October 2026

Saturday 24th

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

Beddington Farmlands: Short-eared Owl, male Ring Ouzel, Great Egret and Dartford Warbler (A Ramesh).

Bolder Mere: 3 Great Egrets (J Snell/C Whiter).

Colley Hill: 3 Bramblings (T Blake).

Effingham Forest: 2 Bramblings at Dick Focks Common (P Hughes).

Fetcham Mill Pond: drake Pintail and 10 Goosander (R Iredale).

Holmethorpe SP: Bittern at Spyne’s Mere; also Ring Ouzel along Nutfield Right, 1st-winter drake Garganey at The Moors and 2 Common Sandpipers (N Hadden/G Hay/T Ledger).

Brambling, Island Barn Reservoir (D Harris).
Brambling, Island Barn Reservoir (D Harris).

Island Barn Reservoir: Brambling (D Harris).

Leith Hill: 6 Bramblings south-west (W Attridge).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern and Jack Snipe (M Bradbury/M James).

Newlands Corner: Brambling (P Davies).

Unstead SF: Goosander west (J Parr).

Friday 23rd

Great Egrets, Bolder Mere (K Duncan).
Great Egrets, Bolder Mere (K Duncan).

Bolder Mere: 3 Great Egrets and Green Sandpiper (K Duncan).

Effingham Forest: Brambling and 2 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (P Davies).

Holmethorpe SP: 1st-winter drake Garganey (BirdGuides).

London Wetland Centre: Garganey and Jack Snipe (BirdGuides/A Salmon).

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

Thursday 22nd

Common Sandpiper, Holmethorpe SP (T Ledger).
Common Sandpiper, Holmethorpe SP (T Ledger).

Bankside: 2nd-winter Caspian Gull (R Beesly/I Stewart).

Beddington Farmlands: Water Pipit (BirdGuides).

Holmethorpe SP: Bittern at Spyne’s Mere and 2 Common Sandpiper (T Ledger/R Perry).

Island Barn Reservoir: 1st-winter Little Gull (J Snell).

Lammas Lands: Water Pipit south-west over Catteshall Meadow (E Stubbs).

Leith Hill: 14 Bramblings (W Attridge).

London Wetland Centre: Great Black-backed Gull (E Barlow).

Mickleham: Yellow-browed Warbler at Dell Close (M Day).

Richmond Park: Dartford Warbler (I Adams).

Tice’s Meadow: Pintail, Great Egret and Green Sandpiper (R Brown/R Horton).

Walton Reservoirs: Common Sandpiper (C MacKenzie).

Wednesday 21st

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

Epsom: Goshawk over Horton Lane (N Batten).

Fetcham Mill Pond: drake Pintail (J Snell).

Holmethorpe SP: 1st-winter drake Garganey (BirdGuides).

Island Barn Reservoir: 1st-winter Little Gull (D Harris).

London Wetland Centre: Water Pipit, Jack Snipe and 3 Bramblings (A Salmon).

Tice’s Meadow: ringtail Hen Harrier and Green Sandpiper (R Horton).

Tuesday 20th

Great Egret, Bolder Mere (K Duncan).
Great Egret, Bolder Mere (K Duncan).

Beddington Farmlands: 17 White-fronted Geese over; also 2 Ring Ouzels (BirdGuides/N Gardner).

Bolder Mere: 2 Great Egrets and Green Sandpiper (K Duncan).

Holmethorpe SP: 5 Great Egrets north-east, 1st-winter drake Garganey, adult Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Green Sandpipers and 3 Common Sandpipers (T Ledger).

Island Barn Reservoir: 4 White-fronted Geese (D Harris).

London Wetland Centre: Garganey and Great Black-backed Gull (D Lowe/A Salmon/M Wheeler).

Merton: 17 White-fronted Geese over Deer Park Road (BirdGuides).

Send: 2 Brambling at Prews Farm (E Sames).

Monday 19th

Bankside: 2nd-winter Caspian Gull (R Beesly).

Beddington Farmlands: Water Pipit (BirdGuides).

Colley Hill: Brambling (T Ledger).

Effingham Forest: 2 Hawfinches, 3 Bramblings and 8 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (J Cassidy).

Epsom: Brambling (A Harding).

Leith Hill: Brambling (W Attridge).

London Wetland Centre: Merlin south-east; also Garganey on Wader Scrape, Jack Snipe, Dunlin and 2 Brambling (J Barkham/W Newnham/A Salmon).

