April 2023
Sunday 30th
Beddington Farmlands: Greenshank on North Lake then flew east (Z Pannifer).
Cranleigh: Wood Sandpiper at Pound Lea Farm late afternoon; first Cranleigh area record (R Stride).
Holmethorpe SP: Greenshank at The Moors; also Common Sandpiper at Spynes Mere (G Hay/I Kehl).
London Wetland Centre: Whimbrel; also 3 Yellow Wagtails, female Wheatear, Green Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper (M Andrews/H Bradshaw/D Price/A Salmon).
Shalford Water Meadows: Nightingale (D Brassington/K Britten).
Saturday 29th
Brook: female Wheatear at Witley Farm (D Brassington).
Capel: Whimbrel flew over late afternoon (W Attridge).
Devil’s Punch Bowl: male Brambling (E Stubbs).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Great Egrets on Grazing Marsh; also Dunlin, 2 Yellow Wagtails and Shelduck (A Salmon).
Richmond Park: 2 Whinchats (R Dunne).
Shackleford: 3 Wheatears (P Osborn).
Thursley Common: Greenshank briefly at Pudmore; also male Wheatear (D Brassington/M Lucas).
Weybourne: female Wheatear (J Hunt).
Friday 28th
Beddington Farmlands: 2 Wheatears and Common Sandpiper (C Strudwick/D Warren).
Holmethorpe SP: Wheatear at Chilmead Farm (G Hay).
London Wetland Centre: Whimbrel on Main Lake; also Whinchat on Grazing Marsh, Yellow Wagtail, Common Sandpiper and 2 Wheatears (M Honey/C Moore/A Salmon).
Purley: Hoopoe in private garden (BirdGuides).
Richmond Park: Whinchat and Common Sandpiper (P Pentek).
Sutton Green: 2 Shelduck by Triggs Lock (C Badenhorst).
Tice’s Meadow: Whimbrel and Common Sandpiper (R Seargent).
Thursday 27th
Beddington Farmlands: Corn Bunting flew south mid-morning; also Spotted Redshank north-east, 2 Whimbrel west, 2 Ringed Plovers, Greenshank, Golden Plover, Redshank and 2 Common Sandpipers (G Jones/Z Pannifer/M Parker/S Thomas).
Burpham: Green Sandpiper on water meadows (P Davy).
Holmethorpe SP: 3 Common Sandpipers at The Moors (G Hay).
Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 2 Arctic Terns; also adult Little Gull (D Harris/J Snell).
London Wetland Centre: Wheatear (A Salmon).
Richmond Park: Wheatear (P Stevens).
Stoke Lake: Common Sandpiper (M Fincham).
Tice’s Meadow: Arctic Tern; also Oystercatcher and Common Sandpiper (R Horton).
Wednesday 26th
Beddington Farmlands: Greenshank; also female Redstart, Jack Snipe, Lesser Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, 5+ Yellow Wagtails, Wheatear and 2 Common Sandpipers (D Bulling/Z Pannifer/D Warren).
Cranleigh: White Wagtail in fenced off area below nursing home near Knowle Park; also Wheatear in stubble field (D McKenzie).
Elstead: Green Sandpiper on flood opposite The Mill (D Brassington).
Epsom Common: singing Lesser Whitethroat (S Gale).
Holmethorpe SP: Common Sandpiper on Water Colour Lagoon 1 and Wheatear at Chilmead Farm (N Hadden).
London Wetland Centre: 3 Yellow Wagtails, Garden Warbler and 2 Wheatears (B Reding/A Salmon).
Richmond Park: 3 Wheatears at Sawyer’s Hill (H Bradshaw).
Sanderstead: Wood Warbler in King’s Wood (J Birkett).
Tuesday 25th
Ashtead Common: singing Lesser Whitethroat (D Kiddell).
Beddington Farmlands: Tree Pipit north; also Wheatear, Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (G Jones).
Brook: 4 Wheatears at Witley Farm (G Osbourne).
