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Thursday 29th

London Wetland Centre: 2 Oystercatchers and female Goldeneye on Main Lake (A Salmon).

Tate Modern: female Black Redstart on roofs next to community garden (J Reeves).

Wednesday 28th

Beddington Farmlands: 3 Green Sandpipers and Shelduck (G Howgate).

Effingham Forest: 2 Goshawks at Dick Focks Common (BirdGuides).

Horley: 45 Waxwings at Riverside Garden Park (BirdGuides).

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

Tate Modern: female Black Redstart (R Braddock).

Tice’s Meadow: Green Sandpiper (C Jones).

Tuesday 27th

Effingham Forest: 7 Hawfinches, 4 Goshawks and 2 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (R Fisher/R Marshall/G Taylor).

Farnham Heath RSPB: Mealy Redpoll with Lesser Redpolls (D Gosnell).

Horley: 45 Waxwings at Riverside Garden Park (BirdGuides).

Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): drake and female Goldeneye (D Spragg).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Bearded Tits in main reedbed; also Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh and Bittern and female Goldeneye on Main Lake (R Douglas/A Salmon).

Tate Modern: female Black Redstart (BirdGuides).

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

Monday 26th

Beddington Farmlands: 5 Jack Snipe and 2 Shelduck (G Howgate/Z Pannifer/J Pettit/R Walker).

Horley: 20 Waxwings at Riverside Garden Park (G Riggs).

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

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

Witley Common: 10 Crossbills (R Brown).

Sunday 25th

Beddington Farmlands: 3 Water Pipits, 9 Green Sandpipers, 4 Jack Snipe and male and female Shelduck (D Bulling/A Harding/Z Pannifer/C Strudwick).

Crooksbury Common: Mealy Redpoll (J Gates).

Effingham Forest: Goshawk, 6 Hawfinches and 2 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (K Britten).

Horley: 15 Waxwings at Riverside Garden Park (A Bentley).

London Wetland Centre: male Bearded Tit in main reedbed; also Bittern and female Goldeneye on Main Lake (W Newnham/A Salmon).

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

Saturday 24th

Bay Pond: redhead Goosander (J Birkett).

Britty Wood: 12 Crossbills (R Seargent).

Crooksbury Common: 15 Crossbills (J Gates).

Effingham Forest: 2 Hawfinches and 2 Goshawks at Dick Focks Common (BirdGuides).

Lammas Lands: 2 Jack Snipe (E Stubbs).

Leith Hill: 7 Hawfinches, 3 Bramblings and 10 Crossbills from tower (W Attridge/M Davis).

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

Richmond Park: Goosander at Upper Pen Pond (D Brasier).

Thorpe Park: 2 Oystercatchers at St Ann’s Lake (J Snell).

Friday 23rd

Beddington Farmlands: Mediterranean Gull over; also 2 Water Pipits, 4 Jack Snipe, Green Sandpiper and 3 Shelduck (N Gardner/G Howgate/R Walker)

Cutt Mill Ponds: 2 redhead Goosander (D Cox).

Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): Slavonian Grebe (D Harris).

London Wetland Centre: male Bearded Tit by Wildside Hide, Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh and Bittern, female Goldeneye, 2 Shelduck and 2 Oystercatchers on Main Lake (S Fowles/A Salmon).

Pennymead Lake: 4 drake and 1 redhead Goosander (J Snell).

Redhill: 10 Waxwings over Holmethorpe Industrial Estate (A Kundrotas).

Tate Modern: female Black Redstart (BirdGuides).

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

Thursday 22nd

Beddington Farmlands: Shelduck and 2 Green Sandpipers (I Jones).

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

Worcester Park: adult Mediterranean Gull on horse fields (B Smith)

Wednesday 21st

Beddington Farmlands: Water Pipit and 2 Green Sandpipers (Z Pannifer).

Cutt Mill Ponds: 6+ Goosander (C Albanese/A Chan).

London Wetland Centre: Goosander pair and 2 Oystercatchers on Main Lake (C Moore).

Tuesday 20th

Effingham Forest: 9 Hawfinches, 6 Bramblings, 2 Goshawks and 10 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (J Smith).

Farnham: 78 Waxwings by library (BirdGuides/S Peters).

Frensham Great Pond: 3 redhead Goosander (J Smith).

Hydon’s Ball: 2 Crossbills (A Barker).

