August 2026

Sunday 16th

Common Sandpiper, Holmethorpe SP (T Ledger).
Common Sandpiper, Holmethorpe SP (T Ledger).

Beddington Farmlands: adult Yellow-legged Gull, Wheatear, 6 Yellow Wagtails, 7 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (D Bulling/A Ramesh/C Strudwick).

Box Hill: Spotted Flycatcher (C Wang).

Crooksbury Common: 4 Spotted Flycatchers and Nightjar (J Gates).

Holmethorpe SP: 5 Green Sandpipers and 5 Common Sandpipers (G Hay/T Ledger).

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

Stoke Lake: Common Sandpiper (M Fincham).

Thursley Common: Nightjar (N Fletcher).

Tice’s Meadow: Wheatear, 3 Common Sandpipers and 2 Green Sandpipers (M Elsoffer).

Unstead SF: Spotted Flycatcher (J Parr).

Westhumble: 3 Spotted Flycatchers (T Gibson).

Saturday 15th

Little Ringed Plover, Unstead SF (K Britten).
Little Ringed Plover, Unstead SF (K Britten).

Ash Ranges: Nightjar (R Smith).

Brook: Wheatear and Spotted Flycatcher at Witley Farm (D Brassington).

Crooksbury Common: Spotted Flycatcher (P Brown).

Eashing Fields: juvenile Yellow-legged Gull north (E Stubbs).

Effingham Forest: 5 Hawfinches and 3 Crossbills (T Gibson).

Holmethorpe SP: 5 Green Sandpipers and 4 Common Sandpipers (G Hay/T Ledger).

London Wetland Centre: 3 Black-tailed Godwits, Bittern, 2 Common Sandpipers and 3 Green Sandpipers (M Andrews/A Salmon/D Williams).

Stoke D’Abernon: Green Sandpiper at Slyfield Farm (J Snell).

Thursley Common: Green Sandpiper, Wheatear and Spotted Flycatcher (D Brassington/B Reed).

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

Unstead SF: 2 Pied Flycatchers by lagoons; also juvenile Little Ringed Plover (K Britten/J Parr).

Wimbledon Park: Common Sandpiper (M Bravery).

Friday 14th

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

Ashtead Common: Spotted Flycatcher (M Hanson).

Capel: Greenshank and Green Sandpiper (W Attridge).

Denbies Hillside: Honey Buzzard (N Tanner).

Holmethorpe SP: Greenshank at Spynes Mere; also 4 Green Sandpipers and 3 Common Sandpipers (G Hay).

Lammas Lands: 2 Grasshopper Warblers (S Jones/E Stubbs).

London Wetland Centre: Green Sandpiper (A Salmon).

Shalford: Pied Flycatcher at village pond (M Wood).

Richmond Park: Common Sandpiper (D Williams).

Thursley Common: 2 Spotted Flycatchers (P Davies).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Greenshank, Great Egret, 3 Common Sandpipers and 5 Green Sandpipers (K Duncan).

Thursday 13th

Capel: Green Sandpiper (W Attridge).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpipers and 2 Green Sandpipers (A Salmon).

Papercourt Water Meadows: Cuckoo (E Sames).

Wednesday 12th

Great Egret, Tice's Meadow (C Varndell).
Great Egret, Tice’s Meadow (C Varndell).

Beddington Farmlands: Great Egret (Z Pannifer).

Burpham: 23 White Storks (R Waters).

Capel: Green Sandpiper (W Attridge).

Holmethorpe SP: 2 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (G Hay).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Common Sandpipers and 3 Green Sandpipers (A Salmon/M Wheeler).

Tice’s Meadow: Great Egret, 2 Green Sandpipers and 3 Common Sandpipers (P Brown/J Hunt/C Varndell).

Unstead SF: Common Sandpiper (J Parr).

Tuesday 11th

Burgh Heath: 2 Wheatears at Canons Farm (T Blake).

Chobham Common: 4 Nightjars (B Anderson).

Farnham Heath RSPB: Spotted Flycatcher (J James).

Holmethorpe SP: 2 Common Sandpipers and 3 Green Sandpipers (G Hay).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Common Sandpipers and 2 Green Sandpipers (A Salmon).

Papercourt GP: Common Sandpiper (E Sames).

South Norwood CP: Oystercatcher (J Birkett).

Tice’s Meadow: 5 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (P Brown/R Horton).

Unstead SF: Spotted Flycatcher (J Parr).

Whitmoor Common: Green Sandpiper (M Fincham).

Monday 10th

Banstead Woods: Wood Warbler (BirdGuides).

Holmethorpe SP: 4 Green Sandpipers (N Hadden).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern, 2 Common Sandpipers and 2 Green Sandpipers (A Salmon).

Ranmore Common: Queen of Spain Fritillary at Dorking Wood (P Smith).

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

Unstead SF: Green Sandpiper (J Parr).

Sunday 9th

Green Sandpiper, Unstead SF (K Britten).
Green Sandpiper, Unstead SF (K Britten).

Holmethorpe SP: 5 Green Sandpipers and 4 Common Sandpipers (G Hay/T Ledger).

London Wetland Centre: Wood Sandpiper, Bittern, Common Sandpiper and 6 Green Sandpipers (W Newnham/A Salmon).

Milford: Greenshank south-east over Secretts Farm (E Stubbs).

Queen Elizabeth II Reservoir: Whimbrel (G Shaw).

Richmond Park: Oystercatcher, 3 Tree Pipits, 7 Yellow Wagtails, 2 Spotted Flycatchers and 2 Common Sandpipers (D Brasier).

Tice’s Meadow: 5 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (P Brown).

