News August 2008

From Londonbirders

Sunday 31st August

  • Staines Res: Ringed Plover, 5 Black Tern (SBC).
  • Beddington SF: Greylag Goose, Wigeon, Ringed Plover, Knot, Ruff, 5 Common Snipe, Greenshank, 6 Green Sandpiper, 5 Common Sandpiper (Dip or Glory).
  • Kensal Green Cemetery: 1 Nightingale briefly this afternoon. (Dave Renham)
  • Queen Elizabeth II Res: feral m Pintail, Greenshank (SBC).
  • Crossness: juv Knot, Black-tailed Godwit, 7 Green Sandpipers, 3 Common Sandpipers, 17 Ringed Plovers, 12 Dunlin, 23 Lapwing, 1 Redshank, 2 1st winter Med Gulls, 5 Black Terns, 50+ Common Terns, Kingfisher, 4 Yellow Wags, Tree Pipit, Lesser Whitethroat, 240 Teal (John Archer, Gabriel Jamie)
  • Greenford CP: juv Wheatear + possible 2nd bird later, 2+ Chiffchaff, male Blackcap (Neil Anderson)
  • Beechwood Avenue, Greenford: Hobby hunting Starlings over my garden (Neil Anderson)
  • Rotherhithe: adult Yellow-legged Gull west of Greenland Pier on Thames foreshore mid a.m. plus 4 Common Gulls & 3 Grey Herons; 5 Common Terns flew downriver early evng; Great Spotted Woodpecker, c.10 Long-tailed Tits, 2 Chiffchaff Stave Hill Ecological Park; Tufted Duck with 5 young Lavender Pond (Richard Bonser).
  • Walthamstow Reservoirscache: 13 Black Terns, Little Gull (Lockwood) (Pete Lambert via David Callahan).
  • Wormwood Scrubs: 2 Yellow Wagtails, a couple of Chiffchaff and Blackcap before rain stopped play (David Lindo & Lyndon Parker).
  • Paddington Green: Grey Wagtail, 3 Willow Warbler (Des McKenzie).
  • King George V Res (permit access only): 2 Black Tern (ad/juv) (Birdguides).
  • Crossness: Knot viewable off Thamesview GC, Black-tailed Godwit (Birdguides), Tree Pipit overhead in morning, 2 Green Sandpipers(Gabriel Jamie).
  • Hackney Marshes: 2 Yellow Wagtails over, 2 Blackcaps, 2 Chiffchaffs, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, Rose-ringed Parakeet (Mark Pearson, Paul Cook, Tony Butler Hackney Wildlifecache)
  • Middlesex Filter Beds: 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Common Whitethroat, 4 Chiffchaffs, 1 Willow Warbler, 5 Blackcaps (MJP, TB)
  • Waterworks NR: 28 Teal, 3 Shoveler, 3 Chiffchaffs, Blackcap (MJP, PC, TB)
  • Walthamstow Marshes: 1 Wheatear, 4 Yellow Wagtails, 30+ alba Wagtails (horse field), 5 Chiffchaffs, 3 Common Whitethroats, 5 Sand Martins, 20+ Goldfinches (MJP, TB)
  • London Wetland Centre (0700-1300): Wigeon 1, Garganey 2, Mandarin 1 free flying f, Little Owl 1 (QEW copse), L.S. Woodpecker juv again near WWF hide, Swift 11 S, Swallow 6 S, Yellow wagtail 7 s, Tree Pipit 1 near WWF hide, Pied Fly 1 juv copse, Spotted Fly 6 (2 sheltered lagoon 1 res lagoon, 3 copse), Chiffchaff 28, Willow Warbler 4, Goldcrest 11, influx of Migrant Hawkers 16+ (NPS); pm: 1 ad. and 2 juv. Hobby taking advantage of the numerous dragonflies, 1 Little Egret, 1 fem. Sparrowhawk, 1 Kingfisher (Martin Honey).
  • Epsom Downs: 5 Northern Wheatear (Steve Gale).
  • Rainham RSPB: 15 Black Tern, 1 Sandwich Tern, 70+ Common Tern upriver, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, Lesser Whitethroat, several Ring-Necked Parakeet, 4 Sanderling, 2 Dunlin, 2 Ringed Plover, 2 Greenshank, 2 Black-Tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper (Paul Hawkins, David Bradnum et al).
  • East India Dock: 6 Black Tern, 2 Sandwich Tern (10.30), 2 Arctic Tern, 50+ Common Tern (all Terns upriver), 1 adult Med Gull, 1 Yellow-Legged Gull, Common Sandpiper, Willow Warbler, Reed Warbler (Gary A James).
  • Leyton Flats: Hobby, 2 Spotted Flycatchers, Chiffchaff (Gary A James).
  • Stoke Newington reservoirs: 1 Little Gull (SW, nice site tick), 1 Kingfisher. 26 sp. recorded (TeRNScache).
  • Alexandra Park: Yellow Wagtail SE 0725, Tree Pipit dropped down then flew W 1000, 13 Swallow S 0900, Shoveler brought down onto Wood Green res by rain, c10 Whiethroat, c8 Blackcap, 2 Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff Ckt Scrub (Andrew Gardener, Bob Watts, Stuart Harrington, Alan Gibson, Gerry Rawcliffe, James Prior).
  • Horsenden Hill: 1 Whinchat, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Tawny Owl, 10 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Common Whitethroat, 1 Nuthatch also several Small Red-eyed Damselflies (Andy Culshaw, David Howdon).
  • Trent Park Area: 2 Little Grebe, at Parkside Res; 1 Little Owl, at Vicarage Farm; 1 Tree Pipit, at 'Old Golf Course, Trent Park, 13:34 - 13:40 at least; 1 Ad male Common Redstart, Hawthorn near Firing Range, at Vicarage Farm, 14:29 BST; 1 fem/imm Northern Wheatear, at Parkside Farm - on stubble field; 2 Lesser Whitethroat, at 'Old Golf Course', Trent Park; 3 Common Whitethroat, at 'Old Golf Course', Trent Park; 3(m,2fem/imm) Blackcap, at 'Old Golf Course', Trent Park; 3 Chiffchaff (Robert Callf).

Saturday 30th August

  • Maida Vale: White Stork circled high east over Elgin Avenue at 12:26hrs (free-flying White Pelican from St. James's Park easily ruled out) (Des McKenzie).
  • Sewardstone Marsh: Stone-curlew circled the horse paddocks just before midday then flew off east. Also 2 juvenile Whinchats and Spotted Flycatcher, plus Common Buzzard, Little Egret and Common Curlew over during the morning (Roy Woodward).
  • Rainham Marshes: Ortolan Bunting showing well at cordite bushes 10:29hrs until approx 10:45, then lost to view, and no further sign by 4:15, Nightingale seen twice by others, Whinchat, 2 Wheatear, 2 Spotted Flycatcher (David Bradnum); also Hobby, 4 Ringed Plover, Common Sand, Kingfisher - all seen on foreshore whilst not refinding Ortolan (J Lethbridge & Shaun Harvey); 3 Yellow Wagtails over 11.30am (Richard Bonser), Marsh Harrier, Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, 5 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Spotted Flycatcher (ELBF).
  • Beddington SF: possible Serin (seen twice in flight), 2 Common Buzzard, Hobby, 2 Peregrine (m/f), Ringed Plover, Knot, Ruff, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper (Dip or Glory)
  • Crossness: Bar-tailed Godwit, 15 Black Terns east in evening (Ian Miller per JA) 17 Ringed Plover, 12 Dunlin, 5 Green Sandpipers, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Redshank, 88 Lapwing, juv male Peregrine, 160 Teal, 3 Swallows, House Martin (John Archer)
  • Walthamstow (near Walthamstow Central Station): a 'flava' Wagtail flew over low going ESE, called a few times, very loud and more rasping/buzzy than I would have expected for Yellow. I have no experience of the call of Citrine Wagtail but this was surely a candidate (Paul Whiteman).
  • Holmethorpe Sand Pits: 17 (seventeen) Common Buzzard, 3 Hobby and 1 Red Kite all drifting eastwards between 11.00-14.30, plus 15 Yellow Wagtail (Steve Gale).
  • Rotherhithe: 3 Turnstone on the River Thames at Durand's Wharf 9.25-9.40am at least plus Grey Wagtail & 7 House Martins (Richard Bonser).
  • Bedfont Lakes CP: Peregrine and Spotted Flycatcher. (Seamus O'Malley per Adam Cheeseman).
  • Richmond Park: 5 Wheatear, 1 Whitethroat (Neil Anderson) + 1 Whinchat (Franko M).
  • Queen Mother Res: 2 Black-necked Grebe mid-morning (Birdguides).
  • Tyttenhanger GP's: 2 Turnstone (Birdguides). + Golden Plover, Common Sandpiper, 4 Common Tern (Steve Blake).
  • Thamesmead: 2 Black Tern at Thames (Birdguides).
  • Brent Reservoircache: Hobby, Whinchat, 3 Green Sands, 4 Common Sands, Snipe, 62 Ring-necked Parakeets, 4 Tawny Owls & 2 Spot Flys; all in day total of 67 species (Brent Birders).
  • Alexandra Park: 3 Yellow Wagtails (W @ 0745, SW @ 0900, E @ 0900), juv Whinchat, 3 Spotted Flycatchers (1 Grove, 2 Cricket Scrub), Peregrine over Wood Green Res then over scrub and headed SW, c5 Whitethroat, 8+ Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler in LTT flock, Wheatear on cricket pitch, then in tops of tall trees on slope before heading north (Bob Watts, Andrew Gardener, Stuart Harrington, Paul, Gareth Richards).
  • Paddington Green: m Peregrine in the area from 13:20hrs to c14:00hrs (Des McKenzie).
  • London Wetland Centre: 3 Hobby, 3 Oystercatcher, 1 Common Snipe, 2 Kingfisher, 4 Yellow Wagtail south, 20 Chiffchaff, 5 Willow Warbler, 3 Spotted Flycatcher (LWC website).
  • Dagenham Chase: 2 Lsr Whitethroat (J Lethbridge).
  • M4/Harmondsworth Moor: 1 Common Buzzard, p.m. (Roger Dewey, via Stewart Dewey).
  • Walthamstow Marshes: 1 ad Whinchat, 2 Wheatears, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 5 Whitethroat, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Blackcap (Paul Cook).
  • Trent Park Area: 2 Sparrowhawk, (1 Vicarage Farm, 1 fem Park Farm); 4 Kestrel; 1 Greenshank, flew over calling, at Vicarage Farm, 09:34 BST; 2 Green Woodpecker; 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker; 8 Swallow, (3 flew S, Vicarage Farm, 5 flew E, Park Farm); 2 Yellow Wagtail, flew over calling, Vicarage Farm; 1 Whinchat, at 'Barracks', Vicarage Farm; 1 Common Redstart, at 'Barracks', Vicarage Farm; 1 Song Thrush, Allotments; 6 juv Blackbird, Allotments; 1 Grasshopper Warbler, at 'Barracks', Vicarage Farm, 08:59 - 09:00 BST; 7 Lesser Whitethroat, (5 at Vicarage Farm, 2 'Old Golf Course', Trent Park); 5 Common Whitethroat, (3 at Vicarage Farm, 1 Parkside Farm, 1 'Old Golf Course'); 1 Garden Warbler, 'Old Golf Course', Trent Park; 3 (1 male, 2 fem/imm) Blackcap; 4 Chiffchaff; 1 Bullfinch, at Park Farm (Robert Callf).
  • Regents Park: Redstart, 5 Spotted Flycatchers, 2 Lesser Whitethroats, 1 Greater Whitethroat, 1 Garden Warbler, 3 Reed Warblers, 10 Willow Warblers (1 with no yellow tones apart from its secondaries and tail), 12 Chiffchaffs, 2 Swifts, 1 Yellow Wagtail and 2 Collared Doves (Tony Duckett).
  • Horsenden Hill late afternoon: 1 cc Marsh Harrier west, 2 Whinchats, 3 Spotted Flyc (NPS). Also 1 Wheatear early AM only, 4-5 Spotted Flycatchers late PM, 1 Coal Tit, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 11 Common Whitethroat, 3 Willow Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Little Owl and 1 Brown Argus, though no luck with the Marsh Harrier (Andy Culshaw).
  • M25 between J24 & 25 near Northaw: 1 Buzzard c15.30hrs (Nigel May).
  • Stoke Newington Reservoirs: 3 RC Pochard (unknown origin). 28 sp. recorded (TeRNScache) also 3 Willow Warblers, 1 Chiffchaff, RC Pochards's on West Res (TB via MJP).
  • Clissold Park: 1 Swift, 3 House Martins (Mark Pearson).
  • Staines Res: Black-necked Grebe 2, Wigeon, Ringed Plover 3 through, Golden Plover -> W, Knot juv S basin at 1700hrs only, Med Gull juv/first-winter, Sandwich Tern three adults 1905hrs and again 1925-1930hrs, Black Tern 1 evening (Rob Innes).
  • Queen Elizabeth II Res: Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Peregrine, Northern Wheatear (SBC).
  • Walton Res: Greenshank, Whinchat (SBC).

