Bird news roundup index

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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).

Daily News Highlights for London & surrounding areas

February 28th                                                                                                                                   Beddington SF - Mediterranean Gull (2)                                                                                               Brent Res - Black-necked Grebe  & Red-breasted Merganser                                           Broadwater GP - White-headed Duck                                                                                           Dartford - Waxwing (12)                                                                                                                   Friern Barnet - Waxwing (18)                                                                                                    Rickmansworth - Waxwing (12)                                                                                             Stocker's Lake - Smew (3)                                                                                                          

February 27th                                                                                                                                  Broadwater GP - Red-crested Pochard & White-headed Duck                                                       Creekmouth - Black-tailed Godwit (4)                                                                                         Dartford Marshes - Little Egret                                                                                                           Friern Barnet - Waxwing (50)                                                                                                    Grangewaters OEC - Long-tailed Duck & Smew (2)                                                                Rickmansworth - Waxwing (52)                                                                                                    Staines Res - Black-necked Grebe (5) & Water Pipit                                                               

February 26th                                                                                                                                  Berwick Pond - Cetti's Warbler (2) & Firecrest                                                                                 Brent Res - Black-necked Grebe                                                                                                       Friern Park - Waxwing (12)                                                                                                    Grangewaters OEC - Long-tailed Duck                                                                                              Island Barn Res - Black-throated Diver                                                                                              Queen Mother Res - Glaucous Gull                                                                                              Rainham Marshes - Little Egret, Oystercatcher (3), Black-tailed Godwit (120), Short-eared Owl (2), Water Pipit (4) & Bearded Tit (3)                                                                                                 Staines - Wawing (40)                                                                                                                         Staines Moor - Water Pipit (9)                                                                                                           Staines Res - Black-necked Grebe (5) & Water Pipit                                                                         West Thurrock - Avocet (29) & Dartford Warbler

February 25th                                                                                                                                  Berwick Pond - Bittern                                                                                                              Rainham Marshes - Black-tailed Godwit (75)                                                                                    Dartford - Waxwing (120)                                                                                                                 Hornchurch - Waxwing (2)                                                                                                                  Iver - Little Egret                                                                                                                                  Perivale Wood - Black-necked Grebe (4)                                                                                           Stoke Newington Res - Whooper Swan (5)                                                                                  Weald Park - Firecrest                                                                                                                         West Thurrock - Avocet (31) & Jack Snipe                                                                                      West Wickham - Waxwing (20)                                                                                                     Wraysbury GP - Red-crested Pochard     

February 24th                                                                                                                                 Berwick Ponds - Bittern & Cetti's Warbler                                                                                  Dartford - Waxwing (120)                                                                                                             Hoddesdon - Waxwing (60)                                                                                                            Island Barn Res - Black-throated Diver                                                                                          Rickmansworth - Waxwing (3)                                                                                                  Staines Res - Black-necked Grebe (4)                                                                                          Walthamstow Res - Smew                                                                                                                  West Wickham - Waxwing (7)                                                                                                   

February 23rd                                                                                                                                 Dartford - Waxwing (60)                                                                                                             Hertford - Little Egret (7)                                                                                                                Ingrebourne Valley - Bittern                                                                                                      Island Barn Res - Black-throated Diver                                                                                         Rainham Marsh - Pintail (14) & Black-tailed Godwit                                                                        Staines Res - Black-necked Grebe (5)                                                                                              Stocker's Lake - Smew (4)                                                                                                           Vicarage Farm - Waxwing (7)                                                                                                           West Wickham - Waxwing (37)                                                                                                       

February 22nd                                                                                                                                 Amwell GP - Little Egret                                                                                                               Hoddesdon - Waxwing (45)                                                                                                               Staines Res - Black-necked Grebe (5)                                                                                               Stocker's Lake - Little Egret & Smew (2)                                                                                    West Wickham - Waxwing (50)                                                                                                       

February 21st                                                                                                                                 Amwell GP - Mediterranean Gull                                                                                                      Dartford - Waxwing (20)                                                                                                              Holyfield Lake - Smew (2)                                                                                                          Rickmansworth - Waxwing(93)                                                                                                 Staines Res - Black-necked Grebe (5)                                                                                                 Warley Place - Firecrest                                                                                                                    West Wickham - Waxwing (30)                                                                                               Woolwich Ferry - Caspian Gull                                                                                              

