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

White Storks, Burpham Water Meadows (K Britten).
White Storks, Burpham Water Meadows (K Britten).

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

Little Ringed Plover, Burpham Water Meadows (P Davy).
Little Ringed Plover, Burpham Water Meadows (P Davy).

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

Goosander family (T Yeomans).
Goosander family (T Yeomans).

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

Redwing, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).
Redwing, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).

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

Ringed Plover, Thursley Common (D Brassington).
Ringed Plover, Thursley Common (D Brassington).

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

Wheatear, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).
Wheatear, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).

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).

Nightjar, Thundry Meadows (P Howse).
Nightjar, Thundry Meadows (P Howse).

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

Wheatear, Burgh Heath (P Goodman).
Wheatear, Burgh Heath (P Goodman).

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).

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

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).