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

Ruddy Shelduck, Kew Bridge (S Jones).
Ruddy Shelduck, Kew Bridge (S Jones).

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

Yellow-legged Gull, Rotherhithe (R Bonser).
Yellow-legged Gull, Rotherhithe (R Bonser).

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

Red-crested Pochard, Earlswood Lakes (G Hay).
Red-crested Pochard, Earlswood Lakes (G Hay).

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

Goldeneye, Island Barn Reservoir (D Harris).
Goldeneye, Island Barn Reservoir (D Harris).

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

Redshank, Tice's Meadow (D Burford).
Redshank, Tice’s Meadow (D Burford).

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

Hawfinches (E Stubbs).
Hawfinches (E Stubbs).

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

Osprey, Bury Hill Fisheries (D Carlsson).
Osprey, Bury Hill Fisheries (D Carlsson).

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

Roseate Terns, Chelsea & Lambeth (D Harris).
Roseate Terns, Chelsea & Lambeth (D Harris).

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).

Mediterranean Gull, River Mole, Leatherhead (C Kemp)
Mediterranean Gull, River Mole, Leatherhead (C Kemp)

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

Yellow-legged Gull, Rotherhithe (R Bonser).
Yellow-legged Gull, Rotherhithe (R Bonser).

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

Little Gull, Tice's Meadow (D Burford).
Little Gull, Tice’s Meadow (D Burford).

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).