Friday 29th August

  • Enfield: Osprey flew SSW over Gordon Hill railway station at 15:20 (Birdguides)
  • Beddingon SF: Shag flew west, Common Buzzard, Hobby, 2 Oystercatcher east, Ringed Plover, Knot, Common Snipe, Black-tailed Godwit, Greenshank, 8 Green Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 14 Yellow Wagtail (Dip or Glory).
  • Furnivall Gardens (Hammersmith): 2 juv and 1 ad Grey Wagtail (Matt Reed).
  • Dagenham Chase LNR: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker briefly (first in 4 years), 3 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Common Redstart, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper (Vince Halley-Frame).
  • Ravenscourt Park: 2 tiny, 1-2 day old, Little Grebe chicks with adult pair (Matt Reed).
  • Wormwood Scrubs: 1 female Common Redstart (1st for 2 years) which was found at the end of the dullest morning ever! (David Lindo).
  • Alexandra Park: 2 juv Whinchats still SW perimeter of football/cricket pitch, singing Willow Warbler Scrub, also 3+ Blackcap, Whitethroat, 3 Chiffchaff 0650-0710 (Bob Watts), 3 Spotted Flycatcher in the Grove (together) and 2 Whinchat still in the Scrub (J.Murray).
  • Paddington Green: m Peregrine in area from 08:00hrs to c20:00hrs (with 1.5hrs elsewhere), Stock Dove south, 45+ Goldfinch (best local count) (Des McKenzie).
  • Queen Elizabeth II Res: Peregrine, Dunlin, 3 Northern Wheatear (SBC).
  • Bowyers Water (LVCP): 2 ecl m Red-crested Pochard (Birdguides).
  • Vale of Hampstead Heath (vis migs): 10 Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Spot Fly (Pete Jones).
  • Banstead Golf Club: 1 Coal Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Swallow north over calling, c4 Ring-necked Parakeets (David Campbell).
  • East India Dockcache: Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 3 Common Tern, Yellow-legged Gull (Paul Hyland).
  • London Wetland Centre: at least 1 juv Garganey, 2 Kestrel (m/f), 3 Hobby (ad and at least 2 juvs), 2 Kingfisher (LWC website).
  • Trent Park Area: 1 Kestrel, at Vicarage Farm; 1 Green Woodpecker; 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker; 1 Skylark, at Vicarage Farm; 7 Swallow, at Vicarage Farm; 2 (1 '1st-winter' male, fem/imm) Common Redstart, (1st-winter male, at Vicarage Farm, 08:55 BST, fem/imm., at 'Old Golf Course', Trent Park, 11:09 - 11:33 BST); 4 Lesser Whitethroat, at Vicarage Farm; 10+ Common Whitethroat, (7+ at Vicarage Farm, 3 at Trent Park); 6 (4m,2fem/imm) Blackcap, at Vicarage Farm; 7+ Chiffchaff,(3+ Vicarage Farm, 3 Parkside Farm, 1 Trent Park); 3 Willow Warbler,(2 Vicarage Farm, 1 Trent Park); 6 Spotted Flycatcher,(4 at Vicarage Farm, 2 near Dew Pond, Trent Park); 3 Coal Tit; 3 Treecreeper; 1 Weasel, at Shaws Wood (Robert Callf).
  • South Norwood Lake: 20 Tufted Duck, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Cormorant, 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Nuthatch, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, m Sparrowhawk, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Coal Tit, 9 Ring-necked Parakeet, 3 Jay, 6 Swift, 3 House Sparrow (John Watson).
  • Hackney Marshes: Spotted Flycatcher (Waterworks NR), 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff (Gary A James).
  • Tyttenhanger GP's: 7 Yellow Wagtail (Willows Farm Puddle), 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Blackcap, Wheatear, shed load of Chiffchaff & Willow Warbler, 4+ Whitethroat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Swallow, 2 Hobby, Sparrowhawk, Little Egret, Ruddy Duck with 4 young, Little Grebe + 2 young (Steve B).
  • Abney Park Cemetery: 1 Willow Warbler, 4 Goldcrests, 1 Banded Demoiselle (Mark Pearson, Tony Butler Hackney Wildlifecache), 4 Willow Warblers, 7 Common Terns, Chiffchaff at SN Res this a.m. (TB via MJP).
  • Wanstead Park: 27 species recorded, including 3 Grey Wagtail and flock of 60+ Jackdaw (J Lethbridge).
  • Berrylands: Painted Lady (Nick Tanner).

Thursday 28th August

  • Queen Mother Res (permit access only): juv Shag, mobile Wryneck along north bank by Yacht Club Car Park, late morning (Birdguides).
  • Beddington SF: Ringed Plover, Knot, Common Snipe, Black-tailed Godwit, Greenshank, 13 Green Sandpiper, 3 Commmon Sandpiper, Common Tern, 3 Yellow Wagtail (Dip or Glory).
  • Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: pr Egyptian Goose with single gosling, fem Sparrowhawk, 10 Stock Dove (3 singing), at least 45 Ring-necked Parakeet, 9 House Martin, Yellow Wagtail low south 08:55hrs (Round Pond), 11 Pied Wagtail, Northern Wheatear (Parade Ground), Lesser Whitethroat (Longwater Sanctuary), 2m Blackcap (1 sub-singing), Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Goldcrest, Spotted Flycatcher (oaks near Speke Monument), 3 Coal Tit, 3 Treecreeper, c660 Starling, 5 Chaffinch, 15-20 Goldfinch, Linnet east (Des McKenzie).
  • Paddington Green: m Peregrine in area from 10:05hrs to mid-day at least, House Sparrow (unusual), 20 Goldfinch (c50% juv) (Des McKenzie).
  • Alexandra Park: Whinchat in cricket scrub with 3 or 4 Whitethroat 08:30, flew to perimeter (Stuart Harrington), 3 Whinchat & Spotted Fly around Scrub; latter flew towards the slope by white gate & Tree Pipit over early evening, Kingfisher at the Tunnel Res (J.Murray).
  • Barbican Centre EC1: Grey Wagtail (Paul Bruty).
  • Rainham Marshes: 4 Little Egret, 26 Ringed Plover, 3 Dunlin, Curlew, 2 Whimbrel, 9 Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 Northern Wheatear, 33 Greenfinch, 41 Goldfinch, 130 Linnet, 41 Goldfinch (ELBF).
  • Tyttenhanger: fem Ruddy Duck with 4 ducklings, Little Egret, Common Buzzard, 3 Common Sandpiper, Kingfisher, 6 Sand Martin, 10 Swallow, Yellow Wagtail (HertsBirding).
  • Risebrisge GC (Romford): Common Redstart (ELBF).
  • London Wetland Centre (0700-1300): 1 Hobby, 1 Oystercatcher, c.80 Herring Gulls & 40 LBB's on river, 7 Swifts SW, 4 House Martins, 1 Tree Pipit through S, 36 Chiffchaffs, 4 Willow Warblers, 6 Goldcrests, 1 Garden Warbler, 9 Blackcaps (NPS, RK et al): (evening): 3 Garganey, Little Gull west with Black Headed Gulls, Water Vole, several juv Common Lizard, Grass Snake (LWC website).
  • Bedfords Park: Gadwall, 2 Hobby, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Linnet, 6 juv Bullfinch (ELBF).
  • Trent Park Area: 1 Red Kite; 2 Sparrowhawk, (1 Vicarage Farm, 1 Park Farm); 1 Common Buzzard; 2 (ad., juv) Green Woodpecker, at Vicarage Farm; 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker; 1 '1st-winter' male Common Redstart, at Barracks, 09:27 BST, and again Sidhil's Field, 12:55 BST, Vicarage Farm; 1 Whinchat, at Barracks, Vicarage Farm; 2 Song Thrush; 1 Lesser Whitethroat, at Park Farm; 9+ Common Whitethroat, (4+ Barracks, 1 Park Farm, 4+ 'Old Golf Course'); 2 fem/imm Blackcap, (1 Vicarage Farm, 1 near Water Grdn); 3 Chiffchaff; 1 ad Goldcrest, near Water Grdn; 6 Spotted Flycatcher,(1 in Willow by Lower Lake, 3 at Park Farm, 2 together, at Vicarage Farm); 4 Bullfinch,(2, male and female, together, near Water Grdn., 2 at Park Farm); 2 juv Yellowhammer, at Barracks, Vicarage Farm (Robert Callf).
  • South Norwood Lake: 20 Tufted Duck, 2 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch, 20+ Ring-necked Parakeet, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 6 Swift, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 2 House Sparrow,1 Song Thrush,1 Coal Tit (John Watson).
  • East India Dockcache: 2 Kestrel, 40+ Common Tern upriver, Common Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Reed Warbler, 3 Common Sandpiper (Paul Hyland, Gary A James).
  • River Lee Country Park: 4 Green Sandpipers, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Little Egret at Hall Marsh, Greenshank, Green Sandpiper and Peregrine at the Goose Field (Mike Oakland).
  • Stoke Newington reservoirs: 9 GC Grebe incl. 2 juvs. 26 sp. recorded (TeRNScache). 7 Common Terns, 6 Willow Warblers, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, plus the usuals (TB via MJP Hackney Wildlifecache)
  • Horsenden Hill: 1 Yellow Wagtail south, 1 Little Owl (Andy Culshaw).

Wednesday 27th August

  • British Museum: Wryneck reported from Chinese Gardens between 15:15hrs and 15:40hrs (Southend RSPB).
  • Hospice Gardens (Clapham Common): 2 Spotted Flycatchers - 1 seen catching/eating a wasp (Neil Anderson).
  • London Wetland Centre: 70 Gadwall, 55+ Teal, juv Garganey, 65 Shoveler, 2f Sparrowhawk, Water Rail, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Sedge Warbler (LWC website).
  • Dagenham Chase LNR: 1+ Redstart, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Tern, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Jackdaw, 1 Cettis Warbler heard (Vince Halley-Frame).
  • Alexandra Park: Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Whitethroat, 3 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff Cricket Scrub but no sign of yesteday's Whinchat(s) 0645-0710 (Bob Watts) Hobby and Spotted Flycatcher (Andrew Gardener).
  • East India Dockcache: Kingfisher, Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Common Sandpiper, 4 Common Tern in reserve and 5 upriver (Paul Hyland).
  • Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: 2 Egyptian Goose with single gosling, fem Mandarin, imm Kestrel, Lapwing east 07:22hrs, Collared Dove in trees at east side of Hudson Memorial 07:00hrs, Swift south, 8 House Martin, Grey Wagtail, Lesser Whitethroat (Nannies Lawn), 3 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper (Des McKenzie).
  • Beddington SF: fem Ruddy Duck, Hobby, m Peregrine, 4 Ringed Plover, Knot, Greenshank, Wood Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper, ad Yellow-legged Gull, 139 Common Tern (74 west, 65 WNW), Yellow Wagtail (Dip or Glory).
  • Trent Park Area: 1 Little Grebe, at Parkside Res; 1 male Sparrowhawk, at Park Farm; 1 Common Buzzard, at Vault Hill Wood; 1 Kestrel, at Vicarage Farm; 1 Little Owl, at Park Farm; 13 Ring-necked Parakeet, at Enfield Rd; 2 Green Woodpecker,(1 juv Parkside Farm, 1 Trent Park); 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker; 1 Yellow Wagtail, flew S, at Vicarage Farm, 08:32 BST; 4(2 ad.,2 juvs) Pied Wagtail, Uni-lawns, Trent Park - ad feeding juv; 1 juv Song Thrush, Allotments; 1 Lesser Whitethroat, at Park Farm; 3 Common Whitethroat, at Vicarage Farm; 4+ Blackcap, Allotments; 4 Chiffchaff; 1 Willow Warbler, at Park Farm; 3 Spotted Flycatcher, at Park Farm, 09:30 - 09:55 BST; 2 Treecreeper, Rough Lot; 17 Linnet, at Vicarage Farm; 1 Yellowhammer, at Allotments (Robert Callf).
  • South Norwood Lake: 2 Cormorant, 23 Tufted Duck, 2 Great Spotted Wodpecker, 2 Nuthatch, 15 Swift, 6 House Martin, 12 Ring-necked Parakeet, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Jay, 3 Chiffchaff, f Blackcap, 12 Chaffinch, 1 Song Thrush (John Watson).
  • Osterley Parkcache: Blackcap (M), Chiffchaff, pr Willow Warbler (Tom Smith).
  • Brent Reservoircache: Spotted Flycatcher, Hobby, 2 Green Sandpipers, 2 Common Sands (Andrew Verrall).
  • Abney Park Cemetery: Tawny Owl, Willow Warbler, 2 Goldcrests (Mark Pearson, Tony Butler Hackney Wildlifecache).
  • Mayesbrook Park: Reed Warbler, 2+ Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 220 Canada Geese, 120 Greylag Geese (Paul Hawkins).
  • Ingrebourne Valley: 2 Spot Flyc still 6.15pm (Shaun Harvey).
  • Stoke Newington Reservoirs: 1 Kingfisher. 24 sp. recorded (TeRNScache).
  • Nonsuch Parkcache: 2 Hobbies, 4 Green Woodpeckers, 2 Kestrels, 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, 5+ Stock Doves, 1 Moorhen, 40+ Jackdaws, 13+ Ring-necked Parakeets, 38 Magpies (David Campbell).

Tuesday 26th August

  • Queen Elizabeth II Res: juv Shag, Peregrine (SBC). This was actually at Queen Mother Res according to the Berks website.
  • Beddington SF: 2 fem Ruddy Duck, 3 Ringed Plover, Knot, 4 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper, m Peregrine (Dip or Glory).
  • Alexandra Park: 2 pipits flushed from grass in centre of Scrub, first bird a Tree Pipit (102 for the year) flew on top of hawthorn and then into trees on slope, 2nd bird showed four times in flight but not id'ed and still present at 7.30am when I left, also, Grd Warbler, Willow W, Chiff, B.cap & 5 Whitethroat in scrub (John Murray), missed the Hobby overhead @ 0707 - appeared to be carrying an item of prey (martin?) (Bob Watts), Whinchat - Cricket Pitch perimeter @ 1030 (Andrew Gardener) & still showing well in scrub at 17.20pm for 5 minutes only (J.Murray).
  • Walpole Park (Ealing): 2 Grey Wagtails (Jim Fell).
  • Stoke Newington Reservoirs: Hobby (hawking insects, then SW at 0805hrs; photos on the site), Red-crested Pochard (eclipse drake), 5 Shovelers, 2 Swallows, 7 Sand Martins, 1 House Martin, 7 Willow Warblers, 1 Chiffchaff, 8 Common Terns (still feeding juvs), 1 Kingfisher, 1 Purple Hairstreak (Mark Pearson & Tony Butler Hackney Wildlifecache), 1 Kingfisher, 1 RC Pochard (unknown origin), 27 sp. recorded (TeRNScache).
  • Richmond Park: 1 Wheatear, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 7 Whitethroat (Hugh Bradshaw).
  • London Wetland Centre: Black Tailed Godwit 2 juv's race islandica, Common Tern 4 west, Swift 2, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 1 juv, Swallow 6 S, House Martin 26, Sand Martin 10, Tree Pipit 2 south, Whinchat 1 juv, Willow Warbler 11, Chiffchaff 12, Blackcap 9 (NPS, RK).
  • Oakleigh Park: Tree Pipit North over the Train Station this am (G. Harper).
  • Crossness: juv Black Tern, 3 Whinchats, 2 Wheatears (Ian Miller per JA).
  • South Norwood Lake: 23 Tufted Duck, 1 Grey Heron, 6 Black-headed Gull, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch, 3 Jay, 2 Chiffchaff, 1f Blackcap, 12 Swift, 15 Ring-necked Parakeet, 6 Long-tailed Tit (John Watson).
  • Trent Park Area: 1 Kestrel; 2(ad., juv) Little Owl, at Vicarage Farm; 3 Green Woodpecker, at Vicarage Farm; 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker; 1 Skylark, at Vicarage Farm; 5 Pied Wagtail, at South Lodge Farm; 2 Swallow,(1 flew W, at Park Farm, 13:06 BST, 1 at South Lodge Farm); 2 Song Thrush, at Vicarage Farm; 3 Mistle Thrush, at Park Farm; 1 ad male Common Redstart, at Vicarage Farm (same bird as 23rd); 1 Whinchat, at Parkside Farm; 1 Lesser Whitethroat, at Vicarage Farm; 2 Common Whitethroat, at 'Old Golf Course', Trent Park; 3(2m,1 fem/imm) Blackcap, at Vicarage Farm; 3 Willow Warbler,(1 Vicarage Farm, 1 South Lodge Farm, 1 'Old Golf Course', Trent Park); 3 Chiffchaff; 5 Spotted Flycatcher,(3 together, in 'copse', Park Farm, 12:40 - 12:55 BST, 2 together at South Lodge Farm, 17:55 - 18:05 BST); 1 Goldcrest, Water Grdn; 1 Coal Tit, 'Old Golf Course', Trent Park; 3 Nuthatch; 2 Treecreeper; 14 Greenfinch, together, Allotments (Robert Callf).
  • Paddington Green: c10 House Martin in area late afternoon, Grey Wagtail (Des McKenzie).
  • Dagenham Chase LNR: 2 Common Redstart contact calling with 1 seen, 40+ Goldfinch, 1 Cetti's Warbler heard, 2+ Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Little Egret, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper and 1 Bullfinch (Vince Halley-Frame).
  • Nonsuch Parkcache: 1 Treecreeper, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls over, 41 Black-headed Gulls, 2 Kestrels, 2 Sparrowhawks, c5 Stock Doves, 1 Nuthatch, c40 Ring-necked Parakeets, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Jays, 3 Green Woodpeckers, c2 Goldcrest (David Campbell).
  • Totteridge Valley: 4 Whinchat (Bob Husband & Fay Broom per RMC).

