December 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. See Map for locations mentioned here (some are old local names, some we have made up).

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

LIMITED UPDATES UNTIL WEDNESDAY 4TH JAN 2012

Saturday 31st

  • Happy New Year - it's been a very good year, thanks for to all who have used or contributed to this blog. Let's hope that 2012 is another productive year; the CFBW Bird Report 2011 is currently being written and will hopefully be published by the spring - DKC
  • no reported sightings

Friday 30th
  • no reported sightings


Thursday 29th
  • 8.00am-1.20pm: (all C.Farm) 2 GOLDEN PLOVERS flew west at 10.20am (Pipit Meadow), COMMON BUZZARD (Broadfield), 5+ REDWINGS, 30+ FIELDFARES, c10 YELLOWHAMMERS (Infront George Field/Legal & General), 5+ SKYLARKS (Infront George Field), 2 GREENFINCHES (♂+♀) (Legal & General), BULLFINCH (Infront George Field), 3 GOLDCRESTS (1 Pages Acre, 1 Legal & General, 1 Tawny Wood), SONG THRUSH (Legal & General (singing)), c50 LINNETS, 4+ STOCK DOVES, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (around C.Farmhouse), GOLDFINCH, 20+ LONG-TAILED TITS (7+ Pages Acre, c10 Tawny Wood, 3 Circle Field), 7+ COMMON GULLS - DKC 


Wednesday 28th
  • 8.05am-5.20pm: ♀ KESTREL (C.Farm), 1+ SISKIN flew over (B.Woods), 12+ MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (Broadfield), SPARROWHAWK (Pages Acre), 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 east side of Horse Pasture, 1 Can Hatch Field), c13 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 10+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (The Scrub/Woodpecker Meadow), 2 BULLFINCHES (1 Piddly Pond, 1 The Scrub), 4+ LESSER REDPOLLS (The Scrub), c300 LINNETS (Broadfield), GREENFINCH (Legal & General), ♂ PHEASANT (C.Farm), 20+ FIELDFARES (C.Farm), 16+ REDWINGS (c8 flew from Pages Acre, 8+ B.Woods), COAL TIT (Circle Field), 8 NUTHATCHES (2 SE end of Tattenham Meadow, 6 B.Woods), 2 GOLDCRESTS (1 Pages Acre, 1 Circle Field), 51+ STOCK DOVES (50+ Broadfield, 1 Piddly Pond (singing)), 4 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 6 SONG THRUSHES (1 C.Residential (singing), 1 C.Wood (singing), 1 Aberdour School (singing), 1 Death Pit (singing), 1 Legal & General (singing), 1 NE of Piddly Pond), 9 COMMON GULLS (ad & 1st-wint. flew over, 5 ads & 2 1st-wints Broadfield), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (C.Farm) - DKC
  • ♂ BULLFINCH (Legal & General) - JH


Tuesday 27th
  • 8.35am-5.20pm: BARN OWL still at 4.45pm (Harrier Field), 2 ad GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew over (C.Farm), PEREGRINE at 1.00pm (C.Farm), ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (Broadfield), 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 east side of Horse Pasture, 1 NW end of Broadfield), 8 MEADOW PIPITS (7 flew from Tart's Field, 1+ Stoney Nob), 2+ MISTLE THRUSHES (1 near Legal & General (singing), 1 flew over Watchpoint), 2 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 3 TREECREEPERS (1 Pages Acre, 1 Ruffett Wood, 1 by Piddly Pond), 3 YELLOWHAMMERS (2 Reads Bottom, 1 flew over The Scrub), BULLFINCH (The Scrub), c11 LESSER REDPOLLS (The Scrub), 6 COMMON GULLS (1 Legal & General, 1 flew over  Broadfield, 4 flew over The Scrub), 3 GOLDCRESTS (1 Pages Acre, 1 Tawny Wood, 1 just NW of The Scrub), 8 REDWINGS (3 C.Farm, 5 The Scrub), 25+ FIELDFARES (C.Farm), 2 COAL TITS (1 Tawny Wood, 1 just NW of The Scrub), c70 STOCK DOVES (Green Belt Field), 2 NUTHATCHES (1 Ruffett Wood, 1 near Piddly Pond), GOLDFINCH (C.Farm), 150+ CHAFFINCHES (Broadfield), 4 SONG THRUSHES (1 Death Pit, 1 Legal & General, 1 Watchpoint, 1 SE end of Tattenham Meadow (all singing)), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farm),  4 GREEN WOODPECKERS (3 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 15+ LONG-TAILED TITS (8+ NW end of Broadfield, 1+ Legal & General, 1+ The Scrub, 5+ near Piddly Pond), 10 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) - DKC/IGM/SD/FJ
  • 4.45pm: TAWNY OWL (B.Woods) - PGo


