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Thursday 29th

London Wetland Centre: 2 Oystercatchers and female Goldeneye on Main Lake (A Salmon).

Tate Modern: female Black Redstart on roofs next to community garden (J Reeves).

Wednesday 28th

Beddington Farmlands: 3 Green Sandpipers and Shelduck (G Howgate).

Effingham Forest: 2 Goshawks at Dick Focks Common (BirdGuides).

Horley: 45 Waxwings at Riverside Garden Park (BirdGuides).

London Wetland Centre: female Goldeneye on Main Lake (A Salmon).

Tate Modern: female … Read more

Wednesday 31st

Effingham Forest: 2 Goshawks at Dick Focks Common (A Bird).

Kew: Common Sandpiper by Kew Bridge (M Wright).

Kingston upon Thames: 1st-winter Caspian Gull at recycling centre (BirdGuides).

Leatherhead: drake Goosander on River Mole (A Holden).

London Wetland Centre: male Bearded Tit; also Bittern on Reservoir Lagoon and 2 Shelduck on Main Lake (A Salmon/A Wilkinson).

Richmond: Common Sandpiper by River Thames (M Bravery).

Tate Modern: female Black Redstart (BirdGuides).

Tuesday 30th

Cutt Mill Ponds: 8 Goosander (A Smith).

Effingham Forest: Crossbill at Dick Focks Common (P Davies).… Read more

Sunday 31st

Balham: 13 Waxwings on Calbourne Road (BirdGuides).

Blackheath: 2 Crossbills (J Brown).

Chantries: Waxwing flock (BirdGuides).

East Horsley: 6 Waxwings at Kingston Avenue (BirdGuides).

Egham: 4 Waxwings briefly (BirdGuides).

Farnham: 40+ Waxwings at Badger Court/Haven Way (BirdGuides).

Kingston upon Thames: 2 (adult and 1st winter) Caspian Gulls and adult Yellow-legged Gull at recycling centre/waste transfer station (BirdGuides).

London Wetland Centre: 3 Pintail on Reservoir Lagoon and female Goldeneye and 2 Shelduck on Main Lake (A Salmon/A Wilkinson).

Westminster: 1st-winter Caspian … Read more

Thursday 30th

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Golden Plovers over the mound; also 2 Water Pipits, drake and female Shelduck and 2 Green Sandpipers (M Keenan/Z Pannifer).

Buckland Park Lake: 17 Bramblings over (W Attridge).

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

Thorpe Park: drake Red-crested Pochard on Manor Lake (J Snell).

Westcott: 2 Goosander at Logmore Place (J Clarke).

Wednesday 29th

Banstead Woods: Mealy Redpoll with Lesser Redpolls south-west of Harholt Plantation (I Ward).

Crooksbury Common: Crossbill (J Gates).

Cutt Mill Ponds: 6 Goosander (J … Read more

Tuesday 31st

Lammas Lands: Jack Snipe (N Willis).

Tice’s Meadow: 4 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).

Monday 30th

Beddington Farmlands: Green Sandpiper (A Robertson).

Haslemere: sub-adult Gannet on High Street then taken into care (D Banks).

Tice’s Meadow: 4 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).

Sunday 29th

Beddington Farmlands: Water Pipit, 2 Jack Snipe and 4 Green Sandpipers (D Bulling).

Effingham Forest: 2 Crossbills (M Matthews).

Epsom Common: Pintail on Great Stew Pond (R Nunns).

Holmethorpe SP: Short-eared Owl over Water Colour Lagoons late afternoon (G Hay).

Saturday 30th

Beddington Farmlands: Great Egret on North Lake; also 2 Green Sandpipers (D Warren).

Capel: Hawfinch south-west (W Attridge).

Hogsmill SF: adult Yellow-legged Gull (A Quinn).

Holmethorpe SP: 2 Green Sandpipers (G Hay/I Kehl).

Little Woodcote: Wheatear (I Jones).

Mercers CP: Wheatear at Mercers Farm (N Hadden).

Richmond Park: Whinchat and Common Sandpiper (D Brasier).

Sanderstead: Dotterel flew south at 16:40 (J Birkett).

Shackleford: Wheatear (P Osborn).

Tice’s Meadow: Dunlin and 3 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).

Friday 29th

Beddington Farmlands: Great Egret … Read more

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, … Read more

Monday 31st

London Wetland Centre: drake Garganey and 3 Green Sandpipers (A Salmon).

Tice’s Meadow: Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Dunlin, 2 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (J Hurrell/R Seargent).

Sunday 30th

Beddington Farmlands: 10 Green Sandpipers (N Gardner/I Jones).

Holmethorpe SP: Common Sandpiper at Spyne’s Mere (G Hay/I Kehl).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Bar-tailed Godwits dropped in during the afternoon; also 5 Green Sandpipers (R Johnson/A Salmon/A Wilkinson).

Tice’s Meadow: Whimbrel briefly; also Black-tailed Godwit, Ringed Plover, 5 Green Sandpipers and 4 Common Sandpipers (R Horton/R Seargent).

Saturday 29th

Beddington Farmlands: Redshank on … Read more

Friday 30th

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

Thursday 29th

Beddington Farmlands: Black-tailed Godwit on Phase 3 Wet Grasslands (C Owens/R Walker).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern on Main Lake (S Johnson).

Wednesday 28th

Beddington Farmlands: Green Sandpiper (M Keenan).

London Wetland Centre: 12 Black-tailed Godwits flew south-east early afternoon; also 3 Green Sandpipers (M Parker).

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

Tuesday 27th

Beddington Farmlands: Green Sandpiper (A Dutta).

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

Monday 26th

London Wetland Centre: … Read more

Wednesday 31st

Beddington Farmlands: 7 Greenshank on North Lake; also Common Sandpiper and Shelduck (D Bulling/J Snell).

Chobham Common: Short-eared Owl at south end at 20:45 (S Portugal).

Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): Black Tern (S Musievski/D Spragg).

London Wetland Centre: Grey Plover flew north at 07:15; also Ringed Plover on Main Lake and 2 Common Sandpipers (A Salmon/W Newnham/M Wheeler/A Wilkinson).

Tice’s Meadow: Redshank (R Horton).

Tuesday 30th

Beddington Farmlands: 8 Greenshank on North Lake; also Ringed Plover (P Rogers/D Warren).

Chantries: 2 Hawfinches over (M Kettell).… Read more