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August 2012

ROMAN SNAILS - please report any suspicious behaviour relating to the taking of this protected species to the police and the Downlands Trust

Keep an eye on the Twitter feed on the right hand side and here for live bird news updates throughout the day. 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. When submitting sightings, please try to match the format of this page as much as possible to make transfer as efficient as possible. 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 flying past the recording area, 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.

Friday 31st
  • Late afternoon: ♀ COMMON REDSTART (C.Farm/B.Woods at end of R.R.Lane by Perrotts Farmhouse), COMMON WHITETHROAT (R.Bottom), TREE or MEADOW PIPIT (Stoney Nob) - PW
  • RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (SW corner of Broadfield), WHINCHAT (SW corner of Broadfield then Harrier Field), 4 HOUSE MARTINS (C.Farm), 8 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), COMMON BUZZARD (Steep Banks), 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 Stoney Nob, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane), ♂ KESTREL (C.Farm), GOLDCREST (just NW of The Scrub), 2 BULLFINCHES (1 Valley Meadows, 1 The Scrub), 3 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), PHEASANT (C.Farm), 2 SWALLOWS (C.Farm), YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), 2 COLLARED DOVES (C.Farm inc 1 by Perrotts Farmhouse), 4 LINNETS (C.Farm), 7 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Slangs, 6 B.Woods), 5 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (C.Farm), 24+ STOCK DOVES (1 C.Farm, flock of 23+ flew over Valley Meadows), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (B.Woods) (Butterflies: Small Heath (The Scrub), Speckled Wood (C.Farm), Meadow Browns (C.Farm & B.Woods)) - DKC/PW
  • Late-PM: WHINCHAT (Harrier Field) - JS


Thursday 30th
  • LESSER WHITETHROAT (Slangs), 1st-winter WHEATEAR (Skylark Field/Quail Field), ROOK (C.Farm), WILLOW WARBLER (The Scrub), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), 2 BULLFINCHES (Valley Meadows), COMMON WHITETHROAT (C.Farm), 6+ CHIFFCHAFFS (1 by C.Farmhouse, 5+ B.Woods), LITTLE OWL (barns near R.R.Cottages), 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods*), 12+ SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 2 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (1 Tart's Field, 1 flew over B.Woods), 2 KESTRELS (♂+♀) (C.Farm), 2 juv PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 2 STOCK DOVES (1 C.Farm, 1 Hither Field), 18+ LINNETS (C.Farm), 1+ YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), NUTHATCH (The Scrub), 5 GREEN WOODPECKERS (3 Legal & General, 2 The Scrub), 3 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 20+ GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 3 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) (Butterflies: Meadow Browns (B.Woods)) - DKC


Wednesday 29th
  • 8.00am: SPOTTED FLYCATCHER  (Woodpecker Meadow; mainly on west side of hedgerow, c30 yards south of gate to Hither Field) - AD
  • WILLOW WARBLER (by Lunch Wood), 1+ ROOK, 2 SWALLOWS, 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (1 juv), SPARROWHAWK, ♂ KESTREL, juv PIED WAGTAIL (Legal & General), 2♂ PHEASANTS, 3+ YELLOWHAMMERS (1 juv), 3 LINNETS, GREEN WOODPECKER, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Butterflies: Peacock (Lunch Wood), Speckled Wood (by Legal & General), Meadow Browns (Slangs). Amphibians: Common Frog (Slangs)) - DKC  


