February 2025
Friday 28th
Alfold: female Ring-necked Duck on pond at Pallinghurst/Little Wildwood Farm (BirdGuides).
Beddington Farmlands: adult Mediterranean Gull, 4 Green Sandpipers and 2 Shelduck (A Dutta).
Downside: Goosander pair on River Mole (J Snell).
Effingham Forest: Goshawk, 4 Hawfinches and Brambling at Dick Focks Common (P Davies).
London Wetland Centre: Water Pipit, Green Sandpiper, 2 Oystercatchers and 2 Shelduck (M Glon/A Salmon).
Mickleham Downs: 5+ Hawfinches (BirdGuides).
Newlands Corner: 20+ Hawfinches by boardwalk (I Williams).
Papercourt Water Meadows: drake Goosander over (E Sames).
Thursday 27th
Alfold: female Ring-necked Duck on pond at Pallinghurst/Little Wildwood Farm (P Evans/M Fincham/T Gibson/S Herriott/C Jones).
Beddington Farmlands: Water Pipit, Mediterranean Gull, Jack Snipe, 5 Shelduck and 3 Green Sandpipers (J Pettit/R Walker).
Effingham Forest: Goshawk and Hawfinch at Dick Focks Common (BirdGuides).
Great Bookham: 13 Hawfinches; 11 at Chapelhill Wood and 2 at Freehold Wood (S Gale).
Hersham GP: adult Mediterranean Gull (J Snell).
London Wetland Centre: male and female Bearded Tits at Main Lake; also Water Pipit, 2 Oystercatchers and 2 Shelduck (C Dewhurst/J Reeves/A Salmon).
Polesden Lacy: 5 Hawfinches (S Gale).
Send Heath Ponds: drake and female Goosander (K Duncan).
Tate Modern: 3 adult Great Black-backed Gulls (R Braddock).
Thursley Common: Hawfinch east (J Healy).
Tice’s Meadow: 1+ Mediterranean Gulls (P Brown).
Westhumble: Hawfinch at Bagden Farm (S Gale).
Wednesday 26th
Alfold: female Ring-necked Duck on pond at Pallinghurst/Little Wildwood Farm (R Stride).
Battersea: 2 Shelduck on River Thames (J Smit).
Beddington Farmlands: Water Pipit, 2 Green Sandpipers and 3 Shelduck (G Howgate/A Symes).
Leatherhead: male Brambling in garden (J Snell).
London Wetland Centre: adult Yellow-legged Gull on Main Lake and 2 Oystercatchers on Grazing Marsh (M Bravery/J Issacs/P Lewis).
Mickleham Downs: 60+ Hawfinches (BirdGuides).
Pennymead Lake: 3 Goosander (J Snell).
Tuesday 25th
Beddington Farmlands: adult Mediterranean Gull, Pintail, 2+ Water Pipits, Jack Snipe, 4+ Green Sandpipers and 4+ Shelduck (A Dutta/G Howgate/M Parker/A Symes/R Walker).
Dorking: Hawfinch at Ashcombe Wood (S Gale).
Frensham Great Pond: 2 Goosander (S Woolfries).
Great Bookham: 21 Hawfinches at Chapelhill Wood (S Gale).
Headley Heath: 4 Hawfinches at Cherkley Wood (S Gale).
London Wetland Centre: Water Pipit and 2 Oystercatchers (A Salmon).
Mickleham Downs: c 85 Hawfinches (S Gale).
Newlands Corner: 60+ Hawfinches by boardwalk (A Goddard).
Send: Brambling at Prews Farm (A Press).
Tice’s Meadow: 2 Mediterranean Gulls (P Brown/R Horton).
Winterfold Heath: male Crossbill (R Stride).
Monday 24th
Alfold: female Ring-necked Duck on pond at Pallinghurst Farm; also Brambling over (A Bird/S Brownhill/T Matthews/R Stride/M Wood).
Beddington Farmlands: Green Sandpiper and 2 Shelduck (G Howgate/D Lowe/M Parker/R Torry).
Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper (G Hay).
Kingston upon Thames: subadult Yellow-legged Gull at recycling centre (T Inns).
London Wetland Centre: Green Sandpiper and 2 Oystercatchers on Main Lake (A Salmon).
Newlands Corner: 3 Hawfinches by boardwalk (S Simnett).
Tice’s Meadow: Green Sandpiper (R Horton).
Unstead SF: Siberian Chiffchaff in Works Field; bird present several days (J Parr).
Sunday 23rd
Alfold: female Ring-necked Duck on pond at Pallinghurst Farm (T Inns/R Stride).