London Wetland Centre: Water Pipit and Green Sandpiper on Grazing Marsh and 2 Oystercatchers, female Goldeneye and 3 Shelduck on Main Lake (M Bravery/C Dewhurst/A Salmon/A Wilkinson).

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

Monday 19th

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Shelduck (R Walker).

London Wetland Centre: male Bearded Tit near Wildside Hide; also 2 Water Pipits and Jack Snipe on Grazing Marsh and Bittern, 2 Shelduck and female Goldeneye on Main Lake (M Parker/T Richardson/A Salmon).

Pirbright Ranges: Curlew at Hagthorne Bog (M Waite).

Sunday 18th

Beddington Farmlands: adult Mediterranean Gull on Wet Grassland; also 2 Water Pipits, 2 Jack Snipe and 2 Shelduck (D Bulling/I Jones).

Carshalton: Short-eared Owl north over Carshalton Beaches (Z Pannifer).

Effingham Forest: 4 Goshawks and 15+ Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (A Harding).

Farnham: 40+ Waxwings by Waitrose car park (BirdGuides).

London Wetland Centre: male Bearded Tit near Wildside Hide; also Water Pipit and Green Sandpiper on Grazing Marsh, Bittern, 2 Oystercatchers and female Goldeneye on Main Lake and 2 Shelduck on Wader Scrape (M Balon/A Chan/T Richardson/A Salmon).

Morden: c 60 Waxwings on Florence Avenue (BirdGuides).

Redhill: 5 Waxwings at Wells Place (G Hay).

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

Saturday 17th

Beddington Farmlands: male Marsh Harrier west late morning; also 2 Water Pipits, 3 Green Sandpipers and 2 Shelduck (Z Pannifer).

Burgh Heath: c 60 Dunlin south and west over Canons Farm (P Goodman).

Carshalton: 23 Waxwings at Anglesey Gardens (I Jones).

Effingham Forest: 20+ Bramblings at Honeysuckle Bottom; also 3 Hawfinches, 2 Goshawks and 6 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (M Fincham/T Gibson/V Hiscock).

Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper at The Moor (N Hadden).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Bitterns and female Goldeneye on Main Lake (W Newnham/T Richardson).

Morden: c 60 Waxwings on Florence Avenue (BirdGuides).

Redhill: Waxwing flock at Wells Place (BirdGuides).

Richmond Park: 22 Stonechat (P Redmond).

Wallington: 7+ Waxwing on Bute Road; also Marsh Harrier (presumed same as Beddington) north mid-afternoon (BirdGuides/R Lakin).

Friday 16th

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Water Pipits, 3 Shelduck and 2 Green Sandpipers (N Gardner).

Blatchford Down: Hawfinch over (A Press).

Cutt Mill Ponds: redhead Goosander (D Cox).

Effingham Forest: 3 Goshawks (2 males) at Dick Focks Common; also 8 Hawfinches and 20 Crossbills (A Bird/D Bulling).

Farnham: 36+ Waxwings at University for the Creative Arts (BirdGuides).

Great Bookham: c 40 Waxwings at Lower Road (BirdGuides).

Leatherhead: 20+ Waxwings at Fetcham Grove (M Davis/N Unwin).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Oystercatcher, 2 Shelduck and female Goldeneye on Main Lake, Jack Snipe on Grazing Marsh and Green Sandpiper on Wader Scrape (C Moore/T Richardson/A Salmon).

Redhill: Waxwing flock at Wells Place (BirdGuides).

Wallington: 6 Waxwings on Boundary Road (N Gardner/M Parker).

Thursday 15th

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Water Pipits (BirdGuides).

Carshalton: c 50 Waxwings at Winborough Road (N Gardner/I Jones/J Pettit).

Effingham Forest: 3 Goshawks (2 males) at Dick Focks Common; also 13 Hawfinches (BirdGuides).

Kew Gardens: adult Mediterranean Gull (B Haines).

Leatherhead: c 50 Waxwings between Bookham Rifle Club and Leatherhead Leisure Centre (W Attridge/S Morphew/J Snell).

London Wetland Centre: adult Mediterranean Gull on Wader Scrape; also 2 Oystercatchers and female Goldeneye on Main Lake (C Dewhurst/A Salmon).

Norbury Park: 2 Goosander (W Attridge).

