July 2021
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Saturday 31st
Beddington Farmlands: 2nd-summer Caspian Gull; also Black-tailed Godwit, Wheatear and 18 Green Sandpipers (I Jones).
London Wetland Centre: Sanderling and Green Sandpiper (BirdGuides/WWT).
Shackleford: Grasshopper Warbler at Lydling Farm (P Osborn/E Stubbs).
Tice’s Meadow: Dunlin, 3 Common Sandpipers, 4 Green Sandpipers and 2 Little Ringed Plovers (M Nurse/R Seargent).
Friday 30th
Beddington Farmlands: Black-tailed Godwit on Wet Grassland (I Jones).
Clandon Wood: Wheatear (M Phelps).
Thursley Common: Green Sandpiper (D Brassington).
Tice’s Meadow: 3 Little Ringed Plovers (K Duncan).
Thursday 29th
Clandon Wood: Wheatear (M Phelps).
London Wetland Centre: female-type Garganey on Wader Scrape (J Klavins).
Tice’s Meadow: Redshank, Wheatear and Common Sandpiper (R Horton).
Wednesday 28th
Beddington Farmlands: Wood Sandpiper in south-east corner; also Green Sandpiper and Little Ringed Plover (G Jones).
London Wetland Centre: female-type Garganey on Wader Scrape; also Whinchat and Common Sandpiper (J Klavins/S Patel).
Purley: Wheatear at Old Lodge Lane (J Parkinson).
Tice’s Meadow: Green Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper (R Horton).
Tuesday 27th
London Wetland Centre: Wheatear, Oystercatcher and Common Sandpiper (M Parker).
Tice’s Meadow: Dunlin, 3 Little Ringed Plovers and Common Sandpiper (J Hunt).
Monday 26th
Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper (N Hadden).
London Wetland Centre: Garganey on Wader Scrape; also Whinchat, juvenile Mediterranean Gull, 2 Oystercatchers and Common Sandpiper (J Klavins).
Tice’s Meadow: Ringed Plovers, 2 Little Ringed Plovers and Green Sandpiper (M Nurse).
Sunday 25th
Beddington Farmlands: 1st-summer Caspian Gull, 2 juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls and 8 Green Sandpipers (A Dutta/N Gardner).
Frensham Great Pond: Oystercatcher on beach (S Peters).
Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper (G Hay/I Kehl).
South Norwood CP: 2 Oystercatchers (J Hughes).
Thursley Common: Crossbill (J Gates).
Wokingham: female Black Redstart in garden (L Barlow-Wright).
Saturday 24th
Frensham Great Pond: 2 Oystercatchers on beach (S Peters).
Tice’s Meadow: Curlew and Common Sandpiper (R Horton/R Seargent).
Friday 23rd
London Wetland Centre: Green Sandpiper (WWT).
Mercers CP: juvenile Mediterranean Gull (S Gale).
Thursley Common: Curlew (passage bird) flew over early morning (D Brassington).
Tice’s Meadow: Wood Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper (R Horton/R Seargent).
Thursday 22nd
Beddington Farmlands: 1st-summer Yellow-legged Gull and Green Sandpiper (Z Pannifer).
Clandon Wood: Tree Pipit (M Phelps).
Old Woking SF: Common Sandpiper (J Snell).
Richmond Park: Common Sandpiper (C Barker).
Thursley Common: Crossbill (S Grimwade).
Wednesday 21st
Battersea: 2 Oystercatchers flew upriver early morning (D Morrison).
Beddington Farmlands: Common Sandpiper (O Flory).
London Wetland Centre: Common Sandpiper (WWT).
South Norwood CP: Common Sandpiper (J Hughes).
Tice’s Meadow: 2 Black-tailed Godwits (C Varndell).
Tuesday 20th
Holmethorpe SP: Black-tailed Godwit at Spyne’s Mere (G Hay).
London Wetland Centre: 3 Common Sandpipers (J Klavins).
Thursley Common: juvenile Black Redstart briefly by Pine Avenue (D Brassington).
Tice’s Meadow: 2 Ringed Plovers, 2 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (R Horton).
Monday 19th
Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper at Spyne’s Mere (G Hay).
London Wetland Centre: Whinchat on Grazing Marsh (WWT).
Rotherhithe: 2 juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls (R Bonser).
Tice’s Meadow: 2 Common Sandpipers (J Hunt).
Sunday 18th
Effingham Forest: Hawfinch at Dick Focks Common (J Snell).
London Wetland Centre: Whinchat on Grazing Marsh (WWT).
