October 2023
Tuesday 31st
Lammas Lands: Jack Snipe (N Willis).
Tice’s Meadow: 4 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).
Monday 30th
Beddington Farmlands: Green Sandpiper (A Robertson).
Haslemere: sub-adult Gannet on High Street then taken into care (D Banks).
Tice’s Meadow: 4 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).
Sunday 29th
Beddington Farmlands: Water Pipit, 2 Jack Snipe and 4 Green Sandpipers (D Bulling).
Effingham Forest: 2 Crossbills (M Matthews).
Epsom Common: Pintail on Great Stew Pond (R Nunns).
Holmethorpe SP: Short-eared Owl over Water Colour Lagoons late afternoon (G Hay).
Leith Hill: Crossbill (K Axten).
London Wetland Centre: Pintail on Reservoir Lagoon (A Wilkinson).
Papercourt Water Meadows: Great Egret north (E Sames).
Thursley Common: 2 Merlins south (D Brassington).
Tice’s Meadow: 3 Green Sandpipers (C Jones).
Unstead SF: first-winter Caspian Gull on South Meadow (S Jones/K Lightfoot/E Stubbs).
Saturday 28th
Battersea: Common Sandpiper (D Morrison).
Beddington Farmlands: 3 Water Pipits; also Jack Snipe and 3 Green Sandpipers (N Gardner).
Box Hill: 2 Crossbills at High Ashurst (S Gale).
Effingham Forest: 20+ Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (M Fincham).
Puttenham Common: Brambling and Crossbill (C Jones).
Tice’s Meadow: 3 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).
Wescott: Hawfinch south-west over Milton Court (W Attridge).
Friday 27th
Effingham Forest: 5 Hawfinches at Dick Focks Common (M Lawford/D Spragg).
Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper at The Moors (G Hay).
London Wetland Centre: adult female Marsh Harrier over Grazing Marsh (M Parker).
Tice’s Meadow: Shelduck and Green Sandpiper (S Brownhill).
Thursday 26th
Beddington Farmlands: 5 Green Sandpipers (M Keenan).
Chobham Common: Crossbill (M Matthews).
Holmethorpe SP: Short-eared Owl west over Merstham at 14:45 (G Hay).
London Wetland Centre: Jack Snipe (J Reeves).
Papercourt Water Meadows: Green Sandpiper (P Davies).
Pewley Down: Crossbill south (M Kettell).
Tice’s Meadow: Black-tailed Godwit in Workings; also 4 Green Sandpipers (R Horton/R Seargent).
Unstead SF: Dunlin on South Meadow (J Parr).
Wednesday 25th
Richmond Park: 2 Crossbills over (T Bell).
Tice’s Meadow: 5 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).
Tuesday 24th
Leith Hill: 2 Bramblings (D Robinson).
Tice’s Meadow: 3 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).
Monday 23rd
Beddington Farmlands: 4 Green Sandpipers (M Keenan).
Bolder Mere: unringed Great Egret (J Snell).
Chobham Common: Ring Ouzel south (E Sames).
Colley Hill: Ring Ouzel in scrub at top of scarp slope (S Gale).
Effingham Forest: 40 Crossbills (M Lawford/D Spragg).
Holmethorpe SP: 2nd-winter Yellow-legged Gull at Water Colour Lagoon 1 (G Hay).
Kingston upon Thames: Water Pipit west early afternoon (A Skotnicki).
Leith Hill: Ring Ouzel south; also 35 Bramblings south-west and 24 Crossbills (W Attridge).
Thursley Common: Marsh Harrier south (E Stubbs).
Tice’s Meadow: Ringed Plover and 4 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).
Sunday 22nd
Beddington Farmlands: 2 Ring Ouzels on mound; also Jack Snipe, Swallow and 3 Green Sandpipers (D Bulling/I Jones).
Brook: second-year male Hen Harrier south over Witley Farm at 10:40; also Crossbill (D Brassington).
Capel: 36 Bramblings over (W Attridge).
Crooksbury Common: 2 Bramblings over (J Gates).
Hogsmill SF: Green Sandpiper (J Harvey).
Leith Hill: 2 Ring Ouzels (one west and one at Dukes Warren); also 9 Hawfinches over and 25 Bramblings (W Attridge/M Matthews/D Robinson).
Newchapel: Green Sandpiper at British Wildlife Centre (K Noble).
Tice’s Meadow: Ring Ouzel; also 3 Ringed Plovers and 2 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).
