September 2025
Thursday 25th
Beddington Farmlands: adult and juvenile Glossy Ibises on Phase 3; also Great Egret, 4 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (A Dutta/I Jones).
Chobham Common: 4 Crossbills north-west (E Sames).
Colley Hill: female-type Marsh Harrier; also 2 Redwings, 805 Swallows and 562 House Martins (S Gale).
Epsom Common: Redwing over Stew Pond (T Inns).
Herne Hill: Guillemot taken into care (Z Pannifer).
Holmethorpe SP: 2 Green Sandpipers (T Smith).
Leith Hill: 4 Redwings and 3 Redpolls (W Attridge).
London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis; also Bittern (A Salmon/P Smallshire).
Pewley Down: Crossbill (P Davies).
Richmond Park: Wheatear (D Hutchings).
Tate Modern: juvenile Arctic Skua over (R Braddock).
Thursley Common: Whinchat and 3 Crossbills (N Ince).
Tice’s Meadow: 2 Common Sandpipers and Green Sandpiper (D Colledge).
Winterfold Heath: 4 Crossbills (W Dawson).
Wednesday 24th
Ash Ranges: Redwing (J Gates).
Beddington Farmlands: adult and juvenile Glossy Ibises; also 2 Green Sandpipers (J Alexander/B Carter/G Howgate/M Parker/R Walker).
Britten’s Pond: Great Egret (D Colledge).
Chelsham: Honey Buzzard north (J Gill).
Ewell: Redwing sound-recorded (S Thomas).
Holmethorpe SP: Wood Sandpiper and Green Sandpiper (J James).
London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis on Grazing Marsh; also Pied Flycatcher at Sheltered Lagoon (R Douglas/W Newnham).
Surbiton: Short-eared Owl over train station (BirdGuides).
Tice’s Meadow: Green Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper (B Brown).
Tuesday 23rd
Beddington Farmlands: immature Glossy Ibis on Phase 3 (4th site record); also Common Sandpiper and 3 Green Sandpipers (A Dutta/I Jones/S Thomas).
Epsom Downs: Redstart and 400+ Swallows west (S Gale).
London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis on Grazing Marsh; also Bittern (N Anderson).
Wallington: Marsh Harrier south (A Dutta).
Monday 22nd
Beddington Farmlands: Yellow Wagtail, 2 Common Sandpipers and 5 Green Sandpipers (N Gardner/I Jones).
London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis on Grazing Marsh; also Marsh Harrier over and Green Sandpiper (C Dewhurst).
Sunday 21st
Brook: Whinchat and Wheatear at Witley Farm (C & D Brassington).
Capel: Marsh Harrier south (W Attridge).
Chobham Common: Whinchat (E Sames).
Denbies Hillside: Woodlark south (S Gale).
Holmbury Hill: Nightjar (R Stride).
Leith Hill: 432 House Martins south and 3 Crossbills south-west (W Attridge).
London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis on Grazing Marsh; also 2 Garganey, Yellow Wagtail and 2 Green Sandpipers (M Bradbury/M Wheeler).
Mytchett GPs: drake Ring-necked Duck at Water’s Edge south pit (BirdGuides).
Thursley Common: 3 Crossbills (K Britten).
Tice’s Meadow: Great Egret (R Horton).
Wood Street Knoll: 2 Whinchats and Wheatear (C Burchell).
Saturday 20th
Beddington Farmlands: juvenile Honey Buzzard south; also juvenile Ruff, Common Tern, Pintail, 207 Meadow Pipits south and 102+ Swallows south (Z Pannifer).
Colley Hill: 100+ Meadow Pipits south; also Yellow Wagtail (T Blake).
Denbies Hillside: 672 Meadow Pipits south; also 3 Yellow Wagtails, 815 Swallows and 350 House Martins south (S Gale).
Holmethorpe SP: 3 Red-crested Pochard at Spynes Mere; also Green Sandpiper (I Kehl).
London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis; also 2 Garganey (C Dewhurst).
Mytchett GPs: drake Ring-necked Duck at Water’s Edge south pit (S Harley).
Richmond Park: Spotted Flycatcher, 279 Meadow Pipits south-west, 5 Yellow Wagtails and Whinchat (H Bradshaw/D Brasier).
