April 2022
Saturday 30th
Beddington Farmlands: Great Egret, Wheatear, Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover and 2 Green Sandpipers (A Harding/Z Pannifer).
Hedgecourt Lake: Common Sandpiper (D Dack).
Holmethorpe SP: Common Sandpiper (G Hay).
London Wetland Centre: Common Sandpiper (WWT).
Richmond Park: drake Red-crested Pochard (B Young).
Rotherhithe: 6 Shelduck (G Wright).
Thursley Common: Wheatear on Shrike Hill (D & P Boyd).
Friday 29th
Beddington Farmlands: Stone-curlew flushed from enclosed lagoons then flew towards 100-Acre c.08:50; also Avocet on enclosed lagoons, Wood Sandpiper on Wet Grassland, Little Gull south-east at 06:15, Whimbrel briefly on Main Lake, 2 Mediterranean Gulls, Yellow Wagtail, Common Sandpiper, Wheatear, Green Sandpiper and 6 Shelduck (G Jones/C Owens).
Holmethorpe SP: Yellow Wagtail (N Hadden).
Horsell Common: 3 Crossbills (S Cossey).
Mercers CP: 4 Yellow Wagtails (G Hay).
Little Woodcote: female Wheatear (S Gale).
London Wetland Centre: Common Sandpiper (WWT).
Thursley Common: Wheatear on Shrike Hill (D Brassington).
Tice’s Meadow: 5 Yellow Wagtails, 6 Little Ringed Plovers and 5 Common Sandpipers (R Seargent).
Woking: Pied Flycatcher by Horsell Birch (BirdGuides).
Worcester Park: Wheatear (B Smith).
Thursday 28th
Beddington Farmlands: Wood Sandpiper on Wet Grassland; also male Ring Ouzel at south-east end of Main Lake, Great Egret flew south-east at 09:20, male Wheatear, 2 Green Sandpipers, 3 Common Sandpipers, 5 Little Ringed Plovers and 6 Shelduck (O Flory/G Jones).
Burpham: 2 Shelduck, Swift and 2 Green Sandpipers at Burpham Court Farm (P Davy).
Hedgecourt Lake: Common Sandpiper (D Dack).
London Wetland Centre: Little Ringed Plover (WWT).
Malden Rushett: Nightingale along Rushett Lane (G Barter).
Tice’s Meadow: 2 Swifts and 2 Common Sandpipers (R Seargent).
Unstead SF: Swift (P Osborn).
Wednesday 27th
Beddington Farmlands: Arctic Tern at Wet Grassland; also Wood Sandpiper, Ring Ouzel at south end of North Lake, Swift and Yellow Wagtail (A Ramesh/A Wasley).
Dorking: Common Sandpiper sound recorded at 03:18 (S Dorman).
Holmethorpe SP: Little Ringed Plover and Common Sandpiper (G Hay).
Langley Vale Woods: Nightingale (C Albanese).
Leith Hill: Swift over tower (M Davis).
London Wetland Centre: female Ring Ouzel in flight at 11:05; also 2 Bar-tailed Godwits on Main Lake and Common Sandpiper (M Honey/P Smallshire).
Richmond Park: 2 Red-crested Pochard (N Anderson).
South Norwood CP: Common Sandpiper (J Hughes).
Stoke Lake: Swift and Wheatear (S Chastell).
Tice’s Meadow: Swift, Mediterranean Gull, Wheatear and 2 Common Sandpipers (J Brown/S Brownhill/M Roche).
Tuesday 26th
Beddington Farmlands: male Ring Ouzel; also 1st-winter Caspian Gull, Redwing, 2 Mediterranean Gulls, Yellow Wagtail, 2 Common Sandpipers and Wheatear (A Ramesh/S Thomas).
Dorking: Oystercatcher sound recorded at 02:20 (S Dorman).
Island Barn Reservoir: Arctic Tern (D Harris).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Avocet on Main Lake; also Garganey pair on Wader Scrape and 4 Yellow Wagtails (M Parker/P Smallshire).
Thursley Common: male Whinchat and Wheatear on Shrike Hill (D & P Boyd).
