April 2012


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.

'C.Farm' is the general term for the area west of the marked red line on the Map, and 'B.Woods' is the general term for the area east of this line. More specific localities, also found on the map, are also included in these sightings. 


Monday 30th
  • 5.50am-8.20am: (all C.Farm) RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE at c6.45am (Legal & General) (see Gallery), MISTLE THRUSH (Legal & General), 2 MALLARDS flew over, KESTREL, 3 COMMON WHITETHROATS (1 near R.R.Cottages, 1 Slangs, 1 Lunch Wood (all singing males)), 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 east side of Horse Pasture, 1 Stoney Nob),  NUTHATCH (Lunch Wood), BLACKCAP (Legal & General), GREEN WOODPECKER (Legal & General), PHEASANT, 2 SKYLARKS, 2+ YELLOWHAMMERS, LONG-TAILED TIT (Legal & General) - DKC
  • (all C.Farm) YELLOW WAGTAIL flew over, 2 WHEATEARS (♂+♀) (Reads Bottom), ♀ KESTREL, 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - GB
  • GARDEN WARBLER (Piddly Pond), LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Piddly Pond), GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over (Ruffett Wood), several COMMON SWIFTS, 5 COMMON WHITETHROATS (1 Slangs, 1 C.Farmhouse, 3 The Scrub) (Butterflies: 3 Dingy Skippers (Fames Rough), Peacock, Small White, several Speckled Woods, Red Admiral, 4 Green-veined Whites, Small White, Orange Tip, Brimstone) - FJ

Sunday 29th
  • 5.30am-6.10pm: (all C.Farm) 3 YELLOW WAGTAILS (2♂+1♀) (Bunting Field), 20+ HOUSE MARTINS flew through, c10 COMMON SWIFTS flew through, CORMORANT flew past*, MEADOW PIPIT, c10 SWALLOWS flew through, 1+ GREY HERON flew over, 2+ PHEASANTS, 7+ MALLARDS (3 over & in wet areas near C.Farmhouse on & off) (see Gallery), 2+ PIED WAGTAILS, CHIFFCHAFF (by Heathside Field (singing)), COMMON BUZZARD, SPARROWHAWK, KESTREL, c7 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew over/past(*), 5+ STOCK DOVES, c10 LINNETS, c10 YELLOWHAMMERS, 5+ SKYLARKS, 2+ SONG THRUSHES, 3+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC/LL/RDW/IJ/PGo et al

 Saturday 28th
  • 4.30pm: 2 ad summer BLACK TERNS flew NE at 4.30pm (C.Farm) - RDW
  • ♀ RING OUZEL (Poultry Field), 2 WILLOW WARBLERS (The Scrub), 9 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), CHIFFCHAFF (B.Woods (with nesting material) - PGo
  • WHEATEAR (Bog Field) - IJ
  • (all C.Farm): 2 COMMON SWIFTS flew over, 2 GREYLAGS flew over, 2 MEADOW PIPITS, 3 MALLARDS flew over, PIED WAGTAIL, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over, 2 SWALLOWS, 2 BLACKCAPS (Legal & General wood), CHIFFCHAFF (Legal & General wood), 2 STOCK DOVES, 2 PHEASANTS, 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 2+ STOCK DOVES, SONG THRUSH, LONG-TAILED TIT (Legal & General wood), 2+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC/LL/IJ

