February 2022
Monday 28th
London Wetland Centre: Redshank, 2 Water Pipits and 3 Shelduck (J Klavins).
Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (D Harris).
Reigate Heath: 80+ Bramblings to north in crops along Clifton’s Lane (S Brownhill).
Tice’s Meadow: Ringed Plover in flight over Workings (J Hunt).
Sunday 27th
Beddington Farmlands: 1st-winter Caspian Gull, 5 Jack Snipe, Water Pipit, 6 Shelduck and 3 Green Sandpipers (N Gardner).
Crooksbury Common: 5 Crossbills (M Fincham).
Effingham Forest: Brambling at Dick Focks Common (A Bayly/J Sigrist).
Henley Park Ranges: Crossbill (C Burchell).
London Wetland Centre: Oystercatcher, Water Pipit and 3 Shelduck (WWT).
Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (M Cunningham).
Reigate Heath: 80+ Bramblings to north in crops along Clifton’s Lane (M Cunningham).
Tice’s Meadow: Green Sandpiper (M Scott).
Unstead Water Meadows: 3+ Bramblings (S Jones).
Saturday 26th
Beddington Farmlands: 1st-winter Caspian Gull on Wet Grassland late afternoon; also Jack Snipe, 2 Water Pipits, 6 Shelduck and 3 Green Sandpipers (G Jones/Z Pannifer).
Chelsea & Lambeth Reservoir (no access): 1st-winter Mediterranean Gull found dead (F Maroevic)
Henley Park Ranges: Crossbill (C Burchell).
London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Water Pipit and Brambling (WWT).
Reigate Heath: 100 Bramblings to north in crops along Clifton’s Lane (W Justice).
Thorpe Park: female Scaup on Abbey Lake (S Alley).
Friday 25th
Beddington Farmlands: 3 Jack Snipe, 2 Water Pipits, 6 Shelduck, Brambling and 6 Green Sandpipers (S Thomas).
Cutt Mill Ponds: 2 Goosander (P Osborn).
London Wetland Centre: Mealy Redpoll at Wildside; also Water Pipit, Goldeneye and Jack Snipe (D Panchaud/WWT).
Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (BirdGuides).
Thorpe Park: female Scaup on Abbey Lake and 2 Oystercatchers on St Ann’s Lake (J Snell).
Thursday 24th
Beddington Farmlands: Barnacle Goose in flight (C Owens).
Hedgecourt Lake: 2 adult Mediterranean Gulls late morning then flew north (G Hay).
London Wetland Centre: Water Pipit, female Brambling and 2 Shelduck (J Klavins).
Mercers CP: 1st-winter Caspian Gull on pontoon at Mercer’s Lake (G Hay).
Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (N Bond).
Reigate Heath: 300 Bramblings to north in crops along Clifton’s Lane (P Bishop).
Tooting Common: Mediterranean Gull (A Wilkinson).
Wednesday 23rd
Beddington Farmlands: 3 Shelduck (D McKenzie).
Blackheath: 3 Crossbills (K Britten).
Hurst Green: Brambling at Whitegates Farm (K Puttock).
London Wetland Centre: Oystercatcher, Water Pipit and 2 Shelduck (J Klavins).
Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (D Kettles).
Salfords: 150+ Bramblings along Honeycrock Lane (D Robinson).
Thorpe Park: female Scaup on Manor Lake (D Kettles).
Tuesday 22nd
Island Barn Reservoir: adult Kittiwake briefly early morning (D Harris).
London Wetland Centre: Water Pipit, Bittern, Jack Snipe and 2 Shelduck (R Dunne/M Honey).
Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (G Hay).
Reigate Heath: 400 Bramblings to north in crops along Clifton’s Lane (G Hay).
Thorpe Park: female Scaup on St Ann’s Lake (BirdGuides).
Monday 21st
London Wetland Centre: 1st-winter Caspian Gull; also 2 Shelduck, Water Pipit and Oystercatcher (J Klavins).
Sunday 20th
Beddington Farmlands: 6 Shelduck (D Warren).
