Sunday 31st

Balham: 13 Waxwings on Calbourne Road (BirdGuides).

Blackheath: 2 Crossbills (J Brown).

Chantries: Waxwing flock (BirdGuides).

East Horsley: 6 Waxwings at Kingston Avenue (BirdGuides).

Egham: 4 Waxwings briefly (BirdGuides).

Farnham: 40+ Waxwings at Badger Court/Haven Way (BirdGuides).

Kingston upon Thames: 2 (adult and 1st winter) Caspian Gulls and adult Yellow-legged Gull at recycling centre/waste transfer station (BirdGuides).

London Wetland Centre: 3 Pintail on Reservoir Lagoon and female Goldeneye and 2 Shelduck on Main Lake (A Salmon/A Wilkinson).

Westminster: 1st-winter Caspian Gull at Westminster Bridge (BirdGuides).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Black-necked Grebes in The Workings (BirdGuides).

Saturday 30th

Balham: 13 Waxwings on Calbourne Road (BirdGuides).

Beddington Farmlands: Water Pipit, 3 Shelduck and Green Sandpiper (Z Pannifer).

Beddington Park: 2+ Waxwings over Elmwood Close (A Dutta).

East Horsley: 6 Waxwings at Kingston Avenue (BirdGuides).

Farnham: 43 Waxwings at Badger Court/Haven Way (BirdGuides).

London Wetland Centre: female Goldeneye on Main Lake (A Salmon).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Black-necked Grebes in The Workings (BirdGuides).

Friday 29th

Ash Ranges: 5 Crossbills on north side (C Burchell).

Balham: 13 Waxwings on Calbourne Road (BirdGuides).

Chilworth: female Goshawk east over Lockner Farm (E Garcia).

East Horsley: 6 Waxwings at Kingston Avenue (BirdGuides).

Farnham: 38+ Waxwings at Haven Way (BirdGuides).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern on Reservoir Lagoon; also 2 Shelduck (M Bradbury/A Wilkinson).

Newdigate: Hawfinch over Hogpudding Lane (W Attridge).

Pennymead Lake: drake Goosander (J Snell).

Thursley Common: 6 Crossbills (N Trout).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Black-necked Grebes in The Workings (BirdGuides).

Unstead SF: Green Sandpiper on South Meadow (J Parr).

Thursday 28th

Balham: 13 Waxwings on Calbourne Road (BirdGuides).

Beddington Farmlands: adult Mediterranean Gull; also Jack Snipe, 4 Water Pipits, 3 Green Sandpipers and 3 Shelduck (D Bulling).

Cutt Mill Ponds: 2 Goosander (R Brown).

East Horsley: 6 Waxwings at East Horsley Medical Centre/Kingston Avenue (BirdGuides).

Effingham Forest: Goshawk at Dick Focks Common (J Brown).

Frensham Little Pond: 4 Crossbills (S Peters).

Kingston upon Thames: 1st-winter Caspian Gull at waste transfer station (BirdGuides).

Leith Hill: 8 Crossbills (P Evans).

London Wetland Centre: female Goldeneye on Main Lake (A Wilkinson).

Pennymead Lake: drake and redhead Goosander (K Young).

Thursley Common: 4 Goosander on Forked Pond; also 2 Crossbills (D Brassington).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Black-necked Grebes in The Workings (BirdGuides).

Tomlin’s Pond: drake Goosander (S Harley).

Wednesday 27th

Balham: 12 Waxwings on Calbourne Road (BirdGuides).

Busbridge: c 20 Waxwings briefly along Busbridge Lane (BirdGuides).

East Horsley: 6 Waxwings at East Horsley Medical Centre (BirdGuides).

London Wetland Centre: female Goldeneye and 2 Shelduck (C Dewhurst/A Wilkinson).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Black-necked Grebes in The Workings (BirdGuides).

Tuesday 26th

Balham: 12 Waxwings on Calbourne Road (BirdGuides).

Crooksbury Common: 19 Crossbills (J Gates).

East Horsley: 8 Waxwings at East Horsley Medical Centre (H Price/many observers).

Farnham: 19 Waxwings at Haven Way/Roman Way (J Gates/many observers).

Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): juvenile Great Northern Divers; also Green Sandpiper and 81 Barnacle Geese (D Harris/D Spragg).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern on Reservoir Lagoon, Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh and 2 Shelduck (A Wilkinson).

