August 2020

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Monday 31st

Yellow Wagtails, Island Barn Reservoir (C Turner).
Yellow Wagtails, Island Barn Reservoir (C Turner).

Badshot Lea: Great Egret at Badshot Lea Ponds (J Hunt).

Beddington Farmlands: Red-crested Pochard (I Jones).

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

Cranleigh: 3 Whinchats at Holdhurst Farm; also 3 Spotted Flycatchers at Uttworth Manor and Redstart at Great Garson (R Stride).

Crooksbury Common: Spotted Flycatcher and 20+ Crossbills (P Bamford).

Dorking: Tree Pipit over Milton Court Farm (M Davis).

Holmethorpe SP: 2 Whinchats at The Moors; also Yellow Wagtail flew over and 3 Common Sandpipers at Spyne’s Mere (G Hay).

Whinchat, Priest Hill (I Rowe).
Whinchat, Priest Hill (I Rowe).

Island Barn Reservoir (no access): Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 9 Yellow Wagtails and 2+ Wheatears (C Turner).

Leith Hill: 2 Ringed Plovers flew north over tower (second site record); also possible Ring Ouzel flew north and dropped down near Ranmore Common, 7 Tree Pipits south-east and 15 Crossbills (W Attridge/S Chastell).

London Wetland Centre: Spotted Flycatcher (WWT).

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

Priest Hill: 4 Whinchats, 5 Yellow Wagtails, Wheatear and female Redstart (A Harding/R Dewhurst/I Rowe).

Richmond Park: Tree Pipit in cattle enclosure, female Redstart at gorse enclosure and juvenile Cuckoo (P Pentek).

Wheatear, Island Barn Reservoir (C Turner).
Wheatear, Island Barn Reservoir (C Turner).

Shackleford: Redstart, 2 Yellow Wagtails and 2 Wheatears at Lydling Farm (E Stubbs).

Thursley Common: 3 Yellow Wagtails flew over; also Whinchat in Parish Field and Wheatear (D Brassington/R Clark).

Tice’s Meadow: Osprey flew north-east over The Workings c.09:10; also 2 Ringed Plovers, 2 Green Sandpipers, 2 Yellow Wagtails and 2 Common Sandpipers (J Brough/J Hunt/R Seargent).

Woodmansterne: 3 Whinchats and Wheatear at Dungeon Hill (I Ward).

Unstead Water Meadows: Whinchat and Redstart near Upper Unstead Farm (S Jones).

Sunday 30th

Whinchat, Pewley Down (M Kettell).
Whinchat, Pewley Down (M Kettell).

Beddington Farmlands: Dunlin, Yellow Wagtail, 3 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (N Gardner).

Crooksbury Common: 20+ Crossbills (M Fincham).

Denbies Hillside: Yellow Wagtail over (G Hay).

Holmethorpe SP: adult Ringed Plover at Spyne’s Mere (I Kehl).

Leith Hill: Tree Pipit south over tower; also 15 Crossbills (W Attridge/M Davis).

London Wetland Centre: Common Sandpiper (N Jenkinson).

Marsh Harrier, Tuesley (E Stubbs).
Marsh Harrier, Tuesley (E Stubbs).

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

Papercourt GPs: 3 Common Sandpipers (E Sames).

Pewley Down: Whinchat at Warren Farm (M Kettell).

Pitch Place: Yellow Wagtail at Lower Highfield Farm (C Osbourne).

Richmond Park: Whinchat (P Pentek).

Shackleford: 5 Yellow Wagtails, 2 Whinchats, Redstart and 6 Wheatears at Lydling Farm (S Jones/E Stubbs).

South Norwood CP: Red-crested Pochard and Common Sandpiper (J Hughes).

Crossbills, Crooksbury Common (M Fincham).
Crossbills, Crooksbury Common (M Fincham).

Tuesley: female-type Marsh Harrier flew south-west between 06:58-07:09 (S Jones/E Stubbs).

Thursley Common: Yellow Wagtail flew over Pudmore and 2 Whinchats (D Brassington/J Sellen).

Tice’s Meadow: Great Egret, female-type Marsh Harrier over Bat Field and 2 Ringed Plovers (J Brough/TMBG).

Witley: Redstart at Witley Farm (C Osbourne).

Saturday 29th

Dunlin, Shackleford (E Stubbs).
Dunlin, Shackleford (E Stubbs).

Beddington Farmlands: Great Egret flew south-east over North Lake late morning; also Green Sandpiper and 2 Common Sandpipers (D Campbell/Z Pannifer).

Binscombe: possible Honey Buzzard flew north-west early afternoon (A Barker).

Burgh Heath: 2 Wheatears at Canons Farm (D Campbell).

Ewell: 2+ Dunlin sound recorded just before 00:00 (S Thomas).

Papercourt GPs: 2 Common Sandpipers (K Duncan).

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

Priest Hill: 2 Whinchats (P Spencer).

Rotherhithe: 2nd-winter Yellow-legged Gull (R Bonser).

Wheatear, Shackleford (K Britten).
Wheatear, Shackleford (K Britten).

Shackleford: juvenile Dunlin in puddle at Lydling Farm; also 6+ Yellow Wagtails, 2 Whinchats, Redstart and 6 Wheatears (K Britten/S Jones/P Osborn/E Stubbs).

