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Tuesday 13th May

  • Rainham Marshes RSPB: 3 Temminck's Stint still present to 11:00hrs at least on Purfleet Scrape (can be viewed from sea wall), Greenshank, Wood Sandpiper (a.m.) (Birdguides).
  • London Wetland Centre: Peregrine 1 f, Hobby 1, Common Sandpiper 1, 1s Caspian Gull on main lake, 2 Yellow-legged Gull (ad/1s), 12 Common Terns, 1 Garden Warbler (NPS)
  • Crossness: male Blue-headed Wagtail on flooded paddock @ 10.00 (Ian Miller per JA).
  • Richmond Park: Tufted/Ring-necked Drake hybrid & Common Sandpiper, Upper Pen Pond; Cuckoo still & Garden Warbler, Pond Plantation (JW).
  • East India Dock: LRP, 7 pairs Common tern, pair Linnet, pair Grey Wagtail off site, 3 Reed Warblers (David Callahan).
  • Tyttenhanger GP's: Garganey and 2 Greenshank on Main Pit (HertsBirding).
  • Walton Res: Whimbrel on the deck old Lambeth basin early am (viewed from K&B) (DMH)

Monday 12th May

  • Hertford: Red Kite over (Hertsbirding).
  • Rainham Marshes RSPB: 3 Temminck's Stint still present on Purfleet Scrape and showing well to 16:15hrs at least, viewable from sea wall (Birdguides); at least 2 still on Purfleet Scrape at 20:30hrs, also 2 Whimbrel, 18 R-N Parakeet over south, & 1 Cuckoo in the cordite (JL & VH-F)1 Grasshopper Warbler reeling opposite Tilda Rice factory 8.30pm ( V H-F ).
  • Crossness: Med Gull (1st summ) on Thames off incinerator mid morning (Ian Miller per JA).
  • East India Dock: 2 Oystercatchers (on wasteground to the east until 1030am), 2 LRPs (David Callahan).
  • Staines Reservoir (13:30-14:30): 7 Black Tern , 3 imm Little Gull, c50 Commic Tern, Redshank, 3+ Lapwing & 2 Dunlin (Bill Haines) also Med Gull (1st sum) late evening (KLP).
  • Walthamstow Reservoirs: Cuckoo calling at 13.30 (Graeme Harper), still present 1930h between resrs 2&3 and 42 Common Terns on East Warwick at dusk (Fraser Simpson).
  • Beddington SF: Hobby, fem Peregrine, 2 Greenshank (Dip or Glory).
  • London Wetland Centre: Hobby, 16 Lapwing (plus 2 chicks), 8 Redshank, Common Sandpiper, 14 Common Tern, 80+ Sand Martin, 4 Lesser Whitethroat (LWC website).
  • Queen Elizabeth II Res: Peregrine (SBC).
  • Harrow Lodge Park: 101 Mute Swan (ELBF).
  • Stoke Newington: 1 C. Sandpiper (TeRNS).
  • Goodge St W1: Kestrel hovering overhead approx. 19:00 (Pete Jones)

Sunday 11th May

  • Beddington SF: Red Kite south 06:40hrs (Midlands bird) (SBC).
  • Hackney Marshes: Red Kite drifted north 10.30, 1 Common Sandpiper (R.Lea), 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Jackdaws (unusual here) (Gary A James).
  • Rainham Marshes RSPB: 3 Temminck's Stint on Purfleet Scrape (viewable from visitor's centre) - 2 still present at mid-day (Birdguides), 3 again at 1615, also 2 Hobby (Peter Langsdon, Garry James), 2 Avocet seen late p.m. (Pete Jones), Tawny Owl, 2 Grasshopper Warbler (ELBF).
  • London Wetland Centre: R.B. Goose 2 escapees, m Garganey, 1 Whimbrel west, 1s Caspian Gull on main lake, Swallow 3 n, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, Willow Warbler 1, no sign of Stone-curlew this morning (NPS).
  • Cornmill Meadows: male Golden Oriole in willows on opposite side of dual carriageway from South West corner of meadows at 5.45pm (Roy Woodward), Hobby and Red Kite overhead at 5.50pm (Roy Woodward + Simon Papps), no further sign but Avocet from hide (Adam Wilson), 4 Shelduck, Kestrel, 4 Lapwing, Kingfisher, 2 Nightingale, Goldcrest (ELBF).
  • Banstead: Crossbill north at 09.15hrs (Steve Gale).
  • Osterley Park: Blackcap 10 singing, Common Whitethroat 11 singing, Skylark 3, Hobby 1, Sparrowhawk 1, Common Tern 2, Nuthatch feeding young, Goldcrest 1, Coal Tit 1, Gadwall 1, Kingfisher 1 (Keith Fisher).
  • West Ham Park: Common Buzzard (ELBF).
  • Tyttenhanger GP's: Goosander (m), Hobby, Spotted Flycatcher (Steve Blake).
  • Brent Reservoir: Oystercatcher, Greenshank & LRP all present briefly but now flown off (Andrew Self & Roy Beddard).
  • Epping Forest (Woodreddon Hill/Honey Lane Quarters - c10.45am): 1 Buzzard mobbed by C Crow (Nigel May).
  • Stapleford Tawney: Hobby (ELBF).
  • Sth of Addlestone (sth of J11 M25): Hobby over 0915 (Bob Watts).
  • Wrasbury GP's: Hobby east 14:01hrs (Birdguides).
  • Stoke Newington: 1 Swallow, 5 Swift (TeRNS).
  • Alexandra Park: Common Sand until 1905 when flew along Wood Green Res and out of view (1st for site this year) (Bob Watts), still present 2032 (John Murray).
  • East India Dock Basin: up to 20 Common Terns present & 2 prs Shelduck (Fraser Simpson).

