August 2023
Thursday 31st
Bolder Mere: Great Egret (red-ringed ‘ACJ’); bird was ringed at Shapwick Heath, Somerset, on 4 May and has been at Warnham LNR, West Sussex, for the last couple of months until Monday (J Everitt/D Harris/J Snell).
Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): Fulmar north-east at 16:05 (D Harris).
London Wetland Centre: drake Red-crested Pochard; also drake Garganey, 2 Spotted Flycatchers and 2 Common Sandpipers (S Fowles/A Salmon).
Wednesday 30th
Banstead Heath: Whinchat and Spotted Flycatcher (S Gale).
Beddington Farmlands: 4 Yellow Wagtails, Shelduck, Common Sandpiper and 2 Green Sandpipers (A Dutta).
Bolder Mere: Great Egret (D Harris).
London Wetland Centre: drake Red-crested Pochard; also Garganey, Whinchat, 3 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (C Dewhurst/R Dunne/M Parker/A Salmon/M Wheeler).
Mercers CP: Whinchat at Mercers Farm (G Hay).
Mogador: 3 Whinchats (S Gale).
Papercourt Meadows: Spotted Flycatcher (A Goddard).
Richmond Park: 3 Whinchats and Wheatear (R Dunne).
Thursley Common: Spotted Flycatcher (D Brassington).
Tice’s Meadow: 3 Whinchats, Dartford Warbler and 4 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).
Unstead SF: Common Sandpiper (J Parr).
Tuesday 29th
Brockwell Park: Tree Pipit south (S Patmore).
Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): Common Sandpiper (J Snell).
London Wetland Centre: Red-crested Pochard, Whinchat, 3 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (A Salmon).
Thursley Common: juvenile Marsh Harrier over Pudmore early morning then flew north-west; also Wheatear and Spotted Flycatcher (D Brassington).
Tice’s Meadow: 3 Green Sandpipers (P Brown).
Unstead SF: Common Sandpiper (J Parr).
Monday 28th
Abinger Common: 3 Spotted Flycatchers (J Cassidy).
Beddington Farmlands: Shelduck, 6 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (I Jones/M Keenan).
Box Hill: Tree Pipit east (I Rowe).
Brockwell Park: Tree Pipit and Yellow Wagtail over (S Patmore).
Chobham Common: 2 Spotted Flycatchers (E Sames).
Leith Hill: Spotted Flycatcher (P Evans).
London Wetland Centre: Garganey, Red-crested Pochard, Wheatear, 2 Common Sandpipers, Green Sandpiper and Spotted Flycatcher (M Auger/H Cura/A Press).
Mercers CP: Tree Pipit and Yellow Wagtail south (G Hay).
Puttenham Common: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (J Snell).
Thursley Common: 3 Yellow Wagtails over; also 2 Wheatears (D Brassington).
Unstead SF: male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker; also Common Sandpiper (J Parr).
Sunday 27th
Beddington Farmlands: Whinchat, Wheatear, Shelduck, 3 Common Sandpipers and 11 Green Sandpipers (D Bulling/M Keenan).
Chobham Common: Whinchat (E Sames).
Crooksbury Common: Spotted Flycatcher (J Gates).
Felbridge: Yellow Wagtail (K Noble).
Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): Grasshopper Warbler in scrub along entrance track; also juvenile Ringed Plover (D Harris).
London Wetland Centre: juvenile Marsh Harrier over Main Lake and Grazing Marsh late morning then flew south-east; also Great Egret and Garganey on Main Lake, 3 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (J Anderson/C & O Dewhurst/R Dunne/R Johnson/T Richardson/A Salmon/A Wilkinson).
Nutfield Ridge: male Redstart and Whinchat (G Hay).
Thursley Common: 2 Wheatears (J Mancini).
Tice’s Meadow: Ringed Plover, Whinchat, Common Sandpiper, 2 Wheatears, 2 Dartford Warblers and 3 Green Sandpipers (K Britten/R Horton/R Seargent).
Wanborough: Redstart (C Burchell).
