News June 2009

From Londonbirders

Tuesday 30th June.

• Tyttenhanger GPs: a possible Marsh Warbler singing by the main pit in a large willow 50m north of the old bridge over the river this afternoon (Birdguides)
• Saxon Lake:(Harmondsworth Moor)2 Pochards,1Pr Mute Swans + 4 Cygnets,Swifts & House Martins flying overhead with one or two Swallows,3 Reed Warblers,1 Whitethroat, 1 Heron. (Sue Giddens)
• Stoke Newington Reservoirs: c25 Black-headed Gulls (mostly adults, several imms and one juv), c12 Common Terns, fledged Goldcrests, 20+ Reed Warblers, pair Little grebes, c70 Swifts, plus the usuals (Mark Pearson Hackney Wildlife); Hobby over Clissold Park early p.m. (Laurence Pitcher per MJP)
• Dagenham Chase LNR: Colour ringed juv Little Egret still, 3 Common Tern, Kingfisher, singing Willow Warbler. ( V.Halley-Frame ).
• East Ham (my garden): freshly fledged family of Goldcrests (P Fallan)
• Parkside Farm/Res, Enfield: 2 Barn Swallow; 25+ Mistle Thrush, mostly juvs; 1 singing male Garden Warbler (Robert Callf).
• Trent Park: 1 'summer-plumaged' Black-headed Gull; 1 Common Tern (Robert Callf).
• Vicarage Farm, Enfield: 1 Little Owl (Robert Callf).

Monday 29th June.

• Brent Reservoir: 2 Lapwing, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Stock Dove in eastern marsh. Also several Marbled White and Ringlet on woodland slope. (Andrew Haynes); also at least 2 singing Lesser Whitethroat in playing fields area (Des McKenzie).
• Crossness: Grasshopper Warbler singing on Southern Marsh + Swallow, 4 Sand Martins, Willow Warbler; adult Med Gull off Golf Centre (Kev Jarvis, Ian Miller, John Archer) Female Ruddy Shelduck still off Golf Centre late morning (per RBA).
• Stoke Newington Reservoirs: a.m. - Hobby 1045, 12 Common Terns, c80 Swifts; p.m - Coal Tit by LWT garden (second record this year) (Mark Pearson Hackney Wildlife)
• Forty Hall, Enfield: 1 singing male Goldcrest (Robert Callf).
• Myddelton House Grdns, Bulls Cross: 1 singing male Goldcrest (Robert Callf).
• Saunders Ness, Isle of Dogs: Oystercatcher on shore at low tide (Sean Huggins).
• Margravine Cemetery: 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (1 m, 1 juv) (Nathalie Mahieu).
• Fulham by Thames: 4 Egyptian Geese, 50+ Canada Geese, Song Thrush singing, 3 Common Terns, 16 Black-headed Gulls (not fly throughs), 4 LBB Gull. (Michael F)
• Iver: Red Kite flew over at 3.10pm.(Sue Giddens)
• Dagenham Chase LNR: Colour ringed juv Little Egret, 7 Common Tern 4 ad, 1 juv, 2 unaged ( flock of 7 in flight ).

Sunday 28th June.

• Maple Cross: Wryneck one reported at Ladywalk Wood (Birdguides)
• Brent Res: 3 Green Sands & a Lapwing (Brent Birders)
• Dagenham Chase LNR: 1+ Common tern, common gull, Cetti's warbler, willow warbler, 40+ Swift, 10 House martin.(Paul Hawkins).D.C p.m, Ring-necked Parakeet flew over at 2.35pm, 2 Little Egret & 3 Common Tern, 2 singing Lesser Whitethroats. No wader species other than Lapwing. ( V.Halley-Frame ).
• East India Dock Basin NR: 1 ad Med Gull flew up river at 09.40, 6 Common Terns on the Thames (including 4 fledged Juvs) loads of young Blackcaps. (Gary A James).
• Fairlop Waters Painters Lane Gravel Workings:Green Sandpiper 2, LRP (2 adults + 2 juvs)Lapwing 35,Shoveler 2,Gadwall 2,Teal 1,LBB Gull 45,GBB Gull(Adult)1.(Steve Bacon)
• Limehouse: 40+ Swifts over Thames + Red Arrows display over Greenwich area !!!(Paul Hyland).
• Paddington Green: 26 Long-tailed Tit (mix of ads and juvs) (Des McKenzie).
• Crossness: Ruddy Shelduck female still on Thames off sewage works, 3 Yellow-legged Gulls (near-ad, 2nd summer, 1st summer), 304 Shelduck, 2 Teal, 60+ Common Terns, 35 Lapwings (John Archer).
• Rainham RSPB: ad Med gull, 3 Greenshank, 2+ LRP, Cuckoo.(Paul Hawkins,David Bradnum,Howard Vaughan)
• Heathrow/West Drayton: A thunderstorm was brewing at 16:00 over Heathrow Airport and I noticed more and more swifts coming together at about 1000 feet from all directions directly over my house.There may have been a flying ant hatch and at the peak there must have been over 1000 swifts for about 30 seconds followed by nearly 100 black headed Gulls obviously interested - reported to BTO (MGoodall).
• St George Wharf, Vauxhall - Peregrine, 11 Canada Goose, 2 Greylag Goose, 2 Grey Wagtail (S Darbyshire)
• Beddington SF: 8 Green Sandpipers on Jims Pit (just about viewable from north end of public footpath to Mitcham Common) (David Campbell)
• Staines Res: Scaup drake south basin, Med Gull adult in the evening, Curlew, Greenshank, Redshank, 2 Ringed Plover (Staines Birders).
• Margravine Cemetery: 6 Jay (4 juvs, probably fledged on Friday) (Nathalie Mahieu).

Saturday 27th June.