Saturday 10th May

  • Lee Valley (Holyfield Viewpoint): Red Kite 11.00, Buzzard, 8 Hobbies, Yellowhammer (Mike Oakland).
  • Regents Park: Red Kite 12.00pm, Common Sandpiper on lake 9.00am, Collared Dove, 6 Reed Warblers (Tony Duckett).
  • London Wetland Centre: Stone-curlew (Headley Hide open till 9pm) (Dan Monk via FM).
  • Beddington SF: Shelduck, Madagascar Teal (esc), Little Egret, 3 Common Buzzard, Common Sandpiper, 3 Common Tern (Dip or Glory).
  • Tyttenhanger GP's: Goosander (m), Hobby, Spotted Flycatcher (Steve Blake).
  • West Drayton: Hobby west 14:12hrs, 5 Ring-necked Parakeet, several Swift (Des McKenzie).
  • Brent Reservoir: Hobby, Greenshank, Common Sand & 3 Lapwings; Little Egret reported first thing (Andrew Self, Andrew Verrall, Roy Beddard).
  • Walthamstow Reservoirs (S): Cuckoo calling this morning (Quentin Given).
  • Rainham Marshes RSPB: Little Grebe, GC Grebe, Wigeon, 2 Avocet, 2 Greenshank, RP (??), 4 Oystercatcher, Hobby, 3 Sand Martin (J Lethbridge).
  • Alexandra Park: Dabchick Boating Lake (Bob Watts).
  • Wimbledon Common: Spotted Flycatcher (David Wills).
  • Trent Park Area: 1 singing male Cuckoo; 1 female Grey Wagtail, carrying food; 3 singing male Garden Warbler; 15 Long-tailed Tit, together, including many juvs, near Triangular Wood; 1 Small Copper; 1 Brown Silver-lines; 1 Common Blue Damselfly (Robert Callf).
  • Osterley Park: Spotted Flycatcher in gardens near house pm (NPS).
  • Stoke Newington: 1 Swallow, 1 GBBG (2cy) (TeRNS).

Friday 9th May

  • Horsenden Hill: Golden Oriole reported singing at 09.15 (per AS). No sign of this bird at 18:30 - but things don't usually stay long on Horsenden (David Howdon)
  • Beddington SF: 1st-summer Caspian Gull (Birdguides).
  • London Wetland Centre (a.m): R. B. Geese 2 escapees, Teal 2, Ringed Plover 4 race tundrae early morning only, Redshank 4 pairs, Common Sand. 1, Common Tern 12, Herring Gull 78, Caspian Gull 1 first-summer, Y.L. Gull 1 first-summer & 1 second summer, Swallow 10 through, Yellow Wagtail 1 W, Garden Warbler 1, Lesser Whitethroat 1 (NPS), 15 Swallow through (LWC website).
  • Inner London: m Peregrine SW carrying Starling 11:55hrs (Des McKenzie).
  • Island Barn Res: Black Tern present all day (SBC).
  • Wanstead Flats: 2 Herring Gull, Swallow, Song Thrush, 10+ Whitethroat, 2 Mipit, 12 Skylark, Jackdaw (JL).
  • Wanstead Park: 2 Little Grebe, 3 Swift, 10+ House Martin (JL).
  • Alexandra Park: Jackdaw west 0653, Common Tern (Bob Watts).
  • Queen Elizabeth II Res: Peregrine (SBC).
  • East India Dock: LRP, 5+ Blackcap, 3+ Reed Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat, 14 Common Tern, Pied Wagtail, 3 Shelduck, 8 Sand Martin (Paul Hyland); also 4 GBBGulls in front of Dome, pair Linnet (David Callahan).
  • Thames @ Limehouse: 2 GBBG, 2 Common Tern (all day) (Paul Hyland)
  • Cowley: Cuckoo - 1m heard a.m. (Roger Dewey).
  • Stocker's Farm: Bar-tailed Godwit (HertsBirding).
  • South Norwood Lake: 2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Greylag Goose, 4 Cormorant, 2 Herring Gull over, 6 Swift, 1 Garden warbler, 6 Blackcap, 6 Chiffchaff, 1 Common Whitethroat, 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Kestrel, 1 Sparrowhawk, 12 Goldfinch, 2 Collard Dove, 4 House Sparrow (John Watson, Gavin Hawgood).
  • Lakeside, Oakwood, N14: 2 singing male Goldcrest (Robert Callf).
  • Trent Park Area: 4(2m&2f) Tufted Duck, at Parkside Res; 2 Swallow, flew N, Vicarage Farm; 5 Garden Warbler,(including 4 singing males); 1 singing male Goldcrest; 1 singing male Yellowhammer, at Parkside Farm (Robert Callf).
  • Clissold Park: singing Common Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, 1 Swallow, c70 Swifts (Mark Pearson)
  • Rainham RSPB: 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Pintail, 4 Avocet, Grey Plover, 6 Greenshank, 2 Common Sandpiper, 6 Ringed Plover, 2 LRP, 2 Dunlin, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Cetti's Warbler, Ring-necked Parakeet (Paul Hawkins), Little Egret, 2pr Oystercatcher, 3 Grey Plover, 10 Greenshank, 11 Common Tern (ELBF).
  • West Thurrock Marshes: 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap, Little Egret, 11 Common Tern, Greenshank, 4 Oystercatchers, 2 Hairy Hawkers, Holly Blue, Speckled Wood, 4 Peacocks, Small Tortoiseshell and 2 Large Whites (Dave Morrison).
  • Stoke Newington: 1 C. Sandpiper (TeRNS).
  • Ingrebourne valley: Wheatear, Hobby, Ringed Plover (Shaun Harvey).
  • Staines Res: 15 Black Tern, 2 Little Gull (KLP).

