December 2021

Friday 31st

Smew, Thorpe Park (E Stubbs).
Smew, Thorpe Park (E Stubbs).

Beddington Farmlands: Shelduck (D Warren).

Hurst Green: Brambling at Whitegates Farm (K Puttock).

Leatherhead: 3 drake and 1 female Goosander on River Mole (R Iredale).

London Wetland Centre: Oystercatcher, Bittern, 2 Water Pipits, 3 Jack Snipe, Goldeneye and 2 Pintail (A Salmon).

Pennymead Lake: 3 Goosander (S Chastell).

Richmond Park: Dartford Warbler on slope from car park to Pen Ponds (P Spencer).

Thorpe Park: 1st-winter drake Smew on fishing lake at Abbey Mead; also female Scaup on Abbey and Manor Lakes and 3 drake Goldeneye on Manor Lake (D Bulling/many observers).

Thursday 30th

Brent Goose, Island Barn Reservoir (C Turner).
Brent Goose, Island Barn Reservoir (C Turner).

Beddington Farmlands: drake Goosander flew north; also 2 1st-winter Caspian Gulls, 1st-winter Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Water Pipits and 3 Shelduck (A Dutta/A Ramesh).

Burgess Park: White-fronted Goose (J Hill).

Effingham Forest: 7 Hawfinches at Dick Focks Common from viewpoint (BirdGuides).

Hersham GP: 3 Cattle Egrets in fields (BirdGuides).

Horley: Green Sandpiper at Littlelake Farm (T Walker).

Island Barn Reservoir: Brent Goose (C Turner).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern, 2 Water Pipits, 2 Jack Snipe, Goldeneye and 2 Pintail (WWT).

Molesey Heath: Shelduck flew west (M & T Caine).

Polesden Lacey: Brambling (A Hansen).

Thorpe Park: drake Ferruginous Duck on Manor Lake (BirdGuides).

Tice’s Meadow: Great Egret, Yellow-legged Gull, Pintail, Jack Snipe and 2 Green Sandpipers (R Seargent).

Wednesday 29th

Little Gull, Beddington Farmlands (A Ramesh).
Little Gull, Beddington Farmlands (A Ramesh).

Beddington Farmlands: adult Little Gull briefly on Wet Grassland mid-morning; also 1st- and 2nd-winter Caspian Gulls, drake Shelduck and Green Sandpiper (Z Pannifer/A Ramesh).

Cutt Mill Ponds: 3 Goosander (R Brown).

Effingham Forest: 10 Hawfinches at Dick Focks Common from viewpoint (BirdGuides).

Frimley GPs: 2 drake and 1 female Red-crested Pochard on Hatches pit (K Betton).

Hersham GP: 3 Cattle Egrets in fields (BirdGuides).

Island Barn Reservoir: juvenile Great Northern Diver (C Turner).

White-fronted Goose, Loseley (E Stubbs).
White-fronted Goose, Loseley (E Stubbs).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Bitterns, 3 Water Pipits, 2 Jack Snipe, 2 Pintail and 2 Shelduck (T Harrop/A Younger).

Loseley: adult White-fronted Goose along Stakescorner Road in morning (E Stubbs).

Pennymead Lake: 6 drake and 4 female Goosander (G Lewis).

Thorpe Park: drake Ferruginous Duck, female Scaup and drake Goldeneye on Manor Lake (M Bravery/K Duncan/N Hammatt/D Smith).

Unstead SF: adult White-fronted Goose (same bird as Loseley) at Flooded Field briefly mid-afternoon (M Fincham/S Jones).

Tuesday 28th

Ferruginous Duck, Thorpe Park (M Scarborough).
Ferruginous Duck, Thorpe Park (M Scarborough).

Beddington Farmlands: Water Pipit and 3 Shelduck (D Warren).

Burgess Park: White-fronted Goose (M Edwards/G Wright).

London Wetland Centre: 14 Jack Snipe on Grazing Marsh; also 2 Water Pipits, 2 Pintail and female Brambling (O Dewhurst/T Gibson).

Thorpe Park: drake Ferruginous Duck on Manor Lake (M Scarborough).

Thursley Common: Crossbill (H Leonard).

Monday 27th

Caspian Gull, Beddington Farmlands (D Bulling).
Caspian Gull, Beddington Farmlands (D Bulling).

