February

• Weald Park: Little Grebe, 2f Goosander, Little Owl, 22 Fieldfare, 45 Redwing, 2 Reed Bunting (CRJ, RWy)
• Walthamstow Reservoir: 109 Pochard, 6 Ruddy Duck, 4 Gadwall, Water Rail, Grey Wagtail, 40 Teal, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (DC)

• Rainham Marshes: Open Weekend: 79 species today including four new for the weekend: m Blackcap, m Bullfinch, 4 Ringed Plover and Grey Plover giving a total of 82.
• Grange Waters Complex: 32 Wigeon, 52 Redwing, 29 Pochard, 400 Lapwing,1 Water Rail, female Long Tailed Duck, Grey Wagtail and 2 Redhead Smew (DMo)
• Creekmouth: 4 Black Tailed Godwit, 53 Shoveler, 28 Gadwall, 64 Redshank, 1 Rock Pipit and 36 Shelduck (DMo)
• South Weald: 100 Chaffinch, 25 Redwing (CRJ)
• Weald Park: 2f Goosander, 2 Kingfisher, Firecrest (CRJ)
• Harold Court: 10 Snipe (CRJ)

• Rainham Marshes: Open Weekend: 78 species seen including Ruff, 3 Oystercatcher, 120 Blackwit, 30 Golden Plover, 40 Snipe, 4 Water Pipits, 15 Rock Pipits, Chiffchaff, 2 Short-eared Owls, 3+ Bearded Tit, 12 Stonechat, Little Egret, Peregrine (mo)
• Ingrebourne Valley, Berwick Pond: Firecrest, 2 Cetti's Warblers, 3 Water Rail (LH)
• Grange Waters Water Sports Centre, South Ockenden: f Long-tailed Duck, 6 Gadwall (KB)
• Mollands Lane GP: 52 Wigeon, 32 Teal, Stonechat, 15 Meadow Pipit (KB)
• Romford, Crow Lane: m Blackcap (KB)
• West Thurrock Marshes: 29 Avocet, Dartford Warbler (DD-L)
• Cely Woods, Thames Chase: Treecreeper, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Goldcrest (Paul Morris)

• Rainham Marshes: Chiffchaff, 9 Stonechat, 32 Snipe, 75 Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew, 2000 Lapwing (RSPB)
• West Thurrock Marshes: Jack Snipe, 31 Avocet, Oystercatcher, 12 Curlew, 4 Snipe, 173 Redshank, 1400 Dunlin, 50 Teal, 20 Shelduck (KB)
• Randell Drive, Hornchurch: 2 Waxwing at 10am (TK)
• Walthamstow: 12 Stock Dove (Martin Jordan)
• Walthamstow Reservoir: 14 Wigeon, 4 Shelduck, m Stonechat (DC)
• Ingrebourne Valley, Berwick Pond: Bittern showed very well about 50 yrds to the right of the blue barrells on the main part of the pond bewteen 1430 &1530 (LH)
• Sewardstone Marsh: 3 Woodcock (MS)
• Weald Park: 2pr Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, 2f & imm m Goosander, 6 Pochard, Pheasant, 2 Kingfisher, Tawny Owl, Little Owl, pr Grey Wagtail, 20 Blackbird, 40 Fieldfare, 45 Redwing, 7 Song Thrush, 8 Goldcrest, f Firecrest, 8 Siskin, 4 Lesser Redpoll (CRJ)

• Ingrebourne Valley, Berwick Pond: Bittern, 2 Water Rail, Cetti's Warbler (KB)
• Walthamstow Reservoir: 48 Gadwall, 8 Shelduck, 131 Pochard, 27 Lapwing, 47 Teal, 11 Ruddy Duck, 3 Mistle Thrush, Shoveler, Snow Goose, Black Swan (DC)
• Tottenham Marsh: 3 Chiffchaff (DC)
• Bedfords Park: 400 Jackdaw, 300 Rook, 100 Carrion Crows (CRJ)
• Weald Park: 3f Goosander, 34 Tufted Duck, 6 Pochard, 90 Canada Geese, pr Kingfisher (CRJ)

• Rainham Marshes: 2000 Lapwing, 2 Golden Plover, 2 Ruff, 2 Curlew, Blackwit, 14 Pintail, 40 Pochard, 5 Rock Pipit, 40 Goldfinch, 35 Fieldfare (RSPB)
• Dagenham Chase: 138 Golden Plover, m Shelduck and 2 Snipe (KB)
• Rainham Road: 80 Linnet (H &AV)
• Ingrebourne Valley: Bittern, 2 Water Rail, 3 Sparrowhawk, 24 Yellowhammer and 48 Reed Bunting (DMo)
• Bedfords Park: 500 Jackdaw, Woodcock (CRJ)