Thursday 8th May

  • Holmethorpe SP's: Red Kite flew north 16:40hrs (SBC).
  • Queen Elizabeth II Res: fem Marsh Harrier flew SE 0637, 3 Turnstone until 0548 only, Greenshank & Peregrine (DMH).
  • Highgate: White Stork drifted NW 20:20hrs (Birdguides).
  • Addlestone: adult Rose-coloured Starling flew south over M25 J11 at 1230 (Richard Denyer per DMH).
  • Rainham Marshes: Stonechat, m Cuckoo, Short-eared Owl, Little Grebe, Kestrel, Gadwall, Tufted Duck, 5 Common Sandpiper, 2 Common Tern, 5 Whimbrel, 9 Grey Plover, 8 Greenshank, 5 Turnstone, 12 Ringed Plover, 5 Dunlin, Ruff, 8 Avocet, fem Marsh Harrier, m Peregrine, Spotted Flycatcher (ELBF), 2 Egyptian Geese on stone barges, 4 Avocet, 6 Common Sandpiper, 1 Whimbrel and 2 Oystercatcher in Aveley Bay, 2 Hobbies over the reserve (Vince Halley-Frame).
  • Dagenham Chase: 4 Common Whitethroat, 2 Common Tern, Lapwing, 5 Stock Dove, Green Woodpecker (ELBF).
  • Grays Chalk Pit: 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Common Whitethroat, 3 Blackcap, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Reed Warbler, pr Sparrowhawk, m Kestrel, Song Thrush (ELBF).
  • Warren Gorge: Common Buzzard (ELBF).
  • Brent Res: 2 Greenshank, 1 LRP, 1 Hobby (Andrew Verrall, Roy Beddard).
  • Beddington SF: Common Buzzard, 2 Common Tern, Knot, Common Sandpiper (SBC).
  • Alexandra Park: 1 Whinchat through at 07:03 flushed by Kestrel at the scrub, 1 Kingfisher fast north along new river village at 07:10 (Bob Watts & John Murray).
  • Crossness LNR: Greenshank on flooded paddock this morning (Karen Sutton per JA).
  • Staines Res: 5 Black Tern, 4 Little Gull, Med Gull, 2 Grey Plover (KLP).
  • East India Dock/Bow Creek Ecology Park: today's haul typical of this week, with most migrants now moved on - 3 Reed Warblers, still 7 pairs Common Tern, 4 Blackcaps, 2 Whitethroats, 2 Grey Wagtails, 2 pairs Sand Martin, 2 Stock Doves, 4 GBBGulls, 3 Shelduck, Song Thrush (David Callahan).
  • Dagnam Park: m Mandarin, Ring-necked Parakeet (ELBF).
  • Syon Park station: Hobby (Pete Jones).
  • South Norwood Lake: 2 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Cormorant, 3 Greylag Goose, 6 Tufted Duck, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Nuthatch, 5 Goldfinch, 6 Blackcap, 7 Chiffchaff, 1 Garden Warbler, 2 Swift, 30+ Herring Gull over, 4 House Sparrow (John Watson).
  • St James's Park: pair of Egyptian Geese at lunch time (Andrew Self).
  • Clissold Park: 1 Swallow, 6 Common Pochard, c50 Swifts, 7 Painted Lady; 8 singing Blackcaps and various butterflies in Abney Park Cemetery (Mark Pearson Hackney Wildlife).
  • Stoke Newington: c15 Swift, 2 C. Terns (TeRNS).
  • Regents Park: 2 Collared Doves through at 9.15am, m Peregrine high overhead 9.20am (Tony Duckett).
  • Mayesbrook Park: Common Sandpiper, 2 Jackdaw, 2 Stock Dove, Whitethroat, Blackcap, Swallow (Paul Hawkins).
  • Wanstead: 7 Swifts over my house, first of the year (JL).
  • Grays (Hathaway Road): Ring-necked Parakeet (ELBF).

