May 2026
Friday 15th
Beddington Farmlands: Yellow Wagtail and 2 Common Sandpipers (N Gardner).
Blackheath: 2 Crossbills (D Mckenzie).
Capel: Honey Buzzard north-west (W Attridge).
Enton Lakes: Osprey over (D Brassington).
Holmethorpe SP: Common Sandpiper (G Hay).
Pewley Down: Nightingale and Woodlark (G Everson).
Tice’s Meadow: Osprey over (M Elsoffer).
Thursday 14th
Bankside: Oystercatcher (R Braddock).
Capel: Yellow Wagtail and 120 House Martins at Butterlee and Clockhouse Pits (W Attridge).
Slyfield: 3 White Storks (D Brassington).
Tice’s Meadow: Common Sandpiper (M Elsoffer).
Wednesday 13th
Burpham Water Meadows: 5 White Storks (S Casson/M Kettell/B Scammell/M Wood).
Capel: 2 Shelduck at Butterlee and Clockhouse Pits (W Attridge).
Leith Hill: 2 Hawfinches, Spotted Flycatcher and 14 Crossbills (W Attridge).
Tuesday 12th
Burpham Water Meadows: 5 White Storks (K Britten/M Fincham/M Scott).
Capel: 2 Shelduck (W Attridge).
Holmethorpe SP: Redwing and Common Sandpiper (G Hay).
Mercers CP: 3 Common Sandpipers (G Hay).
Pewley Meadows: male Pied Flycatcher (J Mitchell).
Richmond Park: Common Sandpiper (J Wilczur).
Monday 11th
Blackheath: 6 Crossbills (K Britten).
Burpham Water Meadows: Little Ringed Plover (P Davy).
Capel: 2 Shelduck (W Attridge).
Holmethorpe SP: Redwing (N Hadden).
Horley: Little Ringed Plover at Littlelake Farm (T Walker).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Yellow Wagtails and Common Sandpiper (A Salmon).
Sunday 10th
Earlier this month Goosander was confirmed as breeding in Surrey for the first time ever.
Beddington Farmlands: 2 Ringed Plovers (M Read).
Frensham Great Pond: Great Egret north (S Peters).
London Wetland Centre: Common Sandpiper (A Salmon/M Wheeler).
Slyfield: 5 White Storks (S Gillingham/M Kettell/A Turbett/C Whiter).
Thursley Common: 3 Crossbills (M Warden).
Saturday 9th
Beddington Farmlands: Yellow Wagtail, Common Sandpiper and Shelduck (J James).
Bermondsey: Yellow-legged Gull and Oystercatcher (J Cadera).
Cranleigh: White Stork north (BirdGuides).
Epsom: White-tailed Eagle south-east (J Barnes).
Frensham Great Pond: adult Kittiwake (S Peters).
Holmethorpe SP: Redwing; also Common Sandpiper (G Hay/I Kehl).
London Wetland Centre: 4 Common Sandpipers (L Davies/A Salmon).
Priest Hill: male Whinchat (N Batten).
Slyfield: 4 White Storks (K Britten).
Thursley Common: 7 Crossbills (D Brassington/M Robinson).
Friday 8th
Cranleigh: 2 White Storks (G Howgate).
Goldsworth Park Lake: Common Sandpiper (K Duncan).
Hogsmill SF: Common Sandpiper (J Gale).
London Wetland Centre: Great Black-backed Gull (A Harrison).
Slyfield: 2 White Storks (J Gates).
Thursley Common: Whimbrel, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, Wheatear and Green Sandpiper (D Lowe/A Saunders).
Tice’s Meadow: Oystercatcher (M Wood).
Thursday 7th
Beddington Farmlands: Wood Sandpiper (BirdGuides).
London Wetland Centre: Grasshopper Warbler, Whinchat and Common Sandpiper (J James).
Mercers CP: 3 Common Sandpipers (G Hay).
Pewley Down: 2 Grey Partridges (A Lobb).
Thursley Common: Ringed Plover at Pudmore (C & D Brassington).
Tice’s Meadow: Common Sandpiper (R Horton).
