August 2024
Saturday 31st
Alfold: 2 Whinchats and 3 Yellow Wagtails at Pallinghurst Farm (R Stride).
Beddington Farmlands: 2 Yellow Wagtails, adult Common Gull and 9 Green Sandpipers (N Gardner).
Holmethorpe SP: Wheatear at Mercers Farm; also 3 Green Sandpipers (G Hay).
London Wetland Centre: 5 Black-tailed Godwits on Main Lake; also Wigeon, 3 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (A Salmon).
Leg of Mutton LNR: Osprey (BirdGuides).
Richmond Park: Arctic Tern through Upper Pen Ponds; also 2 Whinchats, 13 Yellow Wagtails and 3 Tree Pipits (D Brasier/P Pentek).
South Norwood: 2 Arctic Terns north-east over Ferndale Road (J Shaub).
Tice’s Meadow: Arctic Tern, Goshawk, 3 Greenshank and 2 Wigeon (R Horton).
Wallington: 2 Whimbrel, Dunlin, Little Ringed Plover and Spotted Flycatcher sound recorded overnight (A Dutta).
Friday 30th
Ash: Wheatear (M Scott).
Beddington Farmlands: juvenile Wood Sandpiper on 100 Acre; also Dunlin, Whinchat, Swift and 7 Green Sandpipers (D Bulling).
Blackheath: Spotted Flycatcher (K Britten).
Burgh Heath: Spotted Flycatcher at Canons Farm (I Ward).
Chobham Common: male Redstart (J Barkham).
Eashing Fields: 2 Whinchats (E Stubbs).
London Wetland Centre: 4 Yellow Wagtails over; also Swift, Wigeon, Common Sandpiper and 2 Green Sandpipers (M Parker/A Salmon).
Richmond Park: Whinchat, Wheatear, Spotted Flycatcher and 2 Green Sandpipers (D Brasier).
Tice’s Meadow: Greenshank and Green Sandpiper (R Horton).
Thursday 29th
Beddington Farmlands: 3 Green Sandpipers (B Stewart).
Chobham Common: Spotted Flycatcher (P Davies).
Holmethorpe SP: Whinchat at Mercers Farm (N Hadden).
Kew Bridge: Green Sandpiper (D Brasier).
Leith Hill: 6 Golden Plovers south-west and 56 Swallows south (W Attridge).
London Wetland Centre: Garganey on Main Lake; also 6 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (J Reeves/A Salmon/M Wheeler).
Pewley Down: Wheatear (R Pittwood).
Priest Hill: Yellow Wagtail over; also Wheatear (A Collins).
Richmond Park: juvenile Honey Buzzard south-west; also Whinchat, Tree Pipit, Spotted Flycatcher and 4 Yellow Wagtails (F Matthews/J Wilczur)
Rydes Hill Common: Tree Pipit (B Jarman).
Tate Modern: 3 adult Great Black-backed Gulls (R Braddock).
Tice’s Meadow: Garganey, 3 Greenshank, 2 Ringed Plovers, Yellow Wagtail and Wigeon (R Horton).
Wednesday 28th
Beddington Farmlands: Whinchat, 4 Yellow Wagtails, 17 Whitethroats, 28 Swifts, 3 Willow Warblers, 2 Common Sandpipers and 3 Green Sandpipers (A Dutta/R Walker).
Cranleigh: 2 Swifts (R Stride).
Holmethorpe SP: Greenshank at Mercers Quarry (N Hadden).
Leith Hill: 2 Spotted Flycatchers (N Driscoll).
London Wetland Centre: Garganey on Main Lake; also Curlew on Wader Scrape, Great Egret west, Yellow Wagtail, 2 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (S Patel/A Salmon).
Richmond Park: 2 Turnstones over Upper Pen Ponds; also 15 Yellow Wagtails, 6 Tree Pipits, Whinchat, Redstart, 2 Spotted Flycatchers and Wheatear (D Brasier).
Tate Modern: Spotted Flycatcher (R Braddock).
Thursley Common: 2 Green Sandpipers (D Brassington).
Tice’s Meadow: Garganey, 3 Greenshanks, 7 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (P Brown/S Gillingham/R Horton/R Seargent).
West Norwood: Swift (L Parikian).
Witley Common: 5 Spotted Flycatchers (E Stubbs).
Tuesday 27th
Beddington Farmlands: 2 Green Sandpipers (S Thomas).
