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
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
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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).
Beddington Farmlands: 2 Greenshank, Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, … Read more
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
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
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
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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).
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).
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).
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).
Island Barn Reservoir (no access): 2 Great Northern Divers still; view from Molesey Heath (D Harris).
London Wetland Centre: Bittern, 2 Water Pipits, Goldeneye, 2 Pintail and 2 Shelduck (P Carr/WWT).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Bitterns, 2 Water Pipits and 2 Shelduck (WWT).
Beddington Farmlands: 1st-winter Caspian Gull, Tree Sparrow, Raven and 3 Green Sandpiper (BFBG).
Esher: Green Sandpiper on River Ember (B West).
London Wetland Centre: adult Iceland Gull again; also Bittern, Water Pipit, Shelduck and 6 Pintail (WWT).
Pitch Hill: Woodcock early morning … Read more
Capel: Hawfinch (W Attridge).
Godalming: Jack Snipe flushed on Lammas Lands at Catteshall Meadow (P Osborn).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Bitterns, Water Pipit, Goldeneye, 7 Pintail and Shelduck (R Folkening/WWT).
Walton-on-Thames: adult Caspian Gull again (A Wilkes).
Effingham Forest: Hawfinch still at Honeysuckle Bottom mid-afternoon (J Snell/M Waite).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Bitterns, 2 Water Pipits and Shelduck (M Honey/WWT).
Richmond Park: Red-crested Pochard (E & R Hunter).
Stave Hill: Yellow-browed Warbler still at Russia Dock Woodland by bridge early afternoon (R Page-Jones). … Read more