July 2020

COVID-19: please continue to follow the latest government guidelines on social distancing and exercising outdoors.

Friday 31st

Great Egret, Tice's Meadow (J Hunt).
Great Egret, Tice’s Meadow (J Hunt).

Capel: 2+ Crossbills flew over (W Attridge).

Chelsea & Lambeth Reservoirs: 14 Green Sandpipers (C Turner).

Thursley Common: 16 Crossbills flew over (D Brassington).

Tice’s Meadow: Great Egret still; also Greenshank, Dunlin, 8 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (K Britten/J Hunt).

Weyburn Meadows: 5 Crossbills flew over (E Stubbs).

Thursday 30th

Greenshank and Green Sandpiper, Tice's Meadow (S Ferguson).
Greenshank and Green Sandpiper, Tice’s Meadow (S Ferguson).

Leith Hill: 16 Crossbills over tower (M Davis/M Phelps).

Newchapel: 2 … Read more

Field meetings update

We have scheduled meetings for August and September (subject to appropriate lifting of COVID-19 restrictions). You can find full details here.

Photo of Garganey by D Harris

Magazine back issues

Ringed Plover, 20/05/20 (D Harris)

Back issues of British Birds and all the Birding World magazines dating back to 1987 are available, with a donation to Surrey Bird Club suggested if anyone wants a lot of them.

If you are interested, then please contact Kevin Allen.

Photo of Ringed Plover by D Harris

June 2020

COVID-19: please continue to follow the latest government guidelines on social distancing and exercising outdoors.

Tuesday 30th

Tice’s Meadow: Oystercatcher flew over and Redshank in The Workings (J Brough).

Monday 29th

Beddington Farmlands: Redshank (A Wasley).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Dunlin, 2 Oystercatchers and Common Sandpiper (WWT).

Sunday 28th

Black Redstart, Epsom Downs (K Lelliott).
Black Redstart, Epsom Downs (K Lelliott).

Epsom Downs: juvenile Black Redstart (K Lelliott).

Thursley Common: 2 Crossbills (P Osborn).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Redshanks and Common Sandpiper (J Brough).

Saturday 27th

The Hurtwood: 5 Crossbills (J Gates).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Redshanks and Common Sandpiper … Read more

Where to see Spotted Flycatcher in Surrey

Spotted Flycatcher has undergone a wretched modern-day decline, with Breeding Bird Survey data showing a breeding population drop of 39% between 1995 and 2016. This is part of a staggering longer-term decline of 87 per cent since 1970, a trend that is recognisable in the steady drop in numbers in Surrey. The results of initial research indicate that more Spotted Flycatchers are dying during the first year of their lives and that this increased mortality is likely to be behind the population decline.

Despite this rather bleak outlook, and the fact there has been a steady decline in the county, … Read more

New date for AGM

Reed Warbler, Stoke Lake, Guildford 02/05/20 (J Sellen)

In view of the likelihood that some restrictions due to the Coronavirus are likely to remain in place for several months, the AGM originally due to tak place on 26 June has been rearranged for Friday, 25 September at the same venue, East Horsley village hall. 

You can find further details here.

 

Photo of Reed Warbler by James Sellen

Field meetings cancelled

Moorhens, River Wey, Guildford, 24/04/20 (J Sellen)

Our June field meetings have now been cancelled because of the Coronavirus.  We hope to resume field meetings in August if the restrictions have eased sufficiently by then.   

Details will be provided nearer the time.

Photo of Moorhens by James Sellen

Survey cancelled

Photo: Nightingale, Shaun Ferguson

Following the earlier decision to cancel the first part of the planned survey of Chiddingfold Forest this spring, a survey of Nightingales, the Club and the Sussex Ornithological Society have decided that the second part of the survey, a survey of Turtle Doves, should also be cancelled.  The intention is to carry out the whole of the survey next year. 

Our thanks to all who volunteered, and we hope you that you will take part next year.  

Photo of Nightingale by Shaun Ferguson

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

Rosy Starling, Horley (E Stubbs).
Rosy Starling, Horley (E Stubbs).

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).

Thursley Common… Read more