• Paddington Green: juv Great Spotted Woodpecker, 7-8 Greenfinch (Des McKenzie).
• Queen Elizabeth II Res: Turnstone, Peregrine & adult Common Gull (DMH).
• Brent Reservoir: 3 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Lapwing, 1 Redshank, 3 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Grey Wagtail; also 29 Marbled Whites, c10 Ringlets, 3 White-letter Hairstreaks & a Purple Hairstreak (Brent Birders).
• Staines Res: 2 Scaup south basin, Sandwich Tern, 2 Common Sand (KLP); also late afternoon a second-summer-type Common Tern and two juvenile Ringed Plovers (Rob Innes).
• Stoke Newington Reservoirs: Hobby hunting over West Res, 1050; plus the usuals (Mark Pearson Hackney Wildlife)
• Wanstead: Tawny Owl calling at 2.15pm, garden tick. Also c30 Swift in tight formation over Bush Wood. And a moth. (J Lethbridge)
• Ingrebourne Valley: Hobby over, 2 Bullfinch, Grasshopper Warbler, Little Egret, 28 Teal, 2 Cuckoo, 5 Ring Necked Parakeets and 7 Shoveler.(Dave Morrison)
• Crossness: 6 Egyptian Geese off golf centre in morning then flew east at 8.20am (Kev Jarvis). Female Ruddy Shelduck, Curlew, Redshank, Hobby, 40+ Common Terns, 35 Lapwings, singing Garden Warbler (John Archer).
• Chase Road, Southgate: 1 Sparrowhawk, flew over carrying prey, 19:57 BST (Robert Callf).

Friday 26th June

• Paddington Green: juv Great Spotted Woodpecker (unusual) (Des McKenzie).
• Trent Park: 1 Tawny Owl, heard hooting, 12:22 BST; 1 Kingfisher, perched, Lower Lake; 1 female Great Spotted Woodpecker (Robert Callf).
• Parkside Farm/Res, Enfield: 1 juv Reed Bunting (Robert Callf).
• Vicarage Farm, Enfield: 3 Ring-necked Parakeet; 1 Little Owl; 2(m&f) Yellowhammer (Robert Callf).
• Tyttenhanger GP's: 2 Hobby, Ringed Plover, 4 Teal, 3 Shoveler. (Steve B)
• Willows Farm Puddle: Oystercatcher, 2 Lapwing
• Leytonstone (Langthorne Park area): 17 Swifts feeding during humid weather (S Fisher)
• Mayesbrook Park: Common Tern, Chiffchaff, Whitethroat pair with young.(Paul Hawkins)
• Stockwell: 3 Kestrels fledging out of block of flats. Over 10 swifts above. Larkhall Park adult Mistle Thrush with fledged young.
• Staines Res: a second drake Scaup was found this morning (KLP), and both drakes were present (separately) on the S basin this evening till flushed by a helicopter. Also still broods of three and eight Shelduck, Wigeon, Hobby and three Ringed Plovers (pair and juv) (Rob Innes, Ken Purdey).

Thursday 25th June

• Alexandra Park: 3 Lapwing (N) over west side of Ally Pally at 09:30, 2 Common Terns (Dominic Mitchell, David Callahan).
• Central Park E6: Grey Wagtail (P Fallan)
• Brent Reservoir: 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Lapwing, 1 Redshank, 1 Green Sandpiper in eastern marsh (Andrew Haynes).
• Limehouse: 8 Greylag on the Thames (6 Ad, 2 juv) (Paul Hyland).
• Bloomsbury, University of London Senate House: 3 peregrines (Philip Lowden).
• Regents Park: Kingfisher in wetland pen, Common Whitethroat, 4 Chiffchaffs singing (Tony Duckett).
• Kingcup Farm, Denham: on BTO Atlas walk - 1 Common Buzzard by Gossams Wood (J16, M25), 1 Red Kite seen in distance over Uxbridge / Cowley. (Roger Dewey).
• Stoke Newington Reservoirs: at least three breeding pairs of Lesser Black-backed Gulls in the vicinity - pair on raft with three young, two pairs on chimney pots on neighbouring Bethune Road with three and at least one respectively; 2 House Martins, 12 Common Pochard, plus the usuals (Mark Pearson Hackney Wildlife)
• Dagenham Chase LNR: Male Ruff in sum plum 2.50-6.20pm at least, also 1 Common Redshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2-3 Little Egret, Hobby at 2.45pm, 2 Common Tern, 2 Common Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, several Black-headed Gull, Cetti's Warbler calling from slack reedbed and a Sparrowhawk over twice with prey item. ( V.Halley-Frame ).
• Rotherhithe: juvenile Common Tern off Greenland Pier (with 2 adults guarding it from LBB Gulls); hopefully the Canada Water birds as they've left the tern raft; 2 pairs of Sand Martin still going in and out of nest holes by Old Salt Quay pub (Richard Bonser).
• Bromley-by-Bow: 2 Shelduck over 6am, 1 ad Mediterranean Gull over at approx 2pm, 2 Black-headed Gulls, c7 Lesser Black backed Gulls, c14 Sand Martin (including fledged young)(Stuart Fisher)

Wednesday 24th June.

• Osterley Park: pr Linnet with 4 juveniles; m House Sparrow carrying food. (Tom Smith)
• Alexandra Park: Little Grebe (Tunnel Res); 2-3 Swift nests behind Morrison's (David Callahan).
• St James's Park: pair of Egyptian Geese with two well grown goslings (Andrew Self)
• Hammersmith Gyratory, 7am: Jay. Michael F
• Tyttenhanger GP's: Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 2 Redshank, 3 Shoveler, 3 Hobby, Buzzard. (S Blake)
• Willows Farm Pool: Oystercatcher, 2 Lapwing, Grey Wagtail (juv) (S Blake)
• Bromley-by-Bow: group of 40 Long-tailed Tits (adults and juveniles) (S Fisher)

