May 2026

Sunday 31st

Salfords: Little Ringed Plover (C Eastwood).

Thursley Common: Wheatear (AJ Collins-Smith).

Tice’s Meadow: Oystercatcher (P Brown).

Saturday 30th

London Wetland Centre: Bittern (A Salmon).

Weybourne: Honey Buzzard north (J Gates).

Friday 29th

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Ringed Plovers and Oystercatcher (P Brown/M Elsoffer/R Smith).

Thursday 28th

London Wetland Centre: female Goosander and Bittern (A Salmon).

Lonsdale Road Reservoir: Shelduck (P Boult).

Tice’s Meadow: Oystercatcher (M Elsoffer).

Wednesday 27th

Ash Vale: Quail sound-recorded at 01:37 (G Clarke).

Burpham Water Meadows: 7 White Storks (J Gates).

Chobham Common: Wheatear (D Jowett).

Cranleigh: 11 White Storks at Home Farm (R Stride).

London Wetland Centre: booming Bittern (A Salmon).

Thursley Common: 3 Crossbills (P Howse).

Tice’s Meadow: Oystercatcher (R Smith).

Tuesday 26th

Papercourt GP: Common Sandpiper (M Hillary).

Monday 25th

Broad-billed Sandpiper, QE2 (C Turner).
Broad-billed Sandpiper, QE2 (C Turner).

Chobham Common: Spotted Flycatcher and Crossbill (N Smith).

Effingham Forest: Crossbill (P Davies).

Farnham Heath RSPB: Spotted Flycatcher (P Jenkins).

London Wetland Centre: booming Bittern; also Great Egret on Main Lake (P Smallshire).

Norbury Park: female Goosander with nine ducklings (D James).

Queen Elizabeth II Reservoir: *Broad-billed Sandpiper* on north side then flew off and perhaps taken by Peregrine; first for Surrey and London recording area (D Harris/C Turner).

Cattle Egret, Tice's Meadow (C Varndell).
Cattle Egret, Tice’s Meadow (C Varndell).

Redlands Wood: Hawfinch and 2 Crossbills (P Davies).

Richmond Park: Spotted Flycatcher (N Hughes).

Thursley Common: Wheatear and Spotted Flycatcher (R Smith).

Tice’s Meadow: Cattle Egret east; also Oystercatcher (C Varndell).

Sunday 24th

Beddington Farmlands: Cattle Egret on Phase 1; also subadult Yellow-legged Gull (A Dutta).

London Wetland Centre: Redshank (N Stapley).

Thursley Common: female Teal with five ducklings; seventh year in a row breeding has been confirmed here, the only site in Surrey the species breeds (D & P Boyd).

Wallington: Quail sound-recorded at 00:30 (A Dutta).

Saturday 23rd

Ewell: Quail sound-recorded at 01:45 (S Thomas).

Leatherhead: female Goosander with duckling brood on River Mole (R Herring).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Redshank (C Moore).

Thursley Common: 2 Spotted Flycatchers (D Lowe/R Thomas).

Tice’s Meadow: Scarlet Darter; also 2 Oystercatchers (BirdGuides/P Welling).

Friday 22nd

Great Black-backed Gull, Mercers CP (G Hay).
Great Black-backed Gull, Mercers CP (G Hay).

Godalming: Crossbill over Salgasson Meadow (N Willis).

Mercers CP: Great Black-backed Gull (G Hay).

Thursley Common: 2 Spotted Flycatchers (N D Stedman).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Ringed Plovers (R Horton).

Thursday 21st

Beddington Farmlands: Oystercatcher and Spotted Flycatcher (C Turner).

Leith Hill: 2 Spotted Flycatchers (W Attridge).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern (D Wells).

Thursley Common: 2 Spotted Flycatchers (N Bew/S Lumsden).

West Horsley: Spotted Flycatcher (D Cox).

Wednesday 20th

Sanderling, Beddington Farmlands (D Bulling).
Sanderling, Beddington Farmlands (D Bulling).

Beddington Farmlands: Sanderling (D Bulling/A Dutta/R Walker).

Horley: Spotted Flycatcher at Weatherhill Common (T Walker).

London Wetland Centre: Great Black-backed Gull (M Wheeler).

Thursley Common: Marsh Harrier west (R Douglas).

Tuesday 19th

Enton Lakes: Shelduck (D Brassington/E Stubbs).

Slyfield: 5+ White Storks (M Fincham).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Oystercatchers (P Brown).

Monday 18th

Slyfield: 5 White Storks (L Evans/M Scott).

Sunday 17th

Yellow Wagtail, Stoke D'Abernon (J Snell).
Yellow Wagtail, Stoke D’Abernon (J Snell).

Ash Ranges: Crossbill (C Jones).

Capel: Great Egret north (W Attridge).

Leith Hill: 6 Spotted Flycatchers (W Attridge).

London Wetland Centre: Curlew and Great Black-backed Gull (A Hurst/A Salmon).

Redlands Wood: 2 Crossbills (P Davies).

Grey Plover, Tice's Meadow (P Welling).
Grey Plover, Tice’s Meadow (K Duncan).

Slyfield: 6 White Storks (R Clark/M Kettell).

Stoke D’Abernon: Yellow Wagtail at Slyfield Farm (J Snell).

Tice’s Meadow: Grey Plover in The Meadow; also Ringed Plover and 2 Oystercatchers (K Duncan/M Elsoffer/P Welling).

Saturday 16th

Crooksbury Common: 8 Crossbills (M Elsoffer).

Slyfield: 4 White Storks (G Cole/W Justice/S Simnett).

Tice’s Meadow: Oystercatcher (P Brown).

Wishmoor Bottom: 4 Crossbills (P Newbound).

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).