October 2026
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).
