March 2024

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Sunday 31st

Little Gull, Frensham Great Pond (E Stubbs).
Little Gull, Frensham Great Pond (E Stubbs).

Ash Ranges: 4 Tree Pipits, Willow Warbler and Crossbill (C Jones).

Beddington Farmlands: Avocet on Wet Grassland; also Ring Ouzel at Enclosed Lagoon, Jack Snipe, 3 Water Pipits, male Wheatear, 4 Little Ringed Plovers, 4 Green Sandpipers and 5 Shelduck (M Bravery/G Howgate/J Pettit/J Quinn).

Crooksbury Common: 11 Crossbills (J Gates).

Frensham Great Pond: adult Little Gull (S Peters/E Stubbs).

Marsh Harrier, Thursley Common (B Henricot).
Marsh Harrier, Thursley Common (B Henricot).

Hedgecourt Lake: Willow Warbler (D Dack).

London Wetland Centre: 5 (4 adults and 1st-winter) Kittiwakes west; also singing Reed Warbler at Main Lake, Mediterranean Gull north, Brambling, 2 Swallows and 2 Oystercatchers (O Dewhurst/B Reding).

Peasmarsh: Green Sandpiper (E Stubbs).

Richmond Park: female Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (K Lee).

Thursley Common: male Marsh Harrier and Wheatear (B Henricot/H Speirs).

Unstead SF: 4 Swallows (J Parr).

Wandsworth Common: Wheatear and Willow Warbler (N Rutter).

Witley Common: Willow Warbler (S Allen).

Saturday 30th

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Water Pipits, Wheatear, Willow Warbler, 4 Little Ringed Plovers, 4 Shelduck and 3 Green Sandpipers (I Jones/C Strudwick).

Effingham Forest: 4 Hawfinches, male and female Goshawks and 11 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (O Dewhurst/C Jones).

London Wetland Centre: Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh; also 2 Goosander on Main Lak, 5 Willow Warblers and 2 Oystercatchers (A Salmon).

Richmond Park: female Marsh Harrier over (same as West Putney); also Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Wheatear and Willow Warbler (D Brasier/J Downing).

Thorpe Park: 2 Oystercatchers at St Ann’s Lake (J Snell).

West Putney: female Marsh Harrier south-west; also Willow Warbler (R Kaye/J Wilczur).

Worcester Park: Wheatear (B Smith).

Friday 29th

Beddington Farmlands: Short-eared Owl over mound; also Water Pipit, Wheatear, 4 Little Ringed Plovers, 7 Green Sandpipers and 5 Shelduck (G Howgate/G Jones/I Jones/S Thomas).

Coulsdon: 10+ Waxwings at east end of Bramley Avenue (BirdGuides).

Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): Swallow (D Spragg/C Turner).

London Wetland Centre: 7 Dunlin over Grazing Marsh; also Water Pipit, Swallow, 5 Willow Warblers and 2 Oystercatchers (C Moore/D Panchaud/A Salmon).

Richmond Park: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (I Strickland).

Thursley Common: Willow Warbler (J Lowes).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Swallows (T Smith).

Unstead SF: 8 Swallows (A Lockett/J Parr).

Thursday 28th

Swallow, Unstead SF (K Britten).
Swallow, Unstead SF (K Britten).

Beddington Farmlands: 3 Water Pipits, Swallow, 8 Green Sandpipers, 2 Little Ringed Plovers and 5 Shelduck (I Jones/P Rogers).

Chobham Common: Curlew (I Ayres).

Coulsdon: 10+ Waxwings at east end of Bramley Avenue (S Grayson)

London Wetland Centre: female Garganey on Wader Scrape, Sedge Warbler and Water Pipit on Main Lake and Willow Warbler at Sheltered Lagoon (C Moore).

Thorpe Park: Sedge Warbler (BirdGuides).

Unstead SF: 7 Swallows north (S Allen).

Wednesday 27th

Cattle Egrets, Island Barn Reservoir (J Snell).
Cattle Egrets, Island Barn Reservoir (J Snell).

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Water Pipits, 2 House Martins, 3 Swallows, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, Willow Warbler, 3 Green Sandpipers and 4 Shelduck (I Jones/K Tsering).

