February 2026

Saturday 28th

Beddington Farmlands: male Wheatear (one of few February records of the species in Surrey); also 3 Shelduck and 2 Green Sandpipers (D Bulling).

Box Hill: 12 Hawfinches (T Gibson).

Effingham Forest: 4 Goshawks (adult and three immatures), 5 Hawfinches and 12 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (A Emerson/A Frost/J Pettit).

Frensham Common: 5 Crossbills (R Douglas).

Holmethorpe SP: Siberian Chiffchaff and 2 Green Sandpipers (J James/T Ledger).

Island Barn Reservoir: juvenile Great Northern Diver; also Mediterranean Gull (D Harris/C Turner).

Kew Gardens: 2 Mediterranean Gulls (L Phillips).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern and 2 Oystercatchers (F Bryan/A Salmon).

Richmond Park: Mediterranean Gull and Crossbill (D Brasier).

Friday 27th

Beddington Farmlands: 3 Shelduck and Green Sandpiper (G Howgate/M Parker).

Effingham Forest: 5 Hawfinches at Honeysuckle Bottom car park; also Goshawk and 6 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (P Davies/T Kennelly).

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

London Wetland Centre: 2 Oystercatchers (A Salmon).

Thursday 26th

Goosander, Leatherhead (J Snell).
Goosander, Leatherhead (J Snell).

Alfold: female Ring-necked Duck on pond at Pallinghurst/Little Wildwood Farm (R Stride).

Beddington Farmlands: Dutch-ringed 1st-winter Caspian Gull; also 7 Jack Snipe, Water Pipit, Shelduck and 2 Green Sandpipers (N Gardner).

Charlwood: Hawfinch (BirdGuides).

Farnham Heath RSPB: 6 Crossbills (J Sabel).

Leatherhead: 5 Goosander at Common Meadow (J Snell).

London Wetland Centre: Shelduck and 2 Oystercatchers (A Salmon).

Wednesday 25th

Brent Goose, Alfold (W Attridge).
Brent Goose, Alfold (W Attridge).

Addlestone GPs: Brambling (M Higham).

Albury: 2 Crossbills (A Nunns).

Alfold: Brent Goose at Pallinghurst Farm (W Attridge/F Kelly/R Stride).

Beddington Farmlands: 1st-winter Caspian Gull; also Mediterranean Gull and 3 Green Sandpipers (C Conroy/G Howgate/J Pettit/G Spinks).

Chobham Common: 5 Crossbills (T Godfrey).

Crooksbury Common: Crossbill (P Brown).

Caspian Gull, Beddington Farmlands (J Pettit).
Caspian Gull, Beddington Farmlands (J Pettit).

Effingham Forest: 2 Goshawks at Dick Focks Common; also 7 Hawfinches and 12 Crossbills (P Brown/G Hay/J Keddie/M Wheeler).

Godstone: Goshawk over (G Hay).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern and 2 Oystercatchers (A Salmon).

Richmond Park: Mediterranean Gull over Pen Ponds (J Wilczur).

Tice’s Meadow: Sand Martin and Goshawk; joint earliest ever Surrey Sand Martin (R Horton).

Tuesday 24th

Effingham Forest: 5 Hawfinches at Dick Focks Common; also Crossbill (N Bew/S Lumsden).

Henleypark Lake: 2 Crossbills (T Gibson).

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

London Wetland Centre: 2 Oystercatchers (A Salmon).

Pyrford: female Brambling at Lady Place Farm (J Snell).

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

West Molesey: Curlew flew over (K Shaw).

Monday 23rd

Battersea Park: 2 Black Redstarts (O Stone-Lee).

Effingham Forest: Hawfinch and Crossbill at Dick Focks Common; also (D Laird).

Frensham Great Pond: drake Goosander (K Duncan).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern (A Salmon).

Mickleham: c 15 Hawfinches at Ashurst Roughs (T Blake).

Richmond Park: Crane flew north over Pen Ponds; third site record (N Anderson/J Nicholson).

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

Sunday 22nd

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Jack Snipe, 3 Water Pipit, 3 Shelduck and 4 Green Sandpipers (N Gardner/C Strudwick).