Tuesday 28th
  • 2 SPOTTED FLYCATCHERS 1.25pm-2.46pm at least (Woodpecker Meadow; mainly on west side of hedgerow, c30 yards south of gate to Hither Field) (see Gallery), 2 CROSSBILLS flew over (The Scrub), 2 ROOKS (1 Broadfield, 1 Hither Field), 2 WILLOW WARBLERS (1 by barns behind C.Farmhouse, 1 The Scrub), 5 HOUSE MARTINS (B.Woods), ♀ SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), KESTREL (Hither Field), 7+ COMMON BUZZARDS (B.Woods (4+*)), 4 BULLFINCHES (1 B.Woods just north of estate, 1 The Scrub, 2 juvs Slangs), SWALLOW (C.Farm), LITTLE OWL (Infront George Field), 2+ BLACKCAPS (The Scrub), 2 COMMON WHITETHROATS (1 C.Farm, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), BLACK-HEADED GULL (C.Farm), PHEASANT (C.Farm), 2 TREECREEPERS (B.Woods (1 singing)), c10 LONG-TAILED TITS (B.Woods), COAL TIT (B.Woods), 6 GOLDCRESTS (B.Woods), 7 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 7 CHIFFCHAFFS (B.Woods), COLLARED DOVE (C.Farm), 4+ LINNETS (2+ C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), 3 STOCK DOVES (2 C.Farm (1 singing), 1 B.Woods (singing)), SONG THRUSH (The Scrub), 5+ GREEN WOODPECKERS (B.Woods), 4+ GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 3+ B.Woods) (Odonata: Southern Hawker (Piddly Pond). Butterflies: Small Copper (The Scrub), Common Blue (Valley Meadows), Meadow Browns (B.Woods), Red Admiral (B.Woods)) - DKC
  • SPOTTED FLYCATCHER still at c4.35pm (Woodpecker Meadow, west side of hedgerow, c30 yards south of gate to Hither Field) - NS
  • RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE still mid/late afternoon (flew from Broadfield to Perrotts by Wood) - IGM        


Monday 27th
  • RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (SW corner of Broadfield), 2 SAND MARTINS flew SW (C.Farm), WHINCHAT (R.Bottom), 2 CORMORANTS flew over (C.Farm), 5+ COMMON SWIFTS flew south (C.Farm), 2 YELLOW WAGTAILS flew over (C.Farm), 6 ROOKS (C.Farm), GREY HERON flew over (C.Farm), 23+ HOUSE MARTINS flew through (C.Farm), WILLOW WARBLER (barns by C.Farmhouse), 30+ SWALLOWS flew through (mostly C.Farm, 1 through The Scrub), 4 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), ♀ SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew over (C.Farm), 2 PHEASANTS (♂ Infront George Field, juv Stoney Nob), 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 barns by C.Farmhouse, 1 Stoney Nob), 1+ CHIFFCHAFF (The Scrub (singing)), COMMON WHITETHROAT (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), BULLFINCH (The Scrub), 10+ LONG-TAILED TITS (The Scrub), 5 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (B.Woods), GOLDCREST (B.Woods), SONG THRUSH (The Scrub), 3 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), GREENFINCH (C.Farm), COLLARED DOVE (C.Farm), 2 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 2 (1 juv) The Scrub), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (The Scrub), LINNET (C.Farm), 15+ GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 3+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Rest Copse) (Mammals: 2 Weasels (R.Bottom). Butterflies: Small Heath (The Scrub), Speckled Wood (C.Farm), Gatekeeper (C.Farm), Meadow Brown (C.Farm)) - DKC/RDW/SG/PGo/IJ et al
  • 7 PIED WAGTAILS (3 juvs) (Legal & General), imm ♂ KESTREL (Legal & General), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (Legal & General), 3 PHEASANTS, (2♂+1♀) (Poultry Field), 4 LINNETS, 12 GOLDFINCHES, GREEN WOODPECKER (Legal & General), 4 YELLOWHAMMERS, (1 Slangs, 1 Poultry Field, 2 flew from Canons Farmhouse to Bunting Field), 5 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (3 Broadfield, 2 C.Wood), 2 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Tart's Field), 2 COLLARED DOVES (C.Residential) - IPW
     