Saturday 26th
Banstead Heath: Wheatear (K Curran-White).
Beddington Farmlands: Tree Pipit over; also 3 Whinchats, 3 Yellow Wagtails, 3 Green Sandpipers and 3 Common Sandpipers (Z Pannifer).
Brockwell Park: Yellow Wagtail over (S Patmore).
London Wetland Centre: Garganey on Main Lake; also Wheatear and 2 Common Sandpipers (O Dewhurst/C Moore/A Salmon).
Richmond Park: Spotted Flycatcher (I Rowe).
South Norwood CP: Wheatear (J Hughes).
Thursley Common: Whinchat, 3 Wheatears and Yellow Wagtail (D Brassington/J James/J Lynton-Jenkins).
Tice’s Meadow: Ringed Plover and 2 Green Sandpipers (R Seargent).
Friday 25th
Beddington Farmlands: Grasshopper Warbler; also 3 Yellow Wagtails, Shelduck, 2 Common Sandpipers and 3 Green Sandpipers (A Dutta/Z Pannifer).
Brockwell Park: Pied Flycatcher with tit flock; also Spotted Flycatcher (S Patmore).
Capel: 2 Yellow Wagtails south (W Attridge).
Chobham Common: Wheatear (E Sames).
Dorking: Redstart at Chadhurst Farm (M Davis).
London Wetland Centre: Oystercatcher and 3 Green Sandpipers (B Reding/A Salmon).
Richmond Park: Tree Pipit, 3 Whinchats and 2 Redstarts (N Baker.R Dunne/D Kane/P Pentek).
Thursley Common: Wheatear (D Brassington).
Tice’s Meadow: Arctic Tern early morning; also Ringed Plover and 2 Green Sandpipers (M Elsoffer/R Seargent).
Wimbledon Common: female-type Redstart on the Mounds (J Reeves)
Worcester Park: Wheatear at Mayflower Park Wetlands (B Young).
Thursday 24th
Beddington Farmlands: Tree Pipit south; also Shelduck, 6 Green Sandpipers, 2 Common Sandpipers and 2 Yellow Wagtails (Z Pannifer).
Capel: 3 Green Sandpipers; also Redstart (W Attridge).
Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper (G Hay).
London Wetland Centre: Wheatear, Common Sandpiper and 4 Green Sandpipers (S Fowles/A Salmon).
Newchapel: Whinchat and Wheatear at Shawlands Farm (K Noble).
Puttenham Common: 3 Spotted Flycatchers (J Snell).
Thursley Common: Greenshank (D Brassington).
Tice’s Meadow: 2 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).
Wednesday 23rd
Beddington Farmlands: Yellow Wagtail south; also Shelduck, Green Sandpiper and Wheatear (Z Pannifer).
Downside: Whinchat (J Snell).
Leith Hill: 12 Spotted Flycatchers (D Robinson).
London Wetland Centre: 4 Green Sandpipers (A Salmon).
Richmond Park: Redstart, 5 Whinchats and Spotted Flycatcher (H Bradshaw).
Shackleford: 3 Whinchats (P Osborn).
South Norwood CP: Whinchat in Moat Field (J Hughes).
Tice’s Meadow: 2 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).
Unstead SF: Common Sandpiper on South Meadow (J Parr).
Tuesday 22nd
Beddington Farmlands: 2 Green Sandpipers (M Bravery).
Burgh Heath: Wheatear at Canons Farm (P Goodman).
Chobham Common: Pied Flycatcher north of Langshot Stud Farm; also Whinchat (E Sames).
Eashing: Redstart at Eashing Farm (E Stubbs).
Hascombe: 8 Crossbills (E Stubbs).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Greenshank; also 5 Green Sandpipers (A Salmon).
Newchapel: Spotted Flycatcher at Shawlands Farm (K Noble).
Richmond Park: Whinchat and Spotted Flycatcher (H Bradshaw).
Thursley Common: Green Sandpiper (R Cowley).
Tice’s Meadow: Black-tailed Godwit, Whinchat, Green Sandpiper and Wheatear (R Horton).