Beddington Farmlands: 1st-winter Caspian Gull on Wet Grassland; also 2 Shelduck (D Bulling/D Campbell/C Cogley).

Burgess Park: White-fronted Goose (C Gull).

Effingham Forest: 8 Hawfinches at Dick Focks Common from viewpoint (J Hurrell).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Water Pipits, female Goldeneye and female Brambling (M Bravery).

Mercers CP: first-winter Caspian Gull on pontoon (G Hay).

Thorpe Park: drake Ferruginous Duck and drake Goldeneye on Manor Lake (S Dorman/P Welling).

Sunday 26th

White-fronted Goose, Burgess Park (R Bonser).
White-fronted Goose, Burgess Park (R Bonser).

Burgess Park: White-fronted Goose (R Bonser).

Crystal Palace Park: adult Mediterranean Gull (H Keeper).

London Wetland Centre: Dunlin and 1st-winter Caspian Gull on Main Lake; also 2 Water Pipits, Brambling, 2 Jack Snipe, 2 Pintail, Goldeneye and 2 Shelduck (O Dewhurst/WWT).

Thorpe Park: drake Ferruginous Duck on Manor Lake (C Howells).

Saturday 25th

Burgess Park: White-fronted Goose (M Mac).

Hersham GP: 3 Cattle Egrets in fields (D Harris).

Island Barn Reservoir: juvenile Great Northern Diver and female Scaup; also 260 Barnacle Geese in field to south (D Harris).

Mercers CP: female Brambling (G Hay).

Thorpe Park: drake Ferruginous Duck on Manor Lake (BirdGuides).

Friday 24th

Goosander, Stoke D'Abernon (J Snell).
Goosander, Stoke D’Abernon (J Snell).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Water Pipits on Grazing Marsh; also 2 Pintail, Goldeneye and 2 Shelduck (WWT).

Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (BirdGuides).

Stoke D’Abernon: drake Goosander on River Mole (J Snell).

Thorpe Park: drake Ferruginous Duck and female Scaup on Manor Lake (S Jones/A Westenberger).

Thursday 23rd

Beddington Farmlands: 1st- and 2nd-winter Caspian Gulls, Water Pipit, Yellow-legged Gull and 2 Shelduck (S Levy/Z Pannifer).

Burgess Park: White-fronted Goose and adult Mediterranean Gull on rafts on lake (G Wright).

Effingham Forest: c.25 Hawfinches at Dick Focks Common from viewpoint mid-morning (BirdGuides).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern on Main Lake; also Water Pipit, 2 Pintail, Brambling and 2 Shelduck (WWT).

Thorpe Park: drake Ferruginous Duck on Manor Lake (S Harley/A & T Knox).

Wednesday 22nd

Great Northern Diver, Island Barn Reservoir (J Snell).
Great Northern Diver, Island Barn Reservoir (J Snell).

Burgess Park: White-fronted Goose in fenced off area by main lake; also adult Mediterranean Gull (D Clark/M Mac/S Robinson/F Symons/G Wright).

Cutt Mill Ponds: 3 Goosander (P Osborn).

Effingham Forest: 4 Hawfinches at Dick Focks Common (BirdGuides).

Hersham GP: 3 Cattle Egrets in fields (D Harris).

Hurst Green: Brambling at Whitegates Farm (K Puttock).

Island Barn Reservoir: juvenile Great Northern Diver and female Scaup; also 180 Barnacle Geese in field to south (J Snell/P Watts).

Cattle Egrets, Hersham GP (D Harris).
Cattle Egrets, Hersham GP (D Harris).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern, 2 Water Pipits, 3 Jack Snipe, drake and female Pintail, 3 Bramblings, female Goldeneye and 2 Shelduck (M Bradbury/O Dewhurst/M Winkworth).

Queen Elizabeth II Reservoir (no access): Goldeneye (P Watts).

Reigate Hill: 2 Crossbills over (M Stanley).

Sheepleas: Hawfinch in trees by Green Dene car park (M Kettell).

Thorpe Park: drake Ferruginous Duck and female Scaup on Manor Lake (BirdGuides).

Walton Reservoirs (Knight & Bessborough; no access): 4 Goldeneye and Green Sandpiper (P Watts).

Wimbledon Common: Dartford Warbler (J Reeves).