Thursley Common: 5 Crossbills (D Brassington).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Black-necked Grebes in The Workings (BirdGuides).

Monday 25th

Balham: 12 Waxwings on Calbourne Road/Mayford Road junction (BirdGuides).

Tice’s Meadow: 1+ Black-necked Grebes in The Workings (BirdGuides).

Sunday 24th

Balham: 12 Waxwings on Calbourne Road/Mayford Road junction (BirdGuides).

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Jack Snipe, 5 Water Pipits, Green Sandpiper and 3 Shelduck (D Bulling).

Effingham Forest: Hawfinch and Dick Focks Common and 8 Crossbills at Mountain Wood (BirdGuides/J Harmer).

Godalming: 26 Waxwings in garden (BirdGuides).

London Wetland Centre: 2 White-fronted Geese on Wader Scrape then flew north; also Bittern on Reservoir Lagoon and female Goldeneye on Main Lake (A Wilkinson).

Tice’s Meadow: 1+ Black-necked Grebes in The Workings (BirdGuides).

Saturday 23rd

Balham: 13 Waxwings on Calbourne Road (BirdGuides).

Beddington Farmlands: Water Pipit and Green Sandpiper (G Jones).

Burpham: Shelduck at Burpham Court Farm (M Fincham).

Cutt Mill Ponds: 12 Goosander and Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (S Allen/A Bird).

Crooksbury Common: 9 Crossbills (J Gates).

Effingham Forest: 2 Bramblings and 2 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (P Davies).

Godalming: 2 Waxwings in garden (BirdGuides).

London Wetland Centre: male Bearded Tit in middle reedbed; also Bittern on Reservoir Lagoon, Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh and female Goldeneye on Main Lake (A Salmon).

Milford Common: 10 Waxwings (S Kelsey).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Black-necked Grebes in The Workings (BirdGuides).

Friday 22nd

Balham: 20+ Waxwings on Calbourne Road (R Sankar/many observers).

Banstead Woods: Waxwing briefly at Fames Rough (I Ward).

Beacon Hill: male Ring Ouzel in private garden (M Dean).

London Wetland Centre: female Goldeneye on Main Lake (A Wilkinson).

Pennymead Lake: drake and redhead Goosander (K Duncan).

Tice’s Meadow: 1+ Black-necked Grebe in The Workings (BirdGuides).

Wandsworth Common: 8 Waxwings west over station (N Rutter).

Thursday 21st

Effingham Forest: Goshawk at Dick Focks Common (S Allen).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Jack Snipe; also Bittern on Reservoir Lagoon and 2 Shelduck on Main Lake (D Cox/A Wilkinson).

Thorpe Park: drake Red-crested Pochard on Manor Lake (J Snell).

Wednesday 20th

Leatherhead: Goshawk north-west early afternoon (N Batten).

Little Bookham: 2+ Waxwings recently (BirdGuides).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern, female Goldeneye and 2 Shelduck on Main Lake and Water Pipit (C & O Dewhurst/A Salmon).

Pewley Down: 10 Waxwings briefly then flew south (A Lobb).

Thorpe Park: drake Red-crested Pochard on Manor Lake (J Snell).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Black-necked Grebes in The Workings (BirdGuides/J Hunt).

Westcott: Goosander at Logmore Place (J Clarke).

Woking: 1,201 Pied Wagtails roosted at Commercial Way (T Forster).

Tuesday 19th

Effingham Forest: Crossbill at Dick Focks Common (S Alley).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern on Main Lake and Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh (A Salmon).

Monday 18th

Cutt Mill Ponds: 6 Goosander (2 drakes) on house pond (R Seargent).

Effingham Forest: Hawfinch at Dick Focks Common (BirdGuides).

London Wetland Centre: adult Caspian Gull, Bittern and female Goldeneye on Main Lake and Jack Snipe on Grazing Marsh (A Salmon).

Lonsdale Road Reservoir: 2 Shelduck (N Anderson).

Thorpe Park: Scaup and drake Red-crested Pochard on Manor Lake (M Bravery/K & T Ellse/J Snell).

Sunday 17th

Beddington Farmlands: 6 Water Pipits, Jack Snipe, 2 Green Sandpipers and 3 Shelduck (D Bulling/I Jones/Z Pannifer).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern on Reservoir Lagoon; also female Goldeneye (M Murphy/A Salmon/A Wilkinson).

Papercourt Water Meadows: Green Sandpiper (P Davies).

