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*Tyttenhanger GP: Dunlin, Yellow legged Gull (ad), 16 LBB Gull, 23 Common Gull, 2 Wigeon, Green Sandpiper, Snipe (Steve B). | *Tyttenhanger GP: Dunlin, Yellow legged Gull (ad), 16 LBB Gull, 23 Common Gull, 2 Wigeon, Green Sandpiper, Snipe (Steve B). | ||
*Willows Farm: C100 finches + Linnets and 4 Brambling on 'Amazing Maize' field, Green Sandpiper, Little Grebe on fishing lake (Steve B). | *Willows Farm: C100 finches + Linnets and 4 Brambling on 'Amazing Maize' field, Green Sandpiper, Little Grebe on fishing lake (Steve B). | ||
+ | *Stoke Newington Reservoirs: 1 Kingfisher, 1 Chiffchaff. 27 sp. recorded ([http://www.geocities.com/ternsorg/ TeRNS]). | ||
===Sunday 2nd November=== | ===Sunday 2nd November=== |
Revision as of 19:13, 3 November 2008
Please do not post details of scarce breeding birds (those included in Schedule 1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, amended 2000). Any such reports will be removed.
Monday 3rd November
- Rainham Marshes RSPB: one Serin still at the west end of the reserve by the sea wall; one Dartford Warbler also still there this morning plus Ring Ouzel with Fieldfares (Birdguides).
- Hillfield Park Res: ad Kittiwake still at 15:00hrs; viewable only from viewpoint (Birdguides).
- Bedfont Lakes CP: 10 Brambling over, 1 Firecrest and several Goldcrests, 26 Gadwall, 1 Wigeon, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel. (Adam Cheeseman)
- Wormwood Scrubs: 3 Skylarks east, 1 Lapwing (scarce here), 2 Stonechat, Fieldfare, Redwing and Meadow Pipits (Mathew Bournat).
- Paddington Green: 6 Siskin SW (Des McKenzie).
- Banstead Downs GC: 1 Firecrest at 08.20hrs (Steve Gale), at least 1 still c500m along the wooded footpath at the golf course on Banstead Downs late afternoon (David Campbell).
- Thames Barrier Park: ad Yellow-legged Gull (foreshore), Sparrowhawk, Goldcrest (David Callahan).
- Mudchute Park: 1 (poss 2) Firecrest(s) at north side of children's playing field to right of farm entrance, plus 9 Goldcrests, 15 Pied Wagtails, 6 Monk Parakeets; also still no sign of "Glen" the Ring-billed Gull at the Glenaffric slipway - anyone had any luck yet this atumun? (David Callahan).
- Wanstead Flats: 2 Cormorant, 2 Tufted Duck, 3 Teal on Jubilee Pond (site tick for me), 25 Mallard, ~100 Canadas, 4 Coot, Moorhen, 67 BH Gull, 5 Common Gull, LBB over, GS Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 8 Skylark, 7 Meadow Pipit, 5 Pied Wagtail, ~40 Fieldfare over in 2 groups, Song Thrush, 15+ Blackbirds, 4 Robins, Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 21 Greenfinch, 4 Great Tits, 3 Blue Tits, 60 Starling, 100+ Crow (J Lethbridge).
- London Wetland Centre: Common Snipe, Redshank, Kingfisher, 7 Skylark NW, 2 Rock Pipit, 35 Redwing SW/W, 3 Chiffchaff, Brambling SW, 7 Siskin (LWC website).
- Brent Res: Golden Plover 9 flying East 09.55, 4 Lapwing on mud, Snipe; 21 Redwing, 10 Fieldfare, Meadow Pipit, Skylark, 33 Chaffinch, 4 Siskin, 2 Reed Buntings, all West; Cetti's by Main hide (Roy Beddard, Andrew Verrall).
- Horsenden Hill (Paradise Fields): Teal 1m (David Howdon).
- Fulham (by Thames): Peregrine, Jackdaw (Michael F).
- Tyttenhanger GP: Dunlin, Yellow legged Gull (ad), 16 LBB Gull, 23 Common Gull, 2 Wigeon, Green Sandpiper, Snipe (Steve B).
- Willows Farm: C100 finches + Linnets and 4 Brambling on 'Amazing Maize' field, Green Sandpiper, Little Grebe on fishing lake (Steve B).
- Stoke Newington Reservoirs: 1 Kingfisher, 1 Chiffchaff. 27 sp. recorded (TeRNS).
Sunday 2nd November
- Staines Res: juv Great Northern Diver on South Basin, Bar-tailed Godwit north 09:50hrs (SBC).
