September 2024

Monday 16th

Beddington Farmlands: 3 Yellow Wagtails, 49 Chiffchaffs and 5 Green Sandpipers (A Dutta).

Eashing Fields: 2 Whinchats (G Robson).

Frensham Common: Wheatear (R Douglas).

London Wetland Centre: juvenile Garganey and Common Sandpiper (S Fowles/A Salmon).

Tice’s Meadow: Cattle Egret (BirdGuides).

Waverley Abbey: Wheatear (K Duncan).

Sunday 15th

Beddington Farmlands: Common Sandpiper and 2 Green Sandpipers (D Bulling).

Brook: Whinchat, 3 Yellow Wagtails and 12+ Yellowhammers at Witley Farm (D Brassington).

Chobham Common: 2 Swifts south with hirundines (T Edie).

Crooksbury Common: Spotted Flycatcher (J Gates).

Leith Hill: 2 Spotted Flycatchers and Redstart (P Evans/A Holden).

London Wetland Centre: Redstart; also 3 Green Sandpipers and 3 Common Sandpipers (W Newnham/R Paine/A Salmon).

Papercourt Water Meadows: 5+ Whinchats (A Goddard).

Ranmore Common: Crossbill (J Snell).

Richmond Park: Swift at Pen Ponds (L Parr).

White Down: Tree Pipit (A Holden).

Saturday 14th

Ashtead: Redstart at Winter Meadow (R Guy).

Beddington Farmlands: Wryneck briefly; also Common Sandpiper and Green Sandpiper (N Gardner/G Jones/M Parker/R Walker).

Holmethorpe SP: Grasshopper Warbler at Mercers Quarry; also 5 Green Sandpipers (G Hay/R Perry).

London Wetland Centre: Common Sandpiper and Green Sandpiper (M Auger/B Carter/A Salmon).

Richmond Park: Osprey south-west; also 3 Whinchats, 13 Yellow Wagtails, Wheatear, Spotted Flycatcher, Green Sandpiper and 3 Common Sandpipers (D Brasier).

Vauxhall Park: Spotted Flycatcher (M Mac).

Wallington: Pied Flycatcher, Oystercatcher, 1+ Whimbrel, Ringed Plover and Tree Pipit sound recorded in recent nights (A Dutta).

Wandsworth Common: Spotted Flycatcher (N Rutter).

Friday 13th

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

Beddington Farmlands: Oystercatcher east; also 2 Yellow Wagtails, Common Sandpiper and Green Sandpiper (I Jones).

Farthing Downs: Wheatear (G Flinn).

Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper (G Hay).

London Wetland Centre: Garganey on Wader Scrape; also 2 female-type Redstarts, 150 House Martins, 2 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (H Cura/S Fowles/D Panchaud/A Salmon).

Papercourt Water Meadows: 2 Whinchats (T Cummins).

Richmond Park: 3 Whinchats; also Common Sandpiper (J Reeves/D Williams).

Vauxhall Park: Spotted Flycatcher (M Mac).

Thursday 12th

Spoonbill, Tate Modern (R Braddock).
Spoonbill, Tate Modern (R Braddock).

Beddington Farmlands: Tree Pipit, 2 Yellow Wagtails, 3 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (G Jones/I Jones/R Walker).

Chobham Common: Spotted Flycatcher (M Bryan).

Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 16 Barnacle Geese in fields to south (D Harris).

London Wetland Centre: 6 Yellow Wagtails, Common Sandpiper and 2 Green Sandpipers (A Salmon).

Pewley Down: Whinchat (M Kettell).

Richmond Park: 2 Whinchats, Common Sandpiper and Green Sandpiper (S Hucks/J Wilczur).

Rotherhithe: Yellow-legged Gull at King’s Stairs (J Cadera).

Tate Modern: immature Spoonbill west along Thames (R Braddock).

Vauxhall Park: Spotted Flycatcher (M Mac).

Wandsworth Common: Spotted Flycatcher (N Rutter).

Wednesday 11th

Goshawk, Eashing (E Stubbs).
Goshawk, Eashing (E Stubbs).

Beddington Farmlands: Tree Pipit; also 6 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (D Bulling).

Burgess Park: 3 Willow Warblers (D Clark).

