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Ruddy Duck 

• Mill Hill NW7: Still 60+ Waxwing on A1/A41 Watford Way at Chadbury Court near Fiveways Corner at 08:30. Do not park in Chadbury Court's private slip road; park in Tithe Walk or Page Street and use the subway to cross Watford Way or park at Pentavia Retail Park and walk back.Beddington Farm: Iceland Gull.

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 Short Eared Owl

Mill Hill NW7: c.100 Waxwing still present at 08:30 on A1/A41 Watford Way at Chadbury Court near Fiveways Corner, mainly in trees at rear of houses or on TV aerials and only occasionally coming down to feed, when easily spooked by traffic. Still present at 13:00. Do not park in Chadbury Court's private slip road; park in Tithe Walk or Page Street and use the subway to cross Watford Way or park at Pentavia Retail Park and walk back.Blackheath: 3 Waxwing on A102, 300m N of Sun in the Sand roundabout, at junction with A2.Jack's Lake, East Barnet: Waxwing, small flock flew over south @ 0800hrs.Dagenham Chase: Short-eared owl.Queen mother res: Long-tailed duck.

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Waxwing

Mill Hill NW7: 100+ Waxwing still on A1/A41 Watford Way at Chadbury Court near Fiveways Corner 08:15.Hilfield Park Reservoir: female Scaup.
Grange Waters: Long Tailed Duck.

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Iceland Gull.

Mill Hill: 90 Waxwing on A1/A41 Watford Way northbound at Chadbury Court between Fiveways Corner and Nissan Showroom 1:30pm.Crossness: 4 Waxwing by red lighthouse.Rainham Marsh: Iceland Gull.

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Raven

Bentley Priory: 3 Ravens over calling 09:45, northern edge of site.Ten Acre Wood area: Short-eared owl.Rainham Marsh: Marsh Harrier,Ruff.NOW 2 BUFF BELLIED PIPITS QM RES.

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Queen Mother Reservoir: BUFF-BELLIED PIPIT Xmas day  Berks Birds website

2012 LONDON & WALTHAMSTOW

Twite

2012 was a good year for my london birding.Here's the birds.DOTTEREL 15 of them GANNET,BONAPARTE'S GULL,MELODIOUS WARBLER,BAILLION'S CRAKE,BUFF-BELLIED PIPIT and also i found some good patch birds the best of the lot was a 1st for walthamstow 2 TWITE next best was a PECTORAL SANDPIPER which was only the 2nd record.Other birds of note FULMAR,ICELAND GULL,KITTIWAKE,MERLIN,Turnstone,Black Terns,Sandwich Terns,Little Gulls, WOOD SANDPIPER,KNOT,OSPREY And another thing i did enjoy was seeing was over 25+ Red Kites at the patch.

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Barnacle Goose

Queen Mother Reservoir: BUFF-BELLIED PIPIT 11.30, Long-tailed Duck  Berks Birds website  Crayford Marshes: Waxwing flew over south-west calling,landed briefly then continued on it's way; 160 Black-tailed Godwit, 25 Golden Plover, 2 Yellow-legged Gull (1st winter & 2nd winter), 3 Curlew, 2 Green Sandpiper. Queen Elizabeth II Res: 52 Barnacle Geese came in high from the SE and landed on Apps Court GP mid-morning (TQ165625).

A better SHAG.

A better shag shot.Cheers paul.And here is a link to even better pics: http://www.wansteadbirder.com

WEST WARWICK RES.

Heres a shot of my patch tick (SHAG)136 at west warwick and also i would like to thank paul hawkins for letting me use his picture.

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A male Brambling in Poland. 

Queen Mother Reservoir: BUFF-BELLIED PIPIT - early am then flew towards NW bank. £2 permit access, 8am-4pm Sunday and Monday.Hayes: In my garden @09:00-09:10, 12 species inc. Brambling.Ten Acre Wood area; 2 Pheasant (1 all white bird), covey 5 Red-legged Partridge, Buzzard, f Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, 40 Lapwing, Barn Owl mobbed by 6 Jackdaws 8.45 uttering screech, then hovering on its own before landing in tree, 10ish Short-eared Owl flushed from ground few feet from me.Staines Reservoir: 2 Scaup on north basin, 1 red head Smew on south basin.
Rainham Marshes: Snow Goose of unknown origin & White-fronted Goose with Greylags. Merlin (f), 3 Yellow-legged Gull (2ad 1 2w), 2 Cetti's Warbler, 11 Pintail.Staines Moor: 4 Short-eared Owl, 2+ Water Pipit.

