September 2023
Saturday 30th
Beddington Farmlands: Great Egret on North Lake; also 2 Green Sandpipers (D Warren).
Capel: Hawfinch south-west (W Attridge).
Hogsmill SF: adult Yellow-legged Gull (A Quinn).
Holmethorpe SP: 2 Green Sandpipers (G Hay/I Kehl).
Little Woodcote: Wheatear (I Jones).
Mercers CP: Wheatear at Mercers Farm (N Hadden).
Richmond Park: Whinchat and Common Sandpiper (D Brasier).
Sanderstead: Dotterel flew south at 16:40 (J Birkett).
Shackleford: Wheatear (P Osborn).
Tice’s Meadow: Dunlin and 3 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).
Friday 29th
Beddington Farmlands: Great Egret on North Lake and Greenshank on Wet Grassland (D Warren).
Farthing Downs: Whinchat (D Kelly).
Hogsmill SF: Green Sandpiper (J Gale).
Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 2 juvenile Black Terns (D Harris).
London Wetland Centre: Common Sandpiper (C Moore).
Thursday 28th
Bolder Mere: Great Egret (D Harris).
Burpham Water Meadows: Whinchat at Burpham Court Farm (P Davy).
Holmethorpe SP: Marsh Harrier east over Water Colour Lagoons c 14:05 (J Simpson).
London Wetland Centre: Common Sandpiper (A Salmon).
Tice’s Meadow: 2 Green Sandpipers (D Smith).
Wednesday 27th
Beddington Farmlands: Great Egret on North Lake; also Greenshank and 4 Green Sandpipers (I Jones).
Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 2 juvenile Black Terns; also Wheatear and 3 Common Sandpipers (J Snell).
Tuesday 26th
Battersea: female Red-crested Pochard on Thames (I Rowe).
Beddington Farmlands: Greenshank on Wet Grassland; also 6 Green Sandpipers (A Ramesh).
Bolder Mere: Great Egret (D Harris).
Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 2 juvenile Black Terns (D Harris).
Leith Hill: 13 Crossbills on Dukes Warren (A Holden).
London Wetland Centre: Common Sandpiper (M Rowell).
Tice’s Meadow: Common Sandpiper and Green Sandpiper (D MacLeod).
Monday 25th
Beddington Farmlands: Great Egret on North Lake (D Warren).
Bolder Mere: Great Egret on tern raft (D Harris/J Snell).
Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 2 juvenile Black Terns (D Harris).
Frensham Great Pond: Bittern in flight (S Peters).
London Wetland Centre: Wheatear on Grazing Marsh; also Common Sandpiper (C Dewhurst/D Williams).
Tice’s Meadow: Green Sandpiper (P Hoyle).
Wandle Meadow: male Redstart (D Element).
Sunday 24th
Banstead Heath: 2 Whinchats (W Clarke).
Beddington Farmlands: Great Egret on North Lake; also Greenshank, Ringed Plover, Wheatear and 2 Green Sandpipers (A Harding/S Revard).
Bolder Mere: Great Egret (N Jones).
Epsom Downs: 1,100+ House Martins over (S Gale).
Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper at Mercers West (G Hay/I Kehl).
Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): juvenile Black Tern; also 5 Common Sandpipers (D Harris).
London Wetland Centre: Marsh Harrier over Grazing Marsh late morning; also Wheatear (M Parker/A Wilkinson).
Mitcham Common: Great Egret on Seven Islands Pond (A Fure).
Priest Hill: 3,000+ hirundines south-east between 08:00-09:00 (N Batten).
Tice’s Meadow: Marsh Harrier (R Horton).
Saturday 23rd
Beddington Farmlands: Great Egret at North Lake (M Keenan/D Warren).
Crooksbury Common: 8 Crossbills (J Gates).
Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): juvenile Black Tern (D Harris).
Langley Vale: 3 Whinchats (K Lelliott).
London Wetland Centre: Common Sandpiper (A Salmon).
Mitcham Common: Great Egret on Seven Islands Pond (M Mac).
Nonsuch Park: Yellow Wagtail west (N Batten).
Shackleford: 3 Wheatears and 4 Yellow Wagtails (P Osborn).
Tice’s Meadow: Green Sandpiper (R Horton).