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

Thursley Common: 2 Whinchats (D Brassington/I Exton).

Tice’s Meadow: Ringed Plover, Yellow Wagtail and Common Sandpiper (J Brough).

Wandle Park: Spotted Flycatcher (M Bravery).

Friday 28th

Yellow Wagtails, Shackleford (E Stubbs).
Yellow Wagtails, Shackleford (E Stubbs).

London Wetland Centre: Yellow Wagtail and 4 Common Sandpipers (WWT).

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

Priest Hill: 5+ Whinchats (S Gale).

Richmond Park: 2 Spotted Flycatchers (R Dunne).

Rotherhithe: adult Yellow-legged Gull and Common Sandpiper by River Thames (R Bonser).

Shackleford: 14 Yellow Wagtails, 2 Whinchats, Redstart and 6 Wheatears at Lydling Farm (E Stubbs).

Tice’s Meadow: 9 Green Sandpipers, 2 Ringed Plovers, 7 Yellow Wagtails, Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper and Wheatear (R Horton/R Seargent).

Thursday 27th

Grasshopper Warbler, Dunsfold (E Stubbs).
Grasshopper Warbler, Dunsfold (E Stubbs).

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Tree Pipits on Bikers Field; also Common Sandpiper on North Lake (I Jones).

Birtley Green: 2 Yellow Wagtails flew south over Bonhurst Farm (S Chastell/E Stubbs).

Dunsfold: Grasshopper Warbler between Telegraph Hill and Painshill Farm (E Stubbs).

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

Great Egret, Tice's Meadow (J Hunt).
Great Egret, Tice’s Meadow (J Hunt).

Leith Hill: 14 Tree Pipits flew south-east over tower (site record count); also 4 Spotted Flycatchers and 7 Crossbills (W Attridge/M Davis/R Stride).

London Wetland Centre: Wheatear and 3 Common Sandpipers (O Dewhurst).

Newchapel: 3 Green Sandpipers at British Wildlife Centre (K Noble).

Priest Hill: 3 Whinchats, Yellow Wagtail and Wheatear (S Gale/S Thomas).

Richmond Park: Whinchat (P Pentek).

Shackleford: 27 Yellow Wagtails flew south-west over Lydling Farm; also Tree Pipit flew south, Whinchat, 6 Wheatears and Redstart (C Osborne/G Robson/E Stubbs).

Yellow Wagtail, Shackleford (E Stubbs).
Yellow Wagtail, Shackleford (E Stubbs).

Shalford Water Meadows: Yellow Wagtail flew south (E Stubbs).

Tice’s Meadow: female-type Marsh Harrier flew west over The Meadow; also Great Egret again, 3 Ringed Plovers, 3 Yellow Wagtails, 2 Little Ringed Plovers and Wheatear (J Brough/J Hunt/R Seargent).

Wandsworth Common: Spotted Flycatcher (N Rutter).

West Clandon: 5 Yellow Wagtails flew south over Clandon Wood NBR; also Tree Pipit south, Whinchat and 2 Wheatears (M Phelps/M Scarce).

Wednesday 26th

Black Tern, Tice's Meadow (J Hunt).
Black Tern, Tice’s Meadow (J Hunt).

Badshot Lea: juvenile Black Tern at Badshot Lea Ponds (J Hunt).

Crooksbury Common: 1+ Spotted Flycatchers (J Hunt).

Holmethorpe SP: 2 Common Sandpipers (G Hay).

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

Papercourt GPs: 2 Common Sandpipers (S Chastell).

Papercourt Water Meadows: Whinchat (S Chastell/E Sames).

Richmond Park: Whinchat at Pond Slade; also Wheatear (P Pentek/P Spencer).

Shackleford: Whinchat and 2 Redstarts (P Osborn).

Stoke Lake: Grasshopper Warbler in hedge early morning; also Spotted Flycatcher (I Buchanan/M Kettell).

Whinchat, Papercourt Water Meadows (E Sames).
Whinchat, Papercourt Water Meadows (E Sames).

South Holmwood: 16 Crossbills flew north-east (W Attridge).

Thursley Common: Whinchat (A Young).

Tice’s Meadow: juvenile Black Tern late morning; also Arctic Tern in The Workings, Curlew, 4 Ringed Plovers, 3 Green Sandpipers, 2 Little Ringed Plovers and 1 Common Sandpiper (J Hunt/R Seargent).

Weyburn Meadows: Whinchat (P Osborn).

Tuesday 25th

Badshot Lea: Great Egret in evening (J Hunt).

Lloyd Park: Spotted Flycatcher (G Spinks).

Shackleford: Yellow Wagtail (P Osborn).

Thursley Common: Wheatear on Shrike Hill (P Howse).

Tice’s Meadow: juvenile Black Tern, adult Yellow-legged Gull, 4 Ringed Plovers, 2 Green Sandpipers, Yellow Wagtail and Common Sandpiper (R Seargent).

Monday 24th

Pied Flycatcher, Rotherhithe (R Page-Jones).
Pied Flycatcher, Rotherhithe (R Page-Jones).

Badshot Lea: juvenile Black Tern at Badshot Lea Ponds early morning and again in evening (J Hunt).

Banstead: Crossbill flew south at 06:55 (S Gale).