Burgess Park: female Common Redstart in scrub north of lake; also Yellow Wagtail over (R Braddock).
Cranleigh: Curlew, Wheatear and Green Sandpiper (R Stride).
Elstead: 3 Green Sandpipers on flood opposite The Mill (D Brassington).
Hogsmill SF: Common Sandpiper (R Inns).
London Wetland Centre: 4 Yellow Wagtails (A Salmon).
Milford Common: Garden Warbler (D Brassington).
Morden Park: 2 Shelduck over (M Bravery).
Richmond Park: 2 female Wheatears (H Bradshaw).
Riddlesdown: singing Lesser Whitethroat (J Birkett).
Stoke D’Abernon: female Wheatear and Garden Warbler (J Snell).
Thursley Common: 2 Wheatears (K Tarrant).
Tice’s Meadow: Common Sandpiper and Green Sandpiper (P Brown).
Unstead SF: Green Sandpiper on Flooded Field (K Britten/J Parr).
Walton Downs: 3 Wheatears (S Gale).
Worcester Park: Whinchat (C Northwood/B Smith)
Monday 24th
Ashtead: Crane flew high west over A24 between Ashtead and Epsom at 13:40 (R Burns).
Beddington Farmlands: 2 Cranes flew north-north-west at 07:45; also singing Garden Warbler, Whimbrel, Whinchat and 4 Wheatears (J Bartley/G Jones/A Ramesh).
Eashing: Common Sandpiper at Eashing Farm and Garden Warbler at Eashing Fields (E Stubbs).
Elstead: 6 Green Sandpipers on flood opposite The Mill (E Stubbs).
Holmethorpe SP: Short-eared Owl at Nutfield Marsh in evening (J Simpson).
Malden Rushett: Garden Warbler at Chessington Wood (G Barter).
Papercourt GPs: singing Garden Warbler (E Sames).
Richmond Park: Garden Warbler and Common Sandpiper (H Bradshaw/P Pentek).
Shackleford: Wheatear and 2 Yellow Wagtails (E Stubbs).
Thursley Common: 2 Wheatears (V Hiscock).
Tice’s Meadow: Garden Warbler, Common Sandpiper and Green Sandpiper (R Horton).
Sunday 23rd
Beddington Farmlands: male Ring Ouzel; also Great Egret over, 2 male Redstarts, male Whinchat, 16 Wheatears, Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Green Sandpipers and 6 Shelduck (N Gardner/G Jones/A Ramesh).
Egham: singing Garden Warbler (BirdGuides).
Enton Lakes: 2 Common Sandpipers (D Brassington).
Frensham Little Pond: singing Wood Warbler briefly in morning (S Peters).
Frensham Great Pond: 2 Swifts (D Brassington).
Holmethorpe SP: Swift (I Kehl).
Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): Arctic Tern (C Turner).
Knight and Bessborough Reservoirs (permit only): Brent Goose (C Turner).
London Wetland Centre: Turtle Dove on Wader Scrape early afternoon; also Whinchat on Grazing Marsh, Garden Warbler, 2 Yellow Wagtails and 2 Wheatears (M Bravery/M Bradbury/O Dewhurst/L Smith/M Wheeler/P Wilkins/A Wilkinson).
Papercourt Water Meadows: Wheatear between Newark and Papercourt Locks (P Smith).
Richmond Park: 2 Whinchats, female Lesser Spotted Woodpecker and 7 Wheatears (T Smith).
Tice’s Meadow: Common Sandpiper, 2 Swifts and Green Sandpiper (R Seargent).
Wandle Park: Common Sandpiper (J Birkett).
Wandsworth Common: female Wheatear (N Rutter).
Wimbledon Common: female Redstart (R Adams).
Worcester Park: Wheatear (D Burgess).
Saturday 22nd
Banstead: Bar-tailed Godwit calling over garden at 21:58 (S Gale).
