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Sunday 5th July

  • East India Dock area: 3rd summer Yellow-legged Gull, 2nd summer Common Gull, 2 Oystercatchers, 5 LRP (inc 2 juvs), 2 Swifts, 3 Shelduck (inc 1 juv), singing Grey Wagtail, 8 GBB Gulls, 11 Common Terns (1 juv), 35+ Goldfinches (flock of 33 at Bow Creek Eco Park), 132+ Black-headed Gulls (2 juvs); also shoal of 10+ Grey Mullet in River Lea, Red Admiral in basin. (David Callahan)
  • Brent Res: 3 Green Sands, Greenshank, 4 LRP, 3 Lapwing & Common Sand (Brent Birders)
  • Crossness: juv Redstart trapped and ringed this morning, Grasshopper Warbler still singing on Southern Marsh, Curlew over (John Archer). Med Gull (adult) + 7 Black-tailed Godwits off Golf Centre this evening (per JA).
  • Alexandra Park: 8 Common Terns (trumps yesterday's record) Wood Green Res and 27 B H Gulls (5 juvs) filter beds (Bob Watts).
  • Fulham Reach: 4 Kestrel on Charing Cross Hospital (Nathalie Mahieu).
  • Wetland Centre: 2 Little Egret main lake; Green Sandpiper main lake; 2 LRP nests, 1 chick; 2 Ruddy Duck; 1 Snipe (Jonathan Dean).
  • West Drayton:About 1000 Swift fling over at 5pm.(Sue Giddens)
  • Saxon Lake (Harmondsworth): 1f Scaup.(Sue Giddens)
  • Regents Park: Little Owls have bred for the 3rd year, 1m Common Whitethroat(Tony Duckett).
  • Staines Res (evening): drake Scaup still S basin with Tufted Duck flock. Also a 2CY Mediterranean Gull flew NW, a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull (first of the season) briefly, plus at least eight more Y-l Gulls through. About seven Common Terns are now incubating on one of the old tern rafts - none on the posh new raft (Rob Innes, Ken Purdey).
  • Ruislip: 2 Buzzards over Ruislip Lido and LRP on raft on Lido (Steve Pash)

Saturday 4th July

  • Brent Res: 1st summer Yellow-legged Gull, Yellow Wagtail, Greenshank, Redshank, 2 Green Sands, 6 Common Sands, 3 LRP & 3 Lapwing (Brent Birders); Juvenile Yellow Wagtail on the mud at 15:30 (Thom Shannon & Nigel Biggs)
  • London Wetland Centre: 1 Garganey, 9 Teal, 8 Shoveler, 6 Pochard broods, 2 Gadwall broods, Hobby, m Peregrine, mf Sparrowhawk, 1+ Common Tern chick on reservoir lagoon (1st time have nested on this water body) + 5 well grown chicks on main lake, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Snipe, 2 LRP nests, 1 sumplum Black Tailed Godwit (scrape), 4 Chiffchaff. (Dan Monk)
  • Salmons Brook, Enfield: 1 Kingfisher, flew downstream, 14:36 BST (Robert Callf).
  • Trent Park: 6 Mandarin Duck, Upper Lake (Robert Callf).
  • Alexandra Park: 7 Common Terns Wood Green Res (record number this year), Common Sandpiper 0855 flying around Wood Green Res (2nd for year)& presumably same bird still present 2015 flying manically and calling. (Bob Watts).
  • Staines Res: Scaup drake south basin late evening (REI,KLP).
  • Ruislip: Red Kite over Park Wood at approx 10.30 (Steve Pash)
  • Stanmore Country Park: 2 Buzzard 11:30 (John Palmer)