Monday 26th
  • 8.44am-5.15pm: BARN OWL still at 4.50pm (over Harrier Field), CHIFFCHAFF still (Pages Acre), SPARROWHAWK (near Piddly Pond), 4+ MISTLE THRUSHES (C.Farm (1 singing)), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), PHEASANT (C.Farm), 2+ MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (Broadfield), 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 east side of Horse Pasture, 1 NW end of Broadfield), 7+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm - mainly Infront George Field/Legal & General), ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over (C.Farm), 3 BULLFINCHES (1 Infront George Field, 1 near Piddly Pond, 1 The Scrub), c10 LESSER REDPOLLS (B.Woods), SKYLARK (C.Farm), 200+ LINNETS (C.Farm), 35+ REDWINGS (20+ C.Farm, 15+ The Scrub etc), 60+ FIELDFARES (40+ C.Farm, c20 B.Woods), 3 COAL TITS (2 B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance, 1 near Piddly Pond (singing)), GOLDCREST (Circle Field), 6 COMMON GULLS (5 ads & 1st-winter) (Legal & General), GOLDFINCH (C.Farm), 6 NUTHATCHES (1 Circle Field, 2 Chipstead Meadow, 3 B.Woods), 9+ LONG-TAILED TITS (2+ Pages Acre, 2+ Circle Field, c4 The Scrub/Woodpecker Meadow, 1+ near Piddly Pond), 3 SONG THRUSHES (1 Aberdour School (singing), 1 Death Pit (singing), 1 Watchpoint), 4 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 Pages Acre, 1 over Horse Pasture, 2 near Piddly Pond), 4 GREEN WOODPECKERS (3 C.Farm, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), 2+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) - DKC/PGo
  • WOODCOCK (B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance), 3 BULLFINCHES (The Scrub), TREECREEPER (B.Woods) 2 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), LONG-TAILED TIT (B.Woods) - IJ


Sunday 25th
  • Merry Christmas to all!
  • WOODCOCK flushed (Buzzard Field), TREECREEPER (C.Wood) - PGo
  • 12.49pm-2.54pm: (all C.Farm) 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (Gunman's Shaw/Broadfield), MEADOW PIPIT flew over (C.Farmhouse), 2 MISTLE THRUSHES (1 Broadfield, 1 flew over Skylark Field), 5+ YELLOWHAMMERS (Infront George Field/Legal & General), 150+ LINNETS (Infront George Field/Skylark Field/Legal & General), ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew past*, GREENFINCH (Legal & General), 5+ FIELDFARES (1 then over SW end of B.Woods), GOLDFINCH, SONG THRUSH (Legal & General), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (east side of Horse Pasture), STOCK DOVE - DKC
  • groups of FIELDFARES (C.Farm), GREEN WOODPECKER (Legal & General), HERRING GULL (Legal & General), c100 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (C.Farm) - IGM


Saturday 24th
  • 8.10am-5.08pm: BARN OWL at 5.03pm (hunting near barns by Reads Rest Cottages), ♂ KESTREL (Woodpecker Meadow/The Scrub), MEADOW PIPIT (Stoney Nob), 3+ PIED WAGTAILS (C.Farm), ROOK (C.Farm), 2 MISTLE THRUSHES (Broadfield), 12 LESSER REDPOLLS (10 flew over C.Farm, 2 B.Woods), 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 east side of Horse Pasture, 1 NW end of Broadfield), YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), 2 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 5+ BULLFINCHES (1 Piddly Pond, 1+ The Scrub, 3 along path just SE of Sheep Brow running to level crossing), 6+ REDWINGS (2 C.Farm, 3+ The Scrub/Woodpecker Meadow, 1 over Chipstead Bottom level crossing), c57 FIELDFARES (c46 C.Farm, 11+ The Scrub/Woodpecker Meadow), 2 COMMON GULLS (Legal & General), GREENFINCH (Legal & General), COAL TIT (just NW of The Scrub), 4 GOLDCRESTS (along path just SE of Sheep Brow running to level crossing (1 singing)), 6 NUTHATCHES (1 Lunch Wood, 5 B.Woods), 8 SONG THRUSHES (1 Aberdour School/Circle Field (singing), 1 around Ruffett Wood (singing), 1 Pages Acre, 2 Legal & General (1 singing), 1 SE of Sheep Brow, 2 SW end of B.Woods), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (B.Woods), 2 GOLDFINCHES (1 C.Farm, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), LONG-TAILED TIT (Buzzard Field), c90 STOCK DOVES (Broadfield), 6 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Stoney Nob) - DKC/IJ
  • 2 MEADOW PIPITS (Stoney Nob), 2+ BULLFINCHES (The Scrub), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 Slangs, 2 Valley Meadows) - IGM
  • 150+ FIELDFARES (Legal & General), 6 REDWINGS (Legal & General) - FJ



