October 2026

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).