Bird news roundup index

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December 2005 News Highlights for London & surrounding areas

Dec 31
Barnes (London WT) - Jack Snipe
Belhus Woods CP - Smew (2)
Beddington SF - Mediterranean Gull (3) & Caspian Gull (3)
Beech Farm - Short-eared Owl
Cheshunt Park - Waxwing
Frogmore GP - Short-eared Owl (2)
Rainham Marshes - Little Egret, Jack Snipe, Caspian Gull. Water Pipit & Bearded Tit.
Walthamstow (Banbury) Res - Red-breasted Merganser

Dec 30
Beddington SF - Mediterranean Gull (4)
Broomfield Park, Palmers Green - Mediterranean Gull
Cheshunt GP - Bittern
Rainham Marshes - Black-tailed Godwit (19) & Caspian Gull.

Dec 29
Barking Bay - Black-tailed Godwit (7)
Barnes (London WT) - Bittern & Jack Snipe
Beddington SF - Mediterranean Gull (2) & Caspian Gull (2)
Belhus Woods CP - Smew                                                                                                                
Berwick Ponds - Bittern (3), Water Pipit (2) & Cetti's Warbler (2)                                                    
Dagenham Chase - Little Egret                                                                                                    
Holyfield Lake area - Bittern & Smew                                                                                      
Rainham Marshes - Grey Plover & Short-eared Owl (2)

Dec 28                                                                                                                                      
Amwell GP - Bittern (2)
Barnes (London WT) -  Jack Snipe
Beddington SF - Mediterranean Gull (2) & Water Ppit
Danson Park -  Mediterranean Gull
Ingrebourne Valley - Short-eared Owl
Rainham Marshes - Bewick Swan (19), Black-tailed Godwit (8), Caspian Gull (2), Short-eared Owl (3), Water Pipit (2), Dartford Warbler & Penduline Tit (2)
Sevenoaks NR - Jack Snipe
Staines Res - Black-necked Grebe (3)
Stanstead Abbots GP - Black-necked Grebe 

Dec27
Amwell GP - Bittern, Little Egret (4), Bewick Swan (5) & Smew (5)
Beddington SF - Mediterranean Gull (2) & Caspian Gull 
Dartford -  Mediterranean Gull                                                                                                        Grange Waters OEC  - Smew (4)                                                                                                   Isle of Dogs - Ring-billed Gull                                                                                                       Oxhey Hall - Whooper Swan                                                                                                             Staines Res - Black-necked Grebe (2) & Water Pipit (3)                                                           Stanstead Abbots GP - Black-necked Grebe                                                                                      West Thurrock - Avocet (16), Jack Snipe (3) & Black-tailed Godwit (39)     

Dec 26                                                                                                                                                 Alexander Park  (Wood Green Res) -  Mediterranean Gull
Amwell GP - Little Egret (2) & Smew (6)                                                                                     Barnes (London WT) - Common Redpoll
Beddingtpn SF - Jack Snipe
Broxbourne Woods - Hawfinch                                                                                                 Cheshunt GP - Smew (3)                                                                                                                    Ingrebourne Valley - Cetti's Warbler (2) & Firecrest                                                                     Rainham Marshes - Short-eared Owl (4)                                                                                        Stockers Lake - Smew (4)                                                                                                              Turnford GP - Smew (2)                                                                                                           

Dec 25                                                                                                                                                 Alexander Park (Wood Green Res) -  Mediterranean Gull                                                              Beddington SF - Mediterranean Gull                                                                                              Fairlop Waters - Smew (2)                                                                                                             Shepperton GP - Smew (3)        

Dec 24                                                                                                                                                 Alexander Park (Wood Green Res) -  Mediterranean Gull                                                               Amwell GP - Smew (3)                                                                                                            Beddington SF - Mediterranean Gull & Caspian Gull                                                                     Broadwater GP - Little Egret (34)                                                                                                     Cheshunt GP - Smew (3)                                                                                                                     Creekmouth -Black-tailed Godwit                                                                                                       Frogmore GP - Short-eared Owl (2)                                                                                            Greenwich, River Thames - Shag (8)                                                                                                  Island Barn Res - Purple Sandpiper                                                                                               Rainham Marshes - Water Pipit & Dartford Warbler                                                                    Stanstead Abbots GP - Black-necked Grebe                                                                               Stockers Lake - Red-crested Pochard, Smew (6) & Little Gull
Walthamstow (Banbury) Res - Red-breasted Merganser

Dec 23                                                                                                                                                 Alexander Park (Wood Green Res)-  Mediterranean Gull                                                             Amwell GP - Smew (4)                                                                                                                Beddington SF - Mediterranean Gull & Caspian Gull                                                                      Rainham Marshes - Little Egret                                                                                                      Walthamstow Res - Red-crested Pochard                                            

