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To be report your news email sightings@birdguides.com or calidris@tiscali.co.uk. Below is a round up of the more interesting daily sightings. For more detailed reports for the UK, including the London area use the BIRDGUIDES website. For more bird news details in other parts of London use the following links: East London, Lee Valley, Hertfordshire, Surrey, and Beddington SF. Please note there is no public access to Rainham Marsh until around September 2004 (see Rainham Marsh RSPB). In addition, for access to the following Reservoirs a Thames Water birdwatching permit is required: King George V (Lea Valley), Queen Mother (Berks), Queen Mary & Walton (Surrey) and Walthamstow (Lea Valley). There is no general public access to Island Barn, King George VI Res Queen Elizabeth II & Wraysbury Reservoirs (West London) or Wm Girling (Lea Valley). December 2004 Daily News Highlights for London & surrounding areas December 31st Beddington SF - Iceland Gull Broadwater GP - Little Egret (34) Queen Elizabeth II Res - Mediterranean Gull Rainham Marsh - Pink-footed Goose Stubbers OPC - Long-tailed Duck Warley CP - Northern Bullfinch (7) Wormwood Scrubs - Redstart December 30th Amwell GP - Smew, Caspian Gull & Cetti's Warbler Belhus Woods - Smew (3) Cheshunt GP - Northern Bullfinch (2) Fairlop Waters CP - Scaup (3) Island Barn Res - Scaup London (Barnes) WWT - Bittern Queen Elizabeth II Res - Red Kite Rainham Marsh - Little Egret & Pink-footed Goose Staines Res - Pintail (2) & Water Pipit (2) West Thurrock - Avocet (2) & Black-tailed Godwit (3) Wormwood Scrubs - Redstart Wraysbury GP - Smew (4) December 29th Amwell GP - Little Egret (3), Smew (5) & Mediterranean Gull Broadwater GP - Little Egret (33) Rainham Marsh - Pintail (18), Grey Plover (2), Black-tailed Godwit (180), Penduline Tit (3) & Bearded Tit (2) Staines Res - Black-necked Grebe (2), Pintail (9) & Water Pipit (2) Warley CP - Mealy Redpoll & Northern Bullfinch (4) Wormwood Scrubs - Redstart Wraysbury GP - Smew (4) December 28th Broadwater GP - Little Egret (32) & Iceland Gull Fairlop Waters CP - Scaup (3) Fishers Green - Little Egret Hampstead Heath - Shag Highbury - Waxwing Holyfield Lake - Smew Stocker's Lake - Smew (4) Thorpe Park - Smew (9) Trent CP - Firecrest (2) Valentines Park - Mediterranean Gull Wormwood Scrubs - Redstart December 27th Amwell GP - Bittern Broadwater GP - Little Egret (32) & Iceland Gull Dartford - Caspian Gull Fairlop Waters CP - Scaup (3) Ingrebourne Valley - Cetti's Warbler (2) London (Barnes) WWT - Jack Snipe Moorhall Lake - Smew South Ockendon - Long-tailed Duck & Smew (2) Staines Res - Black-necked Grebe (2) Stocker's Lake - Smew Tyttenhanger GP - Greenshank Valentines Park - Mediterranean Gull Warley CP - Northern Bullfinch (8) Wormwood Scrubs - Redstart December 26th Crayford - Mediterranean Gull Dartford - Caspian Gull Fairlop Waters CP - Scaup (3) Harold Hill - Firecrest Holyfield Farm Goose Fields - White-fronted Goose (9) London (Barnes) WWT - Bittern, Jack Snipe & Cetti's Warbler Rainham Marsh - Short-eared Owl (2) Ruislip GC - Little Egret South Ockendon - Long-tailed Duck & Smew (7) Warley CP - Northern Bullfinch (3) Wormwood Scrubs - Redstart December 25th Beech Farm - Short-eared Owl Fairlop Waters CP - Scaup (3) & Northern Bullfinch St Albans - Raven (2) Stocker's Lake - Smew (3) December 24th Rainham Marsh - Little Egret, Pintail (10), Water Pipit & Bearded Tit. Sawbridgeworth - Waxwing (2) Staines Res - Black-necked Grebe Welwyn Garden City - Waxwing Wormwood Scrubs - Redstart December 23rd Beech Farm - Short-eared Owl Holyfield Farm Goose Fields - White-fronted Goose (9) Thorndon CP - 'Northern' Bullfinch (5) Trent CP - Firecrest Warley CP - Mealy Redpoll Wormwood Scrubs - Redstart December 22nd Bedfont CP - Smew & Firecrest Beech Farm - Short-eared Owl Broxbourne Woods - Hawfinch (3) Fairlop Waters CP - Scaup (2) London (Barnes) WWT - Little Egret Queen Mother Res - Brent Goose Rainham Marshe - Little Egret & Pintail (5) Staines Res - Black-necked Grebe (2) Trent CP - Firecrest (2) West Thurrock - Black-tailed Godwit (18) & Dartford Warbler Wormwood Scrubs - Redstart December 21st Amwell GP - Smew (3) Bedfont CP - Smew (2) Rainham Marsh - Black-tailed Godwit Warley CP - Mealy Redpoll & Northern Bullfinch (6) Wormwood Scrubs - Redstart December 20th Holyfield Farm Goose Fields - White-fronted Goose (9) Staines Res - Black-necked Grebe (2) Warley CP - Mealy Redpoll & Northern Bullfinch (10) Wormwood Scrubs - Redstart December 19th Belhus Woods - Smew Berwick Ponds - Bittern Brent Res - Red Kite & Mediterranean Gull Broadwater Lake - Iceland Gull Fairlop Waters CP - Scaup (3) Holyfield Farm Goose Fields - White-fronted Goose (9) London (Barnes) WWT - Bittern Stubbers OPC - Long-tailed Duck Theydon Bois Golf club - Crane Turnford Brook - Bittern Walthamstow Res - Bewick's Swan (10) West Thurrock - Jack Snipe, Black-tailed Godwit (8), Mediterranean Gull & Dartford Warbler Wormwood Scrubs - Redstart December 18th Broxbourne Woods - Hawfinch (3) Dartford - Little Egret Holyfield Farm Goose Fields - White-fronted Goose (9) Horton GP - Red-crested Pochard Trent CP - Firecrest Warley CP - Mealy Redpoll & Northern Bullfinch (4) West Thurrock - Grey Plover, Jack Snipe (2) & Dartford Warbler Wormwood Scrubs - Redstart December 17th Warley CP - Mealy Redpoll & Northern Bullfinch (6) Wraysbury GP - Smew (3) December 16th Bedfont CP - Smew, Cetti's Warbler & Firecrest Broxbourne Woods - Hawfinch (3) Denmark Hill - Waxwing Fairlop Waters CP - Scaup Rainham Marshes - Pintail (2), Black-tailed Godwit (9) & Short-eared Owl Staines Res - Smew (2) Wormwood Scrubs - Redstart December 15th Beddington SF - Water Pipit Broxbourne Woods - Mealy Redpoll & Hawfinch Cheshunt GP - Cetti's Warbler Rainham Marshes - Pintail (9) & Bearded Tit Staines Res - Tundra Bean Goose & Smew Stubbers OPC - Long-tailed Duck Warley CP - Mealy Redpoll & Northern Bullfinch (7) Wormwood Scrubs - Redstart Wraysbury GP - Smew (3) December 14th Beddington SF - Little Egret, Mediterranean Gull & Water Pipit Broxbourne Woods - Hawfinch (7) King George VI Res - Black-necked Grebe (3) Millwall Dock - Slavonian Grebe Rainham Marshes - Little Egret (4) & Short-eared Owl Staines Moor - Water Pipit Staines Res - Black-necked Grebe & Smew (2) Warley CP - Mealy Redpoll & Northern Bullfinch (8) Wormwood Scrubs - Redstart December 13th Beddington SF - Caspian Gull Bowyers Water - Firecrest Cheshunt GP - Smew (2) Rainham Marshes - Short-eared Owl Staines Res - Black-necked Grebe & Smew (2) Trent CP - Firecrest Warley CP - Northern Bullfinch (11) Wormwood Scrubs - Redstart December 12th Barking Bay - Oystercatcher, Avocet & Black-tailed Godwit Beddington SF - Jack Snipe (2), Water Pipit (2) & Dartford Warbler Broadwater Lake - Little Egret (26) & White-headed Duck Cheshunt GP - Smew (2) Ingrebourne Valley - Cetti's Warbler Purfleet Heritage Centre - Firecrest Rainham