November 2021

Tuesday 30th

Goldeneye, Longside Lake (J Snell).
Goldeneye, Longside Lake (J Snell).

Beddington Farmlands: Caspian Gull and Shelduck on North Lake (D Warren).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Goldeneye, 2 Pintail and 2 Shelduck (WWT).

Longside Lake: drake Goldeneye and redhead Goosander (J Snell).

Netley Heath: 4 Hawfinches, 8+ Bramblings and 2 Crossbills (A Wilson).

Sheepleas: 20+ Bramblings in top corner of Shere Road car park (R Dunne).

Tulse Hill: Brambling (S Patmore).

Monday 29th

Bury Hill Fisheries: 2 Bramblings (M Davis).

Headley Heath: 2 Hawfinches (S Gale).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Goldeneye and 2 Shelduck on Main Lake (WWT).

Norbury Park: 5 Bramblings (M White).

Thorpe Park: female Scaup and drake and female Goosander on Manor Lake; also 2 Goldeneye on St Ann’s Lake (J Snell).

Sunday 28th

Hawfinch, Effingham Forest (G Hay).
Hawfinch, Effingham Forest (G Hay).

Beddington Farmlands: Black-tailed Godwit on North Lake; also 2nd-winter Caspian Gull, Water Pipit and Green Sandpiper (J Bartley/Z Pannifer).

Blackheath: 8 Crossbills (K Britten).

Effingham Forest: 3 Hawfinches, 40 Bramblings and 2 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (G Hay).

Ewell: Great Egret flew north at 09:50 (S Thomas).

Headley Heath: 10+ Hawfinches (S Gale).

Hurst Green: Brambling at Whitegates Farm (K Puttock).

Crossbills, Blackheath (K Britten).
Crossbills, Blackheath (K Britten).

Island Barn Reservoir: yellow-ringed first-winter Caspian Gull mid-afternoon (S Musievski).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern on Main Lake; also Goldeneye and 2 Shelduck (WWT).

Papercourt Water Meadows: Great Egret on stream between Papercourt Farm and lock late morning then flew west (A Goddard).

Sheepleas: 20+ Bramblings (J Matthews/M Smith).

Thorpe Park: female Scaup and drake and female Goosander on Manor Lake; also 2 Goldeneye on St Ann’s Lake (J Bitt/S Ferguson/J Snell).

Tice’s Meadow: Green Sandpiper (S Brownhill).

Saturday 27th

Yellow-legged Gull, Beddington Farmlands (A Ramesh).
Yellow-legged Gull, Beddington Farmlands (A Ramesh).

Beddington Farmlands: Black-tailed Godwit on North Lake; also 2nd-winter Caspian Gull, 2 1st-winter Yellow-legged Gulls, 3 Water Pipits 2 Jack Snipe and Green Sandpiper (N Gardner/A Ramesh).

Frensham Great Pond: drake Goldeneye (S Peters).

London Wetland Centre: Brent Goose flew south-east; also 2 Bitterns on Main Lake, Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh, Jack Snipe, Goldeneye and 2 Shelduck (J Klavins/A Salmon).

Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (BirdGuides).

Thorpe Park: no sign of Ferruginous Duck or Scaup though 2 drake Goldeneye on St Ann’s Lake (J Snell).

Friday 26th

Ferruginous Duck, Thorpe Park (J Klavins).
Ferruginous Duck, Thorpe Park (J Klavins).

Beddington Farmlands: Black-tailed Godwit on Wet Grassland (A Treip).

Coulsdon: adult Yellow-legged Gull (Z Pannifer).

Effingham Forest: 8 Bramblings and 4 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (J Klavins).

London Wetland Centre: Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh; also 2 Bitterns and Goldeneye on Main Lake (D Panchaud/WWT).

Sheepleas: 20+ Bramblings just south of St Mary’s church car park (J Klavins).

Thorpe Park: drake Ferruginous Duck (apparently unringed) and female Scaup on Manor Lake (D Cox/R Dunne/D Haydon/J Klavins/S Portugal/J Snell/S Woolfenden).

Worcester Park: 2 Bramblings (C Northwood).

