April 2026

Wednesday 15th

White Stork, Unstead Water Meadows (D Smith).
White Stork, Unstead Water Meadows (D Smith).

Ashtead Common: Garden Warbler (L Charlton).

Beddington Farmlands: drake and female Garganey; also 2 Shelduck and Green Sandpiper (A Merritt).

Capel: Hobby (W Attridge).

Cranleigh: Grasshopper Warbler at Elmbridge (C Ree).

Oxshott: Garden Warbler at Prince’s Coverts (D Kiddell).

Papercourt Water Meadows: 3 Wheatears (E Sames).

Pewley Down: male and female Grey Partridges (A Turbett).

Puttenham Common: Cuckoo (H Chilvers).

South Norwood CP: Grasshopper Warbler. (D MacMillan/S Woodcock).

Tate Modern: 2 Oystercatchers upriver, female Redstart and male Black Redstart (R Braddock).

Tice’s Meadow: Common Tern and Oystercatcher (R Horton).

Unstead Water Meadows: White Stork south of Tilthams Corner Road (D Smith).

Unstead SF: White Stork (same as above) flew over (D Smith).

Tuesday 14th

Beddington Farmlands: drake and female Garganey (BirdGuides).

Bookham Common: Cuckoo (J Cassidy).

Dorking: Cuckoo (C York).

Frensham Great Pond: Common Tern (P Brown).

High Ridge Wood: Garden Warbler (C Blower).

Holmethorpe SP: Hobby, Common Sandpiper and Lesser Whitethroat (A Blake/N Hadden).

London Wetland Centre: White Stork (C Dewhurst/A Salmon).

Milford Common: 3 Nightingales (P Pentek).

Thursley Common: Cuckoo and 2 Crossbills (D Colledge/P Pentek/K Tarrant/A Thomas).

Tice’s Meadow: Common Tern (J Snell).

Triggs Lock: Green Sandpiper (M Kettell).

Unstead SF: Swift (J Parr).

Monday 13th

Beddington Farmlands: reeling Grasshopper Warbler (A Dutta).

Chobham Common: female Wheatear (E Sames).

Leith Hill: Cuckoo (C Eastwood).

Little Woodcote: Wheatear (I Jones).

London Wetland Centre: White Stork and Wheatear (A Salmon).

Papercourt GP: Common Sandpiper (E Sames).

Richmond Park: Wheatear (P Pentek).

Thursley Common: Cuckoo and Wheatear (S Buckingham/G Robson).

Tice’s Meadow: 5 Swifts and Green Sandpiper (R Horton).

Sunday 12th

Wheatear, Milford (D Brassington).
Wheatear, Milford (D Brassington).

Capel: 2 Little Ringed Plovers (W Attridge).

Epsom Common: Lesser Whitethroat and Garden Warbler (S Brown).

Frensham Great Pond: Oystercatcher at sailing club; also Common Tern and Common Sandpiper (S Peters/S Woolfries).

Holmethorpe SP: Garden Warbler (T Blake).

Leith Hill: Cuckoo and 15+ Crossbills (W Attridge/P Evans).

London Wetland Centre: Wheatear and Great Black-backed Gull (M Auger/M Wheeler).

Milford: male Wheatear at Secretts Farm (D Brassington).

Grey Partridges, Pewley Down (K Britten).
Grey Partridges, Pewley Down (K Britten).

Pewley Down: male and female Grey Partridges; also Wheatear (K Britten/N Hunt).

Richmond Park: Osprey north; also Wheatear (D Brasier).

Send: Green Sandpiper (C Burchell).

Slyfield: Swift at Moorfield Road (M Fincham).

Sutton Green: 2 Grey Partridges at Wareham’s Farm (C Burchell).

Thursley Common: Gadwall pair at Pudmore; also 10 Crossbills (D Brassington/J Brown).

Tice’s Meadow: Swift and Oystercatcher (R Horton).

Unstead SF: Swift over works; also male Wheatear in Flooded Field (J Parr).