Unstead SF: Common Sandpiper on Dry Lagoon (J Parr/S Sandry).
Whitmoor Common: adult male Honey Buzzard (bearing a white ring; presumably ringed in southern England) flew over in afternoon (M Fincham).
Monday 21st
Effingham Forest: 3 Crossbills over Greene Deene car park (B Young).
Epsom Downs: Whinchat and Wheatear (S Gale).
Esher Common: 2 Crossbills (G Barter).
Glebe Lake: Common Sandpiper (G Hay).
Holmethorpe SP: 2 Green Sandpipers (N Hadden).
London Wetland Centre: 4 Green Sandpipers (C Dewhurst/A Salmon).
Newchapel: 2 Spotted Flycatchers at Shawlands Farm (K Noble).
Puttenham Common: 2 Spotted Flycatchers (J Snell).
Richmond Park: Spotted Flycatcher (N Jackman/D Kane/R Patterson).
Thursley Common: 4 Spotted Flycatchers (S Starr).
Tice’s Meadow: Wood Sandpiper; also Whinchat, Wheatear and Green Sandpiper
Sunday 20th
Chobham Common: 3 Spotted Flycatchers (E Sames).
Lammas Lands: Redstart (S Jones).
London Wetland Centre: Redshank and 3 Green Sandpipers (A Salmon/A Wilkinson).
Mitcham Common: Great Egret (L Parikian).
Puttenham Common: Crossbill, 5 Spotted Flycatchers and Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (S Jones/E Stubbs).
Thursley Common: Green Sandpiper (D Brassington).
Tice’s Meadow: Turnstone in the Workings; also Ruff (K Britten/R Horton/J Snell).
Waddon Ponds: Spotted Flycatcher (J Birkett).
Saturday 19th
Beddington Farmlands: 6 Green Sandpipers (M Keenan/Z Pannifer).
Holmethorpe SP: female-type Pied Flycatcher briefly by railway line; also Common Sandpiper at Water Colour Lagoons (G Hay).
Kingston upon Thames: adult Yellow-legged Gull (T Inns).
London Wetland Centre: 4 Green Sandpipers (C Dewhurst/A Salmon).
Mitcham Common: Great Egret (J Davis).
Richmond Park: Wheatear (R Tom).
Tice’s Meadow: Ruff (R Horton).
Wandsworth Common: Spotted Flycatcher (N Rutter).
Friday 18th
Beddington Farmlands: Golden Plover over; also Greenshank and 6+ Common Sandpipers (Z Pannifer).
Dorking: Whimbrel sound recorded at 04:05 (S Dorman).
Godstone: Yellow Wagtail north (G Hay).
Holmethorpe SP: 2 Green Sandpipers (G Hay).
Holmwood Common: 5 Spotted Flycatchers (T Gibson).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Green Sandpipers (A Salmon).
Thursley Common: Whinchat, Green Sandpiper and 2 Spotted Flycatchers (D Brassington).
Tice’s Meadow: Ringed Plover and Green Sandpiper (R Seargent).
Unstead SF: Green Sandpiper on South Meadow; also Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (J Parr).
Walton on the Hill: 2 Common Sandpipers at Mere Pond (I Rowe).
Thursday 17th
Beddington Farmlands: Curlew, Yellow Wagtail, 7 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (M Keenan/Z Pannifer).
Chobham Common: Whinchat (E Sames).
Crooksbury Common: 6 Spotted Flycatchers (J Gates).
Frensham Common: Wheatear (N Trout).
Lammas Lands: Whinchat on Overgone Meadow (P Osborn).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Green Sandpipers (A Salmon).
Peper Harow: Wheatear (E Stubbs).
Pirbright: Spotted Flycatcher (J Hurman).
Thursley Common: Greenshank (J Bryant).
Tice’s Meadow: Green Sandpiper (K Britten).
Wallington: Yellow Wagtail south (A Dutta).
Wednesday 16th
Beddington Farmlands: Yellow Wagtail, 5 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (M Keenan/Z Pannifer).
