September 2020

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Wednesday 30th

Beddington Farmlands: Red-crested Pochard, Pintail, Green Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper (A Dutta).

Chobham Common: no sign of Olive-backed Pipit though Spotted Flycatcher present (BirdGuides).

Leith Hill: 13,302 House Martins flew south-east between 06:30-11:00 (Surrey record count); also 3 Hawfinches and Brambling south ad 73 Crossbills about (W Attridge/R Stride).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern (J Klavins).

Priest Hill: 2,200 House Martins flew south (S Gale).

Richmond Park: Jack Snipe at Upper Pen Ponds (BirdGuides).

South Norwood CP: Whinchat (J Hughes).

Thursley Common: 5+ Crossbills (J Wareing).

Tuesday 29th

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Red-crested Pochard, Whinchat, Green Sandpiper Common Sandpiper and Shelduck (P Alfrey/A Wasley).

Chobham Common: Olive-backed Pipit 100m east of roundabout car park in grass and birches in evening (BirdGuides).

Godstone: 4 Crossbills north (G Hay).

Island Barn Reservoir: 2 Green Sandpipers (A Quinn).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern (WWT).

Priest Hill: 3 Whinchats (S Gale).

Richmond Park: Jack Snipe at Upper Pen Ponds (BirdGuides).

Thursley Common: 20 Crossbills and 150+ Lesser Redpolls (D Brassington/M Fincham).

Tice’s Meadow: Pintail (M Fincham).

Monday 28th

Banstead: 4 Whinchats nearby (S Gale).

Beddington Farmlands: Common Sandpiper and Shelduck (A Wasley).

Chobham Common: 2 Crossbills (C Lamdsell).

Holmethorpe SP: Whinchat at Mercer’s Farm (G Hay).

Leith Hill: 35 Crossbills (BirdGuides).

Thursley Common: 150+ Lesser Redpolls (D Brassington).

Sunday 27th

Whooper Swans, West Molesey (D Harris).
Whooper Swans, West Molesey (D Harris).

Beddington Farmlands: 1st-winter Yellow-legged Gull and Shelduck (A Ramesh).

Crooksbury Common: 22 Crossbills (J Gates).

Holmethorpe SP: Spotted Flycatcher on Cormonger’s Lane (G Hay/I Kehl).

Leith Hill: 2 Ring Ouzels in rowans north of Coldharbour cricket pitch (BirdGuides).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern on Main Lake (J Klavins).

Newchapel: Green Sandpiper at British Wildlife Centre (K Noble).

Shackleford: Wheatear at Lydling Farm (P Osborn).

Spotted Flycatcher, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).
Spotted Flycatcher, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).

Snowdenham Mill Pond: female Red-crested Pochard (E Stubbs).

Thursley Common: 220+ Lesser Redpolls; also 12 Crossbills (D Brassington).

Tice’s Meadow: Greenshank (R Horton).

West Molesey: 4 adult Whooper Swans flew south-east c.08:50 (D Harris).

Saturday 26th

Short-eared Owl, Tice's Meadow (M Edwards).
Short-eared Owl, Tice’s Meadow (M Edwards).

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Pintail, Red-crested Pochard, Whinchat, 2 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (A Dutta/N Gardner/A Ramesh).

Epsom Common: Mediterranean Gull (H Collings).

Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper (G Hay).

Richmond Park: Great Egret flew west mid-morning (P Pentek/J Wilczur).

Shackleford: Whinchat and 2 Wheatears at Lydling Farm (P Osborn/E Stubbs).

Stoughton: Crossbill flew over (C Burchell).

Thursley Common: 170+ Lesser Redpolls and 18 Crossbills (E Stubbs).

Tice’s Meadow: Short-eared Owl mid-morning then flew east; also Dunlin, Shelduck, Green Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper (J Brough/R Horton/R Seargent).

Friday 25th

Headley: 8 Crossbills over Tyrells Wood Golf Club (A Harding).

Island Barn Reservoir (no access): Great Egret mid-afternoon (D Harris).

Thursley Common: 2 Crossbills (D Brassington).