Mickleham: Yellow-browed Warbler (M Day).

Papercourt Water Meadows: Dartford Warbler (E Sames).

Richmond Park: Merlin north-east and Short-eared Owl and Great Egret north (R Kaye/P Pentek/J Wilczur).

Slyfield: Great Black-backed Gull (M Kettell).

Tice’s Meadow: Green Sandpiper (B Smithies).

Sunday 18th

Great Egret, Unstead SF (K Britten).
Great Egret, Unstead SF (K Britten).

Bankside: 2nd-winter Caspian Gull (BirdGuides).

Banstead: 3000 Redwings and 82 Fieldfares west (S Gale).

Beddington Farmlands: Black Redstart (BirdGuides).

Capel: 38 Bramblings, 6490 Redwings, 218 Fieldfares, Woodlark and 485 Chaffinches west (W Attridge).

Effingham Forest: 2 Bramblings and 3 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (K Mullan-Gage/G Tillin).

Frensham Little Pond: female Goldeneye (S Peters).

Guildford: 2 Great Egrets over Stoke Park (M Kettell).

Holmethorpe SP: 1st-winter drake Garganey; also 2 Common Sandpipers (T Blake/BirdGuides).

London Wetland Centre: Garganey, Jack Snipe, Great Black-backed Gull and Fieldfare (M Bradbury/A Salmon/M Wheeler).

Reigate: Yellow-browed Warbler at Warren Road (BirdGuides).

Richmond Park: 2 Dartford Warblers (I Adams).

Rotherhithe: Hawfinch at Pearson’s Park (BirdGuides).

South Norwood CP: 4 Bramblings (S Higgins/D Rouse).

Tice’s Meadow: Ringed Plover, Pintail, 16 Sand Martins, 22 House Martins and 3 Green Sandpipers (P Brown/M Elsoffer/R Horton/A Riddle).

Unstead SF: Great Egret west; also 40 Fieldfares (K Britten/J Parr).

Saturday 17th

Corn Bunting, Peper Harow (E Stubbs).
Corn Bunting, Peper Harow (E Stubbs).

Bankside: 1st-winter and 2nd-winter Caspian Gulls (BirdGuides).

Beddington Farmlands: Shelduck (A Hurst).

Blackheath: 12 Fieldfares (K Britten).

Crooksbury Common: 26 Fieldfares (J Gates).

Hankley Common: 26 Fieldfares (P Howse).

Peper Harow: Corn Bunting at Norney Farm; also Brambling and Woodlark (E Stubbs).

Pewley Down: 10 Fieldfares (M Kettell).

Richmond Park: Rock Pipit, 2220 Redwings, 2 Bramblings and 24 Fieldfares (F Matthews/O Stone-Lee).

Rotherhithe: Hawfinch at Pearson’s Park (BirdGuides).

Thorpe Park: Green Sandpiper at St Ann’s Lake (J Snell).

Tice’s Meadow: Pintail and 2 Green Sandpipers (P Brown/C Burchell).

Friday 16th

Caspian Gull, Bankside (J Reeves).
Caspian Gull, Bankside (J Reeves).

Bankside: Czech-ringed 1st-winter Caspian Gull (J Reeves).

Beddington Farmlands: Water Pipit and Ring Ouzel (BirdGuides).

Denbies Hillside: Black Redstart and Redstart (A Holden).

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

Tice’s Meadow: Pintail, 2 Yellow Wagtails and Green Sandpiper (M Elsoffer).

Thursday 15th

Bankside: 1st-winter and 2nd-winter Caspian Gulls (BirdGuides).

Beddington Farmlands: Dartford Warbler, Shelduck and 5 Green Sandpipers (A Clarke/M Parker).

Effingham Forest: 5 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (T Gibson).

Leith Hill: Ring Ouzel (W Attridge).

Tice’s Meadow: Pintail, 3 Sand Martins and 3 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).

Winterfold Heath: 15 Crossbills (R Stride).

Wednesday 14th

Bankside: 1st-winter Caspian Gull (BirdGuides).

Bolder Mere: Great Egret and Green Sandpiper (K Duncan).

Burgh Heath: Brambling at Canons Farm (D Culley).

Effingham Forest: Hawfinch and Crossbill at Dick Focks Common (J Hurrell).

Fetcham Mill Pond: drake Pintail (P Spencer).

