January 2024

Wednesday 31st

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

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

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

Leatherhead: drake Goosander on River Mole (A Holden).

London Wetland Centre: male Bearded Tit; also Bittern on Reservoir Lagoon and 2 Shelduck on Main Lake (A Salmon/A Wilkinson).

Richmond: Common Sandpiper by River Thames (M Bravery).

Tate Modern: female Black Redstart (BirdGuides).

Tuesday 30th

Cutt Mill Ponds: 8 Goosander (A Smith).

Effingham Forest: Crossbill at Dick Focks Common (P Davies).

London Wetland Centre: Jack Snipe on Grazing Marsh and female Goldeneye on Main Lake (A Wilkinson).

South Holmwood: 30+ Bramblings at Lodge Farm (J Waterman).

Tate Modern: female Black Redstart; also 2 Shelduck upriver (R Braddock).

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

Virginia Water Lake: c 10 Bramblings with Chaffinches (R Haydon).

Monday 29th

Goosander, Cutt Mill Ponds (A Bird).
Goosander, Cutt Mill Ponds (A Bird).

Ashtead: 34+ Waxwings in front garden of 15 Greville Park Road (BirdGuides/M Davis/S Gale/A Holden).

Beddington Farmlands: 3 Shelduck (R Walker).

Cutt Mill Ponds: 1+ Goosander (A Bird).

Effingham Forest: Hawfinch at Dick Focks Common (BirdGuides).

Leith Hill: Brambling and Crossbill (M Davis).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck on Main Lake (A Wilkinson).

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

Unstead SF: Green Sandpiper (S Brownhill).

Virginia Water Lake: 2 Bramblings with Chaffinches (R Haydon).

Sunday 28th

Crossbill, Crooksbury Common (M Fincham).
Crossbill, Crooksbury Common (M Fincham).

Ashtead: c 60 Waxwings west over West Farm Avenue (D Kiddell).

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Water Pipits, 8 Jack Snipe, 2 Green Sandpipers and 2 Shelduck (I Jones).

Crooksbury Common: 2 Crossbills (M Fincham).

Cutt Mill Ponds: 6 Goosander (D Dack).

Green Sandpiper, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).
Green Sandpiper, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).

Effingham Forest: Hawfinch, male Goshawk, 2 Bramblings and 15 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (P Davies/P Matthews/R Mist/N Taylor).

Farnham: 23 Waxwings at Three Stiles Road (BirdGuides).

Frensham Great Pond: Goosander (S Brownhill).

Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper on pool by Cormongers Lane (G Hay/I Kehl).

Leith Hill: 30 Crossbills on Dukes Warren (W Attridge).

London Wetland Centre: male Bearded Tit in Wildside reedbed; also 2 Bitterns (Main Lake and Reservoir Lagoon), Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls and female Goldeneye (J Hughes/T Richardson/A Salmon/M Wheeler).

Jack Snipe, Shalford Water Meadows (E Stubbs).
Jack Snipe, Shalford Water Meadows (E Stubbs).

Shalford Water Meadows: 2 Jack Snipe (K Britten/E Stubbs).

Tate Modern: Black Redstart on roof of Shakespeare Globe Theatre (D McKenzie).

Thursley Common: 2 redhead Goosander on Forked Pond (D Brassington).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Black-necked Grebes in The Workings; also 3 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).

Unstead SF: Green Sandpiper on Flooded Field (J Parr).

Saturday 27th

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

Beddington Farmlands: adult Mediterranean Gull on Wet Grassland; also 3 Shelduck and Green Sandpiper (G Jones/J Pettit/D Warren).

Chobham Common: 2 Mealy Redpolls (adult male and 1st-winter male) trapped and ringed (S Musievski).

Crooksbury Common: 10+ Crossbills (S Brownhill).

Cutt Mill Ponds: 11 Goosander (2 drakes) on The Tarn/house pond (R Seargent).

Effingham Forest: Hawfinch and Goshawk at Dick Focks Common (P Matthews).

Mealy Redpoll, Chobham Common (S Musievski).
Mealy Redpoll, Chobham Common (S Musievski).