Tice’s Meadow: 2 Common Sandpipers (R Seargent).
Unstead SF: White Stork flew south-west at 13:05 (J Gates).
Worcester Park: Wheatear (C Northwood/B Smith).
Monday 25th
Beddington Farmlands: female Marsh Harrier flew north-west at 07:20; also 2 Bar-tailed Godwits, Woodlark over, Redshank, Ring Ouzel and Ringed Plover (G Jones).
Purley: Ring Ouzel along Woodcote Lane (Z Pannifer).
Tice’s Meadow: 2 Common Sandpipers (R Seargent).
Wimbledon: Wood Warbler singing by River Wandle just south of Plough Lane (M Bravery).
Sunday 24th
Beddington Farmlands: 2 Bar-tailed Godwits on Wet Grassland; also Whinchat, 1st-winter Caspian Gull, 2 Mediterranean Gulls, 3 Wheatears, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpipers, 4 Shelduck and Green Sandpiper (J Bartley/Z Pannifer/A Ramesh).
Frensham Common: Wheatear (S Alley).
Hogsmill SF: 2 Shelduck (N Tanner).
Leith Hill: Great Egret flew east over Dukes Warren early morning (A Holden).
London Wetland Centre: Garganey pair on Wader Scrape; also Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail and Green Sandpiper (C Dewhurst/W Newnham).
Mercers CP: Whinchat (G Hay).
Richmond Park: 2 Shelduck, 2 Red-crested Pochard and Wheatear (H Bradshaw/P Pentek).
Stoke Lake: Common Sandpiper at Stoke Lock (S Chastell).
Tice’s Meadow: Redshank briefly; also 5 Yellow Wagtails and Common Sandpiper (K Britten/R Seargent).
Woldingham: male Wheatear (D Dack).
Saturday 23rd
Beddington Farmlands: 5 Bar-tailed Godwits (3 flyovers and 2 on Phase 3); also Whimbrel on North Lake, 1st-winter Caspian Gull, 4 Little Ringed Plovers, 6 Yellow Wagtails, 2 Green Sandpipers, 6 Shelduck and Common Sandpiper (G Jones/Z Pannifer/A Wasley).
Buckland SP: 4 Bar-tailed Godwits flew east; also 3 Whimbrels flew east and Yellow Wagtail (W Attridge).
Burpham: 2 Shelduck and 2 Green Sandpipers at Burpham Court Farm (S Chastell).
Enton Lakes: 5 Whimbrels flew north (E Stubbs).
Hogsmill SF: 2 Shelduck (N Tanner).
Holmethorpe SP: Redwing, Common Sandpiper and Green Sandpiper at Spyne’s Mere (G Hay/A Holden).
Island Barn Reservoir: Arctic Tern and 14 Little Gulls in afternoon; also 3 Common Sandpipers and Yellow Wagtail (D Harris/C Turner).
London Wetland Centre: Bar-tailed Godwit briefly on Wader Scrape; also 3 Greenshank, Garganey pair, Green Sandpiper and Yellow Wagtail (J Anderson/J Davis/M Parker).
Mercers CP: 2 Common Sandpipers (G Hay/I Kehl).
Thorpe Park: adult Little Gull at Manor Lake; first site record (J Snell).
Tice’s Meadow: 6 Whimbrels, 2 Dunlin, Hobby, Little Ringed Plover and 2 Common Sandpipers (R Seargent).
Whitmoor Common: Swift; Surrey first of the year (BirdGuides).
Friday 22nd
Beddington Farmlands: Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Little Ringed Plovers, 4 Green Sandpipers and 5 Shelduck (S Thomas).
Crooksbury Common: 2 Crossbills (R Seargent).
London Wetland Centre: Garganey pair on Wader Scrape; also 4 Yellow Wagtails, Redshank and 2 Oystercatchers (C Dewhurst/WWT).
Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (S Dorman).
Richmond Park: drake Garganey on Pen Ponds; also Red-crested Pochard (P Pentek/S Read).
Thursley Common: Yellow Wagtail (E Stubbs).