• Rainham Marshes: 2000 Lapwing (RSPB)
• Walthamstow Reservoir: 9 Gadwall, 2 Shelduck, 69 Teal, 32 Lapwing, 42 Pochard, 4 Ruddy Duck, Green Woodpecker, Jay , Meadow Pipit (DC)
• Mardyke Valley: 100 Linnet (HV)
• Weald Park: 17 Siskin, 30 Goldfinch, 3 Lesser Redpoll, 4f Goosander, 2 Fieldfare, 35 Redwing, 2 Firecrest (CRJ)

• Rainham Marshes: Common Buzzard (George Fair)
• Barking Bay: Corn Bunting, 8 Fieldfare, 139 Shelduck, 130 Teal. (KB)
• Creeksmouth: 240 Teal, 40 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 22 Shelduck, 10 Redshank (KB)
• Woolwich Ferry: ad Caspian Gull (KB)
• Warley Place: Firecrest, 3 Goldcrest, 28 Long-tailed Tits, 2 Coal Tit (CRJ)
• Derby Ave. Hornchurch: Waxwing (per John Yearley)

• West Thurrock Marshes (from Swanscombe): 1st yr Glaucous Gull east down Thames
• Holyfield & Hayes Hill Farm: 45 Chaffinch, 17 Linnet, 15 Lapwing, Peregrine, Kingfisher, 2 Little Owl, Stonechat (mo)
• Bittern Watchpoint: Bittern (mo)
• Fishers Green Goosefield: Green Sandpiper (SRH)
• Hooks Marsh Lake: 6m1rh Smew (SRH)
• Wanstead Park: 2m Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (David Bradnum)
• Dagenham Chase: Little Owl, pr Wigeon, 35 Shoveler, 41 Pochard (KB)
• South Weald (private wood): Grey Wagtail, 65 Fieldfare, 3m Gt Spot Woodpecker, 100 Chaffinch (CRJ)
• Weald Park: Common Buzzard, Little Grebe, 10 Pochard, 17 Tufted Duck, 7 Goosander, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Reed Bunting (CRJ, RWy)
• Onger Park Wood: Common Buzzard (Steve Grimwade & Annette Adams)
• Valentines Park: Male Mandarin, 436 Black-headed Gull , 145 Mallard ,130 Coot ,124 Canada Goose , 88 Tufted Duck, 41 Moorhen, 18 Common Gull, 5 Little Grebe, 4 Gadwall, 2 Pochard, 25 Redwing. (PHo)

• Rainham Marshes: 1st yr Glaucous Gull (SBa, DS, SS) Kingfisher, Jack Snipe, 2 Ringed Plover, 54 Redshank, 200 Dunlin, 4 Curlew, 7 Black Tailed Godwit, 27 Snipe, 8 Rock Pipit, 34 Pochard and 16 Pintail. (DMo)
• Hayes Hill Farm: Peregrine, Kingfisher, 3 Smew, 3 Goosander, Common Buzzard, Little Owl, Stonechat (mo)
• Stubbers OPC: 55 Wigeon, 5 Golden Plover, Jack Snipe, Green Sandpiper (DMo)

• Walthamstow Reservoirs: 2 Shoveler, 33 Lapwing, 21 Gadwall, 43 Ruddy duck, 6 Shelduck, 68 Pochard, 44 Teal and 14 Little Grebe, redhead smew, 2m & 1f Goosander, 3f & 1m Goldeneye, Common Sandpiper (DC)
• Rainham Marshes: 1st yr Glaucous Gull on the Tip Pool till 1315 at least (KB) Jack Snipe, 45 Snipe, 11 Rockit, Water Pipit (RSPB)
• Hayes Hill Farm: 12 Greenfinch, 2 Grey Wagtail, 9 Pied Wagtail (HV)
• Weald Park: 12f 3m Goosander (CRJ)

• Rainham Marshes: f Peregrine, 2 Short-eared Owls (CBa)
• Harold Hill: all three Woodpeckers (CRJ)
• South Weald (private wood): f Hawfinch (CRJ)
• Weald Park: f Firecrest, 1m 7f Goosander, 9 Pochard (CRJ)
• Bedfords Park: Woodcock, 2 Tawny Owl, 5 Goldcrest, 30 Chaffinch (CRJ)
• London City Airport: Curlew (DMo)

