Thursday 31 January 2013

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Black-legged-Kittiwake
Kittiwake
Danson Park Bexleyheath: Ferruginous Duck.Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: both Bearded Tit still present in Diana Memorial reedbed.Rainham Marshes: Iceland Gull ad flew west along river towards landfill 1320 (James Lowen), 20 Curlew, 1 Grey Plover among 1000s birds on Purfleet etc at high tide; also (from logbook) 1 Bittern (near cordite), drake Garganey (Butts Hide), 1 Waxwing.Sevenoaks Wildfowl reserve: First winter Kittiwake on island in east lake till 16.30 at least.
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Wednesday 30 January 2013

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Great White Egret
Great White Egret 
Stanmore, Middx: Great White Egret reported.Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: both Bearded Tit still present in Diana Memorial reedbed.Crayford Marshes: Spotted Redshank, Turnstone, Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Green Sandpiper, Lesser Redpoll, Cetti's Warbler, 174 Fieldfare.Carshalton - Waxwings. approx 12 on corner of Wrythe Lane and Surrey Grove, flying over road to feed on berries in private front garden 15.00.  South Croydon: 25+ Waxwings feeding in bush by front door of a private house in Selsdon Road (opposite Upland Road) - appear to have been in the same general area since January 13th at least (Croydon Birders). South Ealing Station, W5: 8 Waxwings still present 0830.
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Tuesday 29 January 2013

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Common Barn Owl
 Barn Owl
Crayford Marshes: Spotted Redshank, Turnstone, Grey Plover, Golden Plover, 3 Cetti's Warbler, Kingfisher, Green Sandpiper, adult Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Rock Pipit, 12 Curlew, 70 Fieldfare.Ealing South: Waxwings still.Staines Moor: 1 Water Pipit along banks of Colne, before flying high to KGV reservoir. Brief, distant views of pale Owl sp. in tree line on E side of moor, most likely Barn Owl. 2 Bullfinch, 1 Common Snipe, 15 Linnet, 5 Skylark (including 3 in song-flight), 12 Meadow Pipit, 1 Kestrel.Amwell NR: 1w Glaucous Gull in roost between 3.45 - 5.00 p.m. at least from viewpoint. Also Bittern flew into large reedbed to roost. Denham: 2 Red Kites over Harefield Place golf course.
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Sunday 27 January 2013

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Western Marsh Harrier, female or juvenile.
 Marsh Harrier

Slavonian Grebe 110915 Podiceps auritus
Slavonian Grebe
Hen Harrier
Hen Harrier 
 Queen Mother Res.HEN HARRIER (F) Flew low over Res heading West & Black-t Diver.1w Kittiwake Crossness off golf centre at 09.45.William Girling Res 5 Slavonian Grebes from Mansfield Park.William Girling Res: now being rptd as 1 Slavonian & 5 B-n Grebe. Plus Long-tailed Duck.Brent Reservoir: juv Marsh Harrier 08.40-08.45 circling in front of hide.Hyde Park:Bearded Tits.Here's some shots of the birds taken by Lol Cumming.
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Saturday 26 January 2013

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Sylvia communis - female and chicks; Olomouc, CZ
Sylvia communis - female and chicks
Leyton Sidmouth Park: Common Whitethroat seen twice at west end of Park near the childrens play area, presumed ad female.Greenwich Ecology Park: Firecrest.Hyde Park (very brief a.m. visit): both Bearded Tit showing well in Diana Memorial reedbed.Staines Moor: ringtail Hen Harrier again at 14:00, 5 Short-eared Owls and Water Pipit.
Rye House Marsh: 1 Bittern - seen flying twice but presumably the same bird. Stocker's Lake: Bittern.South Ealing: 8 Waxwings (26th day).Hampstead Heath: Red Kite flew N over Parliament Hill at 1245.Gallions Reach: 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 3 Grey Plover, 5 Common Snipe, Oystercatcher,35 Lapwing, 4 Gadwall. Chingford: Still 4 Waxwings feeding on rose hips in garden opp school on Kings Rd 9.30-9.40 then flushed. seen again briefly on Larkshall Rd at 10.50.
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Friday 25 January 2013

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Common Crane pair in flight
Common Crane pair in flight.
M25, Cobham: Common Crane flew down into small reedbed on south side of M25, approx. 2 miles east of Cobham Services.  A Buzzard was flying just above it which must've flushed it.M25 J12: Red Kite.South Ealing Station, W5: 8 Waxwings still present, 0830.London Wetland Centre: 2-3 Bittern on main lake, redhead Smew by Dulverton Hide.Crayford Marshes: Bar-tailed Godwit, 17 Grey Plover, 18 Pintail, 6 Yellow-legged Gull, 35 Black-tailed Godwit, Little Owl, 3 Rock PipitLesser Redpoll, c230 Fieldfare.Connaught Water, Epping Forest: 79 Mandarin Duck.
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Thursday 24 January 2013

