September 2011

All sightings are appreciated and will be useful in the writing of the annual bird reports, please email your sightings to canonsfarmbirds@hotmail.co.uk.

BOLD = rare for CFBW - BOLD & RED = first for CFBW. * = bird out of recording area but viewed from it.


Friday 30th
  • 6.48am-9.39am: (all C.Farm) 3 STONECHATS (1♂ & 2♀/1st-winters) (Harrier Field), 4+ SISKINS flew over, 25+ MEADOW PIPITS, 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 near Watchpoint, 1 Tawny Wood), NUTHATCH (Pages Acre), 6+ SKYLARKS (5+ flew over Watchpoint, 1 flew over Ruffett Wood/Green Belt Field), GOLDCREST (Ruffett Wood), 3 PIED WAGTAILS (1 flew over, 2 Legal & General), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 4 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 15 HERRING GULLS (Legal & General), 3 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Legal & General), 60+ LINNETS - DKC


Thursday 29th
  • 4.48pm-6.30pm: SISKIN flew over (Lunch Wood), 2 WHINCHATS (Harrier Field), 3 STONECHATS (1♂ & 2♀/1st-winters) (Harrier Field), WHEATEAR (Harrier Field then barns behind R.R.Cottages), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), PIED WAGTAIL flew over (C.Farm), 1+ MEADOW PIPIT (C.Farm), COAL TIT (by Piddly Pond), 2 PHEASANTS (Horse Pasture), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 C.Farmhouse, 1 The Scrub), c.50 LINNETS (Harrier Field/Broadfield), NUTHATCH (by Piddly Pond), GOLDCREST (by Piddly Pond), SONG THRUSH (B.Woods between R.R.Lane entrance & Piddly Pond), 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Stoney Nob) (Dragonflies: 3 Southern Hawkers (Piddly Pond)) - DKC/PGo/IP/IGM



Wednesday 28th

  • 2.33pm-6.20pm: (all C.Farm) 2 WHINCHATS (north side of Horse Pasture), 3 STONECHATS (1♂ & 2♀/1st-winters) (north side of Horse Pasture), WHEATEAR (north side of Horse Pasture, then Broadfield), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS, KESTREL, 3+ LITTLE OWLS (2 Horse Pasture/Broadfield border, 1 in barn behind R.R.Cottages), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (Reads Bottom), 5+ MEADOW PIPITS, PHEASANT (Infront George Field), BULLFINCH (Infront George Field/Legal & General), SKYLARK, 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Copt Hill Lane, 1 Legal & General), GOLDCREST (Copt Hill Lane), NUTHATCH (Copt Hill Lane), 1+ LONG-TAILED TIT (Copt Hill Lane), COAL TIT (Circle Field), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, GREEN WOODPECKER, 40+ LINNETS (Broadfield/Horse Pasture) - DKC


Tuesday 27th
  • 2 LITTLE OWLS (C.Farm) (Mammals: 2 Roe Deer (C.Farm)) - RDW

Monday 26th
  • no reported sightings

Sunday 25th
  • WHINCHAT (Horse Pasture/Broadfield border), 3 STONECHATS (Horse Pasture/Broadfield border), COMMON BUZZARD (Lunch Wood), 2+ ROOKS (Lambert's Shaw/Death Pit), 50+ MEADOW PIPITS (Infront George Field/Skylark Field), CHIFFCHAFF (C.Farmhouse) - IPW
  • 25+ SAND MARTINS flew through (C.Farm), 3 STONECHATS (north side of Harrier Field), HOBBY flew over (Harrier Field), WHEATEAR (SE end of Broadfield), 10+ MEADOW PIPITS (Harrier Field), COMMON BUZZARD flew over (B.Woods), 2 ROOKS (SE end of Broadfield), 50+ HOUSE MARTINS through (C.Farm), 100+ SWALLOWS through (C.Farm) - GB