Friday 23rd
  • 7.47am-4.07pm: ad GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL flew SSW at 8.49am (C.Farm), WOODCOCK flushed at 2.09pm (B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance), 8 MEADOW PIPITS (Stoney Nob/Infront George Field), SPARROWHAWK (flew over Tattenham Meadow), 6 BULLFINCHES (♂+♀ west side of Broadfield, 4 The Scrub), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), 8+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm - mainly Infront George Field), ♂ PHEASANT (flew over barns by R.R.Cottages then in Broadfield), 4 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), 3 MISTLE THRUSHES (1 near Legal & General (singing), 2 flew over Buzzard Field), COMMON BUZZARD (over Lambert's Shaw), TREECREEPER (Lambert's Shaw), 2 COLLARED DOVES (flew from C.Residential to Kingswood Residential), c80 REDWINGS (c70 C.Farm, c10 B.Woods), 240+ FIELDFARES (200+ C.Farm, 40+ The Scrub), 33+ LESSER REDPOLLS (3+ around Circle Field, 30+ around Piddly Pond), 4+ NUTHATCHES (1 Chipstead Road, 3 B.Woods), 3 COAL TITS (2 just NW of The Scrub, 1 B.Woods east of R.R.Lane entrance), GOLDCRESTS (4 Tawny Wood, 1 Infront George Field/Stoney Nob, 1 east of Piddly Pond, 3 just NW of The Scrub), 1+ GREENFINCH (C.Farm), 3+ GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 6 SONG THRUSHES (1 Ivy Wood (singing), 1 Aberdour School (singing), 1 Circle Field, 1 around Ruffett Wood (singing), 1 Legal & General, 1 B.Woods east of R.R.Lane entrance (singing)), 3+ GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 2+ The Scrub/Woodpecker Meadow area), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (over Skylark Field), 7+ LONG-TAILED TITS (c5 Tawny Wood, 1+ Pages Acre, 1 Circle Field), 3 ad COMMON GULLS (Legal & General), LINNETS (C.Farm), STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), 150+ STARLINGS (Infront George Field), 3 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Stoney Nob) - DKC/IJ/IGM/PGo


Thursday 22nd
  • 2.00pm: ♂ BARN OWL still (large barn by derelict barn near Reads Rest Cottages) (see Gallery) - ER et al
  • c.8.33am-4.10pm: SISKIN flew over (Pages Acre), 1+ SPARROWHAWK (1 over C.Farm then 1 over east end of C.Farm & SW end of B.Woods), 3 MEADOW PIPITS (1 Skylark Field, 2 Stoney Nob), 2 ROOKS (flew across Broadfield), COMMON BUZZARD (Broadfield/Death Pit), LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), TREECREEPER (Pages Acre), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), 3+ MISTLE THRUSHES (1 Circle Field then 3 Broadfield), YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), c15 SKYLARKS (mainly Broadfield (1 singing)), 31+ LESSER REDPOLLS (1 flew over Buzzard Field, 30+ The Scrub), 3+ BULLFINCHES (1 near Piddly Pond, 2+ The Scrub), GREENFINCH (Legal & General), 15+ REDWINGS (11+ C.Farm, 4+ The Scrub), 35+ FIELDFARES (15+ C.Farm, 20+ The Scrub), COLLARED DOVE (Chipstead Road (singing)), 6 COAL TITS (1 Pages Acre, 1 by Pages Acre horse paddock, 2 B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance, 2 near Piddly Pond), 4 NUTHATCHES (1 Ruffett Wood, 1 Pages Acre, 2 B.Woods near Piddly Pond), 7 GOLDCRESTS (1 Pages Acre, 1 Tawny Wood, 2 NE end of Ruffett Wood (1 subsinging), 1 Chipstead Road, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance, 1 The Scrub), 43 STOCK DOVES (41 Broadfield, 1 by Piddly Pond (singing), 1 Chipstead Bottom), 150+ LINNETS (Broadfield), 7+ SONG THRUSHES (1 Pages Acre, 1+ around Ruffett Wood (singing), 1 around C.Wood (singing), 1 Legal & General/Infront George Field, 1 Green Belt Field/Poultry Field border, 1 The Scrub (singing), 1+ just NW of The Scrub (1 singing)), 5 COMMON GULLS (3 Legal & General, 2 flew over The Scrub), 12+ LONG-TAILED TITS (3+ Pages Acre/Lambert's Shaw, 3+ Pages Acre, c5 Tawny Wood, 1+ The Scrub), 3 GOLDFINCHES (2 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 5 GREEN WOODPECKERS (3 C.Farm, 1 by Piddly Pond, 1 Chipstead Bottom), 4 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 Pages Acre, 1 Ruffett Wood, 1 near R.R.Cottages, 1 The Scrub), 3+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) - DKC