Sunday 26th
  • 7.30am-7.00pm: 1st-winter ♂ COMMON REDSTART still showing on & off throughout the day (Slangs) (see Gallery), LESSER WHITETHROAT (The Scrub), WHINCHAT (north side of Horse Pasture), GREY HERON flew over (C.Farm), 2 WILLOW WARBLERS (1 Green Belt Field/B.Woods, 1 The Scrub), BLACKCAP (B.Woods), 3+ COMMON WHITETHROATS (2+ C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 7+ CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Slangs, 1 C.Farm/B.Woods border, 5+ B.Woods), 3+ BULLFINCHES (1 Slangs, 2+ (1 juv) The Scrub), c7 SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 14+ LONG-TAILED TITS (12 Slangs, 2+ B.Woods bridleway), 3 COMMON BUZZARDS (1 C.Farm, 2 B.Woods), 2 SPARROWHAWKS (1 Slangs, B.Woods*), TREECREEPER (B.Woods near R.R.Lane), 6 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew west (R.Bottom), 4+ GOLDCRESTS (B.Woods), 3+ COAL TITS (B.Woods), PIED WAGTAIL (Legal & General), 6+ NUTHATCHES (2+ juvs) (B.Woods), 2 COLLARED DOVES (C.Farm), 4 PHEASANTS (C.Farm inc 3 Green Belt Field), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 2 GREENFINCHES (1 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 10 LINNETS (8 C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), GREEN WOODPECKER (The Scrub), 2+ GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1+ C.Farm, 1+ B.Woods), 2 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm/B.Woods) (Odonata: 2 Common Darters (ovipositing) (Piddly Pond), Southern Hawker (Piddly Pond), Blue-tailed Damselfly (Piddly Pond), Azure Damselfly (Piddly Pond). Butterflies: Painted Lady (Pipit Meadow), Small Copper (Pipit Meadow), 2 Purple Hairsteaks (1 The Scrub, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), Small Heath (The Scrub), Essex Skipper (The Scrub), Peacock (The Scrub), Brimstone (The Scrub), Meadow Browns (C.Farm & B.Woods)) - IJ/DKC/PGo/MSt et al
  • 1st-winter ♂ COMMON REDSTART still (Slangs), 2+ juv YELLOW WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 2 BULLFINCHES (♂+♀) (Legal & General), COMMON BUZZARD (over Broadfield), ♀ SPARROWHAWK (R.R.Cottages), 3 SWALLOWS (by Lunch Wood) - GB/TJ



Saturday 25th
  • HONEY-BUZZARD flew over 10.20am-10.25am (over Lunch Wood then B.Woods where it gained height and drifted SE), HOBBY (over Legal & General) - SG
  • OSPREY flew SW 3.34pm-3.38pm (B.Woods then C.Farm), COMMON SWIFT (C.Farm) - DKC
  • 1st-winter ♂ COMMON REDSTART still showing on & off throughout the day (Slangs) - IGM/SG/IJ/DKC/NG et al
  • c14 MISTLE THRUSHES (near Watchpoint), 2+ ROOKS (Lunch Wood & Broadfield), GREY HERON flew past (B.Woods*), 8+ SWALLOWS (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), 2 BULLFINCHES (♀ Slangs, juv The Scrub), LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), COLLARED DOVE (C.Farm), PIED WAGTAIL (Legal & General), 2 BLACKCAPS (1 Infront George Field, 1 The Scrub), 4 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Legal & General, 3 B.Woods), 5 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (4 Tart's Field, 1 B.Woods*), LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over (C.Farm), 2+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 4+ GOLDCRESTS (B.Woods), NUTHATCH (B.Woods), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (B.Woods), 3 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), STOCK DOVE (B.Woods) (Butterflies: Green-veined White (C.Farm)) - DKC/IJ et al   


Friday 24th
  • 7.50am-c7.20pm: (all C.Farm) 1st-winter ♂ COMMON REDSTART showing on & off 11.25am-6.55pm (Slangs) (see Gallery), YELLOW WAGTAIL flew over at 8.23am, LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), COMMON BUZZARD, SKYLARK, 2+ KESTRELS, 14 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 5 COMMON WHITETHROATS, PHEASANT, SWALLOW, CHIFFCHAFF (Legal & General), 2 COLLARED DOVES, YELLOWHAMMER, 4 LINNETS, BLACK-HEADED GULL (Tart's Field), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 2 GOLDFINCHES, ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET (Butterflies: Small Heath, Peacock (Lunch Wood), 2 Speckled Woods, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown) - DKC et al
  • Late morning: GREY HERON (on barn behind C.Farmhouse) - GB 