Friday 27th
  • 6.40am-10.30am: (all C.Farm) GRASSHOPPER WARBLER (east side of small wood just south of Legal & General (singing)) (see Gallery for recording), 2 GREYLAGS flew over, 2 COMMON WHITETHROATS (1 by R.R.Cottages, 1 Infront George Field/Legal & General), WILLOW WARBLER (Legal & General small wood), SWALLOW, BLACKCAP (Legal & General small wood), CHIFFCHAFF (Legal & General small wood), KESTREL (Railway Field), GREENFINCH, 6+ YELLOWHAMMERS, LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), COMMON BUZZARD, 2+ SKYLARKS, PHEASANT, 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC
  • 8.40am-9.25am: (all C.Farm) 'WHITE' WAGTAIL (Bog Field), 2 GREYLAGS flew over, 3 WHEATEARS (2♂+1♀) (Bog Field), 2 COMMON WHITETHROATS (1 Harrier Field/Broadfield, 1 south hedge of Infront George Field), SWALLOW flew north, ♀ KESTREL, 16 LINNETS, 3 YELLOWHAMMERS, 3 SKYLARKS, GREEN WOODPECKER - AD
  • 5.25pm: (all C.Farm) GRASSHOPPER WARBLER still (east side of small wood just south of Legal & General (singing)), 3 WHEATEARS (Bog Field), MEADOW PIPIT (Bog Field), COMMON BUZZARD (Buzzard Field) - IJ
  • WHINCHAT at 4.25pm (Gunman's Shaw/Poultry Field), ♂ WHEATEAR (east side of B.Woods), 2 COMMON WHITETHROATS (1 Gunman's Shaw/Poultry Field, 1 The Scrub), 2 MALLARDS (♂+♀) (Bog Field), SWALLOW flew west (east side of B.Woods), GREY HERON flew over (C.Farm), PIED WAGTAIL (Quail Field), KESTREL (Harrier Field), 3 WILLOW WARBLERS (1 Lunch Wood, 2 The Scrub), 11 CHIFFCHAFFS (2 Tawny Wood, 1 Lunch Wood, 8 B.Woods (all singing)), 12 BLACKCAPS (1 Pages Acre, 11 B.Woods (all singing)), COMMON BUZZARD (Buzzard Field) (Butterflies: Dingy Skipper (Fames Rough), 2 ♂ Orange Tips (B.Woods), ♂ Brimstone (B.Woods)) - IPW
  • (all C.Farm) 'WHITE' WAGTAIL (Bog Field), 3 WHEATEARS (Bog Field), YELLLOWHAMMER, KESTREL - KP
  • (all C.Farm) 2 CANADA GEESE flew south, 2 GREY HERONS (Quail Field), COMMON WHITETHROAT (near Legal & General) - PGo

Thursday 26th
  • (all C.Farm) 2 RING OUZELS (ad/1st-summer ♂ Can Hatch Field, ♀ Infront George Field) (see Gallery), PIED WAGTAIL, MISTLE THRUSH (Bog Field/C.Wood), KESTREL, LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), LONG-TAILED TIT (Bog Field/Broadfield), 3 YELLOWHAMMERS, 2 SKYLARKS, GREEN WOODPECKER, 3+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC/IJ/NR
  • ♂ WHEATEAR (Infront George Field) - NR
  • (all C.Farm) 2 CANADA GEESE flew over, COMMON BUZZARD, KESTREL, SPARROWHAWK - RDW

Wednesday 25th
  • 2 GREYLAGS (Skylark Field then Quail Field) (C.Farm), 3 SWALLOWS flew through (C.Farm), GREY HERON flew over (C.Farm), MEADOW PIPIT (C.Farm), 2 MALLARDS flew over (C.Farm), LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), 50+ LINNETS (C.Farm), 2 SPARROWHAWKS (C.Farm), 3 COMMON BUZZARDS (2 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods) - RDW/DKC

Tuesday 24th
  • Morning: ♂ RING OUZEL (Tart's Field), ♂ WHINCHAT (east side of Horse Pasture) - RSe/RH
  • 4 brief visits throughout day: (all C.Farm) ♂ RING OUZEL at 8.00am (Infront George Field), ♂ WHINCHAT still at 5.40pm (east side of Horse Pasture) (see Gallery), COMMON WHITETHROAT (near R.R.Cottages (singing)), 1+ MALLARD flew over, 1+ LITTLE OWL, KESTREL, 1+ GREEN WOODPECKER, 2+ YELLOWHAMMERS, 4+ SKYLARKS, 5+ LINNETS, GREENFINCH, 2 STOCK DOVES (1 singing Slangs), 2 SONG THRUSHES, 3 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC et al