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European Shag

Queen Mother Reservoir: Buff-bellied Pipit at 11.35, also drake Long-tailed Duck 09.20 (Michael McKee).  NB Permit access 8am-4pm tomorrow for final time this year (per Berks Birds website). Walthamstow Reservoirs: Lockwood and Maynards - 5 Goosander (1 drake, 4 fem), 7 Goldeneye (1 drake, 6 fem); West Warwick - imm Shag still.Crayford Marshes: Spotted Redshank, Turnstone, 270 Black-tailed Godwit, 21 Golden Plover, 3 Yellow-legged Gull, Green Sandpiper, 3 Curlew.

MERRY XMAS

Tengmalm's Owl looking for a birdtable to roost in.

Merry xmas i hope you have a good one.

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BRENT GOOSE

Waltham Cross: Adult Dark-bellied Brent Goose in field SW of A10/B198 (Lieutenant Ellis Way) junction at 11.20 a.m.QM res:Buffy still present.
Crayford Marshes: Turnstone, Spotted Redshank, Green Sandpiper, male Stonechat, 2 Rock Pipit, 2 Curlew, c1500 Lapwing. Lee Valley RP: Middlesex FB - 1+ Firecrest, 2+ Goldcrests, 4 Chiffchaff.

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Tundra Bean Goose.

Rainham Marshes RSPB: 2 Tundra Bean Goose flew NE at 10.50.Queen Mother Reservoir: BUFF-BELLIED PIPIT still this morning, and Long-tailed Duck, Great Northern Diver; no further arrangements for public access until 08:00 on Saturday.Crayford Marshes: Turnstone, Spotted Redshank, 64 Golden Plover, 2 Lesser Redpoll, 3 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Rock Pipit, Green Sandpiper.

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Rose-breasted grosbeck on scilly still.Laughing gull one near rosehearty aberdeenshire.

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Queen Mother Reservoir: Still BUFF-BELLIED PIPIT. Also Long-tailed Duck & Great northern diver,red necked grebe. please check Berks Birds website for current info.Grays, RM17: c20 Waxwings, Bexhill Drive.

MEGA

Rose-Breasted Grosbeck.

MEGA SCILLY:ROSE-BREASTED GROSBECK St mary's near dump on feeders in garden at pilot's retreat

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• Queen Mother Reservoir: Still BUFF-BELLIED PIPIT. Berks BC volunteers said the permits may be available on the gate throughout the week - they said to check this site, BirdGuides and Birdforum for further details. Thanks to Mike McKee and others. From Berksbirds.co.uk? I'm not sure who posted this or where they got their info from but this doesn't appear to be the case, please check Berks Birds website for current info: http://www.berksbirds.co.uk/birdnews.asp
• And also long-tailed duck & g n diver still. Grays, RM17: 3 Waxwings in Worthing Close at 8am. c50 Waxwings in Bexhill Drive at 9.15.

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 Great Northern Diver

Queen Mother Reservoir: Still BUFF-BELLIED PIPIT. Berks BC volunteers said the permits may be available on the gate throughout next week - they said to check this site, birdguides and birdforum for further details.Hilfield Park Reservoir: Great Northern Diver.Grays, RM17: single Waxwing low west 8.05 am.Wormwood Scrubs: 1 Woodcock flushed from the grassland.

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Bittern

Brent Reservoir: male Bearded Tit showed from Heron Hide several times between 09.22 and 11.00; also 27 Snipe.Dagenham Chase LNR 61 species recorded,  14 Waxwings around Millenium Centre though mobile, Short-eared Owl  quartering travellers field late pm.Eltham: 4 Waxwing 400m w of junction of A20/B263, 12.30.Hilfield Park Reservoir: Great Northern Diver & 2 redhead Smew.Regent's Park: 2 Waxwings 3.20pm.Queen Mother Reservoir: BUFF-BELLIED PIPIT still along southern bank showing very well. Park outside main gate and day permits available.Wanstead Flats: 12 Waxwing south down Centre Road.William Girling Reservoir: 1 (adult drake) Long-tailed Duck, 6+ Black-necked Grebe.Lea Valley: Bittern seen from Bittern watch point hide 1.00pm.Wraysbury GPs: fem Smew, male Goldeneye.

A 1st for london

I connected with the BUFF-BELLIED PIPIT today which is a 1st for london putting me on 268 and also after being dropped off i went straight to west warwick res and ticked off SHAG for the patch.136.