Beddington Farmlands: 2 adult Mediterranean Gulls, Jack Snipe, 2 Water Pipits, 4 Green Sandpipers and 4 Shelduck (D Bulling/N Gardner/C Strudwick).
Effingham Forest: Goshawk, 20 Hawfinches and Crossbill at Dick Focks Common (F Clark/G Keen).
Frensham Great Pond: Brent Goose (S Peters).
London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Water Pipit and Oystercatcher (W Newnham/M Wheeler).
Mickleham Downs: 400+ Hawfinches (C Albanese/G Barter/ C Dewhurst/O Dewhurst/C Jones/S Gale/T Inns/A Westenberger/M Wright).
Send: Brambling at Prews Farm (D MacLeod).
Saturday 22nd
Beddington Farmlands: 3 Mediterranean Gulls, Water Pipit, 4 Green Sandpipers and 4 Shelduck (G Howgate/G Jones).
Crooksbury Common: Crossbill over (J Gates).
Effingham Forest: 3 Goshawks, 55 Hawfinches and 4 Bramblings at Dick Focks Common (S Allen/T Gibson).
Hogsmill SF: adult Mediterranean Gull (N Tanner).
London Wetland Centre: Mediterranean Gull, Bittern and 2 Oystercatchers on Main Lake (K Dossett/M Robinson/A Salmon).
Merstham: Green Sandpiper on floodplain (N Hadden/G Hay).
Mickleham Downs: c 200 Hawfinches (S Allen/A Holden/W Townsend).
Papercourt Marshes: 3 Bramblings (A Press).
Friday 21st
Beddington Farmlands: Black-tailed Godwit, Mediterranean Gull, 3 Water Pipits, Jack Snipe, 10 Shelduck and 4 Green Sandpipers (B Carter/N Gardner/G Howgate/G Jones/J Pettit).
Effingham Forest: Goshawk and 12 Hawfinches at Dick Focks Common (C Devine).
London Wetland Centre: Water Pipit and Oystercatcher on Grazing Marsh (D Panchaud/A Salmon).
Mickleham Downs: 300+ Hawfinches (S Gale/C Whiter).
Richmond Park: Dartford Warbler (F Wright).
Tooting Common: 1st-winter female Ferruginous Duck (BirdGuides).
Thursday 20th
Beddington Farmlands: Dunlin on Wet Grassland; also Great Black-backed Gull and 4 Shelduck (G Jones).
London Wetland Centre: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker by entrance; also Bittern and 2 Oystercatchers (P Gray/S Hucks/P Smallshire).
Mickleham Downs: 80+ Hawfinches (N Gardner).
Tooting Common: adult Mediterranean Gull and 1st-winter female Ferruginous Duck (D Bulling).
Wednesday 19th
Beddington Farmlands: 3 Water Pipits, 3 Shelduck and 2 Green Sandpipers (G Howgate/M Parker).
Effingham Forest: 5 Hawfinches, Goshawk and Brambling at Dick Focks Common (P Andrews/A Harvey).
Leatherhead: 4 Goosander on River Mole at Common Meadow (J Snell).
London Wetland Centre: 5 adult Dark-bellied Brent Geese on Wader Scrape; also 2 Bitterns, Water Pipit, 2 Shelduck and 2 Oystercatchers (S Fowles/W Newnham/T Richardson/L Robinson/A Salmon).
Mickleham Downs: 10 Hawfinches (J Healy).
Send: Little Bunting at Prews Farm (E Sames).
Tuesday 18th
Battersea: Black Redstart at power station (D Morrison).
Beddington Farmlands: 4 Shelduck and Green Sandpiper (G Howgate/M Rowell).
Box Hill: c 15 Hawfinches at Ashurst Rough and Juniper Bottom (S Gale).
Effingham Forest: 3+ Goshawks and 10 Hawfinches at Dick Focks Common (A Bird/D Kettles/T Lee/I Stewart/M Wood).
Leatherhead: 7 Hawfinches at Tyrells Wood (S Gale).
London Wetland Centre: 1+ Bearded Tit; also Goosander pair and Oystercatcher (BirdGuides/B Carter/P Smallshire).
Mickleham Downs: c 110 Hawfinches (S Gale).
Tice’s Meadow: Green Sandpiper (R Horton).
Tooting Common: 1st-winter female Ferruginous Duck on lake (BirdGuides).
Monday 17th
Beddington Farmlands: Water Pipit, 7 Shelduck and Green Sandpiper (B Carter/G Howgate/J Pettit).
Effingham Forest: 5 Hawfinches and 2 Goshawks at Dick Focks Common (P Davies/B Hagan/C Le Jeune).
Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 2 Shelduck (J Snell).
London Wetland Centre: male and female Bearded Tits; also Caspian Gull, 2 Bitterns, Water Pipit, Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Shelduck and Oystercatcher (C Dewhurst/P Pentek/D Price/A Salmon/N Stapley/S Summers).
Send: Corn Bunting at Prews Farm/Tannery Lane (E Sames).
Tice’s Meadow: Green Sandpiper (P Brown/R Horton).
Tooting Common: 1st-winter female Ferruginous Duck on lake (BirdGuides).
Winterfold Heath: Hawfinch over (R Stride).
Sunday 16th
Beddington Farmlands: 3 Water Pipits, Jack Snipe, 10 Shelduck and 2 Green Sandpipers (D Bulling/N Gardner/M Keenan).
Box Hill: 20 Hawfinches (BirdGuides).
Burgh Heath: c 35 Golden Plovers at Canons Farm at Broadfield East (I Ward).
Capel: Hawfinch over (W Attridge).
Cutt Mill Ponds: 2 Goosander (T Harrop/R Morris).
Effingham Forest: Goshawk and Brambling at Dick Focks Common (T Harrop/K Joshi/B Woods).
Hedgecourt Lake: 2 Goosander (D Dack).
Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper (G Hay/I Kehl).
Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): Black-necked Grebe (D Harris).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Bitterns, Water Pipit and Oystercatcher (R Johnson/S Kirby/D Panchaud/A Salmon).
Ranmore Common: 18 Hawfinches at Dorking Wood (J Snell).
Send: 3 Bramblings at Prews Farm/Tannery Lane (C Le Jeune/D Macleod/J Macleod).
Thorpe Park: drake Goldeneye at Abbey Meads Lake (K Duncan).
Thursley Common: 4 Goosander at Forked Pond (B Chapman/I Exton).
Tice’s Meadow: Green Sandpiper (M Scott).
Saturday 15th
Beddington Farmlands: Mediterranean Gull, Water Pipit, 3 Shelduck and Green Sandpiper (G Jones).
Box Hill: 60+ Hawfinches (S Gale).
Effingham Forest: Goshawk, 14 Hawfinches, 4 Crossbills and Brambling at Dick Focks Common (D Bookless/T Gibson/S Kirby/C Marshall).
Island Barn Reservoir: Black-necked Grebe; also 5 Barnacle Geese and Green Sandpiper (D Harris).
Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper (G Hay).
London Wetland Centre: Black-tailed Godwit, Water Pipit and Oystercatcher on Grazing Marsh; also 2 Shelduck (L Butler/C Moore/A Salmon).
Mickleham Downs: 3 Hawfinches (S Gale).
Tooting Common: 1st-winter female Ferruginous Duck (BirdGuides).
Walton-on-Thames: 1st-winter Mediterranean Gull (D Harris).
Friday 14th
Beddington Farmlands: Mediterranean Gull, Water Pipit, Jack Snipe, 6 Shelduck and Green Sandpiper (G Howgate/D Lowe/J Pettit/D Warren).
Effingham Forest: 2 Goshawks, 6 Hawfinches and 2 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (P Davies/R Haydon/A Nunns/P Pentek).
London Wetland Centre: Black-tailed Godwit on Grazing Marsh; also 2 Bitterns, Wate Pipit, Brambling, Oystercatcher, Great Black-backed Gull and 2 Shelduck (E Devlin/C Dewhurst/M Mac/D Panchaud/L Parikian/A Salmon).
Richmond Park: Dartford Warbler (D Woods/F Wright).
Send: Corn Bunting, 5 Bramblings and 150 Chaffinches at Prews Farm/Tannery Lane (B Hagan/R Haydon/L White).
Tooting Common: 1st-winter female Ferruginous Duck (BirdGuides).
Thursday 13th
Beddington Farmlands: adult Mediterranean Gull; also 2 Water Pipits, 7 Shelduck and 4 Green Sandpipers (A Dutta/N Gardner/G Howgate/G Jones/J Pettit).
Box Hill: 50 Hawfinches (S Gale).
Dorking: 2 Goosander on River Mole (S Gale).
London Wetland Centre: Black-tailed Godwit on Grazing Marsh; also Oystercatcher (P Gilfillan/I McDonald/A Salmon).
Send: 3 Bramblings at Prews Farm (L Andrews).
Tate Modern: Great Black-backed Gull (R Braddock).
Tooting Common: 1st-winter female Ferruginous Duck on lake (BirdGuides).
Unstead SF: 150 Carrion Crows (J Parr).