Monday 23rd
  • (all C.Farm) COMMON WHITETHROAT (between C.Farmhouse & R.R.Cottages (singing)), CORMORANT flew over, SWALLOW, c5 YELLOWHAMMERS, NUTHATCH (Lunch Wood), 5+ SKYLARKS, LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob/Legal & General), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 10+ LINNETS, 2 LONG-TAILED TITS (Legal & General), BLACKCAP (Legal & General), SPARROWHAWK, 2 GOLDFINCHES, 1+ SONG THRUSH, BLUE TIT (Legal & General (with nesting material)) - DKC

Sunday 22nd
  • 11.10am-11.15am: WHIMBREL circled then flew north (Slangs) - SG et al
  • no sign of Pied Flycatcher after searches by various observers throughout the day (Pages Acre)
  • 11.15am: RING OUZEL (Bog Field) - pager
  • 3 FIELDFARES (Poultry Field), LAPWING (Poultry Field), 3 MISTLE THRUSHES (2 Pipit Meadow, 1 Poultry Field), c100 STOCK DOVES (Pipit Meadow), LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), 12 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 3 WILLOW WARBLERS (1 Pages Acre, 2 The Scrub), 3 COMMON BUZZARDS (C.Farm), 2 KESTRELS (1 Green Belt Field, 1 The Scrub), ♀ BLACKCAP (Pages Acre) - PGo
  • LAPWING (Poultry Field), c20 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm) - FJ
  • (all C.Farm) 2 GREYLAGS flew over, LAPWING (in flight on 3 occasions), WHEATEAR (Infront George Field), 3 MALLARDS flew over, SPARROWHAWK, 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew over, 2+ COMMON BUZZARDS, 2 COLLARED DOVES, GREY HERON flew over, GOLDCREST (Pages Acre (singing)), 2 LONG-TAILED TITS (Bog Field), LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 5+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 5+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 20+ LINNETS (C.Farm), 1+ GREEN WOODPECKER, SONG THRUSH, NUTHATCH (Circle Field), 2 TREECREEPERS (Pages Acre), BLACKCAP (Circle Field), PHEASANT (Infront George Field), ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET - DKC/HB et al

Saturday 21st
  • 4.10pm-6.08pm: ♂ PIED FLYCATCHER showing well (Pages Acre - Buzzard Field edge, TQ 250 582) (see Gallery) - PGo et al
  • ♂ RING OUZEL still (Infront George Field), 2♂ WHEATEARS (Infront George Field), 6 FIELDFARES (Poultry Field), 2 CANADA GEESE flew over (C.Farm), MALLARD flew over (C.Farm), 2 WILLOW WARBLERS (The Scrub (singing)), ♂ BULLFINCH (The Scrub), c7 SWALLOWS (c5 C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), 2 LITTLE OWLS (Legal & General/Stoney Nob), 8+ COMMON BUZZARDS (1+ C.Farm, 7+ B.Woods), SPARROWHAWK (CF/BW), KESTREL (C.Farm), MISTLE THRUSH (Legal & General), MEADOW PIPIT (C.Farm), 2 ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew over (C.Farm), 2 GOLDCRESTS (1 B.Woods by R.R.Lane (singing), 1 just NW of The Scrub (singing)), 5+ BLACKCAPS (B.Woods - 1♀), 2 PIED WAGTAILS (C.Farm), PHEASANT (C.Farm), 2 TREECREEPERS (1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane, 1 The Scrub), 5+ NUTHATCHES (1 Lunch Wood, 4+ B.Woods), 4+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), c5 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 2+ CHIFFCHAFFS (B.Woods (singing)), STOCK DOVE (B.Woods (singing)), 3+ GREEN WOODPECKERS (1+ C.Farm, 2+ B.Woods), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (B.Woods), 2 LONG-TAILED TITS (The Scrub), 3 SONG THRUSHES (2 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 9+ GOLDFINCHES (7+ C.Farm, 2 CF/BW by end of R.R.Lane) - GUIDED WALK + sightings before & after
  • (all C.Farm) RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE at 7.05pm (Lunch Banks), GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over with HERRING GULLS (Railway Field), ♂ WHEATEAR (Infront George Field), 2 CANADA GEESE flew over, 11 YELLOWHAMMERS (Infront George Field/Skylark Field), 2 SPARROWHAWKS (♂+♀), KESTREL, MISTLE THRUSH (Bog Field), COMMON BUZZARD (over Death Pit), MEADOW PIPIT (Tart's Field), 3 PHEASANTS (1♀), 3 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS, 3 GOLDFINCHES - IPW
  • Photos of several recent scarce and common birds now on Gallery