- Rainham Marshes: 2 Serin still present, also single Twite (Birdguides).
- Abney Park Cemetery: 2+ Firecrests (usual area, and increasingly tame), c15 Goldcrests, c10 Chaffinches, 1 Brambling over (Mark Pearson Hackney Wildlife).
- Ravenor Park (Greenford): Spr'awk, Green Woodpecker, c10 RN Parakeet (incl. xanthistic bird), Senegal Parrot, Brambling with sev Greenfinches, 9 Goldfinch (Neil Anderson).
- Broadwater Lake: Firecrest with Tit flock on south bank of lake, also 1 Little Egret, 2 Goldeneye, 1 Dunlin, 2 Skylark, 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Goldcrest, c.60 Siskin, c.25 Lesser Redpoll (Simon Buckingham).
- Greenford CP: pr Kestrel, 1 Snipe, 67 R.n Parakeet over, c25 M'Pipit, 8 Pied Wagtail, 41 Redwing over, 4 Mistle Thrush, 2 Goldcrest, c30 Chaffinch (Neil Anderson).
- Brent Res: Cetti's Warbler opposite hide, also 54 Fieldfare, 12 Redwing & 15 Siskin (Andrew Self), 11+ Snipe, 3 Lapwings, male Pintail, ~6 Water Rail, female Blackcap, 6+ Goldcrest (Roy Beddard, Mike Hocter).
- Holmethorpe SP: Barn Owl (SBC).
- Wormwood Scrubs: c8 Skylark over, c15 Chaffinch, 2 Reed Bunting, c20 Meadow Pipit, 1 Jackdaw, 1 Chiffchaff & 2 Stonechat (David Jeffreys, David Lindo & Roy Nuttall).
- Banstead Downs Golf Course: 2 Firecrests c500m along the wooded footpath on the golf course at the end of Burdon Lane all day + Skylark over + numbers of Redwing and Goldcrest (David Campbell).
- Hornchurch: 2 Siskin over, 4 Goldfinch, 2 Chaffinch my garden (Shaun Harvey).
- Osterley Park: Redstart 1, Yellowhammer 1, Lapwing 7 north, Egyptian Goose 3 pairs, Stonechat 2 (Keith Fisher).
- Alexandra Park: male Leseer Spotted Woodpecker flew into willows near 1st platform 950 and still showing superbly an hour later much to the enjoyment of a guided walk. Viz mig 0715-1045: Reed Bunting, Brambling (h), Lesser Redpoll (h), 8 Fieldfare, 11 Redwing, 11 Blackbird, 57 Chaffinch, 114 Starling, 6 Skylark (Bob Watts, Stuart Harrington, Andrew Gardener, Alan Gibson).
- Kensal Green Cemetery: fem Black Redstart (East of central Chapel) till 12.30, m Perergrine, 10 Redwing, 2 Fieldfare, 15 Goldcrest, 5 Mistle Thrush, Tawny Owl (Dave Renham).
- London Wetland Centre am: Herring Gull 83NW & c.45 on river inc. several 'argentatus' types, Y.L.Gull 1 ad river, Redwing 10W, Song Thrush 2, 2 Rock Pipits inc. 1 apparently summer-plumaged 'littoralis', 4 Chiffchaffs, 12 Goldcrests, 2 Stonechats, 28 Chaffinhces NW, 5 Bramblings W, 2 Siskin S (NPS).
- Barking Outfall: 2 Goldcrests, Rock Pipit, 2 Grey Wagtail, Oystercatcher, 2 Curlew, 16 Redshank, 14 Shoveler and 305 Teal (Dave Morrison).
- Battersea Power Station: 2 Redpoll sp over and a Grey Wagtail (Dave Morrison).
- East India Dock Basin: 2 Little Grebe, c150 Teal, 7 Tufted Duck, 18 Redshank, Common Sandpiper (waders at Bow Creek high tide roost), Kingfisher, 5 Long-tailed Tit, Chaffinch (Nick Tanner).
- Tottenham Marshes: 2 Kestrel, 1 f Stonechat (Quentin Given).
- Horsenden Hill: Kittiwake (1 1st W west with a small group of Black-headed Gull), 100+ Redwing, 1 Fieldfare, Jackdaw, Goldcrest, 1 Coal Tit (David Howdon and Andy Culshaw).