Tuesday 23rd June

• Vicarage Farm, Enfield: Red Kite 13:10 BST; 28 Jackdaw, including juvs (Robert Callf & Robin White).
• Trent Park: 6 Mandarin Duck, Lower Lake; 2 Kingfisher, perched together, Lower Lake (thought to be adult and juv) (Robert Callf & Robin White).
• Hampton Water Works: 2 broods Shelduck (8 and 6+ chicks), 1 brood Mandarin (4 chicks), 1 Redshank, 23 Lapwing, 8 Common Tern, 400 Black-headed Gull (including 1 juv) (Andrew Skotnicki).
• Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: 61 Mute Swan (inc 4 cygnets), fem Mandarin, 6 Egyptain Goose (2ads/4 juvs), 9 Red-crested Pochard (3ads/6juvs from 2 broods), 2 Little Grebe, c10 Grey Heron (mainly juv), 6 Lesser Black-backed Gull (inc a pair feeding at a dead Mallard), 3 Common Tern (inc a pair courtship feeding), 7 Stock Dove, 8+ juv Ring-necked Parakeet, c10 Swift, 2 Green Woodpecker (ad/juv), 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (drumming ad/juv), 3 juv Mistle Thrush, 6 Blackcap (4 singing/2 juv), 2 singing Chiffchaff, 2 singing Goldcrest, 4 singing Coal Tit, family party of Treecreeper; at least 43 Meadow Brown; c300 'grass veneer'; Common Blue Damselfly, 2 Blue-tailed Damselflies (Des McKenzie).
• East India Dock: GSWP, Whitethroat, 4 Shelduck, 2+ Reed Warbler, Sand Martin, Common Tern chick growing well (Paul Hyland)
• Scrubland by M11 and River Roding, Woodford: 2 Linnets, Lesser Whitethroat, pair of Blackcaps, Whitethroat, Mistle Thrush, Jay, family of 4 Jackdaws (Alan Hobson)
• Rotherhithe: well-grown Common Tern young still on the tern raft on Canada Water this morning; also a Reed Warbler still singing away (Richard Bonser). 2 tern chicks clearly visible and being well fed at about 11:30 (Philip Lowden).
• Stoke Newington Reservoirs: Hobby hunting 1200-1215, singing Sedge Warbler, 8+ Reed Warblers, 100+ Swifts, 4 House Martins, 5 Common Terns, 6 Black-headed Gulls, plus the usuals; p.m. - Peregrine with prey, 23 Black-headed Gulls west (Mark Pearson Hackney Wildlife)
• Dagenham Chase LNR: 2 Green Sandpiper flew over the slack calling at 4.30 pm, also 2 Common Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, several Black-headed Gull, 1-2 Common Tern, 1 Little Egret & 1 Grey Wagtail. ( V.Halley-Frame ).
• Thorney Lake (Richings Park) Hobby flew over at 11.20am (Sue Giddens)

Monday 22nd June

• Shakespeare's Globe: Peregrine over during 'As You Like It'; also one (presumably same) on Tate Modern tower (Mark Pearson)
• Alexandra Park: Reed Warbler again subsinging from Conservation Pond, 3 Common Terns Wood Green Res (Bob Watts); RW singing its little heart out now (c2pm), plus Common Tern, Speckled Wood and 5+ Large Skippers (David Callahan).
• Limehouse: 5 Oystercatcher west at 9am (Paul Hyland).
• Paddington Green: 8 1s Black-headed Gull SW 08:15hrs, family party Long-tailed Tit (Des McKenzie).
• Brent Reservoir: 1 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Lapwing, 2 Green Sandpiper in eastern marsh (Andrew Haynes).
• Tyttenhangr: 2juv Little ringed Plover, juv Lapwing, fledgling Blackcap, fledged, Pied and Grey Wagtail. (Steve B)
• Willows Farm Pool: Oystercatcher, Lapwing, Black headed Gull + 1st juv BH Gull of this summer. (Steve B)
• Parkside Farm/ Res.,Enfield: 1 Green Sandpiper, flushed, 11:14 BST; 1 Cuckoo (Robert Callf & Robin White).
• Trent Park: 8 Mandarin Duck; 1 Kingfisher, Lower Lake (Robert Callf & Robin White).
• Rotherhithe: Common Tern (3, including 1 well grown young) on the tern raft at Canada Water; also a Reed Warbler still singing (Richard Bonser).
• Staines Res (late evening): drake Scaup N basin (present on S basin since 19th, first decent views today). Also two broods of Shelduck (three plus eight). Two Peregrines seen flying away from Stanwell R-n Parakeet roost, one carrying prey (Rob Innes, Ken Purdey).

Sunday 21st June

• Horsenden Hill: singing Lesser Whitethroat, family Reed Buntings, up to 7 White-letter Hairstreaks, 4 Marbled Whites (Neil Anderson)
• South Norwood Lake: 1 Great Crested Grebe, 8 Tufted Duck, c40 Swift, 1 Common Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap 4 Chiffchaff, 1singing Garden Warbler, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Nuthatch,4 House Sparrow,(John Watson & Gavin Hawgood)
• Brent Res: 2 Green Sandpipers & a Redshank in east marsh; also 5+ White-letter Hairstreaks (Andrew Self & Roy Beddard)
• East India Dock Basin area: juv Great Crested Grebe (on Thames), 1 pr Common Tern with one chick, 2 Swifts, Oystercatcher (in front of Dome), 3 prs Whitethroat, Blackcap, Linnet, 140+ Black-headed Gulls (nearly all first-summers), pair Chaffinches (Gary A James & David Callahan).
• Walton on Thames: Red Kite east over the back garden 1140, also Hobby (DMH).
• Paddington Green: 2 juv Grey Wagtail (Des McKenzie).
• Thorney Lake:(Richings Park)18+ Common Terns and about 15+ chicks,2 Chiffchaff,3 Tufted Ducks,3 House Martins,1 Song Thrush 2juv.(Sue Giddens)
• Scrubland by M11 and River Roding, Woodford: Garden Warbler (good views of it singing), Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Little Egrets, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Green Woodpecker, 2 Mistle Thrushes, 5 Goldfinches, Pied Wagtail (Alan Hobson)
• Bromley-by-Bow area: 2 male Reed Warblers, singing Lesser Whitethroat (Greenway), 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers (adult and juvenile), 4 Whitethroats (1 carrying food), Stock Dove, Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcaps(S Fisher)

Saturday 20th June

• Belhus country park:Turtle Dove being pushed off its perch by a collared dove, a hobby over lakes,(J-P Elmes).
• South Norwood Lake, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 12 Tufted Duck, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch, c20 Swift, 4 Song Thrush, 1 Common Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Blackcap,(John Watson & Gavin Hawgood)
• Stratford mid-p.m. (Viewed from a Tower Block) A Red Kite flew from Hackney area towards Walthamstow but lost to view and may have gone down in Reservoir/Marsh region. (Paul Whiteman)
• Brent Res: Green Sandpiper & 3 Redshank in east marsh; also first Marbled Whites out (Andrew Self & Roy Beddard)
• Hampstead Heath: Male Whitethroat singing in open field above Hampstead Ponds & fairground (Sash Tusa)
• Fulham Reach (mostly Thames area): 100? Swift (lots, the most I'd seen so far in 1 go was 20), 3 Housemartin, 1 Common Tern, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine (fem), House Sparrow (inc juvs) in various spots, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (m + juv) (Nathalie Mahieu).
• Trent Park: 2 Common Tern, Lower Lake (Robert Callf).
• Park Farm, Enfield: 3 juvs Mistle Thrush; 1 singing male Garden Warbler (Robert Callf).
• Vicarage Farm, Enfield: 1 male Yellowhammer (Robert Callf).
• E.I.D.Basin: dawn,Oystercatcher in Basin, 7 Common Terns on river, 2 pair + 1 drake Shelduck, Jay and 3 Reed Warblers( 1 of which was doing a blinding Common Tern call)Dave Morrison.

