June 2024

Sunday 30th

Common Scoter, Frensham Little Pond (E Stubbs).
Common Scoter, Frensham Little Pond (E Stubbs).

Beddington Farmlands: Common Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpiper, 24 Lapwings including 5 chicks, Shoveler and 7 Teal (D Bulling).

Frensham Little Pond: drake Common Scoter (S Peters).

London Wetland Centre: 3 Green Sandpipers; also Shoveler and Oystercatcher family (W Newnham/A Salmon).

Richmond Park: Redshank at Upper Pen Pond (D Brasier).

Tice’s Meadow: Redshank and Little Ringed Plover (R Seargent).

Saturday 29th

Tice’s Meadow: Redshank and Green Sandpiper (R Horton/G Tillin).

Friday 28th

Beddington Farmlands: female Shoveler, Green Sandpiper and 4 Teal (N Gardner).

Crooksbury Common: 5 Crossbills (J Gates).

Holmethorpe SP: 6 Common Sandpipers (5 on Mercers West and 1 on Spynes Mere); also drake Teal (J Pettit).

London Wetland Centre: drake Shoveler; also Oystercatcher family party and 2 Teal (D Panchaud/A Salmon).

Tice’s Meadow: 43 Black-tailed Godwits, Redshank and 2 Little Ringed Plovers (D Smith).

Thursday 27th

Beddington Farmlands: 6 Little Ringed Plovers (3 juveniles), 4 Green Sandpipers, 2 Shoveler, female Gadwall with ducklings and 4 Teal (E Clark/Z Pannifer).

Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper at Water Colour Lagoon 1 (N Hadden).

Little Woodcote: White Stork over (J Pettit).

London Wetland Centre: Shoveler and Oystercatcher family party (A Salmon).

Newchapel: Green Sandpiper at British Wildlife Centre (K Noble).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Great Black-backed Gulls, Ringed Plover and 4 Little Ringed Plovers (R Horton).

Unstead SF: drake Teal on Dry Lagoon (J Parr).

Wednesday 26th

Little Ringed Plover, Richmond Park (N Jackman).
Little Ringed Plover, Richmond Park (N Jackman).

Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper at The Moors and 3 Teal on Mercers West (G Hay/J Pettit).

London Wetland Centre: Green Sandpiper on Wader Scrape; also Teal, Shoveler and Oystercatcher family party (P Huot/N Stapley/M Wheeler).

Richmond Park: juvenile Little Ringed Plover at Upper Pen Pond; fifth park record (N Jackman).

Tice’s Meadow: Green Sandpiper (R Horton).

Tuesday 25th

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

Thursley Common: 7 Teal including ducklings (T Arad).

Tice’s Meadow: Green Sandpiper (R Horton).

Monday 24th

Unstead SF: juvenile Water Rail on Dry Lagoon (J Parr).

Sunday 23rd

Beddington Farmlands: Teal (I Jones).

Holmethorpe SP: Common Sandpiper at Glebe Lake and Little Ringed Plover at Mercers West (G Hay).

London Wetland Centre: Oystercatcher pair with 3 chicks (A Camp/E Devlin/T Levinson/J Owens/K Vidaseva).

Richmond Park: Green Sandpiper at Upper Pen Pond (D Brasier).

Saturday 22nd

Black-necked Grebe, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).
Black-necked Grebe, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).

Beddington Farmlands: 3 Shoveler and 4 Teal (N Gardner).

Cranleigh: Green Sandpiper at Knowle Park (D McKenzie).

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

Mercers CP: Black-necked Grebe on Mercers Lake (G Hay/I Kehl).

Thursley Common: Redshank (N Woodford).

Friday 21st

London Wetland Centre: Oystercatcher pair with chick; also Teal and female Pochard with 5 ducklings (E Barlow/D Panchaud).

Thursday 20th

London Wetland Centre: female Pochard with ducklings; also 2 Oystercatchers (A Salmon).

Wednesday 19th

Beddington Farmlands: Shoveler on North Lake (J Woodman).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Oystercatchers (A Salmon).

Tandridge: adult and 2 juvenile Lapwings at Barrow Green Pit (J James).

Thursley Common: Green Sandpiper (E Stubbs).

Tuesday 18th

Bermondsey: adult Yellow-legged Gull (J Cadera).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Oystercatchers (A Salmon).

Monday 17th

London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck (P Nair).

Merstham: Little Ringed Plover (adult and 3 juveniles) on floodplain (G Hay).

Thursley Common: Little Ringed Plover (P Hoyle).

Tice’s Meadow: Little Ringed Plover (K Cobbett).

