October 2026
Monday 12th
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
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
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
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
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).
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
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
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
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).