Friday 19th June

• South Norwood Lake: 1 Great Crested Grebe, 12 Tufted Duck. 5 Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 Song Thrush, 1adult 2juv Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Nuthatch, 3 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff,4 Swift, 5 House Sparrow,(John Watson)
• Sidcup: Common Crossbill flew east at 11:25 (Birdguides)
• Alexandra Park: Sand Martin, Common Tern; also 2 Large Skippers, lots of Commas and a Meadow Brown; Hobby north then south 15:18 to 15:23 (David Callahan).
• Totteridge Valley: Common Buzzard drifting N, plus usual suspects: seven species of butterfly, including 6 Painted Ladies (John Colmans)

Thursday 18th June

• Victoria Park: a pair of Red Crested Pochard seemed to have successfully bred, female with several young.(J-P Elmes)
• South Norwood Lake: 1 Great Crested Grebe, 12 Tufted Duck, 6 Ring-necked Parakeet, 10 Long-tailed Tit,2 Jay, 1 Common Whitethroat, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 Pied Wagtail,(John Watson)
• Brent Reservoir: 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Grey Wagtail, 62 drake Pochard, Lesser Black-backed Gull eating yet another tern chick (see Tuesday) (Andrew Haynes)
• Paddington Green: 3 Jay (not thought to be breeding locally) (Des McKenzie).
• Stockwell: Hedge Sparrow nest with 4 young in garden (brought to my attention by alarm calls due to prowling cat) first time nest in this garden. (Michael Mac)
• Bromley-by-Bow: Little Egret south at 9am approx, 2 Peregrines (S Fisher)

Wednesday 17th June

• East India Dock: 2 House Sparrow (nr DLR), 2 LRP, 2 Sand Martin, 100+ Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Tern (breeding pair have one chick (Paul Hyland).
• Fairlop Waters: Flock of nearly 100 Linnets; 3 Skylarks, 4 Reed Buntings, Swallow, Whitethroat, Swifts (Alan Hobson)
• Vicarage Farm, Enfield: 1 Sparrowhawk, carrying prey, 09:48 BST (Robert Callf).
• Parkside Farm, Enfield: 3 Lesser Whitethroat (Robert Callf).
• Trent Park: 7(2 ad, 5 juvs) Pied Wagtail, Uni-lawns (Robert Callf).
• South Lodge Farm, Enfield: 7 Barn Swallow, including recently fledged juvs (Robert Callf).
• Tyttenhanger GPs: Red Kite, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Shelduck. (Steve B)
• Willows Farm Pool: Oystercatcher. (SB)
• Rotherhithe: Reed Warbler still singing by Canada Water tube station early morning (Richard Bonser).

Tuesday 16th June

• Paddington Green: Peregrine in area for 5 minutes around 18:00hrs; mobbed by 5 Lesser Black-backed/Herring Gull and almost driven to the ground near Bell Street; appeared unsteady on the wing, presumably a juv but no plumage detail discernable (Des McKenzie).
• Dulwich Park: Reed Warbler, great news reed bed over last three years is now establishing itself, + 2 pairs of Little Grebes on eggs (Dave Clark).
• Brent Res: Green Sandpiper, Redshank, 42 drake Pochard, only 3 females, Lesser BB Gull eating Tern chicks (Andrew Verrall). Redshank and Green Sandpiper still present until 19:30 at least (Thom Shannon & Nigel Biggs).
• Scrubland, by M11, Woodford Bridge: Lesser Whitethroat, Linnets (Alan Hobson)
• Wanstead: 3 Linnet SSE over my garden at ~2pm (J Lethbridge)
• Grovelands Park, Southgate, N14: 1 juv Little Grebe; 1 Great Crested Grebe; 11(9m,2f) Mandarin Duck + young; 1 female Pochard; 8(7m,1f) Tufted Duck; 1 juv Stock Dove; 1 juv Great Spotted Woodpecker; 5(including 3 singing males) Song Thrush; 1 Dunnock, carrying food; 1 singing male Goldcrest; 3(ad, 2 juv) Coal Tit; 1 singing Treecreeper; 2(male feeding juv) Chaffinch (Robert Callf).

Monday 15th June

• Walthamstow Reservoirs: Ring-necked Parakeet, 14+ Little Egrets (fledglings learning to fly now), 2 Chiffchaffs (inc juv), brood of 8 Shelduck, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 juv Reed Buntings (David Callahan).
• Osterley Park: pr Shoveler, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Little Owl, Common Tern (overdue patch tick), Coal Tit (hard to get here). (Tom Smith)
• Scrubland, by M11, Woodford Bridge: Linnet, Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat (Alan Hobson)
• Green by Claybury Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Mistle Thrush, 3 Swifts overhead (Alan Hobson)
• Trent Park: 6 'eclipse' male Mandarin Duck, Lower Lake; 1 juv Song Thrush, Uni-lawns; 1 singing male Garden Warbler, by Lower Lake (Robert Callf).
• Park Farm, Enfield: 1 singing male Garden Warbler (Robert Callf).