Tuesday 21st

Smew, London Wetland Centre (J Klavins).
Smew, London Wetland Centre (J Klavins).

Banstead: Oystercatcher flew north at 17:50 (S Gale).

Beddington Farmlands: 5 Water Pipits, drake Shelduck and 5 Green Sandpiper (D Clark/C Conroy/G Jones/S Musievski).

Burgess Park: White-fronted Goose at south-west end of lake with Greylags; also adult Mediterranean Gull on playing field north of Neate Street (T Ensom).

Effingham Forest: 2 Hawfinches at Dick Focks Common (I Jones).

Leatherhead: Goosander on River Mole at Common Meadow (S Nivy).

White-fronted Goose, Burgess Park (T Ensom).
White-fronted Goose, Burgess Park (T Ensom).

London Wetland Centre: adult drake Smew on Main Lake and Grazing Marsh then flew west at 12:00 (2nd vice-county record in last 5 years); also Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh, Jack Snipe, Goldeneye, Brambling and 2 Shelduck (J Klavins/S Patel).

Mercers CP: 1st-winter Caspian Gull; first site record (G Hay).

Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (S Dorman/S Patmore).

Shamley Green: Black Redstart (BirdGuides).

Slyfield: 1st-winter Caspian Gull on roof of Vines of Guildford early afternoon (J Gates).

Thorpe Park: female Scaup and drake Goosander on Manor Lake (K Duncan).

Monday 20th

Brent Goose, London Wetland Centre (J Klavins).
Brent Goose, London Wetland Centre (J Klavins).

Bisley: male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (A Clifford).

Cutt Mill Ponds: drake Goosander (J Smith).

London Wetland Centre: Brent Goose dropped into Main Lake briefly late morning then flew west; also Water Pipit and Jack Snipe on Grazing Marsh, Goldeneye and 2 Shelduck (O Dewhurst/J Klavins/P Smallshire).

Onslow: 2 Goosander flew east (H Leonard).

Papercourt Water Meadows: Jack Snipe (E & P Hunter).

Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (BirdGuides).

Tice’s Meadow: Green Sandpiper (S Brownhill).

Wimbledon Common: Dartford Warbler (J Reeves).

Sunday 19th

Beddington Farmlands: Oystercatcher flew south over mound; also 6 Water Pipits, 3 Jack Snipe, 6 Green Sandpipers, Shelduck and Brambling (N Gardner).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Bitterns on Main Lake, Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh, 2 Jack Snipe, 2 Pintail, Goldeneye and 2 Shelduck (J Klavins/D Panchaud).

Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (S Dorman).

Sheepleas: 12 Hawfinches in trees by meadow above Green Dene car park (E Page).

Thorpe Park: female Scaup on Manor Lake (BirdGuides).

Wandle Park: Barnacle Goose heard overhead (J Birkett).

Saturday 18th

White-fronted Geese, Papercourt Water Meadows (E Sames).
White-fronted Geese, Papercourt Water Meadows (E Sames).

Beddington Farmlands: 1st-winter and 2nd-winter Caspian Gulls, drake Shelduck and Green Sandpiper (Z Pannifer).

Cutt Mill Ponds: drake Goosander (J Smith).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern on Main Lake, Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh, Jack Snipe, 2 Pintail, Goldeneye and 2 Shelduck (J Sweet/WWT).

Papercourt Water Meadows: adult and juvenile White-fronted Geese in field south of Tannery Lane (E Sames/J Snell).

Green Sandpiper, Weybourne (J Hunt).
Green Sandpiper, Weybourne (J Hunt).

Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (BirdGuides).

Thorpe Park: drake Ferruginous Duck, female Scaup and drake Goldeneye on Manor Lake (M Bravery/S Brownhill).

Tice’s Meadow: drake and female Pintail and Green Sandpiper (R Seargent).

Weybourne: Green Sandpiper at Green Lane Meadows development site (J Hunt).

Friday 17th

Siberian Chiffchaff, Cranleigh SF (E Stubbs).
Siberian Chiffchaff, Cranleigh SF (E Stubbs).

Beddington Farmlands: 1st-winter and two 2nd-winter Caspian Gulls, 1st-winter Yellow-legged Gull and Green Sandpiper (A Dutta).