Friday 20th
  • (all C.Farm) ♂ RING OUZEL still (Infront George Field), ♂ WHEATEAR (Infront George Field), MISTLE THRUSH (Legal & General), LITTLE OWL, MEADOW PIPIT, 2+ YELLOWHAMMERS, PHEASANT, SONG THRUSH, 2+ SKYLARKS, 2 COLLARED DOVES, c30 LINNETS, 2 GOLDFINCHES - DKC/NR et al
  • (all C.Farm) ♂ RING OUZEL still (Infront George Field), 2 SWALLOWS, COMMON BUZZARD, 2 SPARROWHAWKS - RDW et al
  • TAWNY OWL (Slangs), 2 LITTLE OWLS (either side of Slangs) (Mammals: ♂ Roe Deer (Slangs)) - IGM

Thursday 19th
  • 8.25am: ♂ RING OUZEL still (Infront George Field) - AD
  • (all C.Farm) ♂ RING OUZEL still at 3.05pm (Infront George Field), ♂ WHEATEAR (Infront George Field), 2♂ MALLARDS flew over, 3+ YELLOWHAMMERS, LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), MISTLE THRUSH (Kingswood Residential (singing)), 2 COLLARED DOVES, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL*, PHEASANT, CHIFFCHAFF (Lunch Wood (singing)), PIED WAGTAIL, 50+ LINNETS, SONG THRUSH - DKC

Wednesday 18th
  • (all C.Farm) ♂ RING OUZEL still (Infront George Field), ♂ WHEATEAR (Infront George Field), 7 SKYLARKS, 6 YELLOWHAMMERS, PIED WAGTAIL, LINNET - RJ/DSk
  • (all C.Farm) ♂ RING OUZEL still (Infront George Field), LITTLE OWL, 2 COLLARED DOVES, c50 LINNETS, KESTREL, MEADOW PIPIT, PHEASANT, 2+ SKYLARKS, 2 YELLOWHAMMERS - DKC

Tuesday 17th
  • (all C.Farm) ♂ RING OUZEL still (Infront George Field), ♀ GOLDEN PLOVER till 11.23am then flew high east (Skylark Field), c12 FIELDFARES (Skylark Field), GREY HERON flew over, 2 MALLARDS flew over, 100+ LINNETS, 9 YELLOWHAMMERS, 2 ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew past*, COMMON BUZZARD, MEADOW PIPIT, c5 SKYLARKS - DKC et al
  • RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Slangs), 'WHITE' WAGTAIL (Poultry Field) - JH 





Monday 16th
  • 4 RING OUZELS still (♂ Infront George Field plus ♂, 1st-summer ♂ & ♀ Tart's Field), ♀ GOLDEN PLOVER still (Skylark Field), WILLOW WARBLER (The Scrub (singing)), SWALLOW (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (near Piddly Pond (singing)), LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), GOLDCREST (B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance (singing)), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), 2 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 5+ MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 6+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 3 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 5+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 2 BLACKCAPS (B.Woods), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (B.Woods), 2 COAL TITS (just NW of The Scrub (singing)), PHEASANT (B.Woods), GREEN WOODPECKER (C.Farm), SONG THRUSH (C.Farm), GOLDFINCH (C.Farm) - DKC/PGo et al
  • ♂ RING OUZEL (Infront George Field), ♀ GOLDEN PLOVER still (Tart's Field), 25+ FIELDFARES (Poultry Field), 6 SWALLOWS (4 C.Farm, 2 B.Woods), COMMON BUZZARD, 4+ BLACKCAPS, 4 CHIFFCHAFFS, 4+ COAL TITS - IS
  • pictures of Ring Ouzels and Golden Plover to be uploaded later in the week; delay due to problems with internet/computer access - DKC

