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

November 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.

Wednesday 30th

• 12.27pm-3.37pm: (all C.Farm) 2+ MEADOW PIPITS, 2 MISTLE THRUSHES, c20 FIELDFARES, KESTREL, LESSER REDPOLL, 3 LITTLE OWLS (1 east side of Horse Pasture, 2 Bog Field area), 3+ SKYLARKS, YELLOWHAMMER, 100+ LINNETS, 2 SONG THRUSHES (1 Legal & General, 1 by Harrier Field), TREECREEPER (Ivy Wood), COAL TIT (Circle Field), c4 NUTHATCHES, 7+ GREENFINCHES (inc 6+ Reads Bottom/Slangs), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Pages Acre), GOLDCREST (Ivy Wood), 8+ LONG-TAILED TITS (4+ Ivy Wood, 3+ south end of Tattenham Meadow, 1+ Pages Acre), 7+ COMMON GULLS, 1+ GOLDFINCH, 42+ STOCK DOVES (Broadfield), 7+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC
• 6 FIELDFARES (Broadfield), TREECREEPER (Lunch Wood), NUTHATCH (Lunch Wood), 50+ CHAFFINCHES (Lunch Wood), 30+ LINNETS (bathing by C.Farmhouse) - CA

Tuesday 29th

• no reported sightings

Monday 30th

• no reported sightings

Sunday 27th

• 7.13am-8.39am/11.17am-3.56pm: 3 COMMON BUZZARDS (1 C.Farm, 2*), KESTREL (C.Farm), 2+ MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 8+ FIELDFARES (C.Farm), 3 REDWINGS (B.Woods Short Route), 1+ YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (B.Woods), c2 SISKINS flew over (B.Woods), 2 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 5+ COAL TITS (B.Woods), 5 GOLDCRESTS (B.Woods), ♀ PHEASANT (Horse Pasture), LONG-TAILED TIT (B.Woods), GOLDFINCH (C.Farm), 3+ COMMON GULLS (C.Farm), 10+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm), 3 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 2 B.Woods) - DKC/IJ
• 29 FIELDFARES (Kingswood Residential) - DrC

Saturday 26th

• 6.55am-3.22pm: 6+ ROOKS flew over (C.Farm), LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), PHEASANT (C.Farm), c210 STOCK DOVES (Broadfield), KESTREL (C.Farm), 2 SISKINS flew over (B.Woods), 8+ LESSER REDPOLLS (1+ flew over C.Farm, 7+ showing well near Piddly Pond), 2 MISTLE THRUSHES (C.Farm), 18+ FIELDFARES (C.Farm), 9 REDWINGS (7 Lunch Wood, 1 The Scrub, 1 B.Woods Short Route), 4+ MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 4 BULLFINCHES (3 The Scrub, 1 B.Woods Short Route), 2 COLLARED DOVES (C.Farm), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (Infront George Field/Skylark Field), GREENFINCH (Legal & General), 5 COAL TITS (B.Woods), 6 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 7 GOLDCRESTS (1 Copt Hill Lane, 1 Infront George Field, 5 B.Woods), 5 SKYLARKS (C.Farm (1 singing)), ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (Legal & General), SONG THRUSH (B.Woods near car park (singing)), 2 COMMON GULLS (1 Legal & General, 1 Broadfield), 3 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 Gunman's Shaw, 2 B.Woods), 3+ LONG-TAILED TITS (B.Woods), 3 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), c450 WOODPIGEONS flew over (C.Farm/B.Woods), 2+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) - DKC/IJ
• c300 LINNETS (C.Farm), c200 CHAFFINCHES (C.Farm), 5 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 3 LESSER REDPOLLS showing well (by Piddly Pond), 3 MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm) - PGo

Friday 25th

• 7.18am-9.41am: (all C.Farm) MISTLE THRUSH (Aberdour School & south end of Broadfield (singing)), KESTREL, LESSER REDPOLL, 17+ FIELDFARES, 8 REDWINGS, 2 SONG THRUSHES (1 Aberdour School (singing), 1 Tattenham Meadow (singing)), LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), 300+ LINNETS, 5+ MEADOW PIPITS, c10 SKYLARKS, 1+ ♂ PHEASANT, 4 YELLOWHAMMERS (Reads Bottom), NUTHATCH (Circle Field), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 2 GOLDCRESTS (1 by Ivy Wood, 1 Circle Field), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, c10 LONG-TAILED TITS (c8 Circle Field, 2+ Tawny Wood), 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS, 4 GOLDFINCHES (1 Wood Lane, 3 by R.R.Cottages), 123+ WOODPIGEONS flew over - DKC

Thursday 24th

• 1.48pm-4.42pm: (all C.Farm) 2 MEADOW PIPITS, 3 FIELDFARES, 2 GOLDCRESTS (1 Ivy Wood, 1 Pages Acre), TREECREEPER (Pages Acre), KESTREL, 3 YELLOWHAMMERS, 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 east side of Horse Pasture, 1 flew across Bog Field), COAL TIT (Pages Acre), NUTHATCH (SE corner of Tattenham Meadow), GREEN WOODPECKER, 5 COMMON GULLS (Broadfield), STOCK DOVE, c6 LONG-TAILED TITS (1 Wood Lane, c5 Pages Acre) - DKC