Thursday 23rd
  • (all C.Farm) 2 TREE PIPITS at c9.45am (flew from Quail Field to Can Hatch Field, landing in half-dead tree for a few minutes), WHINCHAT (north side of Horse Pasture), 2 juv YELLOW WAGTAILS (Legal & General), ad COMMON GULL (Tart's Field), 2 WILLOW WARBLERS (1 by barns behind C.Farmhouse, 1 by Green Belt Field), 12+ MISTLE THRUSHES (around Tart's Field), 21 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), 3 COLLARED DOVES, 2 KESTRELS, 2 SWALLOWS, 2 BLACKCAPS (1 Legal & General, 1 by Green Belt Field), 2 COMMON WHITETHROATS (1 east of C.Farmhouse, 1 by Green Belt Field), 3 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Legal & General, 1 Pheasant Field, 1 Ruffett Wood), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS, juv ♂ SPARROWHAWK, TREECREEPER (Pages Acre), LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over, 6 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (5 Tart's Field, 1 flew over), 3 COAL TITS (1 Pages Acre, 2 Ruffett Wood), 5 NUTHATCHES (1 Lunch Wood, 1 Gunman's Shaw, 1 Ruffett Wood, 1 Pages Acre, 1 Circle Field), 2+ GOLDFINCHES, 4 LINNETS, YELLOWHAMMER, 3+ GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, GREEN WOODPECKER, 5 STOCK DOVES, 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Butterflies: Brimstone, Red Admiral, Meadow Brown, Green-veined White) - DKC
  • 8.05pm: 2 WHINCHATS (Broadfield) - IJ


Wednesday 22nd
  • LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), KESTREL (C.Farm), BULLFINCH (The Scrub), BLACKCAP (The Scrub), 3 COMMON WHITETHROATS (2 (1+ juv) Harrier Field, 1 The Scrub), 4 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 16 PIED WAGTAILS (4 juvs) (Legal & General), 2 SWALLOWS, LONG-TAILED TIT (The Scrub), COAL TIT (B.Woods), 2 GOLDCRESTS (B.Woods), 3 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Legal & General, 2 The Scrub), 2 TREECREEPERS (1 north of B.Woods estate, 1 The Scrub), COLLARED DOVE (C.Farm), YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), LINNET (C.Farm), 4 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 Lunch Wood, 3 B.Woods), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (juv Legal & General, 1 The Scrub), 1st-winter BLACK-HEADED GULL (Tart's Field), 17 GOLDFINCHES (16 Legal & General, 1 The Scrub), 5 STOCK DOVES (2 C.Farm, 3 B.Woods), 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) (Butterflies: 2 Peacocks (C.Farm), 3+ Meadow Browns (C.Farm), Gatekeeper (C.Farm), Speckled Wood (B.Woods)) - DKC
  • (all C.Farm) 9 MISTLE THRUSHES, 4 COMMON WHITETHROATS (Harrier Field), SPARROWHAWK, KESTREL, YELLOWHAMMER, 2 STOCK DOVES - AD
  • (all C.Farm) 6+ SWALLOWS (Infront George Field) (Butterflies: Red Admiral (Broadfield), Small White, Speckled Wood) - IGM  


Tuesday 21st
  • 2 TREE PIPITS again flew over at 8.33am (south of C.Farmhouse), GREY HERON flew over (C.Farm), MISTLE THRUSH (C.Farm), juv ♀ SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 2 BULLFINCHES (Legal & General), LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), 24 PIED WAGTAILS (12 juvs) (Legal & General), SWALLOW (C.Farm), 5 COMMON WHITETHROATS (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), COLLARED DOVE (C.Farm), 17+ GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), 6 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Tart's Field), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Copt Hill Lane, 1 by Pheasant Field), 5 LINNETS (C.Farm), 3 NUTHATCHES (1 by Pheasant Field, 1 Ruffett Wood, 1 B.Woods), STOCK DOVE (Legal & General (singing)), 3 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (C.Farm), 4 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 juv) (C.Farm), 8 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm), juv HOUSE SPARROW (C.Farm) (Butterflies: Holly Blue (Pipit Meadow), Speckled Wood (Circle Field), Gatekeeper (C.Farm)) - DKC 