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Black-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Crayford Marshes: Slavonian Grebe on the Thames; Dark-bellied Brent Goose, Spotted Reshank, 2 Knot, Bar-tailed Godwit, 18 Grey Plover, 12 Pintail, 45 Black-tailed Godwit, Little Owl, Lesser Redpoll, male Stonechat, 2 Rock Pipit, Green Sandpiper 170 Fieldfare. Spotted Redshank showing well about 150m east of Erith yacht club on foreshore 14.30, 6 Grey Plover, 10+ Black-tailed Godwit, 300+ Dunlin, Common Snipe on foreshore, Curlew, Rock Pipit near Erith yacht club, Little Egret along creek, c200 Fieldfare, Kestrel, 6+ Yellow-legged Gull, poss first winter Caspian Gull flew east along Thames.Brent Reservoir: Bearded Tit (main hide 11:15).Rainham. Stone Barges. 1 Jack Snipe, 25 Common Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Ruff, 2 Caspian Gull (ad and 3rd w), ad Med Gull, 2 Corn Bunting.South Ealing Station W5: 8 Waxwings still present, 0830.Sydenham Hill Wood LNR: 1 Firecrest at Cresent wood Road entrance feeding on cherry laurel oppsite on housing estate.Collier Row, Romford: 34 Waxwings on telephone wire, corner of Lawns Way/Mashiters Hill, also feeding in garden at 9:20.Gallions Reach: 5 Gadwall, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, Oystercatcher, 3 Grey Plover, 12 common Snipe.
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Wednesday 23 January 2013

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Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)
Caspian Gull
High Maynard res:AD CASPIAN GULL a patch tick 138.(KJM).Crayford Marshes: Bar-tailed Godwit, 18 Grey Plover, Spotted Redshank, 56 Black-tailed Godwits, 16 Pintail, Little Owl, male Stonechat, 2 Rock Pipit, c260 Fieldfare. East Barnet: 7 Waxwing on TV aerial at bottom of Rushdene Avenue.Hyde Park: lunchtime in awful weather (heavy snow/sleet) Both Bearded Tit showing well.London Wetland Centre: 6 Bittern, red-headed Smew. Also Peregrine low over, Sparrowhawk taking Meadow Pipit, Woodcock in flight & 2 Bearded Tits.Stocker's Lake: Bittern 15.16.Sydenham Hill Wood LWT: pair of Siskin, 8 Goldfinch, 11 Goldcrest, 2 Firecrest.Wanstead Flats: 16 Waxwing over visi mig site, Brambling east.
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Tuesday 22 January 2013

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Fuselo // Bar-Tailed Godwit
 Bar-Tailed Godwit 
Blackheath: Snow Bunting overhead, west.Crayford Marshes: 1st winter Knot, 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, Spotted Redshank, male Marsh Harrier, 12 Grey Plover, 22 Pintail, 45 Black-tailed Godwit, Little Owl, Green Sandpiper, female Peregrine, 3 Yellow-legged GullLesser Redpoll, c160 Fieldfare.Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: 2 Bearded Tits showing well 08.30.Leyton Oliver Road and Orient Way: 3 Jack Snipe.Queen Mother Reservoir: 2 BUFF-BELLIED PIPIT, 2 Sanderling, Long-tailed Duck, 3 Green Sandpiper.Molesey: 1 redhead Smew on River Ember, associating with Tufted Duck SW of Met Police sports club, below Island Barn Reservoir. Also 1 drake Pintail.
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Monday 21 January 2013

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English: Merlin
 Merlin
Beddington: 500 Fieldfare W, 100+ Skylark W, 3 Grey Plover, 1ad 1 1st win Caspian Gull, 1 ad Med Gull.Alexandra Park: Woodlark north with 23 Skylarks at 09.39.Brent Reservoir: male Bearded Tit showing & pinging left of main hide 9.15.Crayford Marshes: male Merlin along Moat Lane & the creek; Jack Snipe on the foreshore below the Radar Tower, 2 Dark-bellied Brent Goose down river; Spotted Redshank on the foreshore near Erith Yacht Club; 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 8 Grey Plover, Turnstone, 22 Pintail, 31 Black-tailed Godwit, 10 Golden Plover, 3 Lesser Redpoll, male Stonechat, Kingfisher.Dartford: Littlebrook: Slavonian Grebe still on small pool by fast-track plus Bittern in reeds behind management centre.Harefield Village: 2 Red Kite.Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: both Bearded Tit showing well in Diana Memorial reedbed a.m.
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Sunday 20 January 2013