Holmethorpe SP: 2 Common Sandpipers (G Hay).

Leith Hill: Yellow Wagtail flew over Duke’s Warren; also 18 Crossbills (W Attridge).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Yellow Wagtails flew south (WWT).

Morden Hall Park: Yellow Wagtail and Redstart (S Patmore).

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

Newchapel: 3 Green Sandpipers at British Wildlife Centre (K Noble).

Papercourt Water Meadows: Whinchat at Papercourt Farm; also Spotted Flycatcher (E Sames).

Priest Hill: 5 Whinchats mid-afternoon (S Gale).

Richmond Park: at least 3 Whinchats at Pond Slade; also Wheatear (BirdGuides/P Pentek).

Rotherhithe: Pied Flycatcher at Russia Dock Woodland (BirdGuides).

Shackleford: 3 Yellow Wagtails flew south; also 2 Whinchats, 2 Spotted Flycatchers, 2 Wheatears and Redstart (M Fincham/P Osborn/E Stubbs).

Southwark Park: Great Egret flew towards Thames (BirdGuides).

Wheatear, West Clandon (M Phelps).
Wheatear, West Clandon (M Phelps).

Tice’s Meadow: juvenile Black Tern, 4 Ringed Plovers, Yellow Wagtail, Wheatear and Little Ringed Plover (R Seargent).

West Clandon: 14 Yellow Wagtails flew south over Clandon Wood NBR; also Wheatear (M Phelps).

Worcester Park: 2 Yellow Wagtails and Tree Pipit flew south (I Rowe).

Sunday 23rd

Caspian Gull, Walton-on-Thames (D Harris).
Caspian Gull, Walton-on-Thames (D Harris).

Badshot Lea: Great Egret at Badshot Lea Ponds; also juvenile Black Tern mid-morning (J Hunt).

Cranleigh: 2 Crossbills flew over (R Stride).

Crooksbury Common: 2 Pied Flycatchers, 2 Spotted Flycatchers and 3 Redstarts (J Gates).

Effingham Forest: 25 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (M Fincham).

Hascombe: 6 Crossbills and 3 Spotted Flycatchers at New Barn (E Stubbs).

Great Egret, Badshot Lea (J Hunt).
Great Egret, Badshot Lea (J Hunt).

Holmethorpe SP: 2 Common Sandpipers (G Hay).

Newchapel: 3 Green Sandpipers at British Wildlife Centre (K Noble).

Richmond Park: Whinchat (J Owen).

Shackleford: 8 Yellow Wagtails flew south-west; also 2 Whinchats, Redstart and 2 Wheatears (S Jones/P Osborn/E Stubbs).

Tice’s Meadow: Great Egret again; also juvenile Black Tern visited from Badshot Lea briefly mid-afternoon, 3 Ringed Plovers, 3 Yellow Wagtails, Wheatear, Barnacle Goose, Little Ringed Plover and Common Sandpiper (J Brough/J Hunt/R Seargent).

Yellow Wagtail, Shackleford (E Stubbs).
Yellow Wagtail, Shackleford (E Stubbs).

Walton-on-Thames: adult Caspian Gull on floodlight at Xcel Sports Hub football pitches (D Harris).

Walton Reservoir (no access): juvenile Black Tern (BirdGuides).

Wisley Airfield: 2 Wheatears (K Duncan).

Wisley Gardens RHS : Hawfinch flew over RHS Garden Wisley (M Davis).

Saturday 22nd

Crossbill, Crooksbury Common (R Knapp).
Crossbill, Crooksbury Common (R Knapp).

Badshot Lea: Great Egret at Badshot Lea Ponds (J Hunt).

Beddington Farmlands: Common Sandpiper (BFBG).

Berrylands SF: Green Sandpiper at dusk (C Turner).

Britty Wood: 3 Spotted Flycatchers (R Seargent).

Crooksbury Common: Spotted Flycatcher and 3 Crossbills (R Knapp).

Leith Hill: 3 Tree Pipits flew south over tower; also 28 Crossbills (W Attridge).

Milford: Tree Pipit flew south-east (S Jones/E Stubbs).

Green Sandpiper, Newchapel (K Noble).
Green Sandpiper, Newchapel (K Noble).

Morden Hall Park: Sandwich Tern flew south-west at 05:56 calling; also adult Mediterranean Gull flew over (S Patmore).

Newchapel: 3 Green Sandpipers at British Wildlife Centre (K Noble).

Richmond Park: Common Sandpiper (P Pentek).

Shackleford: 2 Whinchats (S Jones/E Stubbs).

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

Thursley Common: Yellow Wagtail flew south-east; also Green Sandpiper on Pudmore and Wheatear on Shrike Hill (S Jones/E Stubbs).

Tice’s Meadow: Barnacle Goose, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 2 Ringed Plovers and 4 Common Sandpipers (K Britten/R Seargent).

Wimbledon Common: Tree Pipit (J Reeves).

Woking: Yellow Wagtail flew south over garden (A Wilson).

Friday 21st

'Polish' Mute Swan, South Norwood CP (M Stanley).
‘Polish’ Mute Swan, South Norwood CP (M Stanley).

Banstead: Crossbill flew over Banstead Woods (J Birkett).