Cranleigh SF: Siberian Chiffchaff on east side (E Stubbs).

Hogsmill SF: Green Sandpiper (N Tanner).

Island Barn Reservoir: 1st-winter Caspian Gull (BirdGuides).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern on Main Lake, Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh, Jack Snipe, Brambling, Goldeneye and 2 Shelduck (A Self/WWT).

Ranmore Common: 115 Bramblings; also Hawfinch and 12 Marsh Tits (S Gale).

Richmond Park: Goldeneye (P Pentek).

Sheepleas: Brambling (R Iredale).

Thorpe Park: female Scaup and drake Goldeneye on Manor Lake (J Snell).

Thursday 16th

Frensham Great Pond: drake Goosander (G Robson).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern on Main Lake, Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh, Goldeneye, 2 Pintail and 2 Shelduck (WWT).

Longside Lake: drake Goldeneye (J Snell).

Thorpe Park: female Scaup on Manor Lake (A Westenberger).

Wednesday 15th

Caspian Gull, Beddington Farmlands (P Alfrey).
Caspian Gull, Beddington Farmlands (P Alfrey).

Beddington Farmlands: 1st-winter Caspian Gull on North Lake; also 6 Water Pipits, 3 Jack Snipe and 5 Green Sandpipers (P Alfrey/A Dutta/Z Pannifer).

Cutt Mill Ponds: drake and female Goosander (G Robson).

Effingham Forest: 12 Hawfinches and 4 Bramblings at Dick Focks Common (P Davies/R Fletcher/J Hurrell/J Strachan).

Gatwick Airport: Black Redstart to north-west (R Bicker/T Forward).

London Wetland Centre: Jack Snipe, Goldeneye, 2 Pintail and 3 Shelduck (WWT).

Putney Heath: Dartford Warbler (L Evans-Hill).

Stoke D’Abernon: drake Goosander on River Mole (J Snell).

Thorpe Park: female Scaup on Manor Lake (M Leitch).

Tuesday 14th

Caspian Gull, Beddington Farmlands (D Warren).
Caspian Gull, Beddington Farmlands (D Warren).

Beddington Farmlands: 1st-winter Caspian Gull on North Lake (D Warren).

Capel: 4 Barnacle Geese flew high south-west (W Attridge).

London Wetland Centre: Water Pipit, Goldeneye, 2 Pintail and 2 Shelduck (WWT).

Norbury Park: adult Mediterranean Gull at Norbury Park Farm (S Gale).

Thorpe Park: drake Ferruginous Duck on Manor Lake (BirdGuides).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Green Sandpipers (R Horton/J Hunt).

Monday 13th

Ferruginous Duck, Thorpe Park (M Leitch).
Ferruginous Duck, Thorpe Park (M Leitch).

Beddington Farmlands: Shelduck (M Bravery).

Blackheath: 15 Crossbills (J Gates).

Farthing Downs: 2 Bramblings (D Hayes).

Island Barn Reservoir: juvenile Great Northern Diver; also 204 Barnacle Geese in field to south (J Snell).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Jack Snipe and Goldeneye (WWT).

Thorpe Park: drake Ferruginous Duck and female Scaup on Manor Lake (M Leitch).

Sunday 12th

Goldeneye, London Wetland Centre (E Stubbs).
Goldeneye, London Wetland Centre (E Stubbs).

Beddington Farmlands: Black-tailed Godwit on North Lake; also 1st-winter Caspian Gull (N Gardner/D Warren).

Blackheath: 3 Crossbills (A Barker).

Effingham Forest: 4 Hawfinches at Dick Focks Common (S Gale/M Waite).

Island Barn Reservoir: juvenile Great Northern Diver; also 3 Cattle Egrets in paddocks along Field Common Lane (BirdGuides).

Leith Hill: Hawfinch and 8 Bramblings (W Attridge).

London Wetland Centre: 1st-winter Caspian Gull on Main Lake mid-morning; also 2 Bitterns on Main Lake, Water Pipit and 2 Jack Snipe on Grazing Marsh, female Goldeneye, Pintail and 2 Shelduck (O Dewhurst/E Stubbs/A Westenberger).

Ranmore Common: 7 Hawfinches and 55 Bramblings (S Gale).

Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (T Harrop/B Jobson).

Thorpe Park: drake Ferruginous Duck on Manor Lake (BirdGuides).