Saturday 24th
  • (all C.Farm) WHINCHAT, 3 STONECHATS (1♂, 2 ♀), COMMON BUZZARD, PHEASANT, c800 HOUSE MARTINS south - RDW
  • WHINCHAT, COMMON BUZZARD, KESTREL, 4+ SKYLARKS, LITTLE OWL, 15 MEADOW PIPITS, 50 LINNETS, 4 CHIFFCHAFFS, YELLOWHAMMER, 2 GREENFINCHES - PGo

Friday 23rd
  • (all C.Farm) TREE PIPIT dropped down (Harrier Field), HOBBY flew SW, 5 COMMON BUZZARDS, 2 SPARROWHAWKS, KESTREL, 650 HOUSE MARTIN through, 300+ SWALLOWS through - RDW

Thursday 22nd
  • 3 STONECHATS (2 ♂, 1 1st-winter ♀ still), WHEATEAR (C.Farm), HOBBY (C.Farm), 200+ MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), c.250 HOUSE MARTINS through (C.Farm), 26 SWALLOWS through (C.Farm), PHEASANT (C.Farm), BULLFINCH (The Scrub), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 9 ROOKS (B.Woods), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (The Scrub), c.50 HOUSE SPARROWS (by C.Farmhouse), 2 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), TREECREEPER (B.Woods) - RDW

Wednesday 21st
  • (all C.Farm) WHEATEAR, 120+ MEADOW PIPITS, 3 YELLOWHAMMERS, 7 MISTLE THRUSHES, 5 SKYLARKS flew west, c.70 CHAFFINCHES, 35 SWALLOWS through, 80+ HOUSE MARTINS through, KESTREL, SPARROWHAWK, CHIFFCHAFF, PIED WAGTAIL flew over, 55 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Legal & General) - RDW

Tuesday 20th
  • (all C.Farm) 2 STONECHATS (♂, & 1st-winter ♀ still) (north side of Horse Pasture), 50+ MEADOW PIPITS (Skylark Field), 15+ HOUSE MARTINS through, 25+ SWALLOWS through, c.30 LINNETS - DKC

Monday 19th
  • 2+ STONECHATS (C.Farm), CORMORANT flew over (C.Farm), 10+ COMMON BUZZARDS (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (B.Woods), SONG THRUSH (B.Woods), small numbers of SWALLOWS & HOUSE MARTINS through (C.Farm), several NUTHATCHES (B.Woods) - IJ
  • 6.34pm-7.38pm: (all C.Farm) 1+ HOUSE MARTIN (Death Pit/Lambert's Shaw), 3+ SWALLOWS, LITTLE OWL (around Horse Pasture), PHEASANT, STOCK DOVE, GREEN WOODPECKER - DKC

Sunday 18th
  • GREY WAGTAIL at 11.36am (flew from C.Farmhouse to C.Residential) - IPW
  • 1st-winter ♀ STONECHAT (C.Farm), BLACKCAP (C.Farm) - PGo

Saturday 17th
  • 6.25am-c.4.30pm: 8,000-10,000 HOUSE MARTINS & SWALLOWS flew through, roughly 75% H.Martin (mainly C.Farm) - RDW/DKC/IJ et al
  • Late morning: (all in vicinity of C.Farmhouse) TREE PIPIT flew over, WHEATEAR, c.12 MEADOW PIPITS - PGo
  • 6.25am-1.46pm: 1st-winter ♀ STONECHAT (east side of Tart's Field then north side of Harrier Field), HOBBY (C.Farm), GREY HERON flew over (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (B.Woods), 3 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 10 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), c.3 SONG THRUSHES (The Scrub), 9 MEADOW PIPITS (4 Skylark Field, 5 Perrotts by Wood), KESTREL (C.Farm), COMMON WHITETHROAT (Slangs), 2+ BULLFINCHES (The Scrub), 3 ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (2 Legal & General, 1 in heavy moult flew over C.Farm), 2 BLACKCAPS (♂+♀) (The Scrub), COLLARED DOVE (CF/BW at end of R.R.Lane), 6 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 C.Lane between C.Farm Cottages & C.Farmhouse, 1 Legal & General, 1 by Perrotts Farmhouse, 1 by Piddly Pond, 2 The Scrub), 5 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 3 B.Woods), 3 YELLOWHAMMERS (1+ juv) (Slangs), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 Stoney Nob, 1 B.Woods), 3 NUTHATCHES (1 Lunch Wood, 2 B.Woods), 103+ LINNETS (100+ Stoney Nob/Infront George Field, 3 The Scrub), 65+ HERRING GULLS (Legal & General), c.136 BLACK-HEADED GULLS flew over (C.Farm), ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET (CF/BW) - DKC/IJ et al
  • (all C.Farm) WHEATEAR (by C.Farmhouse), 2 SKYLARKS, 36 MEADOW PIPITS flew west, 2 COMMON BUZZARDS, 2 SPARROWHAWKS, KESTREL,
  • c.3.30pm: 20+ SWALLOWS (Valley Meadows) - MH