Tice’s Meadow: female Merlin, Green Sandpiper and Yellow Wagtail (M Elsoffer/L Winchcombe).

West Clandon: Whinchat at Clandon Wood NBR; also Wheatear (M Phelps).

Thursday 24th

Whinchat, West Clandon (M Phelps).
Whinchat, West Clandon (M Phelps).

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (I Jones).

Bricksbury Hill: 2,870 House Martins flew west in 2 hours (J Clark).

Epsom Downs: 840 House Martins flew west in 20 minutes (S Gale).

Hambledon: 5+ Crossbills flew over Vann Lane (A Barker).

Leith Hill: 2,280 House Martins flew west in 45 minutes; also 45 Crossbills about (W Attridge).

Little Woodcote: Whinchat and Wheatear (A Dutta).

London Wetland Centre: Common Sandpiper (WWT).

Shackleford: Whinchat (P Osborn).

Tice’s Meadow: Common Sandpiper (R Horton).

West Clandon: Whinchat at Clandon Wood NBR (M Phelps).

Wednesday 23rd

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

Beddington Farmlands: Whinchat, 2 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (N Gardner/A Wasley).

Effingham Forest: 20 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (S Gale).

Holmethorpe SP: Whinchat at Mercer’s Farm (G Hay).

Leith Hill: Yellow Wagtail flew over (W Attridge).

London Wetland Centre: Common Sandpiper (WWT).

Papercourt Water Meadows: female Merlin on pylon; also 4 Spotted Flycatchers (Prews Pond), 3 Whinchats, 2 Yellow Wagtails and Wheatear 3 Whinchats (J Hobden)

Thorncombe Street: Redwing flew south-west (K Britten/S Chastell/E Stubbs).

Tice’s Meadow: female Pintail and Green Sandpiper (J Hunt).

West Clandon: Whinchat at Clandon Wood NBR (M Phelps).

Tuesday 22nd

Crossbill, Leith Hill (W Attridge).
Crossbill, Leith Hill (W Attridge).

Banstead: 2 Redwings flew north-west (S Gale).

Beddington Farmlands: Yellow-legged Gull, Red-crested Pochard, 2 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (C Albanese).

Cranleigh: Whinchat at Cranleigh Nurseries (R Stride).

Leith Hill: 5 Ring Ouzels (2 north of Coldharbour cricket pitch and 3 south-west over tower); also 1,475 House Martins, Woodlark, Tree Pipit and 281 Meadow Pipits south and 100+ Crossbills about (W Attridge/E & P Hunter/P Mattos).

Little Woodcote: possible Merlin flew south at 08:25; also Whinchat and Yellow Wagtail (P Alfrey/I Jones/Z Pannifer).

London Wetland Centre: Common Sandpiper (WWT).

Morden Hall Park: female Merlin flew high south-west at 07:15; also Tree Pipit flew south-east (S Patmore)

Old Woking SF: Green Sandpiper (S Chastell).

Papercourt Water Meadows: 3 Whinchats (S Chastell).

Ring Ouzel, Leith Hill (M Leitch).
Ring Ouzel, Leith Hill (M Leitch).

Richmond Park: Whinchat (H Bradshaw).

Shackleford: Yellow Wagtail and 2 Whinchats (P Osborn).

Thorncombe Street: Brambling flew south; also 2 Hawfinches flew north, Ring Ouzel dropped in and 477 Meadow Pipits and 16 Crossbills flew south (E Stubbs).

Thursley Common: 14 Crossbills (G Robson).

Tice’s Meadow: 3 Yellow Wagtails and Common Sandpiper (J Brough).

Wallington: Yellow Wagtail flew south (A Dutta).

West Clandon: Whinchat at Clandon Wood NBR (M Phelps).

Winterfold: no sign of Wryneck though 59 Crossbills present (R Stride).

Woldingham: Whinchat (J Barnes).

Monday 21st

Crossbill, Thursley Common (S Renaud).
Crossbill, Thursley Common (S Renaud).

Burgh Heath: Black Redstart at Canons Farm (G Barter).

