March 2025

Monday 31st

Beddington Farmlands: male and female Marsh Harriers; also 2 Redshank and Little Ringed Plover (D Bulling/G Jones).

Frensham Little Pond: Willow Warbler (P Lewis).

London Wetland Centre: Black Redstart on South Route; also 6 Redshank, 2 Oystercatchers and 20 Sand Martins (A Salmon/P Smallshire).

Richmond Park: Sand Martin (J Wilczur).

Send: Little Bunting at Prews Farm (R Dunne).

Thursley Common: Wheatear (A Bird).

Tice’s Meadow: Wheatear (J Snell).

Unstead SF: Swallow (K Britten).

Unstead Water Meadows: Swallow (N Willis).

Wandsworth Common: Yellow Wagtail north (N Rutter).

Sunday 30th

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Wheatears, Willow Warbler and Water Pipit (D Bulling).

Effingham Forest: 2 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (S Buckingham).

London Wetland Centre: Yellow Wagtail, Swallow, Green Sandpiper, 2 Oystercatchers, 20 Sand Martins and Little Ringed Plover (C Moore).

Milford: Willow Warbler at Secretts Farm (D Brassington).

Send: Little Bunting at Prews Farm (A Press/P Welling).

Unstead SF: Willow Warbler (J Parr).

Westcott: Black Redstart at Milton Court Farm (A Waterman).

Saturday 29th

Beddington Farmlands: Wheatear, 3 Willow Warblers, Redshank and 3 Shelduck (G Jones).

Crooksbury Common: Tree Pipit (J Gates).

Devil’s Punch Bowl: Willow Warbler and 11 Crossbills (D Brasier).

Ewell: Common Scoter flocks sound recorded (S Thomas).

Holmethorpe SP: 4 Sand Martins and 2 Green Sandpipers (I Kehl).

Leatherhead: male Brambling in garden (J Snell).

London Wetland Centre: 3 Redshank, Goosander, 20 Sand Martins and Little Ringed Plover (C Moore).

New Malden: Common Scoter flocks sound recorded (T Inns).

Send: Little Bunting at Prews Farm (J Klavins/T Lee).

Thursley Common: Hawfinch, Willow Warbler and Tree Pipit (BirdGuides).

Richmond Park: Swallow (P Davies).

Rotherhithe: 2 Willow Warblers (J Cadera).

Runfold: Swallow (J Gates).

Unstead SF: 2 Swallows (M Fincham/J Parr).

Wallington: Common Scoter flocks sound recorded (A Dutta).

Wandsworth Common: 3 Willow Warblers (N Rutter).

Friday 28th

Arbrook Common: male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (T Caine).

Beddington Farmlands: Sedge Warbler, Water Pipit, 2 Redshank, 2 Mediterranean Gulls, Common Sandpiper, 2 Willow Warblers, 4 Sand Martins, 5 Little Ringed Plovers, 2 Green Sandpipers and 3 Shelduck (N Gardner/G Howgate/G Jones/Z Pannifer/R Walker).

Enton Lakes: Sand Martin (D Brassington).

Hampton Estate: White Wagtail (M Phelps).

Leatherhead: male Brambling in garden (J Snell).

London Wetland Centre: Wheatear on Wader Scrape; also Little Ringed Plover, 2 Shelduck, 12 Sand Martins and 2 Oystercatchers (D Panchaud/C Moore/A Salmon).

Richmond Park: male Wheatear (R Dunne/P Pentek).

Westcott: Black Redstart at Milton Court Farm (A Holden).

Thursday 27th

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Redshank, Water Pipit, Willow Warbler, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 2 Green Sandpipers and Shelduck (D Dack/I Hoad/I Jones).

Box Hill: Hawfinch (S Gale).

Buckland: 5 Hawfinches (S Gale).

Chobham Common: Wheatear (E Sames).

Leatherhead: male Brambling in garden (J Snell).

Leith Hill: 3 Bramblings around tower (W Attridge).

London Wetland Centre: 7 Sand Martins (A Salmon).

Mickleham Downs: Hawfinch (S Gale).

Papercourt GPs: 2 Swallows (E Sames).

Papercourt Water Meadows: Sedge Warbler (E Sames).

Richmond Park: male Redstart (H Bradshaw).

Send: Little Bunting, 130 Linnets and 4 Bramblings at Prews Farm (N Bew/P Gilfilian/R Haydon/S Simnett/S Webb).

Shalford Water Meadows: Jack Snipe (K Britten).

Stoke Lake: 4 Sand Martins (M Fincham).