• Rainham Marshes (Tip area): ad Caspian Gull 7 Yellow-legged Gulls : 2 adults, 2 1st winters and 3 2nd winters (SLA) Grey Plover (DS) 3 Curlew, Little Egret, 300 Dunlin, 1500 Lapwing, 80 Shelduck, 2pr Stonechat, 140 Fieldfare, 30 Redwing, 18 Pintail, 29 Pochard Water Pipit (RSPB)
• Harold Hill: Lesser SPotted Woodpecker drumming, Nuthatch (CRJ)
• South Weald (private wood): f Lesser Spot (CRJ)
• Weald Park: 10f 4m Goosander, 8 POchard, Kingfisher, 50 Chaffinch (CRJ)

• Rainham Marshes: pr Stonechat, 2 Water Pipit, 10 Rockit (RSPB) 1st yr Med Gull, 10 Yellow-legged Gulls by the Tip (Steve Arlow)
• Cheshunt, Somerfields: 20 Waxwing (Nigel May)
• Oylers Farm, A10 - M25: 71 Golden Plover (Nigel May)
• Weald Park: 5f 1m Goosander, 21 Moorhen, Little Owl, Tawny Owl, 2 Kingfisher, Firecrest, 3 Rook

• Rainham Marshes: 20 Rockit, Water Pipit. Grey Wagtail, Blackwit, f Peregrine, 27 Pintail (RSPB)
• Amwell: 4 Water Rail (MS) .
• North Woolwich: 3rd Yr Caspian Gull & adult Yellow-legged Gull (Paul Whiteman)
• Cheshunt, Somerfields: 5 Waxwing (RW)
• Weald Park: 8 Goosander. Kingfisher (CRJ)
• Dark Lane, Warley: 5 Bullfinch, 80 Fieldfare, 60 Redwing (CRJ)
• Warley Place EWT: Firecrest, 7 Goldcrest, 20 Long-tailed Tits, Coal Tit, 2 Treecreeper (CRJ)

• Rainham Marshes: 1st yr Glaucous Gull, 4 Little Egret, 3 Blackwit, Peregrine (HV, CB, MDD, LH) Kittiwake (RS)
• Aveley Tip (viewable from Kennington Park): same Glaucous Gull and 1st winter Iceland Gull at 11.45 (RS)
• Cheshunt, Somerfields: 20 Waxwing
• Connaught Water: m Smew, 20 Mandarin
• Weald Park: 11f 2m Goosander, 2 Kingfisher (CRJ, AS)
• Fishers Green Goosefield: f Stonechat, m Yellowhammer & 25 Linnets (C&PL)
• Barking Bay: 700 Teal, 198 Shelduck, 570 Dunlin, 18 Blackwit (SH)
• Fairlop: Goldeneye, 4 Wigeon (SBa)
• Havering Aggregates (private site): 5 Green Sandpipers, 2 Shelduck, 19 Lapwing,14 Meadow Pipit and a cracking Water Pipit (DMo)
• Mayesbrook Park: Little Egret (SRH)
• London City Airport: f Merlin (DMo)
  

• Cheshunt, Somerfields: 20 Waxwing
• Bittern Watchpoint: Cetti's Warbler, Ruddy Duck (RW)
• North Met Pit: Goosander
• Holyfield Hall Farm: imm f Peregrine
• City Airport: f Merlin (DMo)
• Creekmouth: 60 Shoveler, 23 Gadwall, 89 Shelduck, pr Oystercatchers and 51 Redshank (DMo)
• Walthamstow Reservoirs: 72 Mute Swan, 127 Pochard, 502 Tufted Duck, 6 Goldeneye, 90 Ruddy Duck, 3 Green Sandpiper (SRH)

• Weald Park: f Goosander, 2m Teal, 9 Pochard, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, 10 Redwing (CRJ)
• Cheshunt, Somerfields: 20 Waxwing (Peter Fallon) 101 in afternoon (RW)

• Rainham Marshes: 1st yr Iceland Gull, 3rd yr Capian Gull (CRJ, HV)
• Bedfords Park: 48 Redwing (CRJ)
• Weald Park: 8f 4m Goosander (CRJ)

• Weald Park: 5f 4m Goosander, 8 Pochard, 14 Tufted Duck, 22 Moorhen, 2 Water Rail, Kingfisher, 3 Little Owl (CRJ)
• Cheshunt, Somerfields: peak today of 153 Waxwings (RW)
• Rainham Marshes: ad sum & 1st winter Med Gull, 3ad & 2 2ndyr Yellow-legged Gull, 120 Fieldfare, 35 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 5 Stonechat, 8 Rockit, 2 Water Pipit, 30 Mipit, 12 Skylark, 60 Goldfinch, 3 Little Egret, Kingfisher, Woodcock, 65 Blackwit, 2 Golden Plover, 1600 Lapwing, 200 Dunlin, 2 Curlew, 20 Redshank, Black Swan (RSPB)
• Dagenham Chase: Little Egret (PD)
• Weald Park: 10f 4m Goosander (CRJ)