Friday 16th
  • ♂ COMMON REDSTART (Reads Bottom); last Sunday a PEREGRINE flew over (C.Farm) - PH
  • Mid afternoon: 1st-winter ♀ STONECHAT (north side of Horse Pasture), 4 WHINCHATS (north side of Horse Pasture) - IJ
  • 6.44am-9.40am: 1st-winter ♀ STONECHAT (Harrier Field then north side of Horse Pasture), SAND MARTIN flew south (Poultry Field), 3 WHINCHATS (1 Harrier Field, 2 north side of Horse Pasture), YELLOW WAGTAIL flew south (Tattenham Meadow), c.3 HOUSE MARTINS flew south (Poultry Field), 8+ SKYLARKS (Skylark Field etc), BLACKCAP (B.Woods near caravan site), 20+ MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm)PIED WAGTAIL flew over (C.Farm), 3+ YELLOWHAMMERS (1+ around barns behind C.Farmhouse, 2+ Reads Bottom), PHEASANT (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 10+ SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 2 NUTHATCHES (1 C.Wood, 1 Lunch Wood), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Circle Field/Tattenham Meadow), 9 CHIFFCHAFFS (C.Farm), COLLARED DOVE (C.Farm), STOCK DOVE (C.Farm), 10 GOLDFINCHES (CF/BW at end of R.R.Lane), 2+ LINNETS (C.Farm), 4 GREEN WOODPECKERS (3 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 7+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm), 2 BLACK-HEADED GULLS flew over (C.Farm) - DKC

Thursday 15th
  • 2 LESSER REDPOLLS flew NW at 1.27pm (C.Farm), WHEATEAR (barns behind C.Farmhouse then flew towards Broadfield), 3 YELLOWHAMMERS (Watchpoint), 13 MEADOW PIPITS (Broadfield), COMMON BUZZARD (Ruffett Wood/Broadfield), ♀ KESTREL (Broadfield then flew towards Legal & General), 5 PHEASANTS (♀ & 4 juvs) (Broadfield), 4 SKYLARKS (Skylark Field/Bunting Field), ♀ SPARROWHAWK (hedges on C.Lane), 4 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Tart's Field, 2 Horse Pasture/Broadfield border, 1 Lunch Wood), 60+ LINNETS (mainly Broadfield/Infront George Field) - IPW
  • 2.08pm-7.06pm: 5 SISKINS flew over (Broadfield), HOBBY (Broadfield), 35+ MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm inc. 10 Infront George Field & c.15 Perrotts by Wood), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (C.Farm then 1 flew over B.Woods), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), BLACKCAP (The Scrub), COMMON WHITETHROAT (Broadfield/Harrier Field border), 5+ HOUSE MARTINS flew over (C.Farm), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (Reads Bottom), 15+ LINNETS (C.Farm), 2 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 2 PHEASANTS (Broadfield), 3 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Legal & General), GREENFINCH flew over (The Scrub), 2 TREECREEPERS (1 B.Woods by R.R.Lane, 1 The Scrub), 2 STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), NUTHATCH (B.Woods), COAL TIT (B.Woods by R.R.Lane), 2+ BULLFINCHES (The Scrub), GOLDCREST (B.Woods near R.R.Lane), 2+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Tattenham Meadow), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 12 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (2 Stoney Nob, 10 flew over The Scrub/Chipstead Bottom) - DKC/GB

