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

Yellow Wagtail, Mercers CP (G Hay).
Yellow Wagtail, Mercers CP (G Hay).

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

Ring Ouzel, Beddington Farmlands (D Warren).
Ring Ouzel, Beddington Farmlands (D Warren).

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).

Arctic Tern, Beddington Farmlands (A Ramesh).
Arctic Tern, Beddington Farmlands (A Ramesh).

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

Ring Ouzel, Beddington Farmlands (A Ramesh).
Ring Ouzel, Beddington Farmlands (A Ramesh).

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

Bar-tailed Godwits, Beddington Farmlands (A Ramesh).
Bar-tailed Godwits, Beddington Farmlands (A Ramesh).

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

Little Gulls, Island Barn Reservoir (D Harris).
Little Gulls, Island Barn Reservoir (D Harris).

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).

Bar-tailed Godwit, London Wetland Centre (J Anderson).
Bar-tailed Godwit, London Wetland Centre (J Anderson).

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).

Little Gull, Thorpe Park (J Snell).
Little Gull, Thorpe Park (J Snell).

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

Little Gull, Tice's Meadow (K Duncan).
Little Gull, Tice’s Meadow (K Duncan).

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

Whimbrel, Beddington Farmlands (A Ramesh).
Whimbrel, Beddington Farmlands (A Ramesh).

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

Yellow Wagtail, Beddington Farmlands (A Ramesh).
Yellow Wagtail, Beddington Farmlands (A Ramesh).

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).

Whinchat, Shackleford (E Stubbs).
Whinchat, Shackleford (E Stubbs).

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

Iceland Gull, London Wetland Centre (O Dewhurst).
Iceland Gull, London Wetland Centre (O Dewhurst).

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

Ring Ouzel, Little Woodcote (I Jones).
Ring Ouzel, Little Woodcote (I Jones).

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

Ring Ouzel, Banstead (S Gale).
Ring Ouzel, Banstead (S Gale).

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).

Yellow Wagtail, Downside (J Snell).
Yellow Wagtail, Downside (J Snell).

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

Wheatear, Little Woodcote (I Jones).
Wheatear, Little Woodcote (I Jones).

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

Ring Ouzel, St Martha's Hill (P Curnock).
Ring Ouzel, St Martha’s Hill (P Curnock).

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).

Black Redstart, Clandon Park (M Kettell).
Black Redstart, Clandon Park (M Kettell).

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).

Osprey, Puttenham Common (E Stubbs).
Osprey, Puttenham Common (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

Little Ringed Plover, Tice's Meadow (J Hunt).
Little Ringed Plover, Tice’s Meadow (J Hunt).

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).

Crossbills, Leith Hill (W Attridge).
Crossbills, Leith Hill (W Attridge).

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

Osprey, Beddington Farmlands (A Ramesh).
Osprey, Beddington Farmlands (A Ramesh).

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).

White-fronted Goose, Papercourt Water Meadows (E Sames).
White-fronted Goose, Papercourt Water Meadows (E Sames).

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

Brambling, Blackheath (K Britten).
Brambling, Blackheath (K Britten).

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

Water Pipit, Tice's Meadow (D Carlsson).
Water Pipit, Tice’s Meadow (D Carlsson).

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).

Wheatear, Chobham Common (E Sames).
Wheatear, Chobham Common (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

Arctic Tern, Island Barn Reservoir (D Harris).
Arctic Tern, Island Barn Reservoir (D Harris).

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).

Ring-necked Duck, Reigate (G Hay).
Ring-necked Duck, Reigate (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

Willow Warbler, Wandsworth Common (N Rutter).
Willow Warbler, Wandsworth Common (N Rutter).

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).

Jack Snipe, Beddington Farmlands (A Ramesh).
Jack Snipe, Beddington Farmlands (A Ramesh).

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

Black-tailed Godwits, Tice's Meadow (G Sharples).
Black-tailed Godwits, Tice’s Meadow (G Sharples).

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

Garganey, Beddington Farmlands (J Bartley).
Garganey, Beddington Farmlands (J Bartley).

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).

Mediterranean Gull, Enton Lakes (E Stubbs).
Mediterranean Gull, Enton Lakes (E Stubbs).

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

Brambling, Blackheath (K Britten).
Brambling, Blackheath (K Britten).

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).