May 2024
Friday 31st
Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): Short-eared Owl east (D Harris).
Wey Manor Meadows: 3 pairs of Lapwings with chicks (J Snell).
Thursday 30th
Bankside: 9 Kittiwakes over Blackfriars Bridge (R Braddock).
Wednesday 29th
London Wetland Centre: 2 Oystercatchers (C Moore).
Unstead SF: 2 Shoveler (J Parr).
Tuesday 28th
London Wetland Centre: female Pochard with ducklings (A Salmon).
Monday 27th
Burpham: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker along River Wey (W Justice).
Leigh: Spotted Flycatcher at Deanoak Lane (I Kehl).
London Wetland Centre: Bittern booming from Reservoir Lagoon (A Salmon).
Palewell Common: female Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (T Vine).
Tice’s Meadow: Shoveler pair (M Scott).
Sunday 26th
Crooksbury Common: Osprey east (J Gates).
Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 2 Shelduck (J Snell).
Peasmarsh: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker in garden (S Pont).
Unstead SF: Shoveler pair (J Parr).
Saturday 25th
London Wetland Centre: Ringed Plover on Main Lake and Teal on Wader Scrape; also Red-crested Pochard (K Robinson).
Thursley Common: male Red-backed Shrike at South Bog/Shrike Hill; fifth site record in last decade! (H MacBean/many observers).
Friday 24th
Chobham Common: 2 Crossbills (W Richardson).
Thursday 23rd
London Wetland Centre: Ringed Plover on Main Lake (C Moore).
Tate Modern: female Wheatear (R Braddock).
Wednesday 22nd
Beddington Farmlands: Little Stint with 4 Ringed Plovers on Wet Grassland (I Jones).
London Wetland Centre: 4 Yellow Wagtails on Grazing Marsh; also 2 Common Sandpipers (D Williams).
Tuesday 21st
Thursley Common: Honey Buzzard north (D Robinson).
Monday 20th
Whitmoor Common: Honey Buzzard west (M Jones).
Sunday 19th
Devil’s Punch Bowl: 22 Crossbills (J Gates).
Holmethorpe SP: Common Sandpiper (G Hay/I Kehl).
London Wetland Centre: Yellow Wagtail on Grazing Marsh (A Salmon).
Unstead SF: Little Ringed Plover (J Parr).
Westcott: Hawfinch at Logmore Lane (A Holden).
Saturday 18th
Beddington Farmlands: Short-eared Owl (I Jones).
Capel: Honey Buzzard north-west (W Attridge).
Hankley Common: 2 Spotted Flycatchers (J Gates).
London Wetland Centre: Great Egret on Grazing Marsh; also Yellow Wagtail (M Bravery/C Moore/G Nickerson/W Toolson).
Papercourt Water Meadows: Common Sandpiper along River Wey (A Press).
Richmond Park: Spotted Flycatcher at Pond Plantation (D Brasier).
Thursley Common: 5 Crossbills (R Grewal).
Tice’s Meadow: 4 Greenshank (R Horton).
Weybourne: White Stork (presumed released bird) south (J Gates).
Friday 17th
Effingham Forest: Hawfinch and 2 Crossbills (P Rodgers).
London Wetland Centre: Wheatear (D Lowman).
Thursday 16th
Leith Hill: 40 Crossbills (W Attridge).
London Wetland Centre: Yellow-legged Gull on Main Lake (A Salmon).
Unstead SF: Little Ringed Plover on South Meadow (J Parr).
Wednesday 15th
Beddington Farmlands: Dunlin on Wet Grassland (S Thomas).
Frensham Great Pond: Black Tern (S Peters).
Holmethorpe SP: Spotted Flycatcher and 2 Common Sandpipers (G Hay).
Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 2 Shelduck (J Snell).
Leith Hill: Crossbill (J Cassidy).
London Wetland Centre: Yellow Wagtail on Grazing Marsh (M Wheeler).
Thursley Common: 5 Crossbills (S Mason).
Tuesday 14th
Beddington Farmlands: Ringed Plover on Wet Grassland (I Jones).
Cobham: Night-Heron on River Mole (N Banks).
Croydon: singing Wood Warbler along Whitgift Avenue (BirdGuides).
Frensham Great Pond: Common Sandpiper (S Woolfries).
Leith Hill: 67 Crossbills (M Davis).
Monday 13th
Beddington Farmlands: Shelduck (I Jones).
Epsom Downs: Osprey south (S Gale).
Leith Hill: 2 Crossbills (M Matthews).
Tice’s Meadow: Common Sandpiper (J Byrne).
Sunday 12th
Beddington Farmlands: Great Egret over; also Yellow Wagtail and Shelduck (D Bulling/N Gardner).
Broadmoor: Spotted Flycatcher (S Gale).
Crooksbury Common: Hawfinch (J Gates).
London Wetland Centre: Wood Sandpiper from Dulverton Hide; also 2 Great Egrets on Grazing Marsh, Common Sandpiper and Shelduck on Main Lake (M Auger/BirdGuides/D Bradshaw/P Edwards/D Panchaud/S Patel).
Holmethorpe SP: 5 Common Sandpipers (G Hay/I Kehl).
Hogsmill SF: Common Sandpiper (J Gale/E O’Brien).
Puttenham Common: Spotted Flycatcher (A Lockett).
Richmond Park: Sanderling on Upper Pen Ponds then flew south-east; also Whinchat at Sawyers Hill (D Brasier).
Wimbledon Common: male Wheatear and Common Sandpiper (A Podmore).