Sunday 16th

Beddington Farmlands: Meadow Pipit carrying food; also 2 Shelduck and 4 Teal (C Strudwick).

London Wetland Centre: female Pochard with ducklings; also Little Ringed Plover (W Newnham).

Tice’s Meadow: Redshank, 2 Oystercatchers and 2 Little Ringed Plovers (P Brown/R Horton/R Seargent).

Saturday 15th

Beddington Farmlands: 4 Teal (M Keenan).

Cobham: 2 Hawfinches over M25 (BirdGuides).

Snowdenham Mill Pond: 2 Teal (E Stubbs).

Tice’s Meadow: Oystercatcher and 2 Little Ringed Plovers (P Brown/R Horton/R Seargent).

Friday 14th

Merstham: Great Egret on floodplain (G Hay.

Thursday 13th

London Wetland Centre: Great Egret from Peacock Tower; also female Pochard with 5 ducklings (P Hinow/A Salmon).

Merstham: Great Egret on floodplain (A Kundrotas).

Wednesday 12th

Blackheath: Crossbills (L Potts).

Merstham: Great Egret on floodplain (A Kundrotas).

Tuesday 11th

Great Egret, Merstham (G Hay).
Great Egret, Merstham (G Hay).

Effingham Forest: 2 Hawfinches at Dick Focks Common (J Davies).

Farncombe: Hoopoe in private garden (BirdGuides).

Leith Hill: 40+ Red Kites from tower (W Attridge).

London Wetland Centre: Shoveler (Y Kono).

Merstham: Great Egret on floodplain (G Hay).

Richmond Park: female Wheatear (J Wilczur).

Monday 10th

Hoopoe, Farncombe (J Wood).
Hoopoe, Farncombe (J Wood).

Effingham Forest: Hawfinch and Crossbill at Dick Focks Common (M Roche).

Farncombe: Hoopoe in private garden (J Wood).

Leith Hill: 2 Crossbills (R Travis).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Oystercatchers (A Salmon).

Unstead SF: Teal pair (J Parr).

Sunday 9th

Turtle Dove, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).
Turtle Dove, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).

Beddington Farmlands: Turtle Dove briefly by Wet Grassland (I Jones).

Farncombe: Hoopoe in private garden (BirdGuides).

Farnham Heath RSPB: Crossbill (P Nair).

London Wetland Centre: Wigeon and Red-crested Pochard on Main Lake and Green Sandpiper on Reservoir Lagoon (D Bates/C Lowman/A Salmon).

Netley Heath: Hawfinch (H Bradshaw).

Thursley Common: 8 Crossbills (A Kennelly).

Saturday 8th

London Wetland Centre: 2 Oystercatchers (A Salmon).

Friday 7th

Crooksbury Common: 3 Lesser Redpolls and Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (J Gates).

Effingham Forest: 3 Hawfinches and 2 Crossbills (J Davies).

Thursday 6th

London Wetland Centre: Shoveler (A Salmon).

Milford: male Wheatear at Secretts Farm (D Brassington).

Netley Heath: Hawfinch (M Kettell).

Thursley Common: 4 Crossbills (A Chan).

Wednesday 5th

Beddington Park: Quail flushed (D Bulling/C Owens).

London Wetland Centre: Ringed Plover and 2 Oystercatchers on Main Lake; also 2 Shelduck (P Pentek/A Salmon).

Thursley Common: 2 Crossbills (C Gibson/M Shepherd-Wells).

Tuesday 4th

Beacon Hill: 25+ Mediterranean Gulls over (J Hodge).

Beddington Park: Spotted Flycatcher (M Perry).

Ewell: Quail sound recorded at 00:45 (S Thomas).

Monday 3rd

Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper (J Ing).

Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): Shelduck pair with 3 ducklings (D Harris).

London Wetland Centre: Ringed Plover on Main Lake (A Salmon).

Thursley Common: Yellow Wagtail north and female Teal with 2+ ducklings (E Stubbs).

Sunday 2nd

London Wetland Centre: Ringed Plover on Main Lake (J Bingley/M Bradbury).

Thursley Common: 5 Crossbills (M Lawrence).

Saturday 1st

Red-backed Shrike, Thursley Common (S Allen).
Red-backed Shrike, Thursley Common (S Allen).

Battersea: 2 Sandwich Terns off Battersea Power Station (BirdGuides).

London Wetland Centre: Green Sandpiper (A Salmon).

Thursley Common: male Red-backed Shrike west of Shrike Hill (possibly different to 25 May); also Crossbill (E & P Hunter/many observers).