Saturday 31 August

Burgh Heath: Tree Pipit at Canons Farm (D Culley).

Croham Hurst: Osprey flew south at 16:40 (G Collins).

Crooksbury Common: Pied Flycatcher just beyond main car park (R Seargent).

Hascombe: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker at New Barn; also Spotted Flycatcher (E Stubbs).

Holmethorpe SPs: Greenshank flew west at 09:15; also Green Sandpiper at Glebe Lake (G Hay).

London Wetland Centre: Pied Flycatcher briefly at Wildside early morning; also 3 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (WWT).

Molesey Heath: Great Egret still; also 2 Green Sandpipers (BirdGuides).

Papercourt Water Meadows: 4+ Whinchats still (M Fincham/S Ferguson).

Richmond Park: 4 Whinchats (J Wilczur/S Woolfenden).

South Norwood CP: 2 Common Sandpipers (J Hughes).

Tice’s Meadow: Whinchat and Green Sandpiper (P Brown/R Seargent).

Friday 30 August

Beddington Farmlands: 3 Yellow Wagtails, Wheatear, 1 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (BFBG).

London Wetland Centre: Little Ringed Plover, 3 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (WWT).

Molesey Heath: Great Egret still; also Green Sandpiper (BirdGuides).

Papercourt Water Meadows: 6 Whinchats still (A Goddard).

South Norwood CP: 2 Common Sandpipers (J Hughes).

Richmond Park: Osprey flew south at 08:30; also 5 Whinchats, Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail over and juvenile Cuckoo still (RPBG).

Walton-on-Thames: adult Caspian Gull still by The Weir pub (D Harris).

West Clandon: Whinchat at Clandon Wood NBR (M Phelps).

Thursday 29 August

Addington Hills: Spotted Flycatcher (J Parish).

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Whinchat, 6 Yellow Wagtails, 3 Wheatears, 4 Green Sandpipers, 2 Ravens and Common Sandpiper (BFBG).

Birtley Green: Wheatear still at Bonhurst Farm (E Stubbs).

Burgh Heath: 4 Whinchats at Canons Farm; also Redstart (S Gale).

Effingham Forest: Hawfinch at Dick Focks Common (M Davis).

London Wetland Centre: Garganey still on Main Lake; also Green Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper (WWT).

Molesey Heath: Great Egret still; also Green Sandpiper (D Harris).

Papercourt Water Meadows: 6 Whinchats (K Duncan).

Richmond Park: 7 Whinchats, 6 Wheatears, Green Sandpiper, 2 Red-crested Pochard and juvenile Cuckoo still (D Muthalib/RPBG/J Snell/A Wilkes).

Shackleford: female/juvenile Marsh Harrier at Lydling Farm late afternoon; also 2 Wheatears (E Stubbs).

South Norwood CP: 4 Common Sandpipers (J Hughes).

Walton-on-Thames: adult Caspian Gull still by The Weir pub; also Yellow-legged Gull still (S Chastell/A Goddard).

Wednesday 28 August

Birtley Green: Wheatear at Bonhurst Farm (E Stubbs).

Burgh Heath: 2 Whinchats at Canons Farm (P Goodman).

Leith Hill: Whinchat and 2 Spotted Flycatchers (M Davis).

London Wetland Centre: Garganey still on Main Lake; also 9 Wigeon (first of autumn), Green Sandpiper and 2 Common Sandpipers (WWT).

Newchapel: Green Sandpiper at British Wildlife Centre (K Noble).

South Norwood CP: Common Sandpiper (J Hughes).

South Norwood Lake: Common Sandpiper (P Carr).

Tice’s Meadow: Whinchat and Yellowhammer (TMBG).

Walton-on-Thames: adult Caspian Gull again by weir (S Ferguson/E Sames).

Tuesday 27 August

Chelsham: 6 Whinchats on sheep field fence by Washpond Lane (J Gill).

Holmethorpe SPs: 2 Green Sandpipers (G Hay).

London Wetland Centre: Garganey still on Main Lake; also Whinchat, Green Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover and 2 Common Sandpipers (C Albanese/P Charles/K Cutting/WWT).

Milford Common: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker and 5+ Spotted Flycatchers (M Lawn).

Molesey Heath: Great Egret still (D Harris).

South Norwood CP: 2 Common Sandpipers (R Wyllie).

Streatham Common: Pied Flycatcher (M Mac).

Tice’s Meadow: 3 Ringed Plovers still; also 2 Wheatears, 4 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (J Hunt).

Walton-on-Thames: Yellow-legged Gull still by Walton Bridge (M Fincham/S Ferguson).

