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Monday 2nd

Yellow-legged Gull, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).

Fetcham Mill Pond: 2 Goosander (D Whitlock).

Holmethorpe SP: adult Yellow-legged Gull and 1st-winter drake Garganey (G Hay).

London Wetland Centre: Garganey on Wader Scrape (C Dewhurst/A Salmon).

Papercourt Water Meadows: Dartford Warbler (S Lumsden).

Richmond Park: Rock Pipit, 3 Ring Ouzels, Great Egret, 5 Bramblings and Dartford Warbler (P Pentek).

Thursley Common: 1st-winter Great Grey Shrike (BirdGuides).

Sunday 1st

Green Sandpiper, Gatton Park (T Ledger).

Bankside: 2nd-winter and 1st-winter Caspian Gulls (BirdGuides).

Bolder Mere: Green Sandpiper (K Duncan).

Brook: Golden Plover and … Read more

Saturday 31st

Great Egret, Beddington Farmlands (D Shaw).

Ash Ranges: Ring Ouzel and 2 Crossbills (J Gates).

Bankside: Czech-ringed 1st-winter Caspian Gull (BirdGuides).

Beddington Farmlands: Ring Ouzel, 3 Water Pipits, 3 Great Egrets and Green Sandpiper (BirdGuides/N Gardner/M Read/D Shaw).

Burgh Heath: Black Redstart at Canons Farm (BirdGuides).

Enton Lakes: 1st-winter Little Gull north (E Stubbs).

Holmethorpe SP: Bittern and Garaganey (G Hay).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Bearded Tits at Wader Scrape; also Whinchat, Dartford Warbler, Yellow-legged Gull and Garganey (A Salmon).

Common Scoter, Queen Elizabeth II Reservoir (D Harris).

Mickleham: 3 … Read more

Wednesday 30th

Holmethorpe SP: Garganey (G Hay).

Leith Hill: 4 Hawfinches (W Attridge).

Tuesday 29th

Fetcham Mill Pond: drake Pintail (S Gale).

Holmethorpe SP: Garganey (G Hay).

Tice’s Meadow: 3 Pintail (K Duncan).

Westhumble: Nightingale (S Gale).

Monday 28th

Tice’s Meadow: Pintail and Great Egret (K Duncan/R Horton).

Whitmoor Common: Wheatear (M Fincham).

Sunday 27th

Beddington Farmlands: Pied Flycatcher (D Bulling).

Bolder Mere: Great Egret (K Britten).

Holmethorpe SP: Garganey (I Kehl).

Milford: 2 Great Egrets over Secretts Farm (D Brassington).

Richmond Park: 2 Merlins; also … Read more

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

Monday 31st

Brook: Wheatear and Spotted Flycatcher at Witley Farm (D Brassington).

Cranleigh: Redstart and Spotted Flycatcher (R Stride).

Enton Lakes: adult Honey Buzzard south (E Stubbs).

Farthing Downs: 2 Wheatears (D Hayes).

Holmethorpe SP: Great Egret at Mercers West; also 5 Green Sandpipers and 3 Common Sandpipers (G Hay/T Ledger).

Leatherhead: 7 juvenile Goosander at Common Meadow (C Kemp).

Leith Hill: Spotted Flycatcher (A Holden/T Ledger).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Yellow Wagtails, 2 Green Sandpipers and 3 Common Sandpipers (A Salmon/S … Read more

Summer Event

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

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

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