Wednesday 7th May

  • London Wetland Centre: Black Tern all day, 3 Common Sands, 2 buzzard sp - one particularly dark, seen flying high NE @ 1230 (through commmunication with Regents Park - identified as 1 Common and 1 Honey Buzzard), then four Common Buzzard NE @ 1245 and 1 circling @ 1430 - 7 birds in all (DM). Black Tern still present at 19.30 looking quite settled despite some conflict with the local Common Terns, also 3 Shelduck over from S and Hobby, still 2 Red-breasted Geese (fully-winged escapees from elsewhere) (Martin Honey).
  • Regent's Park: Honey Buzzard flew north-west at 13:35hrs, plus 2 Common Buzzards (Birdguides).
  • Beddington SF: 2 Red Kites (1 west/1 NW), 2 Common Buzzards, 2 Common Sandpipers (Dip or Glory).
  • Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: Greylag Goose (brood of 9), m Gadwall, Red-crested Pochard (brood reduced to 4), 1-2 fem Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard north 13:30hrs, Hobby NW 12:03hrs, Common Sandpiper heard (Long Water West), 19 Stock Dove, ad Tawny Owl, 10+ Swift, Swallow, 7 House Martin, fem Common Whitethroat (Pavillion Gardens), 12 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, singing Coal Tit, Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper - Small White, Speckled Wood, several Holly Blue (Des McKenzie).
  • M25/J15-16: Common Buzzard soaring just to the east 09.30 (Geoff Barter).
  • M25/J16-17 (Higher Denham): 3 Common Buzzard soaring - seen during Breeding Bird Survey (Roger Dewey).
  • Hampstead: Common Buzzard and Peregrine (Peter Jones).
  • Island Barn Res: 2cy Little Gull (it or another 10 minutes later at Walton Res) (SBC).
  • Wormwood Scrubs: 1 Hobby, 2 Garden Warbler, c7 Blackcap, c15 Whitethroat, 3 Willow Warbler, c4 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Sand Martin, c2 Swallow, c25 Swift & 2 Jackdaw (David Lindo & Roy Nuttall).
  • Inner London: m Peregrine 19:45-c20:10hrs, possibly with injured right foot (Des McKenzie).
  • Queen Elizabeth II Res: Peregrine, Black Tern (SBC).
  • Rainham Marshes: 2 Garganey this a.m (including a male) (Birdguides).
  • Stoke Newington Reservoirs: 3 Common Terns, 2 Common Whitethroats, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 House Martin, 3 Swallows, c13 Reed Warblers, 3 Blackcaps, 10 Gadwall, 8 Common Pochard, 4 Herring Gulls (Mark Pearson, Laurence Pitcher, Tony Butler Hackney Wildlife). c30 Swift, 1 juv. GBBG (TeRNS).
  • Hogsmill SF: very large, pale, featureless and evenly proportioned falcon flew south towards Tolworth at 08:07 (Nick Tanner).
  • Tyttenhanger GP's: 2 Oystercatchers, Redshank, Common Sandpiper, 2 Shelduck, Mandarin, 6 Common Tern, 10+ Sand Martin, 4+ Swallow, 2 Swift, 2 Hobby, 2 Buzzards, Garden Warbler + the usual suspects! (Steve Blake).
  • Osterley Park: Whitethroat 10 singing, Skylark 2, Linnet 5, Sparrowhawk 1, Kestrel 1, Blackcap 8 singing, Kingfisher 1 (Keith Fisher).
  • Walton Res Filter Beds: drake Garganey early am (DMH).
  • Queen Elizabeth II Res: Black Tern (DMH).
  • South Norwood Lake: 2 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Cormorant, 6 Tufted Duck, 4 Swift, 6 Blackcap, 6 Chiffchaff, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Common Whitethroat, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Pied Wagtail, 8 Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 House Sparrow, 1 Nuthatch (John Watson, Gavin Hawgood).
  • Trent Park: 4 Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Common Whitethroat, Kestrel, many Blackcap and Chiffchaff, 10 Swift. ( Pete Lowman)
  • Staines Res: 20 Black Tern, 4 Little Gull, Med Gull, Bar-tailed Godwit (KLP).
  • Trent Park: 6(1 ad, 5 juvs) Long-tailed Tit,( my first fledged brood of the year) (Robert Callf).
  • Parkside Farm, Enfield: 1 pr Long-tailed Tit, feeding young in nest (Robert Callf).

Tuesday 6th May

  • Fishers Green. At least 8 Nightingales singing near sub-station, also one near Hall Marsh Scrape, and one near Cheshunt Station; and at least 4 Cuckoos calling (Quentin Given)
  • Beddington SF: 3 Shelduck, Madagascar Teal (esc), Red Kite south, Hobby, fem Peregrine, Wood Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper (Dip or Glory).
  • Byfleet: Osprey north over M25 at 16:15hrs (SBC).
  • Crossness LNR: possible (m) Grey-headed Wagtail briefly east of Incinerator building in horse paddock (east of flooded paddock), also Greenshank and Wood Sandpiper (view from footpath east of incinerator south of River Thames) (Birdguides).
  • Staines Res: Avocet, ad Little Gull, 10+ Black Tern, 2 Arctic Tern (SBC).
  • HMWT Amwell Nature Reserve: Morning - 6 Black Terns, 6 Hobbys, Cuckoo, Common Sandpiper, Snipe, 4 Lapwing chicks (Tim Hill), Garden Warbler, Blackcaps, Whitethroats, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Common Terns (Roger Dewey).
  • Dagenham: Common Buzzard SW 14:15hrs (Alan Shearman).
  • Walpole Park (Ealing): 1 Grey Wagtail (Jim Fell).
  • London Wetland Centre: pr Shelduck, m Peregrine, 3 Common Sandpiper, c12 Common Tern - Brimstone, Orange-tip, Holly Blue (LWC website).
  • Wormwood Scrubs: 1 Peregrine, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, c6 Swallow, c14 Swift, 1 Common Gull, 1 Common Tern + the usual suspects. (David Lindo & Roy Nuttall).
  • Richmond Park: Cuckoo calling from Pond Plantation; Shelduck pair & Common Tern thru (J. Wilczur).
  • East India Dock: LRP, Jay (scarce here), 7 pairs Common Terns, 3 Reed Warblers, 2 Whitethroats, Common Sandpiper (David Callahan).
  • Paddington Green: singing Grey Wagtail - Small White (Des McKenzie).
  • Horsenden Hill: 1 m Cuckoo, 2 Spotted Flycatchers, 4 Garden Warblers, 23 singing Whitethroats, 2 Lesser Whitethroats, 1 m Bullfinch (NPS).
  • Tyttenhanger GP's: 2 Black Tern, 4 Hobby, 4 Common Tern, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Redshank, 2 Ringed Plover, Buzzard Garden Warbler + usual warblers (Steve Blake).
  • South Norwood Lake: 2 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Cormorant, 4 Greylag Goose, 2 Great Spotted Wooodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Swallow, 5 Swift, 10 Ring-necked Parakeet, 6 Goldfinch, 8 Greenfinch, 4 Chaffinch, 6 Blackcap, 7 Chiffchaff, 1 singing Garden Warbler, 6 House Sparrow (John Watson).
  • Abney Park Cemetery: 7 Blackcaps, Goldcrest, pair Sparrowhawks, also many Speckled Woods & Holly Blues, plus several Commas, Orange-tips, Peacocks and a Brimstone (Mark Pearson Hackney Wildlife)
  • Clissold Park: c40 Swifts, 2 House Martins, 9 Common Pochard, 4 Little Grebes (Mark Pearson)
  • Queen Elizabeth II Res: 2 Avocet present 0526-0554 when flew north (photos here http://www.sbclub.ukonline.co.uk/photographs.html) (DMH), Peregrine (SBC).
  • Rainham RSPB: m Peregrine, 8 Avocet, 2 Bar-Tailed Godwit, 2 LRP, 7 Ringed Plover, 3 Greenshank, 5 Whimbrel, Common Tern, 2 Egyptian Geese (Paul Hawkins).
  • Stoke Newington: 2 C. Tern (TeRNS).
  • Pimlico (Herts): 2 soaring C. Buzzard (G.James).
  • Broadwater Lake: 5 Black Tern & 3 LRP (Simon Buckingham).
  • Holyfield Lake : 7 Black Terns @ 2.40pm (Brendan Spooner).