Wednesday 21st
  • 8.54am-4.10pm: ♂ BARN OWL still (in large barn by derelict barn near Reads Rest Cottages), CHIFFCHAFF still (Lambert's Shaw), 13+ MEADOW PIPITS (Infront George Field/Stoney Nob), 3 MISTLE THRUSHES (1 near Legal & General (singing), 2 NW side of B.Woods), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 2 LITTLE OWLS (east side of Horse Pasture), 51+ LESSER REDPOLLS (1 flew over Buzzard Field, 50+ The Scrub), 2 NUTHATCHES (1 Pages Acre, 1 B.Woods), 3 TREECREEPERS (1 Tattenham Meadow/Circle Field (singing), 1 Pages Acre, 1 B.Woods), 3+ BULLFINCHES (1+ Legal & General, 2+ The Scrub), ♂ PHEASANT (Horse Pasture), 6+ GOLDCRESTS (2 by Pages Acre horse paddock (1 singing), 3 Ruffett Wood (1 singing), 1+ The Scrub), 95+ FIELDFARES (70+ Stoney Nob, 25+ The Scrub), 34+ REDWINGS (17+ C.Farm, 4 flew over Green Belt Field then over B.Woods, 13+ B.Woods inc.9+ at The Scrub), 1+ SKYLARK (C.Farm), 300+ LINNETS (Broadfield), 100+ CHAFFINCHES (Broadfield), 2+ GREENFINCHES (Legal & General), 9+ SONG THRUSHES (1 by Ivy Wood (singing), 2+ by Pages Acre horse paddock (1 singing), 1 Pages Acre, 1 Circle Field (singing), 1 Tawny Wood, 2 B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance, 1+ The Scrub), 8+ LONG-TAILED TITS (5 Wood Lane, 3+ The Scrub), c92 STOCK DOVES (Broadfield), 3 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 5 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub, 2 Woodpecker Meadow), 9  COMMON GULLS (1 Legal & General, 8 flew over The Scrub), 5+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (3+ C.Farm, 2 flew over The Scrub), HERRING GULL (Legal & General), singing DUNNOCK (Wood Lane) - DKC


Tuesday 20th
  • early afternoon: ♀/imm.MARSH HARRIER flew south (Kingswood Residential) - GP
  • 1.45pm: ♂ BARN OWL still (in large barn by derelict barn near Reads Rest Cottages) - KG
  • 8.58am-1.17pm: (all C.Farm) BARN OWL (in large barn by derelict barn near Reads Rest Cottages) (see Gallery), 2 MEADOW PIPITS (Tart's Field/Bunting Field), KESTREL (Stoney Nob), 3 MISTLE THRUSHES (Broadfield), COMMON BUZZARD (Broadfield), FIELDFARE (Broadfield), LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), 3+ YELLOWHAMMERS, 1+ SKYLARK, GREENFINCH (Lunch Wood), c103 STOCK DOVES (Broadfield), 100+ LINNETS (Broadfield), 2 GOLDFINCHES, 4 ad COMMON GULLS (3 Broadfield, 1 Legal & General) - DKC


Monday 19th
  • 8.54am-4.05pm: 3rd-winter GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over at c12.23pm (C.Farm), 2 GREY HERONS (1st-winter Broadfield, 1 flew over Tawny Wood), MEADOW PIPIT (C.Farm), MISTLE THRUSH (Circle Field), COMMON BUZZARD (Broadfield), LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), 3 TREECREEPERS (1 Ivy Wood (singing), 2 Pages Acre), 3 SKYLARKS (Broadfield), 41+ LESSER REDPOLLS (1 flew over C.Farm, 40+ The Scrub), c137 FIELDFARES (37 C.Farm, c100 The Scrub), BULLFINCH (The Scrub), 3 GOLDCRESTS (1 Pages Acre, 1 Tawny Wood, 1 The Scrub), c300 CHAFFINCHES (Broadfield), 60+ LINNETS (Broadfield), 33+ STOCK DOVES (30+ Broadfield, 3 Green Belt Field), 2 COAL TITS (1 Pages Acre, 1 Ruffett Wood), 5+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Ruffett Wood to Tawny Wood), 2 SONG THRUSHES (1 near Ivy Wood (singing), 1 Ivy Wood, 1 Infront George Field/Legal & General), NUTHATCH (Ruffett Wood), 3 GOLDFINCHES (near Watchpoint), 3 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (2 Ruffett Wood, 1 B.Woods), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 4 ad COMMON GULLS (3 Broadfield, 1 Legal & General), ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET (C.Farm) - DKC