Croydon: Nightjar in garden on Blenheim Park Road (J Forsyth).
Epsom Downs: Redstart (S Gale).
Frensham Great Pond: c 12 Swifts (S Woolfries).
Island Barn Reservoir: Wheatear (D Spragg).
Little Woodcote: 9 Swifts south (A Dutta).
London Wetland Centre: Garganey on Main Lake; also Common Sandpiper and 5 Green Sandpipers (M Parker/A Salmon).
Pewley Down: Swift (P Davies).
Tice’s Meadow: Greenshank and Swift (R Horton).
Monday 26th
Chobham Common: 2 Spotted Flycatchers (P Davies).
Holmethorpe SP: 3 Green Sandpipers (G Hay).
London Wetland Centre: Common Sandpiper and 3 Green Sandpipers (A Salmon/M Wheeler).
Redhill: Swift over (D Brassington).
Tice’s Meadow: 3 Greenshank (G Clarke/R Horton/R Seargent).
Unstead SF: juvenile Osprey south-west (K Britten).
Wandsworth Common: 3 Willow Warblers (N Rutter).
Wood Street Village: Whinchat (C Burchell).
Sunday 25th
Beddington Farmlands: Whinchat, Yellow Wagtail and 14 Green Sandpipers (D Bulling/C Strudwick).
Britty Wood: 3 Spotted Flycatchers (R Seargent).
Brook: Wheatear at Witley Farm (D Brassington).
Burgh Heath: Tree Pipit and 2 Yellow Wagtails over Canons Farm (T Blake/P Goodman).
Chobham Common: Wheatear (E Sames).
Forest Green: Osprey south-west (M Sparkes).
Holmethorpe SP: Swift and 2 Green Sandpipers (G Hay).
Hooley: 6 Swifts over Starbucks (J Everitt).
Leith Hill: 2 Spotted Flycatchers (P Evans).
Little Woodcote: 2nd-summer Caspian Gull; also Yellow Wagtail (A Dutta).
London Wetland Centre: Yellow Wagtail, 3 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (A Salmon).
Thursley Common: 2 Ringed Plovers and 12 Yellow Wagtails south (E Stubbs).
Tice’s Meadow: Greenshank (P Brown).
Saturday 24th
Battersea Park: 2 Swifts (M Mac).
Beddington Farmlands: 7 Green Sandpipers (N Gardner).
Holmethorpe SP: 2 Green Sandpipers (G Hay).
Hookwood: Common Sandpiper (T Smith).
London Wetland Centre: 4 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (C Moore).
Papercourt Water Meadows: Whinchat (C Burchell).
Wandle Park: 3 Willow Warblers (S Henning).
Wandsworth Common: 4 Willow Warblers (N Rutter).
Friday 23rd
Beddington Farmlands: 8 Swifts and 4 Green Sandpipers (I Jones).
Cranleigh: Swift (R Stride).
London Wetland Centre: Yellow Wagtail, Green Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper (A Salmon).
Unstead SF: 2 Green Sandpipers on South Meadow (J Parr).
Thursday 22nd
Holmethorpe SP: 2 Green Sandpipers (G Hay).
London Wetland Centre: Common Gull, 2 Swifts, 2 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (P Gilflian/A Salmon).
Tice’s Meadow: 2 Greenshanks; also Ringed Plover, 2 Swifts and Common Sandpiper (R Horton).
Wednesday 21st
Carshalton Ponds: Common Sandpiper (A Dutta).
London Wetland Centre: juvenile Garganey on Grazing Marsh; also 3 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (M Bravery/A Salmon/M Wheeler).
Richmond Park: juvenile Wood Sandpiper at Upper Pen Pond; also Yellow Wagtail (D Brasier).
Shackleford: juvenile Osprey south (E Stubbs).
Tate Modern: adult Common Gull downriver (R Braddock).
Tuesday 20th
Beddington Farmlands: 5 Green Sandpipers (I Jones).
Holmethorpe SP: 2 Green Sandpipers (G Hay).
London Wetland Centre: 3 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (A Long/A Salmon).
Richmond Park: Whinchat, Spotted Flycatcher and 2 Tree Pipits (D Brasier/D Williams).
Stoke Lake: Osprey over (M Kettell).
West Horsley: Osprey over (P Dodd).
Monday 19th
Holmethorpe SP: 3 Green Sandpipers (N Hadden).
Hook: 2 Swifts south (G Barter).