Monday 25th August

  • Hampstead Heath: juv Marsh Harrier south over Tumulus then mobbed, Hobby west a.m. (Pete Jones).
  • Fairlop Waters CP: female Marsh Harrier mobbed by 5 crows flying south @7.50a.m., 2 Whinchats, Chiffchaff, Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrels, Great spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Swallows & House Martins (Brendan Spooner).
  • Beddington SF: 4 Ringed Plover, Knot, 3 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper (Dip or Glory).
  • Crossness: juv Mediterranean Gull, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Black Tern at the Tames off Thamesview Golf Centre (Birdguides).
  • London Wetland Centre: Wigeon, 50 Teal, Garganey, 60+ Shoveler, Black-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper, Kingfisher (LWC website).
  • Alexandra Park: Tree Pipit north over Cricket Scrub 0815, 2 Sand Martin south @ 0850, large pale-headed Falcon hybrid @0922 (last seen Brent Res) circled around Wood Green Res for c 3 mins before heading in direction of Walthamstow, Swift, 3+ Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaffs, c20 House Martin (Bob Watts), Spotted Flycatcher, Kingfisher Grove (Andrew Gardener).
  • Berrylands: Painted Lady (Nick Tanner per DMc).
  • Pitshanger All'ts: Spotted Flyc 2 (NPS)
  • Brent Reservoircache: 2 Green Sands, 2 Common Sands & Hobby (Brent Birders).
  • Osterley Parkcache: f. Whinchat, and all the usual suspects (Tom Smithcache).
  • Leyton Flats: Spotted Flycatcher, Garden Warbler, Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff (Gary A James).
  • Abney Park Cemetery: Tawny Owl, 4 Blackcaps, 2 Goldcrests (Mark Pearson, Tony Butler, Laurence Pitcher Hackney Wildlifecache)
  • Clissold Park: Budgerigar (! - blue), 2 Goldcrests (Mark Pearson, Laurence Pitcher).
  • Rainham RSPB: c170+ Common Tern all upriver early morning also 3 Sandwich Tern, 2 Whimbrel, 2 Curlew, 3 Common Sandpiper, fem/imm Common Redstart briefly in cordite, also 2 Spotted Flycatcher, Garden Warbler, 8+ Willow Warbler, many chiffchaff, Whitethroat and Blackcap (Paul Hawkins)
  • Stoke Newington Reservoirs: 3 Swift, 1 RC Pochard (unknown origin), 25 sp. recorded (TeRNScache).
  • Ingrebourne Valley: 2 Spotted Flyc still 5.00pm (Shaun Harvey).
  • Battersea Power Station: 6 Linnet, 4 House Sparrows, 2 groups of Common Tern over (14 and 8), 2 Sandwich Tern over north at 7.37a.m, 4 House Martins, Common Blue and Painted Lady (Dave Morrison).
  • Trent Park Area: 1 Little Grebe, at Parkside Res; 3 Red Kite, together, at Plumridge Farm - two on shed roof; 3 Common Buzzard, at Plumridge Farm; 2(ad., juv) Little Owl, at Vicarage Farm; 1 juv male Green Woodpecker, at Parkside Farm; 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker; 8 Barn Swallow,(6 flew S, at Vicarage Farm, 08:29 BST, 2 flew W, at Park Farm, 09:52 BST); 2 Lesser Whitethroat, together, at Allotments, Vicarage Farm; 3 Common Whitethroat,(2 together, 'Old Golf Course', Trent Park, 1 Vicarage Farm); 1 Garden Warbler, Allotments, at Vicarage Farm; 3 Chiffchaff; 1 Nuthatch; 1 Treecreeper (Robert Callf).

Sunday 24th August

  • Finsbury Park: dark phase Arctic Skua @ 120 feet heading SE over junction Stapleton Hall & Stroud Green Roads @ 1840 (Bob Watts).
  • Beddington SF: 2 fem Ruddy Duck, Common Buzzard, Hobby, m Peregrine, 4 Ringed Plover, Knot, 4 Common Snipe, Greenshank, 4 Green Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 5 Common Sandpiper (Dip or Glory).
  • Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: Grasshopper Warbler flushed twice from rough grassland at east side of Buck Hill at 13:50hrs (third site record and first since April 1980), pr of Egyptian Goose with single gosling, fem Mandarin, fem Red-crested Pochard, fem Sparrowhawk, imm fem Kestrel, 5-6 House Martin, Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 3 Treecreeper (Des McKenzie, Nick Tanner).
  • Paddington Green: m Peregrine in area between 11:30hrs and 12:15hrs (Des McKenzie, Nick Tanner).
  • East India Dockcache: fem Wheatear (wasteground), ad YL Gull (foreshore), 90 Common Terns (W) in dribs and drabs, Common Sandpiper, 8 Teal, 140 Mallard (David Callahancache, Gary A. James)
  • Alexandra Parkcache: juv Arctic Tern from 9:00-9:08 on Wood Green Res when flew west, seen in heavy rain conditions but white rump, secondaries and high forehead clinched id. Only seen in flight for 2 of the 8 minutes when fed marsh tern like. This is, incredibly, the first record for the park of this long overdue species. Also, Hobby seen low over the scrub 9:20 (J.Murray), 5+ Swifts, c5 Chiffchaffs, 8 Blackcap, Whitethroat 1600-1800 (Bob Watts) Spot Fly (Conservation Pond), 1 ad feeding 1 juv Common Tern (Gareth Richards).
  • Brent Reservoircache: 2 Green Sands & 3 Common Sands (Andrew Self).
  • Mayesbrook Park: Common Sandpiper, 2+ Chiffchaff, 2+ Willow Warbler.(Paul Hawkins).
  • London Wetland Centre: 2 Garganey, 1 Wigeon, 33 Swallows SW, 30 House Martins, 2 Yellow Wags, 1 f Wheatear, 1 f/imm Redstart (entrance area), 25 Chiffchaffs, 9 Willow Warblers, 1 Lesser Whitethraot, 7 Blackcaps (NPS).
  • Ingrebourne Valley: 5 Whinchat, 2 Wheatear, 2 Common Sand (Shaun Harvey).
  • West Thurrock (5.30 to 8.30am): Med Gull, 168 Common Tern, 6 Arctic Tern, 4 Sandwich Tern, 3 Black tern, 7 Common Sand, Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Swift (Dave Morrison).
  • Dagenham Chase LNR: 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Common Sandpiper, several Teal and Shoveler (Vince Halley-Frame).
  • Fairlop Waters: 8 Common Crossbill flew SE at 3.40pm (Alan Bell per V H-F).
  • Stoke Newington reservoirs: 1 R.C. Pochard (unknown origin). 27 sp. recorded (TeRNScache).
  • Trent Park Area: 3 Red Kite, together, Plumridge Farm; 1 adult male Sparrowhawk, at Vicarage Farm; 3 Common Buzzard, together, Plumridge Farm; 2 Kestrel, at Park Farm; 1 Little Owl, at Vicarage Farm; 2 Green Woodpecker; 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker; 1 Swallow, at Vicarage Farm; 1 Song Thrush; 2 Lesser Whitethroat,(1 'Old Golf Course', 1 Vicarage Farm); 7 Common Whitethroat; 1 Garden Warbler, Allotments, at Vicarage Farm; 8 Blackcap; 7 Chiffchaff; 5 Willow Warbler; 2 Spotted Flycatcher,(1 'Old Golf Course', Trent Park, 1 Vicarage Farm); 5 Nuthatch, Trent Park; 1 Treecreeper; 16+ Goldfinch, 'Old Golf Course', Trent Park; 1 fem or juv Bullfinch, at Vicarage Farm (Robert Callf).

Saturday 23rd August

  • Northfleet: 3 Arctic Skua flew upriver at the Thames at 16:05hrs (David Darrell-Lambert per DMc).
  • Rainham RSPB: 53 species recorded. Foreshore - Avocet, 2 adult YLG, family of Shelduck. Woodland - 8+ Whitethroat, 3 Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, at least 1 Lsr Whitethroat, Spotted Flycatcher, 20+ Goldfinch, 10+ Greenfinch, 6 LT Tit, GS Woodpecker (unblocked at last). Pools - Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, Snipe, 5 Tufties, Teal & Shoveler building up, plus Marsh Harrier at 9.05am (J Lethbridge), Marsh Harrier still around noonish by Target Pool, Peregrine, 2+ Hobby, juv Cuckoo, 3+ Yellow Wagtail, Tree Pipit 2 Whinchat (Neil Anderson, Peter Lambert et al)
  • Crossness: juv Mediterranean Gull, 7 Black Tern at Thames off golf course, Common Redstart at Southern Marsh near gate (Birdguides).
  • Brent Reservoircache: Tree Pipit, Yellow Wagtail, Spot Fly, 3 Green Sands, 2 Common Sands, Hobby, 32 Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Warblers, 7 Whitethroats, 5 Lesser Whitethroats, 9 Blackcaps & 50 Ring-necked Parakeets - site record (Andrew Self & Andrew Verrall).
  • East India Dockcache/Leamouth/Bow Creek Ecology Park: single flock of 6 juv Arctic Terns east at 11:25; 1 juv Yellow-legged Gull in front of Dome; 4 Common Terns, 13 GBBGulls of all ages over whole site, 6 Teal, 2 juv Whitethroats, 3 Reed Warblers, 2 Chiffchaffs, Common Sandpiper, 3 Linnet north, fem Chaffinch, 4 Greylags, Grey Wagtail (David Callahancache).
  • Alexandra Park: Spotted Flycatcher & Willow Warbler Grove, 5+ Chiffchaffs, 5+ Blackcaps, 5+ Whitethroats Cricket Scrub, 5 Common Terns Res, 3-6 Swallows (Bob Watts, John Murray).
  • Osterley Park: Spotted Flycatcher 1, Whinchat 2, Whitethroat 8, Reed Bunting 3, Linnet 2 (Keith Fisher).
  • Barking Outfall: 52 Common Terns, 1 Sandwich Tern, 2 Arctic Tern (all up river), 2 Common Sandpipers, 104 Cormorants, 18 Teal, 3 Grey Wagtail, Sparrowhawk, 3 Sand and 8 House Martins (Dave Morrison).
  • London Wetland Centre: Common Sandpiper, light passage of Swift and Swallow, Common Blues particularly evident (LWC website).
  • Paddington Green: 4 Swift SW between 10:30hrs and mid-day, Grey Wagtail (Des McKenzie).
  • Trent Park Area: 2 Red Kite; 1 Sparrowhawk; 3 Common Buzzard, together, calling over Williams Wood; 3 Kestrel; 1 Green Woodpecker; 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker; 2 Swift, at Parkside Farm; 1 Yellow Wagtail, flew SE, calling, at Vicarage Farm, 09:36 BST; 1 ad male Common Redstart, at Vicarage Farm, 12:30 - 13:15 BST; 2 Whinchat, together, set-aside field at Vicarage Farm; 1 Sedge Warbler, set-side field at Vicarage Farm; 1 Lesser Whitethroat, at Vicarage Farm; 1 fem/imm Blackcap, at Vicarage Farm; 3 Chiffchaff; 2 Willow Warbler; 2 Nuthatch; 1 ad male Bullfinch, at Vicarage Farm (Robert Callf).
  • South Norwood Lake: 24 Tufted Duck, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Cormorant, 3 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker,3 Nuthatch, 20+ Long-tailed Tit, 3 Jay, 2 Collard Dove, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 15 Ring-necked Parakeet,(John Watson)
  • KGV Reservoir: 1 Hobby, 15 Yellow Wagtails, 12+ Common Sand, 1 Wheatear, 1 Goldeneye, 1 Little Egret, Common Tern, 1000+ Tufted Duck, Whitethroat, Swallow, Sand Martin (Paul Cook).
  • William Girling Reservoir (from Mansfield Park): 23 Black-necked Grebes, (Flood Relief Channel at southern end) 1 Whinchat, 1 Greenshank, 11 Green Sand, 2 Lapwing, 5 Little Egret (2 ads,3 juvs), House Martin, Swallow (Paul Cook).
  • Kennington: Hobby over Oval Cricket Ground at 15:35hrs (Nick Tanner per DMc).
  • Stoke Newington reservoirs: 1 RC Pochard (unknown origin), 2 Willow Warblers. 26 sp. recorded (TeRNScache).
  • Fairlop Waters CP: 2 Whinchats, Willow Warbler, Whitethroat, 2 Common Terns, 20+ Collared Doves, Sparrowhawk, Swift, Swallows, House Martins & a few Sand Martins (Brendan Spooner)
  • Wormwood Scrubs: 1 juvenile Whinchat still present for its 2nd week plus an escaped male Zebra Finch (Mathew Bournat)
  • Park Farm, Enfield: 1 ad male Common Redstart (Bob Husband & Fay Broom).