Buckland Park Lake: Swallow (W Attridge).

Coulsdon: 18 Waxwings at east end of Bramley Avenue (BirdGuides)

Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 3 Cattle Egrets on south side; also 2 Shelduck and Green Sandpiper (D Harris/S Musievski/J Snell).

London Wetland Centre: Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh; also Willow Warbler and 2 Oystercatchers (M Parker/A Salmon).

Richmond Park: Willow Warbler (P Davies).

Unstead SF: Swallow and Green Sandpiper (J Parr).

Tuesday 26th

Beddington Farmlands: Great Egret west, 2 Water Pipits, Little Ringed Plover and 5 Green Sandpipers (G Jones/R Walker).

Bookham: male Brambling in garden (J Ford).

Burgh Heath: male Wheatear at Canons Farm (P Goodman).

Leith Hill: 2 Willow Warblers (S Williams).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Swifts over Reservoir Lagoon (joint earliest Surrey record); also Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh, 3 Willow Warblers and 2 Oystercatchers (A Salmon).

Morden Hall Park: Willow Warbler (N Rutter).

Richmond Park: female Lesser Spotted Woodpecker; also Willow Warbler (T Richardson/T Smith).

Streatham: 20 Waxwings at Rosedene Avenue (BirdGuides).

Surbiton: Osprey over Betts Way (BirdGuides).

Unstead SF: 2 Swallows and Green Sandpiper (J Parr).

Monday 25th

Beddington Farmlands: female Marsh Harrier west; also Swallow and Brambling north, Willow Warbler, Water Pipit, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 3 Shelduck and 3 Green Sandpipers (G Jones/I Jones/M Parker).

Brook: Swallow at Witley Farm (G Hinchon).

Frensham: 20+ Waxwings briefly by Frensham Manor (G Osbourne).

Frensham Great Pond: 2 House Martins (E Stubbs).

Holmethorpe SP: House Martin over Water Colour Lagoons and Little Ringed Plover at Mercers Quarry (N Hadden/A Kundrotas).

Horley: Wheatear at Littlelake Farm (T Walker).

Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): female Shelduck in fields to south (D Spragg).

Leith Hill: 12 Waxwings briefly at Dukes Warren; also 24 Bramblings (M Davis/P Stevenson).

London Wetland Centre: Willow Warbler (A Salmon).

Papercourt Water Meadows: singing Sedge Warbler (E Sames).

Richmond Park: Short-eared Owl north; also female Lesser Spotted Woodpecker by White Lodge (M Bravery/C Miller).

Thorpe Park: 2 Oystercatchers (F Cross).

Tilford: singing Willow Warbler (P Davy).

Unstead SF: 3 Swallows and Green Sandpiper (J Parr).

Sunday 24th

Wheatear, Burgh Heath (I Ward).
Wheatear, Burgh Heath (I Ward).

Beddington Farmlands: 4 Water Pipits, Willow Warbler, Jack Snipe, 2 Wheatears, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, Sand Martin, 5 Shelduck and 2 Green Sandpipers (A Harding/I Jones).

Brockwell Park: 2 Willow Warblers (S Patmore).

Burgh Heath: 6 Wheatears at Canons Farm (S Gale/I Ward).

Chobham: Wheatear at Chobham Park Estate (E Sames).

Effingham Forest: 4 Hawfinches, 3+ Goshawks and 7 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (C Burchell/P Davies).

Wheatear, Hurtmore (E Stubbs).
Wheatear, Hurtmore (E Stubbs).

Farnham Heath: Wheatear (G Tillin).

Hankley Common: 3 Wheatears in burned area (J Snell).

Hedgecourt Lake: Swallow and 7 Sand Martins (D Dack).

Holmethorpe SP: 2 Wheatears at Mercers Quarry (N Hadden).

Hurtmore: male Wheatear (E Stubbs).

Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): drake and female Garganey; also Willow Warbler and 2 Sand Martins (D Harris).

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

London Wetland Centre: Willow Warbler and 2 Sand Martins (S Fowles/C Moore).

Loseley: Willow Warbler (E Stubbs).