Marshes - Little Egret (3) & Pintail (11) Thorndon CP - 'Northern' Bullfinch (11) Warley CP - Mealy Redpoll & Northern Bullfinch (8) Wormwood Scrubs - Redstart December 11th Amwell GP - Little Egret (7) & Smew (2) Beddington SF - Mediterranean Gull (2) & Water Pipit Belhus Woods CP - Smew (3) Broxbourne Woods - Crossbill (2) London (Barnes) WWT - Bittern (2) & Tundra Bean Goose (2) Staines Moor - Richards Pipit Wraysbury GP - Firecrest December 10th Beddington SF - Mediterranean Gull Queen Mother Res - Caspian Gull Springwell Lake - Red-breasted Merganser Stocker's Lake - Smew (2) Wraysbury GP - Smew (2) December 9th Amwell GP - Little Egret (9) Beddington SF - Mediterranean Gull Queen Elizabeth II Res - Red-throated Diver Rainham Marshes - Little Egret (4), Pintail (2) & Water Pipit (2) Staines Res - Tundra Bean Goose, Pintail (6) & Water Pipit (2) Trent CP - Firecrest December 8th
Amwell
GP - Smew & Glaucous Gull
Beddington SF -
Mediterranean Gull (2)
Coxtie
Green - Waxwing
Holyfield Goosefield
- Black-tailed Godwit (2) December 7th Beddington SF - Mediterranean Gull Bedfont CP - Smew Cornmill Meadows - Firecrest Rainham Marshes - Water Pipit & Firecrest Thorndon CP - 'Northern' Bullfinch (3) Thorpe Park - Smew Thurrock Lakeside - Whitethroat Woolwich - Ring-billed Gull December 6th Beddington SF - Mediterranean Gull Bedfont CP - Smew (3) Chafford Hundred - Lesser Whitethroat Queen Elizabeth II Res - Black-necked Grebe (2) & Leach's Petrel Thorndon CP - 'Northern' Bullfinch (6) Warren Gorge - Willow Warbler December 5th Amwell GP - Little Egret (5) & Smew (2) Bedfont CP - Smew (2) Berwick Pond - Bittern & Cetti's Warbler (3) Chafford Hundred - Lesser Whitethroat Cheshunt GP (Bittern watchpoint) - Cetti's Warbler Fairlop Waters CP - Scaup (2) Grange Waters - Smew (2) Hatfield Park - Wawing Isle of Dogs - Ring-billed Gull London (Barnes) WWT - Bittern (2), Green-winged Teal & Cetti's Warbler Queen Mother Res - Iceland Gull Rainham Marshes: Little Egret (4), Pintail (8), Merlin, Caspian Gull, Short-eared Owl (3) & Bearded Tit (2) Valentines Park - Mediterranean Gull Weald Park - Firecrest Wraysbury GP - Smew (3) December 4th Amwell GP - Little Egret (4) Bowyers Water - Smew (3) Chafford Hundred - Lesser Whitethroat Cheshunt GP - Smew (4) Beddington SF - Jack Snipe (7) & Dartford Warbler King George VI Res - Black-necked Grebe (3) Rainham Marshes: Little Egret (4), Pintail (7), Firecrest & Bearded Tit (4) Stubbers OPC - Long-tailed Duck Thorndon CP - 'Northern' Bullfinch (6) December 3rd Beddington SF - Mediterranean Gull, Caspian Gull & Water Pipit Bedfont CP - Smew (4) Northaw Great Wood - Waxwing (2) Rye Meads RSPB - Tundra Bean Geese (2) Thorndon CP - 'Northern' Bullfinch (6) December 2nd Bedfont CP - Smew (3), Cetti's Warbler & Firecrest Berwick Ponds - Bittern London (Barnes) WWT - Bittern (2) London City Airport - Black-tailed Godwit (7) Nazing GP - Mediterranean Gull Rye Meads RSPB - Tundra Bean Geese (2) South Ockenden, Mollands Lane GP - Smew (2) Stubbers OPC - Long-tailed Duck Weald Park - Firecrest December 1st Beddington SF - Mediterranean Gull Hooks Marsh Lake - Smew King George VI Res - Black-necked Grebe (4), Red-breasted Merganser & Water Pipit (3) London (Barnes) WWT - Bittern (2), Jack Snipe & Cetti's Warbler (2) Rainham Marshes - Little Egret (2), White-fronted Geese (7), Tundra Bean Goose (1), Pintail (14) & Black-tailed Godwit Stanwell Moor - Little Egret
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