2016 Surrey Bird Report out now
The 2016 Surrey Bird Report is available now and has been posted to all members.
Non-members can purchase a copy for £10 plus £1.50 p&p. Details of how to order are here.
May 2020
COVID-19: please continue to follow the latest government guidelines on social distancing and exercising outdoors.
Sunday 31st
Churt Common: Crossbill by Axe Pond (R Douglas).
Horley: female Rosy Starling in private garden in afternoon then flew off; 14th Surrey record (C Muir).
Papercourt Water Meadows: possible female Red-backed Shrike at Broadmead at 17:00 (P Stevens).
Peaslake: 2 Crossbills (W Attridge).
Saturday 30th
Beddington Farmlands: Shelduck (K Guest).
Hydestile: 4 Crossbills at Hydon Hill (S Jones).
Friday 29th
London Wetland Centre: 2 Oystercatchers on Main Lake (WWT).
2020 AGM postponed
In view of the likelihood that some restrictions due to the Coronavirus are likely to remain in place for several months, the General Committee has decided to postpone the AGM set for 26 June. You can find further information here.
Photo of Yellow wagtail by Ed Stubbs
Wild White-tailed Eagle in Surrey
The first wild White-tailed Eagle to be seen in Surrey for 114 years was photographed yesterday [Monday 13 April] by Isaiah Rowe as it flew high south over his Worcester Park garden at 2.30 pm.
The extraordinary record comes following a reintroduction scheme on the Isle of Wight and this individual, an immature, was initially thought to be one of these birds – two have already flown through Surrey since 23 March, according to the data from their satellite tags. However, Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation – the organisation behind the project – have since … Read more
April 2020
Please follow government restrictions regarding coronavirus: do not travel unless strictly necessary and always practise social distancing.
Thursday 30th
Beddington Farmlands: Dunlin, Common Sandpiper and 4 Shelduck (G Spinks).
Chobham Common: Whinchat (E Sames).
Epsom Downs: Wheatear (K Guest).
Ewell: Dunlin sound recorded over garden at 03:52 (S Thomas).
Papercourt Water Meadows: 2 Whinchat (J Hobden).
Rotherhithe: Great Egret flew east over Durand’s Wharf in morning (R Page-Jones/R Bonser).
West End: Nightjar; Surrey first of the year (BirdGuides).
Wednesday 29th
Beddington Farmlands: 2 Greenshank, Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, … Read more
Chiddingfold Forest survey
Following the further restrictions announced by the government on Monday 23 March, Surrey Bird Club and Sussex Ornithological Society have decided that the first part of the survey of the Chiddingfold Forest planned for this spring (a survey of Nightingales in late April and early May) will have to be postponed until next year. It may still be possible to carry out the Turtle Dove part of the survey in mid-May to mid-July, but this will depend on the new restrictions on movement being relaxed. If they are not, the Turtle Dove part of the survey will also be postponed until … Read more
Woking Peregrines
The popular Peregrine Falcons of Woking town centre have been successfully breeding since 2016. They now have four eggs and you can watch the live webcam here.
Photo supplied by Craig Denford
Field trips cancelled
In view of the latest government advice over the coronavirus / COVID-19 outbreak, all the field meetings up until the end of April have been cancelled. We anticipate that it may well be necessary to cancel subsequent field meetings but we will update this website to confirm the situation by the middle of April.
Photo Yellow Wagtail by Dave Harris
March 2020
Please follow government restrictions regarding coronavirus: do not travel unless strictly necessary and always practise social distancing.
Tuesday 31st
Farncombe: Oystercatcher flew over at 22:36 (sound recorded); also Swallow flew south (E Stubbs).
Holmethorpe SP: 3 Little Ringed Plovers on Spyne’s Mere (G Hay).
Unstead SF: 2 Swallows (A Barker).
Monday 30th
Beddington Farmlands: Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Green Sandpipers and 9 Shelduck (G Jones).
Tice’s Meadow: presumably reintroduced White Stork flew over (R Horton).
Unstead SF: Swallow (eBird).
Sunday 29th
February 2020
Saturday 29th
Effingham Forest: Hawfinch (BirdGuides).
Frensham Common: first-winter Great Grey Shrike still at Vampire Flats; also 6 Goosander flew over at dusk (K Britten/F Hutchinson/E & P Hunt/R Seargent/G Simmonds/P Venables).
London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Water Pipit, Goldeneye and 4 Pintail (WWT).
Stoke Lake: Woodcock at dusk (M Kettell).
Tice’s Meadow: 2 Mediterranean Gulls (R Seargent).
Friday 28th
Frensham Common: no sign of first-winter Great Grey Shrike at Vampire Flats (BirdGuides).
London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Water Pipit, Goldeneye, 4 Pintail and 2 Shelduck (WWT).