Chobham Common: Spotted Flycatcher (L Ridley).
Holmethorpe SP: 2 Green Sandpiper (N Hadden).
London Wetland Centre: Whinchat and 4 Green Sandpipers (M Parker/A Salmon).
Richmond Park: Whinchat, Spotted Flycatcher, Redstart and Wheatear (H Bradshaw/C Barker/T Inns).
Riddlesdown: Spotted Flycatcher (G Flinn).
Shackleford: 2 Whinchats and 5 Wheatears (M Fincham/P Osborn).
Tice’s Meadow: 3 Green Sandpipers (K Britten).
Walton-on-Thames: adult Yellow-legged Gull at Walton Bridge (S Spooner).
Tuesday 15th
London Wetland Centre: Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover and 3 Green Sandpipers (M Parker/A Salmon).
Richmond Park: 3 Whinchats; also Wheatear (C Barker/D Campbell/C Farabaugh).
Monday 14th
Eashing Fields: Osprey south-west (E Stubbs).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Green Sandpipers (A Salmon).
Papercourt Water Meadows: Whinchat (E Sames).
Richmond Park: 2 Whinchats (D Brasier).
South Holmwood: Tree Pipit south-west; also Redstart (W Attridge).
Tice’s Meadow: 2 Green Sandpipers (P Jones).
Sunday 13th
Beddington Farmlands: Whinchat, 18 Green Sandpipers and 3 Common Sandpipers (D Bulling/N Gardner/Z Pannifer/A Ramesh).
Beddington Park: Green Sandpiper (Z Pannifer).
Crooksbury Common: 3 Spotted Flycatchers in car park (R Seargent).
Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper at The Moors (G Hay).
Leith Hill: 12 Spotted Flycatchers (W Attridge).
London Wetland Centre: drake Garganey on Wader Scrape; also 4 Green Sandpipers (A Salmon).
Tice’s Meadow: 5 Green Sandpipers (K Britten).
Saturday 12th
Beddington Farmlands: Yellow Wagtail, 4 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (Z Pannifer/C Strudwick).
London Wetland Centre: drake Garganey on Wader Scrape; also Spotted Flycatcher, Meadow Pipit and Green Sandpiper (A Salmon).
Friday 11th
London Wetland Centre: 3 Green Sandpipers (A Salmon).
South Norwood CP: Common Sandpiper (J Schaub).
Tice’s Meadow: Green Sandpiper (P Brown).
Walton-on-Thames: 2nd-summer Yellow-legged Gull by The Anglers pub (D Harris).
Thursday 10th
Beddington Farmlands: Whinchat, 7 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (M Keenan/Z Pannifer).
Chobham Common: Spotted Flycatcher (J Downing).
Crooksbury Common: Spotted Flycatcher (J Gates).
Hankley Common: 5 Spotted Flycatchers (J Snell).
Leith Hill: female-type Pied Flycatcher by tower; also juvenile Black Redstart, 3 Hawfinches north, 3 Tree Pipits south and 3 Spotted Flycatchers (W Attridge/M Davis/R Stride).
London Wetland Centre: 4 Cattle Egrets from Peacock Tower; also drake Garganey and 3 Green Sandpipers (W Newham/J Reeves/A Salmon/A Wilkinson/D Wright).
Redhill: adult Mediterranean Gull south (G Hay).
Richmond Park: Whinchat (C Barker).
Tice’s Meadow: 3 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).
Wednesday 9th
Beddington Farmlands: Wheatear, Green Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper (Z Pannifer).
Brockwell Park: 2 Yellow Wagtails (S Patmore).
London Wetland Centre: Common Sandpiper and 2 Green Sandpipers (A Salmon).
Richmond Park: Whinchat (J Owen).
Thorpe Park: Oystercatcher and Common Sandpiper at St Ann’s Lake (J Snell).
Tice’s Meadow: 3 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (R Horton/A Press).
Tuesday 8th
Beddington Farmlands: 10 Green Sandpipers and 3 Common Sandpipers (Z Pannifer).