Sunday 15th
  • (all C.Farm) 4 RING OUZELS (♂ Infront George Field plus ♂, 1st-summer ♂ & ♀ Tart's Field), ♀ GOLDEN PLOVER (Skylark Field/Infront George Field) (found by RR), RED KITE flew north, PEREGRINE flew over, YELLOW WAGTAIL, ♂ WHEATEAR (Skylark Field), 2 CANADA GEESE flew over, 26+ FIELDFARES (Poultry Field), ♂ MALLARD flew over, 2 ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew over, 240+ STOCK DOVES (Pipit Meadow), 3 KESTRELS, SPARROWHAWK. 3 COMMON BUZZARDS flew over, MISTLE THRUSH (Skylark Field), 7 SWALLOWS, 16+ YELLOWHAMMERS, 2 PHEASANTS, 2 PIED WAGTAILS (Infront George Field), 30+ LINNETS (C.Farm), GREENFINCH, 4+ MEADOW PIPITS, 3 CHIFFCHAFFS (2 Legal & General wood, 1 Tawny Wood), BLACKCAP (Ruffett Wood (singing)), 2 LONG-TAILED TITS (Legal & General), COAL TIT (Tawny Wood), 4 SONG THRUSHES (3 Tart's Field, 1 Legal & General), 3+ GREEN WOODPECKERS, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 4 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC/RDW/MSt/DSt/RR/KG et al
  • 3 WILLOW WARBLERS (The Scrub (1 with nesting material) - PGo

Saturday 14th
  • 7.45am-c4.45pm: (all C.Farm) 2 RING OUZELS (♂ & 1st-summer ♂/well-marked ♀) (mobile but mainly around Infront George Field), YELLOW WAGTAIL flew NE, 5 WHEATEARS (Skylark Field), FIELDFARE (Quail Field/Heathside Field), CORMORANT flew over, BULLFINCH (Legal & General), 6 SWALLOWS, COMMON BUZZARD flew over, KESTREL, 5 MALLARDS flew over, LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), 3+ YELLOWHAMMERS, 110+ LINNETS, 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, LONG-TAILED TIT (Infront George Field/Skylark Field), 3 SONG THRUSHES, GREAT TITS visiting nest (Slangs) - DKC/SG/IJ/IGM et al
  • 11.00am-12.30pm: ♂ RING OUZEL (Infront George Field), 7 WHEATEARS (Tart's Field), 2 SWALLOWS through (Harrier Field), KESTREL (Harrier Field), 7 YELLOWHAMMERS (Infront George Field) - AG
  • (all B.Woods) GREY HERON flew over, SWALLOW flew through, 2 WILLOW WARBLERS (The Scrub), 5+ BLACKCAPS, 2+ NUTHATCHES - IJ

Friday 13th
  • (all C.Farm) ♂ RING OUZEL (Infront George Field) (see Gallery), ♂ COMMON REDSTART (Slangs then presumed same bird at Stoney Nob then Infront George Field) (see Gallery), 3 SISKINS flew over, ♂ WHEATEAR (Infront George Field), MISTLE THRUSH (Infront George Field/Legal & General (collecting food)), WILLOW WARBLER (Slangs), 6 SWALLOWS flew through, GREY HERON flew over, 7 MALLARDS flew over (5♂+2♀), LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), ♂ BLACKCAP (by R.R.Cottages), TREECREEPER (Lunch Wood (singing)), 2+ COMMON BUZZARDS, 2 KESTRELS (Lunch Wood (mating)), c5 MEADOW PIPITS, 11+ YELLOWHAMMERS (inc flock of 11 Infront George Field), 3+ PHEASANTS, 20+ LINNETS, 2 LONG-TAILED TITS (Infront George Field/Skylark Field), STOCK DOVE - DKC/RD/MSt/PGo/IGM/ER/DR/BH/RDW/KG et al
  • c7.25pm: ♂ REED BUNTING (by barns behind C.Farmhouse) - KG