Tice’s Meadow: Yellow Wagtail, Green Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper (R Seargent).
Wallington: Ringed Plover, Tree Pipit and 2 Spotted Flycatchers sound-recorded (A Dutta).
Friday 19th
Chobham Common: Whinchat (E Sames).
Epsom Downs: 3,845 Swallows south; also 760 House Martins and 341 Meadow Pipits south (S Gale).
London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis, Bittern and 2 Green Sandpipers (N Anderson/M Bradbury).
Thursday 18th
Beddington Farmlands: 1st-winter Grey Phalarope on North Lake; also Spoonbill and Green Sandpiper (J Birkett/G Price/A Ramesh).
Chobham Common: Wheatear (E Sames).
London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis; also Great Egret over, 2 Garganey and Green Sandpiper (C Moore/T Richardson/J Snell).
Mercers CP: Grey Phalarope on Mercers Lake (N Hadden).
Wednesday 17th
Beddington Farmlands: 1st-winter Grey Phalarope on North Lake; also Wheatear, 2 Common Sandpipers and 4 Green Sandpipers (J Alexander/J Bartley/M Bravery/D Bulling/G Howgate/I Jones/M Keenan/I McDonald/M Parker/G Spinks/C Strudwick/G Taylor).
Epsom Common: Spotted Flycatcher (J Bradbury).
Frensham Great Pond: juvenile Black Tern (S Peters).
Knowle Park CP: Common Sandpiper (W Dawson).
London Wetland Centre: juvenile Curlew Sandpiper on Main Lake (first site record since 2001); also Garganey, Bittern, Whinchat and 3 Green Sandpipers (C Dewhurst/P Gilfillan/P Lewis/C Moore/W Newnham/D Panchaud/C Roberts/A Salmon).
Mercers CP: Grey Phalarope on Mercers Lake (N Hadden).
Richmond Park: Wheatear (K Eldridge).
Tice’s Meadow: 2 Green Sandpipers (S Brownhill).
Triggs Lock: Spotted Flycatcher (M Kettell).
Tuesday 16th
Beddington Farmlands: 1st-winter Yellow-legged Gull; also Whinchat, 2 Wheatears, 2 Common Sandpipers and 10 Green Sandpipers (N Gardner/R Walker).
Burgh Heath: Whinchat at Canons Farm (P Goodman).
London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis on Grazing Marsh; also 3 Green Sandpipers (J Reeves/A Salmon).
Sutton Green: 2 Ruddy Shelduck (BirdGuides).
Thursley Common: 2 Spotted Flycatchers (C Brassington).
Tice’s Meadow: 2 Black-necked Grebes; also Common Sandpiper and 4 Green Sandpipers (R Seargent).
Unstead SF: Spotted Flycatcher and 200 House Martins (J Parr).
Monday 15th
Beddington Farmlands: Common Sandpiper and 2 Green Sandpipers (I Jones).
Frensham Great Pond: 450 House Martins (J Snell).
London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis; also Garganey and Green Sandpiper (R Dunne/P Pentek/A Salmon).
Tice’s Meadow: 3 Common Sandpipers (P Brown/R Horton).
Unstead SF: 2 Spotted Flycatchers and 250 House Martins (J Parr).
Sunday 14th
Banstead Woods: Redstart (T Blake).
Beddington Farmlands: 2 Whinchats, 2 Common Sandpipers and 5 Green Sandpipers (J Bartley/D Bulling/A Ramesh).
Chobham Common: Osprey south over Butts Hill; also Wheatear (T Edie/E Sames).
Epsom Downs: 2 Yellow Wagtails (S Gale).
Holmethorpe SP: Swift (T Ledger).
Horley: 6 Yellow Wagtails at Littlelake Farm (T Walker).
London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis; also Garganey, Bittern, Common Sandpiper and 3 Green Sandpipers (W Newnham/T Richardson/N Stapley/M Wheeler).
Nonsuch Park: Spotted Flycatcher (A Gheorghiu).
Richmond Park: 3 Great Black-backed Gulls, 2 Spotted Flycatchers, Whinchat, 2 Mediterranean Gulls, Tree Pipit and 8 Yellow Wagtails (D Brasier).
Thursley Common: 2 Spotted Flycatchers (C & D Brassington).