Unstead Water Meadows: Brent Goose north-east at 16:45 (N Willis).
Winterfold Heath: 2 Ring Ouzels (K Britten/F Clark/P Davies/T Gibson/W Justice/G Keen/K Terry).
Saturday 21st
Beddington Farmlands: Water Pipit, 2 Jack Snipe and 5 Green Sandpipers (N Gardner/M Keenan).
Dorking: Great Egret south-west over (C Yorke).
Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 1st-winter Little Gull; also 210 Barnacle Geese (D Harris).
London Wetland Centre: drake Red-crested Pochard on Reservoir Lagoon (A Salmon).
Winterfold Heath: 4 Ring Ouzels (P Evans/R Stride).
Friday 20th
Bolder Mere: Great Egret (D Harris).
Effingham Forest: 5 Bramblings at Upper Common (M Waite).
Frensham Great Pond: 4 Common Scoter (1 drake) in the evening (S Peters).
Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 1st-winter Little Gull (D Harris).
Leith Hill: Ring Ouzel in rowan near Coldharbour; also 4 Bramblings and 200 Lesser Redpolls (G Carmichael).
London Wetland Centre: Dunlin on Main Lake; also drake Red-crested Pochard on Reservoir Lagoon (C Moore/A Salmon).
Redlands Wood: Hawfinch and 15 Crossbills over (T Gibson).
Richmond Park: Short-eared Owl (BirdGuides).
Thorpe Park: adult Mediterranean Gull on St Ann’s Lake; also Common Sandpiper (J Snell).
Tice’s Meadow: Dunlin; also 3 Ringed Plovers and Green Sandpiper (R Horton).
Winterfold Heath: 4 Ring Ouzels (R Stride).
Worplesdon: Short-eared Owl north at 17:45 (J Gates).
Thursday 19th
Beddington Farmlands: female Pintail; also 5 Green Sandpipers (P Alfrey/I Jones).
Effingham Forest: Hawfinch at Dick Focks Common; also 3 Crossbills (G Carmichael).
London Wetland Centre: drake Red-crested Pochard on Reservoir Lagoon (A Salmon).
Tice’s Meadow: Dunlin; also 2 Ringed Plovers and Green Sandpiper (R Horton).
Winterfold Heath: 4 Ring Ouzels (T Gibson/R Stride).
Wednesday 18th
Battersea Park: juvenile Arctic Skua taken into care and sadly later died (S Shimwell).
Beddington Farmlands: Short-eared Owl over (D Warren).
Bolder Mere: Great Egret (D Harris).
Burgh Heath: 200 Fieldfares at Canons Farm at Broadfield East (J Pettit).
Dorking: 2 redhead Goosander at Meadowbank (A Holden).
Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 1st-winter Little Gull (D Harris).
Leith Hill: 2 Ring Ouzels at Dukes Warren; also 2 Bramblings (D Cox).
London Wetland Centre: Jack Snipe from Headley Hide; also Common Sandpiper (P Gray/A Wilkinson).
Tate Modern: Short-eared Owl west over Thames early afternoon (R Braddock).
Tice’s Meadow: Green Sandpiper (D Cox).
Worplesdon: Bar-tailed Godwit east at 16:56 (J Gates).
Tuesday 17th
Bolder Mere: Great Egret (D Harris).
Capel: 6 Crossbills west (W Attridge).
Dorking: 2 redhead Goosander at Meadowbank (A Holden).
Effingham Forest: 2 Hawfinches at Dick Focks Common (BirdGuides).
Farthing Downs: godwit species near car park (H Hayes).
Holmethorpe SP: 8 Great Egrets at Spynes Mere (G Hay/J James/I Williams).
Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 1st-winter Little Gull (D Harris).
Leith Hill: female-type Ring Ouzel at Dukes Warren; also Crossbill (J Snell).
London Wetland Centre: drake Red-crested Pochard on Reservoir Lagoon (A Salmon).
Thursley Common: Water Pipit at Pudmore (E Stubbs).
Tice’s Meadow: 4 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).
Winterfold Heath: 4 Ring Ouzels (R Stride).
Monday 16th
Beddington Farmlands: Great Egret on North Lake; also 2 Green Sandpipers (I Jones).
Chobham Common: 200 Lesser Redpolls and 2 Swallows (E Sames).
Eashing Fields: Little Bunting west at 08:40 (E Stubbs).
Holmethorpe SP: Marsh Harrier at Spynes Mere (J Middleton).
Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): Green Sandpiper (J Snell).