London Wetland Centre: Jack Snipe and Oystercatcher (J Klavins).
Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (BirdGuides).
Reigate Heath: 200 Bramblings to north in crops along Clifton’s Lane (T Harrop).
Thorpe Park: 2 Oystercatchers on St Ann’s Lake (K Duncan).
Saturday 19th
Beddington Farmlands: Caspian Gull, 4 Water Pipits, Jack Snipe, 4 Green Sandpipers and 7 Shelduck (N Gardner/A Ramesh).
London Wetland Centre: Bittern on Main Lake (WWT).
Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (O Flory/J Klavins).
Reigate Heath: 400 Bramblings to north in crops along Clifton’s Lane (O Flory).
Friday 18th
Banstead: male Brambling in garden (D Jennings).
Cutt Mill Ponds: Goosander (M Hughes).
Thursday 17th
Banstead: male Brambling in garden (D Jennings).
London Wetland Centre: Oystercatcher, Water Pipit, Goldeneye and 2 Shelduck (J Klavins).
Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck and Red-crested Pochard on Priory Pond (A Steele).
Thorpe Park: female Scaup on Manor Lake (J Snell).
Tice’s Meadow: Redshank (R Horton).
Wednesday 16th
London Wetland Centre: Oystercatcher, 2 Jack Snipe and 2 Water Pipits (J Klavins).
Pennymead Lake: 7 drake and 4 redhead Goosander (G Lewis).
Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (BirdGuides).
Reigate Heath: 21 Bramblings to north in crops along Clifton’s Lane (R Lowe).
Salfords: 30 Bramblings along Honeycrock Lane (D Robinson).
Tuesday 15th
London Wetland Centre: Water Pipit and 2 Shelduck (WWT).
Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (N Batten/P Rose).
Westcott: 1st-winter White-fronted Goose with Greylags at Milton Court Farm (M Davis).
Monday 14th
Beddington Farmlands: adult Mediterranean Gull (N Marsh).
Cranleigh: Goosander over (R Stride).
London Wetland Centre: Oystercatcher, Goldeneye, 2 Shelduck (J Klavins).
Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (W Attridge).
Reigate Heath: 450 Bramblings to north in crops along Clifton’s Lane (W Attridge).
Thorpe Park: female Scaup on Manor Lake (J Snell).
Tice’s Meadow: Green Sandpiper (J Hunt).
Sunday 13th
Beddington Farmlands: 2nd-winter Caspian Gull and 4 Shelduck (A Ramesh).
Holmethorpe SP: Redshank at Spyne’s Mere (G Hay/I Kehl).
London Wetland Centre: Oystercatcher, Jack Snipe, Bittern and 2 Shelduck (J Klavins).
Saturday 12th
Cutt Mill Ponds: 2 Goosander (S Brownhill).
Kew: Common Sandpiper on Thames (M Wright).
London Wetland Centre: Oystercatcher, Water Pipit, 2 Pintail and 2 Shelduck (WWT).
Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (Z Pannifer).
Reigate Heath: 200 Bramblings to north in crops along Clifton’s Lane (N Gardner).
Thorpe Park: female Scaup on Manor Lake (J Snell).
Friday 11th
Burgh Heath: 100 Bramblings at Canons Farm (S Shimwell).
Crooksbury Common: immature White-tailed Eagle (presumed released bird from Isle of Wight) flew east at 16:10 (BirdGuides).
London Wetland Centre: Goldeneye and 2 Shelduck (WWT).
Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (BirdGuides).
Thursday 10th
Beddington Farmlands: Green Sandpiper (D Warren).
London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Goldeneye and 2 Shelduck (WWT).
Wednesday 9th
Hurst Green: 2 Bramblings at Whitegates Farm (K Puttock).
London Wetland Centre: Water Pipit (WWT).
Queen Elizabeth II Reservoir (permit only): drake Common Scoter (K Lipscomb/P Watts).
Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (BirdGuides).
Reigate Heath: 30 Bramblings to north in crops along Clifton’s Lane (R Iredale).
