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===Sunday 4th January===
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*Osterley Park: '''Long-Eared Owl''' 2, of which 1 gave very clear views. Also f Sparrowhawk, Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, 4 Redwing. (Keith Fisher & Tom Smith). Additionally - male '''Lesser Spotted Woodpecker''' seen drumming, at The Masons Cottage c10.20.Meadow Pipit 7.Siskin c12. Little Grebe 6. Teal 1. Shoveler 40. Gadwall 6. GBBGull 1. (Keith Fisher)
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*East India Dock Basin / Bow Creek Eco Park: Little Grebe, 7 Shelduck, c230 Teal, male Shoveler, male Pochard (Bow Creek), Common Snipe (flushed from main stream BCEP), 3 Redshank, Song Thrush, Goldcrest (Nick Tanner).
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*London Wetland Centre am: Bittern 1 reedbed, Whooper Swan 2 first-winters SE @ 11.48, Golden Plover 1 main lake before departing, Jack Snipe 2, Snipe 16, Caspian Gull 1 first-winter on river, Y.L. Gull 1 first-winter, Water Pipit 2, Chiffchaff 1 abietinus type, Sikin 17 (NPS, RK et al)
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*Alexandra Park: 5 Lesser Redpoll west over filter beds @ 1035 (John Murray); 6 Siskin mobbing female Kestrel west of Pitch n Putt 1115, 6+ Redwing slope opposite Deer Enclosures (Bob Watts).
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===Saturday 3rd January===
 
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*Mudchute Farm, Isle of Dogs: Woodcock, Chiffchaff, four Redwings (Sean Huggins).
 
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*Rainham Marshes: no sign of Penduline Tits, '''Serin''' reported by the visitor centre a.m. and pair of Bearded Tits (Birdguides); Brent Goose on Thames foreshore, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Stonechat and 1 Ruff on the reserve today (J.Murray).
 
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*[[East India Dock]]: Water Rail (in front of Eastern reed bed), Goldcrest, 1 Little Grebe, 4 Shelduck (2 flew off subsequently), m Shoveler, Grey Wagtail (Paul Hyland); Late afternoon: c240 Teal, 25 Redshank, Common Sandpiper (waders in Bow Creek high tide roost), 4 Pied Wagtail, singing Song Thrush (Nick Tanner).
 
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*South Norwood Lake: 2 Mute Swan, 30+ Tufted Duck, 9m 4f Shoveler, 1m Pochard, 50+ Black-headed Gull, 15 Common Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 14 Cormorant, 2 Pied Wagtail, 12 Ring-necked Parakeet, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Coal Tit, 20+ Long-tailed Tit, 1 Song Thrush, 3 House Sparrow (John Watson).
 
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*London Wetland Centre: 2 Common Snipe, Water Pipit (LWC website), 26 Common Snipe, 1 Jack Snipe, 1 Stonechat & 1 Water Rail pm (Martin Sullivan).
 
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*Fulham Reach (Thames Path): Kingfisher, 100s Black-headed Gull, 81 Teal, 59+ Mallard, 21 Gadwall, 14 Tufted Duck, Pied Wagtail, Great Crested Grebe, Grey Heron, 2 Great Black-Backed Gull, 3 Common Gull, 2 Moorhen (Nathalie Mahieu).
 
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*Mayesbrook Park: 2 Little Egret, Water Rail, 5 Meadow Pipit, Green woodpecker, Great Spot (Paul Hawkins).
 
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*Dagenham Chase: 4 Water Rail, 5 Snipe, 2 Fiedfare, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Great Crested Grebe (Paul Hawkins).
 
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*Ingrebourne Valley: Firecrest, Chiffchaff, 4 Bullfinch (Shaun Harvey).
 