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

London Wetland Centre: 1st-summer Yellow-legged Gull and Black-tailed Godwit (WWT).

Rotherhithe: 2 Pied Flycatcher at Russia Dock Woodland (BirdGuides).

South Norwood CP: 2 ‘Polish’ Mute Swans trapped and ringed (M Stanley).

Thursday 20th

Great Egret, Badshot Lea (J Hunt).
Great Egret, Badshot Lea (J Hunt).

Badshot Lea: Great Egret at Badshot Lea Ponds (J Hunt).

Beddington Farmlands: Wood Sandpiper, 2 Whinchats, 12 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (BFBG/I Jones/S Thomas).

Crooksbury Common: 2 Spotted Flycatchers (P Mattos).

Holmethorpe SP: Wood Sandpiper still on Spyne’s Mere; also 2 Common Sandpipers (G Hay).

Leith Hill: 4 Tree Pipits flew south over tower; also 10 Crossbills (W Attridge/S Chastell/M Davis/M Phelps/R Stride).

Merton: Pied Flycatcher along entrance track to Dean City Farm (S Patmore).

Pied Flycatcher, Rotherhithe (R Page-Jones).
Pied Flycatcher, Rotherhithe (R Page-Jones).

Morden Hall Park: 2 Pied Flycatchers in copse in north-west corner of north meadow; also Spotted Flyatcher (S Patmore).

Newchapel: 3 Green Sandpipers at British Wildlife Centre (K Noble).

Rotherhithe: Pied Flycatcher at Stave Hill (R Page-Jones).

The Hurtwood: Hawfinch flew north; also Redstart, Spotted Flycatcher and 13 Crossbills (E Stubbs).

Tice’s Meadow: Nightingale in Lisa’s Wood; also 2 Crossbills, Barnacle Goose, 2 Wheatears, 4 Ringed Plovers, Green Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper (TMBG).

Wednesday 19th

Wood Sandpiper, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).
Wood Sandpiper, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).

Beddington Farmlands: 6 Common Sandpipers (BFBG).

Capel: Common Sandpiper (W Attridge).

Holmethorpe SP: Wood Sandpiper still on Spyne’s Mere; also 2 Common Sandpipers (G Hay).

Leith Hill: 15 Crossbills by tower (W Attridge).

London Wetland Centre: Yellow Wagtail, 3 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (WWT).

Morden Hall Park: Pied Flyatcher by wetlands boardwalk early morning; also Redstart (BirdGuides).

Pied Flycatcher, Rotherhithe (R Bonser).
Pied Flycatcher, Rotherhithe (R Bonser).

Richmond Park: Redstart (A Westenberger).

Rotherhithe: Pied Flycatcher in glade by Stave Hill/Downton Pond (BirdGuides).

South Norwood CP: juvenile Shelduck flew low over lake at 06:12 (J Hughes).

Tice’s Meadow: 8 Ringed Plovers, 5+ Yellow Wagtails, Green Sandpiper, 4 Little Ringed Plovers and Common Sandpiper (R Seargent).

Tuesday 18th

Spotted Flycatcher, Blackheath (K Britten).
Spotted Flycatcher, Blackheath (K Britten).

Beddington Farmlands: 6 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (A Wasley).

Blackheath: Pied Flycatcher east of car park; also 15 Spotted Flycatchers, Crossbill and 100 Coal Tits (K Britten).

Capel: Common Sandpiper (W Attridge).

Cranleigh: Spotted Flycatcher at Alderbrook (F Kelly).

Crooksbury Common: 4 Spotted Flycatchers (P Venables).

Hascombe: Pied Flycatcher and 4 Spotted Flycatchers at New Barn (E Stubbs).

Holmethorpe SP: Wood Sandpiper still on Spyne’s Mere; also 3 Common Sandpipers (M Bravery/D Cox/G Hay).

London Wetland Centre: Oystercatcher, 2 Green Sandpipers and 3 Common Sandpipers (WWT).

Morden Hall Park: Spotted Flyatcher (S Patmore).

Newchapel: Wheatear at Shawlands Farm (K Noble).

Richmond Park: 2 Common Sandpipers (P Pentek).

Thursley Common: Whinchat, Spotted Flycatcher and juvenile Cuckoo (P Osborn/E Stubbs).

Tice’s Meadow: Ringed Plover (K Duncan).

West Clandon: Spotted Flycatcher at Clandon Wood NBR (M Phelps).

Monday 17th

Cattle Egrets, Beddington Farmlands (D Warren).
Cattle Egrets, Beddington Farmlands (D Warren).

Badshot Lea: Great Egret at Badshot Lea Ponds (J Hunt).

Beddington Farmlands: 6 Cattle Egrets briefly mid-afternoon (second site record and record Surrey count); also 3 Green Sandpipers (D Warren).

Bermondsey: Golden Plover flew south-east at 21:00 (J & J Cadera).

Blackheath: 2 Pied Flycatchers in evening; also 20 Spotted Flycatchers (K Britten).

Cranleigh: Crossbill flew over (R Stride).

Crooksbury Common: Whinchat, 4 Spotted Flycatchers and 2 Crossbills (M Evans/P Mattos/L Richards).

Effingham Forest: 6 Crossbills (V Soares).

Hascombe: 10 Crossbills and 2 Spotted Flycatchers at New Barn (S Jones/E Stubbs).