Redhill: 33 Waxwings at Wells Place (J Blumire/G Hay).

Tooting: Waxwing at 81 Mantilla Road on aerial (BirdGuides).

Wednesday 14th

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Shelduck (M Bravery).

Effingham Forest: Hawfinch and Goshawk at Dick Focks Common (K Sutton).

Kingston upon Thames: 1st-winter Caspian Gull at recycling centre (BirdGuides).

Leatherhead: 30 Waxwings between Bookham Rifle Club and Leatherhead Leisure Centre (L Boy).

London Wetland Centre: 7 Waxwings briefly; also Oystercatcher on Main Lake (W Newnham/A Salmon).

Norbury Park: drake Goosander (L Boy).

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

Tuesday 13th

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Water Pipits, 6 Shelduck and 5 Green Sandpipers (Z Pannifer/J Pettit/R Walker).

Farnham: 42 Waxwings in library gardens (BirdGuides).

London Wetland Centre: Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh; also Bittern, Oystercatcher and Shelduck (C Dewhurst/A Robertson).

Redhill: 26 Waxwings at Wells Place (G Hay).

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

Monday 12th

Ashtead: 11 Waxwings at Greville Road Park (C Albanese).

Beddington Farmlands: 3 Shelduck (D Panchaud).

Effingham Forest: 2 Goshawks, Hawfinch and 2 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (P Davies/R Haydon).

Farnham: c 40 Waxwings in library gardens (BirdGuides).

Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper at The Moors (N Hadden).

Leatherhead: 3 Goosander (2 drakes) on River Mole (J Snell).

London Wetland Centre: male Bearded Tit by Wildside Hide; also Water Pipit, Oystercatcher and female Goldeneye on Main Lake, Bittern on Reservoir Lagoon and Jack Snipe on Grazing Marsh (R Dunne/M Honey/J Reeves/T Richardson/A Salmon/I Stewart).

Redhill: 29 Waxwings at Wells Place (G Hay).

Thursley Common: Short-eared Owl west over Shrike Hill (D & P Boyd).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Black-necked Grebes in The Workings; also Dartford Warbler by mound (BirdGuides).

Sunday 11th

Ashtead: c 40 Waxwings at Greville Road Park (N Bond/S Ferguson).

Beddington Farmlands: adult Mediterranean Gull on Wet Grassland; also 2 Water Pipits, 7 Green Sandpipers and 5 Shelduck (D Bulling).

Effingham Forest: Hawfinch and Goshawk at Dick Focks Common (A & R Press).

Farnham: c 40 Waxwings in library gardens (BirdGuides).

Hedgecourt Lake: 3 (1 drake) Goosander (D Dack).

London Wetland Centre: male Bearded Tit by Wildside Hide; also Bittern on Main Lake, 2 Jack Snipe on Wader Scrape and Green Sandpiper (C Dewhurst/T Richardson/M Wheeler).

Merstham: c 30 Waxwings at Gatton Park Business Centre (BirdGuides).

Redhill: 29 Waxwings at Wells Place (BirdGuides).

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

Saturday 10th

Effingham Forest: male and female Goshawk at Dick Focks Common; also 2 Hawfinches and 12+ Crossbills (T Charman/M Matthews/J Pettit/D Young).

Farnham: 70+ Waxwings in library gardens (J Gates).

Frensham Great Pond: drake Red-crested Pochard (S Peters).

Leith Hill: 10 Crossbills (P Evans).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern, 2 Shelduck and female Goldeneye on Main Lake (A Salmon).

Redhill: 29 Waxwings at Wells Place (C Knap).

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

Friday 9th

Ashtead: c 40 Waxwings at Greville Road Park (J Hiscock).

Beddington Farmlands: Golden Plover north; also Water Pipit and 5 Green Sandpipers (N Gardner/Z Pannifer).

Farnham: 70+ Waxwings in library gardens (G Hinchon/R Seargent/P Welling).

Redhill: 29 Waxwings at Wells Place (G Hay).

Tate Modern: female Black Redstart (BirdGuides).

Thursday 8th

Farnham: 70+ Waxwings in library gardens (BirdGuides).

London Wetland Centre: Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh and 2 Shelduck on Main Lake (R Dunne/A Salmon).

Redhill: 28+ Waxwings at Wells Place (N Hadden).