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White-fronted Goose
White-fronted Goose.
Wormwood Scrubs: 3 White-Fronted Geese over west at 07.55. Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens (a.m.): 8 Golden Plover over (1 & 7 - the first appeared to come down onto Parade Ground but not refound there), Dunlin low west over Serpentine (from Fisherman's Keep area), Common Snipe flushed from edge of Round Pond, Woodcock flushed from Buck Hill, 4 Meadow Pipit over, 11 Fieldfare, c.10 Redwing, both Bearded Tit still in situ and showing well.Sydenham Hill Wood: Firecrest with Goldcrests Crescent Wood Road End.Mitcham Common: bizarrely a Gannet over in the heavy snow over Carshalton Road.Staines Reservoir: 08.45-10.25  1 Jack Snipe (S. Basin, causeway bank), 1 Common Redshank, 1 Black-necked Grebe (S. Basin), 2 Reed Bunting, 25+ Fieldfare, 5 Meadow Pipit, 50+ Goldeneye.
Brent Reservoir: Knot, Dunlin & Turnstone over this morning, also Bearded Tit seen from main hide & 3 Pintail in North Marsh.Gallions Reach: 1 Kittiwake 1W, 4 Grey Plover, 43 Lapwing, 2 Dunlin, 2 Curlew, 1 Black-taiked Godwit, 80 Redshank, 1 Oystercatcher, 21 Common Snipe, 10 Wigeon, 2 Gadwall, Kingfisher, Firecrest,  55 Fieldfare.Crayford Marshes: Woodcock, Spotted Redshank, 11 Grey Plover, 11 Pintail, 34 Black-tailed Godwit, Little Owl, 6 Yellow-legged Gull.
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Saturday 19 January 2013

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A drake Long-tailed Duck in flight. Image take...
A drake Long-tailed Duck in flight
Walthamstow Reservoirs (Lockwood end): drake Long-tailed Duck still on Lower Maynard,  5 fem Goosander, 8+ Goldeneye, 14 Little Egret, drake Wigeon, 2 Lapwing.Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: Common Snipe over, Woodcock flushed near Queen Caroline's Temple 10:33, both Bearded Tit showing well from dawn in Diana Memorial reedbed.
Queen Mother Res: BUFF-BELLIED PIPIT seen earlier at Horton GP.Crayford Marshes: Bar-tailed Godwit, Spotted Redshank, 11 Grey Plover, adult Mediterranean Gull, 19 Pintail, Turnstone, 6 Yellow-legged Gull, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, Little Owl, 20 Golden Plover, Lesser Redpoll, Green Sandpiper, 4 Rock Pipit.Beddington SF: 1st winter Glaucous Gull,Merlin also Short-eared Owl.Rainham Marshes RSPB: 2 Caspian Gull (2nd winter and adult), 3 Jack Snipe, Ruff, 40+ Common Snipe, 5 Corn Bunting, 2+ Water Pipit, Grey Wagtail, Green Woodpecker.
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Friday 18 January 2013

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English: Siberian Thrush Zoothera sibirica 日本語...
 Siberian Thrush
Possible1 SIBERIAN THRUSH reported at Tolworth, London yesterday.Queen Mother Reservoir: BUFF-BELLIED PIPIT.Brent Reservoir: m Bearded Tit (left of main hide).Walthamstow Reservoirs: 8.15-8.40 am M & F Long-tailed Duck on Lower Maynard Reservoir and 1 Redhead Smew on Upper Maynard Reservoir (Distant) - both viewed from Forest Road  10:50-11:50 am (Lockwood end) 9 (1 drake 8 fem) Goosander, 10 Goldeneye, drake Wigeon, 5 Fieldfare.Staines Moor: 14:40-16:30 Bittern flew from reedbed off pathway leading to moor (viewed from the large metal gate), appeared to land in reedbed viewable from the wooden boardwalk just before the moor.  3 Short-eared Owl, 2 Water Pipit, 2 Goosander (m & f on river), 9 Snipe, 84 Lapwing, Dunlin, 16 Skylark, Grey Wagtail,  Bullfinch, 13 Teal, 2 Wigeon, Little Egret
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Thursday 17 January 2013