Friday 22nd August

  • Trent Park Area: Red Kite, being mobbed by ad female Sparrowhawk, Park Farm; 1 Common Buzzard, Park Farm; 3 Kestrel; 3 Green Woodpecker; 2(ad., juv) Skylark, together, set-aside field, at Vicarage Farm; 1 Tree Pipit, flew around calling, perched in Oaks and Willow, at Vicarage Farm, 09:40 - 10:15 BST; 1 Yellow Wagtail, flew SE, calling, 10:16 BST; 2 Swallow, over Bramley Rd; 2 fem/imm Common Redstart, together, at 'Old Golf Course', Trent Park, 11:46 - 12:10 BST at least; 3 Whinchat, together, at Vicarage Farm, 09:30 - 10:15 BST; 2(ad male & fem/imm) Northern Wheatear, on shed roof, Park Farm, 10:57 - 11:01 BST; 1 Reed Warbler, Allotment hedgerow, at Vicarage Farm; 1 Lesser Whitethroat, at Vicarage Farm; 12 Common Whitethroat; 4(2m & 2 fem/imm) Blackcap; 8 Chiffchaff; 3 Willow Warbler, (1 Parkside Farm, 2 Vicarage Farm); 1 Goldcrest, by Lower Lake; 2 Nuthatch, together, by Lower Lake; 1 Treecreeper; 3 Bullfinch, (1 Parkside Farm, 2 Trent Park); 1 Yellowhammer, at Hog Hill (Robert Callf).
  • Trent Park: 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 6 Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff, Common Whitethroat, 8 Goldfinch, Bullfinch, Garden Warbler (Pete Lowman).
  • Amwell: juv Marsh Harrier north past the view-point 11:45hrs (HertsBirding).
  • Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: Pied Flycatcher (presumed same as yesterdays bird) in trees by Queen Caroline's Temple (Kensington Gardens) to 15:10hrs at least but mobile, 2 Mandarin (adfem/juv), Hobby high south 13:37hrs (Longwater), Kingfisher (Longwater willows), 8-9 House Martin, fem/imm Blackcap, 3 Willow Warbler (Des McKenzie), Sparrowhawk being mobbed by 5 Carrion Crows 10am (Jim Fell).
  • Alexandra Park: Reed Warbler (only 3rd record for site this year) inside Conservation Pond feeding in bullrushes, 5 Chiffchaffs with nearby LT Tit flock, 4 Blackcap, Whitethroat in Cricket Scrub 0645-0710 (Bob Watts), 3 Willow Warbler in flock late morning & 10 Mistle Thrush over (J.Murray), 1 Pied Flycatcher & Spot Fly in the Grove still and 2 Spot Fly in the Scrub per (Andrew Gardner), 4 Spotted Flycatcher (Birdguides).
  • London Wetland Centre: Wigeon, 4 juv Gadwall, 2 juv Garganey, Hobby, 2 Common Snipe, 1s Yellow-legged Gull, Common Tern, 2 Swift west, 6 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 8 Swallow east, 2 Meadow Pipit west (first of the season), 2 Yellow Wagtail (Wader Scrape), 4 Sedge Warbler, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Blackcap, 22 Chiffchaff, 4 Willow Warbler, 25 Long-tailed Tit, 10 Jay (LWC website).
  • London Bridge: ad Mediterranean Gull flew between Tower Bridge and Cannon Street rail bridge at 08:10hrs (Birdguides).
  • Beddington SF: 2 fem Ruddy Duck, 4 Ringed Plover, Common Snipe, 2 Greenshank, Wood Sandpiper, 6 Green Sandpiper, 7 Common Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail (Dip or Glory).
  • Holmethorpe SP: Northern Wheatear (SBC).
  • Dagenham Chase LNR: 1 Common Redstart, 1 Garden Warbler, 3-4 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Common Tern (ad & 2 juv), 1 Common Sandpiper (Vince Halley-Frame).
  • Crossness: 6 Black Tern at Thames off Thamesview Golf Centre (Birdguides).
  • East India Dockcache: 54 Common Terns west by 11:40am plus 4 on site; 4 Yellow-legged Gulls (1 ad on site, 2 ads and 1 imm in front of the Dome at low tide on leaving site), Chiffchaff, 12 Teal, Reed Warbler, Common Sandpiper, 8 GBB Gulls, 90 Mallard (David Callahancache, Paul Hyland, Gary A. James).
  • Wanstead Flats 0620-0815: 3 Little Grebe, Grey Heron, 3 Cormorant over, Mute Swan, 1 Greylag with c280 Canada Goose, 6 Tufted Duck, 20 Mallard, 3 Moorhen, 4 Coot, f Sparrowhawk, 6 Herring Gull, 21 LBB, 1 Common Gull, 43 BH Gull, 20 Woodpigeon, 2 GS Woodpecker, 4-6 Green Woodpecker, 2 Wren, 2 Blackbird, 4 Robin, 3 Skylark, Chiffchaff, f Blackcap, 6 Whitethroat, Spotted Flycatcher (different bird to yesterday), 2 Blue Tit, Great Tit, c50 Starling, 4 Jackdaw, 5 Jay, 100+ Crow (J Lethbridge).
  • Stoke Newington Reservoirs (a.m.): 2 Red-crested Pochards (West Res with Common Pochards), 2 Common Whitethroats, 14 Willow Warblers, 6 Chiffchaffs, 3 Blackcaps, 12 Reed Warblers, 25 Common Terns (Tony Butler & Mark Pearson Hackney Wildlifecache); (p.m.): 1 Red-crested Pochard on East Res (viewable from New River path), Hobby south-east, 1630 (Mark Pearson).
  • Abney Park Cemetery: Hobby west, 1330 (Tony Butler & Mark Pearson)
  • Tyttenhanger GP's: 2 Wheatear, Hobby, Buzzard, 2 Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Egyptian Goose, 8 Common Tern, 2 Willow Warbler, 20+ Mistle Thrush (Steve B).
  • Cowley (Uxbridge): Hobby flew west 17.20 (Roger Dewey).

Thursday 21st August

  • Staines Res: 2 Black-necked Grebe, Osprey through SW, 5 Black Tern, Arctic Tern, 3 Dunlin (KLP).
  • Gallions Reach (Beckton): pair of Sparrowhawks circling (PF).
  • Wormwood Scrubs: adult Hobby over and the usual warblers (David Lindo & Roy Nuttall).
  • Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: vocal Pied Flycatcher showing well in birches west of Leaf Yard (Kensington Gardens) to 11:50hrs at least, 271 Greylag Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Little Grebe (inc juv on Round Pond), 14 Great Crested Grebe, 138 Black-headed Gull, 8 Stock Dove (4 singing), 12-15 Ring-necked Parakeet, c30 House Martin, 4 Pied Wagtail, 1w Whinchat (Buck Hill and surrounding trees), fem/imm Common Whitethroat (Hyde Park Meadows), 3 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 5 Willow Warbler (1 singing briefly), 6 Goldcrest, Spotted Flycatcher (trees near Hyde Park Meadows), c45 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Treecreeper, c500 Starling, singles of Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Red Admiral, Common Darter, 3 Red-eared Terrapin (Des McKenzie) - no further sign of Pied Flycatcher up until 3pm, although singing Chiffchaff present (David Callahancache).
  • East India Dockcache: Spotted Flycatcher in copse, plus a minimum of 47 Arctic Terns moving west upriver until 10:10am, before crossing high over the Isle of Dogs via the old docks, plus 6 "commics" and 25 Common Terns east; ad Yellow-legged Gull on island then Thames foreshore; Common Sandpiper, 6 Teal, 7 GBB Gulls (David Callahancache, Paul Hyland).
  • Alexandra Park: 2 Pied Flycatchers (adult and juvenile), 109th Pk sp for the year; also 3 Spotted Flycatchers, Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat and 6 Willow Warbler all in The Grove near fenced Oak Tree, 2 Sand Martin; all found by the Magic of Andrew Gardner. Pied Flys 100th Sp of year for J.Murray (APOG). 4 Chiffchaffs, 1 Blackcap Ckt Scrub, singing Willow Warbler, 2+ Blackcap in LT Tit flock Conservation Pond, c50 House Martins end of Nightingale Lane (Bob Watts), Garden Warbler Scrub (J.Murray), 2 Swifts (Bob Watts). Sedge Warbler, 7 Willlow Warbler & Chiff in L.t.tit flock along wood green res (J.murray), 2 Chiffchaffs Animal Enclosures, c15 Swift res @ 1915, still 3 Willow Warblers mid platform 1930 (Bob Watts).
  • Beddington SF: 8 Ringed Plover, 3 Dunlin, 2 Curlew SW, 2 Greenshank, Wood Sandpiper, 16 Green Sandpiper, 8 Common Sandpiper (Dip or Glory).
  • London Wetland Centre: 43 Teal, 2 juv Garganey, 68 Shoveler, 2 Hobby hunting a Sand Martin (juvenile seen recently), 2 Green Sandpiper, Kingfisher, Garden Warbler (LWC website).
  • South Norwood Lake: 20 Tufted Duck (1 new brood of 5), 1 Cormorant, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap (1 singing) 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Ring-necked Parakeet, 20 Swift, 6 House Martin, 2 Goldcrest, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Jay, m Kestrel (John Watson).
  • Trent Park Area: 1 Sparrowhawk, at Park Farm; 1 Kestrel; 3(1 ad, 2 juvs) Little Owl, at Vicarage Farm; 3 Green Woodpecker; 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker; 2 Swallow, flew SE,(1 Park Farm, 1 Trent Park); 1 Yellow Wagtail, flew SE, at Vicarage Farm, 10:16 BST; 1 ad male Northern Wheatear, at Parkside Farm; 1 Whinchat, at Parkside Farm, with Northern Wheatear; 1 Grasshopper Warbler, at Vicarage Farm, in rough vegetation, along track - superb views perched, 09:45 - 09:48 BST (First record here for six years!); 1 Lesser Whitethroat, at Vicarage Farm; 7 Common Whitethroat,(3 Vicarage Farm, 1 Park Farm, 3 Trent Park); 7+ Blackcap; 3 Chiffchaff; 1 Willow Warbler, Water Gdn; 1 Nuthatch; 4 Jay, together, at Vicarage Farm (Robert Callf).
  • Brent Reservoircache: 2 Green Sandpipers, 2 Common Sands, Spotted Flycatcher (Andrew Verrall).
  • Abney Park Cemetery: 5 Willow Warblers, 6 Blackcaps, 4 Goldcrests, c20 Long-tailed Tits, 1 Swift, Purple Hairstreak; also 4 Willow Warblers, 1 Swift and 1 Chiffchaff in Clissold Park (Mark Pearson Hackney Wildlifecache).
  • Stoke Newington Reservoirs: 3 Willow Warblers, 1 Chiffchaff, 28 Common Terns, 1 Swift (Mark Pearson Hackney Wildlifecache).
  • Rainham Stone Barges: Wheatear, Arctic Tern, 40+ Common Tern, 3 Common Sandpipers (Paul Hawkins).
  • Crossness: 6+ Black Terns, 3+ Arctic Terns, 40+ Common Tern around outfall still early evening viewed from Barking (Paul Hawkins).
  • Osterley Parkcache (5-6pm): 2 Common Sandpipers, Kingfisher, Nuthatch, Kestrel, Green Woodpecker, 2 Jays (Tom Smith).
  • Wanstead Flats: Spotted Flycatcher (J Lethbridge).
  • Horsenden Hill: 3 Spotted Flycatchers, 1 juv. Little Owl (Andy Culshaw).

Wednesday 20th August

  • Alexandra Park: Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaffs, 3 Whitethroats, 2 Blackcap, Swift Ckt Scrub, 2 Common Tern Res, c40 House Martins end of Nightingale Lane (Bob Watts).
  • East India Dockcache: Wheatear on river wall of the yard, by white stones, 08:30-9:10, still present as I left (Paul Hyland), Sedge Warbler, Wheatear (still present @ 11.30), 28 Common Terns (mostly E), 2 Arctic Terns (W), 2 juv Black Terns (W), 2 Chiffchaffs, ad Yellow-legged Gull, 7 GBB Gulls, c400 BH Gulls on roost on Olympic building site (David Callahan, Paul Hyland).
  • City Airport: 10 Common Tern at 07:00 (Richard Harrison).
  • Canary Wharf: Peregrine at 09:30 (Richard Harrison).
  • South Norwood Lake: 12 Tufted Duck, 1 Cormorant, 30+ Swift, 12 House Martin, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 7 Ring-necked Parakeet, 20+ Long-tailed Tit, 5 Jay (John Watson).
  • Stoke Newington Reservoirs: 6 Chiffchaffs, 2 Willow Warblers, c25 Swifts, 15 Sand Martins, 15 House Martins, Common Sandpiper, 2 Blackcaps, 4 Shoveler, 21 Common Terns (Mark Pearson & Tony Butler Hackney Wildlifecache). c8 Sand Martin SW. 23 sp. recorded (TeRNScache).
  • Berrylands: Hobby and c8 Swift prior to 09:00hrs (Nick Tanner).
  • Brent Reservoircache: Hobby, Green Sandpiper, Common Sand, 70+ Swifts (Andrew Verrall).
  • Paddington Green: 14 Swift south, 7 House Martin in area, Swallow-tailed Moth (Des McKenzie).
  • Trent Park Area: 1 Red Kite; 3 Common Buzzard, together; 2 Kestrel; 1 juv Little Owl at Vicarage Farm; 3 Green Woodpecker; 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker; 1 Swift, at Vicarage Farm; 1 Skylark, at Parkside Farm; 1 Song Thrush; 1 Lesser Whitethroat, at Vicarage Farm; 6 Common Whitethroat, (4 Vicarage Farm, 1 Parkside Farm, 1 Park Farm); 5 (1m & 4 fem/imm) Blackcap, at Vicarage Farm; 2 Chiffchaff; 3 Willow Warbler, at Vicarage Farm; 1 Spotted Flycatcher, at Park Farm; 2 Nuthatch; 2 Treecreeper; 2 Coal Tit; 8 Jackdaw, at Vicarage Farm (Robert Callf).
  • Tyttenhanger GPs: Ruff (juv), Little Egret, 2+ Common Sandpipers, Green Sandpiper, c1,000 Lapwing high NW, c300 on the deck, 20+ Swallow, 4 Sand Martin, 4 Willow Warbler, Little Owl, Hobby (Steve B).
  • Kensal Green Cemetery: Common Redstart (Fem) and Spotted Flycatcher South side nr Tip area, 2nd Spotted Fly nr North West entrance all present 4.30pm.1 Garden Warbler, 1 Common Whitethroat, 2 Goldcrests, 6 Coal Tits, 3 House Martins, Sparrowhawk, 8 Cormorants, 2 Greater Spotted woodpeckers, 2 Chiffchaff (David Renham)
  • Trent Park: 8 Goldfinch,25 Starling,12 Mistle Thrush, Treecreeper, Nuthatch,3 Blackcap,2 Chiffchaff,Lesser Whitethroat,Kingfisher, Cormorant plus sizeable flocks of Coal Tit, Great Tit, Blue Tit, L T Tit etc (Pete Lowman).