February 20th                                                                                                                                Beddington SF - Long-eared Owl & Water Pipit                                                                    Broadwater GP - White-headed Duck                                                                                            Bromley - Waxwing (25)                                                                                                               Cheshunt GP (Bittern watchpoint) - Bittern                                                                                Croydon - Waxwing (18)                                                                                                             Dartford - Waxwing (65)                                                                                                              Enfield - Waxwing (2)                                                                                                                  Hooks Marsh Lake - Smew (7)                                                                                                     Isle of Dogs - Ring-billed Gull                                                                                                            Island Barn Res - Black-throated Diver                                                                               Rickmansworth - Waxwing (103)                                                                                                        Rye Meads NR - Waxwing (100)                                                                                                 Staines Res - Black-necked Grebe (5)                                                                                                Swanscombe Marsh - Glaucous Gull & Water Pipit                                                                       Wormwood Scrubs - Redstart                                                      

February 19th                                                                                                                              Beddington SF - Long-eared Owl                                                                                             Dartford - Waxwing (140)                                                                                                             Isle of Dogs - Ring-billed Gull                                                                                                          Queen Elizabeth II Res - Black-throated Diver                                                                               Rainham Marsh - Pintail (16), Black-tailed Godwit (7) & Glaucous Gull                                      Stocker's Lake - Smew (8)                                                                                                         Stubbers OPC - Jack Snipe                                                                                                          Walton Res - Great Northern Diver                                                                                

February 18th                                                                                                                               London (Barnes) WWT - Cetti's Warbler                                                                                      Queen Elizabeth II Res - Black-throated Diver                                                                               Rainham Marsh - Jack Snipe, Glaucous Gull & Water Pipit                                                        Sevenoaks - Waxwing (c15/20)                                                                                                           Staines Res - Black-necked Grebe (6)                                                                                             Walthamstow Res - Smew

February 17th                                                                                                                              Amwell GP - Cetti's Warbler                                                                                                       Bedfont CP - Waxwing (16)                                                                                                          Dartford - Waxwing (135)                                                                                                          Rainham Marsh - Short-eared Owl (2)                                                                                    Regent's Park - Firecrest                                                                                                             South Weald - Hawfinch                                                                                                                   Weald Park - Firecrest       

February 16th                                                                                                                              Beddington SF - Little Egret (2), Mediterranean Gull (7) & Caspian Gull (2)                             Enfield - Waxwing (20)                                                                                                                Rainham Marsh - Little Egret, Pintail (18), Grey Plover, Caspian Gull & Water Pipit                     Staines Res - Black-necked Grebe (6)                                                                                               Tooting Common - Waxwing (8)                                                                                                          Weald Park - Firecrest                                                                                      

February 15th                                                                                                                               Bedfont CP - Red-crested Pochard (2) & Cetti's Warbler                                                               Cheshunt - Waxwing (20)                                                                                                           Dartford - Waxwing (20)                                                                                                                  Queen Elizabeth II Res - Black-throated Diver                                                                             Queen Mother Res - Iceland Gull                                                                                                     Rainham Marsh - Mediterranean Gull & Water Pipit (2)                                                           Staines Res - Black-necked Grebe (3) & Kittiwake                                                                        Stocker's Lake - Smew (2)                                                                                                           Waltham Cross - Waxwing (20)                                                                                                         Weald Park - Firecrest                                                                                          

February 14th                                                                                                                              Beddington SF - Mediterranean Gull (6)                                                                                 Cheshunt - Waxwing (8)                                                                                                            Dartford - Waxwing (20)                                                                                                                King George V Dock - Caspian Gull                                                                                               North Woolwich  - Caspian Gull                                                                                              Rainham Marsh - Pintail (27), Black-tailed Godwit & Water Pipit                                               Staines Res - Black-necked Grebe (3)                                                                                             Stocker's Lake - Little Egret                                                                                                       Warley Place EWT - Firecrest                                                                                                     Wormwood Scrubs - Redstart                                                      

