July 2024

Wednesday 31st

Caspian Gull, Kingston upon Thames (T Inns).
Caspian Gull, Kingston upon Thames (T Inns).

Beddington Farmlands: juvenile Marsh Harrier at North Lake (D Warren).

Godalming: Whimbrel over Brighton Road at 23:30 (N Willis).

Holmethorpe SP: 2 Green Sandpipers at The Moors (G Hay).

Kingston upon Thames: juvenile Caspian Gull at recycling centre (T Inns).

Leith Hill: 25 Whimbrels west; also 2 Tree Pipits east (W Attridge).

London Wetland Centre: 3 Green Sandpipers (J Reeves).

Tuesday 30th

Marsh Harrier, Beddington Farmlands (P Rogers).
Marsh Harrier, Beddington Farmlands (P Rogers).

Beddington Farmlands: juvenile Marsh Harrier at North Lake (C Owens/J Pettit/P Rogers).

Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper at The Moors (G Hay/I Kehl).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Common Sandpipers and 2 Green Sandpipers (K Glaister/A Salmon).

Thursley Common: Whimbrel and Green Sandpiper over (E Stubbs).

Tate Modern: adult Great Black-backed Gull (R Braddock).

Unstead SF: Green Sandpiper on South Meadow (J Parr).

Monday 29th

Oystercatchers, Tate Modern (R Braddock).
Oystercatchers, Tate Modern (R Braddock).

London Wetland Centre: Yellow Wagtail on Main Lake; also 2 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (A Salmon/B Zerante).

Tate Modern: 2 Oystercatchers along River Thames (R Braddock).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Green Sandpipers (S Brownhill).

Sunday 28th

Green Sandpiper, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).
Green Sandpiper, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Green Sandpipers (T Williams).

Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper and Meadow Pipit (G Hay).

London Wetland Centre: Green Sandpiper (W Newnham).

Tice’s Meadow: Green Sandpiper (C Jones).

Saturday 27th

Cattle Egret, West Molesey (D Harris).
Cattle Egret, West Molesey (D Harris).

Capel: Tree Pipit south (W Attridge).

Ewell: Turnstone flock and 2 Whimbrels sound recorded at night (S Thomas).

Holmethorpe SP: Common Sandpiper (N Hadden).

Leith Hill: 20 Siskins including many juveniles (P Evans).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern at Main Lake; also Green Sandpiper (C Dewhurst/A Salmon).

Tice’s Meadow: Common Sandpiper (R Horton).

Wallington: Oystercatcher sound recorded at night (A Dutta).

West Molesey: Cattle Egret north-east at 07:05 (D Harris).

Friday 26th

Beddington Farmlands: Common Sandpipers (A Dutta).

London Wetland Centre: Green Sandpiper and 2 Common Sandpipers (S Fowles/D Panchaud).

Richmond Park: Black Redstart (BirdGuides).

West Molesey: Whimbrel over garden (G Shaw).

Thursday 25th

Yellow-legged Gull, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).
Yellow-legged Gull, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).

Beddington Farmlands: 3 Green Sandpipers (R Walker).

Holmethorpe SP: adult Yellow-legged Gull at Water Colour Lagoons; also 2 Green Sandpipers at The Moors (G Hay).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (A Salmon).

Stoke Lake: Mediterranean Gull (M Kettell).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Common Sandpipers and Green Sandpiper (R Horton).

Wednesday 24th

London Wetland Centre: 4 Green Sandpipers, Little Ringed Plover, Oystercatcher and Common Sandpiper (N Anderson/J Reeves/A Salmon/D Traub).

Richmond Park: Common Sandpiper (P Pentek).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (P Brown).

Unstead Water Meadows: juvenile Cuckoo (N Willis).

Tuesday 23rd

Common Gull, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).
Common Gull, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).

Beare Green: 150 Swifts south-east (D Robinson).

Beddington Farmlands: Whinchat; also 7 Green Sandpipers (A Dutta/R Walker).

London Wetland Centre: Dunlin on Main Lake; also 2 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (M Rowell/A Salmon).

Holmethorpe SP: Common Gull and Green Sandpiper (G Hay).

Tice’s Meadow: Mediterranean Gull; also Redshank, 3 Common Sandpipers and Green Sandpiper (R Horton).

Monday 22nd

Beddington Farmlands: Common Sandpiper and Green Sandpiper (A Ramesh).

Enton Lakes: 2 Oystercatchers south (D Brassington).

Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper at The Moors (G Hay).

London Wetland Centre: 3 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (N Brown/C Dewhurst).