Tice’s Meadow: 2 Common Sandpipers and 2 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).
Unstead SF: Spotted Flycatcher (K Britten/J Parr).
Saturday 13th
Beddington Farmlands: 2 Ruff, Greenshank, Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtails, 3 Common Sandpipers and 3+ Green Sandpipers (M Bravery/D Bulling/A Ramesh).
Burgh Heath: Redstart and 450 House Martins at Canons Farm (P Goodman).
Chobham Common: Spotted Flycatcher (M Bowen).
Epsom Downs: Golden Plover north; also Wheatear (S Gale).
Island Barn Reservoir: 13 Common Sandpipers (C Turner).
Holmethorpe SP: 3 Red-crested Pochard at Spynes Mere; also 2 Whinchats (I Kehl/R Perry).
London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis; also Bittern and 2 Green Sandpipers (C Moore/W Newnham/M Parker/F Wright).
Thursley Common: Wheatear (D Brown).
Tice’s Meadow: 2 Whinchats, 2 Common Sandpipers and 2 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).
Unstead SF: 2 Spotted Flycatchers and 230 House Martins (W Justice/J Parr).
Friday 12th
Beddington Farmlands: Greenshank and 5 Green Sandpipers (R Walker).
Brook: Spotted Flycatcher at Witley Farm; also Fallow Deer (D Brassington).
Cranleigh: 500 House Martins (R Stride).
Island Barn Reservoir: 4 Black Terns (D Harris/C Turner).
London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis on Grazing Marsh; also 2 Garganey, Bittern, Common Sandpiper and 3 Green Sandpipers (M Bravery/E Devlin/C Moore/A Salmon/T Vine/M Wheeler).
Richmond Park: Osprey and Spotted Flycatcher (R Dunne/P Pentek/D Williams).
Tice’s Meadow: 3 Common Sandpipers (M Elsoffer/R Horton).
Thursday 11th
Beddington Farmlands: Whinchat, 5 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (B Carter/I Jones/A Ramesh).
Chobham Common: Whinchat (S Harley).
London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis on Grazing Marsh; also 3 Green Sandpipers (C Moore/A Salmon).
Malden Rushett: Whinchat at Rushett Farm (D Kiddell).
Pewley Down: Spotted Flycatcher (M Kettell).
Puttenham Common: 2 Spotted Flycatchers (T Cummins).
Pyrford: Whinchat and Redstart at Lady Place Farm (J Snell).
Tice’s Meadow: 2 Common Sandpipers and Green Sandpiper (P Brown/M Elsoffer).
Unstead SF: Spotted Flycatcher and 120 House Martins (J Parr).
Wednesday 10th
Beddington Farmlands: 2 Greenshank, 150 House Martins, Yellow Wagtail, 2 Common Sandpipers and 11 Green Sandpipers (N Gardner).
Frensham Great Pond: 100 House Martins (D Parker).
Holmethorpe SP: Garganey and Green Sandpiper at The Moors (N Hadden).
London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Garganey and 2 Green Sandpipers (A Salmon/M Wheeler).
Weybridge: adult Yellow-legged Gull west of Shepperton Lock (M Bravery).
Worplesdon: 2 Great Egrets north-west (J Gates).
Unstead SF: Spotted Flycatcher and 180 House Martins (J Parr).
Tuesday 9th
Beddington Farmlands: Ruff, Greenshank, 3 Whinchats, 2 Wigeon, Wheatear and 3 Green Sandpipers (A Dutta).
Chobham Common: Whinchat (E Sames).
Holmethorpe SP: Garganey at The Moors; also Green Sandpiper (N Hadden).
Little Woodcote: Tree Pipit (A Dutta).
London Wetland Centre: Bittern and Green Sandpiper (A Salmon).
Pewley Down: Redstart (M Kettell).
Tice’s Meadow: 2 Wigeon, 2 Common Sandpipers and 2 Green Sandpipers (P Brown/R Horton).
Wood Street Knoll: Whinchat and Tree Pipit (C Burchell).
Monday 8th
Beddington Farmlands: Ruff, 1st-winter Yellow-legged Gull, Wood Sandpiper, Greenshank, 2 Whinchats, Common Sandpiper and 3 Green Sandpipers (D Berry/D Campbell/I Jones/M Parker).