Beddington Farmlands: reeling Grasshopper Warbler; also Nightingale singing by North Lake hide, 4 Mediterranean Gulls flew south-west, 2 Yellow Wagtails, Wheatear and Green Sandpiper (G Jones/Z Pannifer/C Strudwick).
Blackheath: Cuckoo (K Britten).
Burgh Heath: male Ring Ouzel at Canons Farm in Lamberts Field; also male Whinchat (N Gardner/J Simpson).
Capel: Hawfinch north-east (W Attridge).
Chessington: Wheatear at Park Farm (P Spencer).
Chobham Common: Wheatear and Cuckoo (P Andrews/T Edie/J Lynton-Jenkins).
Downside: male Whinchat at Chasemoor Farm (S Spooner).
Elstead: 2 Green Sandpipers on flood opposite The Mill (J Gates).
Hogsmill SF: reeling Grasshopper Warbler (N Tanner).
Holmethorpe SP: Nightingale at Spynes Mere (J Simpson).
Leith Hill: Brambling and Cuckoo (P Evans).
London Wetland Centre: Grasshopper Warbler reeling east of Dulverton Hide; also Garganey pair on Main Lake, singing Garden Warbler, Cuckoo north over Entrance Lake, Wheatear and Green Sandpiper (C Albanese/O Dewhurst/D Price/A Salmon).
Old Woking SF: male Wheatear (J Snell).
Papercourt Water Meadows: male Wheatear and Cuckoo (E Sames).
Stoneleigh: Hobby (N Batten).
Thursley Common: Wheatear (L Sawkins).
Wandsworth Common: reeling Grasshopper Warbler (N Rutter).
Worcester Park: Wheatear (B Smith).
Friday 21st
Beddington Farmlands: Nightingale singing by North Lake hide; also 2 Mediterranean Gulls flew south, 28 Yellow Wagtails, Whimbrel, 7 Swifts, 5 Green Sandpipers, Common Sandpiper and 5 Wheatear (T Brangwyn/R Browne/I Jones/Z Pannifer/S Shimwell).
Buckland Park Lake: male Ring Ouzel flew north mid-morning; also 2 Yellow Wagtails and Common Sandpiper (W Attridge).
Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 18 Little Gulls (16 adults and 2 first-winters in evening); also 2 Arctic Terns and Whimbrel over (D Harris/S Musievski/C Turner).
London Wetland Centre: drake Garganey on Main Lake; also Whimbrel on Main Lake, 2 Swifts, 5 Yellow Wagtails and 4 Green Sandpipers (R Dunne/C Moore/D Panchaud/A Salmon).
Tice’s Meadow: Swift over Workings; also 2 Yellow Wagtails and 2 Green Sandpipers (R Seargent).
Thursday 20th
Beddington Farmlands: Lesser Whitethroat singing near Phase 1 Wet Grassland; also 2 Swifts over, Shelduck and Green Sandpiper (D Bulling/D Warren/A Wilkinson).
Eashing: 2 Swifts north (E Stubbs).
Frensham Great Pond: 3 Little Gulls in evening (E Stubbs).
London Wetland Centre: Mediterranean Gull over Main Lake; also Yellow Wagtail on Wader Scrape and Green Sandpiper (C Dewhurst/T Richardson/A Salmon).
Newchapel: singing Lesser Whitethroat at Shawlands Farm (K Noble).
Pyrford: 3 Green Sandpipers in flooded field (E Sames).
Tice’s Meadow: 5 Whimbrel, Swift and Green Sandpiper (R Horton).
Unstead SF: 2 Green Sandpipers on Flooded Field (J Parr).
Wednesday 19th
Buckland Park Lake: female Goosander north (W Attridge).
Chobham Common: Wheatear (B Owens)
Island Barn Reservoir: 4 Bar-tailed Godwits in afternoon; also 2 Arctic Terns (D Harris).
Frensham Great Pond: Curlew south-west c 07:00; also drake Garganey (E Stubbs).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Yellow Wagtails on Grazing Marsh; also Green Sandpiper (W Newnham).