Tuesday 19th August

  • Beddington SF: fem Ruddy Duck, Hobby, 4 Ringed Plover, 3 Dunlin, Wood Sandpiper, Greenshank, 11 Green Sandpiper, 6 Common Sandpiper, 22 Common Tern south-west (Dip or Glory).
  • Alexandra Park: Wheatear moving through Scrub C.pk before showers and 15 Sand martin through after showers. A very wet (J.murray & B.Watts), c45 House Martins Wood Green Res, 3 Whitethroat, 3 Chiffchaffs, Willow Warbler, 5 Common Terns 0700 (Bob Watts).
  • Stoke Newington Reservoirs: 5 Swifts, 25 House Martins, 20 Sand Martins, 3 Shovelers, 19 Common Terns, 7 Reed Warblers (Mark Pearson & Tony Butler Hackney Wildlifecache), 5 Sand Martin, 1f Blackcap, 29 sp. recorded (TeRNScache).
  • Thames @ Limehouse: 11 Common Terns upriver (Paul Hyland).
  • CrossNess: 15+ Black Terns still off the Thamesview Golf Centre early afternoon (Birdguides).
  • Paddington Green: 5 Swift south, Swallow south (Des McKenzie).
  • East India Dock: 25-30 Common Terns upriver between 12.40 and 13.20 plus 2 unfledged young on raft, Stock Dove (Richard Harrison).
  • South Norwood Lake: 20 Tufted Duck, 2 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Jay, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 12 Ring-necked Parakeet, 15 Swift, 12 House Martin, 6 Black-headed Gull over, 2 House Sparrow (John Watson).
  • Trent Park Area: 1 Kestrel, at Vicarage Farm; 15+ Ring-necked Parakeet, at Vicarage Farm; 1 juv Little Owl, at Vicarage Farm; 4 Swallow, at South Lodge Farm; 7 Pied Wagtail, at South Lodge Farm; 1 Lesser Whitethroat, at Park Farm; 2 Common Whitethroat, together, at Vicarage Farm; 2 Willow Warbler, together, at Park Farm; 1 Spotted Flycatcher, at Park Farm (Robert Callf).
  • Nonsuch Parkcache: 1 unidentified large bird of prey north west briefly at 2:18pm, 1 Little Owl, c4 Sparrowhawk, c8 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Jackdaw, c20 Ring-necked Parakeets, c19 Mistle Thrushes, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Kestrel (female), 1 Nuthatch, 2 Swift (David Campbell, Josh J Shaw).
  • Abney Park Cemetery: 1 Garden Warbler, 2 Willow Warblers, 1 Chiffchaff (Mark Pearson).
  • London Wetland Centre: Garganey 3 juv's main lake, Yellow-legged Gull 1 ad river, Common Tern 16 west, Green Sand. 2, Wood Warbler 1 juv with LTT's & Chiffchaffs wildside, Chiffchaff 15, Willow Warbler 5, Garden Warbler 1 (NPS).
  • Trent Park: 3 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat (Pete Lowman).

Monday 18th August

  • Beddington SF: fem Ruddy Duck, m Peregrine, 4 Ringed Plover, 3 Dunlin, Common Snipe, Greenshank, Wood Sandpiper, 13 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper, ad Yellow-legged Gull (Dip or Glory).
  • Rainham Marshes RSPB: Oystercatcher, Whimbrel, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper and Wheatear (Birdguides), 138 Greylag Goose, 18 Canada Goose, 3 Ringed Plover, 7 Dunlin, Knot, 2 Greenshank, 4 Common Sandpiper, 5 Black Tern, Arctic Tern, 150 Common Tern, 16 Swift, Willow Warbler (ELBF).
  • South Norwood Lake: 12 Tufted Duck, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Cormorant, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Jay, 15 Swift, 6 House Martin, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 15 Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 Chiffchaff, 1f Blackcap, 2 House Sparrow (John Watson).
  • Barnes Common Pond: 2 Shelduck - possibly escaped/pinioned birds? Strange location otherwise (Matt Reed). These are indeed pinioned birds + have been there for some years (Neil Anderson)
  • Alexandra Parkcache: Willow Warbler Scrub in heavy rain @ 0655 (Bob Watts).
  • Osterley Parkcache: Little Egret, Kingfisher, Nuthatch, Green Woodpecker 2, Jay 2, Egyptian Goose 5, Pochard 6, Stock Dove 2 (Tom Smithcache).
  • Fulham (8am): c30 Common Tern heading upriver, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull also present (Michael F).
  • Paddington Green: 3 Swift south (Des McKenzie).
  • Stoke Newington Reservoirs: 2 Hobbys, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Teal, 4 Shoveler, 15 Common Terns, 7 Swifts, 2 House Martins, 2 Willow Warblers, 1 Painted Lady (Mark Pearson & Tony Butler Hackney Wildlifecache), 4 Sand Martin SW. 1 Willow Warbler. 27 sp. recorded (TeRNScache).
  • Abney Park Cemetery: 3 Willow Warblers, 16 Long-tailed Tits (MJP), 6 Willow Warblers in Clissold Park this morning (TB via MJP).
  • Trent Park Area: 2 Red Kite, together; 1 Common Buzzard; 4 Kestrel; 2 juv Little Owl, together, at Vicarage Farm; 1 Green Woodpecker; 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker; 2 Lesser Whitethroat, together, at Vicarage Farm; 8 Common Whitethroat, (5 Vicarage Farm, 3 Parkside Farm); 3 fem/imm Blackcap; 4 Nuthatch, Icehouse Wood; 2 Treecreeper (Robert Callf).
  • East India Dockcache: Kingfisher (Paul Hyland)
  • Tyttenhanger: Little Egret, 2 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Tern, 300+ Lapwing, Kingfisher, m&f Ruddy Duck (Steve B).
  • Staines Res: 2 Black-necked Grebe, Arctic Tern, 4 Black Tern (REI,KLP).
  • Walthamstow Res: 3 Common Sandpiper, juv Black Tern, 2 Grey Wagtail (ELBF).
  • Mardyke Stifford-Davy Down: 6 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, Willow Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat, Spotted Flycatcher, 30 Swallow, 7 House Martin, Bullfinch, 5 Greenfinch, 12 Robin, 13 Ring-necked Parakeet (inc 4 juv), 9 Green Woodpecker, 12 Robin, 17 Blue Tit, 13 Mallard, 14 Moorhen (ELBF).

Sunday 17th August

  • Hilfield Park Res: Shag from viewing platform at 8.25am (per RBA).
  • Rainham Marshes: 48 Teal, fem Marsh Harrier, 2 Sparrowhawk, Hobby, Peregrine, 4 Ringed Plover, Common Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Sandwich Tern, 3 Arctic Tern, 250 Common Tern west, 6 Black Tern, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Stonechat, 2 Northern Wheatear, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Willow Warbler (ELBF).
  • Queen Elizabeth II Res: Peregrine (feeding on Ring-necked Parakeet), Sanderling, Greenshank, Black Tern (SBC).
  • Crossness: 55+ Black Terns, 1+ juv Arctic Tern, juv Med Gull, 5 Yellow-legged Gulls (2 adults, 3rd summer, 2nd summer & juvenile), Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, 3+ Common Sandpipers, 2 Black-tailed Godwits, 10 Ringed Plovers, 4 Dunlin, 3 Redshank, 57 Lapwings, 5 Oystercatchers, Hobby, Sparrowhawk, 1 Wheatear, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 33 Teal, 6 Gadwall (John Archer, Richard Bonser).
  • Rotherhithe: 2nd summer Yellow-legged Gull off Greenland Pier early a'noon (Richard Bonser).
  • Beddington SF: Hobby, Common Sandpiper (Dip or Glory).
  • Walton Res: 37 Common Tern flew west in groups of 15 and 22 (SBC).
  • Belhus Woods CP: 8 Mute Swan, 59 Greylag Goose, 105 Canada Goose, Gadwall, 18 Mallard, Pochard, 37 Tufted Duck, 2 Ruddy Duck, 14 Little Grebe, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Grey Heron, 13 Moorhen, 142 Coot, 12 Lapwing, 20 Black-headed Gull, 8 Common Tern, Kingfisher, 5 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Reed Warbler, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, 7 Goldfinch, 4 Linnet (ELBF).
  • Walthamstow Reservoirscache: juv Black Tern (East Warwick), 8 Little Egrets (inc 5 juvs - the third fledged brood this year!), 20 Common Sandpipers, Common Gull, 4CY GBBGull, 2 Shoveler, 3 Teal, 3 juv Whitethroats, 6 Chiffchaffs, 10 House Martins, 10 Sand Martins, 20 Swifts, 24 Pied Wagtails (David Callahancache).
  • Osterley Park: Peregrine - two sightings between 07.00 and 07.45, Green Woodpecker 8, Chiffchaff 2, Little Owl, Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher 2 (Keith Fisher).
  • London Wetland Centre: Ruddy Shelduck 2 Circled & flew off NW, Garganey 2 juv's main lake, Hobby 2 ads 1 juv, Water Rail 2, Green Sand. 2, Common Sand. 1, Swallow 4, Willow Warbler 5, Chiffchaff 18, Lesser Whitethroat 2, Garden Warbler 1, Bullfinch 1 fem/juv in Res Lagoon scrub (NPS).
  • Stamford Hill: Hobby west, 1255hrs (Mark Pearson).
  • Ingrebourne Valley: Oystercatcher over heard twice but not seen (Shaun Harvey), 27 House Martins, 3 Sand Martins, Swift, 185 Lapwing, Whimbrel over, 11 Ring-necked Parakeets, 15 Teal, Little Egret and 8 Green Sandpipers (Dave Morrison).
  • Totteridge Valley: 1 Spot Fly, 1 Hobby, 1 Swift, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 28 Pied Wagtails on football pitch (John Colmans per AS).
  • Greenford CP: 2 Sprarrowhawk, Kestrel, 17 Ring-necked Parakeet Garden Warbler, 4 Blackcap, juv Whitethroat, 4 Chiffchaff, 27 Goldfinch, 4 Jay (Neil Anderson).
  • Paddington Green: m Peregrine in area from 09:30hrs to 19:40hrs when flew high north, 5 Swift SW (Des McKenzie, Nick Tanner).
  • Highams Park Lake: m Pochard, brood of Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, brood Great Crested Grebe (ELBF).
  • Alexandra Park: Willow Warbler in large tit flock in the Grove C.pk, 5 newly arrived Robins & 4 Song Thrush in the scrub & the usual warblers (J.Murray).
  • Hall Marsh (16:00hrs): 6 Greenshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Little Ringed Plover, several Snipe (Mike Oakland), Spotted Redshank (ELBF).
  • Fishers Green Goosefield (LVRP): 2 Green Sandpiper, Whinchat (ELBF).
  • Stoke Newington reservoirs, WeBS: 104 Pochard. 26 sp. recorded (TeRNScache). 40+ Common Terns (site record, including flock of 16 through), 5 Willow Warblers, 2 Chiffchaffs, 10 Swifts, 5 House Martins, 4 Sand Martins, Budgerigar (! - mostly white), 2 Shovelers, colour-ringed Cormorant back on the East Res (ringed as a chick at Abberton Res, Essex, this spring) (Mark Pearson & Tony Butler Hackney Wildlifecache).
  • Regents Park: Lesser Whitethroat, C Whitethroat, Reed Warbler (migrant), 18 Willow Warblers, 12 Chiffchaffs, 25 Swifts (Tony Duckett).
  • Staines Res: Black-necked Grebe juv, Knot on tern raft early morning, Dunlin 2, Whimbrel 2 -> W, Curlew 4 -> W, Greenshank 2, Common Tern usual numbers plus a migrant flock of 80 dropped in at 0940hrs, Arctic Tern juv, Black Tern 17 in the evening, Swift 100+ (Rob Innes, Ken Purdey, Bob Warden.)
  • Nonsuch Parkcache:1+ Hobby, 2 Kestrel, c7 Stock Dove, 1 Moorhen, 1 Mallard, 1 Grey Heron, 5 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jackdaw, c18 Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 Sparrowhawk
  • Trent Park Area: 2 Red Kite, together; 1 Common Buzzard; 2 Green Sandpiper, together, flushed from puddle at Park Farm, 12:39 BST, flew off E calling, later seen at Parkside Res., 13:30 BST; 3(1 ad, 2 juvs) Little Owl, at Vicarage Farm; 1 Green Woodpecker; 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker; 1 Common Whitethroat; 1 fem/imm Blackcap; 2 Willow Warbler,(1 allotments, 1 Parkside Farm); 1 Spotted Flycatcher, at Vicarage Farm; 4 Linnet, together, at Parkside Farm (Robert Callf).

Saturday 16th August

  • Rainham Marshes: Marsh Harrier, Kittiwake flew upriver this a.m., 2 Sandwich Tern, 4 Arctic Tern, Little Tern (terns all past at the Thames) (Birdguides).
  • Queen Elizabeth II Res: Peregrine, juv Sanderling (SBC).
  • London Wetland Centre: juv Garganey still with Shoveler flock on Main Lake (Birdguides).
  • Brent Reservoir: Spot Fly, 2 Green Sands, 2 Hobbys, 22 Chiffchaff & 10 Willow Warblers (Andrew Self & Andrew Verrall).
  • Mayesbrook Park: 1 Common Tern (south), Little Egret, 3 Cormorant, Sparrowhawk, 8 Swift, Sand Martin, 5+ Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, Lesser whitethroat, 2+ Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, 2 Green Woodpecker (Paul Hawkins).
  • Alexandra Park: Garden Warbler, Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaffs, 5+ Whitethroat (Scrub), Swift & Chiffchaff (Boating Lake) (John Murray, Bob Watts), Spoted Flycatcher and Willow Warbler in mixed tit flock in Conservation Area (G Richards, A Gardener). Spotted Flycatcher still C.area late pm and 2nd bird in the cricket scrub, 99th sp for the year - Thanks To Andrew & Gareth, also 2 Willow Warbler & Chiff in tit flock by Conservation pond (J.Murray).
  • Osterley Park: Green Woodpecker 4, Blackcap 3, Whitethroat 6, Sand Martin 8 SW, Common Gull 1, Sparrowhawk 1, Reed Bunting 3, Linnet 2, Little Owl 3, Nuthatch 1, Reed Warbler 1, Willow Warbler 1 (Keith Fisher).
  • Barking Outfall: fledged Sparrowhawk brood, 6 Common Sandpipers, 15 Common Terns, 2 Teal, 4 Swift, Marsh Harrier west, 9 Oystercatchers and 3 Grey Wagtail (Dave Morrison).
  • West Thurrock Marshes: 9 Common Gulls, adult Kittiwake, 2 Common Sandpipers, 2 Oystercatchers, 3 Sand Martin, 2 Curlew, Whimbrel, 54 Common Terns, 16 Swift and 8 Yellow-legged Gulls, also 11 Common Blues, 12 Meadow Browns, Gatekeeper and 4 Holly Blues (Dave Morrison).
  • Trent Park Area: 2 fem Mandarin Duck, Lower Lake; 2 Red Kite, together, over Park Farm, 11:25 BST; 2-3 Common Buzzard, over Park Farm; 3 Kestrel; 1 ad Green Woodpecker; 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker; 1 Song Thrush; 8 Common Whitethroat,(3 Vicarage Farm, 4 Park Farm, 1 Trent Park); 1 Garden Warbler, near Water Grdn; 4(2m & 2 fem/imm) Blackcap, near Water Grdn; 3 Willow Warbler,(1 Vicarage Farm, 2 Trent Park); 1 Chiffchaff; 1 Nuthatch; 2 Treecreeper; 1 Coal Tit, by Lower Lake; 2 Linnet, at Vicarage Farm; 1 Bullfinch, at Vicarage Farm (Robert Callf).
  • Paddington Green: m Peregrine in area between 18:00hrs (at least) and 19:05hrs then off west, 3 Swift, Grey Wagtail (Des McKenzie).
  • Stoke Newington reservoirs: 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Grey Wag. 31 sp. recorded (TeRNScache).
  • Staines Res: Black-necked Grebe, ad and juv N basin; Whimbrel -> S at 0640hrs, two Greenshank, first five adult argentatus Herring Gulls of the autumn, Arctic Tern juv, six Black Terns in the evening (three adults), Swift 100+ (Rob Innes, Ken Purdey).
  • Crossness: 4 Black Terns, juv Arctic Tern, 220+ Common Terns, 7 Yellow-legged Gulls (2 adults, 2 2nd summer/3rd winter, 3 juvs), 2 Green Sandpipers, 2 Common Sandpipers, 10 Ringed Plovers, 4 Dunlin (John Archer)