Brook: 2 Whinchats, Spotted Flycatcher and 2 Wheatears at Witley Farm (D Brassington).
Chobham Common: Wheatear (N Harding).
Ewhurst: 2 Spotted Flycatchers (R Stride).
Farnham Heath RSPB: Crossbill (R James).
Knowle Park: Common Sandpiper (W Dawson).
Leith Hill: 2 Crossbills and Spotted Flycatcher (M Fisher).
London Wetland Centre: Great Black-backed Gull and 2 Green Sandpipers (B Carter).
Merrow Downs: 2 Spotted Flycatchers (M Kettell).
Pewley Down: Whinchat and 2 Redstarts (M Kettell).
Tice’s Meadow: 3 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (P Brown/R Horton).
Sunday 7th
Beare Green: Wheatear at Swires Farm (A Holden).
Beddington Farmlands: 2 Ruff, Dunlin, female-type Marsh Harrier, Great Egret, Greenshank, 6 Yellow Wagtails, 2 Whinchats, Wheatear, 2 Common Sandpipers and 6 Green Sandpipers (S Alley/D Bulling/Z Pannifer/C Strudwick).
Brook: Whinchat and Wheatear at Witley Farm (G Osbourne).
Caterham: Swift (P Carver).
Cranleigh: Spotted Flycatcher (R Stride).
Hedgecourt Lake: Common Sandpiper (D Dack).
Holmethorpe SP: Garganey at The Moors; also Common Sandpiper (T Blake).
London Wetland Centre: Glossy Ibis on Main Lake (third site record); also Pintail, Bittern, 3 Garganey and 4 Green Sandpipers (M Andrews/M Bowen/K Harris/W Newnham/A Salmon/N Stapley/K Tsering/M Wheeler).
Mytchett GP: Common Sandpiper (S Harley).
Newlands Corner: Nightjar (A Barker).
Pyrford: Whinchat at Lady Place Farm (J Snell).
Richmond Park: 5 Whinchats, Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Tree Pipits and 7 Yellow Wagtails (D Brasier).
South Holmwood: Green Sandpiper at Lodge Farm (A Holden).
Stoke Lake: Yellow Wagtail and Common Sandpiper (M Kettell).
Saturday 6th
Banstead Woods: Spotted Flycatcher at Harholt Plantation (P Goodman).
Beddington Farmlands: 2 Ruff, Wood Sandpiper, Greenshank, 16 Yellow Wagtails, 2 Whinchats, 5 Swifts, 2 Common Sandpipers and 7 Green Sandpipers (G Jones/I Jones).
Beddington Park: Spotted Flycatcher (M Perry).
Brook: Yellow Wagtail, 2 Wheatears, Whinchat, 2 Spotted Flycatchers and 200 Swallows at Witley Farm (D Brassington).
Capel: Barnacle Goose (W Attridge).
Chobham Common: Wheatear (R Chodankar).
Cranleigh SF: 6 Swifts (M Duncan).
Epsom Downs: Wheatear at racecourse (I Falconer).
Frensham Great Pond: Dunlin on beach (S Peters).
Holmethorpe SP: Garganey at The Moors; also Green Sandpiper (N Hadden/G Hay).
London Wetland Centre: 3 Garganey, Wheatear and 3 Green Sandpipers (M Parker/A Salmon).
Pewley Down: Wheatear and Whinchat (P Davies).
Richmond Park: Redstart (D Woods).
Tice’s Meadow: 3 Yellow Wagtails and 2 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).
Wood Street Knoll: Redstart (C Burchell).
Friday 5th
Beddington Farmlands: 3 Ruff on North Lake; also Wood Sandpiper, Greenshank, Oystercatcher, 2 Whinchats, 4 Wheatears, 8 Yellow Wagtails, Common Sandpiper and 6 Green Sandpipers (B Boyd/B Carter/N Gardner/I Jones/M Parker/C Strudwick/R Walker).
Brook: 9 Wheatears and 2 Whinchats at Witley Farm (D Brassington).
Ewhurst: 2 Wheatears at Hurtwood Stables (R Stride).
Farnham Heath RSPB: 3 Crossbills (S Casson).
Holmethorpe SP: Garganey at The Moors (N Hadden).