Holmethorpe SP: Wood Sandpiper still on Spyne’s Mere; also 3 Common Sandpipers (K Guest/G Hay).

Whinchat, Crooksbury Common (P Mattos).
Whinchat, Crooksbury Common (P Mattos).

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

Papercourt Water Meadows: 2 Whinchats and 1 Wheatear (J Hobden).

Richmond Park: Whinchat (P Pentek).

Tice’s Meadow: 5 Ringed Plovers, Yellow-legged Gull, Greenshank, Dunlin, 2 Green Sandpipers and 2 Little Ringed Plovers (M Nurse).

West Clandon: Crossbill flew over Clandon Wood NBR (M Phelps).

Sunday 16th

Pied Flycatcher, Crooksbury Common (J Hunt).
Pied Flycatcher, Crooksbury Common (J Hunt).

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Green Sandpipers (A Wasley).

Crooksbury Common: Pied Flycatcher still along path just north-west of car park though mobile; also 4+ Spotted Flycatchers and 12 Crossbills (J Gates/J Hunt/D Robinson).

Dunsfold: Whinchat at Painshill Farm (E Stubbs).

Hascombe: Redstart and 2 Spotted Flycatchers at New Barn (S Jones/E Stubbs).

Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): drake Common Scoter (A Quinn).

Papercourt Water Meadows: 4 Whinchats (J Hobden).

Rotherhithe: juvenile Mediterranean Gull (R Bonser).

Marsh Harrier, Tice's Meadow (A Jacobs).
Marsh Harrier, Tice’s Meadow (A Jacobs).

Shackleford: 2 Whinchats and 4 Wheatears at Lydling Farm (M Fincham/P Osborn).

Thorncombe Street: Whinchat and 2 Spotted Flycatchers at Slades Farm (S Jones/E Stubbs).

Thursley Common: Common Sandpiper (BirdTrack).

Tice’s Meadow: Marsh Harrier over The Meadow c.13:50 then flew west; also adult Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Crossbills, 3 Ringed Plovers, Greenshank, 3 Little Ringed Plovers, Redshank, 4 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (J Hunt/S Foote/A Jacobs/R Seargent).

Saturday 15th

Wood Sandpiper, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).
Wood Sandpiper, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).

Ashtead Common: Spotted Flycatcher (I Rowe).

Badshot Lea: Great Egret at Badshot Lea Ponds (J Hunt).

Burgh Heath: Spotted Flycatcher at Canons Farm (I Ward).

Capel: Common Sandpiper (W Attridge).

Crooksbury Common: Pied Flycatcher still along path just north of car park though mobile; also 3 Spotted Flycatchers, 2+ Redstarts and 19 Crossbills (K Britten/J Gates/T Gibson).

Effingham Forest: Wood Warbler briefly; also 3 Spotted Flycatchers and 27 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (J Hobden).

Holmethorpe SP: Wood Sandpiper on Spyne’s Mere throughout the day; also Ringed Plover briefly then flew off and 2 Common Sandpipers (G Hay/I Kehl).

Little Woodcote: Merlin flew over early evening (A Dutta).

London Wetland Centre: Ruff, 2 Black-tailed Godwits, Green Sandpiper and 2 Common Sandpipers (O Flory/WWT).

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

Rotherhithe: Pied Flycatcher at Stave Hill (BirdGuides).

Shackleford: 5 Whinchats and 4 Wheatears at Lydling Farm (E Stubbs).

Shalford: Tree Pipit flew over village (K Britten).

Thursley Common: Marsh Harrier (S Smart).

Tice’s Meadow: Turnstone through, Great Egret again, Dartford Warbler, 4 Ringed Plovers, 2 Redshank, 5+ Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (J Brough/R Horton/R Seargent).

West Molesey: adult Caspian Gull flew downriver (D Harris).

Friday 14th

Spotted Flycatchers, Crooksbury Common (E Stubbs).
Spotted Flycatchers, Crooksbury Common (E Stubbs).

Banstead: Curlew over at 01:23 (S Gale).

Beddington Farmlands: Curlew over, Green Sandpiper and 2 Common Sandpipers (A Dutta).

Blackheath: Spotted Flycatcher (K Britten).

Burgh Heath: Whinchat at Canons Farm (S Gale).

Capel: Common Sandpiper (W Attridge).

Crooksbury Common: 2 Pied Flycatchers along path just north of car park from midday though mobile; also Wood Warbler mid-afternoon, 10 Spotted Flycatchers, 2+ Redstarts and Crossbill (J Brough/J Gates/S Jones/R Seargent/E Stubbs).

Holmethorpe SP: 2 Common Sandpipers (G Hay).

Leith Hill: 37 Crossbills and 55 Willow Warblers at Dukes Warren (W Attridge/J Hobden).

Wheatear, Thursley Common (A Young).
Wheatear, Thursley Common (A Young).

London Wetland Centre: Ruff and Whimbrel (WWT).

Morden Hall Park: Pied Flycatcher in tit flock on east side of park early morning (S Patmore).

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

Papercourt Water Meadows: 2 Whinchats (A Wilson).

Richmond Park: Pied Flycatcher still at King’s Clump; also 2 Whinchats at The Bog and Common Sandpiper (BirdGuides).