Richmond Park: Barnacle Goose and Jack Snipe (P Pentek).

Thorpe Park: drake Ferruginous Duck on Manor Lake (presumed returning bird from 2021-22); also drake Red-crested Pochard (K Duncan/F Gurney/R Jackson).

Thursley Common: 16 Crossbills (G Osborne).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Black-necked Grebes in The Workings; also 2 Green Sandpipers (BirdGuides/P Rollinson).

Unstead SF: Green Sandpiper on South Meadow (W Justice).

Saturday 16th

Beddington Farmlands: Shelduck (J Pettit).

Effingham Forest: 5 Crossbills at Mountain Wood (J Harmer).

Leatherhead: Great Egret flew along River Mole past Mansion Gardens (R Herring).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Bitterns and female Goldeneye on Main Lake and Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh (J Klavins/A Salmon).

Richmond Park: 31 Waxwings (8 briefly at Pen Ponds and 23 at Ham Cross); also adult Mediterranean Gull at Pen Ponds (D Brasier/P Davies/P Pentek).

Thorpe Park: drake Red-crested Pochard on Manor Lake and adult Mediterranean Gull at St Ann’s Lake (J Snell).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Black-necked Grebes in The Workings; also 3 Green Sandpipers (M Fincham/M Scott).

Unstead SF: Green Sandpiper on South Meadow (J Parr).

Friday 15th

Effingham Forest: 4 Hawfinches at Dick Focks Common; also 3+ Bramblings and 6 Crossbills (T Gibson/T Morgan/B Young).

Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 2 juvenile Great Northern Divers (D Harris).

Leatherhead: 3 Goosander on River Mole at Common Meadow (J Snell).

London Wetland Centre: male Bearded Tit in Wildside reedbed; also 3 Bitterns and female Goldeneye on Main Lake and Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh (S Fowles/D Panchaud/J Reeves/A Salmon).

Papercourt Water Meadows: Green Sandpiper (P Davies).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Black-necked Grebes in The Workings; also 2 Jack Snipe (S Malcolm/R Seargent).

Unstead SF: Green Sandpiper on South Meadow (S Jones/J Parr).

Thursday 14th

Beddington Farmlands: Water Pipit, Jack Snipe and 2 Green Sandpipers (I Jones).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern Main Lake (A Wilkinson).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Black-necked Grebes in The Workings (BirdGuides).

Wednesday 13th

Beddington Farmlands: 3 Water Pipits; also 3 Shelduck and Green Sandpiper (Z Pannifer/J Pettit).

London Wetland Centre: male Bearded Tit in Wildside reedbed; also Bittern and female Goldeneye on Main Lake (C Dewhurst/C Moore).

Norbury Park: Great Egret along River Mole (E Flint).

Woking: 896 Pied Wagtails roosted at Commercial Way (T Forster).

Tuesday 12th

Beddington Farmlands: Shelduck (J Pettit).

Kingston upon Thames: adult Yellow-legged Gull (T Inns).

London Wetland Centre: Caspian Gull and Bittern on Main Lake and Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh (BirdGuides/A Salmon).

Monday 11th

Beddington Farmlands: Shelduck (J Pettit).

Cutt Mill Ponds: redhead Goosander (M Scott).

Guildford: c 80 Golden Plovers north over High Street (R Stride).

Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 2 juvenile Great Northern Divers (D Harris).

London Wetland Centre: male Bearded Tit in Wildside reedbed; also Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh and Bittern and female Goldeneye on Main Lake (P Gilfilian/J Snell/A Wilkinson).

Thursley Common: 5 Goosander at Forked Pond (D Brassington).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Black-necked Grebes in The Workings; also Green Sandpiper (BirdGuides/R Horton).

Sunday 10th

Beddington Farmlands: 6 Water Pipits, 2 Jack Snipe, Shelduck and Green Sandpiper (D Bulling/N Gardner).

Cutt Mill Ponds: 25 Goosander on The Tarn (D Baker).

Holmethorpe SP: 1+ Green Sandpipers at The Moors (N Hadden/G Hay/I Kehl).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern and female Goldeneye on Main Lake (A Salmon).

Thursley Common: 12 Goosander at Forked Pond (D Brassington).

Unstead SF: 2 Green Sandpipers on South Meadow (J Parr).

Saturday 9th

Beddington Farmlands: drake Goosander on South Lake (J Pettit).

Crooksbury Common: Crossbill (J Gates).