Richmond Park: 2 Wheatears, 5 Sand Martins and female Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (I Peterson/L Zurikarai).

Thursley Common: Wheatear (I Rowe/G Tillin).

Tice’s Meadow: Wheatear and 5+ Sand Martins (S Brownhill).

Unstead SF: Green Sandpiper on Flooded Field; also Sand Martin (J Parr/S Sandry).

Wandsworth Common: 2 Willow Warblers (N Rutter).

Saturday 23rd

Cattle Egret, Beddington Farmlands (D Warren).
Cattle Egret, Beddington Farmlands (D Warren).

Beddington Farmlands: Kittiwake west over Main Lake; also Cattle Egret with Little Egrets on Wet Grassland (fourth site record), Water Pipit, male Wheatear, 2 Little Ringed Plovers Green Sandpiper and 3 Shelduck (R Browne/G Howgate/G Jones/A Roebrtson/C Strudwick/S Thomas/D Warren).

Buckland Park Lake: 5 Sand Martins (W Attridge).

Leith Hill: 100+ Bramblings north-west of Dukes Warren (A Holden).

London Wetland Centre: White Wagtail on Main Lake; also singing Willow Warbler, 2 Oystercatchers and 10+ Sand Martins (E Devlin/M Parker/M Robinson/A Salmon).

Wheatear, Thursley Common (E Stubbs).
Wheatear, Thursley Common (E Stubbs).

Richmond Park: female Lesser Spotted Woodpecker and Wheatear (D Brasier/J Downing).

Thursley Common: Great Egret west (third site record); also Swallow north, female Wheatear, Tree Pipit and Crossbill (E Stubbs).

Unstead SF: singing Willow Warbler; also Green Sandpiper (K Britten/J Parr).

Friday 22nd

White Wagtail, Eashing Fields (E Stubbs).
White Wagtail, Eashing Fields (E Stubbs).

Beddington Farmlands: singing Willow Warbler; also 2 Water Pipits, 7 Jack Snipe, 4 Little Ringed Plovers and 5 Shelduck (N Gardner).

Brockwell Park: 2 singing Willow Warblers by middle pond (S Patmore).

Crooksbury Common: Swallow (K Duncan).

Eashing Fields: female White Wagtail (E Stubbs).

Epsom: Waxwing at Alexandra allotments (P Smallshire).

Ring Ouzel, Jacobs Well (C Kettell).
Ring Ouzel, Jacobs Well (C Kettell).

Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): Wheatear (D Spragg).

Jacobs Well: male Ring Ouzel by village hall (C Kettell).

London Wetland Centre: singing Willow Warbler; also drake and female Goosander, female Goldeneye and 2 Oystercatchers on Main Lake and 20 Sand Martins (C Moore).

Stoke Lake: 2 Swallows (M Kettell).

Tice’s Meadow: adult Yellow-legged Gull (R Seargent).

Tooting Common: 9 Waxwings north-east of playground (BirdGuides).

Unstead SF: singing Willow Warbler; also 19 Sand Martins (P Osborn).

Thursday 21st

Goshawk, Effingham Forest (A Bird).
Goshawk, Effingham Forest (A Bird).

Bankside: Black Redstart (P Corps).

Beddington Farmlands: Avocet on Wet Grassland; also 3 Green Sandpipers (C Strudwick).

Buckland Park Lake: 3 Sand Martins (W Attridge).

Effingham Forest: 3 Goshawks at Dick Focks Common (A Bird).

Enton Lakes: 3 Great Egrets south-east (D Brassington).

Frensham Little Pond: Crossbill and 2 Sand Martins (C Jones).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Sand Martins (C Moore).

Richmond Park: male Ring Ouzel and 2 Wheatears (N Anderson).

Unstead SF: Green Sandpiper on South Meadow (J Parr).

Wednesday 20th

Black-necked Grebes, Frensham Great Pond (E Stubbs).
Black-necked Grebes, Frensham Great Pond (E Stubbs).

Beddington Farmlands: male and female Wheatears; also 2 Little Ringed Plovers, Water Pipit, 3 Green Sandpipers and 2 Shelduck (M Bravery/G Howgate/S Thomas).