Wednesday 23rd

• 2.07pm-4.45pm: (all C.Farm) c27 MEADOW PIPITS, COMMON BUZZARD (Broadfield), 3 ♂ PHEASANTS (Broadfield), c5 LESSER REDPOLLS (Tattenham Meadow/Circle Field), 2 LITTLE OWLS (east side of Horse Pasture), 4+ SKYLARKS, 2 YELLOWHAMMERS, 3 FIELDFARES, c100 LINNETS, COAL TIT (Circle Field), 2+ COMMON GULLS, PIED WAGTAIL, GOLDCREST (Ivy Wood), 6+ LONG-TAILED TITS (3+ Ivy Wood, 1 Circle Field, 2 Pages Acre), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Circle Field), GREEN WOODPECKER, 2 GOLDFINCHES (Tattenham Meadow/Circle Field), 2+ SONG THRUSHES (1 singing) - DKC

Tuesday 22nd

• no reported sightings

Monday 21st

• 2.10pm-4.48pm: (all C.Farm) CHIFFCHAFF (Pages Acre), LESSER REDPOLL flew over, SISKIN flew over, 2 LAPWINGS (Broadfield), SKYLARK, KESTREL (barns behind C.Farmhouse), YELLOWHAMMER, c300 LINNETS, COMMON BUZZARD (Lambert's Shaw), 10 FIELDFARES, 2 SONG THRUSHES (1 Circle Field (singing), 1 Lambert's Shaw), 2+ LITTLE OWLS, PHEASANT, TREECREEPER (Pages Acre), NUTHATCH (Pages Acre), COAL TIT (Pages Acre), 6+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Pages Acre/Circle Field), 1+ GOLDFINCH, 1+ GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, GREEN WOODPECKER - DKC

Sunday 20th

• Morning: (all C.Farm) 13 LAPWINGS (Broadfield), 3 YELLOWHAMMERS, COMMON BUZZARD, 10+ SKYLARKS, 300+ LINNETS, 50 CHAFFINCHES - PGo
• CORMORANT flew north at 2.55pm (The Scrub), REDWING (B.Woods), 5 GOLDCRESTS (B.Woods), c20 NUTHATCHES (3 Lunch Wood, c17 B.Woods), LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), 5 COAL TITS (B.Woods), TREECREEPER (B.Woods), 8 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 8 COMMON GULLS (C.Farm), KESTREL (Lunch Wood), SPARROWHAWK (B.Woods), c60 STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), 30 LINNETS (C.Farm), 3 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), c250 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (C.Farm) - MSt
• CORMORANT flew over (C.Farm), LAPWING flew over (C.Farm) - RDW

Saturday 19th

• 6.40am-2.42pm: c30 MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 30+ FIELDFARES (C.Farm), 6+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 4 ROOKS (Gunman's Shaw), 2+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 5 PHEASANTS (3♂+2♀) (C.Farm), 3 MISTLE THRUSHES (Broadfield), 4 LESSER REDPOLLS (1 flew over C.Farm, 3 B.Woods), 2 BULLFINCHES (♂ showing well by Piddly Pond, 1 The Scrub), SISKIN flew over (B.Woods), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), 2 GOLDCRESTS (1 just NW of The Scrub, 1 B.Woods Short Route), COAL TIT (B.Woods), 200+ LINNETS (C.Farm - 6 flew over R.R.Lane end of B.Woods), 1+ TREECREEPER (B.Woods), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), GREENFINCH (C.Farm), 2 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 50+ STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), 5 NUTHATCHES (1 Lunch Wood, 4 B.Woods), 4 COMMON GULLS (C.Farm), many BLACK-HEADED GULLS (inc.c146 Legal & General) (Mammals: 4 Roe Deer (Infront George Field) - DKC/IJ
• Late afternoon: 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (Broadfield), NUTHATCH (Ruffett Wood), GREEN WOODPECKER (Perrotts by Wood), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Poultry Field) (Mammals: Weasel (Pheasant Field/Green Belt Field) - A&L
• 32 MEADOW PIPITS (flew from Infront George Field late in day) - SG

Friday 18th

• GREY PLOVER flew NE at 10.45am (C.Farm), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (Quail Field) - JA
• 7.16am-9.33am: (all C.Farm) 12 CROSSBILLS flew SW at 8.22am (Watchpoint), 6 FIELDFARES, 4+ SKYLARKS, MEADOW PIPIT, COMMON BUZZARD, 3+ LESSER REDPOLLS flew over, 2 REDWINGS (Tattenham Meadow), PIED WAGTAIL, TREECREEPER (Circle Field/Pages Acre), SISKIN flew over, MISTLE THRUSH (Aberdour School (singing)), KESTREL (Tattenham Meadow), COAL TIT (Circle Field), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (by R.R.Cottages), 2 GOLDCRESTS (1 Horse Pasture, 1 Pages Acre), SONG THRUSH (Pages Acre), 900+ WOODPIGEONS flew over, 2 NUTHATCHES (1 Circle Field, 1 Pages Acre), 2 GOLDFINCHES, many BLACK-HEADED GULLS (inc. c.10 Aberdour School) (possible Corn Bunting (flew from by R.R.Cottages towards Quail Field and appeared to drop down) - DKC
• Late afternoon: (all C.Farm) GREY HERON (Broadfield), LITTLE OWL, PHEASANT, 16 MEADOW PIPITS - IJ

