December 2023

Tuesday 5th

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

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

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

London Wetland Centre: 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

Marsh Harrier, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).
Marsh Harrier, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).

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).

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

Saturday 2nd

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

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