November 2025

Friday 21st

Shelduck, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).
Shelduck, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Water Pipits, Shelduck and 2 Green Sandpipers (G Howgate/G Jones/I Jones).

Chobham Common: Crossbill (T Forster).

Leatherhead: 4 redhead Goosander on River Mole at Common Meadow (J Snell).

Leith Hill: 5 Bramblings (P Evans).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Bitterns and Shelduck (C Moore/D Panchaud).

Send: Brambling at Prews Farm (M Fincham).

Thorpe Park: Crossbill over at Abbey Mead lake (D Brassington).

Thursley Common: 6 Crossbills (D Colledge).

Tice’s Meadow: Great Egret, Dunlin and 2 Green Sandpipers (P Brown/M Elsoffer/R Horton).

Thursday 20th

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Water Pipits, Jack Snipe, Brambling and Green Sandpiper (G Jones/M Kohler/S Thomas).

Box Hill: 2 Crossbills (S Gale).

Island Barn Reservoir: Great Black-backed Gull and Green Sandpiper (T Quinn).

London Wetland Centre: female-type Marsh Harrier; also Jack Snipe, Brambling and Bittern (P Gilfillan/A Salmon).

Tice’s Meadow: Goosander, Great Egret, Dunlin and Green Sandpiper (P Brown/S Brownhill/M Elsoffer/R Horton).

Wednesday 19th

Beddington Farmlands: Green Sandpiper (M Kohler).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern and 2 Shelduck (W Newnham/A Salmon).

Tuesday 18th

Goosander, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).
Goosander, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Water Pipits, Goosander, Shelduck and 3 Green Sandpipers (I Jones/R Walker).

Chobham Common: 9 Crossbills (E Sames).

Farnham Heath RSPB: 5+ Crossbills (D Carlsson).

Farthing Downs: Crossbill (D Hayes).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern (M Parker).

Tice’s Meadow: Short-eared Owl; also 2 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).

Monday 17th

Beddington Farmlands: 3 Water Pipits, Jack Snipe, Shelduck and 3 Green Sandpipers (N Gardner).

Churt Common: 2 Crossbills (R Douglas).

Effingham Forest: 10 Hawfinches at Dick Focks Common (BirdGuides).

Farnham Heath RSPB: 3+ Crossbills (N Brown).

Leith Hill: 7 Brent Geese west, 14,250 Woodpigeons east, 14 Crossbills and 12 Bramblings (W Attridge).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Bitterns and 7 Shelduck (A Salmon).

Papercourt GP: 3 Goosander (A Frost).

Tice’s Meadow: Great Egret, Dunlin and 3 Green Sandpipers (P Brown/R Horton).

Sunday 16th

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

Beddington Farmlands: 3 Water Pipits, Goosander, Shelduck and 3 Green Sandpipers (D Bulling/B Carter/G Howgate/C Strudwick).

Capel: diver species south-west; also Mediterranean Gull over (W Attridge).

Effingham Forest: Goshawk, 11 Hawfinches and c 25 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (T Gibson/W Justice).

Holmethorpe SP: drake Goldeneye at Glebe Lake; also c 60 probable Brent Geese south-west (G Hay/I Kehl).

Southwark Park: Marsh Harrier (J Cadera).

Thursley Common: 2 Crossbills (P Durban).

Saturday 15th

Little Gull, Island Barn Reservoir (D Harris).
Little Gull, Island Barn Reservoir (D Harris).

Beddington Farmlands: 6 Water Pipits, Garganey, Shelduck and Green Sandpiper (N Gardner/G Jones).

Cranleigh: 2 Black Redstarts at Baynards Park (BirdGuides).

Island Barn Reservoir: adult Little Gull; also 138 Barnacle Geese, 2 Common Sandpipers and 3 Green Sandpipers (D Harris).

Leith Hill: 25,870 Woodpigeons north-east; also 5 Hawfinches, 26 Crossbills and 16 Bramblings (W Attridge).

Merrow Downs: Golden Plover south (J Gates).

Shalford Water Meadows: 2 Crossbills over (D Brassington).

Friday 14th

Blackheath: 3 Crossbills (A Richards).

Cranleigh: 2 Black Redstarts at Baynards Park (W Attridge).

London Wetland Centre: Great Black-backed Gull (D Panchaud).

Tice’s Meadow: Mediterranean Gull from Hanson Hide; also Great Egret and Dunlin (J Taylor).

Thursday 13th

Blackheath: 5 Crossbills (Y Szczech).

Epsom Downs: 3 Crossbills south-west (S Gale).