Saturday 11th

Beddington Farmlands: Cattle Egret (G Jones/I Jones).

Island Barn Reservoir: 2 Shelduck (J Snell).

London Wetland Centre: Wheatear (A Salmon).

Pewley Down: Grey Partridge (S Ferguson/C Justice/W Justice).

Send: male Wheatear at Hawthorn Farm (S Spooner).

Unstead SF: Common Sandpiper at Dry Lagoon (J Parr).

Friday 10th

Whitethroat, Richmond Park (M Read).
Whitethroat, Richmond Park (M Read).

Beddington Farmlands: drake and female Garganey; also Reed Warbler (M Murphy).

Blackheath: 3 Crossbills (K Britten).

Brook: Fieldfare at Witley Farm (D Brassington).

Capel: 4 Nightingales and 2 House Martins (W Attridge).

Chiddingfold: Nightingale (J Driver).

Churt Common: Redstart (S Reed).

Chobham Common: Cuckoo (T Forster/E Sames).

Frensham Little Pond: 6 Reed Warblers and Redstart (S Reed).

Hankley Common: 2 Tree Pipits (S Reed).

Holmethorpe SP: Osprey north-west; also 2 House Martins and Reed Warbler (T Ledger).

Horley: Marsh Harrier south (C Sutton).

Island Barn Reservoir: Yellow Wagtail and 2 Oystercatchers (D Spragg).

Lammas Lands: Grasshopper Warbler and Whitethroat (E Stubbs).

Langley Vale Wood: 2 House Martins and 2 Whitethroats (A Downing).

London Wetland Centre: Yellow Wagtail (A Salmon).

Papercourt Water Meadows: Reed Warbler, Whitethroat and Sedge Warbler (E Sames).

Pewley Down: male and female Grey Partridges; also 8 Whitethroats (L Badger/P Davies/T Gibson/M Kettell/D Phillips).

Ranmore Common: Cuckoo (E Donohue).

Richmond Park: female Redstart, Cuckoo, Yellow Wagtail, Tree Pipit, Wheatear, 2 House Martins and 4 Whitethroats (D Brasier/S Hucks/F Maroevic/P Pentek/M Read/J Strachan/D Williams).

Shalford Water Meadows: Garden Warbler, Nightingale and 6 Whitethroats (K Britten).

Stoneleigh: Whitethroat (A Amanbaeva).

Thursley Common: Redstart (H Chilvers/D Piper).

Tice’s Meadow: Oystercatcher, Reed Warbler, Green Sandpiper and Whitethroat (R Horton).

Unstead SF: 15 House Martins, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler and 3 Whitethroats (S Allen/J Parr).

Thursday 9th

Nightingale, Milford Common (J Reeves).
Nightingale, Milford Common (J Reeves).

Beddington Farmlands: drake and female Garganey; also Black Redstart, Reed Warbler and Green Sandpiper (B Carter/S Tagg).

Capel: female Brambling, Common Sandpiper, 2 Nightingales, Redwing, 2 Little Ringed Plovers and 8 Whitethroats (W Attridge).

Chobham Common: Redstart (D Colledge).

Cranleigh: Whitethroat (H Sleath).

Effingham Forest: 3 Hawfinches and 10 Crossbills at Honeysuckle Bottom (T Gibson).

Epsom Common: Redstart (S Brown).

Frensham Great Pond: Redstart (G Sharples).

Frensham Little Pond: 2 Reed Warblers and Crossbill (S Casson).

Horton CP: Whitethroat (B Horton).

Leith Hill: Redstart (E Brown).

London Wetland Centre: Grasshopper Warbler at Main Lake; also Sedge Warbler, 8 Reed Warblers and Green Sandpiper (C Moore).

Mayflower Park: Reed Warbler (C Alpera).

Milford: 2 White Wagtails and Yellow Wagtail at Secretts Farm (E Stubbs).

Milford Common: Nightingale (S Allen/J Reeves).

Pewley Down: Whitethroat (A Turbett).