Leith Hill: 2 Wheatears, Tree Pipit and Spotted Flycatcher (W Attridge/D Ross/R Stride).
London Wetland Centre: Dunlin west; also 2 Garganey, Redstart and Green Sandpiper (A Salmon).
Pewley Down: 2 Wheatears (P Davies).
Ranmore Common: Wheatear (J Carter).
Richmond Park: Whinchat, Wheatear, Common Sandpiper and Common Tern (S Hucks/P Nair/J Wilczur/D Williams/D Woods).
Send: Yellow Wagtail over Prews Farm (E Sames).
South Norwood CP: Common Sandpiper (J Shaub).
Tice’s Meadow: 2 Common Sandpipers and 4 Green Sandpipers (P Brown/S Casson/M Elsoffer/R Horton).
Thursday 4th
Beddington Farmlands: juvenile Little Stint on Wet Grassland; also 3 Ruff, Wood Sandpiper, Greenshank, 4 Whinchats, 4 Wheatears, Yellow Wagtail, 3 Swifts, 3 Common Sandpipers, 7 Green Sandpipers (J Alexander/B Carter/N Gardner/A Harding/R Walker).
Epsom Common: Spotted Flycatcher at Stew Pond (T Inns).
Lingfield: Osprey south-west (BirdGuides).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Garganey and 2 Green Sandpipers (A Salmon/J Reeves).
Norbury Park: 15+ Yellow Wagtails (J Snell).
Papercourt GP: 2 Common Sandpipers on pontoons (K Duncan).
Richmond Park: Grasshopper Warbler (P Pentek).
Tice’s Meadow: 2 Green Sandpipers and 3 Common Terns (K Britten).
Wandsworth: male Pied Flycatcher at Northcote Road (BirdGuides).
Wednesday 3rd
Beddington Farmlands: juvenile Little Stint on Wet Grassland; also Wood Sandpiper, 5 Swifts, 6+ Green Sandpipers and 4 Common Sandpipers (M Bravery/G Howgate/I Jones/M Parker/B Prince/C Strudwick).
London Wetland Centre: Cattle Egret on Grazing Marsh; also 2 juvenile Garganey, Spotted Flycatcher and 2 Green Sandpipers (C Moore/M Parker/A Salmon/M Wheeler).
South Norwood CP: 2 Common Sandpipers (J Shaub).
Stoke Lake: Green Sandpiper (M Kettell).
Tice’s Meadow: 15 Swifts; also 2 Common Terns, Common Sandpiper and 3 Green Sandpipers (P Brown/R Horton)
Tuesday 2nd
Beddington Farmlands: Greenshank, 2 Whinchats, Yellow Wagtail, 5 Swifts, 5 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (D Bulling/I Jones/S Thomas).
Box Hill: 2 Crossbills (J Gibbs).
Burgh Heath: Whinchat at Canons Farm (P Goodman).
Chobham Common: Common Sandpiper and Spotted Flycatcher (E Sames).
Dorking: Whimbrel over (S Dorman).
Effingham Forest: Spotted Flycatcher at Dick Focks Common (B Bridges).
Hogsmill LNR: juvenile Cuckoo (P Venables).
London Wetland Centre: Spotted Flycatcher and 3 Green Sandpipers (A Salmon).
Papercourt GP: Common Sandpiper (N Beadle).
Pewley Down: 4 Whimbrels south-west; also Whinchat (M Kettell).
Rotherhithe: Great Black-backed Gull (J Cadera).
Tate Modern: Redstart (T Baker).
Tice’s Meadow: Common Sandpiper and 5 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).
Whitmoor Common: Spotted Flycatcher (S Edwards).
Monday 1st
Beddington Farmlands: Greenshank, 3 Whinchats, Common Sandpiper and 5 Green Sandpipers (I Jones).
Brook: 2 Whinchats at Witley Farm (C & D Brassington).
Bourne Hall Park: Spotted Flycatcher (E Hunter).
Little Woodcote: Wheatear (A Dutta).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Garganey on Wader Scrape; also 3 Green Sandpipers (N Anderson/A Salmon).
Puttenham Common: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker and Spotted Flycatcher (G Clarke).
Redhill: 3 Swifts (N Hadden).