LONDON NEWS

This hunting bird was picked out by the low light of the setting sun against the dark backdrop of a nearby loch further down the hilside. Image taken in the hills above Glen Devon, Breadalbane, Scotland. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Enfield (Delta Business Park): Osprey soaring and then north west at 14.30 chased by Lesser Black backed Gulls from KGV res.Crossness: Short-eared Owl in paddocks at 13.30, 8 Wheatears.Staines Reservoirs: 60 Arctic Terns on N basin. Also 3 Little Gulls and 10 Swifts.
 Walthamstow:Lockwood 2 Arctic Terns,Oystercatcher,6 Swift (Kevin J Mcmanus).Crayford Marshes: Pair of Red-breasted Merganser flew up the Thames a.m; 12 Arctic Tern flew up the Thames also a.m; Spotted Redshank on the Thames foreshore near the Yacht Club; 86 Common Tern, Whimbrel, Lesser Whitethroat, Little Owl, 2 Swift, 6 Whitethroat.