Sunday 14th June

• Beckenham: Red Kite over garden at 6pm (Bob Beaumont per AS)
• King George V Reservoir: summer plumaged Black-necked Grebe, 1 male Teal, 3 Shoveler, 1 Ruddy Duck, Hobby (Roy Woodward).
• Cross Ness: Ruddy Shelduck still on River Thames from Thamesview Golf Centre; also a 1st-summer Common Tern still (John Archer).
• East India Dock area: 5 Swifts, 3 Linnet, 2 Song Thrushes, possibly 2 pairs Shelduck nearby, 12 Common Terns on river, but still just one pair nesting, 4 GBB Gulls, 6 Sand Martins (2 nests visible), Chiffchaff, House Sparrow (scarce here). (David Callahan).
• Rotherhithe: female Sparrowhawk, 3 Common Terns, 30+ Swifts and c5 House Martins from Greenland Quay late a'noon (Richard Bonser).
• Vauxhall Sainsbury's Car Park: Hobby hunting a single swift at 8:30am (Michael Mac).
• Shepherds Bush: Hobby North over Old Oak Road at 19:30 (Andy Culshaw).
• Ferny Hill Farm, Enfield: Red Kite (Robin White per RMC).
• Grovelands Park, Southgate, N14: 4 ('eclipse' male, 3 females) Mandarin Duck + 2 broods (8+5 ducklings); 2 (ad feeding juv) Mistle Thrush, Pitch & Putt Course; 4 (3m,1f) Blackcap; singing male Goldcrest; 2 Coal Tit (Robert Callf).
• Claybury Park: Reed Warbler, Blackcap (female), Whitethroats, Green Woodpecker, Jay (Alan Hobson)
• Scrubland by M11, Woodford Bridge: Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroats (Alan Hobson)
• Wanstead: Rook over garden in afternoon, patch tick (J Lethbridge)

Saturday 13th June

• Cross Ness: Ruddy Shelduck still from Thamesview Golf Centre (John Archer), also a 1st-summer Common Tern late evening (Richard Bonser).
• Bookham Common:Peregrine (circling low near station 10.05 for over 5 minutes), 1 possibly 2 Buzzards, Kestrel, 4 Bullfinch, 2 White Admiral, 5 (4 male,1 female) Beautiful Demoiselle on stream - my first sighting of this species in LNHS area (Neil Anderson)
• South Norwood Lake:pair Great Crested Grebe, 6 Tufted Duck, Common Buzzard, c20 Swift, 2Green Woodpecker,c6 Great Spotted Woodpecker,4 Ring-necked Parakeet, c12 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Nuthatch, 3 Song Thrush, 2 singing Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff,(John Watson Gavin Hawgood)
• Brent Res: Ringed Plover on mud; also first Large Skippers of year (Brent Birders)
• Ingrebourne Valley: 2 Green Sandpipers, Redshank, Common Tern,7 Teal( 1st returning birds),Hobby over, 2 Ring Necked Parakeet, Shelduck and a pair of Shoveler.(Dave Morrison)
• Parkside Farm/Res., Enfield: 1 male Reed Bunting (Robert Callf).
• Ferny Hill Farm, Enfield: 1 male Reed Bunting (Robert Callf).
• Rotherhithe: 2 pairs of Sand Martins busy going in and out of nest holes on Thames near Old Salt Quay pub (Richard Bonser).
• Scrapyard Meadow: c10 Swift, singing Blackcap, 1-2 Painted Lady, c200 Narrow Bordered Five-spot Burnet, c150 Burnet Companion (Des McKenzie, Nick Tanner).
• M40 [London end, between jns 2 and 3]: Red Kite (Alan Hobson).

Friday 12th June

• Alexandra Park: Bullfinch (M) cricket scrub, Reed Warbler in C.pond and Grey & Pied wags both with young along new river village (J.Murray).
• South Norwood Lake:pair Great Crested Grebe, 12 Tufted Duck, 8 Ring-necked Parakeet,2juv Green Woodpecker, 6 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 House Martin, 3 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff,6 House Sparrow (John Watson)
• East India Dock: 6 LTT, 4 Sand Martin, 3 Shelduck, 4 Common Tern (Paul Hyland).
• Staines Res: Kittiwake, adult through mid morning (PN,KLP).
• Colne Brook near Yiewsley GP's: 1 m Cuckoo singing, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler singing, several Common Whitethroat, several Garden Warbler singing, 1 Chiffchaff, GS Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Common Tern. (Roger Dewey)
• Stoke Newington Reservoirs: a.m. - family of Coal Tits inc. just fledged juvs in conifers by LWT entrance (first local breeding record for many years), first fledged Reed Warblers, Lesser Black-backed Gulls with two chicks on tern raft, 2 Egyptian Geese, 10 Common Terns, 15 House Martins, 5 Sand Martins, c50 Swifts, 4 Gadwall, 8 Common Pochard, 15 Tufted Ducks, 74 Coot (Mark Pearson Hackney Wildlife)
• Queen Elizabeth II Res: Little Tern bombed through 1451-1453 then left high NE (see SBC website for stunning photo) (DMH).
• Tyttenhanger GP's: Red Kite, 2 Hobby, 3 Ringed Plover, 2 Little ringed Plover, 2 Shelduck. (Steve Blake)
• Trent Park: 1 Kingfisher, perched, Lower Lake; 1 juv Song Thrush, Nature Trail; 1 juv Mistle Thrush, Nature Trail; 1 singing male Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Coal Tit, Nature Trail; 3 Nuthatch, including ad feeding juv., Nature Trail; 4 juv Magpie, by Lower Lake (Robert Callf).
• Regents Park: Garganey drake, Common Tern, Little Owl male, Grey Wagtail, Nuthatch (Tony Duckett)
• Twickenham: Red Kite high W over St.Margarets Rd at 1640 (Pete Mantle)
• Thorney Lake, south of Little Britain Lake: 1 m Cuckoo, 2 m Garden Warbler (John Palmer)

Thursday 11th June

• Claybury Park: Tawny Owl (Alan Hobson)
• South Norwood Lake:pair Great Crested Grebe, 8 Tufted Duck, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Herring Gull,14 Ring-necked Parakeet, c20 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Green Woodpecker + 2juv, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Song Thrush, 6 Swift, 2 House Martin,8 House Sparrow,(John Watson)
• Walpole Park Ealing : Grey Wagtail with young, Coal Tit, several Goldcrests. (Jim fell)
• Walpole Park Ealing : 12 Ring Necked Parakeets. (Tina Sanyal)
• Stockwell : 6 male house sparrows all chirping in same area. 6 dead bees all in less than 1 metre square on the pavement. Never seen this before. (Michael Mac)
• Tower Hamlets Cemetery: House Martin, male Linnet feeding in nearby estate (Bob Watts).
• Pinner/Rayners Lane :12.15pm Common Buzzard. A great bird to have in this area. The local crows did not agree.(Richard Francis)
• Horsenden Hill: 20:20. Red Kite. Crows did not approve. (David Howdon)
• Stoke Newington Reservoirs: four Hobby sightings of at least two birds between 1530-1730, plus the usuals (Mark Pearson Hackney Wildlife)
• Alexandra Park: Reed Warbler (h) subsinging in Conservation Pond, 2 Sand Martins Wood Green Reservoir 1730-1800(Bob Watts).

