January 2026

Friday 9th

Holmethorpe SP: Jack Snipe (G Hay).

Papercourt GP: Great Egret (E Sames).

Thursday 8th

Ash: Green Sandpiper (M Scott).

Canada Water: Black Redstart (BirdGuides).

Cranleigh: 5 White-fronted Geese off Vachery Lane (R Stride).

Effingham Forest: 5 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (G Carmichael).

Leatherhead: Goosander on River Mole (D Whitlock).

Wednesday 7th

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

Beddington Farmlands: Water Pipit (BirdGuides).

Cranleigh: 5 White-fronted Geese off Vachery Lane (D Cox/R Stride).

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

London Wetland Centre: 4 Yellow-legged Gulls, Jack Snipe and Great Black-backed Gull (P Pentek/J Wilczur).

Manor Farm Meadows: Brambling (M Higham).

Tice’s Meadow: Green Sandpiper (D Harewood).

Tuesday 6th

Great Egrets, Enton Lakes (D Brassington).
Great Egrets, Enton Lakes (D Brassington).

Beddington Farmlands: 8 Jack Snipe, 4 Water Pipits, Goosander and Shelduck (N Gardner).

Cranleigh: 5 White-fronted Geese off Vachery Lane (R Stride).

Enton Lakes: 2 Great Egrets at Johnson’s Lake (D Brassington).

Leatherhead: 4 Goosander on River Mole (C Lewis/J Snell).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern (R Dunne).

Richmond Park: Jack Snipe (D Woods).

Monday 5th

Jack Snipe, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).
Jack Snipe, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Water Pipits, Goosander, 3 Jack Snipe and 3 Shelduck (BirdGuides/I Jones).

Capel: 104 Lapwings over (W Attridge).

Effingham Forest: Hawfinch and Crossbill at Mountain Wood (D MacLeod).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Black-tailed Godwits, 2 Bitterns and Water Pipit (N Anderson/S Fowles/A Salmon).

Reigate Heath: 4 Crossbills (N Hookway).

Worplesdon: 120 Lapwings over (J Gates).

Sunday 4th

Dartford Warbler, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).
Dartford Warbler, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).

Beddington Farmlands: 1st-winter Caspian Gull, Water Pipit, 3 Jack Snipe, Goosander and Dartford Warbler (A Dutta).

Cranleigh: 5 White-fronted Geese off Knowle Lane (R Stride).

Effingham Forest: 2 Goshawks, 21 Hawfinches and 25+ Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (T Gibson).

Holmethorpe SP: Dartford Warbler at Chilmead Farm; third site record (G Hay).

Papercourt Water Meadows: White-fronted Goose (E Sames).

Sheepleas: 7 Hawfinches (T Gibson).

Whitmoor Common: 2 Crossbills (A Turbett).

Saturday 3rd

White-fronted Geese, Alfold (R Stride).
White-fronted Geese, Alfold (W Attridge).

Alfold: 4 White-fronted Geese at Pallinghurst Farm (R Stride).

Chelsea & Lambeth Reservoirs: Glossy Ibis over (D Harris).

Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper (G Hay).

Friday 2nd

Beddington Farmlands: 1st-winter Caspian Gull and 2 Water Pipits (Z Pannifer).

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

Queen Elizabeth II Reservoir: Red-throated Diver (D Harris).

Redlands Wood: 2+ Hawfinches (BirdGuides).

Thorpe Park: drake Goldeneye (J Snell).

Tice’s Meadow: Pintail and Dunlin (K Duncan).

Thursday 1st

Great Egret, Tongham GP (K Duncan).
Great Egret, Tongham GP (K Duncan).

Beddington Farmlands: 1st-winter Caspian Gull; also 3 Water Pipits, Brambling, Goosander, Dartford Warbler and Green Sandpiper (A Dutta).

Crooksbury Common: 8 Crossbills (R Seargent).

Hankley Common: 5 Crossbills (J Gates).

Holmethorpe SP: Jack Snipe, 2 Great Black-backed Gulls and 600 Stock Doves (G Hay).

Tice’s Meadow: female Pintail, Great Egret, Dunlin and Green Sandpiper (K Duncan/R Seargent).

Tongham GP: Great Egret (K Duncan).