Wallington: Stone-curlew sound recorded at 02:40 (A Dutta).

Waverley Abbey: Green Sandpiper (K Duncan).

Westcott: Black Redstart at Milton Court Farm (A Holden/R Turner).

Wednesday 26th

Great Egrets, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).
Great Egrets, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).

Alfold: female Ring-necked Duck at Pallinghurst/Little Wildwood Farms (BirdGuides).

Beddington Farmlands: Brent Goose east, 2 Great Egrets north-east, female Wheatear, 3+ Willow Warblers, Water Pipit, Little Ringed Plover and 2 Green Sandpipers (A Dutta/G Jones/I Jones/Z Pannifer).

Effingham Forest: 2 Crossbills (P Lewis).

Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): drake and female Shelduck (J Snell).

London Wetland Centre: drake Goosander, Willow Warbler, Sand Martin, Great Black-backed Gull and 2 Oystercatchers (A Salmon/Y Simmonds).

Richmond Park: Swallow north-west (J Wilczur).

Send: Little Bunting at Prews Farm; also 20 Bramblings (L Evans).

Tuesday 25th

Little Bunting, Send (A Bolton).
Little Bunting, Send (A Bolton).

Beddington Farmlands: Sedge Warbler, 2 Willow Warblers, Water Pipit, Jack Snipe, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Shelduck and 3 Green Sandpipers (N Gardner/G Howgate/G Jones/I Jones/A Ramesh).

Godstone: Little Ringed Plover over (G Hay).

Holmethorpe SP: Swallow and 5 Sand Martins at Spynes Mere (G Hay).

London Wetland Centre: Willow Warbler, 13 Sand Martins and 2 Oystercatchers (C Dewhurst/M Rowell/A Salmon).

Send: Little Bunting at Prews Farm; also 50+ Bramblings (A Bolton/S Casson/J Downing/T Gibson).

Worplesdon: male Marsh Harrier north (J Gates).

Monday 24th

Green Sandpiper, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).
Green Sandpiper, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).

Beddington Farmlands: Willow Warbler, 2 Swallows, Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Water Pipit, Brambling, 2 Sand Martins, 3 Green Sandpipers and 3 Shelduck (G Howgate/G Jones/I Jones/R Walker).

Capel: multiple Brent Geese, Ringed Plovers and Oystercatchers over (W Attridge).

Effingham Forest: male and female Goshawks and 5 Hawfinches at Dick Focks Common (L & R Trueman).

Guildford: Brent Goose over (BirdGuides).

Little Bunting, Send (A Bird).
Little Bunting, Send (A Bird).

Leith Hill: Crossbill (M Walker).

London Wetland Centre: Mediterranean Gull, 14 Sand Martins and 2 Shelduck (A Salmon).

Send: Little Bunting at Prews Farm; also 2 Bramblings (A Bird/M Kettell).

Tice’s Meadow: Shelduck and 3 Sand Martins (S Brownhill).

Sunday 23rd

Black Redstart, Beddington Farmlands (A Ramesh).
Black Redstart, Beddington Farmlands (A Ramesh).

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Black Redstarts, Jack Snipe, Little Ringed Plover, 3 Green Sandpipers and 3 Shelduck (D Bulling/A Ramesh/C Strudwick).

Capel: 4 Hawfinches and 425 Chaffinches east/north-east (W Attridge).

Dorking: Black Redstart (H Sleath).

Effingham Forest: 4 Crossbills and Brambling at Dick Focks Common (S Osbourne).

Enton Lakes: Sand Martin (B Hayes).

Holmethorpe SP: Little Ringed Plover and 10 Sand Martins (G Hay).

London Wetland Centre: 10 Sand Martins and 2 Oystercatchers (C Lowman/W Newnham).

Richmond Park: 4 Sand Martins and Mediterranean Gull (D Brasier/D Woods).

Send: Little Bunting at Prews Farm; also 20 Bramblings (P Evans/C Howells/A Turbett).

Saturday 22nd

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

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Black Redstarts, 2 Hawfinches, Curlew, Redshank, 3 Little Ringed Plovers, Sand Martin, 2 Green Sandpipers and 5 Shelduck (M Bravery/A Dutta/G Jones/I Jones).

Box Hill: 50+ Hawfinches (S Gale).

Little Woodcote: male Black Redstart (D Coleman).

London Wetland Centre: Redshank, Willow Warbler, 3 Sand Martins and 2 Oystercatchers (M Parker/A Salmon).