Richmond Park: Great Egret south-west; also 2 Bramblings north, Tree Pipit and Yellow Wagtails (D Brasier).

Shalford Water Meadows: Garden Warbler, Nightingale, House Martin, 4 Whitethroats and Sedge Warbler (R Fisher/N Willis).

Tate Modern: Whitethroat (R Braddock).

Thursley Common: Wheatear, 4 Redstarts, Tree Pipit, 10 Crossbills, female Wigeon (Thursley mega!) and Whitethroat (D Brassington/J Cassidy/S Reed).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Garden Warblers and 2+ Reed Warblers (M Elsoffer).

Unstead SF: Reed Warbler (J Parr).

Unstead Water Meadows: Whitethroat (N Willis).

White Down: 2 Tree Pipits (D Moden).

Witley Common ARC: 2 Crossbills (S Allen).

Worcester Park: Wheatear (Charlie Alpera)

Wednesday 8th

Beddington Farmlands: drake and female Garganey; also 2 Reed Warblers, 2 Sedge Warblers and 2 Whitethroats (M Bravery).

Burgh Heath: Whitethroat at Canons Farm (J Alexander/P Goodman).

Capel: Common Sandpiper and Nightingale (W Attridge).

Chobham Common: 2 Cuckoos, Wheatear and Whitethroat (T Edie/T Forster/T Godfrey).

Crooksbury Common: Redstart, Whitethroat and 2 Crossbills (S Allen).

Hankley Common: Tree Pipit, Redstart and 2 CrossbillS (H Chilvers/S Reed).

Lammas Lands: Whitethroat (N Willis).

Leith Hill: Redstart and 14 Crossbills (W Attridge).

London Wetland Centre: 7 Reed Warblers (T Richardson/Y Simmonds/M Wheeler).

Loseley: Redstart (J Sleet).

Milford Common: Nightingale (P Nevett).

Papercourt Water Meadows: Reed Warbler, 4 Sedge Warblers and 5 Whitethroats (E Sames).

Pewley Down: male and female Grey Partridges; also 6 Whitethroats (M Kettell/A Lobb).

Richmond Park: male Ring Ouzel, Marsh Harrier north-east, male Redstart, House Martin, Yellow Wagtail, 6 Whitethroats and Wheatear (D Brasier/R Kaye/F Matthews/P Pentek/P Redmond).

Shalford Water Meadows: 4 House Martins, Sedge Warbler and 2 Whitethroats (R Fisher).

Stave Hill: Whitethroat (J Cadera).

Thursley Common: Osprey over Shrike Hill; also Little Ringed Plover, Yellow Wagtail, Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat, 3 Redstarts, 5 Crossbills, and 3 Curlews (D Broom/B Chapman/A Harrison/D Kettles/J Kinal/T Ledger/D MacLeod/S Reed/G Robson/J Snell/S Spooner).

Tice’s Meadow: Curlew, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Whitethroat, Oystercatcher and 2 Green Sandpipers (P Brown/R Horton).

Unstead SF: Whitethroat (J Parr).

Waverley Abbey: drake Goosander; also Whitethroat and Wheatear (K Duncan).

White Down: Whitethroat (A Frost).

Tuesday 7th

Beddington Farmlands: drake and female Garganey; also Greenshank, 2 Wheatears, 4 Little Ringed Plovers, 2 Shelduck and 2 Green Sandpipers (G Jones).

Bookham Common: House Martin (J Cassidy).

Brockwell Park: Stone-curlew (BirdGuides).

Capel: Garden Warbler, Nightingale and 2 Whitethroats (W Attridge/D Barratt).

Chobham Common: 2 Wheatears (E Sames).

Cranleigh: 3 Nightingales (R Stride).

Crooksbury Common: Cuckoo and Redstart (J Gates).

Downside: Whitethroat (J Snell).

Eashing Fields: Tree Pipit north (E Stubbs).

Hankley Common: 2 Redstarts (S Reed).

Little Woodcote: Wheatear (I Jones).

