London Wetland Centre: 5 Avocets circled Main Lake then flew north; also 8 Oystercatchers (A Salmon).
Papercourt Marshes: Redwing (E Sames).
Leith Hill: 2 Crossbills (N Hughes).
Bagshot Heath: singing male Wood Warbler at Swinley Forest (BirdGuides).
Beddington Farmlands: Green Sandpiper (G Howgate).
Bagshot Heath: singing male Wood Warbler at Swinley Forest (BirdGuides).
Beddington Farmlands: Ringed Plover and Shelduck (D Bulling).
Bagshot Heath: singing male Wood Warbler at Swinley Forest (D Sussex).
South Norwood CP: singing male Marsh Warbler (J Shaub).
Wandsworth: Oystercatcher (A Westenberger).
Newlands Corner: Crossbill over (P Davies).
London Wetland Centre: Shoveler (M Wheeler).
Pirbright Ranges: Curlew (S Harley).
Tice’s Meadow: Ringed Plover (P Brown).
Bolder Mere: Common Sandpiper (B Harding).
London Wetland Centre: Ringed Plover (A Salmon).
Beddington Farmlands: 2 Ringed Plovers (D Bulling).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Oystercatchers (A … Read more
Papercourt GPs: 3 Common Sandpipers (E Sames).
South Norwood CP: Common Sandpiper (J Shaub).
Tice’s Meadow: Whimbrel, Whinchat and 5 Common Sandpipers (K Duncan/J Snell).
Unstead SF: Yellow Wagtail and Common Sandpiper on South Meadow (J Parr).
West End Common: Nightjar (S Harley).
Winterfold Heath: 2 Nightjars (R Stride).
Tice’s Meadow: Whimbrel and 5 Common Sandpipers (K Duncan).
Unstead SF: Green Sandpiper (J Parr).
Stoke D’Abernon: Whinchat at Slyfield Farm (J Snell).
Tice’s Meadow: Whimbrel (R Horton).
Wallington: Hawfinch and Common Scoter flocks … Read more
Beddington Farmlands: male and female Marsh Harriers; also 2 Redshank and Little Ringed Plover (D Bulling/G Jones).
Frensham Little Pond: Willow Warbler (P Lewis).
London Wetland Centre: Black Redstart on South Route; also 6 Redshank, 2 Oystercatchers and 20 Sand Martins (A Salmon/P Smallshire).
Richmond Park: Sand Martin (J Wilczur).
Send: Little Bunting at Prews Farm (R Dunne).
Thursley Common: Wheatear (A Bird).
Tice’s Meadow: Wheatear (J Snell).
Unstead SF: Swallow (K Britten).
Unstead Water Meadows: Swallow (N Willis).
Wandsworth Common: Yellow Wagtail north (N Rutter).
Alfold: female Ring-necked Duck on pond at Pallinghurst/Little Wildwood Farm (BirdGuides).
Beddington Farmlands: adult Mediterranean Gull, 4 Green Sandpipers and 2 Shelduck (A Dutta).
Downside: Goosander pair on River Mole (J Snell).
Effingham Forest: Goshawk, 4 Hawfinches and Brambling at Dick Focks Common (P Davies).
London Wetland Centre: Water Pipit, Green Sandpiper, 2 Oystercatchers and 2 Shelduck (M Glon/A Salmon).
Mickleham Downs: 5+ Hawfinches (BirdGuides).
Newlands Corner: 20+ Hawfinches by boardwalk (I Williams).
Papercourt Water Meadows: drake Goosander over (E Sames).
Alfold… Read more
Frensham Little Pond: Bittern (S Peters).
London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Yellow-legged Gull and 2 Shelduck (C Dewhurst/D Panchaud).
Send: Little Bunting at Prews Farm (BirdGuides).
Tooting Common: 1st-winter female Ferruginous Duck on lake (BirdGuides).
Beddington Farmlands: 4 Shelduck and 2 Green Sandpipers (R Walker).
Effingham Forest: Brambling and 2 Crossbills (M Harrington).
London Wetland Centre: Bittern; also 2 Shelduck (C Aldridge/D Colledge/T Kasoar).
Long Ditton: 2 Great Black-backed Gulls (E & P Hunter).
Send: Little Bunting and 5 Bramblings at Prews Farm (P Davies/M Fincham/T Matthews).
Stoke … Read more
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Battersea: 1st-winter Yellow-legged Gull on River Thames (A Dutta).
Beddington Farmlands: Bearded Tit, Jack Snipe, 2 Water Pipits, 3 Shelduck and 2 Green Sandpipers (M Bravery/G Howgate/R Walker).
Holmethorpe SP: drake Pintail at Spynes Mere (G Hay).
London Wetland Centre: Bittern on Main Lake; also Yellow-legged Gull (M Auger/A Salmon).
Send: 12 Bramblings and Yellowhammer at Prews Farm (M Fincham).
Tate Modern: Great Black-backed Gull (R Braddock).
Tooting Common: 1st-winter female Ferruginous … Read more
Beddington Farmlands: 3 Water Pipits; also female Shelduck and 2 Green Sandpipers (M Bravery/G Howgate/I Jones/J Pettit/A Ramesh).
Bletchingley: 2 Green Sandpipers over golf club (G Hay).
Earlswood Lakes: drake Goosander (A Baldock).
Holmethorpe SP: Water Pipit at Chilmead Farm (G Hay).
London Wetland Centre: Avocet on Main Lake; also Bittern at Reservoir Lagoon and Great Black-backed Gull (S Alley/E Devlin/K Peacock/A Salmon).
Richmond Park: Avocet on Upper Pen Pond (D Brasier).
Tooting Common: 1st-winter female Ferruginous Duck on lake; origin suspect (BirdGuides).
Wandsworth: … Read more
Beddington Farmlands: 2 Water Pipits and 2 Green Sandpipers (M Bravery/N Gardner).
Capel: 2 Hawfinches south-west (W Attridge).
Chipstead Downs: 4 Hawfinches at the Nuttery (BirdGuides).
Effingham Forest: 2 Hawfinches at Dick Focks Common (BirdGuides).
Puttenham Common: 5 Hawfinches south (BirdGuides).
Tulse Hill: Hawfinch south-west (S Patmore).
Winterfold Heath: 12 Hawfinches over (R Stride).
Banstead: 7 Hawfinches west (S Gale).
Beddington Farmlands: Yellow-browed Warbler with mixed tit flock; also female-type Black Redstart by South Hide (S Thomas/G Walker).
Haslemere: … Read more
Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): Black Tern (D Harris).
Rotherhithe: 2 Great Black-backed Gulls at King’s Stairs (J Cadera).
Westcott: 2 Redwings at The Nower (C York).
Beddington Farmlands: Whinchat, Common Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpipers and Sand Martin (M Parker).
Charterhouse: Yellow Wagtail (S Allen).
Holmethorpe SP: female-type Marsh Harrier north-west; also c 553 House Martins south (G Hay/I Kehl).
London Wetland Centre: Whinchat at Wader Scrape (M Bowen/L Robinson/L Whittaker-Smith).
Priest Hill: 6 Redwings west (N Batten).
Thorpe Park: Common … Read more