Papercourt Marshes: Brambling (A Press).

Papercourt Water Meadows: Swallow (E Sames).

Queen Elizabeth II Reservoir: 23 (22 north-east; one on the water) Brent Geese (D Harris).

Little Bunting, Send (S Allen).
Little Bunting, Send (S Allen).

Richmond Park: Woodlark south and 2 Hawfinches east (D Brasier/P Pentek).

Send: Little Bunting at Prews Farm; also 28 Bramblings (S Allen/A Bird/K Britten/W Justice/S Kirby/A Press/E Sames/G Tillin).

Sutton Green: Swallow at Triggs Lock (M Higham).

Thursley Common: Hawfinch over Parish Field (T Inns).

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

Unstead SF: Swallow (J Parr).

Wallington: Brent Goose flock over at 23:24 (A Dutta).

Friday 21st

Black Redstart, London Wetland Centre (N Rutter).
Black Redstart, London Wetland Centre (N Rutter).

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Wheatears, Redshank and 4 Little Ringed Plovers (R Browne/G Howgate/R Walker).

Busbridge: Black Redstart at Heath Farm (S Jones).

Effingham Forest: Goshawk, 2 Hawfinches and 2 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (P Davies).

Little Woodcote: male Black Redstart (A Dutta).

London Wetland Centre: female Black Redstart; also Willow Warbler, Wheatear, male Bearded Tit, 5 Sand Martins, 2 Green Sandpipers and 2 Oystercatchers (S Fowles/D Panchaud/N Rutter/A Salmon).

Papercourt Water Meadows: Jack Snipe (T Matthews).

Little Bunting, Send (B Hayward).
Little Bunting, Send (B Hayward).

Send: Little Bunting at Prews Farm; also Great Egret north, 4 Bramblings, 500 Chaffinches and 200 Linnets (S Campbell/B Hayward).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Spoonbills; also 2 Sand Martins and Green Sandpiper (D Hunter/C Jones/N Silver).

Winterfold Heath: Brambling and 483 Chaffinches east (R Stride).

Thursday 20th

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

Alfold: female Ring-necked Duck at Pallinghurst/Little Wildwood Farms (BirdGuides).

Ash Ranges: Wheatear (J Gates).

Beddington Farmlands: male Wheatear, Jack Snipe, Water Pipit, 3 Little Ringed Plovers, 8+ Green Sandpipers and 3 Shelduck (R Browne/A Dutta/I Jones/R Weller).

Brockwell Park: Willow Warbler (BirdGuides).

Burgh Heath: White-tailed Eagle over Brighton Road (J Wilson).

Capel: flock of Brent Geese over (W Attridge).

Green Sandpiper, London Wetland Centre (J Reeves).
Green Sandpiper, London Wetland Centre (J Reeves).

Downside: drake Goosander on River Mole (J Snell).

Ewell: Brent Goose flocks, Oystercatcher and Curlew sound recorded (S Thomas).

Haslemere: Hawfinch at Lower Hanger (J Gates).

Hydon’s Ball: 2 Hawfinches on Octavia Hill (BirdGuides).

Leith Hill: 2 Great Black-backed Gulls, 23 Bramblings and 165 Chaffinches north-east (W Attridge).

London Wetland Centre: Sand Martin, Pintail, Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Green Sandpipers and 2 Oystercatchers (D Hasletine/A Salmon).

New Malden: House Martin north-east over garden; also flock of Brent Geese (T Inns).

Send: Little Bunting, 20 Bramblings, 200 Linnets and 200 Chaffinches at Prews Farm and Cattle Egret off Tannery Lane (J Bryant/T Gibson).

Shalford Water Meadows: Jack Snipe (M Kettell).

Wednesday 19th

Spoonbill, Chelsea & Lambeth Reservoirs (D Harris).
Spoonbill, Chelsea & Lambeth Reservoirs (D Harris).

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 2 Water Pipits, 2 Jack Snipe, 3 Green Sandpipers and 2 Shelduck (N Gardner).

Capel: 2 Brent Goose flocks over after dark; also 2 White Storks north-west (W Attridge).

Chelsea & Lambeth Reservoirs (permit only): adult Spoonbill (D Harris).

Effingham Forest: 3 Goshawks, 5 Hawfinches, 3 Crossbills and Sand Martin at Dick Focks Common (C Jones).

Esher: Green Sandpiper at Weylands Farm (A Cuthew).

Limpsfield: 10 Mediterranean Gulls (M Price).