London Wetland Centre: 4 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (A Salmon).
Richmond Park: Yellow Wagtail and 2 Wheatears (D Brasier/P Pentek).
Sunday 18th
Brook: 4 Spotted Flycatchers at Witley Farm (D Brassington).
Hankley Common: 3 Spotted Flycatchers (P Osborn).
Holmethorpe SP: Wigeon and 2 Green Sandpipers (G Hay).
London Wetland Centre: 4 Green Sandpipers and 3 Common Sandpipers (W Newnham/A Salmon).
Pewley Down: 5 Swifts (P Davies).
Richmond Park: 2 Sandwich Terns west; also Whinchat, Cuckoo and Spotted Flycatcher (D Brasier).
Tice’s Meadow: Marsh Harrier; also Greenshank (P Brown/R Horton).
Unstead SF: 3 Swifts (J Parr).
Saturday 17th
Beddington Farmlands: Grasshopper Warbler, Greenshank, Whinchat and 8 Green Sandpipers (M Bravery/D Bulling/A Dutta/I Jones).
Frensham Great Pond: juvenile Black-necked Grebe (S Peters).
Holmethorpe SP: 2 Green Sandpipers (N Hadden).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Greenshank on Main Lake; also Yellow Wagtail, 2 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (A Salmon).
South Norwood CP: 2 Common Sandpipers (S Woodcock).
Tice’s Meadow: Greenshank (P Brown/R Horton).
Wallington: Greenshank, Whimbrel, Common Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail and Green Sandpiper sound recorded in recent nights (A Dutta).
Friday 16th
Beddington Farmlands: Whinchat, Common Gull, 2 Swifts, 2 Yellow Wagtails, 3 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (N Gardner).
Dorking: Common Sandpiper over at 04:45 (S Dorman).
Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 3 Common Sandpipers (J Snell).
Kingston upon Thames: juvenile Caspian Gull at recycling centre (BirdGuides).
London Wetland Centre: Bittern on Main Lake; also 3 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (A Salmon).
Richmond Park: Dunlin at Upper Pen Pond; also Tree Pipit, juvenile Cuckoo and Yellow Wagtail (H Bradshaw/R Dunne/N Jackman/R Kaye/P Pentek/J Wilczur).
Shackleford: Whinchat (P Osborn).
Thursday 15th
Beddington Farmlands: 3 Common Sandpipers, 4 Green Sandpipers and Swift (R Walker).
Chobham Common: Whinchat (E Sames).
Guildford: 3 Swifts (M Kettell).
Holmethorpe SP: 2 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (G Hay/I Kehl).
Leith Hill: Spotted Flycatcher (W Attridge).
London Wetland Centre: Whinchat, Little Ringed Plover, 3 Green Sandpipers and 2 Swifts (J Reeves/A Salmon).
Newchapel: Spotted Flycatcher at Shawlands Farm (K Noble).
Wednesday 14th
Beddington Farmlands: Greenshank over; also Wheatear, 5+ Common Sandpipers, Common Gull and 2 Green Sandpipers (A Dutta/I Jones).
Frensham Little Pond: Common Sandpiper (S Brownhill).
Holmethorpe SP: 2 Green Sandpipers (G Hay).
Mercers CP: Common Sandpiper (G Hay).
Papercourt GPs: Great Egret south (E Sames).
Richmond Park: adult Roseate Tern briefly on island at Upper Pen Ponds then flew south-west; ninth Surrey record pending acceptance. Also Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (P Pentek).
Tate Modern: Great Black-backed Gull (R Braddock).
Tuesday 13th
Ash Vale: Wood Sandpiper sound recorded at 00:05 (BirdGuides).
Leith Hill: Nightjar (P Evans).
London Wetland Centre: 5 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (M Rowell/A Salmon).
Richmond Park: Wryneck at Sidmouth Slope; also Cuckoo (H Bradshaw/D Brasier).
Tice’s Meadow: Greenshank; also 2 Common Sandpipers and Green Sandpiper (R Horton/R Seargent).
Witley: Wheatear (G Hinchon).
Monday 12th
Beddington Farmlands: Green Sandpiper (M Parker).
Ewell: 2+ Knot sound recorded at 01:44 (S Thomas).
Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper (G Hay).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Green Sandpipers (C Moore).
Richmond Park: Greenshank; also 2 Tree Pipits south (D Brasier).
