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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). September 2004 Daily News Highlights for London & surrounding areas September 30th Queen Mother Res - Short-eared Owl & Rock Pipit Rainham Marsh - Avocet, Black-tailed Godwit (7) & Bearded Tit (3) September 29th Rainham Marsh - Pintail (2), Black-tailed Godwit (3) & Spotted Redshank September 28th Staines Res - Garganey, Curlew Sandpiper (4) & Black-tailed Godwit (6) September 27th Queen Mother Res - Great Skua (found dead) September 26th Cheshunt GP - Pied Flycatcher London (Barnes) WWT - Short-eared Owl Queen Mother Res - Great Skua Staines Res - Curlew Sandpiper (4) Tyttenhanger GP - Grey Plover (3) & Water Pipit Walthamstow Res - Sandwich Tern September 25th Beddington SF - Curlew Sandpiper (4) & Turtle Dove Brent Res - Short-eared Owl King George VI Res - Red-necked Grebe London (Barnes) WWT - Firecrest Queen Mother Res - Great Skua Staines Res - Grey Plover, Knot, Curlew Sandpiper (5), Black-tailed Godwit (6) & Mediterranean Gull Walthamstow Res - Sandwich Tern (2) September 24th Beddington SF - Grey Plover & Arctic Tern (2) Brent Res - Short-eared Owl King George VI Res - Red-necked Grebe Queen Mother Res - Great Skua Staines Res - Leach's Petrel, Grey Plover, Curlew Sandpiper (2) & Black-tailed Godwit (2) Tilbury - Gannet (2) Trent CP - Redstart September 23rd Battersea - Leach's Petrel Beddington SF - Arctic Tern (2) Brent Res - Short-eared Owl King's Cross - Redstart Queen Mother Res - Great Skua & Arctic Skua (5) Staines Res - Mediterranean Gull September 22nd Beddington SF - Arctic Tern (2) Dagenham Chase - Short-eared Owl King George VI Res - Red-necked Grebe & Black-necked Grebe (3) Queen Mother Res - Great Skua Staines Res - Black-necked Grebe (2), Pectoral Sandpiper & Black-tailed Godwit (8) Wraysbury GP - Grasshopper Warbler September 21st Beddington SF - Arctic Tern (2) London (Barnes) WWT - Sandwich Tern (3) & Swift Staines Res - Black-necked Grebe (2), Pectoral Sandpiper & Black-tailed Godwit (8) Trent CP - Redstart September 20th Beddington SF - Arctic Tern (2) Ingrebourne Valley - Spotted Crake Staines Res - Black-necked Grebe (2) & Black-tailed Godwit (6) September 19th Beddington SF - Arctic Tern Ingrebourne Valley - Spotted Crake King George VI Res - Red-necked Grebe Panshanger Park - Osprey Staines Res - Black-necked Grebe (2), Knot & Black-tailed Godwit (7) September 18th Beddington SF - Arctic Tern Ingrebourne Valley - Spotted Crake King's Cross - Redstart King George VI Res - Red-necked Grebe Rainham Marsh - Marsh Harrier, Black-tailed Godwit & Bearded Tit Staines Res - Black-necked Grebe (2), Curlew Sandpiper (5) & Black-tailed Godwit (4) September 17th Beddington SF - Arctic Tern Ingrebourne Valley - Marsh Harrier & Redstart Queen Mother Res - Mediterranean Gull Rainham Marsh - Black-tailed Godwit St Albans - Hoopoe Staines Res - Black-necked Grebe (2) & Black-tailed Godwit (4) Trent CP - Redstart (2) September 16th Rainham Marsh - Black-tailed Godwit (2) & Pied Flycatcher Trent CP - Redstart September 15th Rainham Marsh - Black-tailed Godwit Staines Res - Black-necked Grebe, Knot & Black-tailed Godwit (2) Thorndon CP - Redstart September 14th Horsenden Hill - Pied Flycatcher Staines Res - Curlew Sandpiper & Pectoral Sandpiper Trent CP - Red Kite West Ham Park - Pied Flycatcher September 13th East India Dock Basin NR - Little Egret St Albans - Pied Flycatcher Walthamstow Res - Little Egret September 12th Dartford Marsh - Marsh Harrier Horton CP - Honey Buzzard Sevenoaks NR - Avocet Staines Res - Manx Shearwater, Garganey, Knot (3), Little Stint (2), Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper (2) & Black-tailed Godwit (4) Wormwood Scrubs - Redstart September 11th London (Barnes) WWT - Bar-tailed Godwit (2) Rainham Marsh - Marsh Harrier Staines Res - Little Egret, Garganey, Little Stint (2), Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper (2), Black-tailed Godwit & Wood Sandpiper Wraysbury GP - Grasshopper Warbler September 10th Queen Mother Res - Mediterranean Gull Rainham Marsh - Marsh Harrier & Grasshopper Warbler Staines Res - Pectoral Sandpiper (2) September 9th Barking Bay & Thamesmead - Arctic Skua Dagenham - Pied Flycatcher Northfleet - Sandwich Tern (13) Queen Mother Res - Mediterranean Gull (2), Sandwich Tern (4) & Wryneck Staines Res - Black-necked Grebe, Marsh Harrier, Knot (4), Little Stint (2), Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit (5), Wood Sandpiper, Long-tailed Skua & Sandwich Tern (8) September 8th Rainham Marsh - Marsh Harrier, Guillemot & Arctic Tern (27) Staines Res - Little Stint (2), Black-tailed Godwit (5) & Sandwich Tern (5) Tilbury Docks - Arctic Skua, Sandwich Tern (17) & Arctic Tern (12) September 7th Horsenden Hill - Redstart Northfleet - Sandwich Tern (38) Staines Res - Marsh Harrier & Little Stint (2) Thamesmead - Kittiwake September 6th Beddington SF - Little Stint (2) Queen Elizabeth II Res - White-winged Black Tern Staines Res - Black-necked Grebe (4), Marsh Harrier, Little Stint (2) & Black-tailed Godwit (2) Stanwell Moor - Black-tailed Godwit Tottenham Marsh - Firecrest September 5th Beddington SF - Little Stint (2) Dartford Marsh - Marsh Harrier Rainham Marsh - Marsh Harrier Staines Res - Black-necked Grebe (4), Garganey (2), Little Stint (2), Curlew Sandpiper (3), Pectoral Sandpiper & Black-tailed Godwit (3) Staines Moor - Marsh Harrier September 4th Beddington SF - Little Stint (2) Bedfords Park - Pied Flycatcher Brent Res - Pied Flycatcher Jersey Farm Woodland Park - Redstart Rainham Marsh - Little Egret (2), Garganey, Marsh Harrier & Bearded Tit Staines Res - Black-necked Grebe (2), Little Stint (2), Pectoral Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit (8) & Wood Sandpiper September 3rd Beddington SF - Little Stint (2) Jersey Farm Woodland Park - Redstart Rainham Marsh - Black-tailed Godwit (2) & Spotted Redshank Staines Res - Black-tailed Godwit & Wood Sandpiper September 2nd Beddington SF - Little Stint (2) Jersey Farm Woodland Park - Redstart Queen Mary Res - Black Tern (67) Queen Mother Res - Black Tern (42) Rainham Marsh - Garganey, Black-tailed Godwit (2) & Sandwich Tern (3) Regent's Park - Redstart (2) Staines Res - Black-necked Grebe (1), Little Stint, Black-tailed Godwit (13) & Black Tern (32) Tyttenhanger GP - Little Stint September 1st Beddington SF - Little Stint (2) Jersey Farm Woodland Park - Redstart Rainham Marshes - Garganey (2) & Black-tailed Godwit Staines Res - Black-necked Grebe (3) & Black-tailed Godwit (10) Thorndon CP - Redstart Trent CP - Redstart
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