September and October 2017

September

 
1st

3 Green Sandpipers at Kempton Nature Reserve.

7th

2 Willow Warblers and a Garden Warbler at Elmbridge Open Space.

9 th

3 Hobbies and a Peregrine at Kempton Nature Reserve.

10 th

2 Wigeon and 8 Gadwall at Hampton Filter Beds and the same numbers of both at Red House Reservoir; 22 Lapwing and 11 Gadwall at Kempton Nature Reserve; 15 Gadwall, 25 Linnet, 20 House Martin and a Hobby at Stain Hill Reservoir. A recently killed Manx Shearwater in Surbiton (Langley Avenue). Single Green Sandpipers at Sunnyside Reservoir and Walton Reservoir; 13 Chiffchaff, and a Common Whitethroat at Hogsmill Sewage Works.

12 th

A Red Kite and a Hobby at Kempton Nature Reserve, the latter also on 17th.

13 th

c100 House Martin, 5 Sand Martin, a Hobby, a Common Sandpiper and a Grey Phalarope at Walton Reservoir (Knight/Bessborough).

14 th

8 House Martin at Berrylands (Norton Avenue).

20 th

49 Swallow and 100 House Martin at Berrylands and a Kingfisher, with circa 10 Chiffchaff at Hogsmill Sewage Works.

22 nd

A Raven at Esher (Moore Place Golf Club).

24 th

A Hobby at Horton CP and a Blackcap at New Malden (Queen’s Road).

26 th

A Hobby at Island Barn Reservoir and a Green Sandpiper at Kempton Nature Reserve.

27 th

40 Skylark, 40 Meadow Pipit, 6 Reed Bunting and a Yellowhammer at Rushett Farm,

28 th

A Common Scoter and a Goldeneye at Island Barn Reservoir.

October  
1st

A Tawny Owl at Walton-on-Thames (Mayfield Gardens) and a Cetti’s Warbler at Kempton Nature Reserve.

3rd

28 Gadwall, 17 Wigeon and 2 Green Sandpiper at Stain Hill Reservoir.

6th

A Hobby on Esher Common.

8 th

36 Gadwall, 12 Meadow Pipit, 7 Lapwing, 2 Redwing and a Cetti’s Warbler at Kempton Nature Reserve; also 34 Gadwall and 22 Wigeon on Stain Hill Reservoir and 19 Gadwall at Hampton Filter Beds (Grand Junction Reservoir).

10 th

A Goldeneye at Walton Reservoir and a Peregrine at Kingston-upon-Thames (Kingston Hall Road).

12 th

40+ Skylark, c40 Meadow Pipit and 5 Linnet at Rushett Farm.

15 th

A Kingfisher at Hogsmill Sewage Works and a Green Sandpiper there the next day.

17 th

40 Gadwall, 4 Common Snipe, a Common Buzzard, a Kingfisher and a Cetti’s Warbler at Kempton Nature Reserve.

20 th

A Water Rail at Hogsmill Sewage Works and a Green Sandpiper there again on 24th.

26 th

4 Black-necked Grebe at Walton Reservoir (Knight/Bessborough).

27 th

10 Red-legged Partridge at Rushett Farm.

29 th

42 Gadwall, 20 Wigeon and a Green Sandpiper at Stain Hill Reservoir and c25 Lapwing and 4 Black-necked Grebe at Walton Reservoir.

30 th 3 Black-necked Grebe at Walton Reservoir (Knight/Bessborough); Green Sandpiper and Water Rail at Hogsmill Sewage Works.