Frensham Great Pond: Goosander (S Brownhill).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern and Water Pipit on Reservoir Lagoon; also 2 Shelduck (C Dewhurst/A Salmon).

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

Westcott: 2 Hawfinches over Logmore Lane and 3 Goosander over Wescott Sports Club (W Attridge/A Holden).

Friday 26th

Beddington Farmlands: 4 Water Pipit, 3 Jack Snipe, Green Sandpiper and Shelduck (N Gardner).

Effingham Forest: Hawfinch and Goshawk at Dick Focks Common (A Bird).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern and 3 Shelduck (C Dewhurst/A Salmon).

Tice’s Meadow: Black-necked Grebe and Green Sandpiper (R Horton).

Unstead SF: Green Sandpiper on Flooded Field (J Parr).

Thursday 25th

Beddington Farmlands: Green Sandpiper and 4 Shelduck (D Warren).

Cutt Mill Ponds: 11 Goosander (2 drakes) on The Tarn (A Harding).

Effingham Forest: 7 Hawfinches, 2 Bramblings and 5 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (P Davies).

Frensham Great Pond: 4 Goosander (S Brownhill).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern, female Goldeneye and 2 Shelduck (BirdGuides/A Salmon).

Merstham: 5 Waxwings in trees by train station car park (BirdGuides).

Ranmore Common: 1+ Hawfinch at Bagden Wood (N Unwin).

Tate Modern: Black Redstart on roof of Shakespeare Globe Theatre (R Braddock).

Tice’s Meadow: Golden Plover (R Horton).

Weybourne: Waxwing at Hillside Road (J Gates).

Wednesday 24th

Leatherhead: Goosander (R Iredale).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern on Reservoir Lagoon and female Goldeneye on Main Lake and 2 Shelduck (M Parker/A Salmon).

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

Tuesday 23rd

Beddington Farmlands: Green Sandpiper (M Bravery).

Chessington: 6 Waxwings at Bridge Road/Moor Lane (S Jones).

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

West End: 8 Waxwings by West End Inn (S Harley).

Monday 22nd

Waxwings, Ashtead (J Snell).
Waxwings, Ashtead (J Snell).

Ashtead: 12 Waxwings at Timber Hill (J Snell/B Young).

Cutt Mill Ponds: 7 (1 drake) Goosander (D Cox).

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

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

West End: 10 Waxwings (one colour-ringed) by West End Inn (BirdGuides).

Wimbledon: Kittiwake on roof on Midmoor Road and taken into care (P Redmond).

Sunday 21st

Waxwing, West End (S Harley).
Waxwing, West End (S Harley).

Ashtead: 25 Waxwings at Barnett Wood Lane (D Kiddell).

Beddington Farmlands: 1st-winter Yellow legged Gull; also 4 Water Pipits, 7 Jack Snipe, 3 Shelduck and Green Sandpiper (D Bulling/I Jones/M Rowell).

Effingham Forest: Hawfinch at Dick Focks Common; also 15 Crossbills (BirdGuides/P Hughes/S Nicholls).

Farnham: 4 Waxwings at Haven Way (J Gates).

Holmethorpe SP: Jack Snipe at Chilmead Farm (G Hay).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern on Reservoir Lagoon; also female Goldeneye and Shelduck (S Patel/A Wilkinson).

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

West End: 10 Waxwings (one colour-ringed) by Gordon’s School/West End Inn (S Harley/M Maloney).

Saturday 20th

Waxwings, West End (S Harley).
Waxwings, West End (S Harley).

Beddington Farmlands: 12 Jack Snipe; also 4 Water Pipits, Green Sandpiper and Shelduck (N Gardner/J Griffin).

Effingham Forest: 3 Bramblings and 5 Crossbills (L Jones).

Frensham Little Pond: 15 Crossbills (A Barker).

Hackbridge: 1+ Waxwings (G Dunning).

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

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

Richmond Park: Curlew south-west over Pen Ponds (D Brasier).

Unstead SF: Green Sandpiper (R Mist).

West End: 11 Waxwings by West End Inn (S Harley).

Friday 19th

Crossbills, Hankley Common (S Harley).
Crossbills, Hankley Common (S Harley).