London Wetland Centre: male and female Bearded Tits at Main Lake; also 3 Sand Martins, drake and female Pintail, 3 Mediterranean Gulls, Green Sandpiper and 2 Oystercatchers (M Auger/A Salmon/M Wheeler).

Reigate: Willow Warbler at Littleton Manor Farm (T Walker).

Richmond Park: Avocet on Upper Pen Pond; also Brambling (D Brasier/D Housley/S Pattison).

Shalford Water Meadows: Jack Snipe (K Britten).

Wallington: Curlew over (A Dutta).

Woking: singing male Black Redstart (T Stuart).

Tuesday 18th

Brent Geese, Capel (W Attridge).
Brent Geese, Capel (W Attridge).

Alfold: female Ring-necked Duck at Pallinghurst/Little Wildwood Farms (BirdGuides).

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Redshank, Water Pipit, Jack Snipe, 2 Green Sandpipers and 2 Shelduck (A Camp/I Jones).

Capel: large flock of Brent Geese north-east (W Attridge).

Effingham Forest: Hawfinch, Brambling and Crossbill at Dick Focks Common (J Dickerson).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Avocets on Main Lake; also Bittern, drake and female Pintail and 2 Oystercatchers (C Moore/A Salmon).

Redshank, Tate Modern (R Braddock).
Redshank, Tate Modern (R Braddock).

Newchapel: male Merlin at Shawlands Farm (K Noble).

Richmond Park: 2 Avocets on Pen Ponds; also 6 Pintail, adult Mediterranean Gull and 23+ Red Kites north-east/east (P Pentek/S Read/J Wilczur).

Send: Little Bunting, 2 Bramblings and 200 Linnets at Prews Farm (K Britten/D Cox).

Tate Modern: Redshank along River Thames (R Braddock).

Walton-on-Thames: 12 Avocets (D Harris).

Monday 17th

Green Sandpiper, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).
Green Sandpiper, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).

Beddington Farmlands: Water Pipit, 4 Green Sandpipers and 4 Shelduck (I Jones).

Buckland Park Lake: Great Egret east (W Attridge).

Cranleigh: 2 Little Ringed Plovers (R Stride).

Effingham Forest: 1+ Hawfinches and 2 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (D Evans/P Lewis).

Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 2 Oystercatchers and drake Shelduck (J Snell).

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

Send: 6 Bramblings at Prews Farm (M Bravery).

Sunday 16th

Black-necked Grebe, Island Barn Reservoir (D Harris).
Black-necked Grebe, Island Barn Reservoir (D Harris).

Ash Ranges: Tree Pipit and Crossbill (C Jones).

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Jack Snipe, 2 Green Sandpipers and 2 Shelduck (D Bulling/N Gardner).

Effingham Forest: Goshawk, Brambling and 4 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (J Buckingham/S Buckingham/S Osbourne).

Holmethorpe SP: 2 Green Sandpipers (G Hay/I Kehl).

Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): Black-necked Grebe; also Oystercatcher, Green Sandpiper and 4 Shelduck (D Harris).

London Wetland Centre: drake and female Pintail, Bittern and 2 Oystercatchers (M Bowen/A Salmon/M Wheeler).

Brambling, Send (K Britten).
Brambling, Send (K Britten).

Papercourt GPs: 1st-winter Little Gull north (BirdGuides).

Redlands Wood: Hawfinch (T Gibson).

Richmond Lock: 2 Common Sandpipers (D Brasier).

Richmond Park: Little Ringed Plover over Upper Pen Ponds; also 2 Sand Martins north-east (D Brasier/F Matthews).

Send: Little Bunting at Prews Farm; also 6 Bramblings, 300 Linnets and 600 Chaffinches (R Addison/D Bookless/K Britten/J Buckingham/S Buckingham/F Gurney/A Layton/P Lewis).

Saturday 15th

Beddington Farmlands: Jack Snipe, 3 Green Sandpipers and 4 Shelduck (B Carter/A Dutta/G Jones/I Jones/A Ramesh).

Effingham Forest: Goshawk and 3 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (T Gibson/R Hunt).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Oystercatchers and 2 Shelduck (A Binns/M Bowen/L Butler/M Robinson).

Send: Little Bunting, 5 Bramblings and 4+ Yellowhammers at Prews Farm (J Klavins).

Shalford Water Meadows: 2 Jack Snipe (D Brassington/K Britten).

Friday 14th

Beddington Farmlands: Mediterranean Gull, Green Sandpiper, 3 Great Black-backed Gulls and 3 Shelduck (R Browne/N Gardner).