London Wetland Centre: Reed Warbler at Wildside and Yellow Wagtain on Grazing Marsh; also Wheatear (C Moore/J Reeves/A Salmon).

Papercourt Water Meadows: 2 Sedge Warblers (E Sames).

Pewley Down: male and female Grey Partridges; also 3 Wheatears (M Kettell/A Lobb).

Richmond Park: 11 Mediterranean Gulls and 2 Tree Pipits east, male Redstart, Whitethroat and 2 Wheatears (H Bradshaw/D Brasier/R Kaye/F Matthews).

Shalford Water Meadows: Whitethroat (BirdGuides).

Thursley Common: Whitethroat, 2 Wheatears, 3 Redstarts, 2 Tree Pipits and 4 Crossbills (J Healy/T Inns/G Osborne).

Tice’s Meadow: Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher and Green Sandpiper (F Clark/R Horton/S Lumsden).

Whitmoor Common: Wheatear (A Clifford).

Worcester Park: 3 Wheatears (C Alpera/B Smith).

Monday 6th

Common Sandpipers, Tice's Meadow (K Duncan).
Common Sandpipers, Tice’s Meadow (K Duncan).

Beddington Farmlands: drake and female Garganey; also Wheatear and Green Sandpiper (A Hanson/G Howgate/M Parker/W Townsend).

Betchworth: 3 Wheatears near Gadbrook Road (R Gowrley).

Chobham Common: Wheatear (E Sames).

Crooksbury Common: Cuckoo and Crossbill (J Gates).

Crooksbury Hill: Crossbill (G Grège).

Devil’s Punch Bowl: Brambling (S Reed).

Effingham Forest: 2 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (S Purohit).

Ewell: Large Torttoiseshell at Warren Farm (BirdGuides).

Holmethorpe SP: 2 Wheatears and Green Sandpiper (I Kehl).

Leigh: Brambling (T Walker).

Leith Hill: Crossbill (P Evans).

Little Woodcote: Black Redstart (T Brangwyn/S Shimwell).

London Wetland Centre: Yellow-legged Gull and Wheatear (G O’Sullivan/A Salmon).

Pewley Down: male and female Grey Partridges (B Hagan/C le Jeune).

Puttenham Common: Cuckoo (L Ralph).

Richmond Park: adult White-tailed Eagle south (R Pattison/P Redmond).

South Norwood CP: Whitethroat (D MacMillan).

Thursley Common: 5 Wheatears at Shrike Hill; also Redstart and 2 Crossbills (D Brassington/S Casson/H Chilvers/M Elsoffer/S Gillingham/G Robson/R Wright).

Tice’s Meadow: 4 Common Sandpipers, Wheatear, Ringed Plover, Oystercatcher and 2 Green Sandpipers (P Brown/K Duncan/R Horton).

Sunday 5th

Ash Ranges: Wheatear and Crossbill (C Grindrod).

Battersea Park: Black Redstart (O Stone-Lee).

Beddington Farmlands: drake and female Garganey; also 2 Water Pipits, Great Egret, 3 Wheatears, Jack Snipe, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Shelduck and 3 Green Sandpipers (D Bulling/G Spinks/C Strudwick).

Caterham: Crossbill (G Grège).

Chobham Common: Merlin north over Tank Hill (T Edie).

Crooksbury Common: Cuckoo; also 2 Whimbrel north and 2 Bramblings (J Gates).

Effingham Forest: Crossbill at Dick Focks Common (G Tillin).

Frimley GPs: Sedge Warbler (C Jones).

Holmethorpe SP: House Martin (T Ledger).

Leith Hill: 18 Crossbills (W Attridge).

London Wetland Centre: Great Egret on Grazing Marsh; also Little Ringed Plover (B Reding/A Salmon).

Netley Park: Hawfinch (D Lowe).

Pewley Down: male and female Grey Partridges (A Lobb).

Puttenham Common: Cuckoo (A Lockett).

Richmond Park: 5 Wheatears (D Brasier).

Stoke Lake: House Martin (M Kettell).