Wednesday 6th
Ash Ranges: Oystercatcher over (C Dally).
Beddington Farmlands: Wood Sandpiper and 2 Common Sandpipers (S Batchelor/T Kleeberg).
London Wetland Centre: Yellow Wagtail, Wheatear and Common Sandpiper (S Bray/A Salmon/N Stapley/M Wheeler).
Polesden Lacy: Wheatear (D Cox).
Tice’s Meadow: Common Sandpiper (K Britten).
West End Common: Nightjar (P Cusdin).
Tuesday 5th
Bisley: White Stork (R Marshall).
Blackheath: 2 Nightjars (K Britten).
Island Barn Reservoir: Common Sandpiper (D Spragg).
Kew Gardens: singing Wood Warbler at Queen Charlotte’s Cottage (O Dewhurst).
London Wetland Centre: Yellow Wagtail and Common Sandpiper (A Salmon).
Richmond Park: 2 Great Black-backed Gulls (P Pentek).
Thursley Common: Crossbill (A Frost).
Tice’s Meadow: Greenshank (K Cobbett).
Monday 4th
Ash Ranges: 5 Crossbills (J Clark/C Jones).
Chobham Common: 2 Nightjars (J Downing).
Knowle Park CP: Common Sandpiper (R Stride).
London Wetland Centre: Greenshank and 2 Common Sandpipers (A Salmon/W Townsend).
Richmond Park: Shelduck (P Pentek).
Thursley Common: 3 Crossbills (C & D Brassington).
Sunday 3rd
Beddington Farmlands: Wood Sandpiper, 3 Cattle Egrets, 4 Greenshank and Common Sandpiper (D Bulling).
Brentmoor Heath: 2 Nightjars (A Hockey).
Crooksbury Common: 4 Crossbills (P Hedges).
Leith Hill: Spotted Flycatcher, Hawfinch and 2 Crossbills (W Attridge).
Holmethorpe SP: Whinchat at Mercers Quarry; also Wheatear and Common Sandpiper (N Hadden/G Hay/T Ledger).
Knowle Park CP: Common Sandpiper (R Stride).
London Wetland Centre: Common Sandpiper (A Salmon).
Stoke Lake: Common Sandpiper and 2 White Storks (M Kettell).
Thundry Meadows: Nightjar (P Howse).
Tice’s Meadow: 3 Oystercatchers and Common Sandpiper (J Oomen/P Welling).
Saturday 2nd
Ash Ranges: Crossbill (C Jones).
Beddington Farmlands: Whimbrel and 2 Greenshank (A Ramesh).
Burgh Heath: Wheatear at Canons Farm (P Goodman).
Chelsea & Lambeth Reservoirs: Greenshank (C Turner).
Chiddingfold Forest: Hawfinch over (BirdGuides).
Elstead: Mediterranean Gull over (P Howse).
Farley Heath: 4 Nightjars (Y Szczech).
Holmethorpe SP: Common Sandpiper (T Ledger).
London Wetland Centre: Whinchat, Great Black-backed Gull and Common Sandpiper (A Evans-Hill/A Hurst/D MacLeod/F Wright).
Stoke Lake: Common Sandpiper and 2 White Storks (P Coddington/W Justice).
Thursley Common: 2 Crossbills (J Mills/S Nichols).
Tice’s Meadow: 2 Oystercatchers (P Welling/R Wright).
Unstead SF: Dunlin at South Meadow (K Britten/J Parr).
Friday 1st
Chobham Common: 2 Nightjars (R Lee).
Lammas Lands: Whimbrel north-west (E Stubbs).
London Wetland Centre: Yellow Wagtail and Common Sandpiper (M Andrews/E Barlow/T Richardson).
Pewley Down: 2 Hawfinches north (BirdGuides).
Richmond Park: 2 Common Sandpipers (S Hucks).
Stoke Lake: 5 White Storks (P Davies).
Thursley Common: 2 Crossbills (S Clarke/S Wells).
Tice’s Meadow: 2 Wood Sandpipers, 2 Oystercatchers and 3 Common Sandpipers (G Bunce/R Horton).