Monday 5th May.

  • Walthamstow Res: Bar-tailed godwit feeding on East Warwick island at 15:00 (J.Murray).
  • RSPB Rainham Marshes (07.30- 09.00): Grasshopper Warbler singing west end opposite Tilda; Riverside: 5 Bar-tailed Godwits, 1 Grey Plover and 1 Dunlin, at least 1 Common Tern feeding on the river; Reserve: female Marsh Harrier quartering behind targets and a Cuckoo (Alan Shearman).
  • Crossness LNR: Richard's Pipit in paddock east of the flooded paddock, east of the incinerator 0955-1130 only; ad Grey-headed Gull (unringed but of unknown, presumably dubious, origin) on flooded paddock 1500-1530 then flew NE; also Wood Sandpiper, 2 Black Terns, Arctic Tern, 25 Common Terns, Whimbrel, Tree Pipit, Hobby, Rook, Wheatear, Common Sandpiper (John Archer, Ian Miller et al).
  • Staines Res: 17 Black Tern, 5 Dunlin, 1 Redshank, 1 Oystercatcher south (Adam Cheeseman). In the evening, drake Garganey on N basin from 1940hrs, Whimbrel flew W at 2010hrs, 1st-summer Mediterranean Gull, three Little Gulls, Arctic Tern, 16 Black Terns (Rob Innes, Ken Purdey).
  • Brent Reservoir: imm male Goldeneye, 2 Greenshank briefly, 2 Rook over, 7 Greylag Geese & 2 Shelducks (Brent Birders)
  • West Molesey: Greenshank flew east over from Molesey Reservoirs (Adam Cheeseman).
  • Osterley Park: Blackcap 5, Common Whitethroat 6, Skylark 2, Common Tern 1, Egyptian Goose 10+, Little Owl 1, Coal Tit 2, Mandarin 3 males (Keith Fisher).
  • Alexandra Park: Spotted Flycatcher 1145 The Grove, flew in, landed briefly and sallied forth on flycatching sortie before flying off and not relocated (Bob Watts), female Greenland Wheatear 0645-0925 at least Cricket Pitch and pavilion area, Sedge Warbler Scrub, Lesser Whitethroat heard near railway line, scrub & hawthorn hedge so 2-3 birds present, Willow Warbler Top Field, Linnet, 2 Swallow, sev House Martin, 15 R N Parakeets (sadly first double figure count for site) (Gareth Richards, Bob Watts, Dominic Mitchell, John Murray).
  • Iver: Common Buzzard, Hobby over early p.m (Birdguides).
  • Shadwell Basin: Grey Wagtail (David Callahan).
  • Nightingale Lane, south of Alexandra Park: Tawny Owl heard 0315 (Bob Watts).
  • Kensington Gardens (flying visit): Emperor Goose (esc), fem Red-crested Pochard with brood of 5, Peregrine (prob m) east c09:30hrs, ad Tawny Owl, 5 Blackcap (Des McKenzie, Andrew Kruger).
  • Queen Elizabeth II Res: 3 Ringed Plover, Oystercatcher, Greenshank (later seen over Molesey (SBC).
  • Lee Valley Cornmill Meadows: Nightingale (near car park), Sparrowhawk, Garden Warbler, Redshank, Cuckoo, Cetti's Warbler (Mike Benyon)
  • Wimbledon Common: a singing Firecrest (David Wills).
  • London Wetland Centre (a.m): Hobby 2, R. B. Goose 2 escapees, Shelduck pair, Greenshank 2 NW + 1 remaining on site, Common Sand. 1, Turtle Dove 1 nth, Swift c. 30, Swallow 16 nth, Yellow Wagtail 1 m, Tree Pipit 1 SW, Garden Warbler 3, Lesser Whitethroat 1, sedge Warbler 11 singing (NPS). Also 4 Common Sand late am (Matthew Palmer). 3 LRP (probably 4) plus one Buzzard over SSE and two Collared Dove W late pm (Martin Honey).
  • Battersea Power Station: 2 p Linnet, House Sparrow, Grey Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail over, 2 adult Great Black Backed Gulls and 2 Swift.(Dave Morrison)
  • Regents Park: f Ring Ouzel, Northern Wheatear, Sedge Warbler, 4 Reed Warblers, 3 Chiffchaffs, Linnet, 2 Jackdaws (Tony Duckett).
  • Barking Outfall: 3 Oystercatchers, Common Sandpiper, Sedge Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Sparrowhawk and 14 Common Terns.(Dave Morrison)
  • Clissold Park (Stoke Newington): Red Kite (east, 1450), Hobby (chasing Swifts, then north, 1440), c70 Swifts (Mark Pearson Hackney Wildlife)
  • Stoke Newington reservoirs: 2 Whitethroat, c30 Swift (TeRNS).
  • Dagenham Chase LNR: 1 Cuckoo (at last) also 2 Common Tern, 1 Common Sandpiper. (Vince Halley-Frame).
  • Cassiobury Park: 3 Green Woodpeckers, 25 House Martins, 15 Swifts, 10 Swallows, 5 Chiffchaffs, 4 Blackcaps, Whitethroat, Wood warbler, Willow Warbler.
  • River View, Enfield Town: 7 Ring-necked Parakeet, flew over calling (Robert Callf).
  • Fairlop Water cp :Yellow Wagtail ,Greenland Wheatear,Redshank,Willow Warbler,Blackcap,Whitethroat.(Brendan Spooner)

Sunday 4th May.

