October 2025

Thursday 23rd

Beddington Farmlands: Green Sandpiper (I Jones).

Holmethorpe SP: 3 Red-crested Pochard at Spynes Mere; also Green Sandpiper (G Hay/T Ledger).

London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis (A Salmon).

Wednesday 22nd

Beddington Farmlands: Water Pipit, Garganey, 3 Jack Snipe and 3 Green Sandpipers (N Gardner/G Howgate/I Jones).

Chilworth: female-type Black Redstart at Lockner Farm (R Clark).

Chobham Common: 6 Crossbills (E Sames).

Denbies Hillside: Woodlark and 7 Crossbills (S Gale).

Effingham Forest: Goshawk and 2 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (R Trueman).

Farnham Park: 3 Crossbills west (J Gates).

Holmethorpe SP: Bittern at Spynes Mere (5th Holmethorpe record); also 2 Green Sandpipers (N Hadden/R Perry).

London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis, Goldeneye and Bittern (C Dewhurst/M Palmer/Y Simmonds/M Wheeler).

Pewley Down: Swallow (M Kettell).

Pyrford: female Brambling at Lady Place Farm (J Snell/C Whiter).

Thursley Common: Great Grey Shrike at Ockley Common; also Ring Ouzel over and 6 Crossbills (D Brassington/S Musievski).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Pintail, Dunlin and 2 Green Sandpipers (P Brown).

Tuesday 21st

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

Beddington Farmlands: female Pintail and 3 Green Sandpipers (I Jones).

Burgh Heath: Merlin at Canons Farm (J Alexander).

Capel: Swallow south (W Attridge).

Chilworth: Black Redstart at Lockner Farm (J Austin).

London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis, 1st-winter Caspian and Yellow-legged Gulls and Bittern (A Salmon).

Richmond Park: Short-eared Owl over Lawn Field; also Hawfinch, 12+ Crossbills and Brambling (F Matthews).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Pintail, Dunlin and 2 Green Sandpipers (P Brown).

Monday 20th

Beddington Farmlands: Garganey, Pintail, 4 Jack Snipe and Brambling (N Gardner).

Chilworth: Black Redstart at Lockner Farm (J Austin).

London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis and Bittern (N Stapley).

Sunday 19th

Bolder Mere: Swallow south-west (J Snell).

Beddington Farmlands: Garganey and 2 Swallows (C Strudwick).

Capel: Hobby east (W Attridge).

Chilworth: Black Redstart at Lockner Farm (J Crockford).

Chobham Common: Hawfinch south over Manor Pond; also 3 Crossbills (T Forster/T Inns).

Holmethorpe SP: Swallow south (G Hay/I Kehl).

London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis (B Reding).

Richmond Park: 2 Bramblings south-west (D Brasier).

Seale: Woodlark at Binton Farm (P Howse).

Thursley Common: 25 Crossbills (D Brassington).

Wheatsheaf Common: Crossbill (M Pedwell).

Saturday 18th

Black Redstart, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).
Black Redstart, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).

Ashtead: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (D Allcock).

Beddington Farmlands: Spoonbill over; also Black Redstart, Garganey, Ring Ouzel, Wheatear, Jack Snipe, Pintail, Brambling and 4+ Green Sandpipers (A Dutta/I Jones).

Chilworth: Black Redstart at Roseacre Gardens (J Austin).

Crooksbury Common: 40 Crossbills (S Allen/R Chodankar).

Effingham Forest: 2 Hawfinches and 30 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (D Boon/T Gibson).

Crossbills, Crooksbury Common (R Chodankar).
Crossbills, Crooksbury Common (R Chodankar).

Farnham Heath RSPB: 4 Crossbills (L Parker).

Godstone: Brambling over (G Hay).

Holmethorpe SP: 3 Red-crested Pochard at Spynes Mere (T Ledger).

Leith Hill: Ring Ouzel and 10 Crossbills (D Boon/P Evans).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern (F Wright).

Newlands Corner: Crossbill (T Forster).

Great Egret, Tice's Meadow (K Duncan).
Great Egret, Tice’s Meadow (K Duncan).

Richmond Park: Golden Plover, Ringed Plover, Woodlark, Crossbill, 2 Bramblings and 2 Dartford Warblers (D Brasier/F Matthews).

Tice’s Meadow: Great Egret in the Bike Pool; also Dunlin, 2 Pintail and Common Sandpiper (K Duncan/R Horton).

Thursley Common: Green Sandpiper (L Sawkins).

Wallington: Brent Goose, Turnstone, Golden Plover and Dunlin on noc-mig (A Dutta).

Weybridge: Hawfinch over (T Lee).

Friday 17th

Beddington Farmlands: 2 female-type Black Redstarts; also juvenile Garganey, female Pintail, 10 Fieldfares, Lesser Whitethroat, Willow Warbler and 8 Green Sandpipers (N Gardner/G Howgate/I Jones).