Tice’s Meadow: 1st-winter Little Gull, Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpipers, Green Sandpiper and 2 Little Ringed Plovers (K Duncan/R Seargent).
Thursday 21st
Little Gull, Island Barn Reservoir (D Harris).
Beddington Farmlands: 3 Green Sandpipers (C Owens).
Burpham: Shelduck at Burpham Court Farm (S Chastell).
Eashing: Garden Warbler (E Stubbs).
Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper and Redwing at Spyne’s Mere (G Hay).
Island Barn Reservoir: adult Little Gull late afternoon; also Yellow Wagtail (D Harris/T Quinn).
London Wetland Centre: Garganey pair on Wader Scrape; also 2 Green Sandpipers and Wheatear (WWT).
Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (G Hay).
Thursley Common: Wheatear (D Colledge).
Tice’s Meadow: Garden Warbler; also White Stork flew over, 2 Yellow Wagtails, 2 Common Sandpipers, Green Sandpiper and 3 Little Ringed Plovers (BirdGuides/S Brownhill/N Palmer/R Seargent).
Worcester Park: Wheatear (B Smith).
Wednesday 20th
Beddington Farmlands: 2+ Redshanks, 4+ Little Ringed Plovers, Common Sandpiper and 5 Green Sandpipers (Z Pannifer).
Leith Hill: White Stork over c.17:00 (T Forward).
London Wetland Centre: Garganey pair on Wader Scrape; also Yellow Wagtail and Wheatear (M Honey/M Wheeler).
Newchapel: Green Sandpiper at British Wildlife Centre (K Noble).
Thursley Common: 2 Wheatears on Shrike Hill (D & P Boyd).
Tice’s Meadow: 3 Shelduck, Mediterranean Gull and 2 Common Sandpipers (R Seargent).
Tuesday 19th
Beddington Farmlands: Pied Flycatcher by gate to Beddington Park in evening; also Great Egret on North Lake mid-afternoon (presumed same as London Wetland Centre), 4 Whimbrels, 2 Mediterranean Gulls over, 3 Yellow Wagtails, Common Sandpiper, 2 Redshanks, 3 Green Sandpipers, Wheatear and 4 Little Ringed Plovers (R Dennis/A Dutta/A Ramesh/D Warren).
Holmethorpe SP: c.400 Sand Martins through (G Hay).
London Wetland Centre: Great Egret on Grazing Marsh then flew east c.13:55; also Lesser Spotted Woodpecker briefly by entrance lake, Garganey pair on Grazing Marsh, 2 Mediterranean Gulls over, 3 Yellow Wagtails, Little Ringed Plover, Wheatear, Common Sandpiper and Green Sandpiper (M Mac/M Parker/A Salmon/P Smallshire).
Papercourt Water Meadows: male Wheatear (K Duncan/A Goddard).
Stoke D’Abernon: Yellow Wagtail (J Snell).
Thursley Common: male Wheatear on Shrike Hill (I Rowe).
Tice’s Meadow: Oystercatcher and 3 Common Sandpipers (K Duncan/P Welling).
Wisley Airfield: reeling Grasshopper Warbler (A Bowes).
Monday 18th
Beddington Farmlands: unconfirmed report of Black Kite reported flying north in morning; also Dunlin, 4 Common Sandpipers, Yellow Wagtail, 4 Little Ringed Plovers, Wheatear and 4 Shelduck (R Browne/G Jones/Z Pannifer/A Ramesh/M Tickner).
Chessington: Hobby over Green Lane (G Barter).
Clandon Park: Wheatear (S Chastell).
Farthing Downs: male Wheatear (L Offer).
Guildford: 2 White Storks flew over at 14:05 (BirdGuides).
Leith Hill: 30+ Crossbills (A Harding).
Little Woodcote: 2 Wheatears (A Dutta/I Jones).
Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (BirdGuides).
Shackleford: male Whinchat (E Stubbs).
Thursley Common: female Whinchat (A Bishop).
Tice’s Meadow: Green Sandpiper (C Jones).
Wimbledon Common: female Ring Ouzel and Whinchat (S Neal/J Reeves).