Tice’s Meadow: Green Sandpiper (R Horton).
Weybridge: Garganey pair flew along River Wey (T Inns).
Tuesday 18th
Beddington Farmlands: White Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, Common Sandpipers and 8 Green Sandpipers (Z Pannifer/A Ramesh).
Burpham: drake and female Shelduck at Burpham Court Farm (S Chastell).
Holmbury Hill: Cuckoo (E Cullen).
Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 2 Arctic Terns (D Harris).
London Wetland Centre: Yellow Wagtail on Grazing Marsh (W Newnham).
Mercers CP: 2 Little Ringed Plovers at quarry (N Hadden).
Papercourt Water Meadows: 2 Shelduck (E Sames).
Unstead SF: Ruddy Shelduck on Flooded Field (K Britten/J Parr).
Monday 17th
Banstead: Wheatear at Freedown Lane (S Gale).
Beddington Farmlands: Whimbrel on North and South Lakes then flew east; also Golden Plover on Phase 3 Wet Grassland, Common Sandpiper, Wheatear, 7 Green Sandpipers and Yellow Wagtail (Z Pannifer).
Chobham Common: 2 Short-eared Owls; also 2 Wheatears (BirdGuides/E Sames).
Crooksbury Common: reeling Grasshopper Warbler; also 2 Great Egrets west c 07:00 (J Gates).
Elstead: Green Sandpiper on flood opposite The Mill (D Brassington).
Enton Lakes: 2 Whimbrel and 4 Shelduck north (E Stubbs).
Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 4 Whimbrel east at 07:18 (D Harris).
Leith Hill: 2 Hawfinches flew past tower; also Cuckoo (W Attridge).
London Wetland Centre: reeling Grasshopper Warbler in main reedbed; also 3 Whimbrel on Wader Scrape then flew south, 2 Yellow Wagtails and 3 Wheatears (M Honey/B Page/A Salmon).
Mercers CP: Oystercatcher at Mercers Lake (I Kehl).
Richmond Park: Yellow Wagtail and 7 Wheatears (C Barker/C Bradshaw/B Young).
Thursley Common: male Wheatear by tumulus (M Lucas/P Nevett).
Tice’s Meadow: 2 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).
Unstead SF: female Ruddy Shelduck and Green Sandpiper on Flooded Field (J Parr).
Sunday 16th
Ash Ranges: Cuckoo (R Seargent).
Beddington Farmlands: Common Sandpiper, 2 Wheatears and 5 Green Sandpipers (A Ramesh/C Strudwick).
Bookham Common: Cuckoo (D Cox).
Chobham Common: 2 Short-eared Owls (P Browning).
Devil’s Punch Bowl: 3 Bramblings (E Stubbs).
Farnham Heath: Whinchat (T Cummins).
Frensham Great Pond: drake Garganey (S Peters).
London Wetland Centre: Yellow Wagtail (W Newnham).
Mercers CP: Wheatear at quarry (N Hadden).
Nonsuch Park: Hobby (P Dodd).
Richmond Park: 4 Wheatears (H Bradshaw).
Thursley Common: Whinchat by Pudmore; alsoCuckoo and Wheatear (T Inns/M Lucas).
Tice’s Meadow: Great Egret; also Cuckoo, Wheatear and 3 Green Sandpipers (R Horton/N Hughes/R Seargent/T Smith).
Unstead SF: female Ruddy Shelduck in South Meadow (J Parr).
Saturday 15th
Beddington Farmlands: Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 2 Yellow Wagtails, 10 Wheatears and 6 Green Sandpipers (J Bartley/A Dutta/G Jones/Z Pannifer/C Strudwick).
Capel: 2 Nightingales (W Attridge).
Frensham Common: singing Cuckoo (K Duncan).
Leith Hill: 2 Cuckoos (P Evans).
Mercers CP: Wheatear at Mercers Farm (N Hadden).
Richmond Park: 2 male Ring Ouzels in Holly Lodge paddocks (T Inns/P Spencer/B Wilson).
