LONDON NEWS

Holmethorpe SPs 1w.drk.SCAUP at Mercers West Pit still at 3.45pm +2.fem.SMEW still +fem.GOLDENEYE still (+Green Sand).w Iceland Gull Crayford Marshes at Virador tip off University Way & ad Med Gull.Staines Reservoir: Great Northern Diver and Black-necked Grebe on south basin. Shag and drake Scaup on north basin.Wraysbury GPs: 3 drake, 1 red-head Smew on pit just south-west of the Station, also 15 Goosander on various other pits, Blackcap calling.Bedfont Lakes: 5 Smew (2 drakes, 3 red-heads) on the lakes immediately east of Ashford station - only seen from the train heading to London from Ashford.