February 2022

Monday 28th

Water Pipit, London Wetland Centre (J Klavins).
Water Pipit, London Wetland Centre (J Klavins).

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

Caspian Gull, Beddington Farmlands (Z Pannifer).
Caspian Gull, Beddington Farmlands (Z Pannifer).

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

Mediterranean (left) and Black-headed Gulls, Tooting Common (A Wilkinson).
Mediterranean (left) and Black-headed Gulls, Tooting Common (A Wilkinson).

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).

Ring-necked Duck, Reigate (N Bond).
Ring-necked Duck, Reigate (N Bond).

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

Kittiwake, Island Barn Reservoir (D Harris).
Kittiwake, Island Barn Reservoir (D Harris).

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

Common Scoter, Queen Elizabeth II Reservoir (P Watts).
Common Scoter, Queen Elizabeth II Reservoir (P Watts).

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

Mediterranean Gull, Mercer's CP (G Hay).
Mediterranean Gull, Mercer’s CP (G Hay).

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

Ring-necked Duck, Reigate (M Elsoffer).
Ring-necked Duck, Reigate (M Elsoffer).

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

White-fronted Goose, Westcott (C Barker).
White-fronted Goose, Westcott (C Barker).

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

Brambling, Tice's Meadow (J Hunt).
Brambling, Tice’s Meadow (J Hunt).

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).