Effingham Forest: 2 Hawfinches and 1+ Goshawks at Dick Focks Common (BirdGuides).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Oystercatchers and 2 Shelduck (D Panchaud/G & L Witt).

Thursday 13th

Beddington Farmlands: Jack Snipe and 3 Green Sandpipers (G Howgate/I Jones),

Effingham Forest: 5 Hawfinches, 3 Goshawks and 2 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (P Davies),

Leatherhead: adult Great Black-backed Gull over Randalls Way (N Batten).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Oystercatchers (A Salmon).

Wednesday 12th

Beddington Farmlands: Water Pipit, 2 Jack Snipe, 2 Green Sandpipers and Shelduck (A Dutta/G Howgate).

Box Hill: 6 Hawfinches at Juniper Top & Bottom (M Bravery).

Leatherhead: female Goosander on River Mole at Common Meadow (R Trueman).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Bitterns and 2 Oystercatchers (A Salmon/M Wheeler).

Send: Brambling at Prews Farm (E Sames).

Tuesday 11th

Crooksbury Common: male and female Hawfinches (J Gates).

Effingham Forest: 6+ Hawfinches, 2 Goshawks, 2 Crossbills and 5+ Bramblings at Dick Focks Common (J Birkett/D Cox/D Lowe/D Panchaud).

Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper (N Hadden).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Oystercatchers (A Salmon).

Send: 4+ Bramblings at Prews Farm (J Birkett/M Fincham).

Shalford Water Meadows: Jack Snipe (K Britten).

Stoke D’Abernon: 3 Goosander on River Mole (J Snell).

Monday 10th

Beddington Farmlands: Water Pipit, 2 Jack Snipe, Green Sandpiper and 3 Shelduck (R Browne/A Dutta/I Jones/R Walker).

Effingham Forest: 2 Hawfinches, 2 Goshawks and Brambling at Dick Focks Common (N Hughes).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Green Sandpiper and 2 Oystercatchers (A Salmon).

Sunday 9th

Jack Snipe, Beddington Farmlands (D Bulling).
Jack Snipe, Beddington Farmlands (D Bulling).

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Great Egrets north; also Sand Martin, Jack Snipe, adult Mediterranean Gull, 2 Green Sandpipers and 2 Shelduck (D Bulling/G Jones).

Crooksbury Common: female Brambling (S Allen).

Effingham Forest: 2 Goshawks, Brambling and 7 Hawfinches at Dick Focks Common (B Hughes/R Martin/D Stephens/G Taylor/W Townsend).

Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper (G Hay/I Kehl).

Brambling, Crooksbury Common (S Allen).
Brambling, Crooksbury Common (S Allen).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Sand Martins, 2 Bearded Tits, Great Black-backed Gull, Green Sandpiper and 2 Oystercatchers (M Auger/P Barrett/C Dewhurst/I Moody/A Salmon/M Wheeler).

Newlands Corner: 2 Hawfinches (P Davies).

Redlands Wood: 9 Hawfinches (T Gibson).

Richmond Park: Mediterranean Gull (D Brasier).

Unstead SF: Siberian Chiffchaff by car park (J Parr).

Saturday 8th

Beddington Farmlands: Water Pipit and 2 Shelduck (G Howgate/G Jones/I Jones).

Capel: 2 Hawfinches over (W Attridge).

Effingham Forest: 6 Hawfinches, Crossbill and 3 Goshawks at Dick Focks Common (E Devin/K Gage/M Hare/R Haydon/S Kirby/B Mullan/H Read).

Ewell: Black Redstart in garden at Fairfax Avenue (BirdGuides).

Hersham GP: 3 Shelduck (J Snell).

London Wetland Centre: Green Sandpiper and 2 Oystercatchers (N Bowen/C Moore/C Parry).

Richmond Park: Shelduck south-west (D Brasier).

Send: Brambling at Prews Farm (G Carmichael).

Thursley Common: Hawfinch north over High Ground (BirdGuides).

Tice’s Meadow: Dartford Warbler (BirdGuides).

Friday 7th

Beddington Farmlands: Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Shelduck and Green Sandpiper (G Howgate).

Effingham Forest: Goshawk, 3 Hawfinches and 2 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (J Dixon).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Bearded Tits in main reedbed; also 2 Mediterranean Gulls and 2 Oystercatchers (A Salmon).

Thursday 6th

Beddington Farmlands: Water Pipit, 5 Shelduck and Green Sandpiper (G Howgate/R Walker).

Hurst Green: singing Willow Warbler at Red Lane (K Puttock).