Thorpe Park: female Scaup on Manor Lake (BirdGuides).
Tuesday 8th
Beddington Farmlands: 4 drake Shelduck (A Ramesh).
Cutt Mill Ponds: 2 Goosander (N Bew).
Frensham Outlet Pond: 2 drake Goosander (S Woolfries).
Hankley Common: female-type Marsh Harrier flew south-west over Yagden Hill at 10:50 (J Snell).
Horley: Green Sandpiper at Littlelake Farm (T Walker).
London Wetland Centre: Oystercatcher on Main Lake; also 2 Pintail, Water Pipit and Brambling (A Ahier/S Waddoups/WWT).
Monday 7th
Leith Hill: 6 Crossbills (M Davis).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Jack Snipe, Water Pipit and Bittern (J Klavins).
Mercers CP: adult Mediterranean Gull on Mercer’s Lake (G Hay).
Richmond Park: Dartford Warbler (J Wilczur).
Shere: 5 Bramblings (R Iredale).
Thorpe Park: female Scaup on Abbey Lake (BirdGuides).
Tice’s Meadow: Green Sandpiper (R Seargent).
Sunday 6th
Beddington Farmlands: 2 Shelduck and Green Sandpiper (D Bulling/A Ramesh).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Jack Snipe, Water Pipit, 2 Shelduck and Brambling (P Herrlinger/WWT).
Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (M Elsoffer).
Reigate Heath: 250 Bramblings to north in crops along Clifton’s Lane (M Elsoffer).
Tice’s Meadow: Green Sandpiper (R Seargent).
Saturday 5th
Beddington Farmlands: 8 Jack Snipe, 2 Water Pipits, 3 Green Sandpipers and 3 drake Shelduck (G Jones/Z Pannifer/A Ramesh).
Cutt Mill Ponds: 8 (5 drake and 3 redhead) Goosander and Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (H Macbean).
Hedgecourt Lake: Bittern (D Dack).
London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Water Pipit and 2 Shelduck (WWT).
Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (BirdGuides).
Reigate Heath: 200 Bramblings to north in crops along Clifton’s Lane (T Smith/A Winstanley).
Thorpe Park: drake Scaup on Abbey Lake (L Evans).
Thursley Common: Golden Plover at Ockley Common (D Brassington/E Stubbs).
Westcott: 1st-winter White-fronted Goose with Greylags at Milton Court Farm (C Barker).
Friday 4th
Burpham: Brambling at Burpham Court Farm (P Davy).
London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Water Pipit and 2 Shelduck (WWT).
Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (G Hay).
Tice’s Meadow: Green Sandpiper (R Seargent).
Thursday 3rd
Cutt Mill Ponds: Goosander (S Brownhill).
London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Jack Snipe, female Goldeneye, 2 Shelduck and Brambling (D McKenzie/N Tanner).
Mercers CP: redhead Goosander (D Dack).
Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (BirdGuides).
Reigate Heath: 300 Bramblings to north in crops along Clifton’s Lane (J Ingham).
Tice’s Meadow: female Brambling (J Hunt).
Wednesday 2nd
Horley: Green Sandpiper at Littlelake Farm (T Walker).
London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Jack Snipe, 2 Water Pipits, 3 Pintail and Brambling (WWT).
Papercourt Water Meadows: Green Sandpiper (A Goddard).
Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (BirdGuides).
Reigate Heath: 400 Bramblings to north in crops along Clifton’s Lane (S Gale).
Tice’s Meadow: Goshawk and 2 Bramblings (R Horton).
Tuesday 1st
Beddington Farmlands: 2 Shelduck and Green Sandpiper (A Ramesh).
London Wetland Centre: Bittern, 2 Water Pipits and female Goldeneye (M Mac/WWT).
Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (N Bew).
Reigate Heath: 500 Bramblings to north in crops along Clifton’s Lane (N Bew/M Jones).
Shere: 8 Bramblings (R Iredale).
Thorpe Park: 2 drake Goldeneye on Manor Lake (D Bradshaw/T Cummins/M Slaymaker).