Monday 20th
  • 1+ TREE PIPIT (Infront George Field), 2 WHINCHATS (Horse Pasture) (see Gallery), WILLOW WARBLER (by barns behind C.Farmhouse), 2+ LITTLE OWLS (C.Farm), 2+ COMMON BUZZARDS (1 juv) (2 C.Farm & another or one of the same over B.Woods), 2+ KESTRELS (1+ C.Farm, 1+ Hither Field), 2 SPARROWHAWKS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), BLACKCAP (Slangs), COMMON WHITETHROAT (Stoney Nob), 4 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Legal & General, 1 by Pages Acre, 2 The Scrub), 3 PIED WAGTAILS (1 juv) (Legal & General), 5 SWALLOWS (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (B.Woods), 4 NUTHATCHES (1 Circle Field, 3 B.Woods), BULLFINCH (The Scrub), 2 GOLDCRESTS (just NW of The Scrub), 4 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (1 Tart's Field, 3 Legal & General), 3+ PHEASANTS (C.Farm), 10+ LINNETS (7+ C.Farm, 3+ The Scrub), 3+ GOLDFINCHES (1+ C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), 3 STOCK DOVES (2 C.Farm (1 singing), 1 by Piddly Pond (singing)), 5 GREEN WOODPECKERS (3 C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (C.Farm), HERRING GULL (Tart's Field) (Butterflies: Speckled Wood (C.Farm); Gatekeepers & Meadow Browns (C.Farm & B.Woods). Dragonflies: Southern Hawker (Piddly Pond)) - IJ/DKC


Sunday 19th
  • juv CUCKOO 10.35am-11.13am at least (on wires around Infront George Field & Skylark Field - found by IJ) (see Gallery), ROOK (east side of B.Woods), 33 PIED WAGTAILS (15 juvs) (Legal & General), WILLOW WARBLER (near C.Farmhouse), 11 MISTLE THRUSHES (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (flew from B.Woods to C.Farm), 2 LITTLE OWLS (C.Farm), 1+ COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), COMMON WHITETHROAT (C.Farm), 8 SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 7 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 near C.Farmhouse, 1 Legal & General, 2 Fames Rough, 3 The Scrub), 4 BULLFINCHES (1 Piddly Pond, 1 Fames Rough, 2 The Scrub), COAL TIT (near Piddly Pond), 3 GOLDCRESTS (1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane (singing), 1 near Piddly Pond, 1 just NW of The Scrub), TREECREEPER (near Piddly Pond), 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS over (C.Farm (1*)), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), PHEASANT (C.Farm), 3 LINNETS (1 C.Farm, 1 CF/BW at end of R.R.Lane), 6+ NUTHATCHES (1 Lunch Wood, 1 near Piddly Pond, 3+ Fames Rough, 1 The Scrub), 2 COLLARED DOVES (C.Farm), SONG THRUSH (The Scrub), GREENFINCH (C.Farm), 6 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 2 B.Woods), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 7 STOCK DOVES (1 Lunch Wood, 2 flew from C.Farm to B.Woods, 1 by Piddly Pond, 1 Fames Rough, 2 Hither Field) (Odonata: Migrant Hawker (Fames Rough), Common Darter (Piddly Pond), 3+ Azure Damselflies (Piddly Pond), 2 Southern Hawkers (Piddly Pond). Butterflies: Purple Hairstreak (Woodpecker Meadow), 3+ Brown Arguses (Fames Rough), Green-veined White (Fames Rough), 3+ Common Blues (Fames Rough), 5+ Brimstones (B.Woods), 2 Peacocks (Lunch Wood), 2 Speckled Woods (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), Gatekeepers (C.Farm & B.Woods), Meadow Browns (C.Farm & B.Woods)   - DKC/IGM/IJ


Saturday 18th
  • (all C.Farm) 2 TREE PIPITS flew ENE at 9.00am, 2 HOBBIES, 3 LITTLE OWLS (1 Stoney Nob, 1 at/near Horse Pasture, 1 heard coming from either Perrotts by Wood or B.Woods near R.R.Lane), COMMON BUZZARD, CHIFFCHAFF (near Perrotts Farmhouse), 13 PIED WAGTAILS (8 juvs) (Legal & General), COMMON WHITETHROAT (west of R.R.Cottages (singing)), SWALLOW, 2+YELLOWHAMMERS, 7 LINNETS, PHEASANT, 4 GOLDFINCHES, 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Butterflies: Peacock (by Ruffett Wood), Comma (by Pages Acre), Gatekeeper, Small White) - DKC/NT/IGM
  • 10 PHEASANTS (♂ Railway Field & ♀+8 juvs Stoney Nob), BULLFINCH (Stoney Nob), CHIFFCHAFF (Slangs), (Butterflies: 2 Speckled Woods (1 Legal & General, 1 Slangs), Red Admiral (Broadfield)) - IPW
  • 2 COMMON WHITETHROATS (Poultry Field), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (The Scrub), 4+ LINNETS (2+ The Scrub, 2 Sheep Brow) (Butterflies: Silver-washed Fritillary (Pipit Meadow), 2 Brown Arguses (1 Pipit Meadow, 1 Fames Rough), Peacock (Lunch Wood), Comma (Lunch Wood), Small Heath (Fames Rough), Small White (Fames Rough); several Common Blues, Brimstones & Chalkhill Blues (Fames Rough)). Dragonflies: 2 Common Darters (1 Broadfield, 1 Piddly Pond), Southern Hawker (Piddly Pond)) - PGo/IGM