Wednesday 14th
  • 1.30pm: (all C.Farm) SPOTTED FLYCATCHER (NW end of Harrier Field), 6 MEADOW PIPITS, COMMON BUZZARD, SPARROWHAWK, KESTREL - IJ
  • 2.34pm-c.7.45pm: 2 MISTLE THRUSHES (Legal & General/Stoney Nob), 25+ MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 3 LITTLE OWLS (1 Stoney Nob, 1 Legal & General, 1 barns behind R.R.Cottages), BULLFINCH (The Scrub), GOLDCREST (The Scrub), BLACKCAP (The Scrub), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (B.Woods), 1+ ROOK flew over (The Scrub), SPARROWHAWK flushing Meadow Pipits (Broadfield), 2 STOCK DOVES (1 C.Farm, 1 flew over The Scrub), 2 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods between Piddly Pond & The Scrub), 2+ KESTRELS (C.Farm), 6 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Circle Field, 1 by R.R.Cottages, 1 Legal & General/Infront George Field, 1 B.Woods by R.R.Lane, 2 The Scrub), 5+ LONG-TAILED TITS (The Scrub), TREECREEPER (The Scrub/Woodpecker Meadow), COAL TIT (by Piddly Pond), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (Reads Bottom), BLACK-HEADED GULL flew low over (Broadfield), 7+ SWALLOWS (5+ C.Farm, 2 B.Woods), 3 COLLARED DOVES (2 C.Farmhouse, 1 flew over C.Farm), 8+ LINNETS (7+ C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), GOLDFINCH (C.Farm), 6 GREEN WOODPECKERS (4 C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), 13 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (3 C.Farm, 9 flew over The Scrub),

Tuesday 13th
  • no reported sightings

Monday 12th
  • 7.00pm-7.50pm: LITTLE OWL (derelict barn, moving towards C.Farmhouse), 27+ SWALLOWS (Broadfield), CHIFFCHAFF (Wood Lane), 2+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Aberdour School), GREEN WOODPECKER (Wood Lane/Circle Field area) - DKC

Sunday 11th
  • 7.40am-9.15am: (all C.Farm) 1st-winter ♀ STONECHAT (Harrier Field), 4 WHINCHATS (1 Harrier Field, 3 still SW corner of Broadfield), 3 YELLOW WAGTAILS flew SE, 2 WHEATEARS (1 barns behind C.Farmhouse, 1 SW corner of Broadfield), MISTLE THRUSH (Tart's Field/Can Hatch Field border), 17+ MEADOW PIPITS, c.35 HOUSE MARTINS, 2 SKYLARKS, SPARROWHAWK, YELLOWHAMMER (Reads Bottom), 5 LINNETS, c.20 SWALLOWS, 3 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 around barns behind C.Farmhouse, 1 Legal & General/Infront George Field, 1 near R.R.Cottages), c.50 BLACK-HEADED GULLS flew over, 4 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC
  • (all C.Farm) SWIFT, SAND MARTIN, 4 MEADOW PIPITS, COMMON BUZZARD; good numbers of HOUSE MARTINS & SWALLOWS through - IJ
  • HOBBY (B.Woods) - PGo
  • (from stall at Banstead Countryside Day, Holly Lane Meadows) SPARROWHAWK, 6+ SWALLOWS - DKC et al