Ewhurst: Wheatear at Coneyhurst Lane (R Stride).

Holmethorpe SP: Yellow Wagtail flew south (G Hay).

Leith Hill: Ring Ouzel in rowans north of Coldharbour cricket pitch (M Bravery).

London Wetland Centre: Pintail and 2 Common Sandpipers (WWT).

Papercourt Water Meadows: 6 Yellow Wagtails, 4 Whinchats and Wheatear (J Hobden).

Wryneck, Winterfold (G Stokes).
Wryneck, Winterfold (G Stokes).

Shackleford: no sign of Short-toed Lark in fields at north end of Lydling Farm although female Merlin early morning and Spotted Flycatcher. Park in Shackleford village only and take footpaths north and east from Chalk Lane (many observers).

Thursley Common: 2+ Crossbills (S Renaud).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Green Sandpipers, Wheatear, 3 Common Sandpipers and Ruddy Shelduck (R Horton).

Winterfold: Wryneck from mid-afternoon in rowan on right side of Scots Pines north-west from Reynards Hill car park; also Crossbills (R Stride/many observers).

Woldingham: Whinchat, Redstart and 4 Wheatears (J Barnes).

Sunday 20th

Short-toed Lark, Shackleford (M Leitch).
Short-toed Lark, Shackleford (M Leitch).

Beddington Farmlands: Whinchat, Red-crested Pochard, Pintail, 4 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (P Alfrey/S Gale).

Crooksbury Common: 13 Crossbills (J Gates).

Chertsey: female Pintail on Abbey Meads Lake (K Duncan).

Denbies Hillside: 15 Crossbills (G Hay).

Effingham Forest: 50+ Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (J Hobden).

Farleigh: Whinchat at Farleigh Golf Club (E Barlow).

Holmethorpe SP: 2 Common Sandpipers and Yellow Wagtail (G Hay).

Leith Hill: 2 Ring Ouzels in rowans by Coldharbour cricket pitch (M Fincham).

Merlin, Shackleford (G James).
Merlin, Shackleford (G James).

London Wetland Centre: Whinchat and 3 Common Sandpipers (WWT).

Newchapel: 2 Green Sandpipers at British Wildlife Centre (K Noble).

Shackleford: *Short-toed Lark* in fields at north end of Lydling Farm; also female Merlin in area in afternoon, 2 Whinchats, Wheatear and 2+ Yellow Wagtails. Park in Shackleford village only and take footpaths north and east from Chalk Lane (many observers).

Thorpe Park: 2 Common Sandpipers (K Duncan).

Thursley Common: 4 Crossbills (D Brassington).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Dunlin, Green Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper (R Horton/J Hunt).

Saturday 19th

Short-toed Lark, Shackleford (E Stubbs).
Short-toed Lark, Shackleford (E Stubbs).

Chobham Common: 2 Ring Ouzels at Staple Hill (K Duncan).

Cranleigh: Crossbill (R Stride).

Leith Hill: 2 Ring Ouzels in rowans by Coldharbour cricket pitch (A Harding/R Seargent).

London Wetland Centre: 3 Common Sandpipers (WWT).

Shackleford: *Short-toed Lark* in ploughed field at north end of Lydling Farm (2nd Surrey record and first since 24/4/1966); also 2 Whinchats, Wheatear and 5+ Yellow Wagtails. Park in Shackleford village only and take footpaths north and east from Chalk Lane (E Stubbs/many observers).

Tooting Common: Spotted Flycatcher (A Wilkinson).

Friday 18th

Ring Ouzel, Leith Hill (A Goddard).
Ring Ouzel, Leith Hill (A Goddard).

Beddington Farmlands: juvenile Goshawk flew south at 09:55; also Great Egret and Greenshank (S Gale/A Wasley).

Leith Hill: 2 Ring Ouzels in rowans by Coldharbour cricket pitch (M Davis).

London Wetland Centre: 3 Common Sandpipers (WWT).

Tice’s Meadow: Golden Plover, Shelduck, Common Sandpiper and 2 Yellow Wagtails (J Brough/M Elsoffer/R Horton).