February 13th                                                                                                                              Barking Bay - Black-tailed Godwit (18)                                                                                       Cassiobury Park - Little Egret                                                                                                       Cheshunt - Waxwing (13)                                                                                                             Connaught Water - Smew                                                                                                                Dartford - Waxwing (34)                                                                                                            Enfield - Waxwing (24)                                                                                                               London City Airport - Merlin                                                                                                  Mayesbrook Park - Little Egret                                                                                                         North Mymms Park - Mealy Redpoll (6)                                                                                  Rainham Marsh - Little Egret (4), Black-tailed Godwit (3), Iceland Gull, Glaucous Gull & Kittiwak  Stocker's Lake - Smew (5)                                                                                                            Tyttenhanger GP - Jack Snipe                                                                                                    Wormwood Scrubs - Redstart                                                      

February 12th                                                                                                                              Amwell GP - Little Egret (12)                                                                                                 Cheshunt - Waxwing (42)                                                                                                            Cheshunt GP - Cetti's Warbler                                                                                                        Dartford - Waxwing (4)                                                                                                                London City Airport - Merlin                                                                                                     Stocker's Lake - Smew (2)  & Garden Warbler                                                                                  Woolwich Ferry - Caspian Gull                                                                                             

February 11th                                                                                                                              Amwell GP - Little Egret (5), Smew & Mediterrean Gull                                                                 Belhus Woods CP - Smew (5)                                                                                                      Cheshunt - Waxwing (90)                                                                                                              Holyfield Lake - Smew (2)                                                                                                              Rainham Marsh - Iceland Gull                                                                                                       Staines Res - Black-necked Grebe (3)                                                                                            

February 10th                                                                                                                             Cheshunt - Waxwing (26)                                                                                                             Staines Res - Black-necked Grebe (3)                                                                                            Rainham Marsh - Caspian Gull & Iceland Gull                                                                          Woolwich - Ring-billed Gull

February 9th                                                                                                                                      Bury Lake - Bewick Swan (4)                                                                                                             Cheshunt - Waxwing (153)                                                                                                              Dagenham Chase - Little Egret                                                                                                   Island Barn Res - Black-throated Diver & Mediterrean Gull (2)                                                   Rainham Marshes - Little Egret (3), Black-tailed Godwit (65), Mediterranean Gull (2) & Water Pipit (2)                                                                                                                                                Sevenaoks NR - Little Egret (2)                                                                                                       Staines Res - Black-necked Grebe (3)                                                                                           Stocker's Lake - Smew (5)                                                                                                           Waltham Cross - Waxwing (110)                                                                                                       Weald Park - Firecrest  

February 8th                                                                                                                                      Beddington SF - Mediterranean Gull (2)                                                                                Cheshunt - Waxwing (75)                                                                                                                  Dagenham Chase - Little Egret                                                                                                          King George VI Res - Great Northern Diver                                                                                Kingston - Waxwing (26)                                                                                                               Rainham Marshes - Little Egret (3), Black-tailed Godwit (4), Short-eared Owl (2) & Water Pipit     St Albans - Waxwing (21)                                                                                                             Staines - Waxwing (4)                                                                                                                   Staines Res - Black-necked Grebe (5)                                                                                           Waltham Cross - Waxwing (75)              

February 7th                                                                                                                               Amwell GP - Little Egret (13)                                                                                                   Beddington SF - Mediterranean Gull                                                                                          Cheshunt - Waxwing (120)                                                                                                                  Dartford - Waxwing (50)                                                                                                                   Hornchurch CP - Little Egret (2)                                                                                                     Island Barn Res - Black-throated Diver                                                                                  Kingston - Waxwing (30)                                                                                                                    Rainham Marshes - Grey Plover (2), Knot, Black-tailed Godwit (5)& Water Pipit                             St Albans - Waxwing (1)                                                                                                             Staines - Waxwing (150)                                                                                                          Turnford Brook  - Waxwing (36)                                                                                                         Waltham Cross - Waxwing (30)                                                                                      