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*Trent Park Area: 2 (m&f) Teal, Lower Lake; 1 Ad male Sparrowhawk, carrying prey, perched, Icehouse Wood; 88+ Golden Plover, (11 Ferny Hill Farm, 77+ Park Farm); 79 Lapwing,(35 Ferny Hill Farm, 44 Park Farm); 1 male Great Spotted Woodpecker; 1 female Stonechat, at Vicarage Farm; 1 Song Thrush; 6 Redwing, (4 Park Farm, 2 Parkside Farm); 2 Mistle Thrush; 10 Goldcrest; 4 Nuthatch, (2 together, near Equestrian Centre, 1 Shaws Wood, 1 Moat Wood); 4 Treecreeper, Rough Lot; 1 Coal Tit; 1 Lesser Redpoll; 2 Bullfinch, (female, Park Farm, male, Vicarage Farm); 8 Yellowhammer, together, at Vicarage Farm (Robert Callf).
 
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*Tytenhanger GP's: Shelduck, 4 Water Rail, Jack Snipe, 5 Snipe, 600+ Lapwing, 310 BH Gull, 35 Common Gull, Red Kite, Buzzard, Little Owl (Steve B).
 
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*Osterley Park: Common Buzzard, 2 Stonechat, ~10 Meadow Pipit, 2 Kestrel, Great Spotted & Green Woodpeckers (Tom Smith); '''Long-eared Owl''', 2 flushed from roost (unidentified owl from 26/12/08 now confirmed as Long-eared) (Keith Fisher).
 
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*Bedfont CP: 10.00 Bittern 1 (Keith Fisher).
 
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*Holmethorpe Sand Pits: 1 Little Egret, 1 first-winter drake Scaup, 1 Peregrine, 1 Barn Owl (Steve Gale).
 
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*West Thurrock: 45 Avocet (site record), Jack Snipe, 7 Common Snipe, 3000 Dunlin, 400 Redshank, Grey Plover, Curlew, 11 Black-tailed Godwit, Grey Wagtail, 2 Rock Pipits, 2 Stonechat and Yellow Legged Gull (Dave Morrison).
 
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*Dagenham Riverside: 246 Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, Chiffchaff and 85 Stock Doves (Dave Morrison).
 
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*Queen Mary Reservoir: 1 Peregrine, 33 Shoveler, 250+ Cormorant (Steve Chastell).
 
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*Stoke Newington Reservoirs: 1 Snipe, 1 ad. GBB Gull, 68 Gadwall. 29 sp. recorded.([http://www.geocities.com/ternsorg/ TeRNS]).
 
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===Friday 2nd January===
 
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*Cheshunt/Fishers Green: 2 Little Egret over, pr Egyptian Geese, ad m, 2 redhead Smew (Friday Lake), 2 male,3 redhead Goosander (Holyfield), 5 Goldeneye, Buzzard (Bowyers Water), 3 Water Rail (Bittern Hide), c20 Fieldfare, c10 Redwing, Chiffchaff, c40 Siskin (Neil Anderson)
 
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*London Wetland Centre: '''Bittern''', 2 Water Rail, 2 Water Pipit, fem Stonechat  (Birdguides).
 
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*Isle of Dogs: regular ad '''Ring-billed Gull''' again on Thames foreshore 200m east of Glenaffric Ave slipway off Saunders Ness Road at noon (Sean Huggins).
 
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*Beddington SF: 3 Shelduck, m Peregrine, 2 Common Snipe, ad Yellow-legged Gull, 2ad '''Caspian Gull''', juv/1w '''Iceland Gull''', Stonechat, Chiffchaff (Dip or Glory).
 
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*Cheshunt: '''Great Grey Shrike''' at Crews Hill yesterday for third day (on private land) (Birdguides).
 
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*Rainham Marshes: still 2 '''Penduline Tit''' present; directions from visitor centre (but no sign this p.m.), '''Serin''' by visitor centre a.m., Little Egret, 2 Ruff, 2 Stonechat (Birdguides).
 
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*[[Brent Res]]: 2 Firecrests by hide at 09.20 (Andrew Self).
 
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*Banstead Downs GC: 1 Firecrest (Steve Gale).
 
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*Osterley Park: Meadow Pipit 4, Stonechat 1, Fieldfare 12, Redwing 25, Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 drumming, Nuthatch 4, Coal Tit 1, Mandarin 10, Egyptian Goose 5, Gadwall 4, Siskin 20+, Shoveler 37, Skylark 1 (Keith Fisher).
 