Thursday 25th

Ferruginous Duck, Thorpe Park (J Snell).
Ferruginous Duck, Thorpe Park (J Snell).

Beddington Farmlands: Black-tailed Godwit and Dunlin (D Warren).

London Wetland Centre: Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh, Bittern on Main Lake, Jack Snipe, 2 Shelduck and 2 Pintail (A Robertson/A Wilkinson).

Sheepleas: 20+ Bramblings near south-east corner of Shere Road car park (J Wilczur/S Woolfenden).

Thorpe Park: drake Ferruginous Duck on Manor Lake (38th county record pending acceptance); also female Scaup and female Goosander on Manor Lake and Jack Snipe on island (J Snell/many observers).

Westcott: male Hawfinch at Bury Hill Fisheries (M Davis).

Wednesday 24th

Dunlin, Beddington Farmlands (D Warren).
Dunlin, Beddington Farmlands (D Warren).

Beddington Farmlands: Black-tailed Godwit on North Lake; also Dunlin and Shelduck (A Treip/D Warren).

Headley Heath: 2 Hawfinches and 1,100 Redwings into roost (G Hay).

Hersham GP: 3 Cattle Egrets in fields (M Bravery).

Hurst Green: 2 Bramblings at Whitegates Farm (K Puttock).

Island Barn Reservoir: female Scaup; also 250 Barnacle Geese in fields to south (D Harris).

Tice’s Meadow: Green Sandpiper (P Osborn).

Tuesday 23rd

Goldeneye, London Wetland Centre (S Patel).
Goldeneye, London Wetland Centre (S Patel).

Abinger Hammer: Merlin flew over A25 to east of village at dusk (M Phelps).

Beddington Farmlands: Black-tailed Godwit (D Warren).

Clandon Wood: 2 Hawfinches flew west at 07:50 (M Phelps).

Frensham Great Pond: female Goosander (E Stubbs).

Island Barn Reservoir: Green Sandpiper and 60 Barnacle Geese (J Snell).

Leith Hill: 6 Hawfinches and 70 Bramblings flew south-west; also 15 Bramblings around the tower (W Attridge).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Bitterns on north shore of Main Lake; also Goldeneye and 3 Pintail (J Klavins/S Patel).

Richmond Park: Dartford Warbler (BirdGuides).

Tice’s Meadow: Green Sandpiper (C Jones).

Monday 22nd

Black-tailed Godwit, Beddington Farmlands (D Warren).
Black-tailed Godwit, Beddington Farmlands (D Warren).

Beddington Farmlands: Black-tailed Godwit on North Lake (D Warren).

Island Barn Reservoir: Goldeneye and Green Sandpiper though no sign of Scaup (M White).

Kew Gardens: Red-crested Pochard (I Maclean).

London Wetland Centre: Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh; also Bittern on Main Lake, Goldeneye, 3 Bramblings and 3 Pintail (J Klavins).

Goldeneye, Mercers CP (G Hay).
Goldeneye, Mercers CP (G Hay).

Longside Lake: female Goldeneye (J Snell).

Mercers CP: drake Goldeneye (D Young/(G Hay/A Kundrotas).

Papercourt Water Meadows: Brambling (E Sames).

Sheepleas: 30+ Bramblings (S Brownhill).

Sunday 21st

Brambling, Sheepleas (R Clark).
Brambling, Sheepleas (R Clark).

Beddington Farmlands: 3 Water Pipits, 2 Jack Snipe and 2 Green Sandpipers (J Bartley/N Gardner).

Effingham Forest: Brambling at Dick Focks Common (I Jones).

Island Barn Reservoir: female Scaup; also 200+ Barnacle Geese in fields to south (D Harris).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern on Main Lake and Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh (BirdGuides).

Netley Heath: 40+ Bramblings near junction of North Downs Way and Juniper Bottom path (A Harding).

Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (BirdGuides).

Sheepleas: 30+ Bramblings (S Brownhill/R Clark/P Smith).

Thorpe Park: female Scaup on Manor Lake (J Snell).

Thursley Common: ringtail Hen Harrier over Pudmore and Ockley Common late morning then departed north-west (D & P Boyd).

Saturday 20th

Dartford Warbler, Godalming (E Stubbs).
Dartford Warbler, Godalming (E Stubbs).