February 6th                                                                                                                                    Amwell GP - Little Egret (13) & Smew (2)                                                                                         Beddington SF - White-fronted Goose (76), Long-eared Owl & Water Pipit                                 Beech Farm - Short-eared Owl (2)                                                                                                     Cheshunt - Waxwing (118)                                                                                                                 Queen Elizabeth II Res - Black-throated Diver                                                                                 St Albans - Waxwing (25)                                                                                                             Staines - Waxwing (50)                                                                                                                        Staines Res - Black-necked Grebe (5)                                                                                           Swanscombe Marsh - Water Pipit (2)                                                                                      Waltham Cross - Waxwing (62)                                                                                                        Welwyn Garden City - Waxwing (10)                                                                                                Wm Girling Res - Black-necked Grebe (4)                                                                           Wraysbury GP - Red-crested Pochard (3) & Smew (5)  

February 5th                                                                                                                              Beddington SF - Mediterrean Gull (2), Caspian Gull & Water Pipit                                               Beech Farm - Short-eared Owl (2)                                                                                              Belhus Woods CP - Smew (6)                                                                                                      Bury Lake - Red-crested Pochard                                                                                                 Cheshunt - Waxwing (88)                                                                                                     Cheshunt GP - Bittern & Cetti's Warbler                                                                                        Holyfield Lake - Smew (2)                                                                                                               London (Barnes) WWT - Cetti's Warbler                                                                             Orpington - Waxwing (59)                                                                                                                   Rainham Marshes - Little Egret, Pintail (31) & Black-tailed Godwit (8)                                           Rickmansworth - Waxwing (22)                                                                                                       St Albans - Waxwing (25)                                                                                                          Staines - Waxwing (15)                                                                                                                      Swanscombe Marsh - Black-tailed Godwit (3) & Water Pipit (2)                                                   Warley Place - Firecrest 

February 4th                                                                                                                             Amwell GP - Bittern (2)                                                                                                                     Beech Farm - Short-eared Owl (2)                                                                                             Kingston - Waxwing (60)                                                                                                                   Orpington - Waxwing (150)                                                                                                                Island Barn Res - Black-throated Diver                                                                                            St Albans - Waxwing (21)                                                                                                             Staines - Waxwing (80)                                                                                                                       Staines Res - Black-necked Grebe (4)                                                                                          Walton Res - Common Scoter                                                                                                          Wraysbury GP - Smew (2)  

February 3rd                                                                                                                             Beech Farm - Short-eared Owl                                                                                               Kingston - Waxwing (56)                                                                                                                   Orpington - Waxwing (110)                                                                                                                Queen Elizabeth II Res - Black-throated Diver                                                                                Rainham Marshes - Short-eared Owl (2)                                                                                           St Albans - Waxwing (21)                                                                                                             Waltham Cross - Waxwing (65)                                                                                                Wimbledon - Waxwing (22)                                                                                                               Wraysbury GP - Smew (4)  

February 2nd                                                                                                                                 Amwell GP - Little Egret & Pintail (8)                                                                                         Cheshunt  - Waxwing (50)                                                                                                         Dagenham - Barn Owl                                                                                                                     Kidbrooke - Waxwing (1)                                                                                                                   Kingston - Waxwing (76)                                                                                                            Rainham Marshes - Little Egret (2), Pintail (28), Avocet (2), Black-tailed Godwit (24), Short-eared Owl (3), Water Pipit (2) & Bearded Tit                                                                                   Regents Park - Waxwing (16)                                                                                                          St Albans - Waxwing (22)                               

February 1st                                                                                                                                       Banstead - Waxwing (43)                                                                                                                   Broxbourne Woods  - Mealy Redpoll (5) & Hawfinch (3)                                                                    Cassiobury Park - Firecrest                                                                                                               Dartford - Waxwing (5)                                                                                                                    Kidbrooke - Waxwing (5)                                                                                                                   King George V Dock - Caspian Gull                                                                                             Kingston - Waxwing (60)                                                                                                            London (Barnes) WWT - Short-eared Owl                                                                                      Queen Elizabeth II Res - Black-throated Diver & Mediterranean Gull                                        Rainham Marshes - Little Egret (4), Pintail (22), Avocet (26), Black-tailed Godwit (12), Short-eared  Owl & Water Pipit (4)                                                                                                                         St Albans - Waxwing (16)                                                                                                          Staines Res - Black-necked Grebe (3)