Thursday 12th
  • 8.00am-7.20pm: ♂ RING OUZEL (Infront George Field) (see Gallery), 5 WHEATEARS (4♂+1♀) (Infront George Field) (see Gallery), c8 SWALLOWS flew through (C.Farm), 25 FIELDFARES (Poultry Field), 1+ LAPWING flew over (C.Farm), ROOK flew over (CF/BW near end of R.R.Lane), GREY HERON flew over (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (Pages Acre), 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 east side of Horse Pasture, 1 Stoney Nob), 2+ PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), BLACKCAP (B.Woods near R.R.Lane (singing)), c20 MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 3+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), c10 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 4 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Heathside Field, 1 Lunch Wod, 1 Ruffett Wood, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance (all singing)), 2 BULLFINCHES (Legal & General), 2 COLLARED DOVES (flew across Quail Field), 3 PHEASANTS (2 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 2 GREENFINCHES (♂+♀) (Legal & General), 50+ LINNETS (C.Farm), 2 COAL TITS (1 Pages Acre, 1 NE end of Ruffett Wood), NUTHATCH (Kingswood Residential), 4+ GREEN WOODPECKERS (C.Farm of which 1+ then flew to B.Woods), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 8+ SONG THRUSHES (C.Farm inc 5 Tart's Field/Bog Field), 4 STOCK DOVES (C.Farm (inc 1 singing Gunman's Shaw)), 5+ GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 1+ LONG-TAILED TIT (NE end of Ruffett Wood), 2+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) - DKC
  • (all C.Farm) WHEATEAR (Poultry Field), SPARROWHAWK, YELLOWHAMMER, c30 LINNETS - GC

Wednesday 11th
  • 7.05am-2.40pm: PEREGRINE flew over (C.Farm), 3 SWALLOWS flew through (C.Farm), CORMORANT flew over (B.Woods), ROOK flew over (C.Farm), 2 WILLOW WARBLERS (The Scrub (singing)), 9+ COMMON BUZZARDS (6 C.Farm, 2+ B.Woods, 1*), 3 SPARROWHAWKS (C.Farm), 2 MALLARDS flew over (C.Farm), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), 4+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 21+ MEADOW PIPITS (10+ C.Farm, 11+ B.Woods), PHEASANT (C.Farm), 3 TREECREEPERS (1 Lunch Wood (singing), 1 Woodpecker Meadow, 1 NE end of B.Woods (singing)), 2+ KESTRELS (1+ Lunch Wood, 1+ east side of B.Woods), GOLDCREST (by B.Woods car park (singing)), GREENFINCH (Legal & General), 2 BLACKCAPS (B.Woods (singing)), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (The Scrub (singing)), 5 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 2 SONG THRUSHES (Tart's Field), 4 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), c11 LINNETS (c10 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), STOCK DOVE (C.Farm), 2 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 1+ LONG-TAILED TIT (Slangs/Lunch Wood), 4 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 2 B.Woods), 3 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (2 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), CARRION CROW nest building (Legal & General) (Butterflies: ♀ Orange Tip (Reads Rest Cottages)) - DKC/MSt/RDW et al

Tuesday 10th
  • 7.15am-5.30pm: RED KITE flew over 8.50am-8.55am (C.Farm), PEREGRINE flew over 1.25pm-1.30pm (east side of B.Woods), c55 FIELDFARES (Poultry Field), GREY HERON flew over (Slangs), ♂ MALLARD showing well (Piddly Pond), 3 WILLOW WARBLERS (1 Pages Acre, 2 The Scrub), MISTLE THRUSH (Legal & General), 3+ SPARROWHAWKS (2+ C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 3 KESTRELS (1 C.Farm, 1 Valley Meadows, 1 The Scrub), 2 TREECREEPERS (B.Woods by R.R.Lane entrance), GOLDCREST (Kingswood Residential (singing)), BULLFINCH (The Scrub), c5 MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 7+ COMMON BUZZARDS (4 C.Farm, 3+ *), 5+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 3+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), COAL TIT (by The Scrub), 2 BLACKCAPS (B.Woods), 6 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Legal & General wood, 1 Circle Field, 4 B.Woods), COLLARED DOVE (C.Farm), 21+ LINNETS (20+ C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), GREENFINCH (C.Farm), GOLDFINCH (C.Farm), 4 NUTHATCHES (1 Kingswood Residential, 3 B.Woods), 113+ STOCK DOVES (100+ C.Farm, 13+ B.Woods), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 2 B.Woods), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 5 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (3 C.Farm, 2 B.Woods), 5 SONG THRUSHES (4 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods by R.R.Lane) - DKC et al
  • 2 KESTRELS (Lunch Wood (mating)) - JH