Saturday 11th

Scaup, Thorpe Park (S Harvey).
Scaup, Thorpe Park (S Harvey).

Beddington Farmlands: Black-tailed Godwit, 1st- and 2nd-winter Caspian Gulls, 1st-winter Yellow-legged Gull and drake Shelduck on Wet Grassland; also Brambling over, 4 Jack Snipe, 7 Green Sandpipers and 2 Water Pipits (Z Pannifer/A Ramesh).

Effingham Forest: 4 Hawfinches, 6 Crossbills and 13 Bramblings at Dick Focks Common (A Harding).

Island Barn Reservoir: juvenile Great Northern Diver (F Maroevic).

Leith Hill: 5 Crossbills (S Brownhill).

London Wetland Centre: Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh; also Goldeneye on Main Lake and 2 Shelduck (J Ingham/WWT).

Longside Lake: drake Goldeneye (J Snell).

Pennymead Lake: 5 drake Goosander (R Clark/J Snell).

Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (S Harvey/G Hay).

Thorpe Park: female Scaup on Manor Lake (S Harvey).

Tice’s Meadow: Dunlin (P Brown).

Wire Mill Lake: 3 Goosander (K Noble).

Friday 10th

Great Northern Diver, Island Barn Reservoir (D Harris).
Great Northern Diver, Island Barn Reservoir (D Harris).

Beddington Farmlands: 2nd-winter Caspian Gull and Shelduck (A Treip/D Warren).

Cutt Mill Ponds: drake and female Goosander (J Cook).

Island Barn Reservoir: juvenile Great Northern Diver and female Scaup (D Harris).

London Wetland Centre: Jack Snipe, 2 Bitterns, Goldeneye and 2 Shelduck (D Panchaud/B Wilson).

Royal Common: 3 drake Goosander (M Underwood).

Thorpe Park: drake Ferruginous Duck and female Scaup on Manor Lake (W Glossop/B Jobson).

Thursday 9th

Ring-necked Duck, Reigate (C Turner).
Ring-necked Duck, Reigate (C Turner).

Beddington Farmlands: Green Sandpiper (A Treip).

Cutt Mill Ponds: 3 drake and 1 female Goosander; also 68 Mandarin (G Robson).

Effingham Forest: Hawfinch and 2 Crossbills (T Gibson/J Hurrell).

Island Barn Reservoir: juvenile Great Northern Diver (D Harris).

Leith Hill: Brambling and 4 Crossbills (M Davis).

Green Sandpiper, Beddington Farmlands (A Treip).
Green Sandpiper, Beddington Farmlands (A Treip).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern on Main Lake; also Goldeneye, Brambling and 2 Shelduck (WWT).

Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (R Lowe/M Shaw/C Turner).

Richmond Park: drake Goosander flew south-west (J Wilczur/S Woolfenden)

Sheepleas: 3 Bramblings (T Gibson).

Thorpe Park: drake Ferruginous Duck on Manor Lake (BirdGuides).

Wednesday 8th

Brambling, Effingham Forest (J Hurrell).
Brambling, Effingham Forest (J Hurrell).

Effingham Forest: 40+ Bramblings (J Hurrell).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Pintail and Goldeneye (WWT).

Old Woking SF: Green Sandpiper (J Snell).

Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (BirdGuides).

Thorpe Park: drake Ferruginous Duck on Manor Lake (BirdGuides).

Wimbledon Common: Dartford Warbler (BirdGuides).

Tuesday 7th

Beddington Farmlands: Black-tailed Godwit on Wet Grassland; also 1st-winter Yellow-legged Gull and Shelduck (J Bartley/A Ramesh).

Horley: Green Sandpiper at Littlelake Farm (T Walker).

London Wetland Centre: Short-eared Owl over Grazing Marsh early morning then flew north-east c.07:30; also Bittern on Main Lake and Goldeneye (A Salmon).

Thorpe Park: drake Ferruginous Duck on Manor Lake (H Leonard).

Monday 6th

Beddington Farmlands: Dunlin, 3 Caspian Gulls, Yellow-legged Gull and Shelduck (N Rutter).

Clandon Downs: 2 Crossbills (S Chastell).

Cobham: drake Goosander on River Mole near Downside Bridge (J Snell).