Bowlhead Green: Hawfinch (D Britten).

Hankley Common: 19 Crossbills at Pitch Place (P Davies/S Harley).

Kingston upon Thames: 3rd-winter Caspian Gull at recycling centre (BirdGuides).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Bitterns on Reservoir Lagoon; also Water Pipit on Wader Scrape (A Salmon).

Papercourt Water Meadows: Water Pipit by Wey near Woking Palace (A Goddard).

Thursley Common: 2 Crossbills (B Smithies).

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

Westfield: 7 Waxwings at Westfield Common (C Badenhorst).

Thursday 18th

Beddington Farmlands: 10 Jack Snipe; also 3 Water Pipits, Green Sandpiper and drake Shelduck (Z Pannifer).

Effingham Forest: 2 Bramblings and 9 Crossbills (N Harris/V Hiscock).

Farnham: 20+ Waxwings at east end of Ribston Road (BirdGuides).

Kew: Common Sandpiper by River Thames (M Wright).

London Wetland Centre: 4 Bitterns on Reservoir Lagoon; also Water Pipit and female Goldeneye (P Andrews/C Moore/T Richardson).

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

Wednesday 17th

Dorking: 4 Goosander on River Mole (R Warner).

Epsom: 15 Waxwings at Pine Hill (A Harding).

Kingston upon Thames: 3rd-winter Caspian Gull at recycling centre (BirdGuides).

London Wetland Centre: male Bearded Tit by Wildside Hide; also Bittern on Main Lake (C Moore/A Salmon).

Tuesday 16th

Beddington Farmlands: Water Pipit, Jack Snipe, Green Sandpiper and 2 Shelduck (I Jones/Z Pannifer).

Cutt Mill Ponds: Goosander (J Smith).

Leith Hill: 2 Crossbills (P Short).

London Wetland Centre: 3 Bitterns (2 on Reservoir Lagoon and 1 on Main Lake); also Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh and female Goldeneye (A Salmon).

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

Monday 15th

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Water Pipits and 2 Shelduck (D Bulling).

Effingham Forest: 12+ Bramblings; also 2 Crossbills (C Graham).

Godstone: male Goshawk west (G Hay).

Leith Hill: 25 Brambling and 4 Crossbills (W Attridge/T Gibson).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Water Pipits on Main Lake; also 2 Bitterns (Main Lake and Reservoir Lagoon) and 2 Shelduck (A Salmon).

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

Sunday 14th

Bittern, London Wetland Centre (M Murphy).
Bittern, London Wetland Centre (M Murphy).

Balham: 15 Waxwings on Calbourne Road (BirdGuides).

Beddington Farmlands: Great Egret north; also 6 Water Pipits, 3 Jack Snipe, 3 Shelduck and 2 Green Sandpipers (D Bulling/N Gardner/I Jones/Z Pannifer/J Pettit).

Effingham Forest: 4 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (C Graham).

Fetcham Mill Pond: Goosander (J Howell).

Hankley Common: Crossbill (D Brassington).

Knight and Bessborough Reservoirs (permit only): 2 drake Goosander (D Spragg).

London Wetland Centre: male Bearded Tit by Wildside Hide; also 2 Water Pipits (Main Lake and Grazing Marsh), 2 Bitterns (Main Lake and Reservoir Lagoon), female Goldeneye and 2 Shelduck (M Bradbury/M Murphy/A Salmon/L Zurikarai).

Thursley Common: 11 Goosander and 3 Crossbills (D Brassington).

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

Wallington: 20 Waxwings north at Stanley Park Road/Boundary Road junction (J East).

Saturday 13th

Golden Plovers, Burgh Heath (I Ward).
Golden Plovers, Burgh Heath (I Ward).

Ashtead: 30 Waxwings (S Bignold).

Balham: 15 Waxwings on Calbourne Road (BirdGuides).

Beddington Farmlands: 3 Water Pipits; also 3 Jack Snipe and Shelduck (A Harding).

Burgh Heath: 42 Golden Plovers over Canons Farm (I Ward).

Bury Hill Lakes: 12 Hawfinches west (A Holden).