Monday 26 August

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Common Sandpipers (A Dutta/S Levy).

Birtley Green: 2 Whinchats at Bonhurst Farm (E Stubbs).

Blackheath: 4 Spotted Flycatchers (K Britten).

Crooksbury Common: 2 Pied Flycatchers (J Gates).

Hascombe: Wood Warbler at New Barn; also 2+ Spotted Flycatchers still (E Stubbs).

Holmethorpe SPs: 3 Green Sandpipers (G Hay).

Leith Hill: Pied Flycatcher still at Dukes Warren; also Whinchat and 6+ Spotted Flycatchers (M Davis).

London Wetland Centre: Garganey still on Main Lake; also Wheatear, Green Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover and 2 Common Sandpipers (J Lowther/S Weingarten/WWT).

Molesey Heath: Great Egret on west pond (M Cuthew).

Morden Hall Park: Yellow Wagtail flew north (A Dutta/S Levy).

Newchapel: 2 Green Sandpipers at British Wildlife Centre (K Noble).

Palmers Cross: Pied Flycatcher at Scotsland Brook; also 6+ Spotted Flycatchers (E Stubbs).

Richmond Park: Red-crested Pochard (P Pentek).

Thorncombe Street: Ortolan Bunting sound recorded over Allden’s Hill at 02:56 (E Stubbs).

Thursley Common: Whinchat on Shrike Hill and 3 Green Sandpipers at Pudmore (D Brassington).

Tice’s Meadow: Greenshank, 3 Ringed Plovers, Yellow Wagtail, 4 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (J Clark/R Seargent).

Unstead SF: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (R Brown).

Sunday 25 August

Beare Green: Green Sandpiper at Brookside Sewage Works (M Davis).

Beddington Farmlands: Yellow Wagtail (BFBG).

Hascombe: Redstart at New Barn; also 3 Spotted Flycatchers still (E Stubbs).

London Wetland Centre: Garganey on Main Lake; also 2 Green Sandpipers, Little Ringed Plover and 3 Common Sandpipers (O Dewhurst/WWT).

Morden Hall Park: Pied Flycatcher by entrance to Deen City Farm early morning; also Redstart (S Patmore).

Newchapel: Green Sandpiper still at British Wildlife Centre (K Noble).

Priest Hill: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (BT).

Richmond Park: Great Egret still (BirdGuides).

Thorncombe Street: Ortolan Bunting sound recorded over Allden’s Hill at 03:26 (recording here); also 3+ Curlews and Spotted Flycatcher (E Stubbs).

Thursley Common: Pied Flycatcher by Moat early morning (BirdGuides).

Tice’s Meadow: 6 Greenshank (R Horton).

Tilburstow Hill: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (G Parkes).

Walton-on-Thames: adult Caspian Gull still along Thames near Walton Bridge briefly; also Yellow-legged Gull still (C Jones/A Matthews).

Saturday 24 August

Banstead: Pied Flycatcher in private garden in evening (S Gale).

Beddington Farmlands: Yellow Wagtail, 6 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (BFBG).

Hascombe: 5 Spotted Flycatchers at New Barn (E Stubbs).

Leith Hill: Pied Flycatcher at Dukes Warren; also 3+ Spotted Flycatchers (W Attridge/M Davis).

London Wetland Centre: Great Egret briefly on Main Lake in morning then flew towards Thames; also Green Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover and Common Sandpiper (WWT).

Morden Hall Park: Tree Pipit flew west at 06:25 (S Patmore).

Newchapel: Green Sandpiper still at British Wildlife Centre (K Noble).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Whinchat, Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpipers and Yellow Wagtail (M Elsoffer).

Walton-on-Thames: adult Caspian Gull again along Thames near Walton Bridge briefly; also Yellow-legged Gull (A Cheeseman/S Ferguson).

Friday 23 August

Beddington Farmlands: 3 Yellow Wagtails and Common Sandpiper (BFBG).

Denbies Hillside: Spotted Flycatcher and Tree Pipit (S Gale).

Hascombe: Tree Pipit over New Barn; also 3+ Spotted Flycatchers (E Stubbs).

London Wetland Centre: Green Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper (WWT).

Richmond Park: Great Egret still; also Red-crested Pochard (P Pentek).

Thorncombe Street: Tree Pipit sound recorded over Allden’s Hill at 04:42 (E Stubbs).

Tooting Common: 2 Spotted Flycatchers south of lake late morning (P White/A Wilkinson).

Thursday 22 August

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Spoonbills; also Common Sandpiper (G James/A Wilkinson).

Burgh Heath: Wheatear at Canons Farm at Reed’s Bottom (S Gale).