Leith Hill: 7 Hawfinches south-east; also 2 Great Egrets north and 8 Bramblings, 190 Fieldfares and 265 Chaffinches south-west (W Attridge/M Davis).
London Wetland Centre: drake Red-crested Pochard on Reservoir Lagoon (M Andrews).
Tice’s Meadow: Jack Snipe flushed by ginger cat; also 2 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).
Sunday 15th
Beddington Farmlands: Marsh Harrier over North Lake; also Great Egret at North Lake, Pintail, Jack Snipe and 4 Green Sandpipers (D Bulling/N Gardner/G Jones).
Frensham Little Pond: Great Egret until 08:17 then flew north-east (S Peters).
Leith Hill: 3 Bramblings and 251 Chaffinches south-west (A Attridge).
London Wetland Centre: Garganey on Main Lake; also Red-crested Pochard (A Salmon).
Richmond Park: c 12 Common Scoter north at 08:50; also Ring Ouzel west and 5 Bramblings (D Brasier/R Kaye/P Pentek).
Tice’s Meadow: 3 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).
Unstead SF: Woodlark in the workings briefly (M Kettell).
Winterfold Heath: 4 Ring Ouzels in whitebeam (R Stride).
Saturday 14th
Beddington Farmlands: Great Egret on Wet Grassland (M Keenan).
Frensham Great Pond: Great Egret (S Peters).
Frensham Little Pond: Great Egret (S Peters).
Kingston upon Thames: Rock Pipit over Queens Promenade; also Ring Ouzel south-west (A Skotnicki).
London Wetland Centre: drake Red-crested Pochard on Reservoir Lagoon and Garganey on Main Lake (E Devlin/A Wilkinson).
Richmond Park: drake Pintail on Pen Ponds (T Inns/P Pentek).
Shackleford: male Merlin south; also Redstart and Woodlark (E Stubbs).
Thursley Common: Brambling over (D Brassington).
Tice’s Meadow: 3 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).
Friday 13th
Frensham Great Pond: Great Egret (W Thompson).
Frensham Little Pond: Great Egret (S Peters).
Richmond Park: Yellow-browed Warbler in mixed tit flock at Thatched House Lodge at 09:20; also Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (S Read/M Traun).
Thursday 12th
Frensham Great Pond: 2 Great Egrets (D Brassington).
London Wetland Centre: 3 Avocets on Main Lake; also drake Red-crested Pochard on Reservoir Lagoon and Green Sandpiper (M Clarke/C Moore).
Wandsworth Common: Yellow-legged Gull (N Rutter).
Wednesday 11th
Frensham Great Pond: 3 Great Egrets (S Peters).
Godstone SP: 2 Green Sandpipers over (G Hay).
London Wetland Centre: Garganey on Main Lake (W Newnham).
Tice’s Meadow: Ruff, Ringed Plover and 3 Green Sandpipers (S Brownhill).
Tuesday 10th
Beddington Farmlands: Great Egret on North Lake (M Keenan).
Crooksbury Common: 8 Bramblings (R Horton).
Epsom Downs: 30 Fieldfares over (S Gale).
Enton Lakes: 20 Redwings over (D Brassington).
Reigate: 10 Redwings over (J Pettit).
Richmond Park: male Ring Ouzel; also 50+ Redwings south (N Anderson/P Pentek).
Sanderstead: 50 Redwings south-west (J Birkett).
Tice’s Meadow: Ringed Plover and 2 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).
Worcester Park: 3 Redwings south (I Rowe).
Monday 9th
Balham: 8 Redwings (N Rutter).
Banstead: 150 Redwings and 4 Fieldfares over (S Gale).
Byfleet: 2 Redwings (R Mooney).
Eashing Fields: 710 Redwings, 13 Fieldfares and Hobby south-west (E Stubbs).
Elstead: 20 Redwings over (P Howse).
Holmethorpe SP: 6 Great Egrets perched in trees at Water Colour Lagoons; record count for vice-county (J Simpson).
Kew Gardens: 3 Redwings (C Dewhurst).
Kingston upon Thames: 56 Redwings south (A Skotnicki).
Leatherhead: Redwing south (N Batten).
Leith Hill: 2,346 Redwings south-west; also 6 Ring Ouzels, Hawfinch, 11 Fieldfares, 117 Chaffinches, 22 Crossbills, 6 Bramblings and Hobby south-west (W Attridge/M Davis/R Stride).
London Wetland Centre: drake Red-crested Pochard on Reservoir Lagoon; also 9 Redwings over (A Salmon).