Friday 17th
  • 8.10am-6.50pm: GREY HERON flew over (C.Farm), 2 WILLOW WARBLERS (1 Pages Acre, 1 The Scrub), 2 HOUSE MARTINS (C.Farm), 9 MISTLE THRUSHES (around Bunting Field/Tart's Field), c3 SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 3 LITTLE OWLS (1 east side of Horse Pasture, 1 north end of Broadfield, 1 Pages Acre), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (The Scrub), KESTREL (C.Farm), BLACK-HEADED GULL (Tart's Field), 3 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 3 TREECREEPERS (1 Pages Acre, 2 B.Woods), 3 COAL TITS (1 near Pages Acre horse paddock, 2 B.Woods), 4 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Legal & General, 1 Wood Lane, 1 Ruffett Wood, 1 Tawny Wood), 6 COMMON WHITETHROATS (C.Farm), COLLARED DOVE (C.Farm), 3 NUTHATCHES (1 Circle Field, 2 B.Woods), GOLDCREST (just NW of The Scrub), 2 PHEASANTS (♂+♀) (C.Farm), 11+ LINNETS (8+ C.Farm, 3 The Scrub), c4 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 200+ JACKDAWS (C.Farm), GREENFINCH (C.Farm), c5 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), STOCK DOVE (B.Woods), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (C.Farm), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods) (Butterflies: 3 Speckled Woods (2 by Legal & General, 1 The Scrub), Comma (by Pages Acre), Brimstone (by C.Farmhouse), Green-veined White (near R.R.Cottages), Meadow Browns (CF & BW), Gatekeeper (C.Farm)) - DKC/IJ  


Thursday 16th
  • (all C.Farm) 18 PIED WAGTAILS (5 juvs) (Legal & General), BULLFINCH (Slangs), LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), COMMON BUZZARD, ♀ KESTREL, ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over, NUTHATCH (Lunch Wood), PHEASANT, 4+ LINNETS, 3+ YELLOWHAMMERS, BLACK-HEADED GULL (Tart's Field), 7 SWALLOWS, 3 STOCK DOVES, 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, 4+ GREEN WOODPECKERS, 8+ GOLDFINCHES, 20+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (inc flock of 18) (Butterflies: 2 Speckled Woods (1 Infront George Field, 1 Slangs); Gatekeepers & Meadow Browns) - DKC
  • 6.35pm-7.20pm: (all C.Farm) 9 MISTLE THRUSHES (Tart's Field), 2 STOCK DOVES, 2 KESTRELS, 2 COMMON WHITETHROATS (near R.R.Cottages), 17 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (single flock) - AD


Wednesday 15th
  • juv PEREGRINE (C.Farm), WHEATEAR (C.Farm), 3+ COMMON SWIFTS (C.Farm/B.Woods), 300+ JACKDAWS (C.Farm) - IJ 
  • 3 COMMON SWIFTS (C.Farm) - PGo


Tuesday 14th
  • no reported sightings


Monday 13th
  • (all C.Farm) LITTLE OWL (Legal & General), 14+ PIED WAGTAILS (6♂+4♀+4 juvs) (Legal & General), COLLARED DOVE (Tart's Field), 3 COMMON BUZZARDS (Broadfield), ♀ KESTREL, 4 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Tart's Field), 7 SWALLOWS flew south, 2 LINNETS, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 250+ JACKDAWS, 8 GOLDFINCHES, ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET - AD