Rotherhithe: Pied Flycatcher at Russia Dock Woodland (BirdGuides).

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

Shackleford: 2 Whinchats at Lydling Farm (S Jones/E Stubbs).

Thursley Common: Wheatear on Ockley Common (A Young).

Tice’s Meadow: Turnstone, Great Egret again in flight mid-afternoon, Wood Sandpiper, Yellow-legged Gull, 8 Black-tailed Godwits through, 5 Ringed Plovers, Dunlin, 5+ Green Sandpipers and 14 Common Sandpipers (K Britten/J Brough/M Elsoffer/R Seargent).

Tongham GPs: 3 Common Sandpipers (K Duncan).

Thursday 13th

Whinchat, West Clandon (M Phelps).
Whinchat, West Clandon (M Phelps).

Badshot Lea: Great Egret at Badshot Lea Ponds (J Hunt).

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

Effingham Forest: 8 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (A Harding).

Leith Hill: 46+ Crossbills on Duke’s Warren (M Davis).

London Wetland Centre: Ruff (WWT).

Richmond Park: 2 Pied Flycatchers at King’s Clump (A Westenberger).

Rotherhithe: Pied Flycatcher at Russia Dock Woodland (R Bonser).

Crossbills, Leith Hill (M Davis).
Crossbills, Leith Hill (M Davis).

Shackleford: Wheatear at Lydling Farm (P Osborn).

Tice’s Meadow: Crossbill flew over; also Redshank, 4 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (J Brough).

Tooting Common: Tree Pipit south-east of lake late morning (A Wilkinson).

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

Wednesday 12th

Pied Flycatcher, Chiddingfold Forest (E Stubbs).
Pied Flycatcher, Chiddingfold Forest (E Stubbs).

Badshot Lea: Great Egret at Badshot Lea Ponds (J Hunt).

Beddington Farmlands: Green Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper (I Jones).

Chiddingfold Forest: Pied Flycatcher at Oaken Wood early morning; also Green Sandpiper flew east, Tree Pipit flew west, 2 Spotted Flycatchers and 15+ Crossbills (E Stubbs).

Crooksbury Common: 5 Spotted Flycatchers, 2 Redstarts and 6 Crossbills (J Gates).

London Wetland Centre: Ruff, 2 Ruddy Shelduck, Mediterranean Gull, Common Sandpiper, Redshank and 3 Green Sandpiper. Also male Lesser Emperor (WWT).

Pied Flycatcher, Rotherhithe (R Bonser).
Pied Flycatcher, Rotherhithe (R Bonser).

Loseley: Whinchat still on North Downs north of Conduit Farm (H Leonard).

Newchapel: 3 Green Sandpipers at British Wildlife Centre (K Noble).

Papercourt Marshes (permit only): Pied Flycatcher in tit flock (J Hobden).

Richmond Park: Pied Flycatcher south-west of Thatched House Lodge (A Westenberger).

Rotherhithe: 2 Pied Flycatchers in trees adjacent to Russia Walk (R Bonser).

Tice’s Meadow: Whinchat, Ringed Plover, Redshank, 2 Green Sandpipers and 3 Common Sandpipers (R Horton).

West Clandon: Tree Pipit flew over Clandon Wood NBR at 15:00 (M Phelps).

Tuesday 11th

Great Egret, Badshot Lea (J Hunt).
Great Egret, Badshot Lea (J Hunt).

Badshot Lea: Great Egret at Badshot Lea Ponds (J Hunt).

Chelsham: Whinchat (J Gill).

Crooksbury Common: 2 Spotted Flycatchers and 2+ Crossbills (J Gates).

Epsom: Pied Flycatcher caught on camera trap in garden (K Lay).

Frensham Little Pond: Redshank on beach then flew off (P Howse).

Loseley: Whinchat on North Downs north of Conduit Farm (H Leonard).

Newchapel: Whinchat at Shawlands Farm (K Noble).

Richmond Park: Wheatear (A Westenberger).

The Flashes: 11 Crossbills flew over (J Gates).

Thursley Common: Redshank, Green Sandpiper and Sedge Warbler at Pudmore and 2 Spotted Flycatchers by The Moat (D Brassington).

Tice’s Meadow: Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ringed Plovers, Dunlin, 2 Green Sandpipers and 3 Common Sandpipers (S Chastell/J Hunt).

Winterfold: 4 Crossbills (R Stride).

Monday 10th

Spotted Flycatcher, Leith Hill (M Davis).
Spotted Flycatcher, Leith Hill (M Davis).

Badshot Lea: Great Egret at Badshot Lea Ponds (J Hunt).

Capel: Curlew flew over at 05:20 (W Attridge).

Frensham Little Pond: Osprey at north end c.11:30 though no further sign (D Clesham/P Howse).

Holmethorpe SP: Common Sandpiper at Railway Pools (G Hay).

Leith Hill: Spotted Flycatcher and 20 Crossbills on Duke’s Warren (M Davis).

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

Newlands Corner: 2+ Spotted Flycatchers behind toilet block (A Wilson).

Old Woking SF: Green Sandpiper and 2 Spotted Flycatchers (J Hobden).

Great Egret, Badshot Lea (J Hunt).
Great Egret, Badshot Lea (J Hunt).