Beddington Farmlands: adult Mediterranean Gull on North Lake (Z Pannifer).

Cutt Mill Ponds: 3 drake Goosander on house pond (S Brownhill).

Effingham Forest: Hawfinches and 20+ Bramblings at Dick Focks Common (M Fincham).

Esher: 3 Cattle Egrets in field by River Mole (P Spencer).

Godalming: Dartford Warbler on Lammas Lands (E Stubbs).

Island Barn Reservoir: c.100 Barnacle Geese in fields to south (D Harris).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern on Main Lake and Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh (WWT).

Netley Heath: 7 Hawfinches, 5 Bramblings and 2 Crossbills (A Holden).

Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (G Hay).

Sheepleas: 40+ Bramblings (M Stevens).

Friday 19th

Beddington Farmlands: Shelduck on North Lake (D Warren).

Hurst Green: 2 Bramblings at Whitegates Farm (K Puttock).

London Wetland Centre: Water Pipit, Goldeneye and Shelduck (D Panchaud).

Richmond Park: Dartford Warbler (BirdGuides).

Thursday 18th

Brockwell Park: 2 Bramblings (S Patmore).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern and Shelduck on Main Lake; also Water Pipit (A Self/WWT).

Redhill: 2nd-winter Iceland Gull over tip mid-afternoon (G Hay).

Wednesday 17th

Iceland Gull, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).
Iceland Gull, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).

Betchworth: Barnacle Goose (W Attridge).

Effingham Forest: 2 Hawfinches and 2 Bramblings at Dick Focks Common (G Robson).

Holmethorpe SP: 2nd-winter Iceland Gull on Water Colour Lagoon 1 mid-afternoon; thought to be the same as in Buckinghamshire 5-6 November (G Hay).

Island Barn Reservoir: adult Yellow-legged Gull in roost (D Harris).

Yellow-legged Gull, Island Barn Reservoir (D Harris).
Yellow-legged Gull, Island Barn Reservoir (D Harris).

London Wetland Centre: male Hen Harrier circling Grazing Marsh from Peacock Tower at 14:05 then departed east; also 2 Bitterns and Jack Snipe on Main Lake, Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh and female Goldeneye on Reservoir Lagoon (M Bravery/D Cox/M Wheeler/A Wilkinson).

Papercourt Water Meadows: redhead Goosander flew north (E Sames).

Sheepleas: 40+ Bramblings between church and Shere Road car park (M Fincham/G Robson/S Spooner).

Tate Modern: female-type Black Redstart flycatching from roof of houses next to Tate Community Garden (R Braddock).

Tuesday 16th

Beddington Farmlands: 3 Barnacle Geese on North Lake; also 4 Green Sandpipers (R Dennis/D Warren).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Water Pipits on Grazing Marsh; also Shelduck and Goldeneye (J Klavins).

Sheepleas: 10+ Bramblings feeding on whitebeam (M Bravery).

Monday 15th

Hawfinch, Effingham Forest (D Young).
Hawfinch, Effingham Forest (D Young).

Clandon Wood: Brambling (M Phelps).

Cutt Mill Ponds: 2 Goosander (P Osborn).

Effingham Forest: Hawfinch, 5+ Crossbills and 6 Bramblings at Dick Focks Common (D Young).

Hersham GP: 3 Cattle Egrets; also 60+ Barnacle Geese (G Barter/G Hinchon).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Water Pipit, Goldeneye and Pintail (J Klavins).

Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (C Temple).

Slyfield: 1st-winter Caspian Gull on roof of Vines of Guildford late morning (G Hinchon).

Sunday 14th

Caspian Gull, Slyfield (M Kettell).
Caspian Gull, Slyfield (M Kettell).

Beddington Farmlands: Ring Ouzel at North Lake; also 4 Bramblings over (C & S Pang/Z Pannifer).

Blatchford Down: Hawfinch and 6 Bramblings (A Holden).

Esher: 3 Cattle Egrets in field by River Mole (P Smith).

Leith Hill: 40 Bramblings under beeches west of Starveall Corner car park; also 22 Crossbills (W Attridge).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern on Main Lake from Headley Hide; also Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh, Red-crested Pochard and Goldeneye (P Carr/J Klavins).

