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| - | ===Friday 4th January 2008===
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| - | *Bedfont Lakes CP: Bittern; also 4 redhead Smew (Birdguides)
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| - | *Staines Reservoirs: two Scaup still on South Basin; also 2 Black-necked Grebes there and Little Gull, Green Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper on North Basin (Birdguides/RBA)
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| - | *King George's Park, Wandsworth: 10 Redwing feeding in trees along Kimber Road or on playing fields (Martin Honey)
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| - | *Canon's Farm, Banstead: 250 Brambling and 1000 Chaffinch still present north of Canon's Lane. Also Fieldfare, Redwing, Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, Skylark, Meadow Pipit (Chris Wilkinson)
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| - | *Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: 1w White-fronted Goose (with Greylags at Dell end of Serpentine, origin unknown), 1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Nuthatch (KG Bandstand area), 2 Pied Wagtail, singing Song Thrush, 3 Mistle Thrush (Paul Bruty).
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| - | *Amwell GPs: 5 Smew, Jack Snipe (RBA)
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| - | *Mayesbrook Park: ad Yellow Legged Gull, (with other large gulls on jetty) pair of Teal, 8 Gadwall, 6 Shoveler, 17 Pochard, 2 Little Egret, Green Woodpecker.(Paul Hawkins)
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| - | *Richmond Park: fem Brambling by footpath to Pen Ponds, 3pm (RBA)
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| - | *Rainham Marshes RSPB: Iceland Gull on Thames at 13.15. Then flew upriver (Gabriel Jamie)
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| - | ===Thursday 3rd January 2008===
| + | '''Please note that this site has now been moved to: http://londonbirders.wikia.com/wiki/London_Bird_Club_Wiki''' |
| - | *Rainham RSPB: '''Iceland Gull''' present at east end viewable from Coldharbour Lane at 1435. Also Water Pipit and 37 '''Barnacle Geese''' still present, Slavonian Grebe on Thames and 3 Little Gulls and 2 Kittiwakes east along river (RBA).Also Goldeneye and 1st winter Kittiwake on river at 3.00pm.(Dave Morrison)
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| - | *HMWT Amwell Nature Reserve: Bittern feeding at north end of Great Hardmead Lake (the biggest pit) from 3.30, then flew to roost in front of the Water Rail hide at 4pm (Tim Hill)
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| - | *Wraysbury GPs: adult and 1st-winter drake Smew on Village Pit, then flew off south; also 4 Little Egret (Birdguides)
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| - | *Staines Reservoirs: juvenile Great Northern Diver on north basin; also 3 Scaup and 2 Black-necked Grebe on south basin (Birdguides).
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| - | *Holland Park: Nuthatch, first record since 1999 (David Jeffreys).
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| - | *Alexandra Park: 5 Gadwall, 3 Little Grebe, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Pied Wagtail (Des McKenzie).
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| - | *East India Dock: male Black Redstart, Grey Wagtail, 2 Song Thrush, 6 Greenfinch, 2 Mute Swan over, female Chaffinch, 6+ Blackbird, GBB Gull, LBB Gull, Common Gull, Kingfisher (Richard Harrison & Jonathan Lethbridge).
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| - | *Kensington Gardens: 12 Shoveler and German-ringed ad Mediterranean Gull at Round Pond (Roy Beddard per DMc).
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| - | *Trent Park Area: 1 Kestrel; 2 Green Woodpecker; 6 Great Spotted Woodpecker; 1 Song Thrush; 11 Goldcrest; 3 Nuthatch; 4 Treecreeper; 2 Coal Tit; 5 Lesser Redpoll, together, near Oakwood entrance; 1 female/imm Reed Bunting, 'Barracks' (Robert Callf).
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| - | *Hounslow Heath: Stonechat (at least 2)and 2 Bullfinch and Redwing. (Adam Cheeseman)
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| - | *Trent Park: 3 Brambling ( 2m,1f),15 Chaffinch, Kestrel, Pochard (m), 25 BH Gull. ( Pete Lowman).
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| - | *Horsenden Hill (Paradise Fields): Shoveler (1m,2f), Teal (1m), Snipe (1). (David Howdon).
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| - | *Walthamstow Marshes: 2 Stonechats, 22 Meadow Pipits, 12 Fieldfares, 8 Redwings, 2 Linnets (Mark Pearson)
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| - | ===Wednesday 2nd January 2008===
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| - | *Beddington SF: juvenile Glaucous Gull again today; also Water Pipit and Little Egret (Birdguides)
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| - | *Amwell: 2 Smew (m/f), c300 Lapwing (Chris & Pete Langsdon).
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| - | *Alexandra Park: fem Wigeon still present am (found yesterday pm by Gareth Richards) (Bob Watts).