Saturday 10th
  • 6.10am-3.30pm: GRASSHOPPER WARBLER again (by barns behind C.Farmhouse (subsinging)), 3 CORMORANTS flew SE (1 C.Farm, 2 B.Woods), 2 SISKINS flew over (1 Stoney Nob, 1 The Scrub), 3 WHINCHATS still (Broadfield/Horse Pasture border), 10 YELLOW WAGTAILS flew over (C.Farm), c.60 MEADOW PIPITS flew over (C.Farm), MISTLE THRUSH (Watchpoint), HOBBY (Watchpoint), WHEATEAR (The Scrub then flew SE), COMMON WHITETHROAT (by R.R.Cottages), LITTLE OWL (Horse Pasture/Broadfield border), 13+ HOUSE MARTINS flew south (C.Farm), 70+ SWALLOWS flew through (65+ C.Farm, 4 CF/BW border), 3 COMMON BUZZARDS (2 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 3+ ROOKS (1+ C.Farm, 2 flew over The Scrub), 2 TREECREEPERS (1 just NW of The Scrub, 1 The Scrub), PHEASANT (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), GOLDCREST (just NW of The Scrub), COAL TIT (B.Woods), 2 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), GREENFINCH flew over (Watchpoint), 6 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 4 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Watchpoint, 1 by R.R.Cottages, 1 Slangs, 1 The Scrub), 3 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew over (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods, 1*), 3 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 100+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS flew over (C.Farm), 1+ COLLARED DOVE (C.Residential/C.Farmhouse), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Residential), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), c.16 LINNETS (c.15 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), STOCK DOVE (C.Farm), 7+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) (Dragonflies: Southern Hawker (Piddly Pond). Butterflies: 2 Meadow Browns (1 The Scrub, 1 Slangs), 2 Speckled Woods (B.Woods)) - DKC/IJ
  • 2 WHINCHATS (Broadfield), 50+ SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 2 BULLFINCHES (The Scrub) (Dragonflies: 2 Southern Hawkers (Piddly Pond)) - PGo

Friday 9th
  • 6.42am-9.35am: TREE PIPIT flew over at 7.22am (Broadfield/Harrier Field), c.10 SISKINS flew SE (CF/BW border), YELLOW WAGTAIL flew over at 7.16am (C.Farm), 1+ MEADOW PIPIT flew over (C.Farm), 13 SWALLOWS (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (Circle Field (singing)), 3 GOLDCRESTS (1 Legal & General, 2 Tawny Wood), 3 NUTHATCHES (2 Lunch Wood, 1 B.Woods), 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (ad & juv) (Legal & General), GREENFINCH (Legal & General), 2 COLLARED DOVES (C.Farmhouse), GOLDFINCH (Legal & General), 30+ HERRING GULLS (Legal & General), c.140 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Legal & General), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Stoney Nob), 10+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (CF/BW) - DKC
  • 4 WHINCHATS (3 still Broadfield, 1 by Perrotts Farmhouse), 4+ WHEATEARS (Watchpoint), WILLOW WARBLER (The Scrub), 9 SKYLARKS (Perrotts by Wood) - IJ

Thursday 8th
  • 2.11pm-7.25pm: OSPREY flew south (along Chipstead Valley viewed from Watchpoint), 3 WHINCHATS (SW corner of Broadfield), 4 WHEATEARS (moving between R.R.Cottage & C.Farmhouse), HOBBY*, c.20 HOUSE MARTINS (Sheep Brow), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 32 BLACK-HEADED GULLS flew over (C.Farm), 27+ LONG-TAILED TITS (17+ Tattenham Meadow, 10+ The Scrub), BULLFINCH (The Scrub), ROOK (C.Farm), PHEASANT (Broadfield), 2+ YELLOWHAMMERS (1+ near Watchpoint, 1 Stoney Nob/Infront George Field), 21+ SWALLOWS (20+ Broadfield, 1+ Sheep Brow), 4 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 SE end of Tattenham Meadow, 1 Reads Bottom, 1 The Scrub, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), COAL TIT (Circle Field), 2 NUTHATCHES (2 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (C.Farm), STOCK DOVE (C.Farm) (Dragonflies: Southern Hawker (Piddly Pond). Butterflies: Speckled Wood (SE end of Tattenham Meadow)) - DKC/IJ
  • (all C.Farm) 3 WHINCHATS (Broadfield), COMMON BUZZARD, c.20 SWALLOWS, c.30 LINNETS (Broadfield by R.R.Lane) - GB
  • 4 WHEATEARS (2 barns behind R.R.Cottages, 2 barns behind C.Farmhouse), HOBBY at 2.40pm (flew from Broadfield to C.Wood), LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), 2 BLACKCAPS (Railway Field/Stoney Nob), GOLDCREST (Stoney Nob), 12 ROOKS (flew from Infront George Field to Lunch Banks), COMMON WHITETHROAT (by barns behind R.R.Cottages), 8 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 25+ SWALLOWS (Broadfield), 3 YELLOWHAMMERS (Reads Bottom), SPARROWHAWK (Broadfield), 34+ LINNETS (C.Farm), c.15 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Infront George Field/Reads Bottom) - IPW