Effingham Forest: 6 Hawfinches, 2 Goshawks and 2 Bramblings at Dick Focks Common (P Davies).

London Wetland Centre: Sand Martin over Wader Scrape; also 2 Oystercatchers (A Salmon).

Mickleham Downs: 4+ Hawfinches (BirdGuides).

Papercourt GP: Goosander (N Bew).

Richmond Park: 3 Sand Martins over (BirdGuides).

Send: 5 Bramblings at Prews Farm (N Bew/E Sames).

Wednesday 5th

Brambling, Crooksbury Common (J Gates).
Brambling, Crooksbury Common (J Gates).

Beddington Farmlands: male Brambling, Great Black-backed Gull, Water Pipit, 2 Shelduck and Green Sandpiper (S Batchelor/G Howgate/J Pettit/S Thomas).

Crooksbury Common: male Brambling trapped and ringed (J Gates).

Effingham Forest: 6 Hawfinches, 3 Goshawks, Brambling and 2 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (A Bird/T Matthews).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Oystercatchers (A Salmon).

Tice’s Meadow: Black Redstart by entrance (BirdGuides).

Tuesday 4th

Beddington Farmlands: Brambling, 2 Water Pipits, 2 Jack Snipe, Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Shelduck and Green Sandpiper (A Dutta/I Jones/G Howgate/R Walker).

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

Godstone: Black Redstart between High Street and Dumville Drive (G Hay).

Horsell Common: ringtail Hen Harrier (BirdGuides).

Leatherhead: 2 redhead Goosander on River Mole at Common Meadow (J Snell).

London Wetland Centre: Water Pipit and 2 Oystercatchers (S Fowles/A Salmon).

Tice’s Meadow: Black Redstart by entrance (BirdGuides).

Monday 3rd

Beddington Farmlands: 3 Shelduck and 4 Green Sandpipers (R Browne/R Walker).

Crooksbury Common: 3 Crossbills (R Horton).

Effingham Forest: male and female Goshawks, 8 Hawfinches and 2 Bramblings at Dick Focks Common (W Hopkins/A Walker/D Williams).

London Wetland Centre: 3 Bearded Tits in main reedbed; also Water Pipit and 2 Oystercatchers (A Salmon/A Wilkinson).

Sunday 2nd

Alfold: female Ring-necked Duck at Pallinghurst/Little Wildwood Farms (P Evans/B Hagan/D Robinson).

Beddington Farmlands: Water Pipit, 3 Shelduck and Green Sandpiper (B Carter/A Ramesh/C Strudwick).

Crooksbury Common: 2 female Bramblings (J Gates).

Effingham Forest: 3 Goshawks, 28 Hawfinches, 11 Crossbills and 3 Bramblings at Dick Focks Common (D Brasier).

Ham House: Great Black-backed Gull (P Pentek).

Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper (G Hay/I Kehl).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Mediterranean Gulls on Wader Scrape; also Bittern, 2 Oystercatchers and 2 Shelduck (Z Avison/O Dewhurst/I Falconer/N Hurst/C Lowman/N Stapley/M Wheeler).

Newlands Corner: 16 Hawfinches by boardwalk (D Brasier).

Wandsworth: Green Sandpiper (R Goodman).

Saturday 1st

Black Redstart, Godstone (G Hay).
Black Redstart, Godstone (G Hay).

Alfold: female Ring-necked Duck on pond at Pallinghurst/Little Wildwood Farm (S Buckingham/P Evans/G Tillin).

Beddington Farmlands: female Pintail, Brambling, Water Pipit, Jack Snipe, 5 Shelduck and 2 Green Sandpipers (M Bravery/B Carter/G Jones/M Parker).

Denbies Hillside: 4 Hawfinches (A Dutta).

Effingham Forest: 2 Goshawks and 10 Hawfinches at Dick Focks Common (C Burchell/S Casson/C Jones/R Marshall).

Godstone: Black Redstart (G Hay).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern, 2 Shelduck and 2 Oystercatchers (J Belchamber/L Butler/A Salmon).

Mickleham Downs: 75 Hawfinches (J Cedar/A Dutta/R Fernando).

Newlands Corner: 50 Hawfinches (M Mallalieu).

Ranmore Common: 4 Hawfinches at Dorking Wood (BirdGuides).

Send: 5+ Bramblings at Prews Farm (M Fincham/W Justice).

Unstead Water Meadows: 2 Hawfinches (N Willis).

Woking: Goshawk over garden (R Mooney).