Saturday 11th
Chobham Common: 3 Crossbills (J Clark).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Great Egrets on Grazing Marsh (J Boersma/C Moore).
Sheepleas: Spotted Flycatcher (J Hobden).
Thursley Common: 3 Common Sandpipers and 3 Crossbill (D Brassington).
Tice’s Meadow: Black Tern briefly (BirdGuides).
Friday 10th
Beddington Farmlands: Common Sandpiper (B Bird/R Walker).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Yellow Wagtails on Grazing Marsh (A Salmon).
Richmond Park: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Common Sandpipers and 2 Shelduck (F Maroevic).
Thursley Common: Hawfinch and 6 Crossbills (E Stubbs/L Zurikarai).
Thursday 9th
Beddington Farmlands: 2 Wood Sandpipers, 2 Greenshank and Common Sandpiper on Wet Grassland (C Owens/M Parker).
Guildford: Common Sandpiper at Millmead (R Fisher).
London Wetland Centre: 3 Wood Sandpipers from Peacock Tower (C Moore).
Wednesday 8th
Elstead: 2+ Whimbrels over at 22:20 (P Howse).
London Wetland Centre: Curlew (satellite-tagged bird from Severn and Avon Vale Curlew Project) on Main Lake and Yellow Wagtail on Grazing Marsh (C Dewhurst/A Salmon/M Wheeler).
Mare Hill: 9 Crossbills (P Nevett).
Worcester Park: 2 Wheatears (B Smith)
Tuesday 7th
Beddington Farmlands: Wheatear (I Jones).
Frensham Common: Nightjar (R Douglas).
Horton CP: 1+ Nightingale (B Smith).
Leigh: White Stork (presumed released bird) over Deanoak Lane (I Kehl).
Pewley Down: Wheatear (P Davies).
Richmond Park: female Wheatear (J Wilczur).
Shackleford: Wheatear (P Osborn).
Tate Modern: adult Kittiwake over Millennium Bridge (R Braddock).
Tice’s Meadow: Spotted Flycatcher (R Horton).
Monday 6th
Chobham Common: Crossbill (M Matthews).
Frensham Great Pond: Dunlin on beach (S Peters).
Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 2 Black Terns and Arctic Tern (C Turner).
London Wetland Centre: drake Garganey on Wader Scrape; also 3 Dunlin (D Bradshaw/R Johnson/S Patel/B Reding/A Salmon).
Sunday 5th
Ash Ranges: 10+ Nightjars (D Bridger).
Beddington Farmlands: Yellow Wagtail and 2 Wheatears (N Gardner/I Jones).
Hankley Common: Wheatear (N Batten).
Holmethorpe SP: Nightingale and Common Sandpiper (G Hay/I Kehl).
Horton CP: Nightingale (P Spencer).
London Wetland Centre: Common Sandpiper (M Bowden/M Wheeler).
Puttenham Common: Nightjar (D Green).
Richmond Park: Mediterranean Gull east; also Tree Pipit over, Wheatear and Common Sandpiper (D Brasier).
Saturday 4th
Beddington Farmlands: 4 Whimbrel at Wet Grassland; also Yellow Wagtail and 3 Wheatears (G Jones/I Jones/C Strudwick).
Hankley Common: 2+ Nightjars (P Howse).
Horton CP: Nightingale (B Smith).
Leith Hill: 38 Crossbills (P Evans).
Priest Hill: 24 Whitethroats (N Batten).
Pyford: unringed White Stork at Newark Priory (BirdGuides).
Shackleford: Corn Bunting briefly; also Fieldfare, 2 Yellow Wagtails and Wheatear (E Stubbs).
Tice’s Meadow: Arctic Tern in Workings (R Seargent).
West Putney: Osprey west (R Kaye/J Wilczur).
Whitmoor Common: Nightjar (S Brownhill).
Friday 3rd
Beddington Farmlands: 5 Dunlin on Wet Grassland; also 5 Yellow Wagtails and Wheatear (N Gardner/I Jones/A Ramesh).
Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 2 Arctic Terns (D Harris).
Leith Hill: c 40 Crossbills (S Gale).
London Wetland Centre: 6 Dunlin, 2 Yellow Wagtails and Common Sandpiper on Main Lake (C Moore/M Parker).
Pyrford: White Stork (unringed, perhaps wild) near Newark Priory (K Duncan/M Kettell/M Leitch).
Wescott: 2 Yellow Wagtails at Milton Court Farm (M Davis/A Holden).
Thursday 2nd
Beddington Farmlands: Yellow Wagtail (I Jones).
Crooksbury Common: Spotted Flycatcher (J Gates).
Enton Lakes: Sandwich Tern north (E Stubbs).
Godstone: White Stork over M25 (G Hay).
Hedgecourt Lake: Common Sandpiper (D Dack).
Holmbury Hill: 33 Crossbills (R Stride).
Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 4 Shelduck (J Snell).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Common Sandpipers (P Gilfillan/B Spencer).
Pyrford: White Stork near Newark Priory (G Barter).
Unstead SF: Sandwich Tern north (same as Enton Lakes); second site record (K Britten).
Wednesday 1st
Beddington Farmlands: 2 Whimbrel over; also Common Sandpiper (G Howgate/I Jones/D Warren).
Blackheath: Nightjar (K Britten).
Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 3 Shelduck (J Snell).
London Wetland Centre: Yellow Wagtail on Grazing Marsh and Common Sandpiper on Main Lake (A Salmon).
Richmond Park: Yellow Wagtail at the Bog (H Bradshaw).
Winterfold Heath: Nightjar (R Stride).