Dec 22                                                                                                                                                 Amwell GP - Little Egret (6), Smew (5) & Mediterranean Gull                                                             Beddington SF - Little Egret, Jack Snipe & Mediterranean Gull                                                        Bedfont Lakes CP - Smew (5)                                                                                                      Cheshunt GP -  Mediterranean Gull                                                                                                     Frogmore GP - Short-eared Owl                                                                                                          Grays - Dartford Warbler                                                                                                              Rainham Marshes - Sociable Plover

Dec 21                                                                                                                                              Beddington SF - Little Egret & Mediterranean Gull                                                                          Grays - Common Redpoll                                                                                                                   Hornchurch CP - Dartford Warbler                                                                                            Ingrebourne Valley - Dartford Warbler                                                                                          Rainham Marshes - Caspian Gull, Dartford Warbler & Penduline Tit                                           Regents Park - Crossbill (5)                                                                                                      Stanstead Abbots GP - Black-necked Grebe                                                                            Stockers Lake - Red-crested Pochard (11) & Smew (2) 

Dec 20                                                                                                                                                 Amwell GP - Bittern, Little Egret (10), Smew (6) & Mediterranean Gull (2)                                      Beddington SF - Mediterranean Gull & Caspian Gull (3)                                                             Frogmore GP - Short-eared Owl                                                                                                          Grays - Dartford Warbler                                                                                                            Rainham Marshes - Sociable Plover & Dartford Warbler

Dec 19                                                                                                                                                 Amwell GP - Bittern                                                                                                                     Beddington SF - Jack Snipe                                                                                                             Bedfont Lakes CP - Smew (2)                                                                                                           Beech Farm - Short-eared Owl                                                                                                      Frogmore GP - Short-eared Owl (2)                                                                                                   Harlow  - Hawfinch                                                                                                                        Hatfield - Hawfinch                                                                                                                     Rainham Marshes - Little Egret, Sociable Plover, Caspian Gull & Penduline Tit (6)                       Thopre Park - Smew (15)                                                                                                 

Dec 18                                                                                                                                                 Amwell GP - Bittern, Little Egret (5), Smew (6) & Mediterranean Gull (2)                                      Barnes (London WT) - Jack Snipe                                                                                                       Beech Farm - Barn Owl                                                                                                            Cheshunt GP -  Hawfinch                                                                                                          Holyfield Hall Farm - Common Redpoll (4)
Holyfield Lake - Smew (8)                                                                                                          Ingrebourne Valley - Dartford Warbler & Hawfinch                                                                   Paddington Green - Whooper Swan (2)                                                                                    Rainham Marshes - Sociable Plover, Black-tailed Godwit (27), Dartford Warbler (2) & Penduline Tit (3)                                                                                                                                                     Stanstead Abbots GP - Black-necked Grebe                                                                            Stockers Lake - Red-crested Pochard (7) & Smew (3) 

Dec 17                                                                                                                                                Amwell GP - Little Egret (14), Smew (3), Jack Snipe, Mediterranean Gull (2) & Cetti's Warbler Barnes (London WT) - Water Pipit                                                                                                    Cheshunt GP - Bittern                                                                                                                      Holyfield Lake - Smew                                                                                                              Ingrebourne Valley - Merlin & Short-eared Owl                                                                             Rainham Marshes - Sociable Plover & Mediterranean Gull                                                            Staines Res - Black-necked Grebe                                                                                                  Stanstead Abbots GP - Black-necked Grebe                                                                            Tyttenhanger GP - Whooper Swan (2)                                                                                    Wraysbury GP - Smew (6)                                                                                                     

Dec 16                                                                                                                                                 Beddington SF - Mediterranean Gull (3)                                                                                     Frogmore GP - Short-eared Owl                                                                                                      Hornchurch CP - Short-eared Owl                                                                                                 Rainham Marshes - Sociable Plover                            

Dec 15                                                                                                                                                Amwell GP - Little Egret (3) & Smew (3)                                                                                              Holyfield Lake - Smew (5)                                                                                                             King George's Park, Southfields  - Little Egret                                                                                   Palmers Green - Mediterranean Gull                                                                                                    Rainham Marshes - Avocet (2),  Sociable Plover & Black-tailed Godwit (240)                               Staines Res - Black-necked Grebe (5)                                                                                          Stanstead Abbots GP - Black-necked Grebe                                                                                Thorpe Park - Smew (11)                                                                     

Dec 14                                                                                                                                                Amwell GP - Bittern, Little Egret (3) & Smew                                                                                  Beddington SF - Mediterranean Gull (2) & Caspian Gull                                                               Cheshunt GP - Bittern (2)                                                                                                                   Rainham Marshes - Avocet (2),  Sociable Plover, Black-tailed Godwit (240), Turnstone & Water Pipit (2)                                                                                                                                                 Staines Res - Black-necked Grebe (5)                                                                                          Stanstead Abbots GP - Black-necked Grebe                                                                                Westminster - Barn Owl (dead)                                                                                                Wraysbury GP - Smew (11)             