Sunday 17th
Beddington Farmlands: 3 Mediterranean Gulls and 3 Little Ringed Plovers (M Parker/A Wasley).
Hogsmill SF: 5 Green Sandpipers (J Gale/E O’Brien).
Kew: Common Sandpiper by Thames (J Missing).
Little Woodcote: Wheatear (I Jones).
London Wetland Centre: juvenile Iceland Gull briefly on Reservoir Lagoon early afternoon; also Garganey pair on Wader Scrape, 2 Yellow Wagtails and Green Sandpiper (O Dewhurst).
Morden: female Wheatear at equestrian centre (S Shimwell).
Papercourt Water Meadows: reeling Grasshopper Warbler in area with no general access (E Sames).
Saturday 16th
Beddington Farmlands: 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 2 Shelduck and 4 Green Sandpipers (M Bravery/A Ramesh).
Enton Lakes: 2 Green Sandpipers (D Brassington).
Headley Heath: unconfirmed report of Hoopoe (BirdGuides).
Little Woodcote: male and female Ring Ouzel (D Coleman/I Jones/J Snell).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Garganey on Wader Scrape; also Mediterranean Gull and 5 Yellow Wagtails (WWT).
Richmond Park: drake Red-crested Pochard on Pen Ponds (I Rowe).
Friday 15th
Ash Ranges: Cuckoo and Wheatear (C Jones).
Banstead: male Ring Ouzel in paddocks at Freedown Lane; also Cuckoo at Yewlands Meadow (S Gale).
Beddington Farmlands: 3 Garganey on North Lake; also Tree Pipit flew over, Redshank, 3 Yellow Wagtails, 4 Little Ringed Plovers, 4 Green Sandpipers and 2 Shelduck (O Flory/G Jones/M Murphy/A Ramesh/G Spinks).
Blackheath: Brambling and Cuckoo (K Britten).
Chelsea & Lambeth Reservoirs (no access): 3 Pintail (F Maroevic).
Chobham Common: Cuckoo (E Sames).
Cranleigh: Cuckoo and Wheatear at Alderbrook Park (R Stride).
Downside: Yellow Wagtail (J Snell).
Hogsmill SF: Hobby and Shelduck (N Tanner).
Little Woodcote: Wheatear (I Jones).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Garganey on Grazing Marsh; also Redstart, Whinchat and 2 Oystercatchers (A Wilkinson/WWT).
Mercers CP: 3 Bramblings (G Hay).
Thursley Common: 2 adult Mediterranean Gulls on Pudmore then flew north-east; also Cuckoo (D Brassington).
Tice’s Meadow: 2 Mediterranean Gulls (R Horton).
Thursday 14th
Beddington Farmlands: Grasshopper Warbler reeling by Wet Grassland early morning; also 3 Garganey on North Lake, 2 Shelduck and Green Sandpiper (P Alfrey/S Robinson).
Burgh Heath: Black Redstart Canons Farm (BirdGuides).
Holmethorpe SP: Hobby over Spyne’s Mere (G Hay).
Little Woodcote: Black Redstart and 3 Wheatears (I Jones).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Little Ringed Plovers and 2 Wheatears (M Parker).
Thursley Common: 2 Cuckoos (including ‘Colin’) in Parish Field (BirdGuides).
Wednesday 13th
Beddington Farmlands: 3 Garganey on North Lake; also 2 Redshank, 4 Shelduck and 3 Wheatears (S Thomas).
Bookham: 2 Bramblings in garden (J Ford).
Brockwell Park: Redstart (S Patmore).
Buckland SP: Garden Warbler (Surrey first of the year); also Brambling (S Dorman).
Capel: 3 Nightingales; Surrey first of the year (W Attridge).
Cranleigh: Nightingale singing by rugby club (BirdGuides).
Cutt Mill Ponds: Green Sandpiper (P Osborn).
Dorking: Curlew sound recorded at 00:37 (S Dorman).
Holmethorpe SP: Nightingale at Spyne’s Mere; also White Stork flew over at Watercolour Lagoons (N Hadden/G Hay/J Simpson).
Hookwood: Nightingale by River Mole (BirdGuides).