Thursday 17th

• SHORT-EARED OWL high east at 4.30pm (Broadfield), probable Barn Owl c.4.45pm (around R.R.Cottages) - IJ
• 11.46am-4.43pm: (all C.Farm) 11 FIELDFARES (Slangs/Stoney Nob), LESSER REDPOLL flew over, c.20 MEADOW PIPITS (around R.R.Cottages), c.12 SKYLARKS (mainly Skylark Field), YELLOWHAMMER (around R.R.Cottages), c.104 STOCK DOVES (Broadfield), COMMON BUZZARD, SPARROWHAWK, 3 LITTLE OWLS (1 east side of Horse Pasture, 1 Gunman's Shaw, 1 Legal & General/Stoney Nob), 300+ LINNETS (Broadfield), TREECREEPER (Pages Acre), 3 GOLDCRESTS (1 Ivy Wood, 1 Wood Lane, 1 Pages Acre), ROOK flew over (Poultry Field/Pheasant Field), MISTLE THRUSH then flew north (Tattenham Meadow), 2 COMMON GULLS, GREENFINCH, PHEASANT, ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over, COAL TIT (Circle Field), 2 NUTHATCHES (Lunch Wood), 8 LONG-TAILED TITS (near derelict barn), 3 GOLDFINCHES, SONG THRUSH (Circle Field (singing)), 3+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC

Wednesday 16th

• 1.58pm-5.03pm: (all C.Farm) GOLDEN PLOVER flew south at 3.33pm, CHIFFCHAFF (Circle Field), 25 MEADOW PIPITS (around R.R.Cottages), ROOK flew over (Broadfield), FIELDFARE (Lambert's Shaw/Death Pit), LESSER REDPOLL flew over (NE end of Broadfield), YELLOWHAMMER (Broadfield/Harrier Field), 300+ LINNETS (Broadfield/Lambert's Shaw), PHEASANT (near C.Farmhouse), COMMON BUZZARD (Lambert's Shaw), SPARROWHAWK (just east of C.Farmhouse), GOLDCREST (Lambert's Shaw/Pages Acre), 3 COAL TITS (2 Lambert's Shaw/Pages Acre, 2 Circle Field), GREEN WOODPECKER (Circle Field), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 1+ LONG-TAILED TIT (Pages Acre) - DKC/IJ
• (all C.Farm) 39 FIELDFARES, 4 REDWINGS, 6 YELLOWHAMMERS, 100+ STOCK DOVES (Broadfield), MISTLE THRUSH, 600+ LINNETS - RDW

Tuesday 15th

• 1.51pm-5.02pm: (all C.Farm) ad GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL flew north with HERRING GULLS, 2 COMMON SNIPE flew over, 9 CANADA GEESE flew SE, 10 MEADOW PIPITS, 3 LITTLE OWLS, SPARROWHAWK, MISTLE THRUSH, YELLOWHAMMER, TREECREEPER (Circle Field), 3+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Circle Field), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Pages Acre), 3 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farmhouse) - DKC/NR/JB
• (all C.Farm) 2 LAPWINGS flew over, COMMON BUZZARD - JB
• small grey falcon sp (Fames Rough) - RJ

Monday 14th

• STONECHAT (Harrier Field) - RDW
• GREY HERON (Broadfield), LITTLE OWL (Harrier Field) (no sign of Short-eared Owl early morning or around dusk) - NR

Sunday 13th

• 3.50pm-4.30pm: SHORT-EARED OWL (flew from Stoney Nob to Infront George Field at 4.30pm then from Horse Pasture to Infront George Field at 4.40pm), 3 FIELDFARES (2 Copt Hill Lane, 1 Infront George Field), 4 REDWINGS flew north (Legal & General), LITTLE OWL (barns by C.Farmhouse) - IPW
• 6.52am-4.29pm: EGYPTIAN GOOSE flew towards Burgh Heath at 7.30am (C.Farm), 2 ad GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew high NW(C.Farm), 2♀ STONECHATS (Harrier Field), 40 LAPWINGS flew over (C.Farm), 1+ BRAMBLING (C.Farm), CORMORANT flew over (C.Farm), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (C.Farm), 2 SPARROWHAWKS (C.Farm), 300+ LINNETS (Broadfield), 4,200+ WOODPIGEONS flew over (C.Farm), GREY HERON flew over (C.Farm), c.15 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 2+ ROOKS (C.Farm), c.9 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), MISTLE THRUSH (C.Farm), 3+ FIELDFARES (C.Farm), 6+ REDWINGS (5 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 7+ MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 3+ BULLFINCHES (Infront George Field/Legal & General), 3 SISKINS flew over (B.Woods), 11+ LESSER REDPOLLS (5+ flew over C.Farm, 6+ B.Woods), 3 NUTHATCHES (1 SE corner of Broadfield, 2 B.Woods), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), 1+ TREECREEPER (B.Woods), 4+ COMMON GULLS (C.Farm), PHEASANT (C.Farm), 3+ GREENFINCHES (C.Farm), 17 STOCK DOVES (Broadfield), GOLDFINCH (C.Farm), 3+ LONG-TAILED TITS (2 Lunch Wood, 1+ B.Woods), SONG THRUSH (Pages Acre (singing)), GREEN WOODPECKER (C.Farm), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (B.Woods) (Butterflies: Red Admiral (Broadfield/Lunch Wood)) - DKC/RDW/IJ et al
• BRAMBLING with 30+ CHAFFINCHES (Pheasant Field/Green Belt Field border) - A&L
  