Friday 15th August

  • Staines Res: 2 Black-necked Grebe, 17 Black-tailed Godwit through at 08:40hrs, 2 Black Tern (SBC).
  • Dulwich Park: 2 Willow Warblers, 5 Mistle Thrush, 25 Swift (Dave Clark)
  • London Wetland Centre: 2 juv Garganey, 21 Shoveler, 4 Common Snipe, 4 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 3 Garden Warbler, 4 Blackcap, many Chiffchaff, several Willow Warbler, small numbers of Goldcrest (LWC website).
  • Bush Wood: Sparrowhawk high above the wood and flats (J Lethbridge).
  • Alexandra Park: Lesser Whitethroat in the scrub, plus the usual suspects (J.Murray & B.Watts), Spotted flycatcher briefly early am in the Grove but no sign by 9:35am (A.Gardener).
  • Stoke Newington Reservoirs: 11 Willow Warblers, 6 Chiffchaffs, 3 Blackcaps, 1 Sedge Warbler, c15 Reed Warblers, 4 House Martins, 3 Sand Martins, 2 Swifts, 4 Goldcrests, 11 Common Terns (Mark Pearson & Tony Butler Hackney Wildlifecache).
  • Abney Park Cemetery: No sign of Pied Fly's today (or much else); 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Goldcrests, 4 Swifts (Mark Pearson, Tony Butler)
  • Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: 2 Egyptian Goose, 20 Pochard, 12 Stock Dove (2 singing), c15 House Martin, 2 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, Treecreeper, 3 Small White, 5 Meadow Brown, 2 Common Blue, Straw Dot moth, Blue-tailed Damselfly (Des McKenzie).
  • Paddington Green (evening): fem Sparrowhawk, m Peregrine in area between 18:55hrs and 20:00hrs when flew low west, Swift, 6 Goldfinch (Des McKenzie).
  • Crossness: Whinchat and Wheatear in paddocks. No sign of White-winged Black Tern (RBA).
  • Tyttenhanger GP's: 2 Little Egret, Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 8+ Common Tern, 300+ Lapwing, Wheatear, Sand Martin & Swallow Present (Steve B).
  • Stoke Newington: 1 Willow Warbler, 2 juv Green Woodpeckers. 41 sp. recorded (TeRNScache).
  • Vicarage Farm, Parkside Farm and Park Farm, Enfield: 2(1 ad male, with kill - Feral Rock Dove, 1 fem/imm) Sparrowhawk, at Park Farm; 1 male Kestrel; 3(2 adults, 1 juv) Little Owl, together, at Vicarage Farm; 1 Swift, over Parkside Farm; 2 Green Woodpecker; 2 Whinchat, together, on wheat field N of 'Barracks', Vicarage Farm; 1 Common Whitethroat (Robert Callf).

Thursday 14th August

  • Crossness: White-winged Black Tern moulting adult still off Thamesview Golf Centre this morning (David Darrell-Lambert per JA).
  • Rotherhithe: adult Yellow-legged Gull near Durand's Wharf early evng plus several House Martins thru (Richard Bonser).
  • Bedfont Lakes Country Park: male Garganey on North Lake at 20:15. (Adam Cheeseman)
  • Alexandra Park: Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap in scrub, Willow Warbler singing Conservation Pond, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Common Tern res edge & res 0645-0710 (Bob Watts) Spotted Flycatcher briefly in allotments (Andrew Gardener), juv Swallow 1815 also 4 Chiffchaffs, 2 Little Grebes (Bob Watts).
  • Tower Hamlets Cemetery: 13+ House Martins 0815 (Bob Watts).
  • East India Dockcache: Sparrowhawk, 3 Common Terns, Pied Wagtail, 4 Teal (Paul Hyland).
  • Paddington Green: 1-2 Sparrowhawk, m Kestrel, m Peregrine in area from at least 18:00hrs to 19:00hrs before flying high north, 8 Swift SW, 6 House Martin, juv Grey Wagtail (Des McKenzie).
  • Queen Elizabeth II Res: Peregrine, 2 Ringed Plover (SBC).
  • Beddington SF: Shelduck, 2 Garganey, fem Ruddy Duck, 9 Ringed Plover, 7 Dunlin, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 8 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper (Dip or Glory).
  • Waterworks NR: 5 Swift, 12 Sand Martin, 1 Willow Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 1 Common Sandpiper (Paul Cook).
  • Rainham Marshes: 26 Ringed Plover, 4 Dunlin, 2 Common Snipe, Whimbrel, Greenshank, 3 Northern Wheatear, 3 Willow Warbler (ELBF).
  • London Wetland Centre: 2 juv Garganey, Dunlin, Common Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 14 Swift, Lesser Whitethroat, 14 Chiffchaff, 4 Willow Warbler, Common Darter, Emperor, Migrant Hawker, Southern Hawker, Gate Keeper, Comma, several Common Blue (LWC website), White Wagtail (Birdguides).
  • Trent Park Area: 1 Little Grebe, at Parkside Res; 2 Red Kite, together, over Park Farm, 08:30 - 08:38 BST, and again over Vault Hill Wood and Plumridge Farm, 09:45 - 09:50 BST; 3 Kestrel; 2 Little Owl, together, at Vicarage Farm; 4 Green Woodpecker; 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker; 2 Song Thrush, together, Allotments; 8+ Common Whitethroat,(4 Vicarage Farm, 2 Parkside Farm, 2 'Old Golf Course'); 9+ Blackcap,(5 Vicarage Farm, 1 Park Farm, 3 'Old Golf Course'); 2 Willow Warbler,(1 Park Farm, 1 Allotments, at Vicarage Farm); 1 Nuthatch; 2 Treecreeper; 18 Goldfinch,'Old Golf Course'; 2 Bullfinch,(1 juv., Allotments, at Vicarage Farm, 1 ad female, 'Old Golf Course') (Robert Callf).
  • Fairlop Waters CP: adult Arctic Tern on jetty with Black-headed Gulls, 4 Lapwings, 14 Swifts, Swallows, House Martins, Kestrel, Green Woodpecker, Common Sandpiper, Kingfisher, Chiffchaff; butterflies: Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Small White & Common Blue (Brendan Spooner).
  • Bush Wood: Sparrowhawk (J Lethbridge).
  • Abney Park Cemetery: 2 Pied Flycatchers still (showing well on and off), 7 Willow Warblers, 3 Chiffchaffs, 2 Goldcrests, 2 Swifts (Mark Pearson Hackney Wildlifecache).
  • Stoke Newington Reservoirs: 15 Willow Warblers, 5 Chiffchaffs, 3 Blackcaps, 4 House Martins, 4 Swifts, Purple Hairstreak (Tony Butler via MJP), 1 Kingfisher. 28 sp. recorded. (TeRNScache).
  • Thames at Fulham (8am): 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull (Michael F).
  • Regents Park: Common Buzzard, Kingfisher, 2 Garden Warblers, 12 Blackcaps, 10 Willow Warblers, 6 Chiffchaffs (Tony Duckett).
  • Sewardstone: Whinchat (J Lethbridge).
  • Osterley Park: 2 Tree Pipits (Keith Fisher)

Wednesday 13th August

  • Warlingham: 11 Common Crossbill west 08:00hrs (SBC).
  • Rainham Marshes: 2 broods of Mute Swan, 23 Teal, 8 Shoveler, 9 Tufted Duck, Sparrowhawk, Hobby, 2 Oystercatcher, 16 Ringed Plover, 3 Common Snipe, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank, Spotted Redshank, 2 Greenshank, 4 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, 10 Yellow-legged Gull, Ring-necked Parakeet, juv Cuckoo, Swift, Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, 2 Stonechat, Willow Warbler (ELBF).
  • South Norwood Lake: 2 Cormorant, 12 Tufted Duck, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 30+ Long-tailed Tit, 1 Grey Heron, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet, 12 Swift, 6 House Martin, Jersey Tiger moth (John Watson, Gavin Hawgood).
  • London Wetland Centre: 3 Garganey, Dunlin, 4 Green Sandpiper, several reports of a Wood Warbler feeding in the scrub block near WWF (also reported last night on the eastern edge of the sheltered lagoon) (LWC website).
  • Abney Park Cemetery (Stoke Newington): 2 Pied Flycatchers (0900-1130) - directions as yesterday, see website; also 6 Willow Warblers, 2 Chiffchaffs, 2 Goldcrests (Mark Pearson, Laurence Pitcher, Tony Butler Hackney Wildlifecache - more lousy photos also on the website!).
  • Stoke Newington Reservoirs: Hobby, 11 Willow Warblers, 3 Chiffchaffs, Common Whitethroat, 2 Blackcaps, c110 Common Pochards, 4 Shovelers, Kingfisher, 15 House Martins, 1 Swallow, 1 Sand Martin, 8 Swifts, 13 Common Terns, 4 Goldcrests (Mark Pearson, Tony Butler).
  • Wormwood Scrubs: 1 juvenile Whinchat, 1 Hobby with avian prey, 1 Swallow, c13 Chiffchaff with at least 2 Willow Warbler, 1 Reed Bunting and only 1 Meadow Pipit (David Lindo, Roy Nuttall & Dave Renham).
  • Alexandra Park: Little Egret south along New River towards Hornsey station where it appeared to drop @ 0630, 108th species for the park this year chasing 113 record in 2007 (John Murray), Whinchat (Ckt Pitch permieter) but no sign by mid-morning, 3 Whitethroat, 4 Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 2 Goldcrests, 3 Common Terns, 1 Swift (Bob Watts, John Murray), 4 Willow Warblers (Grove) (Andrew Gardener), Whinchat showing well in the scrub late pm (J.Murray).
  • Wanstead Flats: 26 species, including many Willow Warbler, outnumbering Chiffchaff by about 4-1, Kestrel, 2 Green Woodpeckers (J Lethbridge).
  • Bush Wood: female Sparrowhawk briefly at 8am (J Lethbridge).
  • Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: Egyptian Goose SE over Round Pond, fem Mandarin, fem Teal (Longwater), fem/imm Sparrowhawk, Garden Warbler (Flower Walk), 5 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 22 Goldfinch briefly alighted near The Dell (Des McKenzie), feral Barnacle Goose (Round Pond), Peregrine over (Round Pond), 2 Green Woodpecker (m/juv fem) (Noel Leaver).
  • Beddington SF: Shelduck, 2 Garganey, fem Ruddy Duck, Hobby, Greenshank, 8 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper, 2ad Yellow-legged Gull, Cuckoo (Dip or Glory).
  • Brent Reservoircache: Hobby hunting between 9.00 and 11.15, 4 Common Sands (Andrew Verrall).
  • Trent Park Area: 3 (1'eclipse' male, 2 females) Mandarin Duck, Lower Lake; 1 Sparrowhawk, at Park Farm; 2 Kestrel, (1 Vicarage Farm, 1 adult male, carrying prey, 'Old Golf Course'); 2 Little Owl, together, at Vicarage Farm; 1 Green Woodpecker, Ash Wood; 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker; 24 Swift, at Park Farm; 1 Lesser Whitethroat, Allotments, at Vicarage Farm; 2 Common Whitethroat, (1 Vicarage Farm, 1 Park Farm); 3(2m & fem/imm) Blackcap,(2 at Allotments, Vicarage Farm, 1 at Trent Park); 4 Chiffchaff; 2 Treecreeper (Robert Callf).
  • Tyttenhanger GP's: 2 Little Egret, 5 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Buzzard, Little Owl, c20 Swallow, 10+ Sand Martin, 4 Swift, Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, Kingfisher (Steve B).
  • Staines Res: 7 Turnstone, 3 Dunlin, Oystercatcher (KLP).
  • Stoke Newington: 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap (TeRNScache).