Friday 3rd July

  • Brent Reservoir: 2 Greenshank, 1 Redshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Lapwing in east marsh at 8am (no sign of yesterday's Ruff) (Andrew Haynes). Later at 9.15 now 2 Green Sands + LRP with all other waders (Andrew Verrall).
  • Osterley Park: Hobby, pr Kestrel, Little Owl; m Pochard. (Tom Smith)
  • Saxon Lake (Harmondsworth): Heron, 3 Pochards, 2 Gt C Grebes + 1 Juv, Blackcap f, Kestrel flew over, Small flock Goldfinch, 2 C Whitethroat, 2 Reed Bunting, 1 Skylark in field, 100+ Swift, 1 L B B Gull, 1 Pr M Swans 4 cygnets, flock L T Tits, Collered Dove flew over, 1 Common Tern. (Sue Giddens).
  • London Wetland Centre: 3 Greenshank SW 0750, 2 LRP nests, 1 Snipe, m Garganey on the reservoir lagoon, 7th Pochard brood of the year, 2 Gadwall broods, 5 Common Tern chicks, Hobby, Peregrine, Kingfisher, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 juv Linnet. Ad Med Gull flew off main lake to playing fields to the south @1625. (NPS/DMonk)
  • Willows Farm Pool: 0910. Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, 2 Lapwing. (Steve B)
  • Tyttenhanger GP's: Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 20+Lapwing + 3 Juv's. (Steve B)
  • Regents Park: 2p Little Grebe with young, 2m Sparrowhawks, 2p Kestrels with unfledged young, Little Owl showing well, 4p Green Woodpeckers with young, 4 pairs Reed Warblers feeding young, Common Whitethroat Primrose Hill (Tony Duckett).
  • Trent Park: 1 female Mandarin Duck + 1 duckling, Upper Lake; 1 Kingfisher, perched, Lower Lake; 2 Nuthatch, Water Grdn; 1 Treecreeper, Water Grdn (Robert Callf).
  • Fulham Thames: Common Sandpiper first thing. (Michael F)
  • Fulham Reach: Kestrel perched on Charing Cross Hospital (Nathalie Mahieu).
  • Rainham, Martin Drive: Common Tern over carrying a fish heading W. Seen several times in last 2-3 weeks. Also Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, House Martin, many Swift (Richard Harrison).
  • Bloomsbury, over London University Senate House: 4 Peregrines soaring, trying to land on flagpole cables, playing together (I think they were Peregrines, is this plausible? I've seen peregrines here for sure last year but I still struggle to identify raptors, could these be from the nest near Regent's Park? Philip Lowden).
  • Rotherhithe: Common Tern attacking Black-Headed Gulls (Philip Lowden).

Thursday 2nd July

  • Brent Res: 7 species of wader including summer-plumaged male Ruff in east marsh from Heron Hide, Greenshank, Redshank, 2 Green Sands, Common Sand, LRP & 6 Lapwing (RB, AGV, AH, PH). 1.30pm Ruff flew to far right end of mud beyond rafts (as seen from main hide) (Andrew Haynes, Jon Ridge); all 7 waders still present at 16.00 (Andrew Self)
  • Crossness: Grasshopper Warbler still singing on Southern Marsh, ad Med Gull off Incinerator (Kev Jarvis per JA)
  • East India Dock: 2 Sand Martin (going for second brood), Common Tern Chick on raft, 1 adult over reserve, LRP, Lots of Reed Warblers (Paul Hyland).
  • Alexandra Park: pair Little Grebes, male Sparrowhawk, Emperor Dragonfly, 100+ Azure/Common Blue Damsels (all "tunnel res"), 2 Common Terns (Wood Green Res). (David Callahan)
  • Alexandra Park lunchtime: Sedge Warbler in scrub around cricket pitch, 5 Common Tern, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Grey Heron, Cormorant, Blackcap, Green Woodpecker, House Martin, Nuthatch, Juvenile Song Thrush thrashing a snail! (Mike Benyon)
  • Osterley Park: Cuckoo in the West Paddock. (Keith Fisher) Rufous, still present at 5.30pm. Also m Linnet, Stock Dove. (Tom Smith)
  • Little Britain(Cowley):2 Egyptian Geese,1 Kingfisher flew past,2 Grey Wagtails on raft,Swallow,7 Swifts flying overhead, 1 Stock Dove in paddock.(Sue Giddens)
  • Stoke Newington Reservoirs: Coal Tit by LWT entrance (it's a local invasion!), plus the usuals (Mark Pearson et al Hackney Wildlife)
  • Stoke Newington Road, N16: Red Kite heading very low and west, 1725 (Laurence Pitcher per MJP)
  • Stockers Lake (Rickmandsworth): Red Kite, Hobby. (Steve B)
  • WWT Barnes Wetlands Site: Garganey main lake, Hobby hunting, Common Buzzard over East.
  • Brunel Univrsity, Uxbridge, Red Kite over at 11.40 (Steve Pash)
  • Ruislip: Lesser Whitethroat singing in field west of Breakspear Rd, near Schering Plough. Little Owl west of Mad Bess Wood and Hobby over Poors Field (Steve Pash)

Wednesday 1st July

  • Osterley Park: Male Stonechat - if a returning bird its the earliest by 12 weeks! Linnet 2 juvs. House Sparrow very common, seems to be the best breeding season for years. Butterflies - 12 sp. including Small Skipper, a site tick. (Keith Fisher).
  • Abney Park Cemetery: 2 juv Coal Tits (4th local record this year, all in last three weeks), female Sparrowhawk taking food to nest, c8 Blackcaps, 4 Chiffchaffs, many butterfly spp. inc. several Purple Hairstreaks (Mark Pearson & Tony Butler Hackney Wildlife)
  • Dulwich Park: Little Grebe pair with newly hatched chick, other pair still sitting on 2 x eggs, 20 Swift, 2 House Martin, Blackcap, Family of x 4 GSW (Dave Clark)
  • Ingrebourne Valley: 4 Green Sandpiper,and good numbers of purple hairstreaks.(Shaun Harvey)
  • Fulham by Thames: Green Sandpiper, 2 House Martins. (Michael F)

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