Crooksbury Common: Mealy Redpoll trapped and ringed (J Gates).

Golden Plovers, Malden Rushett (I Rowe).
Golden Plovers, Malden Rushett (I Rowe).

Cutt Mill Ponds: 19 (7 drakes; 12 redheads) Goosander (P Osborn).

Effingham Forest: Hawfinch at Dick Focks Common (BirdGuides).

Farnham: 50+ Waxwings at Haven Way (BirdGuides).

Fetcham Mill Pond: Goosander (R Iredale).

Hankley Common: 11 Crossbills at Pitch Place (A Lockett).

London Wetland Centre: male Bearded Tit by Wildside Hide; also Yellow-legged Gull, Bittern and female Goldeneye on Main Lake and 2 Shelduck (D Brassington/A Salmon/L Zurikarai).

Mealy Redpoll (left), The Hurtwood (E Stubbs).
Mealy Redpoll (left), The Hurtwood (E Stubbs).

Malden Rushett: 22 Golden Plovers at Rushett Farm (I Rowe).

Stoke Lake: Goosander over (M Kettell).

The Hurtwood: Mealy Redpoll (E Stubbs).

Thursley Common: 2 Crossbills (K Britten).

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

Westcott: Brambling (M Davis).

Friday 12th

Green Sandpiper, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).
Green Sandpiper, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).

Balham: 15 Waxwings on Calbourne Road (BirdGuides).

Cutt Mill Ponds: 12 Goosander (S Brownhill).

Farnham: 40+ Waxwings at Haven Way (BirdGuides).

Holmethorpe SP: 2 Green Sandpipers at The Moors (G Hay).

Lammas Lands: Jack Snipe (E Stubbs).

Jack Snipe, Lammas Lands (E Stubbs).
Jack Snipe, Lammas Lands (E Stubbs).

Leith Hill: 25 Crossbills near cricket pitch (D Robinson).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern on Reservoir Lagoon; also female Goldeneye (M Honey/P Howell/A Wilkinson).

Mercers CP: 2nd-winter Yellow-legged Gull on Mercers Lake (G Hay).

Peckham Rye Park: Mediterranean Gull (F Symons)

Tice’s Meadow: Black-necked Grebe in The Workings; also Shelduck (BirdGuides/R Seargent).

Thursday 11th

Great Egrets, Holmethorpe SP (J Pettit).
Great Egrets, Holmethorpe SP (J Pettit).

Beddington Farmlands: 6 Great Egrets north-west over North Lake; also Dunlin on North Lake, Firecrest (0 Beddington records last year!), 2 Shelduck and Green Sandpiper (J Pettit/Z Pannifer).

Cranleigh: Waxwing at Elmbridge (J Richardson).

Epsom: 25 Waxwings at St Martin’s Avenue (BirdGuides).

Farnham: 30+ Waxwings at Haven Way (BirdGuides).

Yellow-legged Gull, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).
Yellow-legged Gull, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).

Frensham Great Pond: Shelduck and 2 Goosander (E Stubbs).

Holmethorpe SP: 2nd-winter Yellow-legged Gull over The Moors (G Hay).

London Wetland Centre: female Marsh Harrier west mid-morning; also 2 Bitterns (Main Lake and Reservoir Lagoon) and female Goldeneye (M Honey/P Howell/A Wilkinson).

Unstead SF: Green Sandpiper on South Meadow (J Parr).

Wednesday 10th

Black-necked Grebe, Tice's Meadow (A Bird).
Black-necked Grebe, Tice’s Meadow (A Bird).

Balham: 15 Waxwings on Calbourne Road (BirdGuides).

Beddington Farmlands: Shelduck (I Jones).

Cranleigh: male Merlin near Baynard’s Park (F Kelly).

Cutt Mill Ponds: 23 Goosander (A Bird).

Farnham: 45 Waxwings at Haven Way (BirdGuides).

London Wetland Centre: male Bearded Tit by Wildside Hide; also 2 Bitterns on Main Lake, Water Pipit, female Goldeneye and 2 Shelduck (D McKenzie/W Newnham/A Salmon).