Sunday 18th
  • c8.40am-c5.30pm: WOODCOCK at 4.40pm (flew from Ruffett Wood, over Pheasant Field & back to Ruffett Wood), 3 LAPWINGS (Broadfield), 2 ROOKS (Pheasant Field), 3+ MEADOW PIPITS (2+ Stoney Nob/Infront George Field, 1 flew from Chipstead Bottom & over Woodpecker Meadow), COMMON BUZZARD (Broadfield), 3 LITTLE OWLS (1 east side of Horse Pasture, 2 around Pheasant Field), 2 TREECREEPERS (by Piddly Pond), 2 ♂ PHEASANTS (1 Broadfield, 1 near The Scrub), 15+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), c3 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 3 COLLARED DOVES (flew from Kingswood Residential to C.Residential), 2 LESSER REDPOLLS (near Piddly Pond), 5+ BULLFINCHES (1+ Legal & General, 1 Lunch Wood, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance, 2+ The Scrub/Woodpecker Meadow), COAL TIT (by Piddly Pond), 117+ FIELDFARES (c17 C.Farm, 100+ The Scrub), 5+ REDWINGS (The Scrub), 2 GOLDCRESTS (1 just NW of The Scrub, 1 by Piddly Pond), 2 ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew over (C.Farm), 57 STOCK DOVES (Broadfield), 1+ GREENFINCH (Perrotts by Wood/Lunch Woods), 5 GOLDFINCHES (4 around C.Farmhouse, 1 Legal & General), 6 COMMON GULLS (4 ads L&G, 2 (ad & 1st-wint.) Broadfield), c58 LINNETS (18 Quail Field, c40 Broadfield), 3 NUTHATCHES (1 Lunch Wood, 2 B.Woods), c200 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (C.Farm), 2 SONG THRUSHES (1 by Piddly Pond, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), 3+ GREEN WOODPECKERS (2+ C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET (C.Farm) (Mammals: Roe Deer (Pheasant Field)) - DKC et al
  • TAWNY OWL (Ruffett Wood) - PGo
  • 25+ LESSER REDPOLLS (B.Woods by Elizabeth Drive), 15 FIELDFARES (The Scrub), REDWING (The Scrub), 2 TREECREEPERS (1 Tawny Wood, 1 B.Woods), 2 GOLDCRESTS (1 Tawny Wood, 1 orchard), COAL TIT (orchard), NUTHATCH (Tawny Wood), 4 LONG-TAILED TITS (Tawny Wood), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Tawny Wood) - IJ 


Saturday 17th
  • 8.23am-3.15pm: CHIFFCHAFF still (Pages Acre), 2 CORMORANTS flew over (C.Farm), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (Broadfield), 5+ BULLFINCHES (3+ The Scrub, 2 Woodpecker Meadow), MEADOW PIPIT (C.Farm), 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 east side of Horse Pasture, 1 in barn near Watchpoint), MISTLE THRUSH (Woodpecker Meadow), 2 PIED WAGTAILS (Broadfield), c35 SKYLARKS (Broadfield), 5+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 5+ LESSER REDPOLLS (1+ flew over Buzzard Field, 4 The Scrub), TREECREEPER (B.Woods between R.R.Lane entrance & Piddly Pond), c16 REDWINGS (c10 C.Farm, 6+ The Scrub), c130 FIELDFARES (c30 C.Farm, 100+ The Scrub), COAL TIT (B.Woods between R.R.Lane entrance & Piddly Pond), ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over (Watchpoint), 5 GOLDCRESTS (1 Pages Acre, 1 Pages Acre/Ruffett Wood, 2 The Scrub, 1 by Piddly Pond), 7+ NUTHATCHES (1 Lunch Wood, 6+ B.Woods), 300+ CHAFFINCHES (Pipit Meadow), c100 LINNETS (Broadfield), SONG THRUSH (Woodpecker Meadow), c50 STOCK DOVES (Broadfield), 4 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 Pipit Meadow, 2 Woodpecker Meadow), 4 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (3 flew across Broadfield, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), 2 GOLDFINCHES (1 Tawny Wood, 1 flew over Woodpecker Meadow), c12 LONG-TAILED TITS (c10 Pages Acre/Ruffett Wood, 2 just NW of The Scrub), 6+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (3+ C.Farm, 3 over The Scrub) (Mammals: Roe Deer (Tawny Wood)) (43 species recorded) - guided walk & participants' sightings from before & after
  • possible Long-eared Owl in afternoon (Ruffett Wood) - Sh