Sanderstead: Osprey flew west at 15:30 (J Birkett).
Shackleford: male Wheatear (E Stubbs).
Thorpe Park: 2 Oystercatchers (J Snell).
Thursley Common: male Wheatear on Shrike Hill (D Brassington).
Woldingham: 2 Wheatears at Warren Barn Farm (D Dack).
Friday 14th
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Beddington Farmlands: Wheatear, 8 Shelduck and 3 Green Sandpipers (D Bulling/C Strudwick).
Horley: 2 Wheatears at Littlelake Farm (T Walker).
Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): first-winter Little Gull (D Harris).
London Wetland Centre: 3 Yellow-legged Gulls (D Panchaud).
Richmond Park: 2 male Ring Ouzels in Holly Lodge paddocks; also Wheatear (H Bradshaw/C Dewhurst/P Pentek).
Runfold: Green Sandpiper on roadside pool (J Gates).
Tice’s Meadow: Whimbrel in Workings and Yellow Wagtail over Horton’s Mound (M Elsoffer/R Seargent).
Thursday 13th
Banstead: Wheatear in field off Freedown Lane (R Draper).
Beddington Farmlands: male Redstart; also 9 Shelduck (C Conroy/Z Pannifer).
Brockham: Cuckoo singing towards Park Farm (N Unwin).
Cobham: Hobby over service station early morning (R Seargent).
Denbies Hillside: male Ring Ouzel (D Hasell).
Downside: female Redstart and Green Sandpiper (J Snell).
Eashing: female White Wagtail at Greenways Farm (E Stubbs).
Egham: Swift flew east at 10:00 (BirdGuides).
London Wetland Centre: Dunlin and Common Sandpiper on Main Lake; also Redshank and Wheatear (M Andrews/C Dewhurst/A Wilkinson).
Richmond Park: 2 male Ring Ouzels in Holly Lodge paddocks; also 3 Wheatears (C Barker/B Bird/R Kaye/M Mac/P Pentek/J Reeves/A Wilkinson/B Wilson).
Tolworth Court Farm Fields: female Redstart (E Gill/C Lewis/E Newton/P Taylor).
Wednesday 12th
Ash Ranges: male Ring Ouzel at west end of perimeter track (BirdGuides).
Beddington Farmlands: White Wagtail on Phase 1 Wet Grassland; also 2 Water Pipits, Mediterranean Gull south, 3 Yellow Wagtails and 8+ Shelduck (A Dutta/Z Pannifer).
Buckland Park Lake: male Wheatear (W Attridge).
Eashing Fields: male Wheatear (E Stubbs).
Egham: Marsh Harrier flew over (S Portugal).
Hookwood: female Redstart (G Smith).
London Wetland Centre: Marsh Harrier flew east from reedbed; also Yellow Wagtail and 2 Wheatears (A Salmon).
Nore Hill: Hobby west early afternoon (B Thomas).
Papercourt GPs: 2 Shelduck south-west (M Kettell).
Richmond Park: Ring Ouzel in paddock at Holly Lodge; also 3 Wheatears (M Bravery/D Cox/P Pentek).
Vachery Pond: female Pintail and female Goosander (R Stride).
Tuesday 11th
Beddington Farmlands: female-type Marsh Harrier flew west over South Lake c 10:10; also 3 Wheatears, Yellow Wagtail, 4 Shelduck and 4 Green Sandpipers (A Ramesh/D Warren).
Burgh Heath: male Ring Ouzel at Canons Farm at Reads Bottom (BirdGuides).
Capel: singing Nightingale (W Attridge).
Farnham Heath RSPB: Cuckoo and 5 Tree Pipits (G White).
Horley: 3 Wheatears at Littlelake Farm (T Walker).
Horsell Common: Reed Warbler (T Cummings).
London Wetland Centre: male Wheatear, Redshank and 3 Reed Warblers (B Bird/M Bravery/M Honey/A Salmon).