Eashing: juvenile Goshawk south-east (E Stubbs).

Holmethorpe SP: adult Yellow-legged Gull at Mercers West; also Common Sandpiper (N Hadden/G Hay).

Lammas Lands: Whinchat (A Lockett).

London Wetland Centre: Dunlin north-east; also juvenile Garganey, 6 Yellow Wagtails, Common Sandpiper and 2 Green Sandpipers (C Dewhurst/A Salmon).

Richmond Park: Green Sandpiper (I Rowe).

Tice’s Meadow: Ringed Plover and 4 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).

Tuesday 10th

Clandon Park: Yellow Wagtail (M Kettell).

Holmethorpe SP: 3 Greenshank south over The Moors; also 2 Green Sandpipers (G Hay).

London Wetland Centre: Garganey on Main Lake; also 5 Yellow Wagtails (A Salmon).

Riddlesdown: Whinchat (D Kelly).

Tate Modern: adult and first-winter Great Black-backed Gulls along Thames (R Braddock).

Monday 9th

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

Chobham Common: Whinchat (E Sames).

Dorking: Common Sandpiper wandering around Meadowbank Park (A Holden).

Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): Osprey low west (D Harris).

Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper (G Hay).

London Wetland Centre: Greenshank on Grazing Marsh; also 2 Common Sandpipers and 2 Green Sandpipers (A Salmon).

Newland’s Corner: Wheatear (P Davies).

Whinchat, Stoke D'Abernon (J Snell).
Whinchat, Stoke D’Abernon (J Snell).

Papercourt GPs: Common Sandpiper (S Brownhill).

Pewley Down: 2 Whinchats and Wheatear (P Davies).

Richmond Park: Greenshank, 2 Whinchats, 5 Common Sandpipers and 2 Green Sandpipers (M Bravery/P Pentek/B Young).

Stoke D’Abernon: Whinchat (J Snell).

Tice’s Meadow: juvenile Garganey; also Ringed Plover and Green Sandpiper (R Horton).

Sunday 8th

Redstart, Brook (D Brassington).
Redstart, Brook (D Brassington).

Beddington Farmlands: Cuckoo over South Lake; also 4 Whinchats, Tree Pipit, Yellow Wagtail, 4 Wheatears, 6 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (D Bulling/B Carter/G Howgate/I Jones/G Walker).

Brook: 4 Whinchats, 2 Redstarts and 3 Spotted Flycatchers at Witley Farm (D Brassington).

Capel: Whinchat and 49 Chiffchaffs (W Attridge).

Charterhouse: Wheatear (S Allen).

Frensham Great Pond: 3 Swifts (D Brassington).

Hogsmill LNR: Spotted Flycatcher (S Jones).

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

Holmethorpe SP: 4 Great Egrets west over The Moors and 3 Whinchats at Mercers Quarry (G Hay).

Leith Hill: 3 Spotted Flycatchers at Dukes Warren (A Holden).

London Wetland Centre: Greenshank, 2 Common Sandpipers and Green Sandpiper (P Davies/A Salmon).

Richmond Park: 3 Ringed Plovers; also Great Egret south-east, 2 Greenshank, 9 Whinchats, 6 Yellow Wagtails, 8 Common Sandpipers, Tree Pipit and Green Sandpiper (D Brasier/P Pentek).

Tice’s Meadow: juvenile Garganey; also Greenshank, Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper and Wheatear (K Duncan).

Waverley Abbey: Whinchat (K Duncan).

Saturday 7th

Sandwich Tern, Beddington Farmlands (D Bulling).
Sandwich Tern, Beddington Farmlands (D Bulling).

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Sandwich Terns on North Lake; also Grasshopper Warbler, 8+ Whinchats, Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Tree Pipits, 12+ Yellow Wagtails, Mediterranean Gull, 8 Swifts, 2 Common Sandpipers and 8+ Green Sandpipers (M Bravery/A Dutta/G Jones/I Jones/M Parker).

Brook: Whinchat and 8 Spotted Flycatchers at Witley Farm (D Brassington).

Crystal Palace Park: Pied Flycatcher (BirdGuides).

Godstone: Swift (G Hay).