West Clandon: Whinchat at Clandon Wood NBR (M Phelps).

Thursday 17th

Glossy Ibis, Tice's Meadow (E Stubbs).
Glossy Ibis, Tice’s Meadow (E Stubbs).

Beddington Farmlands: Great Egret from hides; also Red-crested Pochard, 6 Greenshank, Pintail, 3 Green Sandpipers and Wheatear (C Conroy/A Wasley).

Farnham Heath: 20 Crossbills (P Venables).

Leith Hill: Wheatear by tower (W Attridge).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Common Sandpipers (WWT).

Shackleford: Whinchat at Lydling Farm; also 13 Yellow Wagtails (P Osborn).

Tice’s Meadow: Glossy Ibis in The Workings c.17:45-18:35 when flew high east (7th Surrey record and first since 2016); also Whinchat, Golden Plover, 5 Yellow Wagtails and Common Sandpiper (J Brough/M Elsoffer/R Horton/R Seargent et al).

Wednesday 16th

Greenshank, Beddington Farmlands (G Spinks).
Greenshank, Beddington Farmlands (G Spinks).

Beddington Farmlands: Great Egret from hides; also Red-crested Pochard, 3 Greenshank, Pintail, 3 Green Sandpipers and 3 Yellow Wagtails (G Spinks/I Jones/Z Pannifer).

Leith Hill: Ring Ouzel dropped into Duke’s Warren; also Hawfinch flew south-west, 3 Yellow Wagtails flew south and 38 Crossbills (W Attridge/M Phelps/E Stubbs).

London Wetland Centre: Redshank, Common Sandpiper Green Sandpiper and Yellow Wagtail (M Honey/B Page/T Wright).

Great Egret, South Norwood CP (J Hughes).
Great Egret, South Norwood CP (J Hughes).

Newchapel: Green Sandpiper at British Wildlife Centre (K Noble).

Shackleford: 3 Whinchats at Lydling Farm; also 4 Wheatears and 15+ Yellow Wagtails (P Osborn/G Robson).

South Norwood CP: Great Egret circled then flew east at 06:45; first Croydon area record (J Huhges).

Tuesday 15th

Brook: Whinchat and 2 Wheatears at Witley Farm (C Osbourne).

Ewell: small flock of Sanderling sound recorded at 00:10 (S Thomas).

London Wetland Centre: Common Sandpiper (J Sproule).

Newchapel: Green Sandpiper at British Wildlife Centre (K Noble).

Shackleford: 2 Whinchats at Lydling Farm; also Yellow Wagtail (E Stubbs).

Tice’s Meadow: Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail and Common Sandpiper (J Brough/J Hunt).

Monday 14th

Great Egret, Beddington Farmlands (A Dutta).
Great Egret, Beddington Farmlands (A Dutta).

Beddington Farmlands: Great Egret from hides; also Red-crested Pochard and 2 Green Sandpipers (A Dutta/Z Pannifer).

Hedgecourt Lake: 8 Yellow Wagtails (J Court).

Leith Hill: 3 Ring Ouzels on Duke’s Warren; also 1,200 House Martins, 22 Crossbills and 2 Spotted Flycatchers (W Attridge/M Davis/A Harding/M Jackson).

Morden Hall Park: Yellow Wagtail (S Patmore).

Richmond Park: Whinchat and Wheatear (P Pentek).

Shackleford: 3 Whinchats at Lydling Farm; also Wheatear and Yellow Wagtail (P Osoborn).

Tice’s Meadow: Whinchat and Green Sandpiper (J Brough).

Sunday 13th

Ring Ouzel, Leith Hill (M Davis).
Ring Ouzel, Leith Hill (M Davis).

Beddington Farmlands: Great Egret from hides; also Pintail and Green Sandpiper (I Jones).

Brook: 6 Yellow Wagtails at Witley Farm (C Osbourne).

Chobham Common: Spotted Flycatcher (T Edie).

Dorking: Yellow Wagtail flew over (M Davis).