Hurt Wood: Cuckoo; Surrey first of the year (BirdGuides).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Garganey on Reservoir Lagoon; also male Whinchat, 2 Jack Snipe and Wheatear (R Dunne/R Newnham/M Wheeler).
Richmond Park: Lesser Whitethroat and 5 Wheatears (H Bradshaw/P Davies).
Thursley Common: Mediterranean Gull and male Wheatear (D Brassington/D Colledge).
Wallington: Ring Ouzel sound recorded at 01:47; also Curlew (A Dutta).
Wisley Common: Wheatear (P Huw).
Tuesday 12th
Beddington Farmlands: 3 Garganey on North Lake; also 3 Wheatears, Redshank, Water Pipit, 5 Sedge Warblers, 3 Whitethroats, Yellow Wagtail, Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, 4 Shelduck and Barnacle Goose (A Dutta/Z Pannifer/A Ramesh/A Wasley).
Buckland SP: 2 Hobbies over (Surrey first of the year); also Reed Warbler (W Attridge).
Clandon Park: Black Redstart in morning; also 4 Wheatears (S Chastell/M Kettell).
Eashing: 2 Wheatears at Eashing Fields (E Stubbs).
Egham: Lesser Whitethroat; Surrey first of the year (S Portugal).
Enton Lakes: Common Tern flew north (D Brassington).
Holmethorpe SP: Reed Warbler at Watercolour Lagoons (S Gale).
London Wetland Centre: 3 Reed Warblers, Jack Snipe, 2 Wheatears, 3 Sedge Warblers, Yellow Wagtail and 2 Oystetcatchers (M Bravery/P Smallshire).
Papercourt Water Meadows: 8 Whitethroats and 3 Sedge Warblers (E Sames).
Puttenham Common: Osprey at Warren Pond then flew north; also Redstart and Tree Pipit (E Stubbs).
Richmond Park: male Whinchat (Surrey first of the year); also male Redstart at Sawyers Hill and 4 Wheatears (D Bradshaw/R Dunne).
Send: Whitethroat (C Badenhorst).
St Martha’s Hill: female Ring Ouzel at Tyting Farm (P Curnock).
Tice’s Meadow: 4 Sandwich Terns on The Workings c.10:30-12:30 then flew off (presumably the same birds at Moor Green Lakes, Berkshire, from c.13:10); also Oystercatcher, Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Little Ringed Plovers, 2 Common Terns and House Martin (D Bridger/S Brownhill/T Cummins/K Duncan/R Horton).
Worcester Park: male Wheatear (C Northwood/B Smith).
Monday 11th
Badshot Lead Pond: Common Tern (BirdGuides).
Beddington Farmlands: Spoonbill on 100-acre in the evening; also Avocet on North Lake, 2 Yellow Wagtails over (Surrey first of the year); also Sedge Warbler, 2nd-summer Caspian Gull and Barnacle Goose (Z Pannifer/D Warren/A Wasley).
London Wetland Centre: Reed Warbler singing (Surrey first of the year); also 2 Black-tailed Godwits and 2 Wheatears (M Honey/M Parker).
Leith Hill: 61 Crossbills (W Attridge).
Mercers CP: female Ring-necked Duck (G Hay).
Ottershaw: House Martin (K Harris).
Papercourt Water Meadows: Green Sandpiper (E Sames).
Richmond Park: Oystercatcher at Pen Ponds; also Wheatear (C Dewhurst/E Hunter).
Thursley Common: 2 Redstarts, Tree Pipit, Wheatear and 2 Bramblings (D Brassington/E Stubbs).
Tice’s Meadow: Black-tailed Godwit and 3 Little Ringed Plovers (J Hunt).
Sunday 10th
Ash Ranges: Crossbill (C Burchell).
Beddington Farmlands: Osprey flew north c.06:35; also 3 Garganey, Water Pipit, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, Redshank, 3 Jack Snipe, Common Sandpiper, Wheatear, Pintail, 2nd-winter Caspian Gull, 5 Green Sandpipers, 4 Shelduck and Barnacle Goose (M Bravery/A Ramesh).
Farnham Heath: Brambling (A Zadoya).