• Cheshunt, Somerfields: peak today of 75 Waxwings
• Rainham Marshes: f Peregrine, 3 Little Egret, 4 Blackwit, male Ruff, 280 Dunlin, 1500 Lapwing, 3 Curlew, 22 Rock Pipit, Water Pipit, 5 Stonechat (RSPB) 2 Short-eared Owls (LH)
• Weald Park: 2m1f Goosander, 2 Kingfisher, Water Rail, 2 Fieldfare, Firecrest (CRJ, MW)
• Dagenham Chase: Little Egret (PD) Peregrine

• Cheshunt, Turners Hill just north of Old English Gentleman PH : peak today of 120 Waxwings (DS)
• Turnford Brook carpark: 36 Waxwing (RW)
• Rainham Marshes: Knot, Golden Plover, 2 Grey Plover, 5 Blackwit, 3 Curlew, 450 Dunlin, f Peregrine, 17 Rock Pipit, Water Pipit, Rook, Gt Crested Grebe, 8 Stonechat (RSPB)
• Dagenham Chase: 31 Rook, pr Wigeon, 8 Gadwall (KB)
• Amwell: 13 LIttle Egrets into roost (MS)

• Cheshunt, Turners Hill just north of Old English Gentleman PH : peak today of 118 Waxwings (SRH)
• Wm Girling Reservoir: 4 Black-necked Grebes - view only from Mansfield Park
• Pages Farm, Upmintser: 2 Skylark, 37 Fieldfare, 12 Redwing, 15 Yellowhammer, 2 Reed Bunting, Woodcock (CRJ)
• Warley CP: 43 Redwings, 2 Lesser Redpoll (CRJ)
• Weald Park: pr Goosander (Roy Wyatt)
• Chindits Lane, Warley: f Brambling, 12 Chaffinch (CRJ)
• Turnford GP: 3 Goosander, 3 Siskin (SRH)
• Hooks Marsh: m Smew (SRH)

• Rainham Marshes: 3 Curlew, 8 Blackwits, 1500+ Lapwing, 100 Dunlin, Little Egret, 150 Fieldfare, 31 Pintail, 29 Pochard, 6 Stonechat, 12 Rockit, f Peregrine(RSPB)
• Bittern Watchpoint: Cetti's Warbler, Kingfisher, Water Rail (RW)
• Holyfield Lake: 2pr Smew (per RW)
• Seventy Acres Lake, Pochard Hide: Bittern (per RW)
• Waltham Cross / Cheshunt: peak today of 88 Waxwings (DH)
• Warley Place: Firecrest, 10 Goldcrest (CRJ)
• Warley CP: 3 Yellowhammer, 21 Redwing, 15 Lesser Redpoll (CRJ, PG)
• Weald Park: 6f 4m Goosander (CRJ, PG)

• Weald Park: 8f 3m Goosander, Kingfisher (CRJ)

• Waltham Cross / Cheshunt: 34 Waxwings in area today (RW)
• Rainham Marshes: 2 Short-eared Owls by silt lagoons (TK)
• Bedfords Park: 60 Redwing, Fieldfare, 4m Song Thrush, Lesser Redpoll (CRJ)
• Weald Park: 233 Mallard, 6 Pochard, Water Rail, 18 Moorhen, Kingfisher, 2 Fieldfare,3m Song Thrush, 8 Reed Bunting (CRJ)

• Rainham Marshes: 2 Avocet (DS) 5 Curlew, 24 Blackwits, 1200+ Lapwing, 200 Dunlin, 2 Little Egret, 4 Short-eared Owl, 150 Fieldfare, 28 Pintail, 23 Pochard, 8 Stonechat, pr Bearded Tit, 2 Water Pipit, 14 Rockit (RSPB)
• Rainham Road, Dagenham: Barn Owl (Lynn Nash)
• Bittern Watchpoint: 2 Bearded Tits (Graham Noble)
• Weald Park: 6 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Goosander, 26 Tufted Duck, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, 2m Firecrest, 8 Goldcrest

• Rainham Marshes: 26 Avocet, 4 Curlew, 12 Blackwits, 1200+ Lapwing, 10  Dunlin, 4 Little Egret, Short-eared Owl, 100 Fieldfare, 22 Pintail, 25 Pochard (RSPB) 1st yr Yellow-legged Gull (Steve Arlow)
• KGV Dock: Caspian Gull (Steve Arlow)
• Walthamstow Marsh: pr Stonechat (Dominic Lette)