Wandsworth: Wheatear on roof on Kelmscott Road (H Mark).
Wandsworth Common: Cuckoo (R Sankar).
Friday 22nd
Beddington Farmlands: Redwing at North Lake; also 3 Green Sandpipers (I Jones/M Keenan/D Warren).
Bolder Mere: Great Egret (G & L Bugby/D Harris/D Smith).
Epsom Downs: Osprey east at 10:45 (S Gale).
Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): juvenile Black Tern (D Harris).
London Wetland Centre: Common Sandpiper (S Revard).
Mayford: Wryneck caught by cat in private garden but freed by homeowner and escaped to freedom (A Lewis).
Mitcham Common: Great Egret on Seven Islands Pond (M Murphy).
Newchapel: Green Sandpiper at British Wildlife Centre (K Noble).
Richmond Park: 3 Whinchats and 2 Wheatears (P Pentek/D Raynes).
Tice’s Meadow: 3 Wheatears and 2 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).
Wey Manor Meadows: Wheatear (J Snell).
Thursday 21st
Bolder Mere: Great Egret (D Brassington).
Guildford: Osprey over High Street (P Rawling).
Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 5 Common Sandpipers (J Snell).
London Wetland Centre: Little Ringed Plover and Common Sandpiper on Main Lake (A Salmon).
Tice’s Meadow: Great Egret, Wheatear and 2 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).
Wednesday 20th
Bolder Mere: Great Egret (M Kettell).
Tuesday 19th
Farthing Downs: 2 Wheatears (D Hayes).
Langley Vale: Whinchat (K Lelliott).
London Wetland Centre: Yellow Wagtail and Common Sandpiper (R Dunne/A Salmon).
Morden Hall Park: Spotted Flycatcher (M Parker).
Monday 18th
Battersea: Yellow-legged Gull on Thames (R Fellows).
Beddington Farmlands: Greenshank and 5 Green Sandpipers (D Warren).
London Wetland Centre: Garganey on Main Lake; also Yellow Wagtail (A Salmon).
Tice’s Meadow: Wheatear and Common Sandpiper (R Horton).
Sunday 17th
Beddington Farmlands: Little Stint and Great Egret on North Lake; also Greenshank, Whinchat, 6 Yellow Wagtails and 3 Green Sandpipers (N Gardner/I Jones/M Keenan/J Pettit/C Strudwick/D Warren).
Chobham Common: Whinchat (R Unwin).
Crooksbury Common: Yellow Wagtail over; also 120 Siskins with 73 trapped and ringed (J Gates).
Hogsmill SF: Green Sandpiper (T Inns).
Holmethorpe SP: 2 Great Egrets west over The Moors; also 3 Green Sandpipers (G Hay/I Kehl).
London Wetland Centre: Garganey on Main Lake; also 3 Common Sandpipers and Green Sandpiper (C & O Dewhurst/A Salmon).
Tice’s Meadow: 2 Wheatears and Green Sandpiper (R Horton).
Saturday 16th
Beddington Farmlands: Osprey over early afternoon; also Great Egret on North Lake (C Owens).
Bolder Mere: Great Egret (N Batten).
Chobham Common: Whinchat and 2 Crossbills (E Sames).
Guildford: 2 Yellow Wagtails over (M Kettell).
Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper (G Hay).
Kew: Guillemot on Thames from Kew Bridge mid-afternoon (K Lipscomb).
London Wetland Centre: Garganey on Main Lake (A Salmon).
Tice’s Meadow: Great Egret; also Whinchat, Yellow Wagtail and Green Sandpiper (M Fincham/L Harrison/R Horton).
Friday 15th
Beddington Farmlands: juvenile Marsh Harrier over North Lake early afternoon (took a Teal!); also 2 Whinchats, 3 Yellow Wagtails, Wheatear, 4 Green Sandpipers and Shelduck (A Dutta).
Bolder Mere: Great Egret (J Snell).
Brockwell Park: Yellow Wagtail (S Patmore).
Brook: 2 Whinchats at Witley Farm (D Brassington).
Hogsmill SF: Common Sandpiper (T Inns).
Richmond Park: 2 Whinchats and Yellow Wagtail (H Young).
Thursley Common: Yellow Wagtail (D Brassington).