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Head of a Bewick's Swan, C. c. bewickii
Head of a Bewick's Swan.
Beddington SF: 1st w Glaucous Gull.Brent Reservoir: m Bearded Tit (left of main hide).Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: both Bearded Tit still present in Diana Memorial reedbed from dawn.King George Reservoir: 4 Bewick's Swan briefly early afternoon.Lee Valley: 4 Bewick's Swan on Seventy Acres lake at dawn.Rainham Marshes: Slavonain Grebe on river at c09.30 then flew up river.South Ealing Station, W5: 1 Mistle Thrush, 6 Waxwings still present.William Girling Reservoir: 1 Slavonian Grebe, 5 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Long-tailed Duck.
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Wednesday 16 January 2013

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Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus) Sout...
Mediterranean Gull
Beddington SF: 1st w Glaucous Gull and ad Mediterranean Gull.Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: both Bearded Tit showing superbly from dawn in the Diana Memorial.London Wetland Centre: 1 redhead Smew, 82 Wigeon, 5 Mandarin, 2 Pintail.Alexandra Park/Wood Green: Hawfinch flew N over Western Road N22 at 12:03.Wormwood Scrubs: 1 Ruff circled the grassland gliding low as if it wanted to land before disappearing NW.Canons Farm: Red Kite circled and drifted west 1.55pm, 14 Lapwings, Red-legged Partridge; yesterday Golden Plover flock reportedly grew to 20 and were joined by 40 Lapwings but no sign of any Golden Plovers today (David Campbell).
Crayford Marshes: 4 Pintail, 4 Curlew, 16 Fieldfare, Little Egret, 400 Dunlin.William Girling Reservoir: M & F/1st Winter Long Tailed Duck, 2 Black Necked Grebes on Chingford Side.Horton:2 Buff-b-pipits still.Queen Mother res:Black-t-diver,Long-t-duck still.
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Tuesday 15 January 2013

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Sanderling (Calidris alba), Farallon, Panama, ...
Sanderling
Horton Gravel Pits: two Buff-bellied Pipits still on puddles at Kingsmead Quarry east of the B376 north of Sunnymeads Station early afternoon.Gallions Reach: 1 Sanderling, 46 Lapwing. 10 Redshank, Firecrest.Beddington SF: Glaucous Gull & Capian Gull.Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens: both Bearded Tit present again from dawn in reedbed by Diana Memorial.Crayford Marshes: Ruff, Turnstone, Spotted Redshank, 136 Golden Plover, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Curlew, Goldcrest.Queen Mother Res: Black-throated Diver still just south of pier at 10:00.South Ealing Station, W5: 8 Waxwings still present 0830.
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Monday 14 January 2013

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Black-throated Diver
Black-throated Diver
Queen Mother Reservoir: Black-throated Diver&Buff-b pipit & Long-Tailed Duck still.Hyde Park / Kensington Gardens: female Goldeneye on Long Water, both Bearded Tit showing well in Diana Memorial reedbed from dawn.Canons Farm: 11 Golden Plover on Skylark field.Crayford Marshes: 2nd winter Caspian Gull, 7 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, Spotted Redshank, 3 Golden Plover, 70 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Rock Pipit, 20 Fieldfare.
Snaresbrook/Leyton Flats: 2 Firecrest.
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Saturday 12 January 2013

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Queen Mother Reservoir : 2 Buff-bellied Pipits briefly birds had moved to Horton GPs in pm and showed well up to 15:40. Also Slavonian Grebe and Long-tailed Duck (the later seen by others) at QMR.Pipits are on puddles at Kingsmead Quarry east of the B376 north of Sunnymeads Station this afternoon, as well as grebe and l.t.duck, also 2 peregrine & red kite at QM Res.Staines Moor: 5 Short-eared Owl and Water Pipit.Stoke Newington: 6 Waxwings on tree in Town Hall Approach at 2.45pm.Whitewebbs Wood: 1 female Firecrest feeding in Holly near Ornamental Lake.

Bearded Reedling 2
Bearded Tit, Hyde Park (Tony Duckett)
Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens:  2 female Bearded Tit showing well from dawn in reedbed close to Diana memorial as yesterday (first seen 11/12/12).Dartford: 3 Waxwings at Holiday Inn Express on University Way in car park late morning.Crayford Marshes: Dark-bellied Brent Goose flew down the Thames; Spotted Redshank, Turnstone, 136 Golden Plover, Green Sandpiper, 3 Curlew, 2 Rock Pipit, 3 Yellow-legged Gull.Brent Reservoir: Bearded Tit heard calling by main hide.Coulsdon: Raven over gardens flying south at 10:15 mobbed v aggressively by crows. London Wetland Centre: Red-head Smew and Bittern on main lake.