Saturday 12th

• 6.55am-5.04pm: SHORT-EARED OWL 8.10am-8.17am (flew from Harrier Field then appeared to drop down south of C.Farmhouse; no sign at dusk) (see Gallery), 2 COMMON SNIPE at 4.54pm (flew from Bog Field), 1+ CROSSBILL flew over (C.Farm), 46 LAPWINGS (5 in Broadfield; 26 flew SE; flock of 15 circled then 11 flew SW & 4 flew SE) (see Gallery), ♂ TAWNY OWL (Pages Acre (singing)), GREY HERON (C.Farm - on barns for a while), 10+ MEADOW PIPITS, 33+ FIELDFARES (30+ C.Farm, 3 The Scrub), c.34 REDWINGS (6 C.Farm, c.28 B.Woods), 2+ MISTLE THRUSHES (C.Farm), 1+ ROOK (C.Farm), c.13 SKYLARKS (c.12 C.Farm, 1 flew over Woodpecker Meadow), 1+ SISKIN flew over (Woodpecker Meadow), 70+ LESSER REDPOLLS (50+ flew from C.Farm to B.Woods then feeding in birches B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance; c.25 around The Scrub), 3+ LITTLE OWLS (C.Farm (inc 1 singing (Gunman's Shaw))), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm),  5+ BULLFINCHES (3+ The Scrub, 1 by Piddly Pond, 1 near R.R.Lane entrance to The Scrub), 3 TREECREEPERS (B.Woods), COAL TIT (B.Woods), 3 GOLDCRESTS (B.Woods), 8+ PHEASANTS (5+♂+2♀ C.Farm, 1+♂ B.Woods), 8 NUTHATCHES (1 C.Farm, 7 B.Woods), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), 3+ YELLOWHAMMERS (2+ C.Farm, 1 flew over Woodpecker Meadow), 300+ LINNETS (C.Farm), 4+ SONG THRUSHES (3 C.Farm (1 singing), 1+ The Scrub), 11 STOCK DOVES (Broadfield), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (B.Woods), 4+ GREEN WOODPECKERS (3+ C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 4+ GREENFINCHES (3+ C.Farm, ♂ The Scrub), 3+ GOLDFINCHES (2+ C.Farm, 1 The Scrub) (Butterflies: Red Admiral flew south (The Scrub). Dragonflies: hawker sp (by Perrotts Farmhouse). Mammals: 3 Roe Deer (♂, ♀ & adolescent) (Broadfield)) - DKC/IJ/RDW/PGo
• Late news 29th Oct: WOODCOCK (Buzzard Field) - Sh

Friday 11th

• 7.18am-9.35am: (all C.Farm) (thick fog) 1+ FIELDFARE, 14+ REDWINGS, COAL TIT (by Ivy Wood), 2 MEADOW PIPITS, c.15 LINNETS, SISKIN, GOLDFINCH, YELLOWHAMMER, 2+ PIED WAGTAILS, GOLDCREST (Wood Lane), 14+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Wood Lane) - DKC

Thursday 10th

• 2.46pm-4.39pm: (all C.Farm) 5 CROSSBILLS flew high north at 2.16pm (Tattenham Meadow), 5 LITTLE OWLS, LESSER REDPOLL, 5 FIELDFARES, REDWING, MISTLE THRUSH, 20+ MEADOW PIPITS, 3 PHEASANTS (♂ Death Pit, 2♀ Broadfield), COMMON BUZZARD, SPARROWHAWK, 1+ KESTREL, 1+ SKYLARK, 60+ LINNETS, 3+ YELLOWHAMMERS, PIED WAGTAIL, COMMON GULL flew over, NUTHATCH (around Circle Field), COAL TIT (Circle Field), c.5 LONG-TAILED TITS (Ivy Wood), 2 GREENFINCHES, GOLDFINCH, 2+ GREEN WOODPECKERS, 3 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, STOCK DOVE (Tattenham Meadow (singing), c.5 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC

Wednesday 9th

• 4.14pm-5.00pm: (all C.Farm) ad GREY HERON (Broadfield), MEADOW PIPIT, 2 LITTLE OWLS, PHEASANT - DKC 

Tuesday 8th

• 12.50pm-1.55pm: 4 SKYLARKS, KESTREL, COMMON GULL, NUTHATCH, 3 GREENFINCHES, 6+ GOLDFINCHES, 6 LONG-TAILED TITS, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER - IJ

Monday 7th

• no reported sightings

Sunday 6th

• 7.26am-10.49am/1.50pm-4.27pm: (all C.Farm) 39 (Dark-bellied) BRENT GEESE flew SW at 8.35am (see Gallery), 12 LAPWINGS c.9.25am-9.30am then flew SW (Broadfield) (see Gallery), ad GREY HERON (Broadfield), 3 LESSER REDPOLLS flew over, 2 SISKINS flew over, 3 MISTLE THRUSHES (Broadfield), c.15 SKYLARKS (1 singing), 3+ MEADOW PIPITS, 7+ YELLOWHAMMERS, 18 FIELDFARES, 10 REDWINGS, COMMON BUZZARD (Broadfield/Gunman's Shaw), KESTREL, SPARROWHAWK, GREENFINCH, PIED WAGTAIL, 2 ♂ PHEASANTS, 200+ LINNETS, COLLARED DOVE, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 550+ WOODPIGEONS (350+ flew south, 200+ around Broadfield) - DKC/RDW
• LAPWING - JH
• Late afternoon: c.25 FIELDFARES (Lunch Wood/Slangs), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (Slangs) - IGM