Farley Heath: 4 Crossbills (Y Szczech).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern on Main Lake (A Salmon).

Tice’s Meadow: Great Egret, Dunlin, Goosander and 4 Green Sandpipers (P Brown/M Elsoffer/R Horton).

Wednesday 12th

Beddington Farmlands: Shelduck (G Howgate).

Blackheath: 2 Crossbills (J Austin).

Chobham Common: 8 Crossbills (T Forster).

Kingston upon Thames: 1st-winter Caspian Gull and adult Yellow-legged Gull at recycling centre (T Inns).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Great Black-backed Gull and 2 Bramblings (A Salmon/M Wheeler).

Tice’s Meadow: Great Egret, Dunlin and 4 Green Sandpipers (P Brown/R Horton).

Tuesday 11th

Beddington Farmlands: female-type Black Redstart; also Garganey, Dartford Warbler, Water Pipits, Shelduck, Brambling and 5 Green Sandpipers (N Gardner/G Howgate/R Walker).

Betchworth: 34,000 Woodpigeons (S Gale).

London Wetland Centre: Water Pipit over Grazing Marsh; also 2 Bitterns (A Salmon).

Thursley Common: 2 Crossbills (W Wright).

Tice’s Meadow: Great Egret, drake Goosander, Dunlin and 2 Green Sandpipers (P Brown).

Monday 10th

Beddington Farmlands: female-type Black Redstart (C Owens).

Sunday 9th

Beddington Farmlands: 3 Brent Geese south; also Goosander, Shelduck and 2 Green Sandpiper (G Howgate/M Parker/C Strudwick).

Chobham Common: 12 Crossbills (T Forster).

Farnham Heath RSPB: 6 Crossbills (M Elsoffer).

Headley Heath: Hawfinch (S Gale).

Holmethorpe SP: Great Egret and 3 Red-crested Pochard at Spynes Mere; also Brambling (G Hay/I Kehl/T Ledger)

London Wetland Centre: 2 Bitterns (C Dewhurst).

Lonsdale Road Reservoir: adult Yellow-legged Gull on Thames (F Maroevic).

Pewley Down: Dartford Warbler at Pewley Meadows (B Jobson).

Pyrford: 2 male Bramblings at Lady Place Farm (J Snell).

Thursley Common: 2,000 Woodpigeons over (I Rowe).

Tice’s Meadow: Great Egret (R Horton).

Worcester Park: Brambling (M Bravery).

Saturday 8th

Great Egret, Capel (W Attridge).
Great Egret, Capel (W Attridge).

Ash Ranges: Crossbill (C Jones).

Beddington Farmlands: 6 Great Egrets over; also Water Pipit, female Pintail, Goosander, 3 Shelduck and 3 Green Sandpipers (G Howgate/G Jones/C Strudwick).

Blackheath: 3 Crossbills (K Britten).

Capel: Great Egret west over garden (W Attridge).

Chobham Common: Crossbill (T Forster).

Colley Hill: Woodlark west (T Blake/S Gale).

Dorking: female-type Black Redstart at Myrtle Road by Golden Scissors (S Dorman).

Effingham Forest: Goshawk at Dick Focks Common (W Justice).

Black Redstart, Godstone (G Hay).
Black Redstart, Godstone (G Hay).

Farnham Heath RSPB: Brambling and 10 Crossbills (I Clarke/D Colledge/L Parker).

Frensham Little Pond: 12 Crossbills (P Nevett).

Godstone: 2 Black Redstarts at Dumville Drive (G Hay).

Leith Hill: 4,240 Woodpigeons, 14 Bramblings and 5 Crossbills south-west; also 7 Crossbills and 4 Bramblings around tower (W Attridge).

London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis on Grazing Marsh; also 2 Bitterns (B Reding/A Salmon/F Wright).

Lonsdale Road Reservoir: Green Sandpiper (N Anderson).

Loseley: 2,245 Woodpigeons south-west over The Mount (J Snell).

Milford: 300 Chaffinches at Secretts Farm (D Brassington).

Mytchett Place: Crossbill (C Jones).

Papercourt Water Meadows: Dartford Warbler (E Sames).

Redhill: Brambling over (G Hay).

Friday 7th

Effingham Forest: 2 Crossbills (P Davies).

Lammas Lands: Hawfinch and Brambling (E Stubbs).

London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis on Grazing Marsh; also 2 Bitterns, Great Egret and Green Sandpiper (A Salmon).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Dunlin and 2 Green Sandpipers (P Brown/M Elsoffer).

Worcester Park: female Brambling (B Smith).