Farnham: 2 Crossbills (M Elsoffer).

Hedgecourt Lake: 8 Yellow Wagtails (J Curnick/K Noble).

Yellow Wagtail, Hedgecourt Lake (K Noble).
Yellow Wagtail, Hedgecourt Lake (K Noble).

Leith Hill: Ring Ouzel on Duke’s Warren (M Davis).

Morden Hall Park: Yellow Wagtail (S Patmore).

Richmond Park: Whinchat (M Buckley).

Shackleford: Whinchat at Lydling Farm (BirdGuides).

Thursley Common: Spotted Flycatcher (M Hamzij).

Tice’s Meadow: Common Sandpiper (J Hunt).

Saturday 12th

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

Beddington Farmlands: Yellow-legged Gull, Pintail, Red-crested Pochard, Common Sandpiper and 3 Green Sandpipers (N Gardner/R Kurtz).

Brook: 25 Yellow Wagtails at Witley Farm (C Osbourne).

Epsom: Yellow Wagtail flew over Stones Road (J Birkett).

Hedgecourt Lake: 10 Yellow Wagtails (J Curnick).

Island Barn Reservoir: juvenile Knot (D Harris).

Leith Hill: 3 Ring Ouzels and 2 Spotted Flycatchers just west of cricket pitch (M McManus).

Manx Shearwater, Woking (D Woodruff).
Manx Shearwater, Woking (D Woodruff).

Morden Hall Park: 2 Yellow Wagtails (S Patmore).

Richmond Park: Whinchat (C Campbell/O Flory).

Riddlesdown: Spotted Flycatcher (N Hunt).

Rotherhithe: Spotted Flycatcher at Stave Hill (R Page-Jones).

Tice’s Meadow: Green Sandpiper (J Brough).

Woking: Manx Shearwater found in garden (BirdGuides).

Friday 11th

Whinchats, Pewley Down (M Kettell).
Whinchats, Pewley Down (M Kettell).

Beddington Farmlands: Tree Pipit, Pintail, Red-crested Pochard and Green Sandpiper (N Gardner).

Chobham Common: Whinchat and 5+ Crossbills (A Wilson).

Frensham Little Pond: Green Sandpiper (E Stubbs).

London Wetland Centre: Great Egret and Common Sandpiper (N Dodd).

Morden Hall Park: 2 Redstarts and Yellow Wagtail (S Patmore).

Newchapel: Green Sandpiper at British Wildlife Centre (K Noble).

Spotted Flycatcher, Rotherhithe (R Page-Jones).
Spotted Flycatcher, Rotherhithe (R Page-Jones).

Pewley Down: 2 Whinchats (M Kettell).

Rotherhithe: Spotted Flycatcher at Stave Hill (R Page-Jones).

Shackleford: Whinchat at Lydling Farm (P Osborn).

Tice’s Meadow: Wheatear (M Elsoffer).

Westcott: Yellow Wagtail at Milton Court Farm (M Davis).

Thursday 10th

Yellow Wagtail, Holmethorpe (G Hay).
Yellow Wagtail, Holmethorpe (G Hay).

Beddington Farmlands: Pintail, Red-crested Pochard, Whinchat and Yellow Wagtail (BFBG).

Crooksbury Common: 2 Crossbills (G Robson).

Holmethorpe SP: 2 Yellow Wagtails flew over Spyne’s Mere (G Hay).

Leith Hill: 3+ Spotted Flycatchers and 17 Crossbills (S Chastell/M Davis).

Spotted Flycatcher, Leith Hill (M Davis).
Spotted Flycatcher, Leith Hill (M Davis).

Richmond Park: Wryneck still in on Lawn Field (BirdGuides).

Stoke Lake: Common Sandpiper (M Kettell).

Wallington: Ortolan Bunting sound-recorded at 02:58 (A Dutta).

West Clandon: Whinchat at Clandon Wood NBR (M Phelps).

Wednesday 9th

Osprey, Thursley Common (E Stubbs).
Osprey, Thursley Common (E Stubbs).