Saturday 5th

• no reported sightings

Friday 4th

• LAPWING - JH
• 7.20am-9.39pm: (all C.Farm) juv GREY HERON (Harrier Field), FIELDFARE, REDWING, MISTLE THRUSH (Broadfield), 3+ YELLOWHAMMERS, 300+ LINNETS (Broadfield), 200+ CHAFFINCHES, 11 PHEASANTS (5♂+6♀) (Broadfield), 2+ SKYLARKS, mixed flock c.80 REDPOLLS/SISKINS flew over (Green Belt Field towards B.Woods), KESTREL, SPARROWHAWK, 1+ BULLFINCH (Tawny Wood), NUTHATCH (Lunch Wood), TREECREEPER (Circle Field), 1+ SONG THRUSH (by R.R.Cottages),  2 GOLDCRESTS (1 Circle Field, 1 Tawny Wood), 2 COAL TITS (1 Ruffett Wood, 1 Tawny Wood), 5+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Circle Field), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, c.112 HERRING GULLS (Broadfield), c.75 STOCK DOVES (Broadfield), 8 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC

Thursday 3rd

• 1.48pm-4.40pm: (all C.Farm) 9 CANADA GEESE till 2.40pm then flew SE (Broadfield), 1st-winter GREY HERON (Broadfield), ROOK (Broadfield), 5 MEADOW PIPITS, 2 LESSER REDPOLLS flew over, COMMON BUZZARD (Broadfield), c.250 JACKDAWS, YELLOWHAMMER, LITTLE OWL, c.20 LINNETS, KESTREL, PHEASANT, c.45 STOCK DOVES (Broadfield), 2 COMMON GULLS (Broadfield), GOLDFINCH (Wood Lane), 3 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC 

Wednesday 2nd

• 2.30pm-3.09pm: (all C.Farm) MISTLE THRUSH (just north of Watchpoint), 2+ MEADOW PIPITS, KESTREL, SPARROWHAWK, REDWING, YELLOWHAMMER, ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over, SONG THRUSH (Legal & General), 2 GOLDCRESTS (Ivy Wood),  1+ ♂ PHEASANT, GREENFINCH, c.80 LINNETS, c.4 STOCK DOVES, c.10 LONG-TAILED TITS (by Ivy Wood), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 2+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC

Tuesday 1st

• no reported sightings

October 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.

Monday 31st

• no reported sightings 

Sunday 30th

• 12.43pm-4.48pm: 1+ BRAMBLING (SW corner of Broadfield), 800+ LINNETS (SW corner of Broadfield), c.400 JACKDAWS (Broadfield), 5 FIELDFARES flew over (C.Farm), c.15 REDWINGS (B.Woods), 2 MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 3+ SKYLARKS (Broadfield/Infront George Field), c.4 YELLOWHAMMERS (SW corner of Broadfield), 2+ BULLFINCHES (1+ Legal & General, 1 The Scrub), 300+ CHAFFINCHES (SW corner of Broadfield), 2 SONG THRUSHES (1 Legal & General, 1 by Piddly Pond), 5 COMMON GULLS (4 ads Legal & General, 1st-winter Broadfield), ♀ PHEASANT (Horse Pasture), 2+ GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), NUTHATCH (by Piddly Pond), 2+ ROOKS (1 Broadfield, 1+ flew over Fames Rough), 7+ GOLDCRESTS (B.Woods), GREEN WOODPECKER ( B.Woods), c.80 STOCK DOVES (Broadfield) - DKC/IGM

Saturday 29th

• WOODCOCK (Buzzard Field)- Sh

Monday 24th-Friday 28th

• no reported sightings

Sunday 23rd

• (all C.Farm) up to 30 SKYLARKS, 200+ LINNETS, 5+ YELLOWHAMMERS, 30+ CHAFFINCHES - PGo
• good numbers of BLACK-HEADED GULLS, LINNETS, WOODPIGEONS, STOCK DOVES, STARLINGS, CHAFFINCHES, JACKDAWS etc (Broadfield) - IGM

Saturday 22nd

• no reported sightings

Friday 21st

• 7.20am-9.41am: GREY WAGTAIL at 8.17am (flew towards Legal & General), BRAMBLING (C.Farm), GREY HERON (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 7+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 6 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 6+ SISKINS flew over (C.Farm), 200+ LINNETS (C.Farm), 3+ STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), 45+ FIELDFARES (C.Farm), 42+ REDWINGS (C.Farm), 3+ BULLFINCHES (1+ by Ivy Wood, 2 Tawny Wood), GREEN WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 4+ LONG-TAILED TITS (3+ Tawny Wood, 1+ Circle Field), COMMON GULL (C.Farm), 4+ GOLDCRESTS (1 Ivy Wood, 1+ Ruffett Wood, 1 Tawny Wood, 1 Chipstead Road), 2 PIED WAGTAILS (C.Farm), GOLDFINCH (end of R.R.Lane), 3 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 C.Farm to B.Woods, 1 B.Woods) - DKC

