September 2025

Thursday 25th

Glossy Ibises, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).
Glossy Ibises, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).

Beddington Farmlands: adult and juvenile Glossy Ibises on Phase 3; also Great Egret, 4 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (A Dutta/I Jones).

Chobham Common: 4 Crossbills north-west (E Sames).

Colley Hill: female-type Marsh Harrier; also 2 Redwings, 805 Swallows and 562 House Martins (S Gale).

Epsom Common: Redwing over Stew Pond (T Inns).

Guillemot, Herne Hill (Z Pannifer).
Guillemot, Herne Hill (Z Pannifer).

Herne Hill: Guillemot taken into care (Z Pannifer).

Holmethorpe SP: 2 Green Sandpipers (T Smith).

Leith Hill: 4 Redwings and 3 Redpolls (W Attridge).

London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis; also Bittern (A Salmon/P Smallshire).

Pewley Down: Crossbill (P Davies).

Richmond Park: Wheatear (D Hutchings).

Arctic Skua, Tate Modern (R Braddock).
Arctic Skua, Tate Modern (R Braddock).

Tate Modern: juvenile Arctic Skua over (R Braddock).

Thursley Common: Whinchat and 3 Crossbills (N Ince).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Common Sandpipers and Green Sandpiper (D Colledge).

Winterfold Heath: 4 Crossbills (W Dawson).

Wednesday 24th

Glossy Ibis, Beddington Farmlands (B Carter).
Glossy Ibis, Beddington Farmlands (B Carter).

Ash Ranges: Redwing (J Gates).

Beddington Farmlands: adult and juvenile Glossy Ibises; also 2 Green Sandpipers (J Alexander/B Carter/G Howgate/M Parker/R Walker).

Britten’s Pond: Great Egret (D Colledge).

Chelsham: Honey Buzzard north (J Gill).

Ewell: Redwing sound-recorded (S Thomas).

Holmethorpe SP: Wood Sandpiper and Green Sandpiper (J James).

London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis on Grazing Marsh; also Pied Flycatcher at Sheltered Lagoon (R Douglas/W Newnham).

Surbiton: Short-eared Owl over train station (BirdGuides).

Tice’s Meadow: Green Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper (B Brown).

Tuesday 23rd

Glossy Ibis, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).
Glossy Ibis, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).

Beddington Farmlands: immature Glossy Ibis on Phase 3 (4th site record); also Common Sandpiper and 3 Green Sandpipers (A Dutta/I Jones/S Thomas).

Epsom Downs: Redstart and 400+ Swallows west (S Gale).

London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis on Grazing Marsh; also Bittern (N Anderson).

Wallington: Marsh Harrier south (A Dutta).

Monday 22nd

Beddington Farmlands: Yellow Wagtail, 2 Common Sandpipers and 5 Green Sandpipers (N Gardner/I Jones).

London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis on Grazing Marsh; also Marsh Harrier over and Green Sandpiper (C Dewhurst).

Sunday 21st

Garganey, London Wetland Centre (M Bradbury).
Garganey, London Wetland Centre (M Bradbury).

Brook: Whinchat and Wheatear at Witley Farm (C & D Brassington).

Capel: Marsh Harrier south (W Attridge).

Chobham Common: Whinchat (E Sames).

Denbies Hillside: Woodlark south (S Gale).

Holmbury Hill: Nightjar (R Stride).

Leith Hill: 432 House Martins south and 3 Crossbills south-west (W Attridge).

London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis on Grazing Marsh; also 2 Garganey, Yellow Wagtail and 2 Green Sandpipers (M Bradbury/M Wheeler).

Mytchett GPs: drake Ring-necked Duck at Water’s Edge south pit (BirdGuides).

Thursley Common: 3 Crossbills (K Britten).

Tice’s Meadow: Great Egret (R Horton).

Wood Street Knoll: 2 Whinchats and Wheatear (C Burchell).

Saturday 20th

Ring-necked Duck, Mytchett GPs (Steve Harley)
Ring-necked Duck, Mytchett GPs (Steve Harley)

Beddington Farmlands: juvenile Honey Buzzard south; also juvenile Ruff, Common Tern, Pintail, 207 Meadow Pipits south and 102+ Swallows south (Z Pannifer).

Colley Hill: 100+ Meadow Pipits south; also Yellow Wagtail (T Blake).

Denbies Hillside: 672 Meadow Pipits south; also 3 Yellow Wagtails, 815 Swallows and 350 House Martins south (S Gale).

Holmethorpe SP: 3 Red-crested Pochard at Spynes Mere; also Green Sandpiper (I Kehl).