Milford Common: 2 singing Nightingales (P Nevett/B Smithies).
Papercourt Water Meadows: male Ring Ouzel early morning (E Sames).
Richmond Park: 2 Ring Ouzels in Holly Lodge paddocks; also 7 Wheatears (C Barker/H Bradshaw/R Goodman/P Pentek).
Shalford Water Meadows: singing Whitethroat (D Brassington).
Stoke D’Abernon: male Wheatear (J Snell).
Surbiton: 2 Shelduck on filter beds (A Fure).
Tice’s Meadow: 3 Green Sandpipers and Reed Warbler (R Arthurs).
Unstead SF: female Ruddy Shelduck on South Meadow; also Reed Warbler at Dry Lagoon and 2 Green Sandpipers on Flooded Field (J Parr).
Wisley Airfield: 3 Wheatears (A Bowes).
Monday 10th
Beddington Farmlands: Yellow Wagtail, male Wheatear and 3 Green Sandpipers (Z Pannifer).
Chobham Common: 1+ Short-eared Owl (P Browning).
Cranleigh SF: singing Nightingale (N Willis).
Frensham Great Pond: Arctic Tern briefly late morning; also 5 Little Gulls (4 adults and 1st-winter) and drake Garganey (D Brassington/S Peters/S Woolfries).
Elstead: Green Sandpiper on flood opposite The Mill (J Gates).
Hankley Common: 4 Tree Pipits (A Barker).
Little Woodcote: 4 Wheatears (I Jones).
London Wetland Centre: Great Egret on Grazing Marsh and Reservoir Lagoon in afternoon; also adult Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Yellow Wagtails, 2 Wheatears and 2 Green Sandpipers (O Dewhurst/B Reding/M Robinson/A Wilkinson).
Pewley Meadows: male and female Wheatears in Eastern Meadow (J Mitchell).
Rowly: Green Sandpiper at East Whipley Farm (R Stride).
South Norwood CP: Grasshopper Warbler (J Shaub).
Southwark Park: Common Sandpiper (J Cadera).
Stoke Lake: Wheatear flew north (S Chastell).
Willinghurst Fishery: Common Sandpiper (R Stride).
Sunday 9th
Beddington Farmlands: Curlew flew south late morning; also Water Pipit, 3 Yellow Wagtails, Wheatear, 6 Shelduck and Green Sandpiper (A Dutta/N Gardner/Z Pannifer).
Brook: male Redstart and female Wheatear at Witley Farm (G Osbourne).
Downside: Hobby over M25 (C Albanese).
Frensham Common: 2 Wheatears (B Jobson).
Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 4 adult Little Gulls (D Harris/C Turner).
Holmethorpe SP: Reed Warbler (I Kehl).
London Wetland Centre: male Redstart between Dulverton and WWF hides; also Water Pipit and Yellow Wagtail on Grazing Marsh, 3 Reed Warblers and 2 male Wheatears (C & O Dewhurst/G Gray/W Newnham/T Richardson/A Wilkinson).
Papercourt Water Meadows: male Whitethroat (M Fincham).
Shackleford: female Black Redstart and male Wheatear (E Stubbs).
Sidney Wood: singing Cuckoo (E Stubbs).
South Norwood CP: reeling Grasshopper Warbler (J Hughes/J Shaub).
Unstead SF: 2 Green Sandpipers on Dry Lagoon (J Parr).
Weybourne: Curlew flew south-east at midday (J Gates).
Saturday 8th
Beddington Farmlands: Cuckoo singing; also male White Wagtail, 3 Yellow Wagtails, Whitethroat, Wheatear, Reed Warbler, 7 Green Sandpipers, Sedge Warbler and 6 Shelduck (N Gardner/G Jones/Z Pannifer/A Ramesh).
Burgh Heath: male Ring Ouzel at Canons Farm (S Gale).
Denbies Hillside: male Ring Ouzel by Landbarn Farm (C Kemp).
Elstead: male Brambling in garden (T Moxon).