Holmethorpe SP: juvenile Osprey over Nutfield Marsh/Chilmead Farm; also Whinchat at Mercers Quarry, Wheatear and Common Sandpiper (N Hadden/G Hay).

Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 2 Common Sandpipers (J Snell).

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

London Wetland Centre: Whimbrel north-west; also Greenshank, 2 Yellow Wagtails, Wheatear, 2 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (A Salmon).

Mickleham Downs: 5 Hawfinches (A Holden).

Mogador: Whinchat (S Gale).

North Holmwood: 1+ Crossbill (T Gibson).

Richmond Park: 3 Ringed Plovers at Upper Pen Pond; also 2 Dunlin, 3 Whinchats, 2 Yellow Wagtails, 8 Common Sandpipers and Green Sandpiper (D Brasier/F Fulcher/P Pentek/A Westenberger).

Tice’s Meadow: juvenile Spotted Redshank; also 2 Greenshank, Wheatear, 2 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (R Horton).

Wandsworth Common: Spotted Flycatcher (N Rutter).

Westcott: 3 Yellow Wagtails at Milton Court Farm (A Holden).

Friday 6th

Pied Flycatcher, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).
Pied Flycatcher, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).

Beddington Farmlands: Pied Flycatcher by South Gate; also Black-tailed Godwit on North Lake, 3 Whinchats, Greenshank, Redshank, 9 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (D Bulling/I Jones).

Buckland Park Lake: 2 Common Sandpipers (W Attridge).

Godstone: Wryneck in private garden for second day (G Hay).

Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper (N Hadden/G Hay).

Common Scoter, Island Barn Reservoir (D Harris).
Common Scoter, Island Barn Reservoir (D Harris).

Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 2 Sandwich Terns north-west; also drake Common Scoter, Greenshank and 2 Wheatears (D Harris/C Turner).

Little Woodcote: 2 Yellow Wagtails (A Dutta).

London Wetland Centre: Greenshank on Wader Scrape; also Whinchat, 2 Common Sandpipers and Green Sandpiper (D Panchaud/M Rowell/A Salmon).

Mercers CP: juvenile Black Tern at Mercers Lake; also 2 Common Sandpipers (N Hadden/G Hay).

Papercourt GPs: 3 Common Sandpipers (K Duncan).

Richmond Park: Knot at Upper Pen Ponds; also 3 Ringed Plovers, Dunlin, 11 Whinchat, Redstart, 8 Common Sandpipers, 2 Wheatears and Green Sandpiper (D Brasier/P Nair/P Pentek).

Black Tern, Mercers CP (G Hay).
Black Tern, Mercers CP (G Hay).

Stoke Lake: Whinchat (M Kettell).

Tice’s Meadow: juvenile Spotted Redshank; also Ruff, 3 Greenshank, 2 Ringed Plovers, Wheatear, Common Tern, 5 Common Sandpipers and 3 Green Sandpipers (K Britten/K Duncan/R Horton/J Snell).

Tooting Common: Spotted Flycatcher by Woodfield Pavilion (M Bravery).

Whitmoor Common: Wheatear (M Fincham).

Thursday 5th

Black Tern, Mercers CP (G Hay).
Black Tern, Mercers CP (G Hay).

Buckland Park Lake: 2 Swifts (W Attridge).

Brockwell Park: Mediterranean Gull (D Harper).

Island Barn Reservoir (permit only): 4 Black Terns (D Harris).

Holmethorpe SP: Common Sandpiper and 3 Green Sandpipers (N Hadden/G Hay).

London Wetland Centre: Common Sandpiper and Green Sandpiper (A Salmon).

Sandwich Terns, Tice's Meadow (K Duncan).
Sandwich Terns, Tice’s Meadow (K Duncan).

Mercers CP: juvenile Black Tern at Mercers Lake (G Hay).

Pewley Down: Whinchat (M Kettell).

Richmond Park: 5 Whinchats (J Wilczur).

Tice’s Meadow: juvenile Spotted Redshank; also 2 Sandwich Terns, juvenile Garganey, Yellow-legged Gull, 4 Greenshank, 6 Ringed Plovers, Redshank, 2 Common Terns, Common Sandpiper and Green Sandpiper (K Duncan/S Ferguson/R Horton/J Snell).

Tooting Common: Spotted Flycatcher near Woodfield Pavilion (D Bulling).