London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis; also 2 Garganey (C Dewhurst).

Mytchett GPs: drake Ring-necked Duck at Water’s Edge south pit (S Harley).

Richmond Park: Spotted Flycatcher, 279 Meadow Pipits south-west, 5 Yellow Wagtails and Whinchat (H Bradshaw/D Brasier).

Tice’s Meadow: Yellow Wagtail, Green Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper (R Seargent).

Wallington: Ringed Plover, Tree Pipit and 2 Spotted Flycatchers sound-recorded (A Dutta).

Friday 19th

Chobham Common: Whinchat (E Sames).

Epsom Downs: 3,845 Swallows south; also 760 House Martins and 341 Meadow Pipits south (S Gale).

London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis, Bittern and 2 Green Sandpipers (N Anderson/M Bradbury).

Thursday 18th

Beddington Farmlands: 1st-winter Grey Phalarope on North Lake; also Spoonbill and Green Sandpiper (J Birkett/G Price/A Ramesh).

Chobham Common: Wheatear (E Sames).

London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis; also Great Egret over, 2 Garganey and Green Sandpiper (C Moore/T Richardson/J Snell).

Mercers CP: Grey Phalarope on Mercers Lake (N Hadden).

Wednesday 17th

Grey Phalarope, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).
Grey Phalarope, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).

Beddington Farmlands: 1st-winter Grey Phalarope on North Lake; also Wheatear, 2 Common Sandpipers and 4 Green Sandpipers (J Alexander/J Bartley/M Bravery/D Bulling/G Howgate/I Jones/M Keenan/I McDonald/M Parker/G Spinks/C Strudwick/G Taylor).

Epsom Common: Spotted Flycatcher (J Bradbury).

Frensham Great Pond: juvenile Black Tern (S Peters).

Curlew Sandpiper, London Wetland Centre (P Gilfillan).
Curlew Sandpiper, London Wetland Centre (P Gilfillan).

Knowle Park CP: Common Sandpiper (W Dawson).

London Wetland Centre: juvenile Curlew Sandpiper on Main Lake (first site record since 2001); also Garganey, Bittern, Whinchat and 3 Green Sandpipers (C Dewhurst/P Gilfillan/P Lewis/C Moore/W Newnham/D Panchaud/C Roberts/A Salmon).

Mercers CP: Grey Phalarope on Mercers Lake (N Hadden).

Richmond Park: Wheatear (K Eldridge).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Green Sandpipers (S Brownhill).

Triggs Lock: Spotted Flycatcher (M Kettell).

Tuesday 16th

Glossy Ibis, London Wetland Centre (J Reeves).
Glossy Ibis, London Wetland Centre (J Reeves).

Beddington Farmlands: 1st-winter Yellow-legged Gull; also Whinchat, 2 Wheatears, 2 Common Sandpipers and 10 Green Sandpipers (N Gardner/R Walker).

Burgh Heath: Whinchat at Canons Farm (P Goodman).

London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis on Grazing Marsh; also 3 Green Sandpipers (J Reeves/A Salmon).

Sutton Green: 2 Ruddy Shelduck (BirdGuides).

Thursley Common: 2 Spotted Flycatchers (C Brassington).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Black-necked Grebes; also Common Sandpiper and 4 Green Sandpipers (R Seargent).

Unstead SF: Spotted Flycatcher and 200 House Martins (J Parr).

Monday 15th

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

Frensham Great Pond: 450 House Martins (J Snell).

London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis; also Garganey and Green Sandpiper (R Dunne/P Pentek/A Salmon).

Tice’s Meadow: 3 Common Sandpipers (P Brown/R Horton).

Unstead SF: 2 Spotted Flycatchers and 250 House Martins (J Parr).

Sunday 14th

Spotted Flycatcher, Unstead SF (K Britten).
Spotted Flycatcher, Unstead SF (K Britten).

Banstead Woods: Redstart (T Blake).

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Whinchats, 2 Common Sandpipers and 5 Green Sandpipers (J Bartley/D Bulling/A Ramesh).

Chobham Common: Osprey south over Butts Hill; also Wheatear (T Edie/E Sames).

Epsom Downs: 2 Yellow Wagtails (S Gale).

Holmethorpe SP: Swift (T Ledger).

Horley: 6 Yellow Wagtails at Littlelake Farm (T Walker).

London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis; also Garganey, Bittern, Common Sandpiper and 3 Green Sandpipers (W Newnham/T Richardson/N Stapley/M Wheeler).

Nonsuch Park: Spotted Flycatcher (A Gheorghiu).