Thursday 20th

• 2.06pm-6.12pm: PEREGRINE flew over at 2.46pm (Broadfield), 4 FIELDFARES (Broadfield), GREY HERON flew over (C.Farm), MISTLE THRUSH flew over (Stoney Nob), 2 LESSER REDPOLLS flew over (Stoney Nob/Legal & General), 5 SISKINS flew over (C.Farm), BULLFINCH (Legal & General), 5+ GOLDCRESTS (1 by Ivy Wood, 2 Circle Field (1 singing), 1 Legal & General, 1+ NE end of Ruffett Wood), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), 2+ LITTLE OWLS (C.Farm), GREENFINCH (Legal & General), c.150 LINNETS (Broadfield), 3 MEADOW PIPITS (between Skylark Field & Stoney Nob), 1+ SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (Broadfield), 4 COMMON BUZZARDS (2 Broadfield/Death Pit, 2*), SONG THRUSH (Legal & General/Stoney Nob), COMMON GULL (Broadfield), 12+ LONG-TAILED TITS (1 by Ivy Wood, 6+ Legal & General, 5+ Tawny Wood), 2+ ♂ PHEASANTS (1+ Lunch Wood area, 1 B.Woods), 4+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), COAL TIT (Circle Field), 2+ GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (C.Farm), 2 GOLDFINCHES (around barns by C.Farmhouse), GREEN WOODPECKER (Legal & General/Stoney Nob), c.101 STOCK DOVES (Broadfield), 13 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Steep Banks) - DKC

Wednesday 19th

• 2.26pm-7.25pm: (all C.Farm) PEREGRINE flew east at 5.54pm, 3 LITTLE OWLS (2 around barns behind C.Farmhouse, 1 Horse Pasture), COMMON BUZZARD (over Death Pit & Ruffett Wood then feeding in Broadfield till 6.40pm), LESSER REDPOLL flew over, 2+ MEADOW PIPITS, KESTREL, ♂ SPARROWHAWK, YELLOWHAMMER, GOLDFINCH, 4 PHEASANTS (♂ Horse Pasture to Harrier Field, 3 ♀ Death Pit/Broadfield), 200+ LINNETS (Broadfield), 56+ STOCK DOVES (Broadfield), 7 COMMON GULLS (Broadfield), TREECREEPER (by Ivy Wood), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Legal & General/Stoney Nob), 1+ GOLDCREST (Circle Field (1 singing)), PIED WAGTAIL (Broadfield), 2+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC

 
Tuesday 18th

• no reported sightings

Monday 17th

• no reported sightings

Sunday 16th

• 7.55am-4.01pm: 1+ BRAMBLING (C.Farm, B.Woods by R.R.Lane, & by Piddly Pond), PEREGRINE (C.Farm), 4 SWALLOWS (C.Farm - inc.1 on wires), 1+ LESSER REDPOLL flew over (The Scrub), 2 FIELDFARES (C.Farm), GREY HERON flew over (C.Farm), 6 SISKINS flew over (C.Farm), c.22 REDWINGS (c.21 C.Farm, 1 by Piddly Pond), 4+ MISTLE THRUSHES (C.Farm), c.4+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 5+ MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 7+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 4+ COMMON GULLS (Broadfield), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (B.Woods), 308+ LINNETS (300+ C.Farm, c.8 The Scrub), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (Broadfield), ♂ PHEASANT (Harrier Field), c.200 CHAFFINCHES (Broadfield), 5+ PIED WAGTAILS (C.Farm), 3 NUTHATCHES (1 C.Farm, 2 B.Woods), GREENFINCH (Legal & General), GOLDCREST (Legal & General), COAL TIT (B.Woods), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Death Pit), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 Perrotts by Wood,  1 The Scrub), 5+ STOCK DOVES (C.Farm) - DKC/RDW/IJ
• 3 BRAMBLINGS with CHAFFINCHES at c.11.00am (Broadfield/Poultry Field border) - MW/SW
• (photo of ♂ Reed Bunting from Friday now on Gallery) 

Saturday 15th

• 2 GREY WAGTAILS flew NE (C.Farm) - RDW
• LAPWING (C.Farm), FIELDFARE (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), 10 PHEASANTS (C.Farm), REDWING (B.Woods), 2 COAL TITS (B.Woods), SISKIN (B.Woods), BULLFINCH (B.Woods), SONG THRUSH (B.Woods), 400+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS (C.Farm) - IJ
• (all C.Farm) juv PEREGRINE (over Broadfield), 200+ LINNETS, 14 PIED WAGTAILS, REDWING, COMMON BUZZARD, KESTREL, c.1,000 gulls in fields - PGo