Whitmoor Common: Spotted Flycatcher (T Smith).

Wednesday 4th

Wood Sandpiper, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).
Wood Sandpiper, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).

Beddington Farmlands: kettle of 37 Buzzards north-west; also Wood Sandpiper on 100 Acre, 4 Yellow Wagtails, 2 Wheatears, 12 Green Sandpipers and 3 Common Sandpipers (A Dutta/N Gardner/I Jones).

Burgh Heath: Wheatear at Canons Farm (J Law).

Clapham Common: Wheatear (A Bayly).

London Wetland Centre: Great Egret on Main Lake; also Greenshank on Grazing Marsh, Oystercatcher, 2 Common Sandpipers and 3 Green Sandpipers (C Dewhurst/P Gilfilian/W Newnham/A Salmon/M Wheeler).

Greenshank, London Wetland Centre (P Gilfilian).
Greenshank, London Wetland Centre (P Gilfilian).

Pewley Down: 2 Yellow Wagtails and Wheatear (P Davies).

Richmond Park: Great Black-backed Gull; also Great Egret, Whinchat, and Wheatear (J Housley/P Pentek).

Tice’s Meadow: Spotted Redshank on Bike Pool; also Ruff, 2 Greenshank and Common Sandpiper (A Goddard/R Horton).

Winterfold: Spotted Flycatcher (M Jones).

Tuesday 3rd

Ash: Wryneck at Lakeside Nature Reserve Country Park (N Trout).

Colley Hill: Spotted Flycatcher (S Gale).

Egham: Spotted Flycatcher (S Baer).

Holmethorpe SP: 2 Green Sandpipers (G Hay).

London Wetland Centre: Spotted Flycatcher by Sheltered Lagoon; also 4 Willow Warblers, 2 Common Sandpipers and 2 Green Sandpipers (A Salmon).

Stoke D’Abernon: Wheatear (J Snell).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Greenshank, 2 Common Sandpipers and 2 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).

Monday 2nd

Arctic Skua, Tice's Meadow (J Jordan).
Arctic Skua, Tice’s Meadow (J Jordan).

Beddington Farmlands: 5 Green Sandpipers (I Jones).

Blackheath: Spotted Flycatcher and 10 Willow Warblers (K Britten).

Chobham Common: Wheatear (E Sames).

Farthing Downs: Whinchat and 3 Wheatears (D Hayes).

Holmethorpe SP: Yellow Wagtail west; also Green Sandpiper (G Hay).

London Wetland Centre: Greenshank on Grazing Marsh; also Redshank, Common Sandpiper and 2 Green Sandpipers (D Brasier/D Price/T Richardson/A Salmon).

Richmond Park: Cattle Egret briefly at Upper Pen Pond then flew south-west; also 2 Greenshank, second-winter Yellow-legged Gull, Cuckoo, Tree Pipit, Yellow Wagtail, Green Sandpiper and Common (D Brasier/R Kaye/R Pattinson/P Pentek/J Wilczur/C Williams).

Tice’s Meadow: immature Arctic Skua late morning; also Ruff, 2 Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, Common Tern and Common Sandpiper (M Dryden/R Horton/J Jordan/R Seargent).

Sunday 1st

Wood Sandpiper, Beddington Farmlands (D Bulling).
Wood Sandpiper, Beddington Farmlands (D Bulling).

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Wood Sandpipers, Greenshank, 2 Whinchats, 8+ Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (D Bulling/B Carter/R Walker).

Brook: Redstart at Witley Farm (D Brassington).

Colley Hill: Spotted Flycatcher (S Gale).

Denbies Hillside: juvenile Marsh Harrier east along North Downs (A Holden).

Leith Hill: 3 Spotted Flycatchers (T Hurst).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Greenshank on Grazing Marsh; also 3 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (W Newnham/M Wheeler).

Mercers CP: Whinchat by car park (T Blake).

Mogador: Whinchat (S Gale).

Richmond Park: Greenshank, 2 Redshank, Whinchat, Spotted Flycatcher, Tree Pipit and 5 Yellow Wagtails (D Brasier/P Pentek).

Tice’s Meadow: Ruff in the Meadow; also Greenshank (K Duncan/R Seargent).