Dec 13                                                                                                                                               Amwell GP - Little Egret (5) & Smew                                                                                                  Beddington SF - Mediterranean Gull (3)                                                                                             Inns Lake - Black-necked Grebe                                                                                                     Staines Res - Black-necked Grebe (7) & Water Pipit                                                                         Rainham Marshes - Sociable Plover                                                                                               Stockers Lake - Smew (5)  

Dec 12                                                                                                                                               Beddington SF - Mediterranean Gull (2) & Caspian Gull                                                                Bedfont Lakes CP - Smew (6)                                                                                                   Cheshunt GP - Bittern                                                                                                                    Ingrebourne Valley -  Cetti's Warbler & Dartford Warbler                                                               London Colney - Hen Harrier                                                                                                               Rainham Marshes - Little Egret (2), Sociable Plover, Black-tailed Godwit (200) & Black Redstart Tyttenhanger GP - Greenshank                                                  

Dec 11                                                                                                                                          Amwell GP - Little Egret (6), Mediterranean Gull & Cetti's Warbler (2)                                    Beddington SF - Little Egret & Water Pipit (2)                                                                              Bedfont Lakes CP - Smew (5)                                                                                                  Bowyers Water - Common Redpoll                                                                                               Cheshunt GP (Bittern watchpoint) - Bittern                                                                                        Connaught Water - Smew                                                                                                               Creekmouth - Oystercatcher (3) & Black-tailed Godwit (3)                                                 Ingrebourne Valley -  Cetti's Warbler, Dartford Warbler & Mealy Redpoll                                         Rainham Marshes - Little Egret (2), Grey Plover (2), Sociable Plover, Black-tailed Godwit (87), Mediterranean Gull, Water Pipit (2), Black Redstart & Dartford Warbler                                        Stanstead Abbots GP - Black-necked Grebe                                                                                       West Thurrock - Little Egret (2), Grey Plover (3), Jack Snipe (2) & Black-tailed Godwit (120)   

Dec 10                                                                                                                                                  Amwell GP - Bittern & Little Egret                                                                                                 Beddington SF - Mediterranean Gull, Caspian Gull & Water Pipit                                                     Beech Farm GP - Short-eared Owl                                                                                                    Broxbourne Woods - Hawfinch (3)                                                                                                Dagenham Chase - Little Egret                                                                                                     Ingrebourne Valley -  Cetti's Warbler (5)                                                                                            Orsett - Long-eared Owl                                                                                                                     Rainham Marshes - Sociable Plover, Water Pipit (2), Black Redstart & Dartford Warbler                  Staines Moor - Water Pipit                                                                                                               Staines Res - Brent Goose                                                                                                          Tyttenhanger GP - Greenshank                                                                                                           West Thurrock - Little Egret, Grey Plover (3), Jack Snipe (2) & Black-tailed Godwit (4)

Dec 9                                                                                                                                                  Beddington SF - Mediterranean Gull & Caspian Gull                                                               Broxbourne Woods - Hawfinch (3)                                                                                               Dartford Marsh - Sociable Plover                                                                                                  Rainham Marshes - Brent Goose, Hen Harrier, Avocet (4) & Grey Plover (4)                                 

Dec 8                                                                                                                                                   Beddington SF - Mediterranean Gull, Caspian Gull & Water Pipit                                                    Rainham Marshes - Sociable Plover                                                                                        Regent's Park - Hawfinch                                                                                                            Wraysbury GP - Smew (8) 

Dec 7                                                                                                                                                  Beddington SF - Common Redpoll                                                                                                 Broxbourne Woods - Hen Harrier & Hawfinch (3)                                                                              Rainham Marshes - Merlin, Sociable Plover & Black-tailed Godwit (3) 

Dec 6                                                                                                                                                  Amwell GP - Little Egret (6) & Mediterranean Gull                                                                     Beddington SF - Little Egret, Mediterranean Gull (2) & Common Redpoll
Rainham Marshes - Sociable Plover & Snow Bunting                                                                     

Dec 5                                                                                                                                                    Beddington SF - Caspian Gull (3) & Mediterranean Gull                                                                     Bedfont Lakes CP - Smew (2)                                                                                                       Connaught Water - Smew                                                                                                               Rainham Marshes - Avocet (2), Sociable Plover, Mediterranean Gull, Caspian Gull & Dartford Warbler                                                                                                                                        South Ockenden - Smew (2)                                                                                                     Staines Res - Black-necked Grebe (5)                                                                                               Wraysbury GP - Smew (7)

Dec 4                                                                                                                                                  Amwell GP - Little Egret (9), Mediterranean Gull, Little Gull & Cetti's Warbler (2)                    Beddington SF - Jack Snipe (2), Mediterranean Gull & Water Pipit (2)                                          Beech Farm - Short-eared Owl                                                                                                     Holyfield Lake - Smew (3)                                                                               &n