Bittern, London Wetland Centre (J Klavins).
Bittern, London Wetland Centre (J Klavins).

Lonsdale Road Reservoir: Short-eared Owl flew north-east along River Thames at 10:45 (F Maroevic).

Milford: ringtail Hen Harrier flew south-west at 14:20 (E Stubbs).

Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (M Bradbury).

Richmond Park: Brambling (P Pentek).

Slyfield: 1st-winter Caspian Gull on roof of Vines of Guildford late morning (S Chastell/M Kettell).

Wimbledon Common: Dartford Warbler (BirdGuides).

Saturday 13th

Scaup and Tufted Duck (S Ferguson).
Scaup and Tufted Duck, Thorpe Park (S Ferguson).

Abinger Roughs: 8 Bramblings (M Murphy).

Beddington Farmlands: 1st-winter Caspian Gull (Z Pannifer).

Effingham Forest: Hawfinch, 6 Crossbills and 25+ Bramblings at Dick Focks Common (M Fincham).

Hedgecourt Lake: 1st-winter Mediterranean Gull (D Dack).

Hersham GP: 3 Cattle Egrets (D Harris).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern, 2 Water Pipits, Goldeneye and Pintail (S Patel/WWT).

Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (C Temple).

Thorpe Park: female Scaup with Tufted Duck flock on Manor Lake (S Ferguson/J Klavins/J Snell).

Friday 12th

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Jack Snipe and 2 Water Pipits (G Jones).

London Wetland Centre: Goldeneye (S Patel).

Netley Heath: 20 Bramblings (D Smith).

Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (J Klavins).

Thursday 11th

Scaup, Thorpe Park (J Snell).
Scaup, Thorpe Park (J Snell).

Beddington Farmlands: 1st-winter Caspian Gull and Green Sandpiper (A Ramesh).

Cutt Mill Ponds: drake Goosander (E Stubbs).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Water Pipit and 2 Red-crested Pochard (C Liu/WWT).

Tate Modern: adult Mediterranean Gull flew down Thames (R Braddock).

Thorpe Park: female Scaup with Tufted Duck flock on St Anns Lake (J Snell).

Wednesday 10th

Caspian Gull, Beddington Farmlands (A Treip).
Caspian Gull, Beddington Farmlands (A Treip).

Beddington Farmlands: 2nd-winter Caspian Gull and 3 Bramblings over (Z Pannifer/A Treip).

Farthing Downs: 2 Crossbills over (D Hayes).

Horley: Green Sandpiper at Littlelake Farm (T Walker).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern and Water Pipit (WWT).

Morden Hall Park: Hawfinch flew south-west; also Brambling (S Patmore).

Rotherhithe: Hawfinch flew south-west over Stave Hill (J & J Cadera).

Tuesday 9th

Beddington Farmlands: Yellow-browed Warbler calling mid-morning (BirdGuides).

Island Barn Reservoir: Green Sandpiper (M White).

London Wetland Centre: Jack Snipe on Main Lake and Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh (J Klavins).

Morden Hall Park: 10 Bramblings flew south-west (S Patmore).

Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (G Hay).

Richmond Park: Brambling (P Pentek).

Monday 8th

Beddington Farmlands: probable Yellow-browed Warbler heard (S Shimwell/C Williams).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Bitterns on Main Lake; also Water Pipit and Pintail (J Klavins/A Self).

Richmond Park: Great Egret flew west c.09:10; also 1,634 Woodpigeons and 11 Bramblings flew south-west (O Dewhurst/P Pentek).

The Hurtwood: 3,280 Woodpigeons flew south-west; also 11+ Bramblings (E Stubbs).

Woldingham: 80+ Bramblings at Marden Woods (J Gill).

Sunday 7th

Great Egret, Holmethorpe SP (T Jakeman).
Great Egrets, Holmethorpe SP (T Jakeman).

Beddington Farmlands: Dunlin, Mediterranean Gull, 4 Water Pipits, Brambling and Green Sandpiper (N Gardner/A Ramesh).

Capel: 3 Bramblings flew west (W Attridge).

Effingham Forest: 100 Bramblings in area (M Waite).