Mercers CP: Common Sandpiper (G Hay).

Richmond Park: Whinchat on Lawn Field; also Common Sandpiper (D Brasier/P Pentek).

Tice’s Meadow: Redshank and Green Sandpiper (P Brown).

Sunday 21st

Green Sandpiper, London Wetland Centre (M Bradbury).
Green Sandpiper, London Wetland Centre (M Bradbury).

Beddington Farmlands: adult Whinchat (A Harding).

Chobham: Common Gull (E Sames).

Holmethorpe SP: 2 Green Sandpipers at The Moors and Common Sandpiper at Glebe Lake (N Hadden/G Hay).

Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 4 Common Sandpipers (J Snell).

Kew: Common Sandpiper at Kew Bridge (D Brasier).

Lammas Lands: Green Sandpiper (E Stubbs).

London Wetland Centre: 10 Black-tailed Godwits on Main Lake; also Bittern, 2 Common Sandpipers and Green Sandpiper (M Bradbury/C Dewhurst/A Salmon/M Wheeler).

Richmond Park: Whimbrel flew east; also Whinchat at Lawn Field, Yellow Wagtail and Common Sandpiper (D Brasier/R Dunne).

Tice’s Meadow: juvenile Mediterranean Gull on hide roof (M Scott).

Waverley Abbey: 3 pairs of Gadwall with broods (K Duncan).

Saturday 20th

Whinchat, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).
Whinchat, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).

Beddington Farmlands: Whinchat and 2 Green Sandpipers (I Jones).

Frensham Little Pond: 2 Whimbrels south-west (S Peters).

Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper at The Moors (G Hay/I Kehl).

Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 4 Common Sandpipers (J Snell).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (C Moore).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Mediterranean Gulls; also Common Sandpiper and 2 Green Sandpipers (P Brown/R Seargent/J Taylor).

Friday 19th

Whimbrel, Tice's Meadow (C Varndell).
Whimbrel, Tice’s Meadow (C Varndell).

Beddington Farmlands: 2 adult Whinchats; also 2 Yellow Wagtails over, 10 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (N Gardner/S Thomas).

London Wetland Centre: Black-tailed Godwit; also Common Gull, Green Sandpiper, Oystercatcher and Common Sandpiper (D Colledge/D Panchaud/V Wills).

Queen Elizabeth II Reservoir (permit only): 4 Avocets over (D Harris).

Richmond Park: 4 Avocets (presumed same as QE2) at Upper Pen Pond; second park record (P Davies/R Dunne).

Shackleford: 2 Yellow Wagtails (E Stubbs).

Tice’s Meadow: Whimbrel, 2 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (R Horton/R Seargent/C Varndell).

Thursday 18th

Franklin's Gull, Queen Elizabeth II Reservoir (D Harris).
Franklin’s Gull, Queen Elizabeth II Reservoir (D Harris).

Beddington Farmlands: Common Sandpiper and Green Sandpiper (A Dutta/R Walker).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Oystercatchers, 2 Common Sandpipers and Green Sandpiper (A Salmon).

Queen Elizabeth II Reservoir (permit only): 1st-summer *Franklin’s Gull* briefly; first Surrey record. Same bird as at Crossness, London, from 13-17 July. Also juvenile Yellow-legged Gull and 2 Mediterranean Gulls (D Harris).

Tice’s Meadow: Common Sandpiper and Green Sandpipers (R Seargent).

Wednesday 17th

Beddington Farmlands: 3 Green Sandpipers, Little Ringed Plover and Common Sandpiper (I Jones).

Effingham Forest: Goshawk at Dick Focks Common (D Colledge).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern, 2 Common Sandpipers and 2 Green Sandpipers on Main Lake (A Salmon/N Stapley/M Wheeler).

Tice’s Meadow: Oystercatcher; also Redshank, Green Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper (R Horton).

Tuesday 16th

Common Sandpiper, Tate Modern (R Braddock).
Common Sandpiper, Tate Modern (R Braddock).

Beddington Farmlands: Little Ringed Plover (I Hoad).

Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper at The Moors (G Hay).

London Wetland Centre: 17 Black-tailed Godwits on Main Lake; also Bittern from Dulverton Hide, 2 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (M Parker/A Salmon).

Tate Modern: Common Sandpiper by Southwark Bridge; also adult Great Black-backed Gull (R Braddock).

Tice’s Meadow: Common Sandpiper and 2 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).

Monday 15th

London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Green Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper (V O’Neill/A Salmon).