Leith Hill: Whinchat at Dukes Warren (M Davis).

Lloyd Park: Spotted Flycatcher (J Parish).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Green Sandpipers, Little Ringed Plover and Common Sandpiper (WWT).

Newchapel: Green Sandpiper at British Wildlife Centre (K Noble).

Richmond Park: Great Egret still (J Owen).

Riddlesdown Common: Spotted Flycatcher (N Hunt).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Greenshank, Redshank, 4 Ringed Plovers, Common Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpipers and Yellow Wagtail (M Elsoffer).

Walton-on-Thames: adult Caspian Gull still along Thames opposite The Weir pub and showing well (A Goddard/J Rowland/J Wasse).

Wednesday 21 August

Bricksbury Hill: Greenshank flushed from old gravel pit then flew north-west at 07:05 (J Clark/G Stephenson).

Burgh Heath: Reed Warbler (fourth site record), Sedge Warbler (fifth site record), Wheatear and 4 Yellow Wagtails at Canons Farm (G Barter/S Gale).

London Wetland Centre: Little Ringed Plover and Common Sandpiper (WWT).

Richmond Park: Great Egret still; also Whinchat (P Pentek).

Thorncombe Street: Tree Pipit sound recorded over Allden’s Hill at 05:20; also Common Sandpiper at 05:36 (E Stubbs).

Walton-on-Thames: adult Caspian Gull along Thames opposite The Weir pub (D Harris).

Tuesday 20 August

Beddington Farmlands: Dunlin, 2 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (BFBG).

Ewhurst: Spotted Flycatcher (R Stride).

Leith Hill: Spotted Flycatcher (M Davis).

London Wetland Centre: Little Ringed Plover and Common Sandpiper (WWT).

Papercourt Water Meadows: Whinchat still (P Mattos).

Richmond Park: Great Egret still; also Cuckoo and 5 Red-crested Pochard.

Wimbledon: Tree Pipit flew over Cowdrey Road (S Patmore).

Monday 19 August

Beddington Farmlands: juvenile Turnstone still; also Tree Pipit, Yellow-legged Gull, 5 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (BFBG/N Gardner).

Birtley Green: Shelduck flew north over Bonhurst Farm (first record for area since 1973); also 2 Spotted Flycatchers (E Stubbs).

Holmethorpe SPs: 2 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (G Hay).

London Wetland Centre: Common Sandpiper (WWT).

Papercourt Water Meadows: Whinchat (A Goddard).

Richmond Park: Great Egret still (K Bates/N Jackman).

Southwark: Reed Warbler in bushes above garages by Tate Modern (R Braddock).

Tice’s Meadow: Green Sandpiper (TMBG).

Westcott: Marsh Harrier flew west through Chadhurst Farm (D Stubbs).

Sunday 18 August

Bramley: Yellow Wagtail over Hurst Hill Meadows (E Stubbs).

Leith Hill: Wheatear at Dukes Warren; also 2 Spotted Flycatchers (M Davis).

London Wetland Centre: Ringed Plover and Common Sandpiper (WWT).

Stoke Lake: Whinchat in lower meadows (M Kettell).

Tice’s Meadow: Whinchat, 3 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (K Duncan/R Seargent).

Saturday 17 August

Bagshot Heath: 2 Spotted Flycatchers and 3 Nightjars (C Farrell).

Island Barn Reservoir: male Redstart (D Harris).

Leith Hill: Wheatear (W Attridge).

London Wetland Centre: Whimbrel, Ringed Plover and Common Sandpiper (WWT).

Morden Hall Park: Spotted Flycatcher (S Patmore).

Richmond Park: Great Egret still; also female Red-crested Pochard (J Owen/P Redmond/M Wright).

Tice’s Meadow: Great Egret again; also Arctic Tern, Yellow Wagtail, 3 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (BirdGuides/M Elsoffer).

Wimbledon Common: Wheatear (J Owen/I Rowe).

Friday 16 August

Beddington Farmlands: juvenile Turnstone, Dunlin, drake Red-crested Pochard and Common Sandpiper (BFBG).

London Wetland Centre: Yellow Wagtail, Ringed Plover and Common Sandpiper (WWT).

Richmond Park: Great Egret still; also juvenile Cuckoo (FBG).

Tice’s Meadow: 3 Ringed Plovers, 2 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (J Hunt).

Thursday 15 August

Beddington Farmlands: Dunlin and 2+ Common Sandpipers (P White/A Wilkinson).

Capel: Common Sandpiper (M Davis).

Coldharbour: 2 Spotted Flycatchers (M Davis).