Friday 11 January 2013

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Whooper Swan
Whooper Swan 
Hyde Park: 2 female Bearded Tit (both wearing a ring) showed well at dawn while feeding on Phragmites in Diana Memorial reedbed (south side of Serpentine, not far from the Lido.Crayford Marshes: 2 Whooper Swan flew over high south; Little Owl, 4 Golden Plover, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, Green Sandpiper. (Kev Jarvis, Nigel Sluman).  Also 24 Waxwing outside entrance to Erith Yacht Club.Brent Reservoir: The elusive Bearded Tit showed well but silently for one minute at 12:30 in Phragmites near three sawn-off willows from mown area to left of main hide, c25 Snipe, c20 Redwing dropped in, 1 Green Sandpiper, Chiffchaff.Queen Mother Reservoir: 1 BUFF-BELLIED PIPIT still (BirdGuides). Access to Queen Mother Reservoir: Berkshire Ornithological Club has arranged access to Queen Mother Reservoir from 08:00 to 16:00 on Saturday 12th January. Day permits may be obtained, £2 donation recommended, at the BOC gate at TQ018771 from 08:00 to 15:00. All visitors must leave the site by 16.00.South Ealing Station, W5: 9 Waxwings still present 0830.Wanstead Park (Bush/Res Wood): 27 Gadwall, 2 Egyptian Goose, Nuthatch, Firecrest again behind Belgrave Heights, 5 Goldcrest. Beddington SF: 1st/w Glaucous Gull.
  • St. John's Wood: Peregrine Falcon south over Lord's Cricket Ground 13:12 (D. McKenzie).
  • Staines Moor: 3 Short-eared Owls showed very well for most of the day along the east side. Also 2 Water Pipit along the Colne, 22 Common Snipe on the south flood, 5 Stonechat, 2 Little Egret, 12 Siskin, 2 Treecreeper, 1f Bullfinch, 1 Peregrine, 3 Little Grebe and 4+ Reed Bunting. (Lee Dingain - a few pics here )
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Thursday 10 January 2013

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English: The Queen Mother Reservoir There is a...
 The Queen Mother Reservoir There is a sailing club based at the reservoir. The club house is at the top of the bank at reservoir level. 
Queen Mother Reservoir: 2 BUFF-BELLIED PIPIT @11:50 (Nigel Sluman) 1 BUFF-BELLIED PIPIT still on east side (Twitter). Long-tailed Duck  & Slavonian Grebe 09.00 - (BirdGuides). Access to Queen Mother Reservoir: Berkshire Ornithological Club has arranged access to Queen Mother Reservoir from 08:00 to 16:00 on Saturday 12th January. Day permits may be obtained (£2 donation recommended) at the BOC gate at TQ018771 from 08:00 to 15:00. All visitors must leave the site by 16.00.Berwick Ponds: Bittern.
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Wednesday 9 January 2013

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Glaucous Gull
Glaucous Gull 
Queen Mother Reservoir: 2 BUFF-BELLIED PIPIT. It's back!!! (Birdguides). Also Long-tailed Duck and Slavonian Grebe.Hextable Park : c60 Waxwings. Flock of 40 joined by two other groups around 10.30.South Ealing: 9 Waxwings present at 9.10am in trees near tube station exit.Beddington Sewage Farm: Glaucous Gull.Crayford Marshes: Spotted Redshank, Corn Bunting, 165 Golden Plover, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, adult Yellow-legged Gull, Rock Pipit, Cetti's Warbler, Green Sandpiper, 1000 Dunlin, 300 Redshank, 3 Curlew.
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Monday 7 January 2013

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鶴鷸 Spotted Redshank
 Spotted Redshank
Hextable Park: c60 Waxwings 9.30 (LA).  30 Waxwings still present, 10.30 quite nervous flew N to Home Hill.South Ealing Station, W5. 10 Waxwings still present, 0830.Walthamstow: Lockwood 4 goosanders (KJMcmanus). Crayford Marshes: Spotted Redshank, 66 Golden Plover, 8 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Green Sandpiper, Rock Pipit, 4 Curlew, c270 Redshank, c800 Dunlin, Chiffchaff.Dartford: 62 Waxwings in Holiday Inn Express car park off University Way at midday.London Wetland Centre: Red Kite west 11.50-12.00, Common Buzzard east 12.55.Sidcup: 6 Waxwings directly opposite Ruxley Manor Garden Centre - Maidstone Road 0945.
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