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To be report your news email sightings@birdguides.com or calidris@tiscali.co.uk. December 2002 Bird News Round Up for London & surrounding areas Red-throated Diver - Chipstead Lake on 10th. South Norwood CP on 21st. Swanscombe Marsh on 8th. Walthamstow Res, on 7th. Wanstead Park on 1st. Whipps Cross on 16th. Black-throated Diver - Walton Res on 21st Great Northern Diver - King George VI Res, single from 6th until 28th. Red-necked Grebe - King George VI Res on 9th Slavonian Grebe - Gunnersbury Park on 25th and 26th. Island Barn Res on 11th and 22nd. King George V Res on 5th, 10th, 17th and 22nd. King George VI Res on 9th. Queen Elizabeth II Res on 22nd. Queen Mother Res from 19th until 21st. Stanstead Abbots GP from 11th until 31st. St. James Park from 13th until 16th. Wraysbury Res, two on 14th. Gannet - West Byfleet on 31st. Shag – Brent Res on 26th and 27th. Island Barn Res on 31st. Bittern – Amwell GP on 18th. Barnes WWT, two usually present from 14th, with a max three on 24th. Bay Pond on 21st. Cheshunt GP still present all month at the Lea Valley Bittern watch point and North Met pit throughout the month, with a max of five on 18th and three on 21st. Horton GP on 31st. Rye Meads on 18th. Wraysbury GP on 14th. Little Egret - Amwell GP on 9th, 14th, 22nd and 31st. Broadwater GP, roosting each night from the 7th, with maxs of thirteen on 26th and 27th, and fourteen onn31st. Molesey GP on 31st. Sevenoaks on 14th and 21st. South Norwood CP on 14th. Staines Moor on 8th and 9th. Bewick Swan - Walthamstow, five on 9th. Brent Goose - Beddington SF on 8th. Queen Elizabeth II Res, sixteen on 11th. Swanscombe Marsh, three on 8th Barnacle Goose - Dartford Marsh, sixteen on 22nd. White-fronted Goose - Beddington SF, two on 18th. Egyptian Goose - Wraysbury GP, fourteen on 14th. Pintail - Amwell GP on 14th. Barnes WWT, six on 1st. Coopers Green GP on 22nd and 25th. Queen Elizabeth II Res, three on 21st. Rainham Marsh, nineteen on 22nd. Stanwell Moor on 14th and 28th. Red-crested Pochard – King George V Res on 24th and 31st.Waddon Pond on 31st. Ferruginous Duck – Ewell on 8th. Ring-necked Duck – Ewell from 8th until 27th. Scaup - Barnes WWT from 14th until 16th. Brent Res on 27th and 28th. Horton GP on 4th until 31st. Red-breasted Merganser – Belvedere on 8th. Staines Res, single from 1st until 9th. Wraysbury GP, two on 10th. Eider – Dartford Marsh on 14th. Smew - Wraysbury GP, seven on 4th, eleven on 15th, ten on 19th, eleven on 20th. White-headed Duck - Broadwater GP on 14th, 15th and 18th. Red Kite – Beddington SF on 25th. North Mymm Park on 14th. Buzzard – Copped Hall on 5th and 27th. Crews Hill on 24th. Potters Crouch, two on 27th. Merlin - Island Barn Res on 19th. Peregrine – Barnes WWT on 29th. Beddington SF on 10th, 14th and 17th. Belvedre on 13th. Hatfield Aerodrome on 24th. Woolwich on 22nd. Oystercatcher - Beddington SF on 14th. Grey Plover – Beddington SF, five on 11th. Knot - Beddington SF, two on 11th. Brent Res on 21st. Jack Snipe – Amwell GP, two on 30th.Barnes WWT on 29th. Beddington SF, three on 15th. Horton GP, two on 18th. Staines Moor on 20th. Wraysbury GP on 20th. Black-tailed Godwit - Dartford Marsh, on 14th. Bar-tailed Godwit - Dartford Marsh, six on 14th. Fishers Green, two on 11th. Greenshank - Tyttenhanger GP from 20th until 27th. Mediterranean Gull – Barnes WWT on 29th. Beddington SF on 17th, 20th, 26th, 27th and 30th. Broadwater GP on 7th. Chingford on 22nd. Dagenham Chase on 31st. Enfield on 4th. Erith on 21st. King George V Res on 8th and 31st. Queen Mother on 26th and 28th. St. James' Park on 31st. Valentines Park on 8th. Little Gull – Beddington SF on 11th and 25th, and ten on 31st. Island Barn Res on 8th. Swanscombe Marsh on 8th Ring-billed Gull – Isle of Dogs on 27th. Woolwich Common on 4th. Caspian Gull
- Beddington SF on 3rd, 17th, 21st, 23rd and 31st. Broadwater GP
on 15th and 17th. Horton Fields on 4th. Iceland Gull
- Broadwater GP on 14th and 15th. Kittiwake - Beddington SF on three on 7th and single on 26th. Broadwater GP on 16th. King George V Res on 17th.Swanscombe Marsh on 8th Short-eared Owl – Fairlop, one or two in Dec. Hatfield Aerodrome, three on 7th and 13th, two on 18th, three onn 22nd, single on 24th. Staines Moor single on 2nd and 3rd, four from 5th until 7th, three on 8th, one on 9th and 14th, three on 16th, single on 20th. Long-eared Owl - South Norwood CP, two from 21st until 27th. Water Pipit – Beddington SF one on 8th and four on 18th. Staines Moor fifteen on 5th, nine on 20th. Black Redstart - Walton Res on 20th. Cetti's Warbler – Amwell GP on 10th. Barnes WWT on 24th and 29th. Dartford Warbler – Rainham Marsh on 27th. Willow Warbler - Regents Park on 12th. Firecrest – Bedfords Park on 26th. Cheshunt GP, three on 22nd. Coppets Wood on 21st. Great Warley, two on 22nd. Harold Hill on 1st and 6th. Regent's Park singles on 5th, three on 6th, single on 7th, three on 12th, single on 24th and 26th. Sevenoaks on 7th. Trent Park on 14th, 27th, two on 28th, single on 30th and two on 31st. Bearded Tit - Amwell GP on 9th and 13th, and two on 30th and 31st. Marsh Tit – North Mymm Park on 14th. Northaw Great Wood, four on 23rd, six on 29th and five on 31st. Tree Sparrow - Tyttenhanger GP on 27th. Crossbill - Black Park, seven on 28th and ten on 31st. |