Richmond Park: Greenshank, Wheatear and Red-crested Pochard (P Pentek).

Shackleford: Whinchat at Lydling Farm (P Osborn).

South Holmwood: 7 Crossbills at Redlands (W Attridge).

The Hurtwood: Spotted Flycatcher and 9 Crossbills (E Stubbs).

Thursley Common: Barnacle Goose on Pudmore (D Brassington).

Tice’s Meadow: Redstart early morning; also Yellow Wagtail, 5 Black-tailed Godwits, 3 Green Sandpipers, 2 Common Sandpipers and 2 Ringed Plovers (K Duncan/R Horton/R Seargent).

Sunday 9th

Black-tailed Godwit, Tice's Meadow (J Hunt).
Black-tailed Godwit, Tice’s Meadow (J Hunt).

Badshot Lea: Great Egret at Badshot Lea Ponds (J Hunt).

Beddington Farmlands: Common Sandpiper (I Jones).

Capel: 2 Spotted Flycatchers (W Attridge).

Grayswood: Wheatear (L Gooding).

London Wetland Centre: Marsh Harrier, Goldeneye and Common Sandpiper (D Burt).

Richmond Park: Nightjar hawking for insects over Lower Pen Pond at 21:10 (B Chapple).

Honey Buzzard, Unstead SF (E Stubbs).
Honey Buzzard, Unstead SF (E Stubbs).

Thursley Common: Whinchat east of Pudmore (D Brassington).

Tice’s Meadow: Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Green Sandpipers, Dunlin, Wheatear, 6+ Crossbills and 2 Common Sandpiper. Also 6+ Lesser Emperors still (M Elsoffer/J Hunt).

Unstead SF: Honey Buzzard flew high south at 12:05 (E Stubbs).

Saturday 8th

Crossbill, Leith Hill (M Davis).
Crossbill, Leith Hill (M Davis).

Badshot Lea: Great Egret at Badshot Lea Ponds (J Hunt).

Beddington Farmlands: Green Sandpiper (C Barenhorst).

Effingham Forest: 3 Spotted Flycatchers at Dick Focks Common (I Finch).

Leith Hill: 5 Crossbills (M Davis).

London Wetland Centre: Common Sandpiper (D Burt).

Great Egret, Badshot Lea (J Hunt).
Great Egret, Badshot Lea (J Hunt).

Rotherhithe: adult Yellow-legged Gull (R Bonser).

South Norwood CP: Common Sandpiper (J Hughes).

Thursley Common: 6 Green Sandpipers at Pudmore and 3 Spotted Flycatchers (D Brassington/P Rose).

Tice’s Meadow: Ringed Plover, Greenshank, 3 Dunlin, Common Sandpiper and 5 Green Sandpipers. Also 5 Lesser Emperor dragonflies (R Seargent).

Friday 7th

Burgh Heath: Spotted Flycatcher at Canons Farm (J Simpson).

Effingham Forest: 18 Crossbills (8 at Honeysuckle Bottom Sawmill; 10 at Dick Focks Common); also 3+ Spotted Flycatchers (M Davis/A Wilson).

Ewell: 2 Green Sandpipers sound recorded at 04:04 (S Thomas).

London Wetland Centre: Common Sandpiper (WWT).

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

Richmond Park: female-type Redstart at Sawyer’s Mill (H Bradshaw).

Thursley Common: Oystercatcher flew over at dawn; also Green Sandpiper (E Stubbs).

Tice’s Meadow: Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, Greenshank, Common Sandpiper and Green Sandpiper (R Seargent).

Unstead SF: Spotted Flycatcher (E Stubbs).

Thursday 6th

Grasshopper Warbler, Capel (W Attridge).
Grasshopper Warbler, Capel (W Attridge).

Beddington Farmlands: Green Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper (BFBG).

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

Hambledon: Wheatear at Court Farm; also 3 Spotted Flycatchers (C Osbourne).

Holmethorpe SP: juvenile Common Sandpiper (G Hay).

Morden Hall Park: Spotted Flycatcher early morning (S Patmore).

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

Rotherhithe: 1st-summer and juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls (R Bonser).

Green Sandpiper, Thursley Common (D Brassington).
Green Sandpiper, Thursley Common (D Brassington).

Thursley Common: 4 Green Sandpipers on Pudmore then South Bog then flew south (D Brassington).

Tice’s Meadow: Dunlin, Greenshank, Common Sandpiper and Green Sandpiper (J Brough).

West Clandon: Green Sandpiper flew over Clandon Wood NBR at 09:05; also Spotted Flycatcher (M Phelps).

Wednesday 5th

Badshot Lea: Great Egret (one of the Tice’s birds) flew over Badshot Lea Ponds in evening (D Baker).

Beddington Farmlands: 3 Green Sandpipers and 8 Common Sandpipers (P Alfrey).

Chiddingfold Forest: 12 Crossbills and Spotted Flyatcher (J Soane).

Frensham Great Pond: 2 Crossbills (E Stubbs).

Yellow-legged Gull, Rotherhithe (R Bonser).
Yellow-legged Gull, Rotherhithe (R Bonser).

Godalming: 15 Crossbills flew west over Lammas Lands (P Osborn).

Leith Hill: 5 Crossbills (R Stride/J Webb).