Friday 16th
  • 6.35am-4.11pm: 1+ MEADOW PIPIT (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (Lambert's Shaw - diff to y'day's bird), YELLOWHAMMER (Infront George Field), 70+ LESSER REDPOLLS (The Scrub/Woodpecker Meadow), 4 PIED WAGTAILS (3 Quail Field/Skylark Field, 1 flew over Tawny Wood), LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), 2+ BULLFINCHES (The Scrub/Woodpecker Meadow), c58 FIELDFARES (c38 C.Farm, 20+ The Scrub), 2+ REDWINGS (The Scrub), TREECREEPER (B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance), COLLARED DOVE (Copt Hill Lane), 3 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 2+ GOLDCRESTS (1+ The Scrub, 1+ NE end of Ruffett Wood), c50 LINNETS (C.Farm), 7 COMMON GULLS (Broadfield), 2 GREENFINCHES (Legal & General), 2 GOLDFINCHES (1 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 6 GREEN WOODPECKERS (4 C.Farm, 2 Woodpecker Meadow), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance), 1+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET (C.Farm), c50 CHAFFINCHES (Wood Lane/Tattenham Meadow) - DKC


Thursday 15th
  • ♂ BARN OWL still (in barn by derelict barn near Reads Rest Cottages) - JH
  • 8.57am-4.02pm: MEADOW PIPIT (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (Broadfield/Death Pit), c100 STOCK DOVES (Broadfield), MISTLE THRUSH (Death Pit), 2+ BULLFINCHES (The Scrub/Woodpecker Meadow), 2 TREECREEPERS (1 Tawny Wood, 1 near Piddly Pond), c27 LESSER REDPOLLS (The Scrub), 1+ SKYLARK (C.Farm), GREENFINCH (Lunch Wood), 2+ NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 24+ FIELDFARES (12+ C.Farm, 12+ The Scrub/Woodpecker Meadow), 4+ REDWINGS (1+ Ivy Wood, 3+ The Scrub/Woodpecker Meadow), 3 COAL TITS (1 Tawny Wood, 2 B.Woods), 9 GOLDCRESTS (3 Ivy Wood, 2 Tawny Wood, 1 Pages Acre, 1 Chipstead Road, 1 The Scrub/Woodpecker Meadow, 1 NW of The Scrub), 10 HERRING GULLS (Legal & General), 16 COMMON GULLS (ad Green Belt Field, 11 Broadfield (10 ads & 1 1st-w.), 3 ads Legal & General, 1 flew over Chipstead Bottom), c15 LONG-TAILED TITS (2 Ivy Wood, 1 Pages Acre, c12 The Scrub/Woodpecker Meadow), 4 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 Tawny Wood, 1 The Scrub, 2 Woodpecker Meadow), c140 LINNETS (c100 Green Belt Field, c40 Quail Field), 3+ GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 Ruffett Wood etc, 1 Tawny Wood, 1 B.Woods) - DKC


Wednesday 14th
  • no reported sightings


Tuesday 13th
  • 8.37am-4.19pm: CROSSBILL flew south at 9.09am (Pages Acre/Buzzard Field), PEREGRINE hunting at 10.42am (Broadfield), WOODCOCK flushed at 1.57pm (The Scrub), ROOK (C.Farm), MEADOW PIPIT flew over (Infront George Field/Stoney Nob), c10 YELLOWHAMMERS (Infront George Field/Skylark Field/Legal & General), 40+ LESSER REDPOLLS (20+ Pages Acre, 20+ B.Woods), c16 SKYLARKS (flew from Skylark Field to Broadfield), 6 BULLFINCHES (2 Legal & General, 1 Gunman's Shaw/Lunch Wood, 1 near Piddly Pond, 2 The Scrub), LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), 2 TREECREEPERS (1 Pages Acre, 1 by The Scrub), 2 PHEASANTS (♂+♀) (Horse Pasture), 20+ FIELDFARES (C.Farm), 4 COAL TITS (1 by Pages Acre horse paddocks, 1 Pages Acre, 1 NE corner of Ruffett Wood, 1 near Piddly Pond), 2 GREENFINCHES (Legal & General), 2+ NUTHATCHES (near Piddly Pond), 5 GOLDCRESTS (1 Ivy Wood, 1 Legal & General, 1 NE corner of Ruffett Wood, 1 Pages Acre, 1+ near Piddly Pond), 19+ LONG-TAILED TITS (2 Ivy Wood, 8 Tawny Wood, c7 Pages Acre, 2+ B.Woods), COMMON GULL (C.Farm), 50+ LINNETS (C.Farm), STOCK DOVES, 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (B.Woods) - DKC