Wednesday 10th June

• Bedfont Lakes Country Park: Oystercatcher over North Lake, possibly disturbed from the shoreline by dog walkers. Other usuals also present (James Herd).
• South Norwood Lake: pair Great Crested Grebe,15 Tufted Duck, 1 Herring Gull, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker + 2juv, c30 Swift, 2 House Martin,1 Pied Wagtail, 3 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 7 House Sparrow,(John Watson)
• Alexandra Park: Reed Warbler singing again in elder by Western viewing ramp at 10am (David Callahan). No sign evening but 2 Jackdaws NE 1735 (Bob Watts).
• Stoke Newington Reservoirs: Hobby hunting hirundines 1205-1210, plus the usuals (Mark Pearson Hackney Wildlife)
• Town Park, Enfield: 1 pr Mute Swan + 5 cygnets; 1 male Grey Wagtail, Carr's Basin; 2 juv Robin; 11(including 5 juvs) Mistle Thrush; 1 singing male Goldcrest (Robert Callf).
• Limehouse: Oystercatcher east along Thames at 4pm calling (Paul Hyland).
• Furnival Gardens (Hammersmith): on the green: 1 Pied Wagtail, 9 Starling (7 juvs); among the boats: 1 pr Mute Swan + 1 cygnet (7-10d), 1 pr Moorhen nesting in a tyre, 1 Grey Wagtail (Nathalie Mahieu).
• Surbiton, KT6: Hobby chasing swifts between the buildings @07:30 (Bill Haines).
• Hyde Park, 6.30pm: pair commmon terns fishing, pair g-s woodpeckers (Neil Millar).
• Claybury Park: Tawny Owl (Alan Hobson)
• Fairlop Waters: Hobby, 2 Skylarks, 4 Reed Buntings, Shoveler, Swifts, Whitethroats, Swallows (Alan Hobson)

Tuesday 9th June

• Brent Reservoir: Mediterranean Gull a.m. (BirdGuides).
• East India Dock: 3 Shelduck, 2 Sand Martin, Song Thrush, Blackcap (Paul Hyland).
• Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: pr Mute Swan with 4 cygnets, heavily leucistic Greylag Goose (not a hybrid), 2 Greylag x Canada Goose, ad Egyptian Goose with 6 fully-grown young, fem Mandarin with brood of 6, pr Gadwall, m Shoveler, m Red-crested Pochard with 3 well-grown young, 3 Great Crested Grebe broods plus 2 further active nests, Common Tern, 10+ Stock Dove, juv Great Spotted Woodpecker, c30 Swift, c10 House Martin, pr Grey Wagtail, 2 Mistle Thrush (1 singing), 2 broods of Blackcap, singing Goldcrest, 3 juv Nuthatch, good numbers of juv Starling, 4 singing Chaffinch; 2 Small White, Painted Lady, Burnet Companion, 3+ Silver-Y, Common White Wave (Des McKenzie).
• Bankside: Oystercatcher heading downstream by Tate Modern 1.20pm. Alan Lewis
• Saxon Lake(Harmondsworth)4 Blackcap 1m 1f 2 young,1 Common Tern, 100+ Swift,100+ House Martin,1 Chaffinch,1 Pr Mute Swans & only 4 Cygnets down from 7, 4 Reed Warblers, 1 Reed Bunting,1 Heron,1 Green woodpecker,2 Greenfinch,4 Whitethroat.(Sue Giddens).
• Tower Hamlets Cemetery: 40+ Swift 1pm drifted SW (Bob Watts).
• Lakeside, Oakwood, N14: 2 juv Nuthatch (Robert Callf).
• Vicarage Farm, Enfield: 1 Little Owl; 1 singing male Lesser Whitethroat; 2 family parties Common Whitethroat (Robert Callf).
• Park Farm, Enfield: 3(male feeding two juveniles) Chaffinch (Robert Callf).
• Dagenham Chase LNR: Cetti's Warbler calling from the slack reedbed, ( this species was last heard/seen in Oct 08 ), also 4 singing Willow Warbler,several Reed Warbler singing 2-3 Common Tern, ad Herring Gull with ring A3AY still present. ( V.Halley-Frame ).
• Alexandra Park: 3 Common Terns, Fox with 3 cubs, male Grey Wagtail all Wood Green Res 1750-1820 (Bob Watts).
• River Thames, Tower Bridge: 3+ Common Terns in evening with 60+ Black-headed Gulls (John Archer).
• Queens Park Gardens, W10: Peregrine chasing pigeons (to E of here, but distant), early afternoon (Bill Haines).

Monday 8th June

• A13/Rainham Marshes: 4 little egret seen from road (P Fallan)
• Brent Reservoir: 1 Redshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Lapwing (Andrew Haynes).
• South Norwood Lake:pair Great Crested Grebe,12 Tufted Duck,2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Jay, c30 Swift, 2 House Martin, 2 Pied Wagtail, 8 House Sparrow, 2 Nuthatch,(John Watson)
• Alexandra Park: no sign of either Reed Warbler 7am (Bob Watts); lunchtime: 2 Common Terns, Sand Martin (David Callahan).
• Tower Hamlets Cemetery: 30+ Swifts 8am, 2 Painted Ladies 1230pm (Bob Watts).
• Stoke Newington Reservoirs: a.m. - Hobby hunting for 10 minutes from 1102 before catching Sand Martin and heading low north, c50 Swifts, 10 House Martins, 3 Swallows, 12 Sand Martins, adult Black-headed Gull high and west; p.m. - 'influx' of 40 Sand Martins and 25 House Martins early afternoon (Mark Pearson Hackney Wildlife)
• Vicarage Farm, Enfield: 2 Ring-necked Parakeet; 3(2 ad., 1 juv) Mistle Thrush; 1 male Pied Wagtail; 1 singing male Lesser Whitethroat; 1 Small Tortoiseshell - summer-brood (Robert Callf).
• City: Red Kite west over London Wall 1005, also 2 Common Buzzards 1250 (Stuart Harrington).