Friday 14th

• ♂ REED BUNTING (Tart's Field/Bog Field border) (see Gallery), c.62 FIELDFARES flew roughly west (C.Farm), CHIFFCHAFF (Reads Bottom), 110+ REDWINGS (C.Farm), 4+ COMMON GULLS (3 ads over, ad Broadfield (poss same as above), 1st-winter Green Belt Field), 5+ SISKINS flew over (C.Farm), c.80 LINNETS (C.Farm), NUTHATCH (B.Woods), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), c.10 MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 2 STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), 8+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), juv LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (Broadfield), 5+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), PHEASANT (Broadfield), GOLDCREST (C.Farmhouse), GREENFINCH (C.Farm), 2+ PIED WAGTAILS (C.Farm), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (C.Farm) - DKC
•  c.300 LINNETS, 2 REDWINGS, 80+ STOCK DOVES, 2 COMMON BUZZARDS, LITTLE OWL, 2 YELLOWHAMMERS, imm LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (Broadfield), 2 SKYLARKS, c.120 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Broadfield) - RDW

Thursday 13th

• Afternoon: CHIFFCHAFF (The Scrub), GREY HERON (C.Farm), 3 BULLFINCHES (The Scrub), 3 LITTLE OWLS (2 in barn behind R.R.Cottages, 1 Horse Pasture/Broadfield border), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (Stoney Nob), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 3 PIED WAGTAILS (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (B.Woods), NUTHATCH (B.Woods), 50+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Broadfield) - IJ
• 4.53pm-6.23pm: (all C.Farm) ♂ STONECHAT (north side of Horse Pasture), 2 REDWINGS (Tattenham Meadow), 2 LITTLE OWLS (Horse Pasture), 30+ MEADOW PIPITS (around Harrier Field), COMMON BUZZARD (Broadfield), PIED WAGTAIL, PHEASANT, SPARROWHAWK, 2+ SKYLARKS, 7 YELLOWHAMMERS - DKC

Wednesday 12th

• (all C.Farm) RAVEN flew SW at 3.25pm, LITTLE OWL, 2 COMMON BUZZARDS, c.180 LINNETS - RDW

 Tuesday 11th

• 4.45pm-6.00pm: 150+ LINNETS (Broadfield), PIED WAGTAIL flew over (barns behind Reads Rest Cottages), KESTREL (The Scrub), GREEN WOODPECKER (The Scrub) - IJ

Monday 10th

• Afternoon: (all C.Farm) 7 SWALLOWS flew SE, REDWING, MISTLE THRUSH, 2 COMMON BUZZARDS, SPARROWHAWK, KESTREL - RDW

Sunday 9th

• (all C.Farm) 4 COMMON SNIPE flew SW at 1.05pm, RED KITE flew SW at 3.05pm, 4 COMMON BUZZARDS (3 flew SW) (Butterflies: 2 Red Admirals) - RDW
• 7.55am-12.08pm: (all C.Farm) SWALLOW flew south, c.135 REDWINGS, 20+ MISTLE THRUSHES, c.40 SKYLARKS, 2 ROOKS, COMMON BUZZARD, SPARROWHAWK, KESTREL, GOLDCREST (Legal & General), GREENFINCH, c.150 LINNETS, c.60 MEADOW PIPITS, 4+ YELLOWHAMMERS, 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 in barn by Reads Rest Cottages, 1 Infront George Field/Skylark Field), 2 GOLDFINCHES, ♂ PHEASANT (Broadfield), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (around C.Farmhouse), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 4 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - RDW/DKC et al
• 10 YELLOWHAMMERS (Poultry Field) - PGo
• 3.50pm-6.00pm: 3 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (B.Woods), GOLDCREST (B.Woods), 2 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods) - IJ
  

Saturday 8th

• 6.56am-12.28pm: WHEATEAR (Legal & General), 5 LESSER REDPOLLS flew south (The Scrub), COMMON GULL (Legal & General), 11 MISTLE THRUSHES flew NE (C.Farm), 3 SISKINS flew over (C.Farm - 1 then over B.Woods), LITTLE OWL (Infront George Field/Skylark Field border), 21 MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 5 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 5+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (Ruffett Wood), BULLFINCH (The Scrub), SPARROWHAWK (Green Belt Field/B.Woods), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), 2 NUTHATCHES (1 Ruffett Wood, 1 B.Woods), LONG-TAILED TIT (B.Woods), COLLARED DOVE (C.Farm), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), 19+ GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 3 GOLDCRESTS (2 Ruffett Wood, 1 just NE of The Scrub), COAL TIT (NE end of Ruffett Wood), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Lunch Wood), 4 GREEN WOODPECKERS (3 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 30+ HERRING GULLS (Legal & General), 38 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Legal & General), 11 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (5 C.Farm, 6 flew over Woodpecker Meadow) - DKC/IJ/HK
• 3.30pm-5.45pm: (all C.Farm) c.40 MEADOW PIPITS, LITTLE OWL (Horse Pasture), 3 MISTLE THRUSHES (flew from Lambert's Shaw to Lunch Wood), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farmhouse), 4 GOLDCRESTS (2 Wood Lane, 2 Circle Field), ♀ KESTREL (C.Lane), TREECREEPER (Pipit Meadow/Chipstead Meadow), 3 STOCK DOVES (Circle Field), 6 LONG-TAILED TITS (2 Wood Lane, 4 Circle Field), 70+ LINNETS (Broadfield/Buzzard Field), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, 9 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS, 11+ CHAFFINCHES, 5 JAYS (Butterflies: Speckled Wood (Pipit Meadow)) - IPW