Richmond Park: 3 Great Black-backed Gulls, 2 Spotted Flycatchers, Whinchat, 2 Mediterranean Gulls, Tree Pipit and 8 Yellow Wagtails (D Brasier).

Thursley Common: 2 Spotted Flycatchers (C & D Brassington).

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

Unstead SF: Spotted Flycatcher (K Britten/J Parr).

Saturday 13th

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Ruff, Greenshank, Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtails, 3 Common Sandpipers and 3+ Green Sandpipers (M Bravery/D Bulling/A Ramesh).

Burgh Heath: Redstart and 450 House Martins at Canons Farm (P Goodman).

Chobham Common: Spotted Flycatcher (M Bowen).

Epsom Downs: Golden Plover north; also Wheatear (S Gale).

Island Barn Reservoir: 13 Common Sandpipers (C Turner).

Holmethorpe SP: 3 Red-crested Pochard at Spynes Mere; also 2 Whinchats (I Kehl/R Perry).

London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis; also Bittern and 2 Green Sandpipers (C Moore/W Newnham/M Parker/F Wright).

Thursley Common: Wheatear (D Brown).

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

Unstead SF: 2 Spotted Flycatchers and 230 House Martins (W Justice/J Parr).

Friday 12th

Glossy Ibis, London Wetland Centre (E Devlin).
Glossy Ibis, London Wetland Centre (E Devlin).

Beddington Farmlands: Greenshank and 5 Green Sandpipers (R Walker).

Brook: Spotted Flycatcher at Witley Farm; also Fallow Deer (D Brassington).

Cranleigh: 500 House Martins (R Stride).

Island Barn Reservoir: 4 Black Terns (D Harris/C Turner).

London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis on Grazing Marsh; also 2 Garganey, Bittern, Common Sandpiper and 3 Green Sandpipers (M Bravery/E Devlin/C Moore/A Salmon/T Vine/M Wheeler).

Richmond Park: Osprey and Spotted Flycatcher (R Dunne/P Pentek/D Williams).

Tice’s Meadow: 3 Common Sandpipers (M Elsoffer/R Horton).

Thursday 11th

Whinchat, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).
Whinchat, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).

Beddington Farmlands: Whinchat, 5 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (B Carter/I Jones/A Ramesh).

Chobham Common: Whinchat (S Harley).

London Wetland Centre: juvenile Glossy Ibis on Grazing Marsh; also 3 Green Sandpipers (C Moore/A Salmon).

Malden Rushett: Whinchat at Rushett Farm (D Kiddell).

Pewley Down: Spotted Flycatcher (M Kettell).

Puttenham Common: 2 Spotted Flycatchers (T Cummins).

Pyrford: Whinchat and Redstart at Lady Place Farm (J Snell).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Common Sandpipers and Green Sandpiper (P Brown/M Elsoffer).

Unstead SF: Spotted Flycatcher and 120 House Martins (J Parr).

Wednesday 10th

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Greenshank, 150 House Martins, Yellow Wagtail, 2 Common Sandpipers and 11 Green Sandpipers (N Gardner).

Frensham Great Pond: 100 House Martins (D Parker).

Holmethorpe SP: Garganey and Green Sandpiper at The Moors (N Hadden).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Garganey and 2 Green Sandpipers (A Salmon/M Wheeler).

Weybridge: adult Yellow-legged Gull west of Shepperton Lock (M Bravery).

Worplesdon: 2 Great Egrets north-west (J Gates).

Unstead SF: Spotted Flycatcher and 180 House Martins (J Parr).

Tuesday 9th

Beddington Farmlands: Ruff, Greenshank, 3 Whinchats, 2 Wigeon, Wheatear and 3 Green Sandpipers (A Dutta).

Chobham Common: Whinchat (E Sames).

Holmethorpe SP: Garganey at The Moors; also Green Sandpiper (N Hadden).

Little Woodcote: Tree Pipit (A Dutta).

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

Pewley Down: Redstart (M Kettell).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Wigeon, 2 Common Sandpipers and 2 Green Sandpipers (P Brown/R Horton).

Wood Street Knoll: Whinchat and Tree Pipit (C Burchell).

Monday 8th

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

Beddington Farmlands: Ruff, 1st-winter Yellow-legged Gull, Wood Sandpiper, Greenshank, 2 Whinchats, Common Sandpiper and 3 Green Sandpipers (D Berry/D Campbell/I Jones/M Parker).

Brook: 2 Whinchats, Spotted Flycatcher and 2 Wheatears at Witley Farm (D Brassington).

Chobham Common: Wheatear (N Harding).