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

Tuesday 9th

Crossbill, Thursley Common (R Fisher).
Crossbill, Thursley Common (R Fisher).

Beddington Farmlands: 3 Water Pipits, 2 Jack Snipe, Green Sandpiper and Shelduck (I Jones).

Cutt Mill Ponds: 16 Goosander (S Malcolm).

Enton Lakes: Great Egret south over Johnson’s Lake (D Brassington).

Farnham: c 20 Waxwings at Cowden Close/Haven Way (BirdGuides).

Leith Hill: 4 Crossbills (J Cassidy).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern and female Goldeneye on Main Lake; also Water Pipit and 3 Shelduck (M Mac/M Rowell/A Wilkinson).

Thursley Common: 20 Crossbills (R Fisher).

Monday 8th

Yellow-legged Gull, Mercers CP (G Hay).

Balham: 15 Waxwings on Calbourne Road (BirdGuides).

Beddington Farmlands: 1st-winter Caspian Gull and 2nd-winter Yellow-legged Gull on Wet Grassland; also 4 Water Pipits, Jack Snipe, 2 Green Sandpipers and 2 Shelduck (D Bulling).

Farnham: c 20 Waxwings at Folly Hill/Haven Way (BirdGuides).

London Wetland Centre: female Goldeneye on Main Lake; also 3 Shelduck (A Wilkinson).

Mercers CP: 2nd-winter Yellow-legged Gull on Mercers Lake (G Hay).

Netley Heath: 3 Crossbills (P Bentley).

Royal Common: 3 Goosander (J Tallon).

Tice’s Meadow: Black-necked Grebe on The Workings (BirdGuides).

Weybridge: 5 Goosander on Broad Water (C Reed).

Sunday 7th

Waxwing, Farnham (S Allen).
Waxwing, Farnham (S Allen).

Balham: 14 Waxwings on Calbourne Road/Mayford Road (BirdGuides).

Beddington Farmlands: 3 Water Pipits, 4 Jack Snipe, 3 Green Sandpipers and 3 Shelduck (N Gardner/M Keenan).

Chilworth: Goosander (P Gray).

Churt: redhead Goosander on Lowicks Pond (M Scott).

Cranleigh: Goosander pair over Wildwood Lane (R Stride).

Cutt Mill Ponds: 10 Goosander (R Love).

Great Northern Diver, Island Barn Reservoir (D Harris).
Great Northern Diver, Island Barn Reservoir (D Harris).

Effingham Forest: Goshawk at Dick Focks Common (G Carmichael).

Farnham: 30 Waxwings at Haven Way (BirdGuides).

Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): adult and juvenile Great Northern Divers (D Harris).

London Wetland Centre: male Bearded Tit near Wildside Hide; also 2 Bitterns (Main Lake and Reservoir Lagoon), female Goldeneye and 2 Shelduck (BirdGuides/W Newnham/A Wilkinson).

Purley: 10 Waxwings briefly in garden (O Carmona).

Thursley Common: 15 Crossbills (D Brassington).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Black-necked Grebes on The Workings; also Mediterranean Gull and 2 Green Sandpipers (R Horton/D McKenzie).

Saturday 6th

Mealy Redpoll, Chiddingfold Forest (E Stubbs).
Mealy Redpoll, Chiddingfold Forest (E Stubbs).

Balham: 14 Waxwings on Calbourne Road (BirdGuides).

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Water Pipits, Jack Snipe, 2 Shelduck and Green Sandpiper (G Jones/M Murphy).

Chiddingfold Forest: 2+ Mealy Redpolls at Old Lands (E Stubbs).

Cranleigh: 3 Waxwings at Elmbridge (J Richardson).

Crooksbury Common: 2 Crossbills (J Gates).

East Horsley: 7 Waxwings at Kingston Avenue (C Kemp).

Waxwing, East Horsley (C Kemp).
Waxwing, East Horsley (C Kemp).

Farnham: 70+ Waxwings at Haven Way/Manor Road (BirdGuides).

Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): adult and juvenile Great Northern Divers; also Goldeneye and Green Sandpiper (D Harris).