Bookham Common: 2 Hawfinches (T Gibson).

Burgh Heath: male Wheatear at Canons Farm (I Ward).

Capel: 38 Bramblings north-east (W Attridge).

Effingham Forest: Hawfinch and 2 Crossbills (P Davies).

Frensham Great Pond: 2 Black-necked Grebes (E Stubbs).

Wheatear, Richmond Park (J Reeves).
Wheatear, Richmond Park (J Reeves).

London Wetland Centre: Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh; also Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper and female Goldeneye on Main Lake, 6 Sand Martins and 2 Oystercatchers (C Moore/A Salmon).

Papercourt GP: 2 Sand Martins (N Hackett).

Richmond Park: 2 male Wheatears (H Bradshaw).

Tice’s Meadow: 3 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).

Unstead SF: Green Sandpiper on South Meadow (R Brown/P Mattos).

Winterfold Heath: Brambling and 2 Crossbills (P Hamilton).

Tuesday 19th

Beddington Farmlands: 5 Water Pipits, 2 Sand Martins, Jack Snipe, 2 Green Sandpipers (G Walker).

Chobham Common: female Wheatear (E Sames).

Crooksbury Common: 23+ Bramblings and 6 Crossbills (J Gates).

Frensham Great Pond: 8 Sand Martins (A Barker).

London Wetland Centre: Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh; also 3 Sand Martins, Green Sandpiper and 2 Oystercatchers (A Salmon).

Papercourt GP: Great Egret south (E Sames).

Richmond Park: 3 Wheatears (H Bradshaw/C Dewhurst/N Jackman).

Monday 18th

Goldeneye, London Wetland Centre (B Bird).
Goldeneye, London Wetland Centre (B Bird).

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Sand Martins over North Lake; also 5 Water Pipits, Jack Snipe, 2 Green Sandpipers and 4 Shelduck (R Walker).

Epsom: c 50 Waxwings on Longdown Lane North (BirdGuides).

Leith Hill: 10 Crossbills (D Robinson).

London Wetland Centre: 12 Sand Martins over; also Water Pipit, female Goldeneye and 2 Oystercatchers (B Bird/O Dewhurst/C Moore/Y Simmonds).

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

Sunday 17th

Beddington Farmlands: White Wagtail on Wet Grassland; also male Brambling, 4 Water Pipits, 3 Jack Snipe, 5 Shelduck and 2 Green Sandpipers (N Gardner/I Jones/J Pettit).

Burgh Heath: male Wheatear at Canons Farm (A-M Griffin).

Effingham Forest: 2+ Hawfinches and Goshawk at Dick Focks Common (BirdGuides).

Epsom: c 50 Waxwings on Longdown Lane North (BirdGuides).

Frensham Great Pond: 9 Sand Martins and 9 Crossbills (D Brassington/S Peters).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern and female Goldeneye on Main Lake; also 2 Sand Martins over and Green Sandpiper and 2 Oystercatchers on Wader Scrape (R Johnson/S Patel/D Price/A Salmon/M Wheeler).

Richmond Park: female Lesser Spotted Woodpecker by White Lodge; also 3 Sand Martins (D Brasier/J Pettit).

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

Waverley Abbey: Green Sandpiper (K Duncan).

Saturday 16th

Water Pipit, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).
Water Pipit, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).

Beddington Farmlands: Grey Plover circled Wet Grassland then flew north-east; also 1st-winter Caspian Gull, 3 Jack Snipe, 5 Water Pipits and 6 Green Sandpipers (G Howgate/G Jones/I Jones/J Pettit).

Effingham Forest: 3+ Goshawks, 3 Hawfinches and 3 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (S Alley/P Evans/T Pram/A Ramesh).

Holmwood Common: Crossbill (J Smith).

Leatherhead: redhead Goosander on River Mole (J Snell).

Leith Hill: 3 Bramblings and 20 Crossbills (M Davis).

Mealy Redpoll, Witley Common (E Stubbs).
Mealy Redpoll, Witley Common (E Stubbs).