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| - | *Finsbury Park: 350-400 Black-headed Gull on open spaces 08:30hrs (Des McKenzie).
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| - | *Walthamstow Marsh: 12 Siskin (ELBF).
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| - | *Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: pr Teal (Round Pond), 1 Tawny Owl (heard before sunrise), 6 Stock Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Fieldfare (trees NW of Round Pond), 1 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Coal Tit, 3 Dunnock, 2 Pied Wagtail (Paul Bruty).
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| - | *Rainham RSPB: Slavonian Grebe on Aveley Pools, plus 2 White-fronted Geese and 37 '''Barnacle Geese''' also on site (RBA); also, albino Herring Gull on Target Pools mid p.m. (Vince Halley-Frame & Graham Ryland); also, 2 Short-eared Owls on the old silt lagoons late p.m., 4 poss Corn Bunting (Vince Halley-Frame & Pat Hart); also, '''Lapland Bunting''' (heard calling from foreshore), 243 Greylag Goose, 76 Canada Goose, 26 Pintail, 14 Pochard, 13 Tufted Duck, 3 Little Egret, fem Merlin, pr Peregrine, 2 Water Rail, 21 Golden Plover, 2,200 Lapwing, Ruff, 5 Curlew, 140 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Rock Pipit, 3 Water Pipit, Cetti's Warbler (ELBF).
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| - | *Roding Valley NR: 10 Redwing (ELBF).
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| - | *South Weild: Common Buzzard, Common Snipe (ELBF).
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| - | *Weild Park: 14 Shoveler, 5 Goosander, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe (ELBF).
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| - | *Brook Street (A12/M25): Little Egret (ELBF).
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| - | *Mayesbrook Park (Dagenham): pair Smew (Birdguides); still present at 4pm, Little Egret (Paul Hawkins).
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| - | *Harrow Lodge Park: 2 Little Egret (ELBF).
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| - | *Cranham GC: Little Egret, Kestrel, 6 Fieldfare, 14 Redwing, 2 Lesser Redpoll, Yellowhammer (ELBF).
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| - | *East India Dock NR: Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, 13 Shelduck (J Lethbridge).
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| - | *Staines Res: imm drake Scaup, 1 Black-necked Grebe (Chris Langsdon per JA).
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| - | *St James's Park: 2 Egyptian Geese, also 2 Great Black-backed Gulls (Andrew Self).
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| - | *Wraysbury GPs: Red-necked Grebe & a drake Smew on Village Pit (Birdguides).
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| - | *Walthamstow Marshes: 2 Stonechats, 15 Meadow Pipits, 2 Lesser Redpolls, 23 House Sparrows, 25 Teal over (inc. partial albino), 12 Gadwall over (Mark Pearson).
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| - | *London Wetland Centre: 1pr Stonechat, 1 Redshank, 1 Water Pipit, 2 Egyptian Goose (Gabriel Jamie).
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| - | *Tyttenhanger GPs: 1 Stonechat, 6 Tree Sparrow, 4 Yellowhammer, 2 Reed Bunting, 4 MPipit, 2 Skylark, 30+Lapwing, 3 Wigeon (Steve Blake).
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| - | *Tate Modern: 2 Peregrine on ledges on the tower 14:00 hrs (Roger Dewey).
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| - | *Trent Park: Brambling (f),2 Goldcrest,Redwing,30 Chaffinch,Nuthatch. ( Pete Lowman).
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| - | *Belhus Woods CP: Greylag Goose, 58 Canada Goose, 99 Wigeon, 25 Gadwall, 18 Teal, 38 Mallard, 24 Shoveler, 18 Pochard, 43 Tufted Duck, fem Goldeneye, m Smew, 3 Ruddy Duck (2m/f), 8 Little Grebe, 15 Moorhen, 90 Coot, 7 Lapwing, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Dunnock, 8 Robin, 6 Blackbird, 81 Fieldfare, Song Thrush, 28 Redwing, 26 Long-tailed Tit, 16 Blue Tit, 16 Great Tit, 4 Goldcrest, 33 Siskin, 8 Lesser Redpoll, m Bullfinch, 6 Jay (ELBF).
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| - | * Waterloo Bridge: adult Yellow-legged Gull on S bank, then flew to barges in mid-river, around 1330hrs (Rob Innes).
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| - | *Trent Park Area: 10(7m,3f) Mandarin Duck; 1 Sparrowhawk; 1 Common Buzzard, flew from Williams Wood; 1 male Kestrel; 1 Song Thrush; 5 Goldcrest; 1 female Brambling, with pre-roost gathering of Chaffinches, Moat Wood, 15.20 hrs (Robert Callf).
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| - | *Lake Side, Oakwood, N14: 1 female Great Spotted Woodpecker (Robert Callf).