Monday 12th
  • 1.30pm-4.45pm: (all C.Farm) c15 MEADOW PIPITS (Infront George Field), c10 YELLOWHAMMERS (Infront George Field), c12 SKYLARKS (Infront George Field), LESSER REDPOLL, TREECREEPER (Tawny Wood), c40 FIELDFARES (around Infront George Field), 2+ REDWINGS (around Infront George Field), GREENFINCH (Legal & General/Infront George Field), PIED WAGTAIL, NUTHATCH (by Pages Acre horse paddock), 2 GOLDCRESTS (1 Ivy Wood, 1 Tawny Wood), LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), COMMON BUZZARD (Broadfield), COAL TIT (by Pages Acre horse paddock), ♂ PHEASANT (Broadfield), c100 LINNETS (Broadfield), 2 COMMON GULLS (Broadfield), 9 LONG-TAILED TITS (by Pages Acre horse paddock), GREEN WOODPECKER - DKC


Sunday 11th
  • 8.05am-3.48pm: ad GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL flew SW at c8.40am (C.Farm), LAPWING till 9.20am then flew west (Broadfield), CORMORANT flew SE at 8.52am (C.Farm), GREY HERON flew over (C.Farm), ♂ KESTREL (Woodpecker Meadow), 2 MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 2 ROOKS flew over (Green Belt Field), COMMON BUZZARD (Broadfield), 2 BULLFINCHES (♂ near C.Farmhouse, 1 The Scrub), 19 LESSER REDPOLLS (15 flew over C.Farm, 4 by Piddly Pond), c35 FIELDFARES (C.Farm), 6+ PHEASANTS (2+♂+4♀) (Broadfield), 3 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), 50+ STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), 2 GOLDCRESTS (1 near Tawny Wood, 1 NE corner of Ruffett Wood), 200+ CHAFFINCHES (mainly Green Belt Field), c200 LINNETS (Green Belt Field), 5 NUTHATCHES (1 Ruffett Wood, 4 around Piddly Pond), 2 COMMON GULLS (1 Green Belt Field, 1 Broadfield), c22 LONG-TAILED TITS (14 Pages Acre/Ruffett Wood, c8 The Scrub), 3 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 2 near Piddly Pond), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 Tawny Wood, 1 The Scrub), 2+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) - DKC
  • GREY HERON flew over (Slangs), ♀ KESTREL (C.Farm), 15 imm HERRING GULLS (Broadfield) - IGM
  • (all C.Farm) REDWING, COAL TIT, 2 GOLDCRESTS - PGo


Saturday 10th
  • 8.16am-5.00pm: ♂ BARN OWL (in large asbestos barn by derelict barn near R.R.Cottages all day then hunting over Harrier Field, Watchpoint area & Bog Field 4.45pm-4.50pm at least) (see Gallery), CHIFFCHAFF still (Pages Acre), c8 MEADOW PIPITS (Tart's Field), 1+ GREY HERON flew over (C.Farm), 3 LITTLE OWLS (1 barns near R.R.Cottages, 1 Legal & General area, 1 east side of Horse Pasture), COMMON BUZZARD (over Death Pit/Buzzard Field), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 2 ♀ BULLFINCHES (1 R.R.Lane entrance to B.Woods, 1 The Scrub), YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), c22 LESSER REDPOLLS (1 flew over C.Farm, c21 The Scrub), 1+ SKYLARK (C.Farm), 2 TREECREEPERS (1 Pages Acre, 1 B.Woods), REDWING (Ivy Wood), c58 FIELDFARES (C.Farm), LINNET (C.Farm), 3 COAL TITS (1 SE corner of Tattenham Meadow, 1 Pages Acre, 1 near Piddly Pond), 2+ NUTHATCHES (1+ Pages Acre/Circle Field, 1 B.Woods), 5 GOLDCRESTS (2 Pages Acre, 1 Tawny Wood, 1 by Piddly Pond, 1 The Scrub), 17+ LONG-TAILED TITS (10+ Pages Acre, 5 Tawny Wood, 1+ near Watchpoint, 1+ The Scrub), GOLDFINCH (C.Farm), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 3+ GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (2+ C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 3+ SONG THRUSHES (2+ by Ivy Wood, 1 Lunch Wood area (all singing)), c30 CHAFFINCHES (Wood Lane), COMMON GULL (C.Farm), 2+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) - DKC/RDW/IJ/PGo et al
  •  KESTREL (Green Belt Field/Ruffett Wood) - via DKC 