London Wetland Centre: male and female Bearded Tit in Wildside reebed; also 6 Sand Martins over Wader Scrape, Bittern, Shelduck and 2 Oystercatchers on Main Lake and female Goldeneye on Reservoir Lagoon (M Auger/C Moore/M Parker/B Reding/T Richardson/A Salmon).

Richmond Park: female Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (O Youngs).

Tice’s Meadow: 3 Green Sandpipers (P Brown/R Horton).

Unstead SF: Green Sandpiper on North Meadow (K Britten/J Parr).

Witley Common: male Mealy Redpoll with Lesser Redpolls; also Brambling over (E Stubbs).

Friday 15th

Little Ringed Plover, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).
Little Ringed Plover, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).

Beddington Farmlands: Little Ringed Plover on Wet Grassland; also 4 Water Pipits, Jack Snipe, Redshank, 3 Green Sandpipers and 3 Shelduck (I Jones/J Pettit/G Walker).

Cutt Mill Ponds: redhead Goosander (M Scott).

Effingham Forest: 7+ Hawfinches and 2+ Goshawks at Dick Focks Common (P Nevett).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern, female Goldeneye and 2 Oystercatchers on Main Lake (O Dewhurst/C Moore/D Panchaud/S Patel).

Redshank, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).
Redshank, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).

Richmond Park: female Lesser Spotted Woodpecker east of White Lodge on edge of Queen Mother Copse (J Headley/I Stewart/Z Zhou).

Unstead SF: 6 Sand Martins (J Parr).

Whitmoor Common: Crossbill (P Davies).

Winterfold Heath: 3 Crossbills (P Hamilton).

Thursday 14th

Caspian Gull, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).
Caspian Gull, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).

Bankside: adult Mediterranean Gull downriver (R Braddock)

Beddington Farmlands: 1st-winter Caspian Gull and adult Mediterranean Gull on Wet Grassland; also 5 Water Pipits, 11 Green Sandpipers, Jack Snipe and 2 Shelduck (D Bulling/I Jones).

Effingham Forest: 2 Hawfinches, Goshawk and 5 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (S Brownhill).

Enton Lakes: 3 Sand Martins over Johnson’s Lake (D Brassington).

Haslemere: Brambling at Braeside Close (H Nolan).

Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 4 Shelduck (J Snell).

London Wetland Centre: male Bearded Tit in Wildside reedbed; also 3 Sand Martins over, Black-tailed Godwit on Grazing Marsh and 2 Goosander, female Goldeneye and 2 Oystercatchers on Main Lake (C Andrews/C Dewhurst).

Puttenham Common: Crossbill (C Grindrod).

Richmond Park: female Lesser Spotted Woodpecker at White Lodge (T Vine)

Tice’s Meadow: 6 Sand Martins (BirdGuides).

Wednesday 13th

Caspian Gull, Beddington Farmlands (P Alfrey).
Caspian Gull, Beddington Farmlands (P Alfrey).

Beddington Farmlands: Little Gull north-west; also 1st-winter Caspian Gull, 3 Water Pipits, 11 Green Sandpipers and 2 Shelduck (P Alfrey/G Jones/J Pettit/R Walker).

Epsom: 25 Waxwings on Chalk Lane (R Burns/A Harding).

Kingston up Thames: 1st-winter Caspian Gull (same as at Island Barn Reservoir yesterday) at recycling centre (BirdGuides).

London Wetland Centre: Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank and Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh and female Goldeneye on Main Lake (T Richardson/A Salmon).

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Richmond Park (J Reeves).
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Richmond Park (J Reeves).

Ranmore Common: Crossbill (E Tate).

Richmond Park: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker at White Lodge (J Reeves)

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Sand Martins (R Horton).

Tuesday 12th

Beddington Farmlands: Shelduck and 6 Green Sandpipers (I Jones).

Holmethorpe SP: 2 Green Sandpipers at Water Colour Lagoons (N Hadden).

London Wetland Centre: Water Pipit, Redshank and 2 Oystercatcher on Grazing Marsh and female Goldeneye on Main Lake (A Salmon).

Monday 11th

Caspian Gull, Island Barn Reservoir (D Harris).
Caspian Gull, Island Barn Reservoir (D Harris).