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| - | ===Tuesday 1st January 2008===
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| - | *Burgess Park, Peckham: 1 Chiffchaff by the main lake/football pitch (Richard Bonser)
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| - | *South Norwood Lake: 2 Mute Swan, 20 Tufted Duck, 50+ Black-headed Gull, 9 Cormorant, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 20+ Goldfinch, 20 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Pied Wagtail, 6 House Sparrow, Long-tailed Tit, 1 Coal Tit (John Watson, Gavin Hawgood).
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| - | *Honor Oak Area (probably One Tree Hill): Siskin seen (Birdguides).
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| - | *Lee Valley Cornmill Meadows: 4 Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 4 Reed Bunting, Kestrel, 20+ Siskin, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Pheasant, 80+ Lapwing, 20 Teal, 4 Shoveler, 30 Wigeon (Mike Benyon).
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| - | *Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: 1w White-fronted Goose (mobile with Greylags, origin unknown), 2 Egyptian Goose, 7 Gadwall, 1m Teal (1-2 present), 30 Shoveler, German-ringed ad Mediterranean Gull, ad Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Tawny Owl, 7 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker, 4 Song Thrush (1 singing), at least 2 Redwing, 5 Mistle Thrush (4 singing), Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest (1 singing), singing Treecreeper, 3 Coal Tit (1 singing), 5 Chaffinch, 7 Siskin ranging between alders on Buck Hill and near Rangers Lodge (Des McKenzie, Nick Tanner).
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| - | *Queen Elizabeth II Res: Peregrine (SBC).
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| - | *Rainham RSPB: 75 species, Highlights 36 '''Barnacle Geese''', pair Peregrine, Corn Bunting, 2 Bearded Tit, 2 Water Rail, 1 Short-eared Owl, Ring-necked parakeet, Water Pipit (Paul Hawkins); 4 Bearded Tits behind reserve centre, 2 Water Pipits at Stone Barges (Andrew Self)
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| - | *Crossness: 2nd winter Yellow-legged Gull, 102 Black-tailed Godwits, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Curlew, 400+ Dunlin, 320 Lapwing, 110 Redshank, 136 Gadwall, 79 Shoveler, 850 Teal, 106 Shelduck, 2 Sparrowhawks, 20 Fieldfare, 40 Redwing, 2 Stonechat (total 60 species) (John Archer)
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| - | *Canon's Farm, Banstead: 250+ Brambling, 750+ Chaffinch, 115+ Skylark. (Steve Gale).
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| - | *Amwell GP: at least 3 Smew (2 M, 1 F), 4 Goldeneye (1M, 3F), 6 Snipe, 3 GBB Gull, assorted Wigeon, Teal, Gadwall, Shoveler, Shelduck, 1 F GS Woodpecker and male heard drumming, 6+ Redwing. (Quentin Given). 8 Little Egrets roosted, also 2 Egyptian Geese (Andrew Self)
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| - | *Stocker's Lake: 1 m Goosander, 1 Chiffchaff, 6 L.Redpoll, 25+ Siskin. Bury Lake: 7 (3m) Red Crested Pochard (Andrew Moon).
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| - | *Staines Res: 2 (imm m + f) Scaup, 2 Black-n Grebe, 1 Green Sandpiper (Andrew Moon).
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| - | *Wraysbury GP: 1 (imm m) Smew, 2 Water Rail on village pit, 4 (2m) Goosander on BA pit (Andrew Moon).
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| - | *Dagenham Chase LNR: 59 species recorded, 20+ Pochard, 7 Wigeon,10+ Gadwall,2 Rook, 1 Jackdaw, 2 Common Snipe, 1 Water Rail and a pair of Stonechat. ( Vince Halley-Frame ).
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| - | *Hackney Marshes: 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Siskin, 3 Redwing (total 46 species) (Gary A James)
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| - | *Wanstead Park & Flats: 37 species, no highlights! (J Lethbridge)
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| - | *Horsenden Hill: 47 species recorded, highlights inc. 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Stonechat, 4 Nuthatch, 3 Teal, 5 Shoveler (Andrew Culshaw, David Howdon).
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| - | *Trent Park Area: 13 Golden Plover, circled Hog Hill calling and flew off W; 6 Great Spotted Woodpecker; 1 female Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, feeding in Oak, Poplars and Willows around Dew Pond, 14.15 - 14.24 GMT; 3 Song Thrush,(including 1 singing male); 45+ Fieldfare; 4 Goldcrest; 3 Nuthatch; 4 Treecreeper; 4 Coal Tit; 19 Goldfinch, at Vicarage Farm (flocks of 7+12); 19 Siskin; 6 Lesser Redpoll, feeding on 'weed seeds', at Vicarage Farm; 2 male Brambling, together, pre-roost gathering with Chaffinches, Moat Wood, 15.20 GMT (Robert Callf).
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