  • Amwell GP's: Spoonbill circled for a few minutes at 17:50hrs hours then flew north, 2 Black Tern, Redshank, Common Snipe, Common Sandpiper, Grasshopper Warbler - flight footage of Spoonbill here > [1] (HertsBirding) - 2 Black Terns briefly at 11.45 (Tim Hill).
  • King George V Res (permit access only): 15 Black Terns, male Marsh Harrier high south, 20+ Common Tern, Common Sandpiper (David Bradnum), 16 Black Terns (North Basin), Hobby (Birdguides).
  • Alexandra Park: 1 possibly 2 Sedge warblers this pm; one seen in brambles from last viewing platform and one in the scrub, also Greenland Wheatear in the morning (J.Murray & Bob Watts).
  • Richmond Pk: 1 female Greenland Wheatear & Yellow Wagtail at Holly Lodge (J.Murray snr).
  • Bedfont Lakes CP: fem Cetti's Warbler trapped and ringed (RRG per Adam Cheeseman).
  • Beddington SF: Madagascar Teal (esc), Hobby, 3 Common Sandpiper (Dip or Glory).
  • Seventy Acres Lake: Black Tern (c08.10-08.25) (Roy Woodward).
  • Holyfield GP: 5 Egyptian Geese, Grey Wagtail (Roy Woodward), 4 Black Terns and 1 Arctic Tern reported late morning.
  • Staines Res: Sanderling, Whimbrel, 3 Sandwich Terns through, 11 Black Terns (North Basin) (Birdguides).
  • Lippitts Hill: Nightingale, Lesser Whitethroat (David Bradnum).
  • Queen Elizabeth II Res: Peregrine, Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin, 14 Common Sandpipers, 3 Black Terns, 2-3 Little Terns (SBC).
  • Tyttenhanger GP's: 2 Black Terns (Birdguides).
  • Brent Res: Little Tern at 9.15 only, also 4 Common Sands (Andrew Self).
  • Horsenden Hill: Cuckoo calling in New Ballot Box Field, Common Tern, Swift, Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Sparrowhawk, Nuthatch (David Howdon).
  • London Wetland Centre: Little Egret (Grazing Marsh), Curlew (over from Thames), Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, 10 Common Tern (Main Lake), 6 Swallow NW, Lesser Whitethroat, Garden Warbler (Sheltered Lagoon), 8 Blackcap (LWC website), Black Tern (Main lake) (David Combes), ad Yellow-legged Gull, single Ringed and Little Ringed Plovers, 3 Redshank (Dominic Mitchell).
  • East India Dock/Bow Creek Ecology Park (dawn chorus walk): 3 singing Lesser Whitethroats, 5 singing Whitethroats, 7 Reed Warblers, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 7 pairs Common Terns, 10 Shelduck, 2 pairs Sand Martin, Collared Dove (NW), 2 Common Sandpipers, 2 singing Grey Wagtails, 4 GBBGulls (Thames) (David Callahan).
  • East India DLR: singing Whitethroat, a few House Sparrows (David Callahan).
  • Ingrebourne Valley: 2 Ringed Plover, Yellow Wagtail over (Shaun Harvey).
  • Regents Park: Wood Warbler, Turtle Dove, Greenland Wheatear, 2 Common Terns, 3 Chiffchaffs, 15 Swallows, 2 Jackdaws (Tony Duckett, Dave Johnson, Rose).
  • Trent Park Area: 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Common Whitethroat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Kestrel, 2 Rook, 2 Swallow, 2 Swift, 4 Ring-necked Parakeet (James Arquette).
  • South Norwood Lake: 3 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Cormorant, 1 Common Sandpiper, 12 Ring-necked Parakeet, Garden Warbler, Common Whitethroat, Blackcap, Chiffchaf, Kestrel, 4 House Sparrow, Song Thrush, 1 Nuthatch, 3 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (observer?).
  • Stockley Park: 1 Common Tern (Roger Dewey).
  • Hackney Marshes: 1 Peregrine, 1 Shelduck, 1 Common Tern, 2 Garden Warblers, 2 Lesser Whitethroats, 30 Sand Martin, 1 Swallow, 2 House Martins (Gary A James).
  • Stoke Newington: 1 Common Sandpiper (TeRNS).

Saturday 3rd May.

