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

Great Egret, Beddington Farmlands (D Warren).
Great Egret, Beddington Farmlands (D Warren).

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

Wheatear, Island Barn Reservoir (J Snell).
Wheatear, Island Barn Reservoir (J Snell).

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

Redstart, Wandle Meadow (D Element).
Redstart, Wandle Meadow (D Element).

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

Great Egret, Mitcham Common (A Fure).
Great Egret, Mitcham Common (A Fure).

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

Black Tern, Island Barn Reservoir (D Harris).
Black Tern, Island Barn Reservoir (D Harris).

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

Great Egret, Bolder Mere (L Bugby).
Great Egret, Bolder Mere (L Bugby).

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).

Wryneck, Mayford (A Lewis).
Wryneck, Mayford (A Lewis).

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

Little Stint, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).
Little Stint, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).

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).

Great Egrets, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).
Great Egrets, Holmethorpe SP (G Hay).

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

Marsh Harrier, Beddington Farmlands (A Dutta).
Marsh Harrier, Beddington Farmlands (A Dutta).

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).

Whinchats, Richmond Park (J Reeves).
Whinchats, Richmond Park (J Reeves).

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

Whinchat, Whitmoor Common (M Fincham).
Whinchat, Whitmoor Common (M Fincham).

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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

Great Egret, Bolder Mere (L Bugby).
Great Egret, Bolder Mere (L Bugby).

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

Greenshank, Capel (W Attridge).
Greenshank, Capel (W Attridge).

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).

Grasshopper Warbler, Dunsfold (E Stubbs).
Grasshopper Warbler, Dunsfold (E Stubbs).

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).

Wheatear, Newchapel (K Noble).
Wheatear, Newchapel (K Noble).

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

Whinchat, Richmond Park (T Inns).
Whinchat, Richmond Park (T Inns).

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

Ruff, London Wetland Centre (J Reeves).
Ruff, London Wetland Centre (J Reeves).

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

Great Egret, Bolder Mere (J Snell).
Great Egret, Bolder Mere (J Snell).

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

Whinchat, Beddington Farmlands (D Warren).
Whinchat, Beddington Farmlands (D Warren).

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).

Ruff, London Wetland Centre (D Wells).
Ruff, London Wetland Centre (D Wells).

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

Yellow Wagtail, Mercers CP (G Hay).
Yellow Wagtail, Mercers CP (G Hay).

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).

Green Sandpiper, Newchapel (K Noble).
Green Sandpiper, Newchapel (K Noble).

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

Redstart, Richmond Park (J Reeves).
Redstart, Richmond Park (J Reeves).

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).

Tree Pipit, Richmond Park (J Reeves).
Tree Pipit, Richmond Park (J Reeves).

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

Spotted Flycatcher, Clandon Park (S Chastell).
Spotted Flycatcher, Clandon Park (S Chastell).

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).