Farthing Downs: male Wheatear near car park (N Hunt).

Hascombe: Spotted Flycatcher at New Barn (E Stubbs).

Holmethorpe SPs: 4 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (S Brown).

Leith Hill: Spotted Flycatcher (M Davis).

London Wetland Centre: Ringed Plover and Common Sandpiper (WWT).

Milford Common: female-type Pied Flycatcher (first site record since 1998); also 2 Spotted Flycatchers (M Lawn).

Richmond Park: Great Egret again; also Wheatear (S Hucks/D Peers).

Tice’s Meadow: female-type Garganey briefly in Workings; also Yellow Wagtail over, 2 Green Sandpipers and 3 Common Sandpipers (M Nurse/TMBG).

Wandsworth Common: Spotted Flycatcher (N Rutter).

Wednesday 14 August

Beddington Farmlands: juvenile Turnstone still; also Woodlark by North Lake, Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpipers and drake Red-crested Pochard (BFBG/G Jones/S Thomas).

Holmethorpe SPs: 2 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (G Hay).

London Wetland Centre: Great Egret on Main Lake until 08:30 then flew off; also Green Sandpiper (WWT).

Richmond Park: Red-crested Pochard (P Pentek).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Wheatears, 6 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (L Winchcombe).

Tuesday 13 August

Beddington Farmlands: juvenile Turnstone still; also 23 Green Sandpipers, Dunlin, 3 Common Sandpipers and drake Red-crested Pochard (BFBG).

Birtley Green: 4+ Spotted Flycatchers (family party) at Bonhurst Farm (E Stubbs).

Capel: 1st-winter Ringed Plover on private pit early morning then flew south at 06:20 – second site record (W Attridge).

Coldharbour: Spotted Flycatcher north of cricket club in mixed flock (M Davis).

Claremont NT: Spotted Flycatcher (G Barter).

Epsom Downs: Spotted Flycatcher (S Gale).

Hascombe: Tree Pipit flew east over New Barn early morning; also Spotted Flycatcher there (E Stubbs).

Holmethorpe SPs: 2 Green Sandpipers (G Hay).

London Wetland Centre: 3 Garganey still; also Little Ringed Plover and Common Sandpiper (WWT).

Richmond Park: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker and Common Sandpiper (P Pentek).

Tice’s Meadow: Redshank, 8 Green Sandpipers and 4 Common Sandpipers (L Winchcombe).

Monday 12 August

Beddington Farmlands: Curlew Sandpiper mid-morning only, juvenile Caspian Gull (possibly Caspian x Herring), juvenile Turnstone, 3 Green Sandpipers, juvenile Yellow-legged Gull, Dunlin, 3 Common Sandpipers and drake Red-crested Pochard (G Jones/S Thomas).

Birtley Green: 2 Spotted Flycatchers at Bonhurst Farm (S Chastell/E Stubbs).

Capel: 3 Common Sandpipers (W Attridge).

Holmethorpe SPs: Wheatear, 3 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpipers (G Hay).

Leith Hill: female Pied Flycatcher on Dukes Warren in evening with mixed tit/crest flock; also Spotted Flycatcher (M Davis).

London Wetland Centre: 3 Garganey still; also Little Ringed Plover (WWT).

Tice’s Meadow: Cetti’s Warbler (first site record) and Redshank (R Horton).

Sunday 11 August

Beddington Farmlands: juvenile Caspian Gull (possibly Caspian x Herring); also juvenile Turnstone on North Lake from public hide mid-morning, 14 Green Sandpipers, juvenile Yellow-legged Gull, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper and Red-crested Pochard (P Alfrey/D Campbell/N Tidmarsh/R Weller).

London Wetland Centre: 3 Garganey still; also 7 Common Sandpipers and 2 Little Ringed Plover (WWT).

Tice’s Meadow: Yellow-legged Gull (R Horton).

Wandsworth Common: Osprey flew west at 07:30 (P White).

Saturday 10 August

Beddington Farmlands: 3 Green Sandpipers and 3 Common Sandpipers (BFBG).

London Wetland Centre: Little Ringed Plover (WWT).

Richmond Park: Great Egret still; also 4 Red-crested Pochard and juvenile Cuckoo (E Barnes/J Owen).

Tice’s Meadow: Green Sandpiper and 2 Common Sandpipers (TMBG).

Wimbledon Common: 20 Mediterranean Gulls on small lake (N Croft).

Friday 9 August

London Wetland Centre: 2 Garganey still (WWT).

West Clandon: Sedge Warbler at Clandon Wood NBR (M Phelps).