Tice’s Meadow: Great Egret (R Horton).
Thursday 14th
Brockwell Park: Tree Pipit and Yellow Wagtail (S Patmore).
Brook: Whinchat and Yellow Wagtail at Witley Farm (D Brassington).
Holmethorpe SP: Whinchat at Chilmead Farm (J Simpson).
London Wetland Centre: juvenile Marsh Harrier at Grazing Marsh late morning; also Green Sandpiper (M Parker/A Wilkinson).
Thursley Common: Grasshopper Warbler (E Stubbs).
Tice’s Meadow: 2 Wheatears and 2 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).
Unstead SF: Common Sandpiper (J Hill).
Wednesday 13th
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Beddington Farmlands: Greenshank, Wheatear, Shelduck and Green Sandpiper (D Warren).
Leith Hill: male Marsh Harrier flew south-east over tower at 08:45; also Yellow Wagtail south-west (W Attridge/M Davis).
London Wetland Centre: Ruff on Main Lake; also Green Sandpiper and 2 Common Sandpipers (C Moore).
Pewley Down: Yellow Wagtail (M Kettell).
Thursley Common: 2 Yellow Wagtails (D Brassington).
Tice’s Meadow: Great Egret, Wheatear and 2 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).
Unstead SF: Common Sandpiper (J Parr).
Wallington: Osprey over c 16:40 (I Jones).
Whitmoor Common: Whinchat and Nightjar (M Fincham).
Tuesday 12th
Brook: 2 Yellow Wagtails at Witley Farm (D Brassington).
Langley Vale: Whinchat (K Lelliott).
London Wetland Centre: Ruff on Main Lake; also drake Garganey and Common Sandpiper (C Moore).
Papercourt Water Meadows: 5 Yellow Wagtails at Paperourt Farm (J Snell).
Tice’s Meadow: Great Egret, Yellow Wagtail and 2 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).
Monday 11th
Holmethorpe SP: Wheatear (N Hadden).
London Wetland Centre: Ruff on Main Lake; also drake Garganey, Green Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper (C Dewhurst/A Salmon).
Papercourt Water Meadows: 2 Whinchats and 3 Yellow Wagtails (J Hobden).
Thursley Common: Yellow Wagtail (D Brassington).
Sunday 10th
Beddington Farmlands: Great Egret; also 2 Greenshanks, Shelduck, 5 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (D Bulling/M Keenan/A Ramesh).
Bolder Mere: Great Egret (G & L Bugby).
Brockwell Park: Corn Bunting east at 07:39; also 3 Yellow Wagtails (S Patmore).
Brook: 2 Yellow Wagtails at Witley Farm (D Brassington).
Clandon Park: Whinchat (S Chastell).
Holmethorpe SP: 2 Common Sandpipers (G Hay).
Langley Vale: Whinchat (K Lelliott).
London Wetland Centre: Ruff on Main Lake; also drake Garganey, Spotted Flycatcher, Yellow Wagtail, 2 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (B Reding/A Salmon).
Mercers CP: Common Sandpiper (G Hay).
Tulse Hill: Tree Pipit over (S Patmore).
Unstead SF: Common Sandpiper (J Parr).
Saturday 9th
Beddington Farmlands: Great Egret; also 2 Greenshanks, Shelduck, 5 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (D Bulling).
Capel: Greenshank at Clockhouse Pits (W Attridge).
Chobham: Wheatear in horse fields at end of Ford Lane (T Edie).
Dorking: 2 Spotted Flycatchers at Chadhurst Farm (W Attridge).
Dunsfold: Grasshopper Warbler and 3 Yellow Wagtails at Painshill Farm (E Stubbs).
Effingham Forest: 4 Hawfinches and 3 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (G Hay).
Holmethorpe SP: Common Sandpiper (N Hadden).
Leith Hill: Spotted Flycatcher (P Evans).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Green Sandpipers and 3 Common Sandpipers (C Moore/A Salmon).
Mercers CP: Common Sandpiper (N Hadden).
Newchapel: Wheatear at Shawlands Farm (K Noble).
Ranmore Common: Crossbill (J Snell).
Tice’s Meadow: Ringed Plover and 2 Green Sandpipers (R Cowley/J Francis).