Unstead SF: 3 Green Sandpipers and Spotted Flycatcher (K Britten/J Parr).

Saturday 8th

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

Broadwater Lake: Spotted Flycatcher (I Grant).

Brook: Redstart at Witley Farm (D Brassington)

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

Cranleigh: Spotted Flycatcher at Wildwood (W Justice).

Holmethorpe SP: Green Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper (T Ledger).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern, Yellow Wagtail, Little Ringed Plover and 2 Green Sandpipers (A Salmon).

Great Egret, Thursley Common (D Brassington).
Great Egret, Thursley Common (D Brassington).

Papercourt GP: Common Sandpiper (A Goddard).

Thursley Common: Great Egret at Pudmore (4th site record); also female-type Marsh Harrier, Greenshank and 2 Spotted Flycatchers (D Brassington).

Tice’s Meadow: 5 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (P Brown).

Unstead SF: Whinchat, 6 Green Sandpipers and 2 Spotted Flycatchers (K Britten/P Mattos/J Parr).

Wotton Estate: Hawfinch (I Volschenk).

Friday 7th

Cattle Egret, Tice's Meadow (K Duncan).
Cattle Egret, Tice’s Meadow (K Duncan).

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

Holmethorpe SP: Redshank and 4 Green Sandpipers at Mercers West and 3 Common Sandpipers at Spynes Mere (G Hay/I Kehl).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern, 2 Yellow Wagtails, Little Ringed Plover and Green Sandpiper (A Salmon).

Thursley Common: Wheatear (D Brassington).

Tice’s Meadow: 5 Cattle Egrets; also Wood Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpipers and Green Sandpiper (K Duncan/R Horton/R Smith).

Thursday 6th

Wood Sandpiper, London Wetland Centre (T Ledger).
Wood Sandpiper, London Wetland Centre (T Ledger).

Burpham Water Meadows: 12 White Storks (K Britten).

Chobham Common: Whinchat (E Sames).

Eashing: Spotted Flycatcher (E Stubbs).

Holmethorpe SP: Redstart, Common Sandpiper and 6 Green Sandpipers (G Hay/T Ledger).

London Wetland Centre: Wood Sandpiper, Greenshank, 2 Yellow Wagtails, Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper and Green Sandpiper (T Ledger/F O’Sullivan/A Salmon).

Papercourt GP: Green Sandpiper (E Sames).

Papercourt Water Meadows: Wheatear (E Sames).

Thursley Common: Green Sandpiper (D Brassington).

Tice’s Meadow: Wood Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpipers, Little Ringed Plover and 7 Green Sandpipers (K Duncan/M Elsoffer/R Horton).

Wednesday 5th

Effingham Forest: 7 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (S Buckingham).

Holmethorpe SP: 6 Green Sandpipers (G Hay/T Ledger).

London Wetland Centre: Wood Sandpiper, Bittern, Green Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper (W Forde/W Newnham/A Salmon/M Wheeler).

Thursley Common: Oystercatcher at Pudmore (7th site record); also Whinchat (C Brassington/S Buckingham).

Tice’s Meadow: Wood Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (P Brown/K Duncan/G Tillin).

Tuesday 4th

Ash Vale: Curlew Sandpiper sound recorded at 00:52 (G Clarke).

Burpham Water Meadows: 12 White Storks (S Casson).

Effingham Forest: 6 Hawfinches and 6 Crossbills at Dick Focks Common (T Gibson).

London Wetland Centre: 2 Wood Sandpipers, Bittern, 2 Green Sandpipers and Common Sandpiper (S Bray/A Salmon).

Thursley Common: Spotted Flycatcher (C & D Brassington).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Common Sandpipers, 3 Green Sandpipers and 3 Little Ringed Plovers (A Humphreys-Jones).

Unstead Water Meadows: Green Sandpiper (N Willis).

Monday 3rd

Chobham Common: 5 Spotted Flycatchers and 2 Nightjars (S Buckingham/J Kemp/A Preston/E Sames).

Holmethorpe SP: 2 Yellow Wagtails (T Heath).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern and 2 Green Sandpipers (W Forde/A Salmon).

Richmond Park: Whinchat, 2 Cuckoos and Common Sandpiper (D Brasier/P Pentek).

Unstead SF: Spotted Flycatcher (J Parr).

Sunday 2nd

Spotted Flycatchers, Thursley Common (D Brassington).
Spotted Flycatchers, Thursley Common (D Brassington).

Ash Ranges: Great Black-backed Gull (C Jones).

Brook: Redstart at Witley Farm (D Brassington).

Effingham Forest: Spotted Flycatcher at Honeysuckle Bottom (D Lowe).

Holmethorpe SP: 5 Green Sandpipers (G Hay).

London Wetland Centre: juvenile Wood Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail and Bittern (A Salmon).

Norbury Park: 5 Goosander (J Snell).

Richmond Park: Nightingale at Holly Lodge; first park record for 45 years (D Brasier).

Stoke Lake: 12 White Storks (K Stockley).

Thursley Common: 3 Spotted Flycatchers (D Brassington).

Tice’s Meadow: Little Ringed Plover, 3 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (P Brown).

Unstead SF: Green Sandpiper (J Parr).

Saturday 1st

Great Egret, Molesey GP (D Harris).
Great Egret, Molesey GP (D Harris).

Frensham Little Pond: Spotted Flycatcher (N Fletcher).

London Wetland Centre: Bittern (A Salmon).

Molesey GP: Great Egret (D Harris).

Thursley Common: Green Sandpiper (L Sawkins).

Tice’s Meadow: 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 3 Green Sandpipers and 2 Common Sandpipers (P Brown/K Duncan).

Winterfold Heath: Spotted Flycatcher (T Gibson).