October 2026

Monday 5th

Bankside: 2nd-winter Caspian Gull (BirdGuides).

Leith Hill: Ring Ouzel south-east (W Attridge).

London Wetland Centre: Jack Snipe and Goldeneye (M Rinsler).

Thursley Common: 2 Green Sandpipers at Pudmore (P Howse).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Pintail, Great Egret and 3 Green Sandpipers (N Fletcher/R Horton/R Seargent).

Sunday 4th

Ash Ranges: ringtail Hen Harrier (C Grindrod).

Cheam: Tree Pipit south (D Culley).

Effingham Forest: 12 Hawfinches at Dick Focks Common (A Zackrisson).

Holmethorpe SP: juvenile Spoonbill at Mercers West; also Common Sandpiper and Green Sandpiper (A Blake/G Hay/T Ledger).

Island Barn Reservoir: Yellow Wagtail (O Carmona).

Leith Hill: Wheatear (W Attridge).

Richmond Park: Dartford Warbler (P Pentek).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Great Egrets and 2 Pintail (R Horton/M Radbourn).

Saturday 3rd

Bankside: 2nd-winter Caspian Gull (BirdGuides).

Beddington Farmlands: 6 Avocets and Green Sandpiper (J James/Z Pannifer).

Capel: Redwing and Woodlark (W Attridge).

Effingham Forest: 2 Hawfinches and 8 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (O Jepson).

Holmethorpe SP: juvenile Spoonbill at Mercers West; also 2 Rock Pipits south-west and Green Sandpiper (G Hay/T Ledger).

Papercourt Water Meadows: Redwing (E Sames).

Pewley Down: 2 Grey Partridges (A Lobb).

Shackleford: 2 Redwings (E Stubbs).

Thorpe Park: Green Sandpiper (J Snell).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Pintail and Great Egret (R Horton).

Wallington: 2 Redwings south (I Jones).

Friday 2nd

Effingham Forest: 10 Hawfinches and 3 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (J Hurrell).

Malden Rushett: Yellow Wagtail (S Gale).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Pintail (R Horton).

Wood Street Knole: Redwing (C Burchell).

Thursday 1st

Bankside: 1st-winter Caspian Gull and 1st-winter Mediterranean Gull (R Braddock).

Beddington Farmlands: Green Sandpiper (B Littlechild).

Holmethorpe SP: Garganey at Spynes Mere (G Hay/T Ledger).

Island Barn Reservoir: Black-necked Grebe (D Harris).

Leith Hill: Hawfinch (W Attridge).

London Wetland Centre: Yellow-browed Warbler in Main Reedbed; also Pied Flycatcher along South Route, Fieldfare and Great Black-backed Gull (A Salmon/M Wheeler).

Tice’s Meadow: 3 Pintail and Great Egret (P Brown/M Elsoffer).