Tuesday 12th August

  • Thamesmead: White-winged Black Tern still on the outfall just north of Thamesview Golf Centre cTQ481814 or in area north of incinerator (Birdguides).
  • Greenland Pier, Rotherhithe: 2nd summer Yellow-legged Gull early evng (Richard Bonser).
  • South Norwood Lake: 3 Grey Heron, 10 Tufted Duck, 3 Great Spoted Woodpecker, 1 Nuthatch, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Ring-necked Parakeet, 1 Song Thrush, 20+ Swift, 6 House Martin, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 3 Dunnock, 2 Jay, 1f Sparrowhawk, 15 Goldfinch, 2 House Sparrow (John Watson).
  • Alexandra Park: 4 Common Terns still Wood Green Res (Bob Watts).
  • Paddington Green: Common Sandpiper at a puddle on large garage roof between Hall Place and Adpar Street to just after 08:00hrs, 2 Grey Wagtail (Des McKenzie).
  • Abney Park Cemetery: 2 Pied Flycatchers, 7 Willow Warblers, 2 Chiffchaffs (lousy Pied Fly pics at Hackney Wildlifecache Mark Pearson).
  • Stoke Newington Reservoirs: 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Sparrowhawk. 31 sp. recorded. (TeRNScache).
  • London Wetland Centre: Peregrine 1 m, Garganey 3 (ad m, 2 Juvs), Green Sand. 4, Dunlin 1 ad sp race schinzii, Water rail 1 ad, Whinchat 1 ad m, Garden Warbler 6, Chiffchaff 18, Willow Warbler 4 (NPS).
  • Trent Park Area: 1 Sparrowhawk, at Vicarage Farm; 1 Common Buzzard, at Park Farm; 2 Kestrel,(1 at Parkside Farm, 1 fed on earthworm, at South Lodge Farm); 2 Little Owl, together, at Vicarage Farm; 2 Green Woodpecker; 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker; 7 Common Whitethroat,(5 Vicarage Farm, 1 Park Farm, 1 Trent Park); 2(male & fem/imm) Blackcap, Allotments, at Vicarage Farm; 4 Linnet, at Parkside Farm (Robert Callf).
  • Rainham Marshes RSPB: Spotted Redshank & Black-tailed Godwit (Birdguides).
  • Osterley Park: Whinchat 1, Hobby 2, Kestrel 6+, Willow Warbler 3, Reed Bunting 3 (2 juvs) (Keith Fisher).
  • Kensal Green Cemetery: 1 Kestrel, 1 Hobby, Sparrowhawk Pair with 2 juveniles (Dave Renham)
  • Regents Park: 3 Garden Warblers, 6 Blackcaps, 4 Willow Warblers and 2 Chiffchaffs (Tony Duckett).
  • Fulham (7:20am): 240+ Starlings dispersing from roost point (assumed to be Wandsworth Bridge) (Michael F).

Monday 11th August

  • Crossness: moulting ad White-winged Black Tern still off golf centre this to 8pm at least, 2 juv Arctic Tern & juv Med Gull still off outfall in the evng (John Archer, Richard Bonser), Greenshank on foreshore off incinerator at 08:30 (Ian Miller per JA).
  • Beddington SF: Shelduck, 2 Garganey, Hobby, Greenshank, 20 Green Sandpiper, 6 Common Sandpiper (Dip or Glory).
  • Alexandra Park: Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 3 Whitethroat 0650-0710 Cricket Scrub & Conservation Pond (Bob Watts). 1+ Willow Warbler, 2+ Chiffchaff in L T Tit flock along res edge, 4+ Common Tern inc 2 juvs 1800-1815 (Bob Watts).
  • Stoke Newington Reservoirs: Lesser Whitethroat, c17 Willow Warblers, 2 Chiffchaffs, Blackcap, 8 Reed Warblers, 2 Reed Buntings, Shoveler, 4 House Martins, c15 Swifts (Mark Pearson & Tony Butler Hackney Wildlifecache).
  • North Met Pit (Cheshunt): 3 Mandarins (ecl m/ 2 fems) (HertsBirding).
  • Trent Park Area (05:30 - 09:00 BST): 1 juv Kestrel, at Vicarage Farm; 4 Red-legged Partridge, together, at Parkside Farm; 1 juv Stock Dove, perched in Willow, by Lower Lake; 4 Ring-necked Parakeet, at Vicarage Farm; Green Woodpecker, several; 2 juv Great Spotted Woodpecker, together, at Park Farm; 2 Song Thrush; 4 Lesser Whitethroat,(2 Parkside Farm, 1 Park Farm, 1 Vicarage Farm); 7 Common Whitethroat,(1 Parkside Farm, 4 'Old Golf Course', 2 Vicarage Farm); 1 Garden Warbler, at Allotments, Vicarage Farm; 5 fem/imm Blackcap,(1 Parkside Farm, 4 Trent Park); 1 singing male Chiffchaff, at Parkside Farm; 1 Willow Warbler, near Water Grdn; 3 Nuthatch; 3 Treecreeper; 2 Goldcrest,(1 'Old Golf Course', 1 Allotments); 1 female Bullfinch, 'Old Golf Course'; 1 male Yellowhammer, at Parkside Farm (Robert Callf).
  • Tyttenhanger GP's: Wheatear (f), Little Egret, 5 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 11+ Common Tern, 220+ Lapwing, Kngfisher, 11+ Swallow, 6 Sand Martin (Steve Blake).
  • Brent Reservoircache: juv Garganey North Marsh, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sands (Andrew Haynes & Andrew Verrall).
  • Tower Hamlets Cemetery: fem/juv Whitethroat Scrapyard Meadow for 2nd day (my 1st at site)(Bob Watts).
  • South Norwood Lake: 2 Cormorant, 8 Tufted Duck, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Nuthatch, 20+ Long-tailed Tit, 8 Ring-necked Parakeet, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Chiffchaff, 1f Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 10 Swift, 2 House Martin, 1 Collard Dove, 2 House Sparrow (John Watson).
  • Stoke Newington: 1 m Reed Bunting, 2 Sparrowhawk. 39 sp. recorded. (TeRNScache).

Sunday 10th August

  • Crossness: moulting adult White-winged Black Tern off golf centre late evening, juv Med Gull, 120 Common Terns, 3 Green Sandpipers, Common Sandpiper (John Archer).
  • Greenland Pier, Rotherhithe: adult & 2nd summer Yellow-legged Gulls late morning on The Thames; adult Common Gull late a'noon (Richard Bonser).
  • Glen Affric slipway, Isle of Dogs: no sign yet of the R-b Gull though gull numbers starting to build up (Richard Bonser).
  • Beddington SF: Shelduck, fem Peregrine, Little Egret, Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, 26 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper (Dip or Glory).
  • Brent Reservoir: 1 juv Garganey (N Marsh), 1 Green Sand, 7 Common Sand, 2 Swallow, 5 Sand Martin, 90+ Swifts (Roy Beddard, John Colmans, Andrew Self).
  • Wormwood Scrubs: 1 juvenile Whinchat, at least 2 Willow Warblers and a House Martin (scarce here) (David Jeffreys & David Lindo).
  • South Norwood Lake: 1 Grey Heron, 12 Tufted Duck, 1 Kestrel, 1 Sparrowhawk, 12+ Long-tailed Tit, 3 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Song Thrush, 12 Swift, 4 House Martin, 2 Herring Gull over, single Black-headed Gull (John Watson, Gavin Hawgood).
  • Waterworks NR: Lesser Whitethroat, Swift, Reed Bunting, Reed Warbler, Sand Martin, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Common Sandpiper; juveniles of Pochard, Little Grebe and Chiffchaff also noted (Paul Cook).
  • London Wetland Centre: 3 Garganey (main lake), 4 Green Sandpiper (wader scrape), 1 Common Tern, 18 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 1 Kestrel, 1 Sparrowhawk (Jonathan Dean et al).
  • Alexandra Park: Willow Warbler, 3 Whitethroats, 2 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaffs, 2 Common Tern, 2 adult Little Grebes, c15 Swift (Bob Watts, Alan Gibson, Andrew Gardener).
  • Stoke Newington reservoirs: 1 Green Sand., 1 Kingfisher. 32 sp. recorded (TeRNScache).
  • Vicarage Farm and Parkside Farm, Enfield: 2 Ring-necked Parakeet; 1 Little Owl, at Vicarage Farm; 1 Lesser Whitethroat, at Parkside Farm; 1 Common Whitethroat, at Parkside Farm; 1 Garden Warbler, at Parkside Farm; 1 male Blackcap, at Vicarage Farm; 1 Yellowhammer, at Vicarage Farm (Robert Callf).

Saturday 9th August

  • Greenford CP: 2 Sparrowhawk, juv Green Woodpecker, 2 Swift, Lesser Whitethroat, juv. Whitethroat, 3 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, 7 Linnet (Neil Anderson)
  • Brent Reservoircache: juv Garganey in North Marsh, also Redshank, 3 Green Sandpipers, 8 Common Sands, 23 Chiffchaff, 7 Willow Warblers, 6 Blackcaps & 4 Whitethroats (Brent Birders)
  • Tyttenhanger GP's: Greenshank, Ringed Plover, Green sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, Buzzard, 3 Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher. (Steve B)
  • Fairlop Waters CP: Sparrowhawk,3 Kestrels,3 Green Sandpipers,Green Woodpecker,Great Spotted Woodpecker,Whitethroat,Swallows & House martins.Butterflies Many Speckled Woods & Gatekeepers,6+ Common Blues,& a few Meadow Browns (Brendan Spooner)
  • Stoke Newington, Clissold Park: 1 Common Sandpiper (TeRNScache).
  • Tyttenhanger GPs: PM, Juv Med Gull, Wheatear. 2 Green Sands, 2 Common Sands (Steve B)
  • WWT London Wetland Centre; Wood Warbler early (per Terry Wright), Chiff Chaff, Sedge Warbler, Green Sandpiper(7), C Snipe(3), Dunlin(1), S Martin (abundant), H Martin 2-4, Swift, Duck build up continues, Garganey not showing, Sp Hawk, Hobbby and Peregrine/Saker cross also reported (Angus Innes).

Friday 8th August

  • Brent Reservoircache: 1 Ringed Plover, 2 Green Sandpipers & 2 Common Sands (Andrew Self)
  • Rainham Marshes RSPB: 2 Garganey (Birdguides)
  • London Wetland Centre: 1 f Peregrine, 1 Wigeon, 4 Garganey, 4 Green Sands, 19 Stock Doves, 1 Kingfisher, 8 Chiffchaffs, 1 Willow Warbler (NPS)
  • Alexandra Park: Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaffs Ckt Scrub 0650-0705 (Bob Watts).
  • Abney Park Cemetery: 1 Willow Warbler; juv Sparrowhawks now on the wing (and v noisy), 2 Tawny Owls calling wednesday late eve (Mark Pearson & Tony Butler Hackney Wildlifecache)
  • Berrylands: Hobby chasing House Martins this morning (Nick Tanner).
  • Lynton Road (Bermondsey): 17 House Martin flew S mid-morning and a Grey Wagtail over N (Bill Haines).
  • Osterley Park: female Whinchat, Little Owl 2, Whitethroat 3, Kestrel 3, Little Grebe 4 (Keith Fisher)
  • Stoke Newington reservoirs: 1 Willow Warbler, 1 m. Reed Bunting among 29 sp. recorded (TeRNScache).
  • Trent Park: Hobby, Bullfinch, 22 Goldfinch, 2 Chiffchaff, Blackcap(f), Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood, Large White. ( Pete Lowman)
  • Trent Park Area: 2(ad male, juv) Kestrel; 1 Little Owl, at Vicarage Farm; 2 juv Green Woodpecker; 1 male Great Spotted Woodpecker; 1 Skylark, at Parkside Farm; 1 Lesser Whitethroat; 1 Common Whitethroat; 2(m,f/imm) Blackcap; 7+ Chiffchaff; 25+ Goldfinch, Uni-lawns; 1 Bullfinch (Robert Callf).
  • Lakeside, Oakwood N14: 1 Kingfisher, perched (Robert Callf).
  • Chaseside, Southgate N14: 13 Swift, evening (Robert Callf).

Thursday 7th August

  • Wormwood Scrubs: 4 Greenshank headed WSW (2nd record), c5 Swift, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, c10 Common Whitethroat, c2 Blackcap and 2 calling Chiffchaff heard (David Lindo)
  • Alexandra Park: Lesser Whitethroat, c15 Blackcap, 6 Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler Cricket Scrub 0645-0705 (Bob Watts).
  • Brent Reservoircache: 1 juv Garganey, 2 Green Sandpipers, 3 Common Sands (Andrew Verrall).
  • Paddington Green: Peregrine in area around 11:15hrs, Grey Wagtail (Des McKenzie).
  • Tyttenhanger GPs: 4 Common Sandpipers, Green Sandpiper, 2 Little Egrets, 9+ Common Tern, Pair Little Grebe with 4 young. Hobby. (Steve B)
  • East India Dock NR: 1 Little Egret (flew downriver),3 Teal,1 ad Yellow-legged Gull,1 Swift(rare in August here),2 Gt Spotted Woodpeckers,1 Willow Warbler,1 Whitethroat,2 Common Sandpipers (Bow Creek) (Gary A James), Chiffchaff, 4 Long-tailed Tit, Peregrine (dome) (Paul Hyland)
  • Trent Park Area: 3 Kestrel; 2 Little Owl, together, at Vicarage Farm; 2 Green Woodpecker; 1 juv Great Spotted Woodpecker; 1 Skylark, at Vicarage Farm; 1 Lesser Whitethroat, in 'The Clump'; 1 Common Whitethroat, at Park Farm; 3 Chiffchaff; 1 Treecreeper; 24+ Goldfinch, at Park Farm; 1 male Yellowhammer, at Parkside Farm (Robert Callf).
  • Kensal Green Cemetery: 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Common Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Garden Warblers, Mistle Thrush, 4 Song Thrush, Pair of Hobbies (Dave Renham)
  • Stoke Newington reservoirs: 1 C. Sandpiper among 32 sp. recorded (TeRNScache).
  • Staines Res (evening): 2 Knot circled then flew W at 2051hrs; Ruff flew S at 1953hrs; also juv Black-necked Grebe, 3 Ringed Plover, 2 Redshank, etc. 30+ Yellow-legged Gulls on the E pier at King George VI by dusk (Rob Innes, Ken Purdey).
  • Horsenden Hill: 1 Yellow Wagtail east over Paradise Fields, 1 Lesser Whitethroat (Andy Culshaw)