Friday 7th

• 7.16am-9.38am: (all C.Farm) 7+ CROSSBILLS flew low WNW at 8.34am (Legal & General), ♂ STONECHAT (SE corner of north half of Broadfield),17+ SISKINS flew over, 2 MISTLE THRUSHES (Lunch Wood), CHIFFCHAFF (Legal & General), 11+ YELLOWHAMMERS, c.5 SKYLARKS, 3+ PIED WAGTAILS, 20+ MEADOW PIPITS, c.150 LINNETS, 3 GOLDCRESTS (2 Wood Lane, 1 Lunch Wood), 2 SPARROWHAWKS, COAL TIT (NE end of Ruffett Wood), GOLDFINCH, 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 12 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC
•  (all C.Farm) 2 ♂ STONECHATS still, LITTLE OWL, 2 MISTLE THRUSHES (Legal & General), 2 SKYLARKS, PIED WAGTAIL (Legal & General), KESTREL - RDW
• 2 ♂ STONECHATS still (C.Farm) - PGo

Thursday 6th

• no reported sightings

Wednesday 5th

• Afternoon: (all C.Farm) 9 LESSER REDPOLLS (near Lunch Wood), 7 SISKINS flew over (Lunch Wood), 2 ♂ STONECHATS still (north side of Horse Pasture), 2 HOUSE MARTINS, 3 SWALLOWS, 2 ROOKS, 20+ MEADOW PIPITS, LITTLE OWL, COMMON BUZZARD, 6 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), SPARROWHAWK, KESTREL, PHEASANT, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over, c.60 LINNETS - RDW
• 2.30pm-6.30pm: 10+ HOUSE MARTINS flew through (C.Farm), c.11 SWALLOWS flew through (C.Farm), 2 ♂ STONECHATS still (north side of Horse Pasture), 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 Legal & General, 1 Infront George Field/Skylark Field), 2 BULLFINCHES (Infront George Field), 2 KESTRELS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 4 MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), 4 YELLOWHAMMERS (2 north of Watchpoint, 2 Reads Bottom), 25+ LINNETS (C.Farm), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (C.Farm), 4 STOCK DOVES (Circle Field), 5 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) - DKC

Tuesday 4th

• (all C.Farm) 28-30 unidentified grey geese flew south (C.Farm), 2 STONECHATS, 2 WHEATEARS, 17 HOUSE MARTINS, c.30 SWALLOWS - RDW

Monday 3rd

• no reported sightings
• (see Gallery for Clifford Allan's photograph of yesterday's Red Kite)

Sunday 2nd

• (all C.Farm) RED KITE 3.30pm-4.30pm (on deck in Broadfield & environs), 2 CORMORANTS, 7 SWALLOWS through, 2 COMMON BUZZARDS - RDW
• 4.45pm: RED KITE (Gunman's Shaw) - CA
• 7.57am-c.1.30pm: 2 ♂ STONECHATS (Harrier Field), GREY HERON flew over (C.Farm), 2 HOUSE MARTINS flew south (C.Farm), c.5 SWALLOWS flew south (C.Farm), 16 SISKINS flew over (C.Farm), 2 ROOKS (C.Farm), c.15 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), c.10 MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 5 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (4 ads+imm) flew over (C.Farm), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (B.Woods), 4 GOLDCRESTS (1 Circle Field, 1 Lunch Wood, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane, 1 just NW of The Scrub), 4 NUTHATCHES (1 Lunch Wood, 3 B.Woods), COAL TIT (Circle Field), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Circle Field (singing), 1 Legal & General), 2 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farm), c.30 LINNETS (C.Farm) (Butterflies: 15 Red Admirals flew south (C.Farm), Small Copper (The Scrub), Comma (B.Woods), Small White (C.Farm)) - RDW/DKC/IJ
• (Butterflies: (all Holly Lane Meadows) Brown Argus, 12+ Small Coppers, ♂ Common Blue, Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood) - IPW  

Saturday 1st

• 7.28am-12.55pm: GREY WAGTAIL (C.Farmhouse 8.51am then to C.Residential, again at C.Farmhouse 9.33am then back to C.Residential), 4 STONECHATS (2♂+2♀) (Harrier Field), BLACKCAP (barns behind C.Farmhouse), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 2 KESTRELS (1 C.Farm, 1 Chipstead Bottom), 4+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm mainly Quail Field & Skylark Field), c.15 MEADOW PIPITS (Skylark Field), 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 Horse Pasture/Broadfield border, 1 near R.R.Cottages), 2+ YELLOWHAMMERS (1+ NE end of Harrier Field, 1 Infront George Field), 2 GOLDCRESTS (1 Wood Lane, 1 Piddly Pond), 4 COAL TITS (1 Aberdour School, 2 Circle Fields, 1 B.Woods), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Circle Field (singing), 1 near R.R.Cottages), 8+ NUTHATCHES (1 Tattenham Meadow, 2 Circle Field/Aberdour School, 1 Kingswood Residential, 4+ B.Woods), GREENFINCH (C.Farm), PHEASANT (Horse Pasture/Broadfield), 2 PIED WAGTAILS (1 around C.Farmhouse, 1 Legal & General), 5 STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), 30+ LINNETS (C.Farm), 3+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Piddly Pond), 5 GREEN WOODPECKERS (4 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Wood Lane), 5+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) (Butterflies: 21+  Red Admirals flew south (20+ C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), Speckled Wood (B.Woods), 3 Small Whites (2 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub). Dragonflies: Southern Hawker (Piddly Pond)) - DKC/PGo

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