Unstead SF: Common Sandpiper (J Parr).
Friday 8th
Beddington Farmlands: Swift briefly; also Greenshank, 3 Yellow Wagtails, 4 Wheatears, Shelduck, 4 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (A Dutta).
Brook: 2 Wheatears at Witley Farm (D Brassington).
Crooksbury Common: Nightjar (J Gates).
Dorking: Yellow Wagtail at Chadhurst Farm (M Davis).
Godstone: White Wagtail (G Hay).
Hogsmill SF: Common Sandpiper (J Gale).
London Wetland Centre: Marsh Harrier south over South Route late morning; also Ruff and drake Garganey on Main Lake, Wheatear, 2 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (M Parker/A Salmon).
Papercourt Water Meadows: Whinchat (K Duncan).
Richmond Park: 2 Whinchats; also 2 Yellow Wagtails and Wheatear (T Inns/J Moore).
Tooting Common: Yellow Wagtail over (D Bulling).
Unstead SF: Common Sandpiper on South Meadow (J Parr).
Wallington: Tree Pipit south (A Dutta).
Thursday 7th
Beddington Farmlands: Little Ringed Plover, 9 Green Sandpipers, Shelduck and 3 Common Sandpipers (P Alfrey).
Box Hill: Redstart and 2 Wheatears (S Gale).
Brockwell Park: Yellow Wagtail (S Patmore).
Buckland: 2 Wheatears (S Gale).
Burpham Water Meadows: Common Sandpiper (P Davy).
Denbies Hillside: Redstart (J Snell).
Lammas Lands: Tree Pipit and Yellow Wagtail over (E Stubbs).
Leith Hill: 5 Crossbills and 2 Spotted Flycatchers (W Attridge/M Davis).
Little Woodcote: Yellow Wagtail (A Dutta).
London Wetland Centre: Great Egret on Main Lake; also Ruff, Greenshank, Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (C Moore/J Reeves/A Salmon).
Walton Downs: Wheatear and Yellow Wagtail (S Gale).
Wednesday 6th
Chobham: Wheatear in horse fields at end of Ford Lane (T Edie).
Clandon Park: Spotted Flycatcher (M Kettell).
Dorking: 2 Yellow Wagtails at Chadhurst Farm (M Davis).
Horley: Wheatear at Littlelake Farm (T Walker).
Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 18 Barnacle Geese in fields to north (D Spragg).
Leith Hill: 15 Spotted Flycatchers (D Robinson).
London Wetland Centre: drake Garganey on Main Lake; also Ruff, Wheatear, Green Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper (C Dewhurst/W Newnham).
Papercourt Water Meadows: Whinchat (C Davies).
Pewley Down: 2 Whinchats and 2 Yellow Wagtails (P Smith).
Thursley Common: Greenshank over; also Whinchat and Yellow Wagtail (D Brassington).
Tice’s Meadow: Great Egret (R Horton).
Unstead SF: Common Sandpiper (J Parr).
Worcester Park: Wheatear in garden (A Freemantle).
Tuesday 5th
Bankside: Yellow Wagtail over (R Braddock).
Beddington Farmlands: Greenshank on Wet Grassland; also 3 Black-tailed Godwits, 3 Whinchats, 3 Yellow Wagtails, 5 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (I Jones/Z Pannifer).
Bolder Mere: Great Egret on island (D Harris/J Snell).
Brockwell Park: Tree Pipit and 2 Yellow Wagtails (S Patmore).
Godalming: Common Sandpiper over (S Jones).
Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): Wheatear and 3 Common Sandpipers (D Spragg).
Holmethorpe SP: 2 Green Sandpipers (G Hay).
Leith Hill: 4 Spotted Flycatchers (W Attridge).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Ruff on Main Lake; also Wheatear, 2 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (M Parker/A Salmon).
Thursley Common: Whinchat (D Young).
Wimbledon Common: Spotted Flycatcher (J Reeves).
Worplesdon: Marsh Harrier south early evening (J Gates).
Monday 4th
Beddington Farmlands: Greenshank, Whinchat, Wheatear, Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper and 2 Green Sandpipers (S Gale/Z Pannifer/D Warren).
Coulsdon: Whinchat at Happy Valley (S Frost).