Wednesday 6th August

  • Rotherhithe: adult Yellow-legged Gull off Greenland Pier in the evening (Richard Bonser).
  • Rainham Marshes: Northern Wheatear, Whimbrel, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, Black-tailed Godwit, 8 Swift, 2 Swallow, 2 Sand Martin, Ring-necked Parakeet, 11 Little Egret, 14 Yellow-legged Gulls (ELBF).
  • Ingrebourne Valley: Hobby, Sparrowhawk, 4 Kestrel, 140 Lapwing, 4 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2 Bullfinch, 5 Willow Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, 6 Common Whitethroat, 2 Great spotted Woodpecker, 4 Green Woodpecker (ELBF).
  • Alexandra Park: Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat, 10 Blackcap, Chiffchaff Cricket Scrub, Willow Warbler (h) res edge (Bob Watts).
  • Cowley (Uxbridge): 1 Hobby flying E from Rec. Ground (Roger Dewey)
  • East India Dockcache: 4 Common Tern (2 adult, 2 chicks), Oystercatcher, 3 Willow Warbler, 5 Reed Warbler, 4 long-tailed Tit, Sand Martin, Peregrine (dome) (Paul Hyland).
  • Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: fem Mandarin, 24 Pochard, imm fem Sparrowhawk, 168 Black-headed Gull (29 juvs), 5 juv Herring Gull (including one semi-dependent bird being fed on Serpentine Island, have attempted to breed here in recent years without success), 10 Stock Dove, 12-15 House Martin, Reed Warbler (Long Water Sanctuary East), Goldfinch, Essex Skipper, 10-15 Small Skipper, Small White, c30 Meadow Brown, 2 Gatekeeper (Des McKenzie).
  • Paddington Basin (West End Quay): fem Pochard with 3 large young (Des McKenzie).
  • Tyttenhanger GP's: 2 Little Egret, 5 Common Sandpipers, 4 Green Sandpipers 3 Ruddy Duck (m), Spotted Flycatcher, 6+ Sand Martin, c30 Swift (southward), 26 Mistle Thrush (westward), Reed Warbler, 4 Sparrowhawk (family of 3) (Steve B).
  • Trent Park Area: 1 Red Kite, over Vicarage Farm and Williams Wood, 10:37-10:42 BST; 2 Common Buzzard, over Park Farm, 11:48 BST; 2 Kestrel; 2 Little Owl, together, at Vicarage Farm; 6+ Ring-necked Parakeet, at Vicarage Farm; 1 Green Woodpecker; 3 Common Whitethroat; 27 Goldfinch,(10 at Park Farm, 17 at 'Old Golf Course'); 2 Common Crossbill, flew SW, over Lower Lake, 12:36 BST; 1 Bullfinch, at Vicarage Farm; 1 Yellowhammer, carrying food, at Vicarage Farm (Robert Callf & Robin White).
  • Stoke Newington Reservoirs: 7 Willow Warblers, 4 Chiffchaffs, c18 Reed Warblers, 2 Blackcaps, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Common Gull, 1 Sedge Warbler, 10 Common Terns, 8 House Martins, 2 Sand Martins, c25 Swifts (Mark Pearson, Tony Butler, Paul Cook Hackney Wildlifecache)
  • Stoke Newington: 1 Kingfisher among 41 sp. recorded (TeRNScache).
  • Fairlop Waters CP: Buzzard soaring over high up, Swallows, House Martins with a few Swifts & Sand Martins, Linnets, Goldfinches, Meadow Pipit, Pied Wagtail & Green Woodpecker (Brendan Spooner).
  • Kensal Green Cemetery: 2 Garden Warblers, 6 Willow Warblers, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Whitethroat, 6 Coal Tit, 40 long Tailed tit, 2 Goldcrest, Mistle thrush, Sparrowhawk, 6 Stock Doves, c10 Skipper Sp. 50+ Meadow Browns, 10 Gatekeeper and 2 Roesels Bush-crickets (Dave Renham).
  • Staines Res: 3 Black-necked Grebe, Green Sand, 2 Whinchat (KLP).

Tuesday 5th August

  • Beddington SF: 2 Black-tailed Godwit (SBC).
  • Walton Res: Ringed Plover (SBC).
  • Wormwood Scrubs: 1 possible Whinchat seen briefly in the pouring rain, 1 Garden Warbler, at least 1 calling Willow Warbler, 3 Sand Martin & c10 Whitethroat (David Lindo).
  • Alexandra Park: at least 1, probably 2, Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Whitethroat, 5 Blackcap, Chiffchaff in Cricket Scrub 0645-0830 & Willow Warbler by F. beds (Bob Watts & John Murray).
  • Tyttenhanger GPs: 2 little Egret, 5 Common Sandpipers, 2 Green Sandpipers. c30 Swallows, 10+ Sand Martin, Stoat wrestling with rabbit (Steve Blake).
  • London Wetland Centre: Peregrine 1f, Saker/Pergrine hybrid 1f, Hobby 2 ads, Sparrowhawk 4, Garganey 4 (1 eclipse drake & 2 juvs wader scrape, 1 juv Headley island), Oystercatcher 1, Snipe 7, Turnstone 2 circled & off west at 07.30, Green Sand. 4, Common Sand 1, Y.L. Gull 1 ad, Sand Martin 60, House Martin 7, Garden Warbler 4 (NPS).
  • South Norwood Lake: 10 Tufted Duck, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Chiffchaff, 5 Mistle Thrush, 7 Ring-necked Paraket, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Coal tit (John Watson).
  • Clissold Park: 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Common Tern (Mark Pearson Hackney Wildlifecache).
  • Walthamstow Marshes: the Little Owls have successfully reared two young this year (several obs via Mark Pearson).
  • Mayesbrook Park: 3+ Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, Shoveler (Paul Hawkins).
  • Stoke Newington: 2 Sparrowhawk. 39 sp. recorded (TeRNScache).

Monday 4th August

  • London Wetland Centre: 2 Garganey (Birdguides)
  • Brent Reservoircache: Green Sandpiper, 5 Common Sands, 1 LRP (Andrew Verrall).
  • Stoke Newington Reservoirs: c3 Willow Warblers, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, c8 Common Terns, 3 Sand Martins, c6 Reed Warblers (Laurence Pitcher, Mark Pearson, Tony Butler Hackney Wildlifecache)
  • Wandsworth. Kingfisher on the Wandle. 6 Common Sandpiper on Thames (Michael F)
  • South Norwood Lake: 12 Tufted Duck, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 House Martin, 1fBlackcap, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Ring-necked Parakeet, (John Watson)
  • Trent Park: 2 Common Buzzard,Lesser Whitethroat,2 Blackcap, Willow Warbler,Chiffchaff,15 Goldfinch,Kestrel (Pete Lowman).
  • Trent Park Area: 2 Sparrowhawk; 3 Kestrel; 1 Common Sandpiper, at Parkside Res; 2 Little Owl, together, at Vicarage Farm; 3 Green Woodpecker; 1 Great Spotted Wooddpecker; 2 Barn Swallow, at Vicarage Farm; 2 Common Whitethroat; 1 male Blackcap; 4 Chiffchaff, by Lower Lake; 1 Willow Warbler, at Allotments, with Long-tailed Tit flock; 4 Linnet, together, at Vicarage Farm; 1 Bullfinch; 1 Grass Snake (Robert Callf & Robin White).
  • Stoke Newington: 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Little Grebe. 43 sp. recorded. (TeRNScache).

Sunday 3rd August

  • Middlesex Filter Beds/Hackney Marshes: 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 7 Chiffchaffs, 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Common Sandpipers (on the river bank), family of Grey Wagtails (Mark Pearson & Pete Bennett Hackney Wildlifecache).
  • Rotherhithe: 2 adult Yellow-legged Gulls off Greenland Quay in the evng. Common Tern off there mid morning (Richard Bonser).
  • Beddington SF: 4 Wood Sandpipers (Birdguides).
  • Tyttenhanger GP's: Turnstone on island at Main Pit this a.m. (Birdguides).
  • Alexandra Park: Garden Warbler Ckt Scrub, 3 Willow Warblers (1 Ckt Scrub, 2 in L T Tit along res edge), Lesser Whitethroat (in L T T flock), 7 Swift headed NE, Goldcrest (in LTT flock) (Bob Watts, John Murray).
  • Brent Reservoircache: Redshank & 4 Common Sands (Andrew Self).
  • Crossness: 3 Black-tailed Godwits, Green Sandpiper, 7 Common Sandpipers, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls (ad + 3rd winter) (John Archer).
  • London Wetland Centre: 2 Hobby, 1 Peregrine, 1 Garganey main lake, 1 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpipers, 1 Redshank, 3 Swallows, 1 Willow Warbler, 16 Chiffchaffs, 2 Linnets (NPS).
  • South Norwood Lake: 8 Tufted Duck, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Nuthatch, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Ring-necked Parakeet, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 House Martin, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Herring Gull over, 1 Goldcrest (John Watson).
  • Fairlop Waters CP: Hobby took a Swift out the sky, Kestrel, 12+ Swallows, House Martins, 7 Swifts, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 16+ Collard Doves, 18 Lapwings, Green Sandpiper, Whitethroat; butterflies: Meadow Brown, Gatekeepers, Small White, Common Blue & Speckled Wood (Brendan Spooner).
  • Barking Outfall: 14 Common Terns, 1 Arctic Tern, 12 Common Sandpipers, 10 Great Crested Grebes on river, 2 Oystercatchers, adult GBB Gull, 2 Grey and 21 Pied Wagtails, 1st returning Teal (3) and a Little Ringed Plover over (Dave Morrison).
  • Staines Res: 1 Sanderling, 1 Turnstone, 5+ Common Sandpiper , 3 Black-necked Grebe (2 adults, 1 juv) (Andrew Moon).
  • Trent Park Area: 1 Red Kite, at Vault Hill Wood and South Barvin Farm, 17:15 BST; 1 male Sparrowhawk; 2(ad male, juv) Kestrel; 1 Common Sandpiper, at Parkside Res; 2 Little Owl, together, at Vicarage Farm; 2(ad, juv) Green Woodpecker, at Vicarage Farm; 2(ad, juv) Dunnock, together, at Park Farm; 2 Common Whitethroat; 1 Weasel, at Hog Hill, Vicarage Farm (Robert Callf).
  • Stoke Newington Reservoirs: 2 Grey Wagtails. 29 sp. recorded. (TeRNScache).

Saturday 2nd August

  • Richmond Park: Red-backed Shrike near Cambrian Gate in Hawthorn Valley (M Lewis per FJM) Still present late pm favouring tops of bushes in centre of valley, also 3 Little Owls, 1 Willow Warbler & Garden Warbler at Holy Lodge; also 2 Eygtian Geese & 1 Mandarin nearby (J.Murray).
  • Staines Res: 13 Little Tern on tern raft before flying off mid-morning (SBC).
  • Staines Moor: 2 juv Whinchat at Northern end near motorway early am (J.Murray).
  • Rotherhithe: adult Yellow-legged Gull off Greenland Pier mid morning, 2 Common Sandpipers flew downriver plus 4 Common Gulls (Richard Bonser).
  • Glen Affric Slipway (Isle of Dogs): the Ring-billed Gull has yet to return... just a single 1st-summer/2nd winter Common Gull (Richard Bonser).
  • Beddington SF: Wood Sandpiper, Greenshank, 22 Green Sandpiper, 7 Common Sandpiper, juv Cuckoo (Dip or Glory).
  • Holyfield: Wood Sandpiper (Adam Wilson per FJM)
  • Crossness: Turnstone, 8 Common Sandpipers, 60 Common Terns (Ian Miller & John Archer).
  • Rainham Marshes: Hobby, 7 Greenshank, 18 Yellow-legged Gull (Birdguides).
  • West Molesey: Hobby east along the Thames, 5 Cormorant, and 1 Common Tern (Adam Cheeseman).
  • Bedfont Lakes CP: this summer 16 pairs of Common Tern hatched out 39 chicks, of which 36 were ringed. 6 pairs of Black-headed Gulls fledged 21 chicks, of which 19 were ringed. This is the most pairs of both species ever to have nested on site (Adam Cheeseman).
  • Paddington Green: flock of 28 Cormorant SW 07:10hrs, pr of Lesser Black-backed Gull with juv, local Herring Gull colony with 9 juvs (26 adults present), 18+ House Martin, 2ad Grey Wagtail, Chiffchaff (Des McKenzie).
  • London Wetland Centre: Garganey on main lake (WWF Hide then from Headley Hide); 3 Green Sandpiper; 1 Common Sandpiper; 2 Chiffchaff (Jonathan Dean), Oystercatcher flew off high west 08:10hrs, Kingfisher (LWC website).
  • Queen Elizabeth II Res: Whimbrel SW 06:25hrs, 2 Peregrine (m/f) (SBC).
  • Brent Reservoircache: Green Sand, 5 Common Sands & Hobby (Brent Birders).
  • South Norwood Lake: 12 Tufted Duck, 1 Grey Heron, pair Sparrowhawk, f Kestrel, 1 Swift, 2 House Martin, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Mistle Thrush, 6 Ring-necked Parakeet, 1 Chiffchaff (John Watson, Gavin Hawgood).
  • Tyttenhanger GPs: Little Egret, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, Little Grebe (Steve B).
  • Trent Park Area: 2 Little Grebe, at Parkside Res; 1 'sub-adult' male Sparrowhawk, perched, at allotments, Vicarage Farm; 3(ad, 2 juvs) Kestrel; 1 Common Sandpiper, at Parkside Res; 4 Ring-necked Parakeet, in crab-apple tree, at Vicarage Farm; 4 House Martin, together, at Vicarage Farm; 3 Song Thrush; 2(m&f) Grey Wagtail, carrying food; 7 Common Whitethroat; 4 Chiffchaff; 3 Linnet, at Vicarage Farm; 2(m&f) Bullfinch, by Lower Lake (Robert Callf).
  • Alexandra Park: Kingfisher flew south along New River from Tunnel Res @ 1337, 5+ Whitethroat, 5 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Swift (Bob Watts).
  • Stoke Newington Res., east basin: 1 Green Sandpiper (TeRNScache).
  • Trent Park: 4 Mandarin (f),18 Goldfinch,2 Lesser Whitethroat, Blackcap(f),Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, 30 Common Swift,Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Common Whitethroat. (Pete Lowman)
  • Ingrebourne Valley: Black Tailed Godwit and 6 Green Sandpipers.(Dave morrison)

Friday 1st August

  • Rotherhithe: 3 Yellow-legged Gulls (adult, near-adult & 2nd-summer) off Greenland Pier this evening (Richard Bonser).
  • Staines Res: Black-necked Grebe on North Basin mid-morning, 20 Common Sandpiper (Birdguides).
  • London Wetland Centre: 26 Teal, Garganey, 22 Shoveler, Little Egret, 2 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Garden Warbler (LWC website).
  • Rainham Marshes RSPB: 10 Greenshanks, 3 Whimbrel, 12 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper and 4 Black-tailed Godwits (Birdguides)
  • Fulham: 2 Yellow-legged Gull 08:00hrs, Sparrowhawk mobbed by 2 Swifts (Michael F)
  • Grovelands Park, Southgate: 1 ad Great Crested Grebe + 2 young; 1 female Tufted Duck + 4 ducklings; 4 Ring-necked Parakeet; 2( adult female, juvenile ) Green Woodpecker (Robert Callf).
  • Wimbledon Common: Whinchat (David Wills).
  • Stoke Newington Reservoirs: eclipse male Shoveler, 14 Common Terns (inc. 5 juvs), 69 Common Pochards, c80 Tufted Ducks, 2 Sand Martins, 3 House Martins, 50+ Swifts (mostly v high and south), 4 Reed Warblers (Mark Pearson & Tony Butler Hackney Wildlifecache).
  • Abney Park Cemetery: 4 Blackcaps, Purple Hairstreak (Mark Pearson & Tony Butler)
  • Fairlop Waters CP: Hobby, Swift, Swallows, House Martins, Lesser Whitethroat, 12+Collard Doves, 20+ Goldfinches, Green Woodpecker; butterflies: 2 Painted Ladies, 8+ Gatekeepers, 3 Speckled Woods, Peacock, Small White & Essex Skipper (Brendan Spooner).
  • Stoke Newington: Little Grebe with chick (TeRNScache).
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