Monday 9th
  • 6.45am-2.05pm & 5.35pm-6.30pm: REDWING (B.Woods between R.R.Lane entrance & Piddly Pond), 6 BLACKCAPS (1 Legal & General wood, 5 B.Woods), 2 BULLFINCHES (Legal & General), 5 8+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), COAL TIT (by Piddly Pond), MALLARD*, GOLDCREST (B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance (singing)), PHEASANT (C.Farm), MEADOW PIPIT (C.Farm), c33 LINNETS (c30 C.Farm, 3+ The Scrub/B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance), c5 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 5+ CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Legal & General wood, 4+ B.Woods), TREECREEPER (The Scrub), LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), 2 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 2 GREENFINCHES (1 C.Farm, 1 flew over B.Woods), 2 SONG THRUSHES (B.Woods), 17+ STOCK DOVES (15+ C.Farm, 2 B.Woods (1 singing)), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (B.Woods), 4 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 3 B.Woods), 2+ GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm) - DKC/IJ/RDW
  • 4 FIELDFARES (Infront George Field) - JH

Sunday 8th
  • (all B.Woods) probable ICELAND GULL flew north (east side of B.Woods), 2 WILLOW WARBLERS (The Scrub (singing)), FIELDFARE flew over, GREY HERON flew past*, 2 MALLARDS flew past*, 2 KESTRELS, c150 MEADOW PIPITS, GOLDCREST, 3 COMMON BUZZARDS (1 flew over B.Woods, 2*) - IJ
  • 2 SAND MARTINS flew north at 4.05pm (C.Farm) (see Gallery), 2+ REDWINGS (The Scrub), 100+ MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 1+ CANADA GOOSE flew over (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 5 MALLARDS (3♂+1♀) flew over (C.Farm), BULLFINCH (Legal & General), 2+ PIED WAGTAILS (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), BLACKCAP (Legal & General (singing)), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (C.Farm), 2+ SPARROWHAWKS (C.Farm), GOLDCREST (just NW of The Scrub), 3 ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew north (1 C.Farm, 2 CF/BW), 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 east side of Horse Pasture, 1 Stoney Nob), 4 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Legal & General wood, 3+ B.Woods), PHEASANT (C.Farm), 2+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 4 NUTHATCHES (1 Lunch Wood, 3 B.Woods), 100+ LINNETS (C.Farm), GREENFINCH (Legal & General), GREEN WOODPECKER (C.Farm), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (B.Woods), 60+ STOCK DOVES (Quail Field/Skylark Field), GOLDFINCH (C.Farm), 11+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (10+ C.Farm, 1+ B.Woods), 18 MAGPIES (in single bush at Steep Banks) - DKC/RDW/IJ et al