Leith Hill: 20+ Crossbills and 3 Bramblings (P Carlill).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Garganey on Grazing Marsh; also Wheatear, Jack Snipe, Green Sandpiper and Redshank (A Self/Wilkinson).
Mercers CP: female Ring-necked Duck and 7 Bramblings (G Hay/I Kehl).
Old Woking SF: Brambling (J Snell).
Oxted: White Stork flew over (BirdGuides).
Papercourt Water Meadows: White-fronted Goose at Papercourt Farm; also Green Sandpiper (E Sames).
Send: Grasshopper Warbler reeling beside towpath near church (M Kettell).
Tice’s Meadow: Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Terns and 2 Little Ringed Plovers (S Brownhill/A Zadoya).
Saturday 9th
Beddington Farmlands: 3 Garganey (2 drakes) on North Lake; also 3 Jack Snipe, 3 Water Pipits and 2 Mediterranean Gulls (Z Pannifer/A Ramesh).
Blackheath: Brambling (K Britten).
Buckland SP: 2 Bramblings (W Attridge).
Egham Hythe: 2 Common Terns over Mead Lake; Surrey first of the year (S Portugal).
Holmethorpe SP: Marsh Harrier flew south over Spyne’s Mere c.09:49 (J Simpson).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Garganey on Grazing Marsh; also Jack Snipe, Green Sandpiper and Redshank (WWT).
Thursley Common: Redstart; Surrey first of the year (B Scammel).
West Molesey: Osprey again (BirdGuides).
Friday 8th
Beddington Farmlands: 3 Garganey (2 drakes) on 100-Acre; also 2 Pintail, 3 Redshank, 6 Shelduck, 6 Green Sandpipers and Barnacle Goose (C Owens/S Thomas).
Bookham: Brambling in garden (J Ford).
Burpham: unconfirmed report of Garganey on River Wey at Bower’s Lock (BirdGuides).
Chobham Common: male Wheatear (E Sames).
Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (BirdGuides).
Riddlesdown: Brambling (J Birkett).
Thursley Common: 7 Bramblings (D Brassington).
Tice’s Meadow: 2 Water Pipits in the Meadow; also Black-tailed Godwit, Wheatear and 3 Little Ringed Plovers (D Carlsson/R Horton/M Nurse).
West Molesey: Osprey flew west at 07:05 (D Harris).
Thursday 7th
Beddington Farmlands: Marsh Harrier flew north c.09:42; also 2 Mediterranean Gulls flew north, 1st- and 2nd-winter Caspian Gulls, Willow Warbler, drake and female Pintail, 3 Swallows and Green Sandpiper (S Dorman/Z Pannifer/D Warren).
Blackheath: 15 Bramblings and Willow Warbler (K Britten).
Crooksbury Common: Tree Pipit; Surrey first of the year (J Gates).
Elstead: Brambling pair in private garden (P Howse).
Holmethorpe SP: Willow Warbler, 3 Bramblings and 3 Swallows (G Hay).
Island Barn Reservoir: 2 Arctic Terns mid-afternoon (joint earliest-ever Surrey record); also 2 Swallows (D Harris).
London Wetland Centre: Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh; also male and female Wheatear, Jack Snipe, 2 Willow Warblers, 2 Shelduck, Redshank and 2 Oystercatchers (M Honey/M Parker/A Wilkinson).
Papercourt GP: House Martin and Swallow (E Sames).
Papercourt Water Meadows: 2 Swallows (B Young).
Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (G Hay).
Tice’s Meadow: Black-tailed Godwit, male Wheatear and Little Ringed Plover (K Duncan/J Snell).
Wednesday 6th
Enton Lakes: 2 Swallows (D Brassington).
Farnham Heath: 5 Bramblings (M Crisp).
Frensham Little Pond: Willow Warbler, Brambling and Swallow (J Kenney).
Hedgecourt Lake: 14 Swallows (D Dack).
London Wetland Centre: Greenshank from Dulverton Hide; also White Wagtail, Willow Warbler, Swallow, Redshank and 2 Oystercatchers (M Parker/L Whitaker-Smith).