Westhumble: 2 Goosander on River Mole (S Gale).
Wire Mill Lake: 2 Goosander (D Dack).
Wednesday 12th
Beddington Farmlands: Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Golden Plovers south, Oystercatcher, adult Mediterranean Gull, 4 Water Pipits, 3 Green Sandpipers and 3 Shelduck (A Dutta/G Howgate/G Jones/I Jones/J Pettit/R Walker).
Cutt Mill Ponds: 2 Goosander (O Phillips).
East Horsley: Brambling at Ridings Wood (N Hunt).
Effingham Forest: 18 Hawfinches and Brambling at Dick Focks Common (J Downing/S Lumsden).
London Wetland Centre: male and female Bearded Tits from Headley Hide; also Bittern, 2 Oystercatchers and 2 Shelduck (C Dewhurst/C Moore/M Wood).
Papercourt Water Meadows: Siberian Chiffchaff (E Sames).
Richmond Park: drake Red-crested Pochard on Upper Pen Pond; also 2 Dartford Warblers (P Reynolds).
Rotherhithe: 6 Great Black-backed Gulls (J Cadera).
Send: Corn Bunting and 3 Bramblings at Prews Farm (S Champion/P Davies/T Smith).
Tice’s Meadow: Green Sandpiper (R Horton).
Tooting Common: 1st-winter female Ferruginous Duck on lake (BirdGuides).
Tuesday 11th
Beddington Farmlands: 3 Pintail, 2 Water Pipits, 2 Green Sandpipers and 6 Shelduck (N Gardner/I Jones/D Panchaud).
Box Hill: 42 Hawfinches at Bramblehall Wood (P Devereux).
Hedgecourt Lake: 4 Goosander (K Duncan).
London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Oystercatcher and 2 Shelduck (S Fowles/A Salmon).
Send: Corn Bunting and 7 Bramblings at Prews Farm (E Sames).
Tooting Common: 1st-winter female Ferruginous Duck (BirdGuides).
Monday 10th
Beddington Farmlands: adult Mediterranean Gull, 2 Water Pipits, Jack Snipe, 6+ Shelduck and 2 Green Sandpipers (A Dutta).
London Wetland Centre: Oystercatcher on Main Lake (A Salmon).
Send: Corn Bunting at Prews Farm (E Sames).
Tooting Common: 1st-winter female Ferruginous Duck (BirdGuides).
Sunday 9th
Beddington Farmlands: 2 Water Pipits and 2 Green Sandpipers (N Gardner).
Burgess Park: Great Black-backed Gull (D Clark).
Cutt Mill Ponds: 2 Goosander (C Jones).
Effingham Forest: Goshawk, 22 Hawfinches and 8 Bramblings at Dick Focks Common (T Gibson/C Jones/S Kirby/J Moore).
Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper (G Hay/I Kehl).
Kingston upon Thames: Red-crested Pochard on Thames (J Hannam).
London Wetland Centre: Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, 2 Shelduck and Green Sandpiper (C Dewhurst/A Salmon).
Newlands Corner: 5 Hawfinches (W Justice).
Puttenham Common: Crossbill (C Jones).
Thursley Common: 2 Goosander (S Chappell).
Tooting Common: 1st-winter female Ferruginous Duck (BirdGuides).
Wandsworth Common: Mediterranean Gull (N Rutter).
Saturday 8th
Beddington Farmlands: Water Pipit, 2 Jack Snipe, 5 Shelduck and 2 Green Sandpipers (M Bravery/G Howgate/I Jones).
Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper (N Hadden).
London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Water Pipit, Oystercatcher and 2 Shelduck (D Chaplin/A Salmon).
Papercourt Marshes: Brambling (A Press).
Richmond Park: Dartford Warbler (BirdGuides).
Send: Corn Bunting, 7 Bramblings, 400 Linnets and 260 Chaffinches (P Davies/W Justice/J Lynton-Jenkins/T Matthews/L Ozsanlav-Harris).
Shalford Water Meadows: female Bearded Tit; also Jack Snipe (K Britten).
Friday 7th
Beddington Farmlands: 2 Shelduck (G Howgate).
Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper on Chilmead Farm pools (G Hay).
London Wetland Centre: male and female Bearded Tits on Main Lake; also subadult Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Water Pipits, Oystercatcher, Great Black-backed Gull and 2 Shelduck (S Levy/D Panchaud/S Patel/A Salmon).
Thursday 6th
Beddington Farmlands: Mediterranean Gull west; also 2 Water Pipits, Jack Snipe, 2 Green Sandpipers and 2 Shelduck (N Gardner/G Howgate/I Jones/J Pettit/R Walker).