London Wetland Centre: female Goldeneye on Main Lake (A Salmon).

Pennymead Lake: 3 Goosander (P Devereux).

Thorpe Park: drake Red-crested Pochard on Manor Lake (A Dent).

Tice’s Meadow: Black-necked Grebe in The Workings (R Seargent).

Friday 8th

Beddington Farmlands: 8 Water Pipits, also 2 Jack Snipe, 2 Shelduck and 2 Green Sandpipers (N Gardner).

Cutt Mill Ponds: 15 Goosander (P Osborn).

Effingham Forest: 5 Hawfinches at Dick Focks Common; also 5 Crossbills and Goshawk (A Bird/I Jones).

Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 2 juvenile Great Northern Divers (D Harris).

Kew: Common Sandpiper near Kew Bridge (M Wright).

London Wetland Centre: male Bearded Tit in Wildside reedbed; also Great Egret briefly on Wader Scrape, 2 Bitterns (Main Lake and Reservoir Lagoon), Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh and female Goldeneye (M Andrews/O Dewhurst/C Moore/M Parker/B Reding/A Salmon/N Sockhill).

Tice’s Meadow: Black-necked Grebe in The Workings (BirdGuides).

Thursday 7th

Beddington Farmlands: 3 Shelduck on North Lake (D Warren).

Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 2 Black-necked Grebes; also 2 juvenile Great Northern Divers (D Harris).

London Wetland Centre: Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh (A Salmon).

Netley Heath: 5 Crossbills (W Evans).

Worcester Park: Brambling (B Young).

Wednesday 6th

Enton Lakes: 2 redhead Goosander on Johnson’s Lake (D Brassington).

Frensham Great Pond: drake Goosander (S Woolfries).

Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): adult Little Gull; also juvenile Great Northern Diver (D Harris).

London Wetland Centre: male Bearded Tit in Wildside reedbed; also Water Pipit on Wader Scrape and Bittern on Main Lake (BirdGuides/C Moore/W Newnham).

Richmond Park: Dartford Warbler (N Anderson/R Kaye).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Black-necked Grebes in The Workings; also Goosander (P Brown).

Tuesday 5th

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

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

London Wetland Centre: male Bearded Tit in Wildside reedbed (P Smallshire).

Tice’s Meadow: Black-necked Grebe (R Horton).

Monday 4th

Dorking: Great Egret at Milton Court (C York).

Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 2 juvenile Great Northern Divers (D Harris).

London Wetland Centre: Caspian Gull, Bittern and female Goldeneye (A Salmon/K Sutton).

Sunday 3rd

Beddington Farmlands: 5 Water Pipits, 2 Jack Snipe, 2 Shelduck and Green Sandpiper (N Gardner/M Keenan).

Enton Lakes: 2 redhead Goosander on Johnson’s Lake (D Brassington).

Holmethorpe SP: Marsh Harrier south-west over Mercers Farm (G Hay/I Kehl).

Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 2 juvenile Great Northern Divers (D Harris).

Leatherhead: drake Goosander on River Mole (D Kiddell).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern, female Goldeneye and 2 Shelduck on Main Lake and Water Pipit and Jack Snipe on Grazing Marsh (A Salmon).

Netley Heath: 3 Crossbills (W Evans).

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

Saturday 2nd

Beddington Farmlands: Lapland Bunting briefly by Phase 3 Wet Grassland/mound; also Water Pipit and Shelduck (G Jones).

Cutt Mill Ponds: 10 Goosander (1 drake) on The Tarn (M Phelps).

Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 2 juvenile Great Northern Divers (D Harris).

Leatherhead: 5 drake Goosander on River Mole (M Davis).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern on Reservoir Lagoon and Jack Snipe and female Goldeneye on Main Lake (A Salmon).

Unstead SF: 1st-winter Caspian Gull briefly on South Meadow; also Green Sandpiper (J Parr).

Friday 1st

Beddington Farmlands: Great Egret east over South Lake; also 4 Water Pipits, Green Sandpiper and Shelduck pair (N Gardner/Z Pannifer).

Fetcham Mill Pond: Goosander (T Smith).

Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 2 juvenile Great Northern Divers (D Harris).

Leatherhead: 2 drake Goosander on River Mole (D McKenzie).

London Wetland Centre: male Bearded Tit in Wildside reedbed; also Bittern and female Goldeneye on Main Lake (B Danforth/C Moore/A Salmon).