Hankley Common: Spotted Flycatcher (A Goddard).
London Wetland Centre: Wheatear and 5 Green Sandpipers (Y Qiu/A Salmon).
Richmond Park: 2 Whinchats at Lawn Field; also 2 Yellow Wagtails over and Wheatear at Holly Lodge (D Brasier).
Tice’s Meadow: 3 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (R Horton).
Monday 7th
Elstead: 2 Spotted Flycatchers (P Howse).
London Wetland Centre: 4 Green Sandpipers (A Salmon).
Thursley Common: 2 Wheatears (D Brassington).
Tice’s Meadow: 2 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (P Brown).
Sunday 6th
Beddington Farmlands: juvenile Wood Sandpiper; also 5 Green Sandpipers and 3 Common Sandpipers (D Bulling).
Holmethorpe SP: Spotted Flycatcher along railway line; also Common Sandpiper at Mercers West (G Hay/I Kehl).
London Wetland Centre: Sanderling; also drake Garganey on Wader Scrape, 4 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (J Appleton/M Bradbury/E McGovern/W Newnham/T Richardson/A Salmon).
Papercourt GPs: Common Sandpiper (M Matthews).
Tice’s Meadow: Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (P Brown/R Horton).
Whitmoor Common: Spotted Flycatcher at Brook Pond (M Fincham).
Winterfold: Spotted Flycatcher (T Smith).
Saturday 5th
Addlestone GPs: Green Sandpiper (J Snell).
Beddington Farmlands: juvenile Wood Sandpiper; also 5 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (N Gardner).
Buckland Park Lake: Oystercatcher briefly (W Attridge).
Frensham Great Pond: 2 Common Sandpipers (E Stubbs).
London Wetland Centre: Dunlin on Main Lake; also Yellow Wagtail south, 3 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (A Salmon).
Mercers CP: Green Sandpiper at Mercers Quarry (N Hadden).
Tice’s Meadow: Green Sandpiper and 3 Common Sandpipers (R Horton).
Friday 4th
Alfold: Spotted Flycatcher (J Williams).
Beddington Farmlands: juvenile Wood Sandpiper; also 5 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (Z Pannifer).
London Wetland Centre: drake Garganey on Wader Scrape; also 2 Common Sandpipers and 3 Green Sandpipers (D Kadra/D Panchaud/A Wilkinson).
Richmond Park: 2 Whinchats at Pond Slade/Pen Ponds (D Brasier/P Pentek).
Thorpe Park: adult Mediterranean Gull at St Ann’s Lake; also Common Sandpiper at Manor Lake (J Snell).
Tice’s Meadow: 3 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (R Horton).
Thursday 3rd
Beddington Farmlands: Wood Sandpiper (D Warren).
Holmethorpe SP: Common Sandpiper at Spyne’s Mere (G Hay).
Leith Hill: Great Egret south-west (W Attridge).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Common Sandpipers and 4 Green Sandpipers (A Wilkinson).
North Holmwood: Oystercatcher over at 22:43 (T Gibson).
Papercourt GPs: White-fronted Goose of unknown origin (E Sames).
Shackleford: Wheatear (P Osborn).
Tice’s Meadow: Spotted Flycatcher and Common Sandpiper (J Dummond).
Wednesday 2nd
Beddington Farmlands: Wood Sandpiper, 7 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (I Jones/Z Pannifer).
London Wetland Centre: drake Garganey on Wader Scrape; also Common Sandpiper and Green Sandpiper (N Wheeler/A Wilkinson).
Tice’s Meadow: 3 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (K Britten).
Unstead SF: Green Sandpiper on South Meadow (J Parr).
Tuesday 1st
Beddington Farmlands: Green Sandpiper (N Thomas).
London Wetland Centre: Common Sandpiper and 3 Green Sandpipers (M Parker).
Richmond Park: Whinchat in Pond Slade area; also Wheatear (P Pentek/J Reeves).
Tice’s Meadow: Redstart; also Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (R Horton).