Beddington Farmlands: 9 Curlews north (R Browne).

Eashing Fields: drake and female Pintail north (E Stubbs).

Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 1st-winter Caspian Gull in roost; also adult and 1st-winter Little Gulls, drake and female Goldeneye and adult Mediterranean Gull (D Harris/J Snell).

London Wetland Centre: Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Curlews and 2 Redshank on Grazing Marsh and 5 Brent Geese, 4 Pintail, Bittern and 2 Oystercatchers on Main Lake (C Dewhurst/R Douglas/T Richardson/N Stapley).

Richmond Park: female Lesser Spotted Woodpecker in oaks behind White Lodge (N Baker)

Thursley Common: Curlew (R Mist).

Sunday 10th

Little Gulls, Island Barn Reservoir (D Harris).
Little Gulls, Island Barn Reservoir (D Harris).

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Shelduck and 5 Green Sandpipers (I Jones).

Blackheath: Crossbill (K Britten).

Dorking: Redshank over at 22:44 (S Dorman).

Effingham Forest: 6 Hawfinches, Goshawk, 2 Bramblings and 2 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (T Stones).

Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): Sand Martin; also 7 Little Gulls (R Dunne/A Harding/D Harris).

London Wetland Centre: Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh and Bittern on Main Lake (BirdGuides).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Green Sandpipers (R Seargent).

Saturday 9th

Waxwing, Horley (B Nelson).
Waxwing, Horley (B Nelson).

Beddington Farmlands: 4 Water Pipits, 1 Jack Snipe, 9 Green Sandpipers and 2 Shelduck (I Jones/J Pettit/A Ramesh/C Strudwick/Z Zhou).

Brockwell Park: Brambling (S Patmore).

Box Hill: 4 Hawfinches (S Gale).

Devil’s Punch Bowl: Brambling and 8 Crossbills (D Brasier).

Effingham Forest: 2 Hawfinches, 2 Goshawks, 2 Bramblings and 5 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (N Lewis).

Goosander, Thursley Common (S Allen).
Goosander, Thursley Common (S Allen).

Farnham Heath RSPB: Crossbill (K Gage).

Frensham Great Pond: 2 Mediterranean Gulls east (S Peters).

Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper at The Moors (A Holden).

Horley: 19 Waxwings at Riverside Garden Park (B Nelson).

Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 3 adult Little Gulls, 3 Goosander and 2nd-winter Mediterranean Gull (D Harris/A Quinn/C Turner).

London Wetland Centre: Goosander pair, Bittern and 2 Oystercatchers on Main Lake and Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh and 3 Oystercatchers on Main Lake (S Fowles/C Moore/M Parker/R Sankar).

Richmond Park: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (R Inns).

Sheepleas: Hawfinch and Brambling (M White).

Thursley Common: redhead Goosander on Forked Pond (S Allen).

Walton Reservoirs (permit only): female Goldeneye (A Quinn).

Friday 8th

Avocet, Beddington Farmlands (Z Pannifer).
Avocet, Beddington Farmlands (Z Pannifer).

Beddington Farmlands: Avocet on Wet Grassland; also 4 Dunlin, 2 Redshank, 6 Water Pipits, 6 Jack Snipe, 3 Green Sandpipers and Shelduck (D Bulling/N Gardner/G Jones/Z Pannifer).

Effingham Forest: 4 Hawfinches, 2 Goshawks, 5 Bramblings and 10+ Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (R Currie/N Lewis).

Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 2 adult Little Gulls (D Harris).

Leith Hill: 4+ Hawfinches and 7+ Crossbills from tower (W Attridge).

Water Pipit, London Wetland Centre (J Reeves).
Water Pipit, London Wetland Centre (J Reeves).

London Wetland Centre: Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh and 3 Oystercatchers on Main Lake (S Fowles/C Moore).

Richmond Park: Avocet on Upper Pen Pond (first Richmond Park record); also female Lesser Spotted Woodpecker and Brambling (D Brasier/R Dunne/J Strachan/T Stones).

Thursley Common: Mealy Redpoll with Lesser Redpolls; also Hawfinch east and 2 Crossbills (E Stubbs).