Sunday 7th June

• Crossness: Ruddy Shelduck still in Barking Bay all day, viewable from Golf Centre. 8 Sanderling in morning, no sign this evening. Also 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Redshank, 3 Lapwing, 4+ Oystercatchers, ad Yellow-legged Gull, 1st summer Common Gull, c70 Common Terns, 16 Gadwall, 220 Shelduck, singing Garden Warbler (John Archer).
• Ruislip Lido/Woods:Pr Great-crested Grebe, 76 Mute Swan, 117 Mallard, 2 Sparrowhawk, Little Ringed Plover, Common Tern, families Green + Great-spottted Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, 15+ House Martins, Treecreeper, Nuthatch, plenty common warblers (Neil Anderson)
• East India Dock area: Sandwich Tern circled and went east at 08:50, 2 Oystercatchers in front of Dome, 2 LRP, Chiffchaff, 3 GBB Gulls, 9 Common Terns including a very clean first summer or retarded ad winter on Thames (couldn't quite clinch), 5 Reed Warblers (inc one singing high in yard hedge), 7 Shelduck, 3 Blackcaps, lots of juvenile common species. (David Callahan)
• Alexandra Park: Reed Warbler still present Conservation Pond (3rd day) (Bob Watts). 2nd bird also singing by small pond near 1st viewing platform, late evening (J.Murray).
• Barking Bay: Ruddy Shelduck still 17.50hrs.(Paul Hawkins)
• Stoke Newington Reservoirs: Hobby, Peregrine, Blackcaps feeding fledged young, c10 Common Terns, 3 Swallows, c15 Sand Martins, c10 House Martins, c200 Swifts (Mark Pearson & Jamie Partridge Hackney Wildlife)
• Stoke Newington: 800+ Swifts congregating high over rail station / Abney Park area at 1100hrs - by far our largest ever count (Mark Pearson, Laurence Pitcher, Amity Dunn et al)
• Grovelands Park, Southgate, N14: 1 Little Grebe; 1 pr Great Crested Grebe; 1 female Mandarin Duck + 1 brood of 8 ducklings; 6(4m,2f) Pochard; 2 prs Stock Dove; 1 Green Woodpecker; 2 singing male Song Thrush; 3(ad., 2 juvs) Mistle Thrush, ad feeding juvs; 6 Blackcap,(2 singing males and pr feeding two juvs); 1 singing male Goldcrest; 1 Nuthatch (Robert Callf).

Saturday 6th June

• Hampstead Heath: Purple Heron dropped in to Conservation Pond early a.m. (Birdguides). No sign between 10:40 - 11:40 (Reuben Braddock)
• Staines Res: Little Tern on south basin, also Oystercatcher (FJM per AS)
• Crossness: Ruddy Shelduck again in Barking Bay this morning. Also LRP (1st of year), 15 Ringed Plovers, 3 Redshank, adult Yellow-legged Gull, 50+ Common Terns (John Archer).
• Stoke Newington Reservoirs: 250+ Swifts, c10 House Martins, 5 Swallows, 6 Sand Martins, 6 Common Terns (Mark Pearson & Nick Tanner Hackney Wildlife)
• London Wetland Centre, Barnes: 2 Curlew flew south at around 06.45, 2 Oystercatcher on main lake at about 9.45, 1 Hobby, 8 pairs Common Tern (Martin Honey), Cuckoo and Peregrine also seen in morning (DM per MH).
• City: Prob Red Kite low west over London Wall 0955 (Stuart Harrington).

Friday 5th June

• Bedfont Lakes: Oystercatcher low over Information Centre and calling at 8am. (Adam Cheeseman)
• Paddington Green: 20+ Long-tailed Tit (has bred locally) (Des McKenzie).
• Alexandra Park: Reed Warbler (1st for year at site, amazingly), singing until 0705 at least from Conservation Pond (Bob Watts); RW still present lunchtime, plus male Reed Bunting (flyover Tunnel Res - 1st at site for year), Common Tern, Little Grebe (David Callahan).
• Tower Hamlets Cemetery: c75 Swift west @ 0810 - unprecedented numbers, possibly never had double figures at this site (Bob Watts).
• South Norwood Lake: pair Great Crested Grebe,12 Tufted Duck, 1 Grey Heron,1 Green Woodpecker, 6 Great Spotted Woodpecker (4juv)c12 Swift, 3singing Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, c15 Long-tailed Tit(John Watson)
• Stoke Newington Reservoirs: 150+ Swifts in with a shower mid-morning, c8 Common Terns, singing Sedge Warbler, 5 House Martins (Mark Pearson Hackney Wildlife)
• Canary Wharf (Middle Dock): 5 Mute Swans (Dave Morris)
• Trent Park: 3 female Mandarin Duck + 2 broods (1+2 ducklings); 3 juv Pied Wagtail; 1 singing male Garden Warbler; 4(ad., 3 juvs) Nuthatch, in Oak, Uni-lawns (Robert Callf).
• Parkside Farm, Enfield: 1 Lesser Whitethroat (Robert Callf).

Thursday 4th June

• Brent Reservoir: Greenshank present 0800 to at least 1030 (Andrew Haynes).
• Paddington Green: 3 Ring-necked Parakeet, Grey Wagtail (Des McKenzie).
• Queen Elizabeth II Res: 3 Black Terns present until 0720 only when they flew high NE (DMH).
• Alexandra Park: Hobby west at 0703 towards Paddocks car parks (Bob Watts); morning window watching while working: 2 Jackdaws (NE), Jay, Great Spotted Woodpecker (S), 3 Sand Martins (N), Common Tern calling, singing Grey Wagtail and 1st summer male together, poss Yellow-legged Gull around industrial estate and then disappeared over reservoirs (Dominic Mitchell, David Callahan).
• Thorney(Richings Park):5 Chiffchaff,1 Song Thrush,5 Goldfinch,1 Green woodpecker,3 Gt Sp Woodpeckers together,8 Greenfinch,Sparrowhawk on Electric Pylon,4 Buzzards flew over,Reed Warbler, Garden Warbler,Jay,Kestrel hovering flew down then flew off with a big dragonfly,26 Common Terns,(Sue Giddens).
• West Drayton (leading to Thorney) 1 Grey Wagtail on bridge going through one way system.(Sue Giddens)
• Stoke Newington Reservoirs: Hobby hunting over East Res 1200-1210, 2 Common Terns, c50 Swifts (Mark Pearson Hackney Wildlife)
• Canary Wharf (Middle Dock): 5 Mute Swans (Dave Morris)
• South Harrow (near Tube station): 2 Jackdaw low (W) 0915 (uncommon in these parts)(Alex Massey)
• Stoke Newington: Red Kite slowly west at 1535, over Stoke N'ton station and Abney Park Cemetery, watched from Manor Road traffic lights (crap digibinned photos on the site) (Mark Pearson)
• Staines Res (late evening): 3 Black-necked Grebes N basin, also one Little Gull, four Black Terns, a pair of Shelduck with seven small chicks, a pair of Wigeon and five Shoveler (Rob Innes, Ken Purdey).
• Trent Park: 2 ad Green Woodpecker, Williams Wood; 6(male, 5 juvs) Pied Wagtail; 2 prs Goldfinch; 2(including 1 juv) Nuthatch, Rough Lot (Robert Callf).