Holmethorpe SP: 1st-winter drake Garganey and Common Sandpiper (N Hadden).

Leatherhead: 2 Goosander on River Mole (P Spencer).

Leith Hill: Ring Ouzel, Fieldfare and 11 Bramblings (W Attridge).

Richmond Park: Dartford Warbler (M Williamson).

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

Waddon Ponds: Glossy Ibis south-east (R Weller).

Tuesday 13th

Pintail, Fetcham Mill Pond (J Snell).
Pintail, Fetcham Mill Pond (J Snell).

Bankside: 1st-winter and 2nd-winter Caspian Gulls (BirdGuides).

Fetcham Mill Pond: drake Pintail and 9 Goosander (J Snell).

Guildford: Swallow (R Marshall).

Holmethorpe SP: 1st-winter drake Garganey and Common Sandpiper (N Hadden).

London Wetland Centre: Whinchat, Sedge Warbler and 2 Great Black-backed Gulls (S Bray/A Salmon).

Monday 12th

Great Black-backed Gull, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).
Great Black-backed Gull, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).

Beddington Farmlands: Quail (M Parker).

Holmethorpe SP: 1st-winter drake Garganey, adult Great Black-backed Gull and Common Sandpiper (G Hay/M Smith).

Leith Hill: 2 Ring Ouzels south; also 6 Hawfinches, 7 Bramblings and 2 Swallows (W Attridge).

London Wetland Centre: Great Black-backed Gull (C Ryland).

Lonsdale Road Reservoir: female Pintail (N Anderson).

Richmond Park: House Martin (J Wilczur).

Tice’s Meadow: Pintail and 2 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).

Sunday 11th

Goosander, Leatherhead (J Snell).
Goosander, Leatherhead (J Snell).

Beddington Farmlands: Rock Pipit, 2 Yellow Wagtails and Shelduck (N Bew/F Clark/S Lumsden).

Brook: Dartford Warbler at Witley Farm (D Brassington).

Denbies Hillside: 2 Black Redstarts and Redstart (S Gale/T Gibson/A Holden).

Holmethorpe SP: 1st-winter drake Garganey and Common Sandpiper (J Court/G Hay).

Leatherhead: Goosander by Leatherhead Bridge (J Snell).

Tice’s Meadow: Pintail (R Horton).

Saturday 10th

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

Capel: 3 Hawfinches (W Attridge).

Beddington Farmlands: Green Sandpiper (H Halstead).

Denbies Hillside: Black Redstart and Redstart (S Dorman/C Luke).

Fetcham Mill Pond: drake Pintail (S Gale).

Godstone: Black Redstart (G Hay).

Holmethorpe SP: 1st-winter drake Garganey and Common Sandpiper (N Hadden).

Holmwood SF: Green Sandpiper (A Holden).

Leatherhead: Yellow-browed Warbler and 3 Goosander on River Mole (S Gale).

London Wetland Centre: Common Sandpiper (M Allen).

Redlands Wood: 4 Crossbills (P Evans).

Richmond Park: Ring Ouzel, Wheatear and Dartford Warbler (P Pentek/O Stone-Lee).

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

Friday 9th

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

Bolder Mere: Green Sandpiper (J Snell).

Holmethorpe SP: 1st-winter drake Garganey; also 2 Common Sandpipers (G Hay).

Leith Hill: ringtail harrier south; also 5 Hawfinches and 265 Redwings south-west (W Attridge/R Stride).

London Wetland Centre: 20 Redwings north (A Salmon).

Richmond Park: 100 Redwings (P Pentek).

South Norwood CP: 43 Redwings (J Shaub).

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

Thursday 8th

Colley Hill: male Ring Ouzel west (S Gale).

Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper and 2 Common Sandpipers (N Hadden).

Leith Hill: 445 Chaffinches and 26 Redwings south-west (W Attridge).

London Wetland Centre: Redwing (A Salmon).

Redhill: Yellow-browed Warbler at Madeira Walk (R Seargent).

Richmond Park: 12 Redwings west (N Anderson).

Rotherhithe: Redwing (J Cadera).

Shackleford: Wheatear (M Fincham).

South Norwood CP: 8 Redwings (J Shaub).

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

Weybridge: Redwing (T Lee).

Wednesday 7th

Jack Snipe, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).
Jack Snipe, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).

Bankside: 2nd-winter Caspian Gull (BirdGuides).