Friday 9th
  • 7.20am-9.37am: (all C.Farm) CHIFFCHAFF still (Pages Acre), c5 LESSER REDPOLLS (Buzzard Field/Pages Acre), 1+ SKYLARK, TREECREEPER (Pages Acre), 10+ FIELDFARES, 4 REDWINGS flew over, 2 GOLDCRESTS (Pages Acre), COAL TIT (Pages Acre), 3 SONG THRUSHES (2 around Ivy Wood, 1 by Chipstead Road (all singing)), c20 LINNETS (Broadfield), c7 LONG-TAILED TITS (2+ Circle Field, c5 Pages Acre), GOLDFINCH (Pages Acre), GREEN WOODPECKER, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Pages Acre), 4 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC


Thursday 8th
  • 2.18pm-4.18pm: (all C.Farm) CHIFFCHAFF still (Pages Acre), c20 COMMON GULLS flew over, SPARROWHAWK, LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), 10+ LESSER REDPOLLS (Pages Acre), GOLDCREST (Pages Acre), c10 LONG-TAILED TITS (Pages Acre) - DKC


Wednesday 7th
  • no reported sightings


Tuesday 6th
  • no reported sightings


Monday 5th
  • no reported sightings


Sunday 4th
  • c8.15am-3.19pm: ad GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL flew south at 2.51pm (Perrotts by Wood), WOODCOCK flushed (B.Woods between R.R.Lane entrance & Piddly Pond), MEADOW PIPIT (C.Farm), 20+ FIELDFARES (C.Farm), 1+ SISKIN flew over (B.Woods), 5+ REDWINGS flew over (B.Woods), LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), SPARROWHAWK (B.Woods near car park), c3 LESSER REDPOLLS (1 flew over C.Farm, 2 flew over B.Woods), COAL TIT (B.Woods), ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (Legal & General), 4 GOLDCRESTS (B.Woods (1 singing)), 2 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), c175 STOCK DOVES (Broadfield), 3 COMMON GULLS (Legal & General), c200 LINNETS (main flock Broadfield, 1 The Scrub), c200 CHAFFINCHES (Broadfield), 4 SONG THRUSHES (2 B.Woods near Piddly Pond, 2 near B.Woods car park (both singing)), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (B.Woods), c128 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Legal & General), c100 feral ROCK DOVES (Broadfield), 5 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm)



Saturday 3rd
  • Morning: 32 FIELDFARES (30 C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), 20 LESSER REDPOLLS (The Scrub), 5 REDWINGS (3 C.Farm, 2 The Scrub) SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), c100 LINNETS (C.Farm), 200 STOCK DOVES (C.Farm) - PGo
  • 2.30pm-3.50pm: (all C.Farm) GREY HERON flew north (Buzzard Field), c8 REDWINGS (Lambert's Shaw), up to 55 FIELDFARES, ♂ SPARROWHAWK (flew towards Death Pit), c40 LINNETS (Broadfield), c20 CHAFFINCHES, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Lambert's Shaw) - AD


Friday 2nd
  • 8.11am-9.45am: (all C.Farm) 5 FIELDFARES (Broadfield) (see Gallery), MISTLE THRUSH (Aberdour School (singing)), SKYLARK, TREECREEPER (north side of Broadfield), 5 ♂ PHEASANTS (Broadfield), GREENFINCH, 200+ LINNETS, ♀ KESTREL (on barns behind C.Farmhouse), 100+ CHAFFINCHES, GREEN WOODPECKER (SW corner of Pipit Meadow), GOLDFINCH (Circle Field), 3 GOLDCRESTS (1 Ivy Wood, 2 Circle Field), LONG-TAILED TIT (Circle Field), 5 SONG THRUSHES (1 Ivy Wood, 1 Wood Lane, 1 Chipstead Meadow, 1 Tawny Wood, 1 Lambert's Shaw (all singing)), 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC


Thursday 1st
  • 1.47pm-4.35pm: (all C.Farm) CHIFFCHAFF (Tattenham Meadow), ♂ TAWNY OWL (C.Wood (singing)), c25 FIELDFARES, 3 REDWINGS, 3 MISTLE THRUSHES (Circle Field), 3 SONG THRUSHES (2 Circle Field, 1 Watchpoint (singing)), 2+ LITTLE OWLS (1 by barns behind C.Farmhouse, 1+ Pages Acre area), 4 LESSER REDPOLLS (Circle Field), 2 ROOKS flew over, TREECREEPER (Circle Field), 3 GOLDCRESTS (1 Wood Lane, 2 Circle Field), 1+ NUTHATCH (Circle Field), 7 COMMON GULLS, 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Circle Field), 7+ LONG-TAILED TITS (2+ by Ivy Wood, 5+ Circle Field) - DKC