2023 Surrey Bird Report

Surrey Bird Report 2023

The 2023 Surrey Bird Report (SBR) is out and will be arriving with members. Stella Bignold and her team have done a marvellous job in getting the 2023 report ready for publication.  This is Stella’s last report and we are so grateful to her for all the hard work she has put in over many years, especially in helping us get more up to date with the reports. 

2023 was the second-warmest year on record for the UK (behind 2022) and the seventh-wettest year overall, characterized by extreme contrasts including a record-shattering hot June, a cooler, wet high summer, and … Read more

August 2026

Monday 31st

Great Egret, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).
Great Egret, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).

Brook: Wheatear and Spotted Flycatcher at Witley Farm (D Brassington).

Cranleigh: Redstart and Spotted Flycatcher (R Stride).

Enton Lakes: adult Honey Buzzard south (E Stubbs).

Farthing Downs: 2 Wheatears (D Hayes).

Holmethorpe SP: Great Egret at Mercers West; also 5 Green Sandpipers and 3 Common Sandpipers (G Hay/T Ledger).

Goosander, Leatherhead (C Kemp).
Goosander, Leatherhead (C Kemp).

Leatherhead: 7 juvenile Goosander at Common Meadow (C Kemp).

Leith Hill: Spotted Flycatcher (A Holden/T Ledger).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Yellow Wagtails, 2 Green Sandpipers and 3 Common Sandpipers (A Salmon/S … Read more