Leatherhead: four drake and one female Goosander on River Mole at Common Meadow (M Davis).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern on south shore of Main Lake; also male and female Bramblings at south route feeders, female Goldeneye, Pintail and Shelduck (J Klavins).

Thorpe Park: drake Ferruginous Duck and female Scaup on Manor Lake (G Barter).

Sunday 5th

Ring-necked Duck, Reigate (B Clough).
Ring-necked Duck, Reigate (B Clough).

Beddington Farmlands: 4 Caspian Gulls; also Black-tailed Godwit on Wet Grassland then North Lake, Crossbill over, Jack Snipe, 1st-winter Yellow-legged Gull, Shelduck and 3 Green Sandpipers (J Bartley/D Bulling/N Gardner/G Jones/Z Pannifer/A Ramesh).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern on north shore of Reservoir Lagoon; also Water Pipit and Goldeneye (J Klavins).

Longside Lake: drake Goldeneye (J Snell).

Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (B Clough/J Everitt/O Simms).

Thorpe Park: drake Ferruginous Duck and female Scaup on Manor Lake (J Cutting/J Everitt/V Fairchild/R Rackliffe/O Simms/M Warden/P Welling).

Thursley Common: Crossbill (D Brassington).

Saturday 4th

Ferruginous Duck, Thorpe Park (S Ferguson).
Ferruginous Duck, Thorpe Park (S Ferguson).

Beddington Farmlands: Black-tailed Godwit on North Lake; also 2 1st-winter Caspian Gulls, Jack Snipe, 2 Water Pipits, 1st-winter Yellow-legged Gull, Green Sandpiper, Shelduck (A Bayly/N Gardner/Z Pannifer/A Ramesh/D Warren).

Britty Wood: 6 Bramblings (R Seargent).

Crooksbury Common: 4 Hawfinches flew north-east (J Gates).

Cutt Mill Ponds: drake Goosander on house pond (R Seargent).

Hersham GP: 3 Cattle Egrets in fields (I Gunner).

London Wetland Centre: Dunlin on Main Lake; also Water Pipit, 2 Bitterns, Goldeneye and 2 Shelduck (WWT).

Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (BirdGuides).

Thorpe Park: drake Ferruginous Duck, female Scaup, 2 drake Goldeneye and drake and redhead Goosander on Manor Lake (F Clark/T Eldridge/S Ferguson/T Gibson/C Jones/A Rodgers/J Snell).

Thursley Common: male Hen Harrier over Ockley Common c.14:55 then flew south-west; also Crossbill (D Brassington).

Friday 3rd

Beddington Farmlands: Shelduck on North Lake (A Treip).

Dorking: 6+ Bramblings at Deepdene Wood (N Miller).

Hedgecourt Lake: 5,600 Starlings roosted (K Noble).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Bittern, Goldeneye and 2 Shelduck (D Panchaud).

Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (R Seargent).

Richmond Park: Goldeneye (P Pentek).

Thorpe Park: drake Ferruginous Duck and female Scaup on Manor Lake; also 2 drake Goldeneye (N Gardner).

Wimbledon Common: Dartford Warbler (BirdGuides).

Thursday 2nd

Cutt Mill Ponds: drake Goosander (S Brownhill).

Effingham Forest: 4 Hawfinches, 7 Crossbills and 2 Bramblings at Dick Focks Common (P Pentek).

Frensham Great Pond: drake Goosander and Crossbill (E Stubbs).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Bittern, Goldeneye and 2 Shelduck (S Patel).

Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (L Evans).

Sheepleas: 20+ Bramblings by St Mary’s church car park (M Smith).

Thorpe Park: drake Ferruginous Duck, female Scaup, 2 drake Goldeneye and drake Goosander on Manor Lake (K Britten/D Dack/L Evans/C Holt).

Wednesday 1st

Ferruginous Duck, Thorpe Park (S Thompson).
Ferruginous Duck, Thorpe Park (S Thompson).

Beddington Farmlands: Black-tailed Godwit and Shelduck on North Lake (A Treip).

Horley: Green Sandpiper at Littlelake Farm (T Walker).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Goldeneye, 2 Pintail and 2 Shelduck (WWT).

Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (G Hay).

Thorpe Park: drake Ferruginous Duck and female Scaup on Manor Lake (G Robson/S Thompson).