Wednesday 7th
  • 1.50pm-6.42pm: 3 WHEATEARS (barns behind R.R.Cottages), 2 HOBBIES (C.Farm), 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 Legal & General, 1 between Poultry Field & B.Woods), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 8 SWALLOWS through (7 C.Farm, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), 9+ ROOKS (7+ Poultry Field (4 of which arrived from B.Woods), 2+ Skylark Field), PHEASANT (C.Farm), 3 BULLFINCHES (The Scrub), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 The Scrub, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), 6 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 22+ LINNETS (20+ C.Farm, 2+ The Scrub), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (Reads Bottom), 5 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 3 B.Woods), NUTHATCH (B.Woods), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (near Piddly Pond), 24+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS flew over (C.Farm), 4+ STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), 11+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) - RDW/DKC
  • 15+ HOUSE MARTINS (Green Belt Field), ♀ BLACKCAP (Infront George Field/Skylark Field border), 30+ STOCK DOVES (Valley Meadows), 2 COAL TITS (Tawny Wood), - IJ

Tuesday 6th
  • 11.55am-1.00pm & c.2.48pm-5.06pm: 2 ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (Legal & General), SWALLOW, 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (Reads Bottom), TREECREEPER (Circle Field), 2 BULLFINCHES (ad & juv) (Legal & General), SPARROWHAWK, 9 HERRING GULLS (Legal & General), NUTHATCH (Circle Field), c.10 LINNETS (Stoney Nob), 30+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Legal & General), ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET (Stoney Nob) - DKC

Monday 5th
  • 9.50am-11.50am: (all C.Farm) GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL (Legal & General), 2 WHINCHATS (north side of Horse Pasture), WHEATEAR (north side of Horse Pasture), 15 HOUSE MARTINS, c40 SWALLOWS (Broadfield), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (Gunman's Shaw), KESTREL (Harrier Field), 25 LINNETS (Stoney Nob) - FJ
  • (all C.Farm) 3 WHINCHATS, YELLOW WAGTAIL, 3 WHEATEARS - GB
  • 3 WHINCHATS (Horse Pasture/Broadfield border) - IJ
  • 2 WHEATEARS (barns behind R.R.Cottages) - NG
  • 5.15pm-8.05pm: (all C.Farm) WHEATEAR (on barns behind R.R.Cottages), LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob/Legal & General), LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (Legal & General), COLLARED DOVE flew over (Tattenham Meadow), 1st-winter HERRING GULL (Legal & General), KESTREL (by R.R.Cottages), 8 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 41 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Legal & General), 2 STOCK DOVES, LINNET, 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS - DKC
  • 3.00pm-5.35pm: 12 HOUSE MARTINS (B.Woods car park), GOLDCREST (Chipstead Bottom), 2 BULLFINCHES (1 Fames Rough, 1 The Scrub), 4 CHIFFCHAFFS (2 Chipstead Bottom, 2 Fames Rough), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (Sheep Brow/The Scrub), 3+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Chipstead Bottom), c.25 STOCK DOVES (Valley Meadows), c.75 JACKDAWS (Outwood Lane), 13 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Chipstead Bottom) (Butterflies: 2 Small Heaths (Valley Meadows), 8 Meadow Browns (Fames Rough). Mammals: Roe Deer (Chipstead Bottom), 2 Red Fox (Chipstead Bottom)) - IPW