Bolder Mere: Green Sandpiper (K Duncan).

Capel: 6 Woodlarks (W Attridge).

Island Barn Reservoir: drake Common Scoter (D Harris).

Holmethorpe SP: Garganey, Jack Snipe, 4 Sand Martins and Common Sandpiper (N Hadden/G Hay).

Common Scoter, Island Barn Reservoir (D Harris).
Common Scoter, Island Barn Reservoir (D Harris).

Sanderstead: Redwing (J Birkett).

South Norwood CP: Redwing (J Shaub).

Tice’s Meadow: Great Egret and 2 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).

Westcott: 3 Hawfinches and Dartford Warbler at Milton Court Farm (A Holden).

Tuesday 6th

Green Sandpiper, Bolder Mere (R Clark).
Green Sandpiper, Bolder Mere (R Clark).

Bankside: Rock Pipit south; also 2nd-winter Caspian Gull and 1st-winter Mediterranean Gull (R Braddock).

Bolder Mere: Green Sandpiper (R Clark).

Colley Hill: female-type Marsh Harrier; also 2 Hawfinches east (S Gale).

Holmethorpe SP: Common Sandpiper (G Hay).

Island Barn Reservoir: 103 Barnacle Geese (D Harris).

Leatherhead: redhead Goosander on River Mole (J Snell).

Tice’s Meadow: Pintail (P Brown).

Winterfold Heath: male Ring Ouzel south; also 3 Fieldfares and 60 Redwings (R Stride).

Monday 5th

Bankside: 2nd-winter Caspian Gull (BirdGuides).

Leith Hill: Ring Ouzel south-east (W Attridge).

London Wetland Centre: Jack Snipe and Goldeneye (M Rinsler).

Thursley Common: 2 Green Sandpipers at Pudmore (P Howse).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Pintail, Great Egret and 3 Green Sandpipers (N Fletcher/R Horton/R Seargent).

Sunday 4th

Ash Ranges: ringtail Hen Harrier (C Grindrod).

Cheam: Tree Pipit south (D Culley).

Effingham Forest: 12 Hawfinches at Dick Focks Common (A Zackrisson).

Holmethorpe SP: juvenile Spoonbill at Mercers West; also Common Sandpiper and Green Sandpiper (A Blake/G Hay/T Ledger).

Island Barn Reservoir: Yellow Wagtail (O Carmona).

Leith Hill: Wheatear (W Attridge).

Richmond Park: Dartford Warbler (P Pentek).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Great Egrets and 2 Pintail (R Horton/M Radbourn).

Saturday 3rd

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

Bankside: 2nd-winter Caspian Gull (BirdGuides).

Beddington Farmlands: 6 Avocets and Green Sandpiper (J James/Z Pannifer).

Capel: Redwing and Woodlark (W Attridge).

Effingham Forest: 2 Hawfinches and 8 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (O Jepson).

Holmethorpe SP: juvenile Spoonbill at Mercers West; also 2 Rock Pipits south-west and Green Sandpiper (G Hay/T Ledger).

Papercourt Water Meadows: Redwing (E Sames).

Pewley Down: 2 Grey Partridges (A Lobb).

Shackleford: 2 Redwings (E Stubbs).

Thorpe Park: Green Sandpiper (J Snell).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Pintail and Great Egret (R Horton).

Wallington: 2 Redwings south (I Jones).

Friday 2nd

Hawfinch, Effingham Forest (J Hurrell).
Hawfinch, Effingham Forest (J Hurrell).

Effingham Forest: 10 Hawfinches and 3 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (J Hurrell).

Malden Rushett: Yellow Wagtail (S Gale).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Pintail (R Horton).

Wood Street Knole: Redwing (C Burchell).

Thursday 1st

Bankside: 1st-winter Caspian Gull and 1st-winter Mediterranean Gull (R Braddock).

Beddington Farmlands: Green Sandpiper (B Littlechild).

Holmethorpe SP: Garganey at Spynes Mere (G Hay/T Ledger).

Island Barn Reservoir: Black-necked Grebe (D Harris).

Leith Hill: Hawfinch (W Attridge).

London Wetland Centre: Yellow-browed Warbler in Main Reedbed; also Pied Flycatcher along South Route, Fieldfare and Great Black-backed Gull (A Salmon/M Wheeler).

Tice’s Meadow: 3 Pintail and Great Egret (P Brown/M Elsoffer).