on Aveley Marshes, viewable from seawall to 13:49hrs at least (Birdguides), egret still present to 19.50hrs, Turtle Dove through (Paul Hawkins, Martin Redfern), 14 Little Egret, 27 Grey Heron, 2m Garganey, 2m Wigeon, 3m Shoveler, 2 Black Swan, 2 Avocet, 2 Cetti's Warblers, 4 Hobbies, 3 Kestrel, Common Buzzard, Firecrest (ELBF).
• Beddington SF: 4 Ringed Plover, Little Egret, Common Buzzard, Hobby (Dip or Glory).
• Alexandra Park: Swallow NE @ 0703 (Bob Watts).
• East India Dock NR: Firecrest, 2 Oystercatcher, LRP, 3 Whitethroat, 8 Shelduck, 5 Reed Warbler, Jay, 3 GBBG (Paul Hyland).
• Aldenham Park Estate: Barn Owl, Willow Warbler. 3 Whitethroat, Blackcap (Steve Blake).
• Staines Res: 4 Little Gull (KLP).
• Mayesbrook Park: Shelduck, Shoveler, Ruddy Duck, Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap, Grey Wagtail (Paul Hawkins).
• Grange Park, N21: 2 ad Tawny Owl, 02:05 BST (Robert Callf).
• Trent Park Area: 3(1 ad, 2 juv) Great Spotted Woodpecker, Williams Wood; 1 ad Nuthatch, Church Wood; 2(m&f) Linnet, at 'Barracks'; 4 Small Copper; 2 Brown Argus; 14 Small Heath; 1 Black-tailed Skimmer; 1 Common Spotted Orchid (Robert Callf).
• Victoria Park: Ring-necked Parakeet nth high @ 1820 (Bob Watts).

Tuesday 3rd June.

• London Wetland Centre: several broods of Lapwing, 2 broods of Redshank (Main Lake/Wader Scrape), Common Sandpiper (LWC website).
• East India Dock NR: Firecrest (finder Dave Callahan) present to 11.30 at least, 6 Sand Martin, 2 LRP, 6 Shelduck, 5 Reed Warbler, Common Terns down to 5 sitting (Paul Hyland).
• Tyttenhanger GPs: 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Redshank, Ringed Plover, 2 Shelduck, 3 Swift, Hobby (Steve Blake).
• Dagenham Chase LNR: 2 Common Redshank on the Slack for 0.5hrs then flew off, also 1 ad Lapwing with just 1 young left, cob Mute Swan catching and drowning a Canada Goose gosling then having a big flap in a show of dominance (Vince Halley-Frame).
• Beddington SF: Hobby, 6 Ringed Plover, Grey Plover (Dip or Glory).
• Kensal Green Cemetery: 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Common Whitethroat, 1 Hobby, 1 Common Tern (Dave Renham).
• Alexandra Park: c40 House Martins 1845 (Bob Watts).
• Ealing W13: Common Tern SW over house mid-afternoon - garden tick (Bill Haines).

Monday 2nd June.

• Beddington SF: wing-tagged Red Kite north, 3 Hobby, fem Peregrine (Dip or Glory).
• Kensington Gardens: fem Mandarin, Red-crested Pochard duckling (associating with Mallard brood), juv Pied Wagtail (Des McKenzie).
• London Wetland Centre: m Teal, 5 Shoveler, Hobby hunting Sand Martins - Lesser Stag Beetle (LWC website).
• Monkhams Hill (Waltham Abbey): Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Mike Oakland).
• New River near Hornsey High Street: Common Sand (James Palmer).

Sunday 1st June.

• Crossness: 2 Little Terns off Golf Centre in morning only, 2nd summer Yellow-legged Gull, c30 Common Terns, 3 Egyptian Geese west mid morning, 2 Jackdaws (John Archer).
• Fishers Green: Hobby, Four-spotted Chaser (David Callahan).
• Greenland Dock: 2nd summer Yellow-legged Gull early evening plus 1 Common Tern (Richard Bonser)
• Paddington Green: 3 Egyptian Goose low south early evening (Des McKenziie).
• East India Dock NR: Oystercatcher, 20-30 Swift & House Martin, both uncommon here (Paul Hyland)
• Stoke Newington: 1 C. Sandpiper, c15 Swift (TeRNS).
• Andrews Wood (by M25,nr Junction 5, Kent): displaying Turtle Dove (Dave de Silva)
• New River near Hornsey High Street: Common Sand (James Palmer).