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Walthamstow Marshes: 2 Stonechats, 3 Skylarks, 2 Reed Buntings, 10 Meadow Pipits, 4 Fieldfares, c20 Redwings, c20 Mistle Thrushes, c30 Goldfinches, c35 Chaffinches, 14 Teal & 9 Gadwall over (Mark Pearson)
Middlesex Filter Beds NR: 2 Chiffchaffs (Mark Pearson)
Town Park, Enfield: 1 Cormorant; 1 Grey Heron; 2(m,f) Pochard; 21(12m,9f) Tufted Duck; 1 Goldcrest (Robert Callf).
Mayesbrook Park: 15 Shoveler, 10 Pochard, 2 Gadwall, 28 Tufted, 3 Little Grebe, 1 Little Egret.(Paul Hawkins)

Walthamstow Reservoirs: Lockwood - 2W Med Gull, 1W Yellow-legged Gull, Little Egret, Green Sandpiper, 4 f-type Goldeneyes, 2W GBBGull; Car Park - Ring-necked Parakeet; No.5/Filter Beds - 2 x 1W & 1 x ad GbbGull; W Warwick - Green Sandpiper, 2 f-type Goldeneyes; E Warwick - Com Sand, Little Egret, Reed Bunting, 2 Mipit, 2 Shelducks (David Callahan).
Walthamstow Marshes: 3 Stonechats (2m, 1f), 3 Skylarks, 5 Meadow Pipits, 1 Brambling with flock of c20 Chaffinches (small field immediately right of riding centre) (Mark Pearson)
Ingrebourne Valley: 9 Lesser Redpoll,Sparrowhawk.(Shaun Harvey)
Dagenham Chase LNR: 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Grey Wagtail, 30 Pochard and a pair of Wigeon.( Vince Halley-Frame ).
Sunbury: 11 Barnacle Goose flew S @ 15:45; 162 Lapwing, 3m Shoveler and 1ad GBB Gull at Hampton Water Treatment Works; 17 Ruddy Duck and 9 GC Grebe at Sunnyside Resr (Andrew Skotnicki)

Walthamstow Reservoirs: immature Shag reported again (WR log book).
Beddington SF: juv Glaucous Gull, 2W Caspian Gull, 3 YLGulls, Water Pipit (Birdguides).
Wanstead Flats, around lunchtime: Had a look at the Geese, about 200 Canadas in two flocks but no sign of any other grey geese (Paul Whiteman).
Isle of Dogs: adult Ring-billed Gull by the Thames opposite Lovell's Warf at 14:40 (Birdguides).
Hackney Marsh. Nr Spitalfields Mkt: poss 1st-yr Ring-billed Gull (David Darrell-Lambert per GJ).
Broomfield Park, Palmers Green, N13: 6 (5m,1f) Shoveler; 1 adult-winter Mediterranean Gull, on boating pond until 14.40 hrs., at least; 1 ad Lesser Black-backed Gull; 1 Pied Wagtail (Robert Callf).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern still from WWF hide (Birdguides)
Jubilee Pond, Wanstead Flats, AM: Juv White-fronted Goose "albifrons", with Canadas (J Lethbridge)
East India Dock NR: f Black Redstart, 7 Shelduck (Paul Hyland)
Walthamstow Reservoirs: imm Shag on West Warwick @ 13:50. Still @ 1500.(Pete Lambert per JA)
Trent Park: 2 Stonechat (still present in spite of the muppets of Enfield Council destroying the habitat), 2 Bullfinch, 12 Goldfinch, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk (in combat with a crow), c65 BH Gull, LBB Gull, 20 Redwing.(Pete Lowman).
Stoke Newington east reservoir: 1 ad. Yellow-legged Gull, etc. (TeRNS)

Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: 5 Gadwall, 7 Shoveler, German ringed ad-wint Mediterranean Gull (Round Pond), c500 Black-headed Gull, 41 Common Gull, 7 Lesser Black-backed Gull, ad Yellow-legged Gull (Fisherman's Keep area), 48 Herring Gull, ad Scandinavian Herring Gull, 2w type Great Black-backed Gull (Serpentine), Tawny Owl (Des McKenzie).
Corbets Tey: 46 Tufted Duck, 5 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing, 22 Siskin and Brambling.(Dave Morrison)
Grange Waters Complex: 35 Fieldfare, 4 Yellowhammer, 40 Linnet, 6 Redwing, 450 Lapwing, 82 Gadwall, 54 Wigeon, 48 Pochard, Barn Owl, 192 Tufted Duck and 600 Wood Pigeon.(Dave Morrison)
London Wetland Centre (pm): 1 Bittern south side of main lake, 1 Kestrel, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Goldeneye fem Res Lagoon, 1 Peregrine hunting over site and Barnes playing fields (Martin Honey). Also 1 Water Pipit, Ad. Yellow-legged Gull (Gabriel Jamie)
Grovelands Park, Southgate: 1 Little Grebe; 20 Cormorant, roosting on island; 143(97m,46f) Mandarin Duck, at 16.05 GMT; 7(1 ad male, 3 imm male, 3 female) Shoveler; 1 Kingfisher; 2 Goldcrest; 17 Long-tailed Tit (Robert Callf).

London Wetland Centre (am): Bittern 1 sth side of main lake, Goldeneye 1 fem Res Lagoon, Caspian Gull 1 first-winter 09.30, Water Pipit 1 WWF hide, Stonechat 1 male, Fieldfare 4 west, Redwing 6, Chiffchaff 3, Cetti's Warbler 1 male near entrance to summer route, Siskin c. 40+ Lesser Redpoll (2 wildside), Mealy Redpoll male wildside alders (Nick Senior).
Staines Res: imm Scaup (Birdguides)
Hornchurch: Lesser Redpoll over my house @ 1.40pm (Shaun Harvey).
Bushy Park: c.50 Siskin at the Waterhouse Woodland Garden (Andrew Skotnicki).
Bloomsbury: Firecrest still showing at Russell Square this morning (per Garry James).
Aldenham Park (Home Farm): 1 Woodcock, Tawny Owl (Steve Blake).
Rainham RSPB: 2 Short-eared Owls, 5 Ring-necked parakeets, 1 Green sand.(Paul Hawkins,Shaun Harvey)
Trent Park Area: 1 Green Woodpecker; 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker; 1 male Stonechat,'Old Golf Course'; 11 Redwing,(3 South Lodge Farm, 8 Williams Wood); 12 Fieldfare, South Lodge Farm; 5 Goldcrest; 1 Coal Tit; 1 male Siskin, in Alder, Lower Lake (Robert Callf).

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