Beddington Farmlands: Pintail, Red-crested Pochard and Yellow Wagtail (P Alfrey).

Guildford: 2 Crossbills at Pinks Hill (C Burchell).

Grayswood: 2 Crossbills at Holmen’s Grove (C Osbourne).

Leith Hill: 1,540 House Martins flew south-east; also 25 Crossbills and 2 Yellow Wagtails south-east (W Attridge).

Morden Hall Park: Yellow Wagtail early morning; also 17 Grey Wagtails flew south-east (S Patmore).

Richmond Park: Wheatear (P Pentek).

Pintail and Shoveler, Beddington Farmlands (P Alfrey).
Pintail and Shoveler, Beddington Farmlands (P Alfrey).

Shackleford: 2 Whinchats and Wheatear at Lydling Farm (P Osborn).

Thursley Common: juvenile Osprey at Pudmore from dawn (presumably roosted near The Moat) until c.06:55 then flew north-east; also Whinchat, 3 Wheatears and Barnacle Goose (S Dorman/E Stubbs).

Tice’s Meadow: Whimbrel in The Workings c.09:15 (probably same as West Clandon) then flew west; also Yellow-legged Gull, Whinchat and Common Sandpiper (S Foote).

West Clandon: Whimbrel flew south-west c.08:35 (M Phelps).

Tuesday 8th

Hoopoe, Reigate (S Lyons).
Hoopoe, Reigate (S Lyons).

Blackheath: 4 Spotted Flycatchers (K Britten).

Burgh Heath: 2 Redstarts and Whinchat at Canons Farm (S Gale)

Brockwell Park: Pied Flycatcher by BMX track (BirdGuides).

Holmethorpe SP: Common Sandpiper (G Hay).

Spotted Flycatcher, Blackheath (K Britten).
Spotted Flycatcher, Blackheath (K Britten).

Leith Hill: 10+ Crossbills (S Dorman).

Morden Hall Park: Spotted Flycatcher, Redstart and 5 Yellow Wagtails (S Patmore).

Reigate: Hoopoe still in private gardens early afternoon (BirdGuides).

Sanderstead: Yellow Wagtail flew over garden (J Birkett).

Tice’s Meadow: Green Sandpiper (J Brough).

Monday 7th

Yellow Wagtail, Westcott (M Davis).
Yellow Wagtail, Westcott (M Davis).

Holmethorpe SP: Common Sandpiper (G Hay).

Leith Hill: Spotted Flycatcher and 2+ Crossbills (W Attridge/M Davis).

London Wetland Centre: Yellow Wagtail (WWT).

Morden Hall Park: Golden Plover flew over at 06:30; also Yellow Wagtail (S Patmore).

Newchapel: Green Sandpiper at British Wildlife Centre (K Noble).

Richmond Park: Wryneck still in Holly Lodge Paddocks though elusive (BirdGuides).

Wheatear, Thursley Common (A Young).
Wheatear, Thursley Common (A Young).

Thursley Common: Whinchat on Shrike Hill; also 4 Wheatears (G Robson/A Young).

Tice’s Meadow: Whinchat and Green Sandpiper (J Hunt/R Horton).

Walton-on-Thames: adult Caspian Gull on floodlights at Xcel Leisure Complex (D Harris).

West Clandon: 3 Crossbills and Swift flew over Clandon Wood NBR (M Phelps).

Westcott: Yellow Wagtail at Milton Court Farm (M Davis).

Wisley Airfield: Whinchat, 2 Yellow Wagtails and 4 Wheatears (K Duncan).

Sunday 6th

Wryneck, Richmond Park (C Turner).
Wryneck, Richmond Park (C Turner).

Ash Ranges: 5+ Crossbills (R Seargent).

Beddington Farmlands: Green Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail and Wheatear (I Jones).

Burgh Heath: 3 Whinchats at Canons Farm (J Simpson).

Chiddingfold: 6 Crossbills (C Osbourne).

Holmethorpe SP: 2 Whinchats at The Moors (G Hay).

Kingston upon Thames: juvenile Shag between Town End Pier and Kingston Bridge mid-afternoon (A Skotnicki).