Tice’s Meadow: 3 Black-tailed Godwits (R Seargent).
Saturday 17th
Beddington Farmlands: 4 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (N Gardner).
Hedgecourt Lake: 2 Common Sandpipers (D Dack).
London Wetland Centre: Sandwich Tern on Main Lake; also Green Sandpiper (WWT).
Unstead SF: Green Sandpiper (T Cummings).
Friday 16th
Beddington Farmlands: 4 Black-tailed Godwits on North Lake (J Dee/Z Pannifer).
London Wetland Centre: Green Sandpiper (WWT).
Thursday 15th
Beddington Farmlands: Greenshank flew north; also 10 Green Sandpipers and 4 Common Sandpipers (P Alfrey/Z Pannifer).
Holmethorpe SP: 34 Black-tailed Godwits flew east over Spyne’s Mere; also female Purple Emperor (G Hay).
Richmond Park: 2 Black-tailed Godwits at Upper Pen Ponds (I Rowe).
Tice’s Meadow: 19 Black-tailed Godwits flew over; also Common Sandpiper (S Chastell/C Varndell).
Wednesday 14th
Beddington Farmlands: Mediterranean Gull (D Warren).
Hogsmill SF: Black-tailed Godwit; present since 12th (K Bordreau).
Tuesday 13th
Beddington Farmlands: Common Sandpiper (A Ramesh).
Earlswood Lakes: Red-crested Pochard (J Court).
London Wetland Centre: Green Sandpiper (WWT).
Monday 12th
Beddington Farmlands: Portugese-ringed Black-tailed Godwit (D Warren).
Tice’s Meadow: Green Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper (R Horton).
Sunday 11th
Ewell: Redshank sound recorded over garden (S Thomas).
Wallington: Curlew sound recorded over garden at 00:25 (A Dutta).
Saturday 10th
Beddington Farmlands: 1st-summer Caspian Gull on Wet Grassland; also Greenshank, adult Mediterranean Gull, 4 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (Z Pannifer).
Tice’s Meadow: Green Sandpiper and 5 Little Ringed Plovers (R Seargent).
Friday 9th
Beddington Farmlands: 4 Little Ringed Plovers, Oystercatcher and Common Sandpiper (A Treip).
Effingham Forest: 4 Hawfinches at Dick Focks Common (J Snell).
Tice’s Meadow: 4 Ringed Plovers (R Seargent).
Thursday 8th
Beddington Farmlands: Common Sandpiper (A Dutta).
Dorking: Common Sandpiper sound recorded at 02:21 (S Dorman).
London Wetland Centre: 1st-summer Mediterranean Gull (J Klavins).
Sanderstead: Quail heard over garden at 22:38 (J Birkett).
Wednesday 7th
Effingham Forest: 8+ Hawfinches at Dick Focks Common (J Snell).
London Wetland Centre: Black-tailed Godwit and 3 Mediterranean Gulls (J Klavins/M Parker).
Tice’s Meadow: 2 Green Sandpipers, Common Sandpiper and 2 Little Ringed Plovers (R Horton).
Tuesday 6th
Beddington Farmlands: 3 Black-tailed Godwits and Common Sandpiper (D Warren).
Monday 5th
Beddington Farmlands: 2 Black-tailed Godwits on North Lake (N Rutter/C Williams).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Oystercatchers (WWT).
Tice’s Meadow: 5 Little Ringed Plovers (J Snell).
Sunday 4th
Holmethorpe SP: Little Ringed Plover at Water Colour Lagoons (A Kundrotas).
Kew Bridge: 2 Ruddy Shelduck on Thames (S Jones).
London Wetland Centre: Common Sandpiper (J Klavins).
Tice’s Meadow: Dunlin and 4 Little Ringed Plovers (K Duncan).
Saturday 3rd
Capel: 22 Mediterranean Gulls flew south (W Attridge).
Effingham Forest: 3 Hawfinches at Dick Focks Common in afternoon (M Davis).
Holmethorpe SP: Common Sandpiper at Water Colour Lagoons (A Kundrotas).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Ruff on Main Lake; also Little Ringed Plover (WWT).
Thursley Common: 2 Green Sandpipers flew south-west (D Brassington).
Tice’s Meadow: Redshank (E Hein).
Friday 2nd
London Wetland Centre: Little Ringed Plover (WWT).
Thursday 1st
Beddington Farmlands: 2 Shelduck (A Wasley).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Oystercatchers (WWT).
Thursley Common: 4 Shelduck flew high north-east; also Green Sandpiper (E Stubbs).
Tice’s Meadow: Green Sandpiper (S Brownhill).