  • Greenford CP: 25+ Swift, 9 singing Whitethroat, 1 singing Lesser Whitethroat, 2 singing Blackcap, 3 singing Chiffchaff, 2 singing Reed Warbler, pr Linnet (Neil Anderson).
  • Lonsdale Rd Res: pr Common Terns, 5 Swift, 2 singing Blackcap, fem Whitethroat, 2 singing Reed Warbler, singing Chiffchaff (Neil Anderson).
  • Junc A406 and A104 (Waterworks Corner): Large raptor, probably a Buzzard, north-east at 14:00 (Paul Whiteman - driving with no optics).
  • Beddington SF: Big Day count - 6 Shelduck, Crested Duck (esc), single Ospreys NW and NE, 7 Common Buzzard, 2 Hobby, fem Peregrine, Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail, 3 fem Wheatear (Dip or Glory).
  • Brent Reservoir: Big Day count - 68 species inc. Osprey north at 09:25, Little Egret 09:35 & Common Sand (Brent Birders).
  • Alexandra Park: Big Day count - 57 species inc 2 Hobby, Peregrine, probable Buzzard, female Yellow Wagtail, Willow Warbler, 5 Common Whitethroat (inc first-summer male trapped and ringed), 8+ R N Parakeet, Dabchick Boating Lake, 7+ Swallow, sev House Martin, 40+ Swift, 3+ Sparrowhawk (Bob Watts, John Murray, Andrew Gardener, Dominic Mitchell, Gareth Richards, Gerry Rawcliffe).
  • Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: Big Day count - 52 species inc. Turtle Dove NW 12:24hrs (Buck Hill), singing Garden Warbler (Long Water West), also 3 Gadwall, Peregrine north 12:58hrs (Round Pond), ad Tawny Owl, 10 Swift, 5 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 9 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler - Comma, Holly Blue (Des McKenzie).
  • Dagenham Chase LNR: Big Day count (period of observation: 13hrs 35mins - 71 species recorded): 3 Shelduck, pair of Pochard, 1 male Ruddy Duck, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Black-headed Gull, 40+ Lesser Black-backed Gull, 20+ Herring Gull, 1 Common Tern, 1 Kingfisher: Warbler counts of singing birds: 1 Cetti's Warbler, 14+ Reed Warbler, 4+ Lesser Whitethroat, 22+ Common Whitethroat, 14+ Blackcap, 8+ Chiffchaff, 7+ Willow Warbler, several Rook, 2 Jackdaw and 1 male Bullfinch.1 Grass Snake. (Vince Halley-Frame) - for full Big Day list click here > Dagenham Chase LNR.
  • Ingrebourne Valley: Big Day count - 81 species: highlights inc 4 Common Tern, 2 Common Buzzards and a Marsh Harrier over, 2 Ring-necked Parakeets, Nightingale, Bullfinch, Garden Warbler, Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper and 3 Sparrowhawks (Dave Morrison).
  • Pitshanger All'ts & area: Marsh Harrier 1 m NW @ 11.40, Willow Warbler 2, Whitethroat 3 (NPS).
  • Stoke Newington: Big Day count - 57 species including 1 Firecrest in Allens Gardens (TeRNS).
  • Lee Valley: Black Tern (King George V), Northern Wheatear (Gunpowder Park), Turtle Dove (Fishers Green & Rye Meads), Spotted Flycatcher (Amwell Churchyard) (SE Herts RSPB).
  • Muswell Hill: male Siskin still in garden in Rosebery Road early a.m., plus Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Chaffinch, Fox, Holly Blue, Red Admiral (Dominic Mitchell).
  • Paddington Green (early a.m): 1-2 fem Sparrowhawk, 3s type Great Black-backed Gull east (plus ad in area 18:45hrs), 29 Swift, Swallow, singing Grey Wagtail (Des McKenzie).
  • Holmethorpe SP: Curlew (SBC).
  • Walthamstow Reservoirs: pair of Ring-necked Parakeets by river adjacent to East Warwick (Quentin Given), High Maynard: 2 Black Terns at 0745 (Peter Lambert per GJ).
  • Queen Elizabeth II Res: Peregrine, 6 Common Sandpiper (SBC).
  • Blackwall Basin: 5 Common Tern (Nick Tanner).
  • South Norwood Lake: 3 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Cormorants, 10 Tufted Ducks, 2 Greylag Geese, 2 Green Woodpeckers, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Swallows, 2 Swifts, 6 Blackcap, 6 Chiffchaff, Jay, Chaffinch, 8 Ring-necked Parakeet, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull over, 2 long-tailed Tit, 4 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch, 2 House Sparrow (John Watson, Gavin Hawgood).
  • Staines Res: 3 Black Terns, 1 Avocet, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Grey Plover, many 'Commic' Terns (Jim Fell).
  • London Wetland Centre: 6 Whimbrel landed briefly before heading west; 2 Wheatear; 1 Whinchat; 1 Hobby; 3 Sparrowhawk; 1 Kestrel; 3 Common Buzzard; 1 Lesser Whitethroat; 4 LRP; 2 Egyptian Goose; 8 Common Tern; 1 Collared Dove NE (Jonathan Dean, Rupert Kaye, Martin Honey et al).

Friday 2nd May.