Shag, Kingston upon Thames (A Skotnicki).
Shag, Kingston upon Thames (A Skotnicki).

Morden Hall Park: 16 Yellow Wagtails, including 15 high south early morning (A Dutta/S Patmore).

Newchapel: Green Sandpiper at British Wildlife Centre (K Noble).

Richmond Park: Wryneck in Holly Lodge Paddocks though elusive; also Whinchat, 2 Redstarts and Wheatear (H Bradshaw/S Ferguson/P Pentek/P Redmond/I Rowe et al).

Shackleford: 3 Whinchats, 2 Wheatears and 11 Yellow Wagtails at Lydling Farm (K Britten/E Stubbs).

Caspian Gull, Walton-on-Thames (S Ferguson).
Caspian Gull, Walton-on-Thames (S Ferguson).

Thursley Common: Whinchat on Shrike Hill (D Brassington).

Tice’s Meadow: Whinchat and Green Sandpiper (J Hunt).

Walton-on-Thames: adult Caspian Gull on floodlights at Xcel Leisure Complex and adjacent River Thames (S Ferguson).

Saturday 5th

Spotted Flycatcher, Frensham Little Pond (T Ballard).
Spotted Flycatcher, Frensham Little Pond (T Ballard).

Epsom Common: Mediterranean Gull (H Collings).

Fetcham: Wheatear at Bocketts Farm (M Davis).

Frensham Little Pond: Spotted Flycatcher (T Ballard).

Holmethorpe SP: 2 Whinchats at The Moors; also White Wagtail, 2 Yellow Wagtails and 2 Common Sandpipers (G Hay/I Kehl).

Horley: 3 Wheatears at Littlelake Farm (T Walker).

Newchapel: Green Sandpiper at British Wildlife Centre (K Noble).

Priest Hill: 4 Whinchats; also Yellow Wagtail and Tree Pipit flew south-west (R Dewhurst/S Gale).

Caspian Gull, Walton-on-Thames (E Stubbs).
Caspian Gull, Walton-on-Thames (E Stubbs).

Richmond Park: 4 Whinchats and Wheatear (N Anderson/N Jackman/P Pentek).

Shackleford: Tree Pipit, 3 Wheatears, 3 Whinchats and 3 Yellow Wagtails (P Osborn/E Stubbs).

South Norwood: Swift (R Wyllie).

Thursley Common: Wheatear, Barnacle Goose and Yellow Wagtail (D Brassington).

Tice’s Meadow: Whinchat, 2 Dunlin, 2 Ringed Plovers, Green Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper (J Brough/R Seargent).

Walton-on-Thames: adult Caspian Gull again on floodlights at Xcel Leisure Complex and on adjacent River Thames; also adult Yellow-legged Gull on Walton Bridge (D Harris/D Kenrick/E Stubbs).

Friday 4th

Hoopoe, Reigate (N Allen).
Hoopoe, Reigate (N Allen).

Beddington Farmlands: Pintail and Red-crested Pochard (BFBG).

Capel: Tree Pipit flew east (W Attridge).

Crooksbury Common: 20+ Crossbills (J Hunt/R Seargent).

Leith Hill: 2+ Crossbills (M Davis/M Phelps/R Stride).

Morden Hall Park: Yellow Wagtail (S Patmore).

Newdigate: Crossbill flew east (W Attridge).

Caspian Gull, Walton-on-Thames (S Musievski).
Caspian Gull, Walton-on-Thames (S Musievski).

Papercourt Water Meadows: 2 Common Sandpipers (K Duncan).

Papercourt Water Meadows: Pied Flycatcher in trees by Prews Pond, Tannery Lane, early evening; also Whinchat and 2 Wheatears (K Duncan/J Hobden).

Reigate: Hoopoe visiting private gardens throughout day (N Allen).

Richmond Park: 2 Spotted Flycatchers, 3 Whinchats and 4 Wheatears (P Pentek).

Crossbill, Crooksbury Common (J Hunt).
Crossbill, Crooksbury Common (J Hunt).