Frensham Great Pond: drake Garganey and 2 Reed Warblers (D Brassington/S Peters/E Stubbs).
Lammas Lands: drake Garganey on pool on Catteshall Meadow then flew north-east; also Whitethroat (E Stubbs).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Mediterranean Gulls flew high north; also 2 Reed Warblers (A Wilkinson).
Mayflower Park Wetlands: singing Reed Warbler (B Young).
Stoke Lake: Sedge Warbler (S Chastell).
Tice’s Meadow: Reed Warbler and 2 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).
Unstead SF: Green Sandpiper in flight (J Parr).
Upper Norwood: Osprey circled over recreation ground at 09:10 (W Rose).
Wallington: Avocet sound recorded at 23:38 (A Dutta).
Friday 7th
Ash Ranges: 3 Redstarts (D Calcutt/M Kettell).
Beddington Farmlands: Marsh Harrier circled Mile Road gate then flew west-north-west at 12:32; also Osprey north-west at 12:50, 9 Shelduck and 3 Green Sandpipers (D Bulling/G Jones/Z Pannifer/C Strudwick).
Eashing: Marsh Harrier north at 12:45 (E Stubbs).
Ewell: Common Scoter sound recorded at 01:05 (S Thomas).
Frensham Great Pond: drake Garganey (S Peters).
Henley Park Lake: drake Pintail (M Kettell).
Island Barn Reservoir: adult Crane (same as Molesey) flew into field south of reservoir mid-morning then flew north-east at 10:16 (D Harris/D Spragg/C Turner).
London Wetland Centre: Osprey north over Reservoir Lagoon at 12:50; also adult Yellow-legged Gull on Reservoir Lagoon, Yellow Wagtail, Reed Warbler, House Martin, Sedge Warbler and Wheatear (C & O Dewhurst/B Reding/W Newnham/M Parker).
Molesey: adult Crane south at 08:52 (D Harris).
Richmond Park: adult Crane (same as Molesey) circling to west over Pembroke Lodge at 10:45 (R Kaye/P Pentek).
Thursley Common: 2 Redstarts and Tree Pipit (D Brassington/J Cassidy/P Owen/N Taylor).
Wallington: Common Scoter sound recorded at 01:13 (A Dutta).
Thursday 6th
Beddington Farmlands: 4 Green Sandpipers and 3 Shelduck (Z Pannifer).
Brook: female Black Redstart at Witley Farm (A Barker/D Brassington).
Burgess Park: House Martin (D Clark).
Frensham Great Pond: 4 Garganey (S Peters).
Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): Arctic Tern late afternoon; earliest Surrey record (D Harris).
London Wetland Centre: Great Egret on Grazing Marsh until 10:00 when flew south-west; also Wheatear and Shelduck pair (M Honey/C Moore/J Woodman).
Ockham Common: Cuckoo (BirdGuides).
Papercourt GPs: 2 Shelduck flew south (E Sames).
Papercourt Marshes: singing Reed Warbler (E Sames).
Papercourt Water Meadows: singing Whitethroat (E Sames).
Wednesday 5th
Beddington Farmlands: Goosander in flight; also 3 Water Pipits, House Martin west, Yellow Wagtail east, Jack Snipe, 3 Shelduck and 2 Green Sandpipers (J Bartley/R Browne/A Dutta/Z Pannifer).
Brook: female Black Redstart at Witley Farm (G Osbourne).
Frensham Great Pond: 4 Garganey (3 drakes) early morning (E Stubbs).
Holmethorpe SP: Reed Warbler (R Perry).
London Wetland Centre: 3 Wheatears on Grazing Marsh; also Mediterranean Gull east, Reed Warbler and Green Sandpiper (N Anderson/M Honey/D Panchaud/A Wilkinson).
Richmond Park: male Redstart in Holly Lodge paddocks; also House Martin and Wheatear (R Dunne/R Kaye).
Tice’s Meadow: adult Mediterranean Gull; also Sedge Warbler and Green Sandpiper (S Brownhill/R Iredale).