Thursday 8 August

Berrylands SF: Common Sandpiper (S Waters).

Capel: Sedge Warbler trapped and ringed (W Attridge).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Garganey still; also 4 Black-tailed Godwits briefly on Main Lake then flew south, 2 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpiper (WWT).

Richmond Park: Great Egret still; also Red-crested Pochard (P Pentek).

Tice’s Meadow: Great Egret still; also Wheatear, Dunlin, 2 Ringed Plover, 6 Green Sandpipers and 3 Common Sandpipers (J Hunt/M Nurse).

Wednesday 7 August

Holmethorpe SPs: 6 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (G Hay).

London Wetland Centre: 3 Garganey still; also Common Sandpiper (WWT).

Richmond Park: Wood Warbler (potential Surrey first of year) in Pen Ponds plantation early morning; also Great Egret still, Green Sandpiper and 5 Red-crested Pochard (D Muthalib/P Pentek/P Redmond).

West Clandon: juvenile Tree Pipit at Clandon Wood NBR (M Phelps).

Wimbledon Common: Black-tailed Godwit on Rushmere Pond (L Evans-Hill).

Tuesday 6 August

Beddington Farmlands: 10+ Green Sandpipers and 4 Common Sandpipers (S Gale).

Holmethorpe SPs: Wood Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper.

Horsell Common: Common Sandpiper (S Cossey).

London Wetland Centre: 3 Garganey still (WWT).

Tice’s Meadow: Great Egret still; also 6 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpiper (L Winchcombe).

Monday 5 August

Beddington Farmlands: 10 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (BFBG).

London Wetland Centre: 3 Garganey still (WWT).

Richmond Park: Great Egret still on Upper Pen Pond; also Lesser Spotted Woodpecker and Red-crested Pochard (P Pentek).

Rotherhithe: near-adult and juvenile/1st-winter Yellow Legged Gulls by Doubletree Hotel (R Bonser).

Tice’s Meadow: Great Egret still (R Horton).

Sunday 4 August

Beddington Farmlands: 15 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (BFBG).

Berrylands SF: Common Sandpiper (J Gale).

Birtley Green: Wheatear at Bonhurst Farm (E Stubbs).

Epsom Downs: Wheatear (S Gale).

London Wetland Centre: 3 Garganey still (WWT).

Shalford Water Meadows: Green Sandpiper (K Britten).

Thorncombe Street: Stone-curlew sound recorded over Allden’s Hill at 01:43 (E Stubbs).

Thorpe Park: Common Sandpiper (K Duncan).

Tice’s Meadow: 3 Common Sandpipers (K Duncan/J Hunt).

Saturday 3 August

Capel: Common Sandpiper (M Davis).

Croydon: possible male Red-footed Falcon flew over Effingham Road early evening (R Weller).

London Wetland Centre: Wood Sandpiper, 3 Garganey, Mediterranean Gull, Green Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper (BirdGuides/WWT).

Richmond Park: Great Egret still at Upper Pen Pond; also Green Sandpiper still and 2 Red-crested Pochard (F Nugent/J Owen/A Wilkinson).

Tice’s Meadow: Great Egret still; also Green Sandpiper and 2 Common Sandpiper (P Myers-Brown).

Friday 2 August

Beddington Farmlands: juvenile Mediterranean Gull (A Wilkinson).

London Wetland Centre: Black-tailed Godwit still; also Common Sandpiper (N Anderson/M Wheeler/WWT).

Newchapel: Wood Sandpiper still at British Wildlife Centre in area with no general access (K Noble).

Richmond Park: Great Egret still at Upper Pen Pond; also Green Sandpiper and 4 Red-crested Pochard (N Anderson/FBG/M Foster).

Thorncombe Street: Turtle Dove flew north-east at 05:41 (E Stubbs).

Thursday 1 August

Beddington Farmlands: Wood Sandpiper, Redshank, Little Ringed Plover, 8 Green Sandpipers and 3 Common Sandpipers (BFBG).

Berrylands SF: adult Yellow-legged Gull and Common Sandpiper (N Tanner).

Bramley: 2 Wheatears near Snowdenham House (J Stoyles).

Farthing Downs: Wheatear (M Jennings).

Holmethorpe SP: adult Redshank at Spyne’s Mere (G Hay).

London Wetland Centre: Black-tailed Godwit (WWT).

Newchapel: Wood Sandpiper still at British Wildlife Centre in area with no general access (K Noble).

Richmond Park: Great Egret still at Upper Pen Pond; also five Red-crested Pochard (N Baker/P Redmond).

Stoke D’Abernon: Great Egret flew south over the M25 late morning (BirdGuides).