Shackleford: 7 Whinchats at Lydling Farm; also Wheatear (R Douglas/P Osborn/G Robson).

Thursley Common: Wheatear on Shrike Hill and 2 Spotted Flycatchers by The Moat (D Brassington/E Stubbs).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Dunlin (J Hunt).

Walton-on-Thames: adult Caspian Gull again on floodlights at Xcel Leisure Complex (A Goddard/D Harris/S Musievski).

West Clandon: Yellow Wagtail flew over Clandon Wood NBR (M Phelps).

Thursday 3rd

Caspian Gull, Walton-on-Thames (D Harris).
Caspian Gull, Walton-on-Thames (D Harris).

Badshot Lea: Swift at Badshot Lea Ponds (J Hunt).

Chelsham: Whinchat by model airfield (D Young).

Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper and 2 Common Sandpipers at Spyne’s Mere (G Hay).

Priest Hill: presumably reintroduced White Stork late morning then flew towards Banstead (D Dack).

Shackleford: 3 Whinchats at Lydling Farm (G Robson).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Dunlin, Swift and Common Sandpiper (R Seargent).

Walton-on-Thames: adult Caspian Gull again on floodlights at Xcel Leisure Complex (D Harris).

Wednesday 2nd

Wryneck, Shackleford (E Stubbs).
Wryneck, Shackleford (E Stubbs).

Banstead Downs: Tree Pipit flew east (D Campbell).

Brook: 5 Yellow Wagtails at Witley Farm; also Whinchat, 16 Crossbills in flight towards Gibbet Hill and 6 Spotted Flycatchers (C Osbourne).

Dunsfold: 2 Tree Pipits at Painshill Farm (E Stubbs).

Holmethorpe SP: 2 Whinchats at The Moors; also 2 Yellow Wagtails flew over and Common Sandpiper (G Hay).

Mogador: Whinchat (S Gale).

Morden Hall Park: Redstart and Spotted Flycatcher (S Patmore).

Newchapel: 2 Green Sandpipers at British Wildlife Centre (K Noble).

Papercourt GPs: Spotted Flycatcher along footpath along Tannery Lane; also 12+ Swifts (E Sames).

Riddlesdown: Whinchat (S Fowles).

Shackleford: Wryneck at Lydling Farm in hedge near Lone Barn though very elusive; also Whinchat and 2 Yellow Wagtails (A Barker/P Osborn/E Stubbs).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Dunlin and Common Sandpiper (R Seargent).

Tuesday 1st

Whinchat, Shalford Water Meadows (S Chastell).
Whinchat, Shalford Water Meadows (S Chastell).

Badshot Lea: Great Egret at Badshot Lea Ponds (J Hunt).

Capel: 2 Tree Pipits flew east (W Attridge).

Ewell: Whimbrel sound recorded at 03:00 (S Thomas).

Holmethorpe SP: 2 Common Sandpipers (G Hay).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Yellow Wagtails and Common Sandpiper (WWT).

Morden Hall Park: 3 Yellow Wagtails and 3 Tree Pipits flew south (L Daly/A Dutta/S Patmore).

Newchapel: Green Sandpiper at British Wildlife Centre (K Noble).

Papercourt Water Meadows: 5 Whinchats (A Goddard).

Richmond Park: 2 Spotted Flycatchers, Whinchat and Wheatear (N Jackman/P Pentek).

Spotted Flycatcher, Shackleford (E Stubbs).
Spotted Flycatcher, Shackleford (E Stubbs).

Shackleford: Spotted Flycatcher, Redstart, 10 Yellow Wagtails and Whinchat at Lydling Farm (S Jones/E Stubbs).

Shalford Water Meadows: 2 Whinchats (S Chastell/J Reeves).

Stoke Lake: Swift (S Chastell).

Thursley Common: Whinchat on Shrike Hill (D Brassington).

Tice’s Meadow: Dunlin, 3 Common Sandpipers and Green Sandpiper (J Hunt).

Unstead SF: Whinchat in South Meadow (S Chastell).