Thursley Common: 3 Wheatears at Parish Field; also Redstart, Crossbill and 2 Curlews (D Brassington/C Howells/T Inns/B Jacklin/S Reed/L Sawkins).

Tice’s Meadow: Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover and Green Sandpiper (M Elsoffer/B Jacklin).

Saturday 4th

Ash Ranges: Wheatear and Crossbill (C Jones).

Beddington Farmlands: drake and female Garganey, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 3 Shelduck and Green Sandpiper (C Strudwick/M Parker).

Crooksbury Common: 15 Bramblings and 21 Crossbills (J Gates).

Frensham Great Pond: Oystercatcher (S Peters).

Knowle Park CP: 2 Woodlarks (D McKenzie).

London Wetland Centre: Barnacle Goose (A Salmon).

Mytchett Place: Crossbill (C Jones).

Stoke Lake: Sedge Warbler (A Lobb).

Thursley Common: Redstart, Green Sandpiper, 2 Curlews and 2 Crossbills (D Gilbert/T Inns/M Pedwell/G Tillin).

Tice’s Meadow: 4 Oystercatchers, 4 Little Ringed Plovers and x Green Sandpipers (P Brown/R Horton).

Friday 3rd

Ring-necked Duck, Alfold (G Sharples).
Ring-necked Duck, Alfold (G Sharples).

Alfold: female Ring-necked Duck on pond at Pallinghurst/Little Wildwood Farm (W Attridge/S Rummery/G Sharples).

Bagshot Heath: 3 Crossbills (D MacLeod).

Beddington Farmlands: Whitethroat, singing Redshank, drake and female Garganey, Water Pipit, 2 Jack Snipe, 3 Little Ringed Plovers, 4 Shelduck and 2 Green Sandpipers (D Bulling/A Dutta).

Box Hill: 2 drake Goosander over (S Smyth).

Thursley Common: Redstart and 2 Crossbills (D Brassington/A Walmsley/I Walmsley).

Unstead SF: House Martin (J Parr).

Thursday 2nd

Ash Ranges: 2 Wheatears (C Grindrod).

Beddington Farmlands: drake and female Garganey; also Caspian Gull, 3 Wheatears, 3 Little Ringed Plovers and 2 Green Sandpipers (J Avery/F Boxell/M Bravery/S Casson/A Frost/A Harding/G Jones/D Lowe).

Effingham Forest: Crossbills (J James).

Farnham Heath RSPB: 2 Crossbills (T Cummins).

Holmethorpe SP: 2 Green Sandpipers (T Ledger).

Leith Hill: 6 Crossbills (J Cassidy).

London Wetland Centre: Water Pipit on Main Lake (A Salmon).

Richmond Park: 2 male Wheatears (H Bradshaw).

Thursley Common: Tree Pipit and 3 Crossbills (M Elsoffer/P Davies).

Tice’s Meadow: Ringed Plover, Oystercatcher, 4 Little Ringed Plovers and 4 Green Sandpipers (M Elsoffer/R Horton).

Wednesday 1st

Oystercatchers, Tice's Meadow (R Wright).
Oystercatchers, Tice’s Meadow (R Wright).

Ash Ranges: 2 Crossbills (G Clarke).

Bagshot Heath: Tree Pipit and 11 Crossbills (D MacLeod).

Bermondsey: 2 Barnacle Geese (J Cadera).

Farnham Heath RSPB: Brambling and 3 Crossbills (A Harrison).

London Wetland Centre: Barnacle Goose (A Salmon/Y Simmonds/M Wheeler).

Pewley Down: House Martin (M Kettell).

Shackleford: White Stork circling north (E Stubbs).

Thursley Common: Wheatear, 8 Crossbills and 2 Curlews (D Brassington/H Chilvers/B Hancock-Smith/G Osborne/G Robson/I Wolfenden).

Tice’s Meadow: 3 Oystercatchers, 4 Little Ringed Plovers and 3 Green Sandpipers (P Brown/R Horton/R Wright).

Worcester Park: male Wheatear (B Smith).