Long Ditton: Redwing (P Charles).
Milford: 30 Redwings and 5 Fieldfares south-west (D Brassington).
Papercourt Water Meadows: 200 Redwings over (E Sames).
Richmond Park: 200 Redwings and 2 Fieldfares over (T Smith).
Shalford: 15 Redwings south-west (K Britten).
South Norwood CP: 20 Redwings over (J Hughes).
Tice’s Meadow: Green Sandpiper (R Horton).
Unstead SF: 5 Redwings (J Parr).
Wimbledon Park: 2 Redwings (M Bravery).
Worcester Park: 17 Redwings south (I Rowe).
Sunday 8th
Banstead: 10 Redwings west (S Gale).
Beddington Farmlands: Short-eared Owl over North Lake; also Great Egret, 5 Redwings, Yellow Wagtail and 4 Green Sandpipers (M Bravery/D Bulling).
Effingham Forest: 5 Crossbills (T Gibson).
Frensham Great Pond: female Common Scoter (D Brassington/S Peters/E Stubbs).
Hankley Common: Wheatear (J Snell).
Holmwood: 2 Redwings over (T Gibson).
London Wetland Centre: Garganey on Main Lake, drake Red-crested Pochard on Reservoir Lagoon and 2 Redwings over South Route (W Newnham/A Salmon).
Merrow: 2 Fieldfares south (M Phelps).
Thursley Common: Short-eared Owl briefly on Ockley Common; also Ringed Plover over Shrike Hill, Wheatear, 100+ Lesser Redpolls and Hobby (D Brassington/E Stubbs).
Tice’s Meadow: Ruff, Sedge Warbler, Common Sandpiper and 4 Green Sandpipers (M Scott/R Seargent).
Wisley Gardens: 13 Redwings south (D Brassington).
Saturday 7th
Banstead: 3 Redwings west (S Gale).
London Wetland Centre: Lesser Whitethroat and Hobby (A Salmon).
Thursley Common: White-tailed Eagle (presumed released bird) flew over at 15:41 (BirdGuides).
Tice’s Meadow: Ruff, Ringed Plover and 3 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).
Friday 6th
London Wetland Centre: drake Red-crested Pochard on Reservoir Lagoon (C Moore/A Wilkinson).
Tice’s Meadow: Ruff, Ringed Plover and 3 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).
Thursday 5th
Burgh Heath: Wheatear at Canons Farm (I Ward).
Holmwood: Woodlark south (W Attridge).
Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): c 178 Barnacle Geese in fields to south (D Harris).
Leith Hill: 2 Hawfinches south-west over tower; also 7 Lesser Redpolls and 54 Chaffinches south-west (W Attridge).
London Wetland Centre: drake Red-crested Pochard on Reservoir Lagoon; also Pintail (C Moore/A Wilkinson).
Mercers CP: Green Sandpiper (N Hadden).
Thursley Common: 20 Lesser Redpolls (D Brassington).
Tice’s Meadow: Ruff and 4 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).
Wednesday 4th
Buckland: Barn Owl found dead at Dungates Farm (R Gowrley).
London Wetland Centre: Great Egret on Main Lake; also Willow Warbler (A Salmon/P Thornton).
Richmond Park: 2 Redwings over (T Smith).
Tice’s Meadow: Common Sandpiper and 2 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).
Wimbledon Common: 2 Redwings (L Evans-Hill/A Podmore/J Reeves).
Tuesday 3rd
Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 48 Barnacle Geese; also Common Sandpiper (D Spragg).
London Wetland Centre: Great Egret on Main Lake and Wader Scrape; also Garganey and 230 Gadwall (C Moore).
Tice’s Meadow: Ringed Plover and 2 Green Sandpipers (R Horton/J Lewis).
Monday 2nd
Forest Green: Wheatear on green opposite The Parrot pub (A MacIntyre).
Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 2 juvenile Black Terns; also Common Sandpiper and 528 Cormorants (D Harris/J Snell).
London Wetland Centre: Wheatear (A Salmon).
Shackleford: 4 Yellow Wagtails (P Osborn).
Tice’s Meadow: Dunlin, Wheatear and Green Sandpiper (J Brough/D MacLeod).
Sunday 1st
Beddington Farmlands: Black-tailed Godwit on North Lake (P Rogers).
Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 2 juvenile Black Terns (D Harris).
Tice’s Meadow: Dunlin and 4 Green Sandpipers (J Snell).