Effingham Forest: 2 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (F Clark).

Hogsmill SF: Green Sandpiper (J Gale).

Leith Hill: 3 Hawfinches over; also 11 Bramblings, 41 Crossbills, 7 Woodlarks, 2 Fieldfares and 865 Redwings (W Attridge).

London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis; also Wheatear and 9 Fieldfares (C Moore/A Salmon/M Wardman).

Pewley Down: 2 Fieldfares (K Britten).

Pyrford: male Brambling at Lady Place Farm (J Snell/C Whiter).

Richmond Park: 2 Dartford Warblers (D Williams).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Pintail, Greenshank, Dunlin and Green Sandpiper (R Horton).

Weybridge: Grey Seal (E Haberfield).

Worcester Park: 120 Stock Doves (B Smith).

Thursday 16th

Beddington Farmlands: Hawfinch; also Garganey, Pintail, Hobby, Brambling, 7 Fieldfares and 5 Green Sandpipers (D Bulling/G Howgate).

Bolder Mere: Oystercatcher (L Miller).

Chobham: Black Redstart between Ford Lane and Leslie Road (T Edie).

Effingham Forest: Hawfinch, Crossbill and Fieldfare at Dick Focks Common (G Rowsell).

Farnham Heath RSPB: Crossbill (A Harrison).

Island Barn Reservoir: Great Black-backed Gull (A Quinn).

Leith Hill: 2 Hawfinches and Crossbill (W Attridge).

London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis (A Salmon).

Newdigate: Crossbill south-west (W Attridge).

Richmond Park: 2 Great Egrets, Dartford Warbler and 50 Fieldfares (P Pentek).

South Norwood CP: Great Egret (P MacPherson).

Tice’s Meadow: Pintail, Dunlin, Green Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper (P Brown/R Horton).

Wednesday 15th

Beddington Farmlands: Garganey, female Pintail, Jack Snipe, 8 Fieldfares and 2 Green Sandpipers (N Gardner).

London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis (A Salmon).

Pewley Down: immature Gannet east (J Mitchell).

Richmond Park: Merlin; also 3 Brent Geese, Short-eared Owl, Ring Ouzel, Golden Plover, Brambling, 60 Fieldfares and Dartford Warbler (P Pentek).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Pintail in Workings; also 2 Dunlin, Yellow Wagtail and 2 Green Sandpipers (P Brown/R Horton).

Tuesday 14th

Beddington Farmlands: Short-eared Owl; also female Pintail, Fieldfare and Green Sandpiper (R Walker).

Denbies Hillside: 4 Bramblings and 11 Fieldares (S Gale).

Farthing Downs: Crossbill (S Frost).

London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis, 3 Bramblings and Bittern (A Salmon).

Mickleham: 2 Ring Ouzels at Juniper Top (S Gale).

Pewley Down: 45 Fieldfares over (M Kettell).

Tice’s Meadow: Pintail, 3 Dunlin, Common Sandpiper and Green Sandpiper (R Horton).

Unstead SF: female Redstart and Green Sandpiper (J Parr).

Monday 13th

Albury Heath: 9 Crossbills (F Gurney).

Beddington Farmlands: Fieldfare (I Jones).

Capel: 9 Hawfinches and Crossbill over (W Attridge).

Effingham Forest: 12 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (J Cassidy).

South Norwood CP: Fieldfare (J Shaub).

Tice’s Meadow: Dunlin (R Horton).

Sunday 12th

Beddington Farmlands: Garganey, Lesser Whitethroat, Pintail, 7 Crossbills and 5 Green Sandpipers (D Bulling/A Dutta/C Strudwick).

Capel: Hawfinch north (W Attridge).

Effingham Forest: 3 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (M Fincham).

Headley Heath: 5 Hawfinches and Crossbill (S Gale).

Holmethorpe SP: 2 Green Sandpipers (I Kehl).

Richmond Park: 2 Ring Ouzel east, Brambling west, Pintail north-west and 2 Dartford Warblers (D Brasier).

Saturday 11th

Rock Pipit, Island Barn Reservoir (D Harris).
Rock Pipit, Island Barn Reservoir (D Harris).

Beddington Farmlands: Water Pipit, Great Egret, Redwing and 8 Green Sandpipers (G Jones).

Capel: 3 Ring Ouzels south-west (W Attridge).

Holmwood: 2 subadult Gannets south-west over Lodge Farm (A Holden).

Island Barn Reservoir: Rock Pipit; also 219 Barnacle Geese, Common Sandpiper and Green Sandpiper (D Harris).

Thursley Common: 20 Crossbills (D Brassington/L Sawkins).

Unstead SF: 2 Redwings (K Britten).

Wallington: Hawfinch (A Dutta).