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 Shag

Balaam Street E13: Waxwing (KJMcmanus).http://londonbirder-birdman.blogspot.co.uk/Queen Mother Res : BB PIPIT showing down to 2 feet ,2 Red Kites, L-T-DUCK , R-N-Grebe & P-Falcon on watch tower.JUV Shag on west warwick res walthamstow.

Balaam Street

Had a nice surprise while waiting for my internet cafe to open i was just standing next to some berry bushs on opposite side of the cafe thinking you could get a waxwing in here.Thanks paul borg for making the image bigger on photoshop.

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Buff-bellied Pipits will wag their tail from side to side as well as up and down.

Queen Mother Reservoir: BUFF-BELLIED PIPIT present for 2nd day. Park outside main gates and walk up steps to clubhouse. ( A tweet was but out at 1.11pm still present). Red-necked Grebe & Long-tailed Duck still present.

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White-fronted Goose.

Beddington SF: 8 White-fronted Geese flew south over Main Lake at 10:48.Camberwell Old Cemetary: Waxwing heard calling overhead 13:55.Chafford Hundred: 100 Waxwings by Treacle Mine pub.City of London: 2 Waxwings off Lower Thames Street on the green behind St Magnus Church briefly.Crayford Marshes: Spotted Redshank, 2 Pintail, 2nd winter Mediterranean Gull, 130 Black-tailed Godwit, 8 Curlew, Little Owl, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, Rock Pipit.Middlesex filterbeds: 2 Firecrest, 5 goldcrest, 2 chiffys,  snipe over N at dusk.Petts Wood: Firecrest in the Edlmann Memorial Wood.South Croydon: Waxwing heard calling somewhere overhead; Selsdon Road 07.40hrs.Wanstead Flats: Firecrest (in woodland to north of Alex).Wanstead village: Waxwing .

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Jack Snipe

Crayford Marshes: Spotted Redshank, Water Pipit, 10 Grey Plover, 4 Pintail, 212 Black-tailed Godwit, Little Owl, 3 Lesser Redpoll, Green Sandpiper, 2 Rock Pipit, Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Curlew, Kingfisher, 8 Snipe, c1000 Dunlin.London Wetland Centre: 2 Bearded Tit, 2 Jack Snipe, 2 Stonechat, 2 Chiffchaff.Redbridge Lakes and Claybury Park: Jack Snipe.Stocker's Lake, Rickmansworth: 8 Goldeneye, 3m, 5f.Streatham Hill:  2 Waxwing (heard only) on corner of Thornton Avenue\Criffel Avenue.

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Bullfinch

Brent Reservoir: male Bearded Tit briefly at Heron Hide 08.50; also Waxwing over north marsh, drake Pintail & site record count of 219 Teal.Hornsey: c20 Waxwing from Nightingale Lane garden circled whilst being spooked by Sparrowhawk then headed south and SW towards Hornsey at 1145.Island Barn Res: 2 female Velvet Scoter flew off high west at 10.58.King George V Reservoir: Short-eared Owl over Stewardstone Rd at 07.25, 4 Goosander on N end of flood relief channel.Streatham Hill: 11.00am, 25 Waxwings still feeding on berries of one small tree by Telford Avenue/Thornton Avenue roundabout and drinking in gutter of nearby block of flats.William Girling Reservoir (from Mansfield Park): Red-necked Grebe in NE corner at 10.00am, male Long-tailed Duck, probable Black-necked Grebe though very distant, 4+ Goldeneye, 2 Bullfinch.

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Bewick's Swans 

Blackheath: 1+ Waxwing heard only on Blackheath Park.Brent Reservoir: male Bearded Tit again from Heron Hide.Island Barn Reservoir: 2 female Velvet Scoter.King George V Reservoir: Red-necked Grebe on south basin.London Wetland Centre: Scaup.Rainham Marshes: 3 Bewick's Swans (2 ads and juv) on Purfleet Scrape, Common Sandpiper, Ruff, Water Pipit, 2 Rock Pipits, 3 Corn Buntings at Stone Barges (Ruth Barnes). Two Caspian Gulls (adult and second-winter) on southern side of the tip viewed from Thames path 300yds east of the stone barges; also 10 Yellow-legged Gulls.Streatham: 26 Waxwing at Streatham Hill at Telford's Avenue/Thornton Avenue roundabout at 10.40.Tyttenhanger GPs: 4 Bewick's Swan (2 ad 2 juv), 2 Goosander (males), Goldeneye (drake) 2 Green Sandpiper, Common Snipe, 16 Lesser Redpoll.