Blackheath: 3 Crossbills (D Bodie).

London Wetland Centre: Pintail and Oystercatcher (A Salmon/M Wheeler).

Redlands Wood: 11 Hawfinches and 16 Crossbills (T Gibson).

Saturday 21st

Beddington Farmlands: Great Black-backed Gull, Water Pipit, 4 Shelduck and 5 Green Sandpipers (G Jones/I Jones/M Parker/A Ramesh).

Crooksbury Common: Crossbill (D Winsor).

Effingham Forest: 2 Goshawks, 6 Hawfinches and 12 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (A Harding/K Joshi/M Warden).

Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper (N Hadden).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Pintail and White Stork of unknown origin (A Salmon).

Mytchett Place: 7 Crossbills (S Harley).

Newdigate: 37 Brambling at Lodge Farm (T Gibson).

Friday 20th

Effingham Forest: Goshawk, 3 Hawfinches and 5 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (S Buckingham).

Holmethorpe SP: Siberian Chiffchaff and Green Sandpiper (BirdGuides/G Hay).

Lightwater: 2 Crossbills at Turf Hill (P Welling).

London Wetland Centre: Yellow-legged Gull, Pintail, Great Black-backed Gull, Oystercatcher and Bittern (F O’Sullivan/A Salmon/F Wright).

Unstead SF: Shelduck on Flooded Field (A Lockett).

Thursday 19th

Churt Common: 8 Crossbills (J Gates).

Frensham Common: 10 Crossbills (J Gates).

Holmethorpe SP: Dartford Warbler and Green Sandpiper (G Hay).

London Wetland Centre: adult Caspian Gull (BirdGuides).

Wednesday 18th

Effingham Forest: 18 Hawfinches and 12 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (D Williams).

Island Barn Reservoir: 2 juvenile Great Northern Divers (J Snell).

Kingston upon Thames: 2 1st-winter Caspian Gulls at recycling centre (T Inns).

London Wetland Centre: Pintail, Oystercatcher, Shelduck and Great Black-backed Gull (N Stapley/M Wheeler/L Whittaker-Smith).

Newdigate: 20 Brambling at Lodge Farm (R Dunne).

Tuesday 17th

Effingham Forest: 4 Goshawks and 35 Hawfinches at Dick Focks Common (BirdGuides).

Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper (G Hay).

Island Barn Reservoir: Slavonian Grebe; also 2 juvenile Great Northern Divers (D Harris).

Mickleham: 25+ Hawfinches at Ashurst Roughs (S Gale).

Newdigate: 40 Brambling at Lodge Farm (D Cox).

Papercourt GPs: Mediterranean Gull (R Clark).

Monday 16th

Beddington Farmlands: 6 Water Pipits (BirdGuides).

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

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

Newdigate: 50 Brambling at Lodge Farm (D Robinson).

Pennymead Lake: 6 Goosander (J Snell).

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

Sunday 15th

Island Barn Reservoir: 2 juvenile Great Northern Divers (D Harris).

London Wetland Centre: Pintail (W Newnham).

Saturday 14th

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Water Pipits (BirdGuides).

Box Hill: 40+ Hawfinches at Ashhurst Roughs (A Holden).

Capel: 3 grey geese sp. south (W Attridge).

Effingham Forest: 4 Goshawks and 12 Hawfinches at Dick Focks Common (BirdGuides).

Elstead: Goosander (R Mist).

London Wetland Centre: Pintail (F Wright).

Friday 13th

Holmethorpe SP: ringtail Hen Harrier (T Ledger).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Bitterns (BirdGuides).

Thursday 12th

Guildford: Black Redstart (BirdGuides).

Holmethorpe SP: Dartford Warbler and Green Sandpiper (G Hay).

Papercourt GPs: Mediterranean Gull (E Sames).

Stoke D’Abernon: Great Egret at Slyfield Farm (J Snell).

Wednesday 11th

Effingham Forest: 3 Hawfinches at Dick Focks Common (BirdGuides).

Pewley Down: Hawfinch (BirdGuides).