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*Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: Water Rail showing well at Temple Gate reedbed 08:25hrs, 2 Common Snipe flushed from Hyde Park Meadows 09:15hrs, ad Mediterranean Gull (German-ringed) at Round Pond to 10:45hrs at least (twice flew toward Long Water); also, 2 Egyptian Goose, m Mandarin, Green Woodpecker, Meadow Pipit on Parade Ground (Des McKenzie).
 
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*Wormwood Scrubs: 1 pair Stonechat, 2 Reed Bunting, a pair of Mistle Thrush & 1 Goldcrest (Kim Dixon, David Lindo & Roy Nuttall).
 
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*Stoke Newington Reservoirs: 'eastern-type' Chiffchaff still present in willows along New River footpath (eastern side), 102 Gadwall (v high count), 17 Shovelers, presumed female Scaup x Tufted Duck hybrid, 8 Goldcrests, 3 Water Rails, f Reed Bunting at feeders (Mark Pearson & Tony Butler [http://www.hackneywildlife.org.uk/hackney-wildlife-sightings.php Hackney Wildlife]).
 
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*Mayesbrook Park: 2 Little Egret, Snipe, Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, Goldcrest, Green Woodpecker (Paul Hawkins).
 
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*Walthamstow Reservoirs (Maynards and Lockwood): 1 Dunlin, 1 Green Sandpiper, 7 Shelduck, 1 F Goldeneye, 1 F Goosander, 7 Ruddy Ducks, 2 Egyptian Geese, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Mipit, large nos Little Grebe, GC Grebe, Shovelers, Pochard, Teal, Tufted Ducks etc (Quentin Given).
 
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*South Norwood Lake: 2 Mute Swan, 30 Tufted Duck, 2m 2f Shoveler, 12 Cormorant, 50+ Black-headed Gull, 12 Common Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Song Thrush, 4 Redwing, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 30+ Goldfinch, 1m Sparrowhawk, 1 Collared Dove, 2 Pied Wagtail (John Watson).
 
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*Regents Park: 2 GBB Gulls, 2 Water Rails, 14 Siskins, 18 Goldfinches (Tony Duckett).
 
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*Abney Park Cemetery: 2 Firecrests, c10 Goldcrests (Mark Pearson, Tony Butler, Russell Miller).
 
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*Trent Park Area: 4 (2m,2f) Mandarin Duck, Lower Lake; 1 female Kestrel; 15 Moorhen, Lower Lake; 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker; 37 Fieldfare, (21 Ferny Hill Farm, 16 Vicarage Farm); 4 Song Thrush; 6 Redwing, (4 South Lodge Farm, 2 Ferny Hill Farm); 2 Mistle Thrush; 5 Goldcrest; 3 Coal Tit; 1 Siskin; 35 Magpie, pre-roost gathering, at Vicarage Farm, 15:36 GMT; 11 Yellowhammer, together, at Vicarage Farm (Robert Callf).
 
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*Ingrebourne Valley: Tawny Owl, 11 Water Rail, 16 Yellowhammer, 200+ Linnet feeding on game crop, Chiffchaff, 2 Wigeon, Green Sandpiper and Bullfinch (Dave Morrison).
 
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*Bramley Road, Oakwood, N14: 2 Goldcrest, together (Robert Callf).
 
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*East India Dock Basin / Bow Creek Eco Park; late afternoon visit: Little Grebe, c320 Teal, male Shoveler, 47 Redshank in high tide roost, Common Sandpiper (heard), Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, singing Song Thrush, Goldcrest, 5 Reed Bunting in north-western reedbed, Bow Creek, at dusk (Nick Tanner).
 
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*Alexandra Park: ad Yellow-legged Gull on cricket pitches east of Pavillion to 13:30hrs only (Dominic Mitchell).
 