Winterfold Heath: male Ring Ouzel; also 40 Crossbills (R Stride).

Worplesdon: 3 Hawfinches north (J Gates).

Friday 10th

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

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Green Sandpipers (G Howgate).

Coldharbour: 10 Redwings (J Cassidy).

Denbies Hillside: Yellow-browed Warbler (S Gale).

Holmethorpe SP: 21 Cattle Egrets south-west over Spynes Mere (Surrey record count and second Holmethorpe record); also 3 Red-crested Pochard, 14 Redwings and Green Sandpiper (G Hay).

London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis, 20 Redwings and Bittern (A Salmon).

Lonsdale Road Reservoir: Green Sandpiper (N Anderson).

Mytchett Place: 35 Crossbills (S Harley).

Newdigate: Brambling (W Attridge).

Richmond Park: 2 Ring Ouzels, Woodlark and 30 Redwings (P Pentek).

Thursley Common: 30 Crossbills (M Elsoffer).

Thursday 9th

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

Beddington Farmlands: 2+ Glossy Ibis; also 1st-winter Garganey, female Pintail and Green Sandpiper (D Bulling/I Jones).

Denbies Hillside: 2 Woodlarks, 43 Redwings and Brambling (S Gale).

Leith Hill: 8 Glossy Ibis north-west past tower; also 2 Ring Ouzels, 7 Hawfinches, 21 Crossbills and 2 Redwings (W Attridge).

Tice’s Meadow: Dartford Warbler (R Horton).

Wednesday 8th

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Glossy Ibis (M Parker).

Crooksbury Common: 30+ Crossbills (R Seargent).

London Wetland Centre: Crossbill and 7 Redwings over; also juvenile Glossy Ibis (A Salmon).

Richmond Park: 10 Bramblings and 8 Redwings (P Pentek).

South Norwood CP: Dartford Warbler and 2 Redwings (J Shaub).

Tice’s Meadow: Pintail, Common Sandpiper and 2 Green Sandpipers (P Brown/G Clarke/M Fincham).

Tuesday 7th

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Glossy Ibis; also Whitethroat and 3 Green Sandpipers (M Bravery).

Capel: male Ring Ouzel south-west (W Attridge).

Lightwater: 4 Crossbills (P Welling).

London Wetland Centre: Tree Pipit south-west; also juvenile Glossy Ibis (A Salmon).

Stoke Lake: drake Pintail (M Fincham).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Pintail, Common Sandpiper and Green Sandpiper (P Brown/S Gillingham/R Horton/J Snell).

Monday 6th

London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis and 3 Garganey (BirdGuides).

Tice’s Meadow: 3 Spoonbills over (K Betton/M Phelps).

Sunday 5th

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Glossy Ibis; also Jack Snipe, Spotted Flycatcher, 1st-winter Yellow-legged Gull, 9 Green Sandpipers and 3 Yellow Wagtails (J Bartley/D Bulling/N Gardner/C Strudwick).

Crooksbury Common: 10+ Crossbills (J Gates).

Epsom Downs: Whinchat (S Gale).

Holmethorpe SP: 3 Red-crested Pocahrd at Spynes Mere; also Green Sandpiper (I Kehl).

London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis and 3 Garganey (BirdGuides).

Richmond Park: 3 Crossbills south-west (D Brasier).

Saturday 4th

London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis (BirdGuides).

Thursley Common: Whinchat (G O’Sullivan).

Friday 3rd

Beddington Farmlands: adult and immature Glossy Ibis; also Common Sandpiper and 6 Green Sandpipers (N Gardner/I Jones).

London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis (BirdGuides).

Tice’s Meadow: 3 Wheatears, Common Sandpiper and Green Sandpiper (M Elsoffer).

Thursday 2nd

Beddington Farmlands: adult Glossy Ibis; also female Pintail and Common Sandpiper and 2 Green Sandpipers (B Carter/D Dack/M Parker).

Epsom Downs: Whinchat (S Gale).

London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis (A Salmon).

Thursley Common: 9 Crossbills and Redstart (C & D Brassington/J Reeves).

Tice’s Meadow: Pintail, Whinchat, Wheatear, Common Sandpiper and 2 Green Sandpipers (M Elsoffer/R Horton).

Winterfold Heath: 25 Crossbills (R Stride).

Wednesday 1st

Beddington Farmlands: adult Glossy Ibis; also Common Sandpiper and Green Sandpiper (G Howgate/M Parker).

Chobham Common: 19 Crossbills (E Sames).

London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis; also Bittern and Green Sandpiper (B Reding/A Salmon).

Richmond Park: Redwing (P Pentek).

Sanderstead: 2 Redwings (J Birkett).

Tice’s Meadow: Pintail, Whinchat, Wheatear and Common Sandpiper (R Horton).

Unstead SF: Reed Warbler (K Britten).