Sunday 4th
  • 7.35am-4.03pm: (all C.Farm) REED WARBLER c.3.00pm-c.3.20pm but elusive (Broadfield/Harrier Field/Horse Pasture junction) (found by DKC) (see Gallery), COMMON SNIPE flew SW then veered south at 11.25am (Reads Bottom) (found by RDW) (see Gallery), SPOTTED FLYCATCHER (east side of Infront George Field) at 4.05pm (found by IJ), TREE PIPIT calling at 12.30pm (Perrotts by Wood), 2 WHINCHATS (SW corner of Broadfield), 3 SWIFTS, WHEATEAR (barns behind R.R.Cottages), 4 MEADOW PIPITS flew SE at 3.48pm, HOBBY flew east, TAWNY OWL calling (Circle Field), GREY HERON flew north, 1+ COMMON WHITETHROAT (west side of north half of Broadfield & near derelict barn), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 west side of Circle Field, 1 west side of Broadfield), SPARROWHAWK, KESTREL, 35+ SWALLOWS, 3+ GOLDCRESTS (Circle Field (1 singing)), 1+ ROOK (over Broadfield then north of Perrotts Farmhouse), 2 SKYLARKS, 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (Reads Bottom), 30+ LINNETS, 2+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Circle Field), 2 NUTHATCHES (1 Circle Field then C.Wood, 1 Pages Acre), COAL TIT (Circle Field), 2 TREECREEPERS (1 Pages Acre/Lambert's Shaw, 1 Circle Field), 2 COLLARED DOVES (C.Residential), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Circle Field), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (Aberdour School), 4+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS flew over, STOCK DOVE, 3+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC/RDW/IJ et al
  • c.40 HOUSE MARTINS (C.Farm) - PGo

Saturday 3rd
  • 3 SPOTTED FLYCATCHERS (2 by horse paddocks at SE end of Tattenham Meadow c.10.15am-10.20am then flew to west side of Circle Field where joined by another and all 3 showed well till 1.40pm at least) (see Gallery) - PGo/DKC/NR et al
  • 6.33am-2.20pm: (all C.Farm) GRASSHOPPER WARBLER (north end of hedge bordering Broadfield & Bog Field), SAND MARTIN flew south at 1.51pm (Broadfield), 2+ WILLOW WARBLERS (Circle Field), 11 ROOKS (Skylark Field), LITTLE OWL (Legal & General), KESTREL (Infront George Field/Skylark Field border), SKYLARK (Bog Field/Can Hatch Field), COMMON BUZZARD flew south, 3 SWALLOWS flew through, BLACKCAP (Legal & General), COMMON WHITETHROAT, 4+ CHIFFCHAFFS (2 SE end of Tattenham Meadow, 1 Legal & General, 1+ Circle Field), 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (Legal & General), SONG THRUSH (Legal & General), 2 GREENFINCHES (1 Legal & General, 1 Copt Hill Lane), TREECREEPER (Circle Field (singing)), PHEASANT, PIED WAGTAIL (Legal & General), 1+ NUTHATCH (west side of Circle Field), 2 COAL TITS (Circle Field), 2 GOLDCRESTS (1 Aberdour School (singing), 1 Circle Field), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Circle Field), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 6 GOLDFINCHES (Legal & General), c.20 HERRING GULLS (Legal & General), c.41 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Legal & General), 12 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC/RDW et al
  • Mid to late afternoon: (all C.Farm) 3 WHINCHATS (on fence behind Perrotts Farmhouse), COMMON BUZZARD, 2 ROOKS, 30+ SWALLOWS, SPARROWHAWK - RDW
  • 4.50pm: 3 WHINCHATS (on fence behind Perrotts Farmhouse) (see Gallery), 7 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew SW (Chipstead Bottom), 20+ LINNETS (NW corner of The Scrub), 12 STOCK DOVES (Chipstead Bottom), - MSt
  • 3 WHINCHATS at 2.35pm (on fence behind Perrotts Farmhouse), 2 SWALLOWS flew through (The Scrub), BULLFINCH (The Scrub), CHIFFCHAFF (The Scrub), 4 LINNETS (The Scrub), SPARROWHAWK (Broadfield), TREECREEPER (B.Woods), 4+ NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 2+ LONG-TAILED TITS (B.Woods) - IJ
  • 3 WHINCHATS (by R.R.Lane around Lunch Wood), HOUSE MARTIN (C.Farm), 2 STOCK DOVES (C.Farm) - ML
  • WHEATEAR (R.R.Cottages), WILLOW WARBLER (The Scrub), 3 CHIFFCHAFFS (The Scrub), 4 COAL TITS (Circle Field), 5 LINNETS (The Scrub), 5+ GREEN WOODPECKERS (The Scrub) - PGo