Tuesday 4th
Ash: 24 Brent Geese flew north between 19:55 and 20:00 (M Clifford).
Beddington Farmlands: Spoonbill flew high north-west at 08:30; also Great Egret south-east at 10:25, 22 Mediterranean Gulls east, Water Pipit, 4 Shelduck and Green Sandpiper (J Bartley/Z Pannifer).
Beddington Park: Green Sandpiper south (Z Pannifer).
Eashing: male Wheatear at Eashing Farm (E Stubbs).
London Wetland Centre: Reed Warbler in Sheltered Lagoon; also Water Pipit and Yellow Wagtail on Grazing Marsh and female Goldeneye (M Honey/M Parker/S Peile/A Salmon/A Wilkinson).
Thursley Common: Tree Pipit singing at Will Reeds; also Redstart (D Cox/B Waller).
Wisley Common: Camberwell Beauty by Hut Hill Cottage; also 2 male Bramblings (K Britten/N Gardner/T Gibson).
Monday 3rd
Beddington Farmlands: 3 Yellow Wagtails north; also Water Pipit, Green Sandpiper and 3 Shelduck (Z Pannifer).
Elstead: male Brambling in private garden (T Moxon).
Leith Hill: 11 Brambling by tower (W Attridge).
London Wetland Centre: female-type Marsh Harrier high east over north end at 13:00; also Sedge Warbler singing on Sheltered Lagoon, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker by Entrance Lake then flew towards World Wetlands, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls, Water Pipit, 2 White Wagtails and female Goldeneye (A Binns/C Dewhurst/S Fowles/P Gilfilan/G Gray/M Honey/P Pentek/S Revard/A Salmon/J Wilczur).
Mogador: Wheatear (S Gale).
Papercourt Water Meadows: 2 Shelduck flew over; also singing Sedge Warbler (E Sames).
Richmond Park: male Brambling between Poet’s Corner & Richmond Gate (C Ellam).
Tice’s Meadow: 2 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).
Wallington: Hobby west late morning (A Dutta).
Whitmoor Common: male Wheatear (S Chastell).
Wisley Common: Camberwell Beauty by Hut Hill Cottage early afternoon (N Gardner/C Wilkinson).
Wisley Gardens: Osprey flew north at 11:48 (S Malcolm).
Sunday 2nd
Beddington Farmlands: 2 Yellow Wagtails north; also Curlew north, 5+ Water Pipits, 3 Jack Snipe, 4 Wheatears, 2 Green Sandpipers and 8 Shelduck (D Bulling/A Dutta/Z Pannifer).
Buckland Park Lake: Merlin and Hobby late morning (W Attridge).
Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper on settling pond near Cormongers Lane (N Hadden).
London Wetland Centre: Water Pipit on Main Lake; also Green Sandpiper on Grazing Marsh and House Martin (M Bradbury/S Osborn/A Salmon/M Wheeler).
Tice’s Meadow: Short-eared Owl and Green Sandpiper (R Horton).
Saturday 1st
Beddington Farmlands: 6 Water Pipits; also Jack Snipe, 3 Wheatears (one taken by Sparrowhawk!), 3 Green Sandpipers and 9 Shelduck (G Jones/Z Pannifer/A Ramesh/D Warren).
Coulsdon: Crane circled at 11:00 then flew west (R Browne).
Hogsmill SF: drake Shelduck (N Tanner).
London Wetland Centre: White Wagtail on Main Lake and Wader Scrape; also female Goldeneye, Wheatear and 2 Green Sandpipers on Wader Scrape (C Moore/A Salmon).
Redhill: Osprey flew east over Kiln Brow, Three Arch Road, at 15:30 (S Gale).
Royal Common: 2 Goosander (B Smithies).
Tice’s Meadow: Short-eared Owl mid-afternoon (J Lynton-Jenkins).
Worcester Park: female Wheatear (C Northwood/S Osborn/B Smith)