Sunday 12th
  • 5 WILLOW WARBLERS (The Scrub (1 singing)), 3 COMMON BUZZARDS together (Ruffett Wood - 1 poss a juv), LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (1 Canons Farmhouse, 1 near Perrotts Farm), 2 KESTRELS (near Lunch Wood), 3 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Tawny Wood, 2 B.Woods), 5 PIED WAGTAILS (L&G), 4 HOUSE MARTINS (south of Legal & General), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER on telephone pole (near Legal & General), 9+ LINNETS (5+ at CF, 4 The Scrub), GOLDCREST (near Piddly Pond), NUTHATCH (1 near Piddly Pond, 1 in Ruffett Wood), GREEN WOODPECKER (Pipit Meadow), 2 juvenile ROBINS (near Piddly Pond), 2+ juv WRENS (near Piddly Pond) (Butterflies: Small Skippers (Woodpecker Meadow), 3 Essex Skippers (2 Legal & General, 1 Pipit Meadow), 2 Peacocks (1 near Perrotts Farmhouse, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), 4 Brimstones (2 Pipit Meadow, 2 Woodpecker Meadow), 2 Speckled Woods (north of Perrotts Farmhouse), 2 Small Heaths (1 Legal & General, 1 Woodpecker Meadow); numbers of Large Whites, Small Whites, Green-veined Whites, Meadow Browns and Gatekeepers throughout) - PGo


Saturday 11th
  • BULLFINCH (Pages Acre), 2 BLACKCAPS (1 Pages Acre, 1 Holly Lane Meadow), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Tawny Wood, 1 Holly Lane Meadow), 3 SWALLOWS (1 Quail Field, 2 Legal & General), 3 COMMON BUZZARDS (over Ruffett Wood), 2+ LONG-TAILED TITS (B.Woods car park), SKYLARK (Perrotts by Wood), GREEN WOODPECKER (Lunch Wood), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farmhouse), 4+ GOLDFINCHES (inc 2 juvs) (Butterflies: 2 Small Coppers (Holly Lane Meadow), 3 Small Skippers (Holly Lane Meadow), Large White (Holly Lane Meadow), 30+ Meadow Brown (Holly Lane Meadow), Marbled White (Holly Lane Meadow) 10+ Gatekeepers (Holly Lane Meadow), 10+ Chalkhill Blues (Holly Lane Meadow), 6 Brimstones (Holly Lane Meadow), Comma (Holly Lane Meadow), 6 Peacock (2 Holly Lane Meadow, 4 Pipit Meadow), 4 Common Blues (2 Holly Lane Meadow, 2 Fames Rough), Speckled Wood (Infront George field), Green-veined White (Pipit Meadow). Dragonflies: 2 Southern Hawkers (Holly Lane Meadow). Moths: 2 Silver Ys (1 C.Farm, 1 Holly Lane Meadow)) - IPW
  • (Butterflies: 4 Speckled Woods (2 Slangs, 2 B.Woods), Holly Blue (Slangs), Common Blue (Fames Rough), Small Heath (Fames Rough), 6+ Brimstones (Fames Rough), many Gatekeepers (Slangs & Fames Rough), many Meadow Browns (Slangs & Fames Rough), Green-veined White (Slangs)) - IGM 


Friday 10th
  • 30 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 3 COMMON BUZZARDS (Death Pit) - FJ/SD
Thursday 9th
  • WHEATEAR (R.R.Lane), 20+ SWALLOWS (C.Farm) - IGM
Wednesday 8th
  • Early evening: SPOTTED FLYCATCHER (C.Farm/B.Woods in SE corner of Perrotts by Wood), ♀ BLACKCAP (C.Farm/B.Woods in SE corner of Perrotts by Wood), 4 BULLFINCHES (B.Woods) - IJ
Tuesday 7th
  • (all C.Farm) 2+ HOUSE MARTINS, c50 SWALLOWS, ♂ KESTREL (Stoney Nob), 2 COMMON WHITETHROATS (Stoney Nob), 16 LINNETS (Skylark Field), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (Legal & General), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (Legal & General), 12 GOLDFINCHES (Legal & General), c80 WOODPIGEONS (Broadfield) (Butterflies: Small Skipper, 6 Large Whites, 13 Meadow Browns. Moths: Shaded Broad-bar, 5 Common Carpets, c110 Cinnbar caterpillars) - NS 