  • Rye Meads RSPB: Osprey flew over at 11:00 (Birdguides)
  • Alexandra Park: male Sparrowhawk, ad Herring Gull north, Ring-necked Parakeet in lower slope area, Willow Warbler singing west of cricket scrub, 4 singing Common Whitethroats, several Blackcaps, singing Chiffchaff, single Swallow and Swift over reservoir (Dominic Mitchell).
  • North Watford (River Colne): Spotted Flycatcher (HertsBirding).
  • Wormwood Scrubs: 1 singing Sedge Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, c4 Lesser Whitethroat, c14 Whitethroat, c8 Blackcap, c4 Chiffchaff, 1 Collared Dove (scarce here) & 1 Jackdaw. (David Lindo)
  • London Wetland Centre: 3 Common Buzzard south (0840, 1100, 1105) then 1 SW at 1415, Marsh Harrier circling river high, 1 Hobby, 1 Peregrine x Saker hybrid, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 80 Swift, trickle of Linnet and Swallow north, unconfirmed report of Hoopoe by visitor in wildside @ c1300 seen briefly perched in scrub behind dragonfly pond - no further sign or reports since (Dan Monk), 2 Sparrowhawk, m Kestrel, many Swift, several Sedge and Reed Warbler, 2 Garden Warbler, plentiful Blackcap - at least four Water Vole along Waterlife, first Orange Tip of the year (LWC website).
  • Paddington Green: Common Buzzard south mobbed by crows 12:05hrs, Swift, singing Grey Wagtail (Des McKenzie).
  • Beddington SF: Crested Duck (esc), Common Buzzard, Hobby, Little Egret, 2 Redshank (Dip or Glory).
  • Richmond Park: 1 Common Buzzard @ 1115 and 2 @ 1200, Hobby, Ring Ouzel female still (J. Wilczur).
  • Kimber Road (Wandsworth): 1 Swallow NW at 07.54, plus 8 Swift in the immediate area (local birds) (Martin Honey).
  • Queen Elizabeth II Res: Bar-tailed Godwit circled 0540-0610, also Peregrine & 2 Common Sands (DMH), Common Buzzard (SBC).
  • Finsbury Park: 2 Swifts screaming over the park so may be local birds, 21 Pochards on boating lake, Blackcap singing (Ian Bradshaw).
  • East India Dock/Bow Creek Ecology Park: 2 Lesser Whitethroats, 4 Whitethroats, 6 Reed Warblers, 6 Blackcaps, 3 Linnets (N), 8 Common Terns, 1 ad GBBGull (David Callahan).
  • Hampstead Heath (Parliament Hill area): 2 Common Whitethroat, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 10 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 male Sparrowhawk, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Swallow (Reuben Braddock (but credit to another birder who I bumped into for finding some of these)).
  • Trent Park Area: 5 Little Grebe, at Parkside Res; 2 Sparrowhawk, together, over Hog Hill; 1 Common Buzzard; 4 Cuckoo,(2 together, Vicarage Farm, 1 singing male, Park Farm, 1 singing male, Icehouse Wood); 5 Swift; 1 female Green Woodpecker; 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker; 2 Swallow; 1 male Grey Wagtail, carrying food; 1 female Northern Wheatear, Hog Hill; 4 singing male Lesser Whitethroat; 2 singing male Garden Warbler; 2(m&f) Bullfinch, together, Park Farm; 1 singing male Yellowhammer, at Vicarage Farm (Robert Callff).
  • Regents Park: Common Sandpiper dropped in during heavy shower, 5 Jackdaws(3&2), 2nd m Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, 5 Swifts, 5 Swallows, 1st pair og Great C Grebes hatched and 2 very distant large raptors south of the park between 12.30 and 1.00pm (Tony Duckett).
  • Brunel University: 2 Red Kite over campus at 13.40, 35 Swift passing through and Lesser Whitethroat (Steve Pash)

Thursday 1st May.

  • Muswell Hill: first-summer male Siskin still in Rosebery Road area - bird was trapped and ringed on 27th April in nearby garden (Dominic Mitchell)
  • Hounslow: ringtail harrier following the River Crane in north Feltham before heading towards Hounslow Heath at 14:20hrs (Birdguides).
  • Beddington SF: Marsh Harrier SW, Hobby, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper (Dip or Glory).
  • Lee Valley (Holyfield Viewpoint): Red-rumped Swallow at 10.45 flew east, 100+ Swifts over Holyfield Lake (Mike Oakland).
  • Richmond Park: 2 Ring Ouzel still in Holly Lodge paddocks (SBC).
  • Queen Elizabeth II Res: Peregrine (SBC).
  • Alexandra Park: 2 Swallow, pair Common Tern, 2 House Martin, RN Parakeet (flyover but pair recently on slope below of pitch n putt) 0635-0710 (Bob Watts), 2 Common Swift and pair of Greylag Geese in from south late afternoon (Dominic Mitchell) - (Bob, where was the parakeet? Mike Benyon).
  • Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: m Grey Wagtail (Italian Fountains 06:30) (Paul Bruty), pr Gadwall, fem Sparrowhawk, m Kestrel, Peregrine (prob fem) drifted and circled north over Long Water 12:15hrs, Sand Martin, Swallow, c30 House Martin (hirundines mainly Round Pond), singing Reed Warbler (Long Water East), 8 Blackcap, Linnet west - Red-eared Terrapin (Des McKenzie).
  • Belvedere; Whimbrel by Thames in west paddock this morning, m Whinchat in east paddock (Birdguides).
  • Bexley Woods: calling Cuckoo this a.m (KosNet).
  • Stoke Newington Reservoirs: 2 Common Whitethroats, 2 Common Terns, 11 Reed Warblers, 2 Sedge Warblers, 6 Blackcaps, 50+ House Martins, c100 Swifts, 7 Sand Martins, 1 Linnet (Mark Pearson).
  • Clissold Park: singing Goldcrest, three Blackcaps, 8 Pochard (Mark Pearson)
  • Abney Park Cemetery: 8 Blackcaps, Orange Tip (Mark Pearson)
  • Leyton Flats: 1 Hobby, 1 Common Buzzard and a few Swifts, but generally really quiet (Gary A James).
  • Hampstead Heath (Parliament Hill area): 1m House Sparrow (1st this year!), pr Bullfinch, 2 singing Common Whitethroat (Reuben Braddock).
  • South Norwood Lake: 2 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Cormorant, 8 Tufted Duck, 10 Ring-necked Paraket, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Swallow, 5 Chiffchaff, 7 Blackcap, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 6 House Sparrow (John Watson).
  • Tyttenhanger GPs: 2 LRP, Ringed Plover, Dunlin, 2 Redshank, Whinchat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat (Steve Blake).
  • Trent Park Area: 4 Little Grebe, at Parkside Res; 1 Sparrowhawk; 1 Common Buzzard; 2 Cuckoo, together, at Parkside Farm; 1 Little Owl, at Vicarage Farm; 4 Swift; 1 Tree Pipit, at Hog Hill, Vicarage Farm; 4 singing male Lesser Whitethroat; 2 singing male Garden Warbler; 2(m&f) Yellowhammer; 7+ Large Red Damselfly, Upper Lake (Robert Callf & Robin White).
  • London Wetland Centre: Hobby, 2 Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Collared Dove over, 2 Common Sand, 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Common Tern (Jonathan Dean), 3 Common Tern, 6 Swallow, Yellow Wagtail, 4 Lesser Whitethroat (LWC website).
  • Rainham Marshes: Whimbrel, 6 Dunlin, Ruff, Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, 100+ Swift (Alan Shearman).



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