March 2026

The decisions from the 2026 Surrey Bird Club Records Committee meeting can be viewed here.

Thursday 5th

Banstead: Brambling (S Gale).

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Jack Snipe, 2 Shelduck and 3 Green Sandpipers (N Gardner).

Effingham Forest: 5 Hawfinches, 2 Goshawks, Brambling and 8 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (J Brown/T Lee/D McLeod).

London Wetland Centre: 3 Sand Martins, Bittern and 2 Oystercatchers (M Andrews/A Salmon/R Torry).

Mickleham: 10 Hawfinches and 2 Bramblings at Juniper Top (C Hill).

Thursley Common: 2 Crossbills (D Colledge).

Tice’s Meadow: Oystercatcher (L Fairclough).

Wednesday 4th

Little Ringed Plover, Beddington Farmlands (J Pettit).
Little Ringed Plover, Beddington Farmlands (J Pettit).

Beddington Farmlands: Little Ringed Plover; also Dutch-ringed 1st-winter Caspian Gull, Shelduck and 2 Green Sandpipers (M Parker/J Pettit).

Crooksbury Common: 8 Crossbills (C Grindrod).

Effingham Forest: Hawfinch, 2 Goshawks and 4 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (K Britten/P Evans/M Spracklen).

Kingston upon Thames: Red-crested Pochard and 3 Great Black-backed Gulls on River Thames (P Pentek).

Adder, Thursley Common (R Fisher).
Adder, Thursley Common (R Fisher).

London Wetland Centre: 4 Sand Martins, Bittern and Oystercatcher (C Dewhurst/J Keddie/M Wheeler).

Mytchett Place: Crossbill (C Jones).

Thursley Common: Crossbill and 2 Adders (R Fisher/M Hughes).

Tice’s Meadow: Oystercatcher and 2 Green Sandpipers (P Brown/R Horton).

Tuesday 3rd

Badshot Lea: 2 White-fronted Geese at Lower Weybourne Road (BirdGuides).

Capel: 2 Hawfinches east (W Attridge).

Effingham Forest: 2 Goshawks, 7 Hawfinches and 2 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (A Lovett/M Skipp).

London Wetland Centre: 3+ Sand Martins; also 2 Great Egrets south-west, Great Black-backed Gull and 2 Oystercatchers (S Bray/J Palmer/A Salmon).

Puttenham Common: 2 Bramblings and Crossbill (P Davies).

Ranmore Common: Hawfinch (M Gamble).

Monday 2nd

Beddington Farmlands: male Wheatear, 2 Caspian Gulls, 2 Water Pipits, 3 Jack Snipe, 2 Shelduck and 3 Green Sandpipers (A Dutta/N Gardner/C Owens/R Walker).

Box Hill: 10 Hawfinches at Juniper Top (A Blake).

Effingham Forest: Goshawk and 14 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (P Davies/P Pentek).

Thursley Common: 2 Crossbills (D Brassington).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Dunlin (P Brown/K Duncan/A Frost/B Walters).

Sunday 1st

Wheatear, Beddington Farmlands (A Harding).
Wheatear, Beddington Farmlands (A Harding).

Beddington Farmlands: male Wheatear; also 1st-winter Caspian Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Jack Snipe, 2 Shelduck and 2 Green Sandpipers (A Harding/C Strudwick).

Effingham Forest: 6 Hawfinches (four at Dick Focks Common and two at Honeysuckle Bottom); also Goshawk and 3 Crossbills (M Ball/M Bradbury/J Dickersen).

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

Richmond Park: Mediterranean Gull (P Pentek).