Monday 6th
  • no reported sightings



Sunday 5th
  • no reported sightings


Saturday 4th
  • PEREGRINE flew north (Broadfield)- IPW
  • 6+ SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 15+ COMMON SWIFTS (C.Farm), COAL TIT (Fames Rough), 2 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 6 PIED WAGTAILS (♂+2♀+3 juvs) (Legal & General), GREENFINCH (Legal & General), 3+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (C.Farm), ♂ KESTREL (C.Farm), 4+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS (C.Farm), CHIFFCHAFF (Legal & General), BLACKCAP (Legal & General), COMMON WHITETHROAT (Infront George Field), 2+ LINNETS (C.Farm), SKYLARK (C.Farm), GREEN WOODPECKER (C.Farm), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 3+ GOLDFINCHES (2+ C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 11 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) (Butterflies: Dark Green Fritillary (Fames Rough), 13+ Chalkhill Blues (1 Fames Rough, 12+ Valley Meadows), 2 Marbled Whites (1 Fames Rough, 1 Valley Meadows), Gatekeepers (C.Farm & B.Woods), Green-veined White (Valley Meadows), Small White (Quail Field), Meadow Browns (C.Farm & B.Woods), Ringlet (Lunch Wood)) - DKC/IGM


Friday 3rd
  • 6 CROSSBILLS flew south (Legal & General), 9 PIED WAGTAILS (2♂+2♀+5 juvs) (Legal & General), 1+ HOBBY (C.Farm then B.Woods), 2 MISTLE THRUSHES (C.Farm), 10+ SWALLOWS through south (C.Farm), 1+ COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), 2 BULLFINCHES (1 Slangs, 1 B.Woods by orchard), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 2 KESTRELS (Lunch Banks), 3 TREECREEPERS (1 Pages Acre, 2 B.Woods), 4 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Tart's Field), GOLDCREST (B.Woods near estate), 2 COLLARED DOVES (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods near estate (singing)), 6 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Legal & General, 5 B.Woods), BLACKCAP (Slangs), 3 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 2 COMMON WHITETHROATS (1 C.Farm, 1 Valley Meadows),5+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Valley Meadows), SKYLARK (C.Farm), 3+ LINNETS (2+ C.Farm, B.Woods flew over near estate), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 10+ GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), SONG THRUSH (C.Farm), 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) (Butterflies: 5-10 Chalkhill Blues (Valley Meadows), 2 Small Skippers (Legal & General), 2 Small Heaths (Valley Meadows), Marbled White (C.Farm), 2 Gatekeepers (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods)) - DKC/GB et al 


Thursday 2nd
  • PEREGRINE (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), 1+ SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), SWALLOW (C.Farm), BULLFINCH (B.Woods), SKYLARK (C.Farm), 2+ BLACKCAPS (B.Woods), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (B.Woods), 6 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Tart's Field), 2 NUTHATCHES (1 Kingswood Residential, 1 B.Woods), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 2 LINNETS (C.Farm), COMMON SWIFT (C.Farm), GOLDFINCH (C.Farm), STOCK DOVE (B.Woods then C.Farm) (Butterflies: Comma (C.Farm), Large White (C.Farm/B.Woods border)   - DKC/GB


Wednesday 1st
  • (all C.Farm) OYSTERCATCHER flew NE at 11.01am (see Gallery), SEDGE WARBLER for c2mins at c9.30am only then no further sign (by barns behind C.Farmhouse), ♀ PEREGRINE hunting (around Lambert's Shaw), WILLOW WARBLER (by barns behind C.Farmhouse), 3 PIED WAGTAILS (juv & 2♀) (Legal & General), juv MISTLE THRUSH (Can Hatch Field/Tart's Field), LITTLE OWL (around Lunch Wood), SWALLOW, 1+ COMMON BUZZARD, 4 BULLFINCHES (2 Legal & General, 2 Slangs), ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over, 6+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Tart's Field), 40+ COMMON SWIFTS flew generally south, TREECREEPER (Legal & General), CHIFFCHAFF (Legal & General), 3+ COMMON WHITETHROATS (2+ Infront George Field, 1 Slangs), 3 YELLOWHAMMERS, GREENFINCH, SKYLARK, BLACKCAP (by barns behind C.Farmhouse), 5 LINNETS, GOLDFINCH, GREEN WOODPECKER, 2 STOCK DOVES, SONG THRUSH (Butterflies: several Gatekeepers, Marbled Whites, Essex Skippers, Small Skippers and Meadow Browns) - DKC