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*Wandsworth Common: 3 GS Woodpecker, Redwing, 14 Mistle Thrush, 5+ Goldcrest, 2 Coal Tit, 5-6 House Sparrow, Brambling (in trees between the two ponds), 25-30 Siskin in a single flock plus another flock heard out of sight, 8-9 Lesser Redpoll (Matthew Palmer)
 
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===Thursday 1st January===
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===Happy New Year to all London Birders===
 
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*London Wetland Centre: Greylag Goose NW, 116 Wigeon, m Mandarin, 2 Water Rail, 15 Common Snipe, 2 Stonechat (m/f); (late p.m.): no sign of Bitterns; Peregrine female landed on Marsh; Woodcock; Yellow-legged Gull 1st-w (only large gull on site) (J.Wilczur), Peregrine had spent rest of day perched on nearby building; also 3 Jack Snipe, 2 Water Pipit, Stonechat, 16 Siskin, 2 Chiffchaff, >20 Common Snipe, Goldcrest, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, 1 hybrid Tufted/Ring-necked duck, 3 Pintail, 1 Shelduck, 5 Egyptian Geese, plus 4 Bar-headed Geese to roost at dusk (Martin Honey).
 
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*Trent Park Area: 9 Yellowhammer, 20+ Siskin, 43 Fieldfare, 6 Redwing, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Kestrel, 2 Greater Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Nuthatch, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Common Gull, 1 Shoveler, 2 Mandarin Duck, 60+ Jackdaw (James Arquette).
 
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*Bedfont Lakes CP: 3 Smew (1m, 2f), 3 Water Rail (Adam Cheeeman).
 
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*South Norwood Lake: 2 Mute Swan, 8 Cormorant, 70+ Black-headed Gull, 4 Common Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 15 Tufted Duck, 5m 1 f Shoveler, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Siskin, 3 Nuthatch, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (drumming), 12+ Long-tailed Tit, 20+ Ring-necked Parakeet, 3 Song Thrush, 2 Redwing, Goldfinch, 3 Pied Wagtail (John Watson,  Gavin Hawgood).
 
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*Queen Mother Res (permit access): 4 Scaup, '''Great Northern Diver''', ad '''Caspian Gull''' (Birdguides).
 
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*Isle of Dogs: regular ad '''Ring-billed Gull''' again on Thames foreshore 200m east of Glenaffric Ave slipway off Saunders Ness Road till 12.45 at least (Sean Huggins).
 
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*Beddington SF: 2 Shelduck, Wigeon, Water Rail, 2 Common Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1w '''Iceland Gull''' (later seen at Holmethorpe), 4 Water Pipit, 2 Chiffchaff, Brambling (Dip or Glory).
 
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*Holmethorpe SP: 1w '''Iceland Gull''' earl afternoon (same bird as at Beddington SF) before relocating to Watercolour Pit (Birdguides).
 
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*Wraysbury GP: '''Red Kite''' over the new excavations at 12:15hrs (Birdguides).
 
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*Rainham Marshes: 2 '''Penduline Tit''' stll present by Aveley Pool; directions from visitor centre; also a probable '''Caspian Gull''' (Birdguides), Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, c.18 Pintail, pr Peregrine, 12 Water Rail, Jack Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, 3 Yellow-legged Gull (2 ads and third-winter), 7 Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 Short-eared Owl, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Water Pipit, Rock Pipit, 2 Fieldfare, 7 Cetti's Warbler, '''Dartford Warbler''', Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, 2 Bearded Tit, Coal Tit, 4 Corn Bunting (ELBF, Dominic Mitchell).
 
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*Thorndon CP: 'some 'grey and white' '''Mealy Redpoll''' as well as a few Lessers amongst a flock of some 80 birds in the thicker woodland west of the enclosure i.e. nearer to the first car-park (EssexBirders).
 
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*Bookham Common: '''Hawfinch''' from The Plains Car Park 10:10hrs (Birdguides).
 
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*[[Brent Res]]: Firecrest behind hide at 08.30 (Andrew Self).
 
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*Amwell GP: 2 drake & 1 female Smew, also Bittern (but outside LNHS Area) (Andrew Self).
 