Eashing Fields: 2 Whinchats (E Stubbs).
Leith Hill: Yellow Wagtail and Spotted Flycatcher (W Attridge).
Little Woodcote: Whinchat (A Dutta).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Ruff on Main Lake; also Spotted Flycatcher (M Bravery/A Salmon/D Wells/D Williams).
Shackleford: 2 Wheatears (M Fincham).
South Norwood CP: Spotted Flycatcher (J Hughes).
Thursley Common: Redshank over (D Brassington).
Tice’s Meadow: Whinchat (R Horton).
Unstead SF: Spotted Flycatcher and Common Sandpiper (J Parr).
Waverley Abbey: Wheatear (J Gates).
Sunday 3rd
Beddington Farmlands: Great Egret on South Lake; also Greenshank, Shelduck, 3 Yellow Wagtails, Little Ringed Plover, 8 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (C Albanese/D Bulling/A Harding/Z Pannifer).
Bolder Mere: Great Egret (D Harris).
Brockwell Park: 3 Yellow Wagtails (S Patmore).
Capel: Yellow Wagtail south (W Attridge).
Chobham Common: Spotted Flycatcher (P Andrews).
Crooksbury Common: 3 Spotted Flycatchers (R Seargent).
Epsom Common: Yellow Wagtail east (S Gale).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Ruff on Main Lake; also drake Garganey, Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (A Salmon/M Wheeler).
Mercers CP: Yellow Wagtail at Mercers Farm and Common Sandpiper at Mercers Lake (G Hay/I Kehl).
Newchapel: Green Sandpiper at British Wildlife Centre (K Noble).
Pewley Down: Whinchat; also 2 Redstarts, Spotted Flycatcher and Swift (M Kettell).
Prince’s Coverts: Spotted Flycatcher (I Rowe).
Thursley Common: 2 Whinchats, Yellow Wagtail and Spotted Flycatcher (D Brassington/G Everson).
Tice’s Meadow: Great Egret,3 Whinchats and 3 Yellow Wagtails (R Horton/R Seargent).
Waverley Abbey: Wheatear on ruins (K Duncan).
Weybourne: Swift (J Gates).
Saturday 2nd
Beddington Farmlands: Little Ringed Plover, Shelduck, 2 Common Sandpipers and 2 Green Sandpipers (Z Pannifer).
Brockwell Park: Yellow Wagtail (S Patmore).
Capel: Yellow Wagtail over Clockhouse Pits (W Attridge).
Chobham Common: 3 Spotted Flycatchers; also Wheatear (M Matthews).
Epsom Downs: Tree Pipit; also Whinchat and 2 Wheatears (S Gale).
London Wetland Centre: 2 Ruff on Main Lake; also Greenshank, drake Red-crested Pochard, 2 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (C Moore/D Price/A Salmon).
Newchapel: Green Sandpiper and British Wildlife Centre (K Noble).
Richmond Park: Tree Pipit on Sawyer’s Hill; also Redstart at Holly Lodge paddocks and Whinchat and Wheatear at Pond Slade (J Reeves).
Thursley Common: 2 Yellow Wagtails (D Brassington).
Tice’s Meadow: Great Egret; also Greenshank, 3 Whinchats, Common Sandpiper and 3 Green Sandpipers (R Seargent).
Waterloo: Little Gull at Gabriel’s Wharf (BirdGuides).
Friday 1st
Bolder Mere: Great Egret (D Harris).
Chobham Common: Wheatear (M Khoo).
Clandon Park: 2 Spotted Flycatchers (S Chastell).
Cranleigh: adult Honey Buzzard over garden (R Stride).
Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): Whinchat (D Spragg).
London Wetland Centre: drake Red-crested Pochard; also Garganey, 2 Common Sandpipers and Green Sandpiper (A Salmon).
Richmond Park: Short-eared Owl in flight over Duchess Wood; also Ruff and 4 Dunlin over Pen Ponds and 2 Whinchats (R Dunne/N Jackman/P Ryan).
Riddlesdown: Whinchat and 3 Spotted Flycatchers (D Kelly).
Tice’s Meadow: 2 Ringed Plovers; also 3 Whinchats, 2 Wheatears and 2 Green Sandpipers (R Seargent).