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To be report your news email sightings@birdguides.com or calidris@tiscali.co.uk. November 2002 Bird News Round Up for London & surrounding areas Red-throated Diver - Walthamstow Res, on 30th. Great Northern Diver - King George VI Res, two from 16th until 30th. Red-necked Grebe - Walton Res on 23rd. Slavonian Grebe - Island Barn Res on 9th until 12th, and 24th. Kempton Park single from 16th until 18th. Black-necked Grebe – King George V Res on 12th and 16th. Staines Res on 10th and 11th. Bittern – Amwell GP on 29th. Cheshunt GP still present at the Bittern watch point, throughout the month, with two on 2nd, three on 17th, 24th and 29th. Netherhall GP on 26th. Rye Meads on 29th. Little Egret - Amwell GP on 16th, 17th, and 24th. Broawater GP, three on 9th, five on 16th and single on 24th. Highbury Fields on 7th. Rainham Marsh, two on 3rd and 24th. Brent Goose - Beddington SF, six on 21st. Staines Res, six on 20th. Mandarin - Epping Forest (Connaught Water) seventy-five on 28th, and (Lost Pond), seventy on 30th. Pintail - Bowyers GP on 3rd. King George V Res, four on 22nd. Rye Meads on 2nd. Red-crested Pochard – Epping Forest (Connaught Water) on 16th. Ruislip Lido on 8th. Ferruginous Duck – Amwell GP single from 21st until 25th. Harmondsworth CP from October until 1st, then Old Slade NR from the 2nd until 24th, and on the nearby Orlitts Lake on 30th. Red-breasted Merganser – Beddington SF five on 1st. King George V Res, seventeen on 20th and four on 21st. Staines Res, three on 19th, five on 20th, single from 21st until 23rd, and two on 25th, 26th, and 30th. Wraysbury GP, five on 20th. Common Scoter – Queen Elizabeth II Res two on 2nd. Smew - first sightings at Amwell GP on 9th. Old Slade on 12th. Walthamstow Res on 16th. Wraysbury GP, two on 3rd. max: Thorpe Park, six on 24th. Wraysbury GP, two on 3rd,seven on 28th and ten on 29th. Buzzard – Amwell GP on 9th. Brent Res on 23rd. Copped Hall, two on 16th and 23rd. Regents Park on 11th. Rickmansworth, three on 4th. Tyttenhanger on 13th. Merlin - Dagenham Chase on 13th Peregrine – Battersea on 19th. Beddington SF on 3rd, 17th, and 21st. Belvedre on 26th and 30th. Copped Hall on 10th. Nazeing GP on 26th. Paddington on 4th and 25th. Tate Modern all month. Wanstead on 3rd. Oystercatcher - Staines Res on 14th, 15th and 25th. Avocet - King George VI Res and Staines, ten (same birds) on 20th. Walton Res, fifteen on 21st, five on 24th and 26th. Grey Plover – Queen Elizabeth II Res on 3rd. Rainham Marsh on 3rd Knot - Walthamstow Res on 16th Sanderling - Beddington SF four on 3rd Jack Snipe – Barnes WWT on 26th. Beddington SF on 2nd and 3rd. Kempton NR, single on 8th. Rainham Marsh had a max of thirty-two during the month. Rye Meads, three on 2nd. Sewardstone Marsh, three on 29th. Staines Moor on 15th. Bar-tailed Godwit - Beddington SF on 17th. Spotted Redshank - Barnes WWT, eight on 20th. Mediterranean Gull – Beddington SF on 1st, 2nd and 4th, three on the 5th, and single from 6th until 11th, single on 14th, 18th, 19th, 25th, and 28th. Epping Forest (Connaught Water) on 28th. Hilfield Park Res on 2nd. Ponders End Lake on 28th. Queen Mary Res on 18th. Queen Mother Res on 20th. Valentines Park, single on the 4th, 5th,17th, 18th. Little Gull – Bedddington SF, five on 17th and ten on 20th. Ring-billed Gull – Isle of Dogs on 10th. Woolwich Common on 8th. Caspian Gull
- Barns WWT on 21st. Staines Res on 15th. Woolwich on 7th. Kittiwake
- Beddington SF on
10th and seven on 17th. Short-eared Owl – Barnes WWT on 6th. Hatfield Aerodrome on 16th. Rainham Marsh throughout with max of four. Staines Moor four on 15th, two on 16th, six on 28th, with four still on 30th. Staines Res on 9th and 15th. Walton Res on 10th. Swallow – Beddington SF on 13th. Cheshunt, two on 3rd. Water Pipit – Amwell GP on 9th. Beddington SF six on 3rd and 5th, four on 7th and 14th. Rainham Marsh two on 2nd and 24th. Staines Moor single on 1st, two on 6th, seven on 15th, and five on 30th. Walton Res on 25th. Black Redstart - Brimsdown on 12th. Chipstead Lake on 27th. King George V Res on 23rd, 25th, and 30th. Queen Elizabeth II Res on 23rd. Tate Modern on 26th. Walton Res on 25th. Whinchat – Walthamstow Res on 19th. Ring Ouzel - Walthamstow Res on 16th. Welwyn Garden City 24th and 25th. Whipps Cross, two on 12th. Cetti's Warbler – Amwell GP on 24th. Bedfont Lakes on 3rd. Dartford Warbler – Tylers Common, Harold Wood from October until 2nd Whitethroat – Bowyers GP on 26th. Chiff-chaff - tristris Mudchute Park, Isle of Dogs, single on 16th Firecrest – Epping Forest (Connaught water) two on 16th. Great Warley single on 14th, 16th, and four on 17th. Mudchute Park, Isle of Dogs, single on 16th and two on 17th. Osterley Park on 12th. Regent's Park singles on 9th, 11th, two on 15th, and single on 19th and 27th. Victoria Park single on 4th, 5th, and 11th. West Ham Park on 27th. Bearded Tit - Amwell GP two on 16th, 17th, 18th, 24th and 25th. Belvedere seven on 15th until 30th. Broxbourne GP on 30th. Rye Meads, three on 2nd. Marsh Tit – Amwell GP on 24th. Broxbourne Woods five on 30th. North Mymms on 2nd. Tree Sparrow - Tyttenhanger GP, four on 4th. Crossbill - Broxbourne Woods five on 25th, singles on 29th and 30th. Copped Hall, six on 17th. Heston, three on 2nd. Trent Park, fifteen on 15th. Hawfinch - Amwell GP on 21st. Woodford on 6th. Snow Bunting - King George V Res on 21st |