Tice’s Meadow: 3 Greenshank; also Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Common Sandpipers and Green Sandpiper (P Brown/R Horton).
Sunday 11th
Ashtead Common: Spotted Flycatcher (P Davies).
Cutt Mill Ponds: Common Sandpiper (P Green).
Holmethorpe SP: 2 Green Sandpipers (G Hay).
London Wetland Centre: 4 Green Sandpipers (S Fowles/C Moore/M Murphy).
Richmond Park: Nightjar by Isabella Plantation (D Brasier).
Saturday 10th
Beddington Farmlands: juvenile Marsh Harrier; also Whinchat and 3 Green Sandpipers (I Jones).
Farnham: Redstart at Greenhill Way (P Brown).
Frensham Common: Spotted Flycatcher (C Jones).
Holmethorpe SP: 2 Green Sandpiper (G Hay).
London Wetland Centre: Redshank on Main Lake; also 4 Green Sandpipers (C Moore/D Panchaud).
Richmond Park: adult and juvenile Ringed Plovers at Upper Pen Pond (H Bradshaw).
Tice’s Meadow: Black-tailed Godwit; also 3 Common Sandpipers (R Horton).
Friday 9th
London Wetland Centre: Yellow Wagtail and 2 Green Sandpipers (A Salmon).
Thursday 8th
Beddington Farmlands: juvenile Marsh Harrier (I Hoad).
London Wetland Centre: 5 Green Sandpipers (A Salmon).
Wednesday 7th
Alfold: Greenshank and Green Sandpiper at Pallinghurst Farm (R Stride).
Holmethorpe SP: 2 Green Sandpipers at The Moors (G Hay/I Kehl).
London Wetland Centre: 4 Green Sandpipers (W Newnham/A Salmon).
Richmond Park: Redstart at Holly Lodge (D Brasier).
Tice’s Meadow: 15 Black-tailed Godwits (R Horton).
Tuesday 6th
Alfold: Greenshank over Pallinghurst Farm (R Stride).
Beddington Farmlands: juvenile Marsh Harrier (R Dennis).
Caterham: Yellow Wagtail (C Yip).
London Wetland Centre: Wood Sandpiper on Wader Scrape; also juvenile Little Ringed Plover and Green Sandpiper (BirdGuides/A Salmon).
Richmond Park: Garganey circled Upper Pen Pond with Teal then flew north-east; also juvenile Cuckoo (D Brasier).
Tice’s Meadow: 3 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (R Horton).
Monday 5th
Beddington Farmlands: juvenile Marsh Harrier at North Lake (M Parker/R Walker).
Farnham Heath RSPB: Osprey over (BirdGuides).
London Wetland Centre: juvenile Little Ringed Plover; also 2 Green Sandpipers on Wader Scrape (M Parker/A Salmon).
Reigate Hill: female Goshawk (R Seargent).
Sunday 4th
Beddington Farmlands: juvenile Marsh Harrier over North Lake; also 7 Green Sandpipers (I Jones/A Ramesh).
Holmethorpe SP: 2 Green Sandpipers at The Moors (G Hay).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (W Newnham).
Tice’s Meadow: Green Sandpiper (P Davies).
Saturday 3rd
Beddington Farmlands: juvenile Marsh Harrier over North Lake (M Keenan).
Capel: 3 Nightingales (W Attridge).
London Wetland Centre: Red-crested Pochard, Yellow Wagtail, Common Sandpiper and 2 Green Sandpipers (C Moore/W Hicks).
Thursley Common: juvenile Wood Sandpiper at Pudmore (E Stubbs).
Friday 2nd
Beddington Farmlands: juvenile Marsh Harrier; also 2 Green Sandpipers (A Robertson/C Strudwick/R Walker).
Holmethorpe SP: 2 Green Sandpipers at The Moors (G Hay).
London Wetland Centre: Green Sandpiper on Wader Scrape (A Salmon).
Richmond Park: juvenile Cuckoo; also Common Sandpiper (R Dunne/P Pentek).
Thursday 1st
Beddington Farmlands: juvenile Marsh Harrier (N Collins).
Buckland Park Lake: Common Sandpiper (W Attridge).
London Wetland Centre: Cattle Egret from Peacock Tower; also Green Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper (D Price/A Salmon).
Richmond Park: Wheatear (C Williams).
Tice’s Meadow: Osprey down Blackwater Valley; also Green Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper (R Horton).
Westcott: Wheatear at Milton Court Farm (A Holden).