Tate Modern: female Black Redstart (BirdGuides).

Wednesday 7th

Beddington: 65 Waxwings at junction of Burleigh and St Mary Avenues (R Walker).

Farnham: 70+ Waxwings in library gardens (J Curry/O Norfolk).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern on Reservoir Lagoon and 2 Shelduck on Main Lake (A Salmon).

Redhill: 28+ Waxwings at Wells Place (G Hay).

Tate Modern: female Black Redstart (BirdGuides).

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

Tuesday 6th

Ash Vale: c 12 Waxwings in tree opposite railway station (BirdGuides).

Cutt Mill Ponds: Goosander (S Brownhill).

Farnham: c 40 Waxwings between Fenns Yard and Potters Gate Primary School (BirdGuides).

Redhill: 20+ Waxwings at Wells Place (D Long).

Tate Modern: female Black Redstart (BirdGuides).

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

Monday 5th

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Water Pipits, 4 Jack Snipe and 3 Shelduck (R Walker).

Effingham Forest: 15 Hawfinches at Dick Focks Common; also Goshawk and 10 Crossbills (C Garcia/R Gorman/M Matthews/S Young).

Frensham Outlet Pond: 2 Goosander (G Sharples/S Woolfries).

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

Redhill: 20+ Waxwings at Wells Place (D Long).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Black-necked Grebes in The Workings; also Green Sandpiper (J Hunt).

Woking: c 1,100 Pied Wagtails roosted at Commercial Way (A Press).

Sunday 4th

Beddington Farmlands: 3 Water Pipits, 4 Jack Snipe and 9 Shelduck (I Jones).

Britty Wood: c 25 Crossbills (J Gates).

Crooksbury Common: Brambling and 4 Crossbills (J Gates).

Effingham Forest: 12 Hawfinches at Dick Focks Common; also 3 Goshawks and 5+ Crossbills (W Hawes/T Morgan/G Robson/K Wilson).

London Wetland Centre: 2 White-fronted Geese on Grazing Marsh then flew west at 08:50; also Bittern on Reservoir Lagoon, female Goldeneye and 3 Shelduck (F Barnes/D Bookless/S Fowles/S Parr).

Redhill: 26 Waxwings at Cygnet Close/Frenches Road (BirdGuides).

Shalford Water Meadows: 2 Jack Snipe (D Brassington).

Triggs Lock: Jack Snipe and 2 Shelduck (M Kettell).

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

Wallington: 20 Waxwings on Parkgate Road (M Parker).

Saturday 3rd

Beddington Farmlands: 3 Water Pipits, 8 Jack Snipe, Green Sandpiper and 9 Shelduck (M Bravery/J Pettit).

Crooksbury Common: 10 Crossbills (G Sharples).

Effingham Forest: male Goshawk, 9 Hawfinches and 5 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (P Davies/M Matthews/L Waters).

Farnham: 60+ Waxwings around library gardens (BirdGuides).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern on Reservoir Lagoon; also female Goldeneye and 2 Shelduck on Main Lake (D Bradshaw/A Kostornichenko/A Salmon/K Tsering).

Redhill: 28 Waxwings at Cygnet Close/Frenches Road (N Hadden).

Tate Modern: female Black Redstart (BirdGuides).

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

Friday 2nd

Coulsdon: 4 Waxwings on Dunsfold Rise (J Pettit).

Farnham: Hawfinch at Claypit Wood (K Cobbett).

Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper at The Moors (G Hay).

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

Leatherhead: 2 Goosander (W Evans).

London Wetland Centre: female Goldeneye and 2 Shelduck on Main Lake (A Salmon).

North Sheen: 1+ Waxwing on Marksbury Avenue (BirdGuides).

Tate Modern: female Black Redstart (J & J Cadera/M Mac).

Tice’s Meadow: Shelduck (R Horton).

Westcott: 2 Goosander over (M Davis).

Thursday 1st

Beddington Farmlands: 6 Water Pipits, 2 Jack Snipe, 3 Green Sandpipers and 5 Shelduck (N Gardner/I Jones/J Pettit).

Farncombe: Oystercatcher over at 20:10 (A Barker).

Holmbury Hill: 4 Bramblings (R Stride).

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

Richmond Park: Dartford Warbler (N Anderson).

Tate Modern: female Black Redstart (BirdGuides).

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