Friday 2nd
  • 6.41am-12.51pm: GREY WAGTAIL flew SW at 10.05am (The Scrub), 5 YELLOW WAGTAILS flew south (4 at 7.38am, 1 at 8.23am) (C.Farm), 2 HOBBIES (The Scrub), ROOK (Stoney Nob), 2 GREY HERONS (ad & juv) flew over (C.Farm), 2 ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew over (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (Death Pit), SWALLOW (C.Farm), 3 TREECREEPERS (1 between Circle Field & Tattenham Meadow (singing), 1 The Scrub, 1 B.Woods north of estate), 7 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), KESTREL (Stoney Nob), 3 BULLFINCHES (2 juvs The Scrub, 1 B.Woods Short Route), 6+ GOLDCRESTS (1 between Circle Field & Tattenham Meadow, 5+ B.Woods (1 singing)), 10+ NUTHATCHES (1 Aberdour School, 2+ Lunch Wood, 7 B.Woods), COAL TIT (B.Woods (singing)), 2 COMMON WHITETHROATS (between Harrier Field & Horse Pasture), PHEASANT (C.Farm), 4 YELLOWHAMMERS (Reads Bottom), 5 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 2 The Scrub, 1 CF/BW around end of R.R.Lane), 2 STOCK DOVES (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 3 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Legal & General), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 2 BLACKCAPS (1 around barns behind C.Farmhouse, 1 The Scrub), 7+ CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Wood Lane, 1 Watchpoint, 1 Lunch Wood, 3+ The Scrub (2 singing), 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane), 5 LINNETS (2 C.Farm, 3 The Scrub), 3 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (1 C.Farm, 2 flew over The Scrub) - DKC/RD

Thursday 1st
  • 8.55am: 1st-winter GRASSHOPPER WARBLER still (by barns behind C.Farmhouse), 2 COMMON WHITETHROATS (by barns behind C.Farmhouse) - FJ/SD/JSi
  • 6.40am-3.45pm: 3 WHINCHATS (Harrier Field at 10.45am then north side of Horse Pasture till 3.23pm at least), MEADOW PIPIT flew NE (Watchpoint), 1+ ROOK flew over (The Scrub), COMMON BUZZARD flew over (The Scrub), 3 KESTRELS (2 around Tart's Field, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), 5 GOLDCRESTS (1 Wood Lane, 4 (2 ads & 2 juvs) just NW of The Scrub), 3 COAL TITS (1 Wood Lane, 1 north end of Broadfield, 1 by Piddly Pond), COMMON WHITETHROAT (by barns behind C.Farmhouse), 4 BLACKCAPS (1 by SE end of Tattenham Meadow, 2 (♂ & juv) barns behind C.Farmhouse, 1 The Scrub), 3 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Circle Field, 1 near Watchpoint, 1 The Scrub), PHEASANT (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (Lunch Wood), BULLFINCH (The Scrub), 5 SWALLOWS (1 NE through C.Farm, 1 south through B.Woods near R.R.Lane, 2 NW through The Scrub), 4 NUTHATCHES (1 Circle Field, 1 Lambert's Shaw, 2 B.Woods), YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 10 LINNETS (2 C.Farm, 8 The Scrub), 6 GOLDFINCHES (1 C.Farm, 5 CF/BW at end of R.R.Lane) - DKC/AB