Ewhurst: 2 Spotted Flycatchers (R Stride).

Farnham Heath RSPB: Crossbill (R James).

Yellow-legged Gull, Beddington Farmlands (D Campbell).
Yellow-legged Gull, Beddington Farmlands (D Campbell).

Knowle Park: Common Sandpiper (W Dawson).

Leith Hill: 2 Crossbills and Spotted Flycatcher (M Fisher).

London Wetland Centre: Great Black-backed Gull and 2 Green Sandpipers (B Carter).

Merrow Downs: 2 Spotted Flycatchers (M Kettell).

Pewley Down: Whinchat and 2 Redstarts (M Kettell).

Tice’s Meadow: 3 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (P Brown/R Horton).

Sunday 7th

Glossy Ibis, London Wetland Centre (K Tsering).
Glossy Ibis, London Wetland Centre (K Tsering).

Beare Green: Wheatear at Swires Farm (A Holden).

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Ruff, Dunlin, female-type Marsh Harrier, Great Egret, Greenshank, 6 Yellow Wagtails, 2 Whinchats, Wheatear, 2 Common Sandpipers and 6 Green Sandpipers (S Alley/D Bulling/Z Pannifer/C Strudwick).

Brook: Whinchat and Wheatear at Witley Farm (G Osbourne).

Caterham: Swift (P Carver).

Cranleigh: Spotted Flycatcher (R Stride).

Hedgecourt Lake: Common Sandpiper (D Dack).

Whinchat, Pyford (J Snell).
Whinchat, Pyford (J Snell).

Holmethorpe SP: Garganey at The Moors; also Common Sandpiper (T Blake).

London Wetland Centre: Glossy Ibis on Main Lake (third site record); also Pintail, Bittern, 3 Garganey and 4 Green Sandpipers (M Andrews/M Bowen/K Harris/W Newnham/A Salmon/N Stapley/K Tsering/M Wheeler).

Mytchett GP: Common Sandpiper (S Harley).

Newlands Corner: Nightjar (A Barker).

Pyrford: Whinchat at Lady Place Farm (J Snell).

Richmond Park: 5 Whinchats, Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Tree Pipits and 7 Yellow Wagtails (D Brasier).

South Holmwood: Green Sandpiper at Lodge Farm (A Holden).

Stoke Lake: Yellow Wagtail and Common Sandpiper (M Kettell).

Saturday 6th

Spotted Flycatcher, Banstead Woods (P Goodman).
Spotted Flycatcher, Banstead Woods (P Goodman).

Banstead Woods: Spotted Flycatcher at Harholt Plantation (P Goodman).

Beddington Farmlands: 2 Ruff, Wood Sandpiper, Greenshank, 16 Yellow Wagtails, 2 Whinchats, 5 Swifts, 2 Common Sandpipers and 7 Green Sandpipers (G Jones/I Jones).

Beddington Park: Spotted Flycatcher (M Perry).

Brook: Yellow Wagtail, 2 Wheatears, Whinchat, 2 Spotted Flycatchers and 200 Swallows at Witley Farm (D Brassington).

Wheatear, Brook (D Brassington).
Wheatear, Brook (D Brassington).

Capel: Barnacle Goose (W Attridge).

Chobham Common: Wheatear (R Chodankar).

Cranleigh SF: 6 Swifts (M Duncan).

Epsom Downs: Wheatear at racecourse (I Falconer).

Frensham Great Pond: Dunlin on beach (S Peters).

Holmethorpe SP: Garganey at The Moors; also Green Sandpiper (N Hadden/G Hay).

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

London Wetland Centre: 3 Garganey, Wheatear and 3 Green Sandpipers (M Parker/A Salmon).

Pewley Down: Wheatear and Whinchat (P Davies).

Richmond Park: Redstart (D Woods).

Tice’s Meadow: 3 Yellow Wagtails and 2 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).

Wood Street Knoll: Redstart (C Burchell).

Friday 5th

Ruff, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).
Ruff, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).

Beddington Farmlands: 3 Ruff on North Lake; also Wood Sandpiper, Greenshank, Oystercatcher, 2 Whinchats, 4 Wheatears, 8 Yellow Wagtails, Common Sandpiper and 6 Green Sandpipers (B Boyd/B Carter/N Gardner/I Jones/M Parker/C Strudwick/R Walker).

Brook: 9 Wheatears and 2 Whinchats at Witley Farm (D Brassington).

Ewhurst: 2 Wheatears at Hurtwood Stables (R Stride).

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

Farnham Heath RSPB: 3 Crossbills (S Casson).

Holmethorpe SP: Garganey at The Moors (N Hadden).

