Category Archives: Summaries

Waxwings – c15 north at Stoke Newington Reservoirs, 1st; 25 north there on 5th; unprecedented numbers from the 12th onwards across the borough Cetti\’s Warblers – SNR, up to two throughout (from 2010);

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE – 100+ over Stoke Newington Reservoirs, 20th & 31, 21st; COMMON EIDER – SNR, 21st; MERLIN – SNR, 21st; Waxwings – 11, SNR, 19th; one, 22nd; Greenshank – SNR, 1st; Curlew – SNR, 2nd; Bitterns – SNR, … Continue reading →

Lapland Bunting – one north, Stoke Newington Reservoirs, 19th; Water Pipit – Hackney Marshes, 28th; Rock Pipit – SNR, 19th; Golden Plover – 55 north from Lincoln Court (SNR), 1st; Redshank – one at SNR, 16th; Ring Ouzel – male … Continue reading →

Waxwings – at least two in Abney Park Cemetery, 25th; two, Stoke Newington Reservoirs, 27th; Goosander – one at Stoke Newington Reservoirs, 18th; Honey-buzzard – one over SNR, 20th; Ring Ouzel – one from Stoke Newington Reservoirs, 31st; Cetti\’s Warbler … Continue reading →

RED-FOOTED FALCONS – male at Stoke Newington Reservoirs, 12th; female at SNR, 16th; Lapland Buntings – nine over SNR, 16th; Common Redstart – Stoke Newington Reservoirs, two on 1st & 2nd; one on 7th; one on 16th; Sandwich Tern – … Continue reading →

Cuckoo – juvenile at Hackney Marshes, 21st; Honey-buzzard – Stoke Newington Reservoirs, 19th; Oystercatcher – one over Springfield Park, 3rd; Northern Wheatear – Clissold Park, 13th; Common Redstart – two in Springfield Park, 24th; Pied Flycatcher – one reported from … Continue reading →

Common Crossbill – six at Stoke Newington Reservoirs, 23rd; Little Egret – one on the River Lea at Hackney Marshes, 19th; female presumed hybrid s.c.o. Greater Scaup – SNR, 6th; hybrid female presumed Common Pochard x Tufted Duck – SNR, … Continue reading →

Goshawk – Springfield Park, 26th; Redshank – one at the West Reservoir, 17th; Common Buzzard – two, Stoke Newington Reservoirs, 8th; Hobbys – regular, SNR; Lapwing – one, SNR, 27th. June and July are almost always quiet in the borough, … Continue reading →

Kittiwake – Stoke Newington Reservoirs, 21st (first ever record); Honey-buzzards – Stoke Newington Reservoirs, one on 13th; two on 21st; Turtle Dove – SNR, 17th (first ever record); Spotted Flycatcher – SNR, 14th (first spring record); Common Redstart – SNR, … Continue reading →

ALPINE SWIFT – Stoke Newington Reservoirs, 1st; Ring Ouzel – SNR, 19th; Marsh Harrier – SNR, 27th; Osprey – SNR, 3rd; Firecrests – pair in Abney, 21st; Rook – one over Clapton, 20th; Red Kite – SNR – one on … Continue reading →