Sunday 14th

Cattle Egret, Papercourt Water Meadows (A Goddard).
Cattle Egret, Papercourt Water Meadows (A Goddard).

Addlestone GPs: Green Sandpiper (J Snell).

Beddington Farmlands: Little Ringed Plover and 6 Green Sandpipers (D Bulling/I Jones).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Green Sandpipers, 2 Oystercatchers and Common Sandpiper (S Brownhill/A Salmon).

Papercourt Water Meadows: 2 Cattle Egrets at Papercourt Farm (E Sames/many observers).

Saturday 13th

Black-tailed Godwit, Tice's Meadow (C Varndell).
Black-tailed Godwit, Tice’s Meadow (C Varndell).

London Wetland Centre: Green Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper (B Reding/A Salmon).

Tice’s Meadow: Black-tailed Godwit (P Brown/C Varndell).

Unstead SF: Common Sandpiper on South Meadow (J Parr).

Friday 12th

Green Sandpiper, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).
Green Sandpiper, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).

Beddington Farmlands: 8 Green Sandpipers, Common Sandpiper, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 5 Pochard ducklings and 4 juvenile Lapwings (N Gardner).

Holmethorpe SP: 2 Green Sandpipers on The Moors (G Hay).

London Wetland Centre: Green Sandpiper (E Devlin/D Panchaud).

Richmond Park: Common Sandpiper (P Pentek).

Thursday 11th

London Wetland Centre: Bittern on Main Lake; also Teal with duckling and Green Sandpiper on Wader Scrape (A Salmon).

Richmond Park: Common Sandpiper (P Pentek).

Tice’s Meadow: Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper and Little Ringed Plover (R Horton).

Wednesday 10th

Frensham Great Pond: Common Sandpiper (S Woolfries).

London Wetland Centre: Common Sandpiper and Green Sandpiper (N Stapley).

Thursley Common: Green Sandpiper (D Brassington).

Tice’s Meadow: Common Sandpiper and 6 Little Ringed Plovers (R Horton).

Tuesday 9th

London Wetland Centre: Green Sandpiper on Wader Scrape and Little Ringed Plover on Main Lake (A Salmon).

Tice’s Meadow: Black-tailed Godwit, Oystercatcher, 2 Little Ringed Plovers and Green Sandpiper (R Horton).

Monday 8th

Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper at Water Colour Lagoon 1 (G Hay).

London Wetland Centre: Green Sandpiper on Wader Scrape (S Fowles).

Mercers CP: adult Yellow-legged Gull at Mercers Lake (G Hay).

Send: Common Gull (E Sames).

Stoke Lake: Common Sandpiper (D Anderson).

Tice’s Meadow: Redshank, Oystercatcher and 2 Little Ringed Plovers (R Horton).

Sunday 7th

Redshank, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).
Redshank, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).

Beddington Farmlands: Redshank on Wet Grassland; also 3 Green Sandpipers, Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Lapwing chicks and 2 Pochard broods (D Bulling/N Gardner/I Jones).

Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper at The Moors (N Hadden).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern on Sheltered Lagoon and Green Sandpiper on Wader Scrape (D Mestriner/A Salmon).

Saturday 6th

London Wetland Centre: 2 Mediterranean Gulls south; also Green Sandpiper on Grazing Marsh (D Brasier).

Richmond Park: juvenile Water Rail (J Wilczur/S Woolfenden).

Tice’s Meadow: Little Ringed Plover (R Horton).

Friday 5th

London Wetland Centre: Bittern on Sheltered Lagoon and 2 Black-tailed Godwits on Main Lake (D Panchaud).

Thursday 4th

Effingham Forest: Goshawk and 2 Crossbills (T Smith).

Tice’s Meadow: Green Sandpiper (C Holt).

Wednesday 3rd

Cutt Mill Ponds: Common Sandpiper (J Gates).

Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): Common Sandpiper (A Quinn).

London Wetland Centre: Redshank and Green Sandpiper on Main Lake (M Parker/A Salmon).

Tuesday 2nd

Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper on Water Colour Lagoon 1 (G Hay).

London Wetland Centre: Green Sandpiper on Main Lake (A Salmon).

Tate Modern: first-summer Common Gull (R Braddock).

Tice’s Meadow: Cattle Egret in the Meadow (R Seargent).

Monday 1st

Beddington Farmlands: 4 Green Sandpipers (R Walker).

Hankley Common: 33 Nightjar territories counted in late June survey (J Clark et al).

London Wetland Centre: Green Sandpiper on Reservoir Lagoon (A Salmon).