Tuesday 10th

Effingham Forest: 3 Goshawks and 70 Hawfinches at Dick Focks Common (T Gibson).

London Wetland Centre: Yellow-legged Gull, Oystercatcher and 2 Shelduck (G O’Sullivan/A Salmon).

Thursley Common: drake Goosander at Forked Pond (C & D Brassington).

Monday 9th

Beddington Farmlands: Mediterranean Gull, 4 Water Pipits, 4 Jack Snipe, Shelduck and 8 Green Sandpipers (J Alexander/B Carter/N Gardner/M Parker/R Walker).

Effingham Forest: Goshawk, 50+ Hawfinches and 2 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (R Dunne/G Robson/J Snell/M Waite).

London Wetland Centre: bean goose species on Sheltered Lagoon; also Brent Goose on Main Lake, Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh, Bittern, Oystercatcher and Shelduck (BirdGuides/J Havercroft/A Salmon).

Tice’s Meadow: Green Sandpiper (M Scott).

Sunday 8th

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Water Pipits (BirdGuides).

Effingham Forest: 24 Hawfinches and 10 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (J Pettit).

Holmethorpe SP: Siberian Chiffchaff at The Moors; also Dartford Warbler and 2 Green Sandpipers (G Hay).

Island Barn Reservoir: 2 juvenile Great Northern Divers; also Mediterranean Gull (D Harris).

London Wetland Centre: Oystercatcher (C Dewhurst).

Papercourt GP: Mediterranean Gull (M Kettell).

Pewley Down: Hawfinch (BirdGuides).

Saturday 7th

Alfold: female Ring-necked Duck on pond at Pallinghurst/Little Wildwood Farm (R Stride).

Friday 6th

Beddington Farmlands: Water Pipit, Jack Snipe, 3 Shelduck and 5 Green Sandpipers (R Walker).

Effingham Forest: 1+ Goshawk at Dick Focks Common (T Morgan).

Kingston upon Thames: Oystercatcher downriver (T Inns).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Oystercatcher and 2 Shelduck (A Salmon).

Papercourt GP: Mediterranean Gull (E Sames).

Thursday 5th

Frimley GPs: 2 Goosander (C Jones).

Hogsmill SF: subadult Yellow-legged Gull (T Inns).

Island Barn Reservoir: 2 juvenile Great Northern Divers (D Harris).

London Wetland Centre: Oystercatcher and 2 Shelduck (A Salmon).

Wednesday 4th

Effingham Forest: female Goshawk, Crossbill and Hawfinch at Dick Focks Common (G Robson/K Sutton).

Guildford: Brimstone at The Mount (R Fisher).

Holmethorpe SP: Dartford Warbler (G Hay).

London Wetland Centre: Caspian Gull, Bittern, 2 Bramblings, Oystercatcher, Great Black-backed Gull and 2 Shelduck (P Pentek/A Salmon/N Stapley).

Papercourt GP: Mediterranean Gull (E Sames).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Jack Snipe and 2 Green Sandpipers (P Brown/R Smith).

Unstead SF: 2 Goosander north (J Parr).

Westcott: 8 Goosander on mill pond (R Smith).

Tuesday 3rd

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Jack Snipe, 3 Water Pipits, 3 Shelduck and 3 Green Sandpipers (N Gardner/R Walker).

London Wetland Centre: Oystercatcher on Main Lake; also Bittern and 2 Shelduck (A Salmon).

Monday 2nd

Effingham Forest: 1+ Hawfinches at Dick Focks Common (BirdGuides).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Bramblings over; also Bittern (A Salmon).

Tice’s Meadow: female Pintail and Green Sandpiper (P Brown).

Sunday 1st

Alfold Crossways: 4 Crossbills at Landor Wood (T Morgan).

Beddington Farmlands: 3 Water Pipits, Jack Snipe, 2 Shelduck and 2 Green Sandpipers (D Bulling/H Cura/A Harding).

Cutt Mill Ponds: Goosander (L Fairclough).

Effingham Forest: 8 Hawfinches and 9 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (B Hagan).

Holmethorpe SP: Dartford Warbler (T Blake).

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