Headley Heath: 3 Hawfinches on west side (BirdGuides).

Mediterranean Gull, Beddington Farmlands (A Ramesh).
Mediterranean Gull, Beddington Farmlands (A Ramesh).

Holmethorpe SP: 2 Great Egrets flew west over Mercer’s West c.09:25 (G Hay/T Jakeman/I Kehl).

London Wetland Centre: Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh and Bittern and Pintail on Main Lake (WWT).

Richmond Park: Red-crested Pochard and Yellow-legged Gull (P Pentek).

Tice’s Meadow: 13 Barnacle Geese (K Duncan).

Saturday 6th

Beddington Farmlands: Ring Ouzel flew north over North Lake (Z Pannifer).

Capel: 2,135 Redwings and 2 Bramblings flew west (W Attridge).

Effingham Forest: 2 Bramblings at Dick Focks Common (J Snell).

Holmethorpe SP: 1,436 Redwings, 1,043 Woodpigeons and Brambling flew north-west (G Hay).

Leith Hill: 9 Bramblings and 2 Crossbills (A Harding).

London Wetland Centre: Ring Ouzel flew west over car park at 09:10: also Brent Goose, Water Pipit on Grazing Marsh and Pintail (O Dewhurst/E Puddington).

Mogador: 5,836 Redwings and Woodlark flew west (S Gale).

Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (G Hay).

Tulse Hill: 11 Hawfinches flew south-west (S Patmore).

Westcott: Hawfinch flew over Milton Court towards Bury Hill Fisheries (W Attridge).

Friday 5th

Colley Hill: 4 Hawfinches, 1,871 Woodpigeons, 1,021 Redwings, 102 Blackbirds and Brambling flew over (S Gale).

Effingham Forest: 6 Hawfinches at Dick Focks Common (BirdGuides).

London Wetland Centre: Water Pipit, Bittern, 4 Pintail and 4 Bramblings (WWT).

Richmond Park: redhead Goosander at Pen Ponds (R Dunne/P Pentek).

Upper Woodcote: 2 Hawfinches flew south-west (Z Pannifer).

Thursday 4th

Banstead: 1,684 Fieldfares flew over (S Gale).

Beddington Farmlands: 1st-winter and 2nd-winter Caspian Gulls (A Ramesh).

Hersham GP: 2 Cattle Egrets (T Kennedy).

Leith Hill: 10,390 Fieldfares flew west; also Ring Ouzel flew south, 3,420 Redwings and 6,870 Woodpigeons flew west and 3 Bramblings (W Attridge).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Pintail (WWT).

Richmond Park: 2 Ring Ouzels and 3 Bramblings flew west / south-west (R Dunne/S Hucks/P Pentek).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Green Sandpipers (S Brownhill).

Wednesday 3rd

Brambling, Leith Hill (J Snell).
Brambling, Leith Hill (J Snell).

Beddington Farmlands: 1st-winter Caspian Gull (Z Pannifer).

Leith Hill: 4 Bramblings (J Snell).

London Wetland Centre: Water Pipit, Bittern and 2 Pintail (WWT).

Richmond Park: 5 Hawfinches flew west (P Pentek).

Sheepleas: 12 Bramblings (M White).

Tuesday 2nd

Leith Hill: 4 Ring Ouzels on whitebeam near Dukes Warren; also 32 Bramblings flew over (W Attridge/J Wilczur/S Woolfenden).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern (WWT).

Reigate: female Ring-necked Duck on Priory Pond (H Leonard).

Richmond Park: Dartford Warbler (N Anderson).

Monday 1st

Ring Ouzel, Leith Hill (M Davis).
Ring Ouzel, Leith Hill (M Davis).

Beddington Farmlands: 4 Water Pipits and 20 Green Sandpipers (S Gale).

Burgh Heath: 3 Bramblings at Canons Farm (S Shimwell).

Leith Hill: male Ring Ouzel at Dukes Warren (M Davis).

London Wetland Centre: Pintail (WWT).

Surbiton: Hoopoe in flight over Portsmouth Road filter beds in morning though no further sign (L Pryke).

Wimbledon Common: Dartford Warbler (J Reeves).