Thursday 7th

Black Redstart, Tate Modern (J Reeves).
Black Redstart, Tate Modern (J Reeves).

Effingham Forest: 10 Hawfinches, 3 Goshawks, 15 Bramblings and 30 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (S Brownhill/T Gibson/P Pentek).

London Wetland Centre: male Bearded Tit in main reedbed; also Pintail pair and 2 Oystercatchers on Grazing Marsh and Green Sandpiper on Wader Scrape (D McDermott/C Moore).

Tate Modern: female Black Redstart (R Braddock).

Wednesday 6th

Red-breasted Merganser, Island Barn Reservoir (D Harris).
Red-breasted Merganser, Island Barn Reservoir (D Harris).

Beddington Farmlands: 5 Water Pipits, 6 Jack Snipe and 2 Shelduck (J Pettit).

Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): redhead Red-breasted Merganser; first Walton area record since April 2019 (D Harris).

London Wetland Centre: male Bearded Tit in main reedbed; also Bittern and 2 Oystercatchers on Main Lake (T Richardson/Y Simmonds/M Wheeler).

Richmond Park: female Lesser Spotted Woodpecker at Saw Pit Plantation (B Bird).

Tate Modern: female Black Redstart (R Braddock).

Thundry Meadows: Goosander (P Brown/A Harding/D Lemmon).

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

Unstead SF: Green Sandpiper on South Meadow (J Parr).

Tuesday 5th

Goosander, London Wetland Centre (R Draper).
Goosander, London Wetland Centre (R Draper).

Beddington Farmlands: Water Pipit and 2 Shelduck (Z Pannifer).

Cutt Mill Ponds: redhead Goosander (D Cox).

London Wetland Centre: Water Pipit and 2 Oystercatchers on Grazing Marsh and Goosander pair on Main Lake (R Draper/C Moore/M Rowell).

Tate Modern: female Black Redstart and Woodcock (R Braddock).

Monday 4th

Claygate: 2 Waxwings on Hare Lane (G Barter).

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

London Wetland Centre: female Goldeneye on Main Lake and Water Pipit and 2 Oystercatchers on Grazing Marsh (J Miller/C Moore).

Ranmore Common: 30+ Bramblings (N Unwin).

Richmond Park: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker at Saw Pit Plantation (D McKenzie).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).

Sunday 3rd

Beddington Farmlands: 9 Jack Snipe, 3 Water Pipits, 6 Green Sandpipers and 3 Shelduck (D Bulling).

Effingham Forest: c 15 Hawfinches, 4+ Goshawks, 4 Bramblings and 10+ Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (S Allen/T Eldridge/M Kettell/M Warden).

Hedgecourt Lake: female Goosander (D Dack).

London Wetland Centre: male Bearded Tit in main reedbed; also 2 Bitterns (Main Lake and Reservoir Lagoon), Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh, female Goldeneye and 2 Oystercatchers (S Fowles/A Salmon/B Wilson).

Morden Hall Park: Mediterranean Gull (N Rutter).

Priest Hill: adult Mediterranean Gull on Nescot field (N Batten).

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

White Down: 50+ Bramblings by car park (A Holden).

Saturday 2nd

Beddington Farmlands: Dunlin on Wet Grassland and 2 Golden Plovers north (G Jones).

Effingham Forest: 20+ Hawfinches, 45 Crossbills and Goshawk at Dick Focks Common (T Gibson).

Frensham Great Pond: drake Goosander and 2 Crossbills (D Brassington).

London Wetland Centre: male Bearded Tit in main reedbed; also Bittern and 2 Oystercatchers on Main Lake and Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh (E Devlin/C Lowman/T Richardson/A Salmon).

Richmond Park: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (D Brasier).

Friday 1st

Beddington Farmlands: 6 Water Pipits, Jack Snipe, 2 Green Sandpipers and 3 Shelduck (N Gardner/G Howgate/R Nagara).

London Wetland Centre: female Goldeneye and 2 Shelduck on Main Lake and 2 Oystercatchers on Grazing Marsh (C Moore/D Panchaud).

Tice’s Meadow: Green Sandpiper (S Brownhill).