Wednesday 3rd June

• Alexandra Park: Intermediate morph Honey Buzzard drifting northwards and then high, pursued by 2 Carrion Crows and a Lesser Black-backed Gull until it disappeared (16:32 to 16:36); also 2 Common Terns south c11am. (Dominic Mitchell, Ian Lycett, David Callahan); Kingfisher by tunnel res late pm (J. Murray).
• Burgess Park: 3 Crossbills flew south around 7pm and flew over again around 7.20pm. Also singing Blackcap (John Archer).
• South Norwood Lake: pair Great Crested Grebe, 12 Tufted Duck, 1m Hobby, m f Sparrowhawk, 2 Green Woodpecker, 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker (3juv), 2 Nuthatch, 3 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Swifts. (John Watson)
• East India Dock: 6 Sand Martin, 4 Shelduck, 6 Common Terns (although still only one on eggs) (Paul Hyland). 12:15 - 13:15 10-15 Sand Martin, 7 Shelduck, 3 Stock Doves, 3 Mute Swans, 9 Canada Geese over heading east (Richard Harrison).
• Limehouse: 3 Oystercatcher east @ 11.34 towards Canary Wharf (PH).
• Margravine Cemetery: 70+ Starlings inc. juvs grazing & more on the way, Great Spotted Woodpecker 1m + Juv(s) (Nathalie Mahieu).
• Thorney Park (Richings Park): 2 Dunnock, 5 Greenfinch, 3 Chiffchaff, 22 Common Terns, Reed Bunting, Blackcap, 4 L T Tits, Cormorant, R N Parakeet, 5 Reed Warblers, Song Thrush singing. (Sue Giddens)
• M25 western stretches: 1 Common Buzzard low east over carriageway just south of J16 at 06.40am (Andy Culshaw).
• Trent Park: Green Woodpecker, nest-hole with young calling; 3 family parties Great Spotted Woodpecker (Robert Callf)
• Brunel University: Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Bullfinch & Linnet in the Bicentennial Gardens (Steve Pash)

Tuesday 2nd June

• South Norwood Lake: pair Great Crested Grebe, 15 Tufted Duck,12 Ring-necked Parakeet,7 Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff, 7 Great Spotted Woodpecker (4Juv)1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch, 4 Swift,(John Watson)
• Staines Res: Black Tern north basin, mid morning (KLP).
• Earls Court: Common Buzzard soaring over Empress State Building c11:00hrs (Des McKenzie)
• Tower Hamlets Cemetery: Collared Dove NW 0757, Common Tern over 1045 (2nd site record).
• Limehouse: up to 25 House Martins where there are usually only 4-6 ? (Paul Hyland)
• Hampstead Heath: 1030-1300. Large numbers of Swifts (but no Hobby!) over Parliament Hill. Kingfisher, Common Tern, Dabchick on Highgate Ponds. Blackcap, female Whitethroat (where I have previously seen a male), Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Treecreeper, G-S & Green Woodpeckers, Mistle Thrush, pr Kestrel (Sash Tusa)
• Brent Res: Black Tern reported on Birdguides.
• Alexandra Park: Daytime: 2 common Terns south (David Callahan); Raptorwatch from obs 1745-1845: Hobby, 2-3 Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 2 Painted Ladies (Bob Watts), Sand Martin along New River in NR Village, 2 Common Tern WG Res (John Murray).
• Bloomsbury: Red Kite low strongly north over Lincoln Inn Fields 1834 (Jonathan Dean).
• Margravine Cemetery: 1 Swallow, 8 Swift (Nathalie Mahieu).
• M25 western stretches: 1 Little Egret low east over carriageway just south of J16, 06.40am (Andy Culshaw).
• Turney Road, SE21: Common Buzzard over W at about 7pm, mobbed by Crows, Hobby over NE later on (Martin Honey).
• Broomfield Park, Palmers Green, N13: 1 male Pied Wagtail, carrying food; 1 ad Mistle Thrush, feeding very recently fledged juvenile; 15 Long-tailed Tit (Robert Callf).

Monday 1st June

• Collier's Wood: Honey Buzzard (AS via BTO)
• Erith: Ruddy Shelduck on Thames foreshore, opposite Rainham tip @ 12.30pm (Kev Jarvis per JA).
• Tower Hamlets Cemetery: Song Thrush singing still from Plane Wood @ 8am, also 4 Swift, very few painted Ladies cv last week, just 2 seen Scrapyard Meadow @ 8am (Bob Watts).
• Camden Town: pair of Lesser black backed gull chicks on a roof top. Hampstead Heath: Hobby at 10am and Willow Warbler at Sanctuary pond. Pair Egyptian Geese with 3 downy chicks at Kenwood pond, first time they bred here. Song Thrushes still singing in Kenwood (Michael Mac).
• Thorney Lake, 1m S of Little Britain Lake: 2 Cuckoo (m, f), 2 Garden Warbler, 1 Cetti's Warbler (John Palmer).
• Forty Hill, Enfield: 3(ad,2juvs) Nuthatch (Robert Callf).
• Gospel Oak, Red Kite flew NW over Estelle Road at 1635hrs (Pete Mantle)
• Brent Reservoir: Black Tern evening (RBA).