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

Jack Snipe, Beddington Farmlands (D Bulling).
Jack Snipe, Beddington Farmlands (D Bulling).

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).

Short-eared Owl, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).
Short-eared Owl, Holmethorpe SP (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

Crossbills, Effingham Forest (M Fincham).
Crossbills, Effingham Forest (M Fincham).

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

Short-eared Owl, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).
Short-eared Owl, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).

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).

Dunlin, Unstead SF (J Parr).
Dunlin, Unstead SF (J Parr).

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

Great Egret, Bolder Mere (J Snell).
Great Egret, Bolder Mere (J Snell).

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).

Green Sandpiper, Beddington Farmlands (M Keenan).
Green Sandpiper, Beddington Farmlands (M Keenan).

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

Hen Harrier, Brook (D Brassington).
Hen Harrier, Brook (D Brassington).

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

Ring Ouzel, Winterfold Heath (P Evans).
Ring Ouzel, Winterfold Heath (P Evans).

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

Ring Ouzel, Leith Hill (G Carmichael).
Ring Ouzel, Leith Hill (G Carmichael).

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).

Mediterranean Gull, Thorpe Park (J Snell).
Mediterranean Gull, Thorpe Park (J Snell).

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

Pintail, Beddington Farmlands (P Alfrey).
Pintail, Beddington Farmlands (P Alfrey).

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

Short-eared Owl, Beddington Farmlands (D Warren).
Short-eared Owl, Beddington Farmlands (D Warren).

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).

Short-eared Owl, Tate Modern (R Braddock).
Short-eared Owl, Tate Modern (R Braddock).

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

Great Egrets, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).
Great Egrets, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).

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).

Water Pipit, Thursley Common (E Stubbs).
Water Pipit, Thursley Common (E Stubbs).

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

Pintail, Richmond Park (T Inns).
Pintail, Richmond Park (T Inns).

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).

Merlin, Shackleford (E Stubbs).
Merlin, Shackleford (E Stubbs).

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

Avocet, London Wetland Centre (C Moore).
Avocet, London Wetland Centre (C Moore).

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

Great Egret, Beddington Farmlands (M Keenan).
Great Egret, Beddington Farmlands (M Keenan).

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

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

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).

Crossbills, Leith Hill (W Attridge).
Crossbills, Leith Hill (W Attridge).

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

Common Scoter, Frensham Great Pond (E Stubbs).
Common Scoter, Frensham Great Pond (E Stubbs).

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

Red-crested Pochard, London Wetland Centre (A Wilkinson).
Red-crested Pochard, London Wetland Centre (A Wilkinson).

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

Black Tern, Island Barn Reservoir (D Harris).
Black Tern, Island Barn Reservoir (D Harris).

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).