Leith Hill: 2 Wheatears, Tree Pipit and Spotted Flycatcher (W Attridge/D Ross/R Stride).

London Wetland Centre: Dunlin west; also 2 Garganey, Redstart and Green Sandpiper (A Salmon).

Pewley Down: 2 Wheatears (P Davies).

Wheatear, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).
Wheatear, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).

Ranmore Common: Wheatear (J Carter).

Richmond Park: Whinchat, Wheatear, Common Sandpiper and Common Tern (S Hucks/P Nair/J Wilczur/D Williams/D Woods).

Send: Yellow Wagtail over Prews Farm (E Sames).

South Norwood CP: Common Sandpiper (J Shaub).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Common Sandpipers and 4 Green Sandpipers (P Brown/S Casson/M Elsoffer/R Horton).

Thursday 4th

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

Beddington Farmlands: juvenile Little Stint on Wet Grassland; also 3 Ruff, Wood Sandpiper, Greenshank, 4 Whinchats, 4 Wheatears, Yellow Wagtail, 3 Swifts, 3 Common Sandpipers, 7 Green Sandpipers (J Alexander/B Carter/N Gardner/A Harding/R Walker).

Epsom Common: Spotted Flycatcher at Stew Pond (T Inns).

Lingfield: Osprey south-west (BirdGuides).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Garganey and 2 Green Sandpipers (A Salmon/J Reeves).

Norbury Park: 15+ Yellow Wagtails (J Snell).

Papercourt GP: 2 Common Sandpipers on pontoons (K Duncan).

Richmond Park: Grasshopper Warbler (P Pentek).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Green Sandpipers and 3 Common Terns (K Britten).

Wandsworth: male Pied Flycatcher at Northcote Road (BirdGuides).

Wednesday 3rd

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

Beddington Farmlands: juvenile Little Stint on Wet Grassland; also Wood Sandpiper, 5 Swifts, 6+ Green Sandpipers and 4 Common Sandpipers (M Bravery/G Howgate/I Jones/M Parker/B Prince/C Strudwick).

London Wetland Centre: Cattle Egret on Grazing Marsh; also 2 juvenile Garganey, Spotted Flycatcher and 2 Green Sandpipers (C Moore/M Parker/A Salmon/M Wheeler).

South Norwood CP: 2 Common Sandpipers (J Shaub).

Stoke Lake: Green Sandpiper (M Kettell).

Tice’s Meadow: 15 Swifts; also 2 Common Terns, Common Sandpiper and 3 Green Sandpipers (P Brown/R Horton)

Tuesday 2nd

Greenshank, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).
Greenshank, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).

Beddington Farmlands: Greenshank, 2 Whinchats, Yellow Wagtail, 5 Swifts, 5 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (D Bulling/I Jones/S Thomas).

Box Hill: 2 Crossbills (J Gibbs).

Burgh Heath: Whinchat at Canons Farm (P Goodman).

Chobham Common: Common Sandpiper and Spotted Flycatcher (E Sames).

Whinchat, Burgh Heath (P Goodman).
Whinchat, Burgh Heath (P Goodman).

Dorking: Whimbrel over (S Dorman).

Effingham Forest: Spotted Flycatcher at Dick Focks Common (B Bridges).

Hogsmill LNR: juvenile Cuckoo (P Venables).

London Wetland Centre: Spotted Flycatcher and 3 Green Sandpipers (A Salmon).

Papercourt GP: Common Sandpiper (N Beadle).

Cuckoo, Hogsmill LNR (P Venables).
Cuckoo, Hogsmill LNR (P Venables).

Pewley Down: 4 Whimbrels south-west; also Whinchat (M Kettell).

Rotherhithe: Great Black-backed Gull (J Cadera).

Tate Modern: Redstart (T Baker).

Tice’s Meadow: Common Sandpiper and 5 Green Sandpipers (R Horton).

Whitmoor Common: Spotted Flycatcher (S Edwards).

Monday 1st

Whinchat, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).
Whinchat, Beddington Farmlands (I Jones).

Beddington Farmlands: Greenshank, 3 Whinchats, Common Sandpiper and 5 Green Sandpipers (I Jones).

Brook: 2 Whinchats at Witley Farm (C & D Brassington).

Bourne Hall Park: Spotted Flycatcher (E Hunter).

Little Woodcote: Wheatear (A Dutta).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Garganey on Wader Scrape; also 3 Green Sandpipers (N Anderson/A Salmon).

Puttenham Common: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker and Spotted Flycatcher (G Clarke).

Redhill: 3 Swifts (N Hadden).