- Trent Park Area: 2(ad male & fem) Sparrowhawk, at Vicarage Farm; 2 Common Buzzard, at Park Farm; 1 Kestrel; 1 '1st-winter' Mediterranean Gull, Lower Lake, Trent Park, 12:54 - 13:30 GMT(my first record for this site!) 2 Green Woodpecker; 2(m&f) Great Spotted Woodpecker; Skylark, several; 3 Meadow Pipit, on fencing, at Park Farm; 1 fem/imm Stonechat, at 'Barracks', Vicarage Farm; 1 Fieldfare, near Enfield Rd; 4 Song Thrush; 8 Redwing, at Dew Pond; 2 Mistle Thrush, at Park Farm; 12 Goldcrest; 2 Nuthatch; 3 Treecreeper; 3 Coal Tit; 14 Linnet, together, at Hog Hill, Vicarage Farm; 1 Lesser Redpoll, over 'Old Golf Course'; 2 male Bullfinch(1 Vicarage Farm, 1 'Old Golf Course'); 1 Yellowhammer, at 'Old Golf Course'; 1 Red Admiral, at Enfield Rd (Robert Callf).
Saturday 1st November
- South Norwood Lake: 20 Tufted Duck,, 1 Mute Swan, 8 Shoveler over, 2 Grey Heron, 50 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Gull, Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 40 Redwing, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, Chaffinch, 12 Ring-necked Parakeet (John Watson, Gavin Hawgood).
- Brent Res: Hawfinch over at 08.00 (Stuart Fisher); also adult Med Gull, Goldeneye, Wigeon, 13 Snipe, Skylark, 137 Redwing, 86 Fieldfare, 3 L. Redpoll & 8 Siskin (Andrew Self & Andrew Verrall).
- Greenford CP: 7.30-9.00: Kestrel, 45 R.n Parakeets over, 20+ M'Pipit, Grey + 3 Pied Wagtail, 330 Redwing W-NW, 78 Fieldfare W-NW, 4 Mistle Thrush, 3 Goldcrest (Neil Anderson).
- Staines Res: juv Great Northern Diver on South Basin this a.m. (Birdguides).
- Beddington SF: m Ring Ouzel on top of lime tree between St Mary's Church and The Grange early morning (Birdguides).
- Lime Trees Park GC (Northolt): ring-tail Hen Harrier low south over A40 07:30hrs (Des McKenzie).
- Paddington Green: m Peregrine NW 11:27hrs (Des McKenzie).
- Osterley Park: Brambling 2, Reed Bunting 1, Stonechat 2, Redwing c100, Fieldfare c150, Nuthatch 2,Shoveler 24, Sparrowhawk 1, Little Grebe 2, GC Grebe 2, Kingfisher 1 (Keith Fisher).
- Banstead Downs: 2 Firecrest still present mid-morning and showing well at the golf course, 500m along the wooded footpath as well as 1 Kestrel and large numbers of Redwing+Fieldfare+Goldcrest (David Campbell).
- London Wetland Centre: ad fem Peregrine (almost caught a Carrion Crow), 3 Common Snipe, 3 Rock Pipit (inc a summer-plumaged Scandinavian bird), m Stonechat, 190 Redwing west, 60 Fieldfare west, 4 Lesser Redpoll on site plus 1 SW (LWC website). 1m, 2f Stonechat, 14 Egyptian Geese, 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel (Martin Honey).
- Finsbury Park N4: 1 Lapwing west (Laurence Pitcher).
- Alexandra Park: Viz mig 0700-0930 Brambling, Lesser Redpoll, 126 Redwing, 45 Feldfare, 89 Chaffinch, 3 Meadow Pipit, 12 Blackbird, c50 Starling, 8 Goldfinch. Also bleached L T Tit amongst flock in Scrub (Stuart Harrington, Bob Watts, Andrew Gardener).
- Stoke Newington area - Clissold Park: 1 Goldcrest; Reservoirs: 1 Grey Wag., 2 Herring Gull (EM, RM, GJ TeRNS).
- Rainham RSPB: 2 Brent Geese, 134 Black-Tailed Godwit, 3 Curlew, 24 Redshank, Lesser Redpoll, 4 Fieldfare (Paul Hawkins).
- Horsenden Hill: 1 imm. male ring ouzel in hawthorn on summit at 7.15 then flew south, 1 woodcock flushed from hazel coppice Horsenden Wood 08.00, 1 redpoll west, 1 brambling south, 80 Redwing, 73 Fieldfare, 3 Skylark north, ca. 150 Ring-necked Parakeet mainly east, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 teal, 5 jackdaw, 18 stock dove, 12 goldcrest (Andy Culshaw).
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