Thursday 6th

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Water Pipits, female Pintail, 2 Bramblings 2 Jack Snipe 3 Green Sandpipers (N Gardner/G Howgate/R Walker).

Capel: male Hawfinch (W Attridge).

Chiddingfold Forest: c 8 Crossbills at Oaken Wood (J Tallon).

Denbies Hillside: 30 Golden Plovers west; also 11,170 Woodpigeons south, 2 Hawfinches and 1,733 Starlings west (S Gale).

Dorking: 2 female-type Black Redstarts at Myrtle Road by Golden Scissors (S Dorman).

Leigh: Hawfinch at Little Flanchford Farm (C MacKenzie).

London Wetland Centre: Long-eared Owl at Sheltered Lagoon; also juvenile Glossy Ibis on Grazing Marsh and Green Sandpiper (A Salmon).

Newdigate: 20-25 Cattle Egrets at Tanhouse Farm; present since mid-October (W Attridge).

Richmond Park: Dartford Warbler (N Anderson).

Tice’s Meadow: Dunlin and 2 Green Sandpipers (M Elsoffer).

Wednesday 5th

Beddington Farmlands: Water Pipit, female Pintail, Shelduck and 3 Green Sandpipers (G Howgate/M Parker/S Thomas).

Dorking: 2 female-type Black Redstarts at Myrtle Road by Golden Scissors (S Dorman).

London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis on Grazing Marsh; also Bittern (F O’Sullivan/M Wheeler).

Pyrford: 4,640 Woodpigeons over Lady Place Farm (J Snell/C Whiter).

Unstead SF: c 1,200 Woodpigeons over (J Parr).

Windsor Park: Crossbill (K Kanders).

Tuesday 4th

Chobham Common: 8 Crossbills (T Forster).

Dorking: 2 female-type Black Redstarts at Myrtle Road by Golden Scissors (S Dorman).

Holmethorpe SP: 3 Red-crested Pochard at Spynes Mere; also Common Sandpiper and Green Sandpiper at Mercers West (G Hay).

London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis on Grazing Marsh; also Bittern and 2 Bramblings (M Bravery/A Salmon).

Moor Park: 2 Bramblings and 5 Crossbills (J Singlewood-Dodds).

Tice’s Meadow: Dunlin (R Horton).

Monday 3rd

Long-eared Owl, London Wetland Centre (WWT).
Long-eared Owl, London Wetland Centre (WWT).

Beddington Farmlands: 4 Water Pipits, female Pintail, 2 Jack Snipe, 2 Bramblings, Shelduck and 3 Green Sandpipers (N Gardner/R Walker).

Effingham Forest: 3 Hawfinches and 10 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (R King).

London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis; also Long-eared Owl near Sheltered Lagoon (S Demir/S Patel).

Sheepleas: Crossbill (R King).

Tice’s Meadow: Dunlin and Green Sandpiper (P Brown).

Sunday 2nd

Alfold: 9 Crossbills at Landoor Wood (T Morgan).

Beddington Farmlands: 3 Water Pipits, female Pintail, Jack Snipe, Shelduck and 3 Green Sandpipers (D Bulling).

Capel: Crossbill, Brambling and Woodlark south-west (W Attridge).

Holmethorpe SP: 3 Red-crested Pochard at Spynes Mere; also Great Egret at Mercers West, 4 Goosander east and 2 Green Sandpipers (M Felippe/G Hay/I Kehl/A Kundrotas/J Taylor).

Knight & Bessborough Reservoirs: female Merlin north (F Maroevic/J Nightingale).

London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis and Bittern on Main Lake; also Great Black-backed Gull (M Wheeler).

Mare Hill: 2 Crossbills (P Davies).

Thursley Common: Crossbill (K Britten).

Tice’s Meadow: Dunlin and 2 Green Sandpipers (P Brown/M Elsoffer).

Saturday 1st

Battersea Park: Great Black-backed Gull (B Edge).

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Water Pipits, female Pintail, Jack Snipe, 3 Bramblings, Shelduck and 2 Green Sandpipers (M Bravery/G Jones/A Ramesh).

Crooksbury Common: 3 Crossbills (M Fincham).

Dorking: male Black Redstart at Myrtle Road (S Dorman).

Farnham Heath RSPB: Crossbill (R Baker).

London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis and Bittern on Main Lake (BirdGuides/A Salmon).

Thursley Common: 3 Crossbills (D Brassington/P Evans).

Tice’s Meadow: Dunlin and Green Sandpiper (R Horton).

Winterfold Heath: 9 Crossbills (T Gibson).