London Wetland Centre: female-type Marsh Harrier (landed on Grazing Marsh), Dunlin and Common Sandpiper (WWT).

Morden Hall Park: Yellow Wagtail early morning; also 8 Crossbills flew south-east (S Patmore).

Newchapel: 3 Green Sandpipers at British Wildlife Centre (K Noble).

Richmond Park: Wheatear (H Bradshaw).

Rotherhithe: 1st-summer and juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls (R Bonser).

Thursley Common: 3 Crossbills (D Brassington).

Tice’s Meadow: no sign of Little Stint or Great Egrets but 2 Dunlin, Greenshank, Common Sandpiper and Green Sandpiper (J Brough).

Tuesday 4th

Spotted Flycatcher, Thursley Common (S West).
Spotted Flycatcher, Thursley Common (S West).

Badshot Lea: Great Egret (one of the Tice’s birds) flew over Badshot Lea Road in evening (J Gates).

Barnes: Great Egret flew over cricket ground (BirdGuides).

Cranleigh: Crossbill flew over garden (R Stride).

Ewell: Turnstone sound-recorded at 04:22 (S Thomas).

Frensham Little Pond: 2 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (J Hawtree).

Newchapel: 3 Green Sandpipers at British Wildlife Centre (K Noble).

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

Rotherhithe: adult and 3 juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls (R Bonser).

South Norwood CP: Common Sandpiper (J Hughes).

Thursley Common: 10 Crossbills flew west over Parish Field at 06:20; also Spotted Flycatcher (D Brassington/S West).

Tice’s Meadow: Little Stint again early morning though elusive; also Great Egret still, Greenshank, Dunlin, 5+ Green Sandpipers and 3 Common Sandpipers (J Brough/R Dickey/J Wareing).

Witley: 3 Spotted Flycatchers at Witley Farm (C Osbourne).

Monday 3rd

Great Egret, Tice's Meadow (J Hunt).
Great Egret, Tice’s Meadow (J Hunt).

Bricksbury Hill: 12 wader sp. (possibly Grey Plovers) flew south-west at 06:39 (G Stephenson).

Effingham Forest: 3 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (P Venables).

Hascombe: Spotted Flycatcher at New Barn; also Reed Warbler (E Stubbs).

Leith Hill: 10+ Crossbills at Duke’s Warren (M Davis).

London Wetland Centre: Green Sandpiper (WWT).

Morden Hall Park: Green Sandpiper flew over early morning (S Patmore).

Crossbills, Leith Hill (M Davis).
Crossbills, Leith Hill (M Davis).

Newchapel: 3 Green Sandpipers at British Wildlife Centre (K Noble).

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

Thursley Common: Green Sandpiper at Pudmore; also Reed Warbler (D Brassington).

Tice’s Meadow: no sign of Little Stint early morning though 2 Great Egrets still, female-type Marsh Harrier again early afternoon (over The Meadow before flying north-east), Greenshank, 5+ Green Sandpipers and 3 Common Sandpipers (J Hunt).

Sunday 2nd

Osprey and Red Kite, Tice's Meadow (D Burford).
Osprey and Red Kite, Tice’s Meadow (D Burford).

Beddington Farmlands: 3 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (I Jones/Z Pannifer).

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

Holmethorpe SP: 2 Green Sandpipers at Railway Pools and Common Sandpiper at Mercers West (G Hay).

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

Rotherhithe: adult, 1st-summer and juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls (R Bonser).

Shackleford: Tree Pipit flew south-west over Lydling Farm (S Jones/E Stubbs).

South Norwood CP: Common Sandpiper (J Hughes).

Yellow-legged Gull, Rotherhithe (R Bonser).
Yellow-legged Gull, Rotherhithe (R Bonser).

Thursley Common: Green Sandpiper at Pudmore; also 2 Reed Warblers (S Jones/E Stubbs).

Tice’s Meadow: Little Stint still in The Meadow though very elusive; also 2 Great Egrets still, juvenile Osprey (over The Workings c.12:00-12:10 then flew north), Greenshank, Dunlin, 14+ Green Sandpipers, 2 Wheatears and 12+ Common Sandpipers (J Brough/D Burford/M Elsoffer/S Ferguson/J Hunt et al).

Wandsworth Common: Spotted Flycatcher on west side of Anglers Lake (P White).

Saturday 1st

Great Egret, Tice's Meadow (E Stubbs).
Great Egret, Tice’s Meadow (E Stubbs).

Chobham Common: 2 Crossbills (T Owen).

Holmethorpe SP: 3 Red-crested Pochard on Water Colour Lagoons; also juvenile Wigeon and Green Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper at Spyne’s Mere (I Kehl).

London Wetland Centre: Dunlin (WWT).

Newchapel: 3 Green Sandpipers at British Wildlife Centre (K Noble).

Rotherhithe: adult, 1st-summer and 2 juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls (R Bonser).

Snowdenham Mill Pond: Common Sandpiper (E Stubbs).

Tice’s Meadow: Little Stint in The Meadow though elusive; also 2 Great Egrets still until c.09:45 when flew north, female-type Marsh Harrier quartering west shore early evening, Greenshank, Dunlin, 10+ Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (M Bravery/K Britten/J Brough/I Matson/R Seargent/E Stubbs et al).