Saturday 7th
  • 12.48pm-7.30pm: ♀/imm BLACK REDSTART but mobile (Quail Field & Bunting Field), PEREGRINE low over (C.Farm) (see Gallery), REDWING (The Scrub), 2♀ WHEATEARS (Infront George Field), CANADA GOOSE (in Broadfield then flew off), 3 MALLARDS flew over (C.Farm), 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 east side of Horse Pasture, 1 Stoney Nob), 2 KESTRELS (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (Poultry Field), 4+ CHIFFCHAFFS (B.Woods), 3♂ PHEASANTS (2 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance), 2+ PIED WAGTAILS (C.Farm inc pair Legal & General), ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over (C.Farm), 15 YELLOWHAMMERS (Infront George Field/Skylark Field), 40+ MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 120+ LINNETS (C.Farm), 3 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), GREENFINCH (Legal & General/Skylark Field), NUTHATCH (B.Woods), 2 TREECREEPERS (1 The Scrub, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane), 43+ STOCK DOVES (Quail Field/Skylark Field), 4 GOLDFINCHES (The Scrub), 3+ LONG-TAILED TITS (The Scrub), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 Legal & General, 1 The Scrub), 3 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (2 by Piddly Pond, 1 The Scrub), SONG THRUSH (The Scrub (singing)) - DKC/IJ/LM
  • 11.05am-12.40pm: (all C.Farm) ♀/imm BLACK REDSTART (Quail Field), c60 FIELDFARES, COMMON BUZZARD (Broadfield), ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew north, 3 SKYLARKS, ♀ KESTREL, 2 MEADOW PIPITS, c60 LINNETS, 2 YELLOWHAMMERS, 3 GOLDFINCHES, c20 STOCK DOVES (Bunting Field), LONG-TAILED TIT (with nesting material), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS - AD 
  • (all C.Farm) COMMON SNIPE flushed (near Watchpoint), WHEATEAR, CORMORANT flew over, MALLARD flew over, 3 COMMON BUZZARDS, LITTLE OWL, 6 SKYLARKS, 14 MEADOW PIPITS, 55 LINNETS, 13 YELLOWHAMMERS, 3 STOCK DOVES - SG
  • (all The Scrub) WILLOW WARBLER, 2 BULLFINCHES, CHIFFCHAFF - CM

Friday 6th
  • (all C.Farm) ♀/imm BLACK REDSTART (Quail Field), 37 MEADOW PIPITS, 10+ YELLOWHAMMERS - RDW
  • MISTLE THRUSH (Legal & General), 2 BULLFINCHES (Legal & General), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (Broadfield), 10+ LINNETS (Watchpoint) - IGM

Thursday 5th
  • c20 FIELDFARES (C.Farm)WILLOW WARBLER (The Scrub (singing)), NUTHATCH (B.Woods), COAL TIT (B.Woods), c10 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), CHIFFCHAFF (B.Woods), c60 STOCK DOVES (near Perrotts Farmhouse), c30 LINNETS (near Perrotts Farmhouse), GREEN WOODPECKER (B.Woods), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (B.Woods) - PSp
Wednesday 4th
  • (all C.Farm) 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 east side of Horse Pasture, 1 Legal & General), 9 YELLOWHAMMERS, 2♂ PHEASANTS (1 Infront George Field, 1 Harrier Field), 10 GREENFINCHES, 14+ LINNETS, c50 STARLINGS, MEADOW PIPIT, 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 2 SONG THRUSHES, 8 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - AD
  • 3 WILLOW WARBLERS (The Scrub), LITTLE OWL (C.Farm), 12 MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 5 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 2 LINNETS (B.Woods), TREECREEPER (B.Woods) - PGo

Tuesday 3rd
  • 4♂ WHEATEARS (C.Farm) - RDW

Monday 2nd
  • 10.00am-2.30pm: LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), MEADOW PIPIT (Watchpoint), PIED WAGTAIL (Watchpoint), 3 PHEASANTS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), CHIFFCHAFF (B.Woods near R.R.Lane), TREECREEPER (B.Woods near R.R.Lane), SKYLARK (Watchpoint), YELLOWHAMMERS (around Legal & General), LINNET (Watchpoint), GREEN WOODPECKER (Legal & General), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (B.Woods near R.R.Lane), GREENFINCH (Watchpoint), GOLDFINCH (Watchpoint), 3+ NUTHATCHES (1 Lunch Wood, 2 B.Woods near R.R.Lane), LONG-TAILED TIT (B.Woods near R.R.Lane) - PW

Sunday 1st
  • (all B.Woods) LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER (south side), BLACKCAP (near car park), SPARROWHAWK, 2♂ BULLFINCHES (1 near car park, 1 near Piddly Pond) TREECREEPER, several NUTHATCHES, several GREEN WOODPECKERS, several GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS - PC
  • LITTLE OWL, COMMON BUZZARD, 4 YELLOWHAMMERS, 6 NUTHATCHES, 6 LONG-TAILED TITS, 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, STOCK DOVE - NJ
  • 21 MEADOW PIPITS, COMMON BUZZARD, KESTREL - RDW 
  • 14 ROOKS, 2 COMMON BUZZARDS, NUTHATCH , 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER - MH