London Wetland Centre: Redshank on Wader Scrape; also Bittern on Reservoir Lagoon, Water Pipit and female Goldeneye (T Richardson/A Wilkinson).

Tice’s Meadow: Green Sandpiper (J Brown).

Triggs Lock: redhead Goosander on floods (M Kettell).

Friday 5th

Waxwing, Farnham (D Dimmock).
Waxwing, Farnham (D Dimmock).

Balham: 14 Waxwings on Calbourne Road (BirdGuides).

East Horsley: 10 Waxwings at Bishopsmead Parade/Kingston Avenue (BirdGuides).

Effingham Forest: Goshawk and 20 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (V Hiscock).

Farnham: 70+ Waxwings at Cowden Close/Haven Way (BirdGuides).

London Wetland Centre: female Goldeneye on Main Lake (D Panchaud/A Wilkinson).

Pennymead Lake: 4 Goosander (G Lewis).

Polesden Lacey: Brambling (G Elton).

Thursday 4th

Green Sandpiper, Beddington Farmlands (D Warren).
Green Sandpiper, Beddington Farmlands (D Warren).

Balham: 14 Waxwings on Calbourne Road (BirdGuides).

Beddington Farmlands: Water Pipit, Jack Snipe, 2 Shelduck and Green Sandpiper (D Warren).

East Horsley: 11 Waxwings at Kingston Avenue (BirdGuides).

Farnham: 10 Waxwings at Cowden Close (BirdGuides).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern on Main Lake and Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh and female Goldeneye on Main Lake (D Cox).

Wednesday 3rd

Balham: 14 Waxwings on Calbourne Road (BirdGuides).

Beddington Farmlands: 1st-winter Caspian Gull; also 4 Water Pipits, Jack Snipe, 2 Shelduck and 3 Green Sandpipers (Z Pannifer).

Bisley: male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (A Clifford).

East Horsley: 6 Waxwings at Kingston Avenue (BirdGuides).

Farnham: 63+ Waxwings at Haven Way (BirdGuides).

Kingston upon Thames: 3rd-winter Caspian Gull at recycling centre (BirdGuides).

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

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

Tuesday 2nd

Balham: 12 Waxwings on Calbourne Road (BirdGuides).

Beddington Farmlands: Mediterranean Gull (J Griffin).

East Horsley: 6 Waxwings at Kingston Avenue (BirdGuides).

Effingham Forest: 3 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (T Morgan).

Farnham: 30+ Waxwings at Haven Way (M Smith).

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

London Wetland Centre: female Goldeneye (M Bravery).

Wimbledon: 2 Waxwings in private garden (BirdGuides).

Monday 1st

Waxwing, Balham (C Conroy).
Waxwing, Balham (C Conroy).

Balham: 14 Waxwings on Calbourne Road (BirdGuides).

Beddington Farmlands: 4 Water Pipits; also 2 Jack Snipe, Green Sandpiper and 3 Shelduck (D Bulling/I Jones/Z Pannifer/M Rowell/D Warren).

Cutt Mill Ponds: 14 Goosander (M Fincham).

East Horsley: 6 Waxwings at Kingston Avenue (BirdGuides).

Effingham Forest: Hawfinch at Dick Focks Common; also 2 Bramblings (J James/J Lynton-Jenkins).

Farnham: 13 Waxwings at Haven Way (BirdGuides).

Jack Snipe, Beddington Farmlands (D Bulling).
Jack Snipe, Beddington Farmlands (D Bulling).

Frensham Outlet Pond: 4 Goosander (N Jones).

London Wetland Centre: 1st-winter Caspian Gull; also Bittern on Main Lake, Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh, female Goldeneye and 2 Shelduck (S Fowles/W Newnham/G Prescott/T Rosas/A Salmon/A Wilkinson/B Wilson).

Papercourt Marshes: Brent Goose (R Mooney).

Pennymead Lake: 6 (5 drakes) Goosander (D Cox).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Black-necked Grebes in The Workings; also 3 Golden Plovers, 4 Goosander and Green Sandpiper (R Addison/R Horton/R Seargent).

Unstead SF: Green Sandpiper (R Marshall).