June 2021
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Wednesday 30th
Brockwell Park: Whinchat (S Hearne).
Frensham Great Pond: Black Tern in evening (J Hodge).
Leatherhead: Alpine Swift released from care late morning, having been found exhausted in North Cheam on 22nd; 10th vice-county record and first since 30/4/2005 (BirdGuides).
London Wetland Centre: Little Ringed Plover (WWT).
Tuesday 29th
Kew Bridge: 2 Ruddy Shelduck on Thames (S Jones).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Oystercatchers (WWT).
Rotherhithe: 3 Yellow-legged Gulls at Greenland Pier (R Bonser).
Monday 28th
London Wetland Centre: 2 Sandwich Terns on Main Lake (J Klavins).
Sunday 27th
Holmethorpe SP: Common Sandpiper at Water Colour Lagoons (S Dorman).
London Wetland Centre: Greenshank flew east; also 3 Redshanks dropped in, 2 Mediterranean Gulls over and Little Ringed Plover (J Klavins/M Lewis).
Rotherhithe: 2nd-summer Yellow-legged Gull at Greenland Pier (R Bonser).
Tooting Common: Curlew flew north-east early afternoon (A Wilkinson).
Saturday 26th
Ewell: Quail sound recorded overnight (S Thomas).
Friday 25th
Earlswood Lakes: drake Red-crested Pochard (G Hay).
Richmond Park: 2 drake Red-crested Pochard on Upper Pen Pond (A Westenberger).
Tice’s Meadow: 5 Black-tailed Godwits and Green Sandpiper (R Seargent).
Thursday 24th
Ewell: Quail sound recorded over garden at 00:55 (S Thomas).
Wednesday 23rd
London Wetland Centre: 2 Oystercatchers (WWT).
Tuesday 22nd
Beddington Farmlands: Redshank on Wet Grassland (A Dutta/A Treip).
Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper and Little Ringed Plover at Mercer’s West (G Hay).
Island Barn Reservoir (no access): female Goldeneye (D Harris).
London Wetland Centre: female Pintail and 2 Oystercatchers (J Klavins).
Monday 21st
Beddington Farmlands: Green Sandpiper (A Dutta).
London Wetland Centre: female Pintail (J Klavins).
Sunday 20th
Beddington Farmlands: Green Sandpiper (N Gardner).
Frensham Great Pond: White Stork flew over beach mid-morning (BirdGuides).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Oystercatchers (WWT).
Richmond Park: 2 drake Red-crested Pochard on Upper Pen Pond (A Bayly).
Rotherhithe: 2nd-summer Yellow-legged Gull at Greenland Pier (R Bonser).
Tice’s Meadow: Redshank on the Workings (R Seargent).
Saturday 19th
Capel: Hawfinch flew low east mid-morning (W Attridge).
London Wetland Centre: Common Sandpiper (WWT).
Richmond Park: 2 drake Red-crested Pochard on Upper Pen Pond (A Westenberger).
Tice’s Meadow: two Redshank on the Workings (D Burford/R Seargent/J Snell).
Friday 18th
Richmond Park: 2 drake Red-crested Pochard on Upper Pen Pond (A Westenberger).
Thursday 17th
London Wetland Centre: Oystercatcher and Redshank (WWT).
Wednesday 16th
Kingston upon Thames: Sandwich Tern flew east over garden early morning (C Wilko).
Leith Hill: 2 Crossbills (M Matthews).
London Wetland Centre: Ringed Plover on Grazing Marsh; also 2 Oystercatchers and Redshank (A Salmon).
Undisclosed: adult Hawfinch feeding recently fledged juvenile (E Stubbs).
Tuesday 15th
Capel: Oystercatcher flew over at 23:58 (W Attridge).
London Wetland Centre: Redshank (WWT).
Monday 14th
Capel: 2 possible Spoonbills flew north-east at 12:15 (W Attridge).
Sunday 13th
London Wetland Centre: 2 Oystercatchers (WWT).
Saturday 12th
Bury Hill Fisheries: Osprey in morning; view from public footpath south of lakes or pay £30 at fishery huts for 4 hours admission (BirdGuides).
Tice’s Meadow: drake Garganey on the Workings (BirdGuides).
Friday 11th
Beddington Farmlands: Little Ringed Plover and 4 Shelduck (J Bartley/J Curnick).
Bury Hill Fisheries: Osprey in morning; view from public footpath south of lakes (BirdGuides).
London Wetland Centre: Norfolk Hawker, 2 Oystercatchers and 2 Redshank (WWT).
Thursley Common: Crossbill (P Osborn).
Thursday 10th
Beddington Farmlands: 3 Shelduck (A Treip).
Bury Hill Fisheries: Osprey early afternoon; view from public footpath south of lakes (J Snell).
Wednesday 9th
London Wetland Centre: 2 Oystercatchers (WWT).
Tuesday 8th
London Wetland Centre: 2 Oystercatchers (WWT).
Monday 7th
Blackheath: Crossbill (M Jenkins).
Sunday 6th
Ash Ranges: Crossbill (C Jones).
Blackheath: 2 Crossbills (M Jenkins).
Bury Hill Fisheries: Osprey (BirdGuides).
Chelsea & Lambeth Reservoirs (no access): three Roseate Terns briefly in morning then flew south; ninth vice-county record (D Harris).
Chobham Common: Crossbill (D Davies).
Leatherhead: adult Mediterranean Gull on River Mole then flew towards Fetcham Mill Pond (C Kemp).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Oystercatchers (WWT).
Tilford: 2 Crossbills over village green (N Hughes).
Saturday 5th
London Wetland Centre: adult Kittiwake on Main Lake briefly mid-morning (BirdGuides).
Friday 4th
Mare Hill: 2 Crossbills (R Brown).
Thursday 3rd
Blackheath: Spotted Flycatcher (K Britten).
Churt: Wood Warbler singing in trees just west of Churt Road (BirdGuides).
Kew Gardens: Brent Goose on lake near Sackler Crossing; also 4 Red-crested Pochard (T Donegan).
Wednesday 2nd
Earlswood Lakes: drake Red-crested Pochard (J Court).
London Wetland Centre: Common Sandpiper (WWT).
Rotherhithe: adult Kittiwake flew upriver past Salt Key at 08:58; also 2nd-summer Yellow-legged Gull at Greenland Pier (BirdGuides/R Bonser).
Tice’s Meadow: 1st-summer Little Gull (BirdGuides).
Tuesday 1st
Beddington Farmlands: 1st-summer Yellow-legged Gull (A Dutta/Z Pannifer).
Thursley Common: Turtle Dove flew east (E Stubbs).
Tice’s Meadow: 1st-summer Little Gull (BirdGuides).