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*East India Dock Basin/Bow Creek Ecology Park: Little Grebe, 6 Shelduck, pair Gadwall (Thames), c280 Teal, female Peregrine (Millennium Dome), female or immature Black Redstart, Goldcrest, 3 Long-tailed Tit, Chaffinch, 8+ Greenfinch. Afternoon visit: 49 Redshank, Common Sandpiper (waders in Bow Creek high tide roost), 2 Pied Wagtail, singing Song Thrush, Goldfinch (Nick Tanner).
 
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*Ten Acre Wood (Hillingdon): 5 low-flying, calling Golden Plover E, Spr'awk, sev. RN Parakeet, 4 Lesser Redpoll feeding on willowherb seeds, pr Bullfinch (Neil Anderson).
 
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*Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: ad Mediterranean Gull (German-ringed) showing well at Round Pond to 12:00hrs at least; 352 Greylag Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, m Mandarin, 3 Gadwall, 43 Shoveler, Little Grebe, fem Sparrowhawk, 170+ Common Gull, 2 Stock Dove (1 singing), c30 Ring-necked Parakeet, Tawny Owl showing well at day-roost, Grey Wagtail, Song Thrush, singing Mistle Thrush, Chiffchaff, c5 Goldcrest, 35+ Long-tailed Tit, 3 Coal Tit, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 6 Jay, 31 Magpie, Jackdaw south over Round Pond 11:55hrs, 5 Chaffinch, c10 Goldfinch (52 species in total)  (Des McKenzie).
 
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*Paddington Green: 30 Herring Gull on local rooftops (Des McKenzie).
 
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*Crossness: 2 Peregrine, 2 Barn Owl, 135 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 345 Lapwing, 30 Redshank, 1 Curlew, 120 Dunlin, 2ad Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Wigeon, 122 Shoveler, 161 Gadwall, 750 Teal, 206 Shelduck, 3 Rock Pipit, Water Pipit, 7 Stonechat, 21 Redwing, 40 Linnet (66 species in total) (John Archer).
 
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*Black Park: Firecrest with tit-flock 300m north of main car park 11:00hrs (Birdguides).
 
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*Dagenham Chase LNR (7.50am-4.25pm): 64 species recorded inclusive of Feral Rock Dove, highlights include male Firecrest, 40 Golden Plover over then 6 on playing fields, 1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Little Owl, 3+ Water Rail (one seen well), 3+ Bullfinch, 5+ Chiffchaff, 10 Greylag Geese, several Rook and lots of Goldcrest (Vince Halley-Frame and Paul Hawkins). Full New Years Day list click here > [[User:vincenthalleyframe | Dagenham Chase LNR]].
 
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*Cowley: male Blackcap in Hamilton Road this a.m. (Roger Morton).
 
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*Fairlop: Goldeneye, Water Rail, Woodcock, Stonechat (ELBF).
 
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*Seventy Acres Lake: Pintail, Water Rail (ELBF).
 
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*Abney Park Cemetery: Firecrest, Redwing (Mark Pearson)
 
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*Stoke Newington Reservoirs: yesterday's potentially interesting Chiffchaff still present along New River path (TB per MJP)
 
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*Trent Park Area: 1 female Mandarin Duck, Lower Lake; 2 Common Buzzard, together, at Vicarage Farm; 1 fem Kestrel, at Park Farm - caught an earthworm; 45 Golden Plover, at Park Farm; 59 Lapwing, at Park Farm; 1 Woodcock, flushed, Williams Wood, 13:40 GMT; 1 Green Woodpecker; 1 fem Stonechat, at Vicarage Farm; 34 Fieldfare,(9 Park Farm, 25 Ferny Hill Farm); 6 Song Thrush,(2 Vicarage Farm, 4 Parkside Farm); 4 Redwing, Parkside Farm; 6+ Goldcrest; 2 Treecreeper; 5 Coal Tit;  4 Bullfinch,(1 female, at Vicarage Farm, 2 females, together, at Park Farm, 1 Seedfield Spinney); 11 Yellowhammer, together, at Vicarage Farm (Robert Callf & Robin White).
 
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*Alexandra Park: Common Snipe in Cricket Scrub - a species not recorded here in 2008 (Gareth Richards, Gabriel Jamie, Andrew Gardener, Bob Watts) 22 Siskin (Bob Watts).
 
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