Rotherhithe: Willow Warbler at Stave Hill (J & J Cadera).
South Norwood CP: Willow Warbler (J Hughes).
Tice’s Meadow: Swallow (R Horton).
Unstead SF: Willow Warbler (K Britten).
Tuesday 5th
Artington: Whitethroat (G Baxter).
Beddington Farmlands: male Wheatear, 4 Water Pipits, 3 Jack Snipe, 2nd-winter Caspian Gull, drake and female Pintail, Barnacle Goose and 2 Shelduck (C Chiu Pang/A Ramesh)
Brockwell Park: 2 Willow Warblers (S Patmore).
Enton Lakes: Willow Warbler (D Brassington).
Holmethorpe SP: Willow Warbler (G Hay).
London Wetland Centre: drake and female Garganey on Wader Scrape; also Curlew on Grazing Marsh, Redshank and 2 Oystercatchers (M Honey/P Smallshire).
Mercers CP: 15 Bramblings (G Hay).
Richmond Park: Swallow (R Dunne).
Tice’s Meadow: Black-tailed Godwit, Swallow and 3 Little Ringed Plovers (P Bamford/S Brownhill/R Horton).
Wandsworth Common: 2 Willow Warblers (N Rutter).
Monday 4th
Beddington Farmlands: 2nd-winter Caspian Gull on Wet Grassland; also drake and female Pintail and 2 Little Ringed Plovers (D Warren).
Buckland SP: Willow Warbler (R Gowrley).
Epsom: Osprey over lake at Woodcote Park golf course at 09:55 (BirdGuides).
Farnham: male Brambling (A Clayson).
London Wetland Centre: Jack Snipe, Redshank and 2 Oystercatchers (M Mac/S Patel).
Mercers CP: 8 Bramblings; also 500+ Stock Doves at Mercer’s Farm (N Hadden/G Hay).
Richmond Park: female Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (M Andersson).
Tice’s Meadow: 3 Black-tailed Godwits (G Sharples).
Winterfold: 56 Crossbills (R Stride).
Sunday 3rd
Ash Ranges: 2 female Bramblings (D Haydon).
Beddington Farmlands: 3 Garganey (two drakes and a female); also 5 Water Pipits, 4 Jack Snipe, drake and female Pintail, Little Ringed Plover, Barnacle Goose and 8 Green Sandpipers (J Bartley/N Gardner/Z Pannifer/C Strudwick).
Crooksbury Common: 9 Mediterranean Gulls flew east (J Gates).
Enton Lakes: 2 adult Mediterranean Gulls flew east (E Stubbs).
Frensham Little Pond: 4 adult Mediterranean Gulls flew north-east (S Peters).
Langley Vale Wood: Whitethroat (C Albanese).
Leith Hill: 4 Crossbills and 4 Bramblings (P Evans).
London Wetland Centre: Jack Snipe, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Oystercatchers and 2 Redshanks (C & O Dewhurst).
Mercers CP: c.20 Bramblings (G Hay/I Kehl).
Richmond Park: female Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (C Fisson).
Stoke Lake: Sedge Warbler (M Fincham).
Saturday 2nd
Beddington Farmlands: 4 Water Pipits, 5 Jack Snipe, drake and female Pintail, Barnacle Goose, 7 Shelduc and 2 Green Sandpipers (M Bravery/G Jones/Z Pannifer).
Blackheath: 8+ Bramblings (K Britten).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Redshanks and 2 Oystercatchers (WWT).
Richmond Park: female Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (C & O Dewhurst).
Stoke Lake: Sedge Warbler; Surrey first of the year (A Lobb).
Streatham Common: Willow Warbler (P Newmark).
Thorpe Park: female Scaup on Manor Lake; also Green Sandpiper (J Snell).
Friday 1st
Beddington Farmlands: Whitethroat singing near enclosed lagoons (Surrey first of the year and earliest Beddington record); also Redshank, 2 Pintail, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 6 Shelduck and 2 Green Sandpipers (S Thomas).
London Wetland Centre: Water Pipit, 2 Redshanks and 2 Oystercatchers (WWT).
Richmond Park: female Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (D Price).