2023 Surrey Bird Report

Surrey Bird Report 2023

The 2023 Surrey Bird Report (SBR) is out and will be arriving with members. Stella Bignold and her team have done a marvellous job in getting the 2023 report ready for publication.  This is Stella’s last report and we are so grateful to her for all the hard work she has put in over many years, especially in helping us get more up to date with the reports. 

2023 was the second-warmest year on record for the UK (behind 2022) and the seventh-wettest year overall, characterized by extreme contrasts including a record-shattering hot June, a cooler, wet high summer, and … Read more

August 2026

Sunday 23rd

Redstart, Brook (D Brassington).
Redstart, Brook (D Brassington).

Beddington Farmlands: 3 Whinchats, 9+ Yellow Wagtails, 7 Green Sandpipers and 75 Swifts (D Bulling/A Dutta).

Brook: Yellow Wagtail, Wheatear, Redstart and Spotted Flycatcher (C Brassington/D Brassington).

Capel: Redstart, Green Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper (W Attridge).

Cranleigh: Whinchat at Alderbrook Farm (R Stride).

Holmethorpe SP: 4 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (G Hay/T Ledger).

Leith Hill: 7 Spotted Flycatchers (W Attridge).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern, 2 Yellow Wagtails, 4 Green Sandpipers and 3 Common Sandpipers (C Salmon).

Milford: Whinchat, 7 Yellow Wagtails, Tree Pipit and … Read more

Summer Event

Juniper Hall Festival of Nature

Juniper Hall, near Mickleham, is organising a charity event on Saturday 18 July supporting their ‘Grants for Schools’ fund, with a variety of activities organised by nature-inspired groups, including Surrey Bird Club. Juniper Hall itself is a superb country house dating from the 17th century set in a peaceful wooded valley. It is situated in an unspoilt area of the chalk North Downs and at the edge of Box Hill. Being in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, many amazing rivers, deciduous woodlands and grasslands can be found on the doorstep. The Hall is run by the Field Studies Council, … Read more

July 2026

Friday 31st

London Wetland Centre: Black-tailed Godwit, Bittern and 2 Green Sandpipers (A Salmon).

Stoke Lake: 2 White Storks (G Everson).

Tice’s Meadow: 3 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (M Elsoffer).

Thursday 30th

London Wetland Centre: 4 Black-tailed Godwits, Bittern and 2 Green Sandpipers (C Dewhurst/A Salmon).

Tice’s Meadow: 4 Green Sandpipers and 3 Common Sandpipers (R Horton).

Waverley Abbey: 2 Common Sandpipers (K Duncan).

Wednesday 29th

Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper (I Kehl).

London Wetland Centre: Yellow Wagtail, Bittern and 2 Green Sandpipers (M Wheeler/A Salmon).

Newlands Corner: male Honey … Read more

2026 Members Evening & AGM

The 2026 Members Eveningand AGM will take place on Friday 26th June at 8pm at East Horsley Village Hall, Kingston Avenue, East Horsley, Surrey, KT24 6QT

June 2026

Tuesday 30th

Badshot Lea Pond: Oystercatcher west (J Hunt).

Brookwood Cemetery: Camberwell Beauty (BirdGuides).

Thursley Common: 2 new Teal broods (K Duncan).

Monday 29th

Norfolk Hawker, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).
Norfolk Hawker, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).

Holmethorpe SP: Norfolk Hawker (G Hay).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern, 2 Green Sandpipers and Little Ringed Plover (S Fowles/A Salmon).

Stoke Lake: 3 White Storks (R Mist).

Thursley Common: Green Sandpiper (A Bird).

Tice’s Meadow: Redshank, 3 Ringed Plovers, Oystercatcher and Green Sandpiper (P Brown/R Hoton/M Scott).

Sunday 28th

Effingham Forest: Crossbill at Honeysuckle Bottom (P Davies).

London Wetland Centre: … Read more

May 2026

Sunday 31st

Salfords: Little Ringed Plover (C Eastwood).

Thursley Common: Wheatear (AJ Collins-Smith).

Tice’s Meadow: Oystercatcher (P Brown).

Saturday 30th

London Wetland Centre: Bittern (A Salmon).

Weybourne: Honey Buzzard north (J Gates).

Friday 29th

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Ringed Plovers and Oystercatcher (P Brown/M Elsoffer/R Smith).

Thursday 28th

London Wetland Centre: female Goosander and Bittern (A Salmon).

Lonsdale Road Reservoir: Shelduck (P Boult).

Tice’s Meadow: Oystercatcher (M Elsoffer).

Wednesday 27th

Ash Vale: Quail sound-recorded at 01:37 (G Clarke).

Burpham Water Meadows: 7 White Storks (J Gates).

Chobham Common: Wheatear … Read more

April 2026

Thursday 30th

Common Sandpiper, Island Barn Reservoir (J Snell).
Common Sandpiper, Island Barn Reservoir (J Snell).

Ash Ranges: Nightjar (C Jones).

Bankside: Marsh Harrier north; also 3 Common Sandpipers (R Braddock).

Holmethorpe SP: Common Sandpiper (T Ledger).

Island Barn Reservoir: 3 Common Sandpipers (J Snell).

Langley Vale Wood: Wheatear (S Timms).

London Wetland Centre: 4 Wood Sandpipers, White Wagtail, Yellow-legged Gull, Oystercatcher family, Yellow Wagtail, Green Sandpiper and 4 Common Sandpipers (M Andrews/E Barlow/C Moore/G O’Sullivan/D Panchaud/T Richardson/H Rutherford).

Pewley Down: Grey Partridge pair (A Lobb).

Tice’s Meadow: Greenshank, 3 Oystercatchers, Green Sandpiper and 5 Common Sandpipers (R Horton).… Read more

Basingstoke Canal Society’s 60th Anniversary

A date for your diary – Saturday 18th April. The Club will have a stall to support the Basingstoke Canal Society’s 60th Celebration event with the naming of their new electric trip boat, Kitty II.  It’s promising to be a fun day out with a brass band before the naming ceremony, a couple of fairground rides, face painter, magician, a few food and craft stalls as well as the canal archive display, boat activity on the canal and the all-important environmental/wildlife stands.


Boundary Road Recreation Ground, Woking GU21 5BX 12:00 to 16:00

29/03/2026

March 2026

Tuesday 31st

Beddington Farmlands: Wheatear, Green Sandpiper and Shelduck (S Bray/G Jones/M Parker).

Frensham Great Pond: 2 Oystercatchers (S Peters).

Hoe Valley: 5 Mediterranean Gulls north (J Taylor).

Holmethorpe SP: immature White-tailed Eagle (T Ledger).

Thursley Common: 3 Curlews and Crossbill (S Buckingham/T Gibson/R Wright).

Tice’s Meadow: Common Sandpiper and 3 Oystercatchers (R Horton).

Monday 30th

Willow Warbler, Beddington Farmlands (G Jones).
Willow Warbler, Beddington Farmlands (G Jones).

Ash Ranges: Tree Pipit (J Clark).

Ash Vale: Swallow (G Clarke).

Beddington Farmlands: Willow Warbler, 4 Shelduck and 2 Green Sandpipers (G Jones/M Parker).

Hedgecourt Lake: Willow Warbler … Read more