Capel: Hawfinch south-west (W Attridge).
Cutt Mill Ponds: 2 Goosander (M Harris).
Effingham Forest: 2 Goshawks and 3 Hawfinches at Dick Focks Common (K Britten).
Enton Lakes: Woodlark over (D Brassington).
London Wetland Centre: male and female Bearded Tits from Headley Hide; also Bittern, Great Black-backed Gull, Oystercatcher and 2 Shelduck (G Carmichael/C Dewhurst/P Emery/P Gray/T Richardson/A Salmon).
Newlands Corner: 4 Hawfinches (M Kettell).
Ranmore Common: 7 Hawfinches at Dorking Wood (S Gale).
Richmond Park: Marsh Harrier and Dartford Warbler (M Cutting/T Smith).
Send: Brambling at Prews Farm (E Sames).
Tooting Common: 1st-winter female Ferruginous Duck on lake (BirdGuides).
Westcott: 4 drake Goosander at Balchins Lane (S Gale).
Wednesday 5th
Beddington Farmlands: 2 Shelduck and Green Sandpiper (B Carter/A Dutta/J Pettit/G Spinks)
Capel: 2 Hawfinches (W Attridge).
Effingham Forest: 5 (2 adult and 3 juvenile) Goshawks and 37+ Hawfinch at Dick Focks Common (J Sollitt).
Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper (N Hadden)
London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck and 22 Water Rails (R Hughes/A Smith/WWT)
Richmond Park: 2 Dartford Warblers (M Bravery).
Send: Little Bunting and Corn Bunting at Prews Farm (A Goddard/M Leitch/E Sames).
Tooting Common: 1st-winter female Ferruginous Duck on lake (D Bulling/A Wilkinson)
Tuesday 4th
Battersea Power Station: Black Redstart and Great Black-backed Gull (D Morrison).
Beddington Farmlands: 3 Shelduck (G Howgate).
Clapham Common: Mediterranean Gull (T Stones).
London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Great Black-backed Gull and 2 Shelduck (BirdGuides/C Farthing/M Rowell).
Newlands Corner: 40+ Hawfinches (BirdGuides/S Casson/S Simnett).
Tate Modern: 2 Great Black-backed Gulls (R Braddock).
Tooting Common: 1st-winter female Ferruginous Duck on lake (D Bulling/Y Kono/A Wilkinson).
Monday 3rd
Beddington Farmlands: 2 Shelduck (G Howgate/M Rowell).
Haslemere: 2 Bramblings.
Hedgecourt Lake: Goosander (S Davies).
Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): adult Mediterranean Gull (J Snell).
London Wetland Centre: Bittern and 2 Shelduck (A Binns).
Send: Brambling at Prews Farm (E Sames).
Tooting Common: 1st-winter female Ferruginous Duck on lake (C Ellam).
Sunday 2nd
Badshot Lea Ponds: redhead Goosander (J Clark).
Beddington Farmlands: 4 Water Pipits, Jack Snipe, 2 Shelduck and 4 Green Sandpipers (N Gardner/C Strudwick).
Cutt Mill Ponds: 3 Goosander (S Simnett).
Effingham Forest: Goshawk at Dick Focks Common (G Carmichael).
Holmethorpe SP: 2 Green Sandpipers (T Blake/G Hay).
Kew: Great Black-backed Gull (R Street).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Bitterns, Oystercatcher and Great Black-backed Gull (T Arad/S Corrigan/S Swinny/T Wright).
New Malden: Great Black-backed Gull (A Skotnicki).
Richmond Park: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker and 2 Dartford Warblers (T Matthews).
Send: 4 Bramblings at Prews Farm (T Gibson/E Hunter/A Press).
Tooting Common: 1st-winter female Ferruginous Duck (BirdGuides).
Unstead SF: juvenile Goshawk (J Dixon).
Walton-on-Thames: 1st-winter Mediterranean Gull (D Harris).
Saturday 1st
Beddington Farmlands: Redshank and Green Sandpiper (G Jones/M Parker).
Box Hill: 15 Hawfinches at Juniper Bottom (S Gale).
Effingham Forest: 2 Hawfinches, Goshawk and 2 Bramblings (P Davies).
London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gulls and 2 Shelduck (L Butler/B Cockshull/P Gerard/D Johnson).
Send: Little Bunting at Prews Farm (BirdGuides).
Thursley Common: female Marsh Harrier (B Henricot).
Tooting Common: 1st-winter female Ferruginous Duck on lake (T Rogers/D Sandford Smith/A Wilkinson).