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September 2012

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.

Sunday 30th
  • 7.20am-12.45pm: 3 CORMORANTS flew WNW at 8.34am (C.Farm), 600+ HOUSE MARTINS flew through (mainly C.Farm - c50 also over B.Woods), 60+ SWALLOWS flew through (mainly C.Farm - 5+ also over B.Woods), GREY HERON (C.Farm*), COMMON BUZZARD (Tawny Wood), 2+ SPARROWHAWKS (C.Farm - 1 also flew over B.Woods), 7 ROOKS (C.Farm), 12+ MISTLE THRUSHES (Tart's Field), 2+ CHIFFCHAFFS (1 by C.Farmhouse, 1+ by Green Belt Field), 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 east side of Horse Pasture, 1 C.Farmyard), 15+ MEADOW PIPITS (mainly C.Farm - 1 also flew over B.Woods), BULLFINCH (Pages Acre), 10+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), SONG THRUSH (by Green Belt Field), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), 80+ LINNETS (C.Farm), GOLDCREST (Ruffett Wood), 2 NUTHATCHES (1 by Green Belt Field, 1 Ruffett Wood), ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (C.Farm), 3+ COMMON GULLS (C.Farm), c15 STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), GREEN WOODPECKER (C.Farm), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 2+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) - DKC 


Saturday 29th 
  • 7.15am-6.45pm: ♀ REED BUNTING at 7.58am only (hedge bordering Bunting Field/Quail Field), 3+ LESSER REDPOLLS flew over (C.Farm), 2 SISKINS flew over (C.Farm), CORMORANT flew over (C.Farm), 3 CANADA GEESE flew low WNW at 6.41pm (C.Farm), 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 C.Farmyard, 1 C.Farm or B.Woods near Perrotts Farmhouse), CHIFFCHAFF (C.Farmyard), 30+ HOUSE MARTINS (C.Farm), 50+ SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 5 SKYLARKS, 10+ MEADOW PIPITS, 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (B.Woods (1*)), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), 2 BULLFINCHES (The Scrub), 2+ MISTLE THRUSHES (C.Farm), 1+ PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (C.Farm), 2 COMMON GULLS (C.Farm), 3+ TREECREEPERS (B.Woods), 4+ GOLDCRESTS (B.Woods), YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), 2 COAL TITS (B.Woods), c13 LONG-TAILED TITS (B.Woods), 3 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 2+ COLLARED DOVES (C.Farm), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), GOLDFINCH (C.Farm), 4+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (2+ C.Farm, 2+ Rest Copse) (Butterflies: Comma (The Scrub), Speckled Wood (B.Woods), 2 Red Admirals (C.Farm)) - DKC/RDW/IGM et al
  • 11.15am-1.30pm: (all C.Farm) SISKIN flew over (Bog Field), MEADOW PIPIT, 2 SKYLARKS (Bunting Field), 1+ ROOK (C.Wood), 3 PIED WAGTAILS, 2 SWALLOWS, 2 GOLDCRESTS (Heathside Field), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Broadfield, 1 Heathside Field), 2 COLLARED DOVES (Heathside Field), COMMON BUZZARD (Broadfield), 2♀ KESTRELS (1 Quail Field, 1 Bunting Field), 50+ LINNETS (Quail Field), YELLOWHAMMER (Broadfield),  (Butterflies: Comma (Quail Field), 5 Red Admirals, Small White (Heathside Field)) - IPW
  • c20 SWALLOWS (B.Woods), 6 COMMON BUZZARDS (B.Woods), 3 KESTRELS (B.Woods), c80 LINNETS (Quail Field) - SG      


Friday 28th
  • 7.20am-12.20pm: ♀ REED BUNTING at 8.51am only (C.Farmyard) (found by DKC), ♀ STONECHAT (R.Bottom) (found by DW), juv HOBBY (on ground in Heathside Field then flew off), 3+ CORMORANTS flew over, , 300+ HOUSE MARTINS through south, 60+ SWALLOWS through south, COMMON BUZZARD, 2 SPARROWHAWKS, KESTREL, 3 ROOKS (Broadfield), 4+ SKYLARKS, 15+ MEADOW PIPITS (mainly in Infront George Field & Skylark Field), 10 PIED WAGTAILS (Skylark Field), 3 MISTLE THRUSHES, ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (Quail Field), 2+ COMMON GULLS, SONG THRUSH, 40+ LINNETS, 3+ COLLARED DOVES, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, STOCK DOVE, 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Butterflies: Red Admiral (Stoney Nob)) - DKC/PGo/DW
  • Late afternoon: ♀ STONECHAT still (R.Bottom) - IJ     


Thursday 27th
  • (all C.Farm) LESSER REDPOLL flew over, SISKIN flew over, 100+ SWALLOWS, 10+ HOUSE MARTINS, 5+ MEADOW PIPITS, 6+ PIED WAGTAILS, 2 ROOKS, COMMON BUZZARD, SPARROWHAWK, 4+ COMMON GULLS, 2+ LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, CHIFFCHAFF (Pages Acre), 8 LINNETS, 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 Copt Hill Lane, 1 C.Farmyard), YELLOWHAMMER, 10+ PHEASANTS (Buzzard Field), TREECREEPER (Pages Acre), GREEN WOODPECKER, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, GREENFINCH, 2+ GOLDFINCHES, 20+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Butterflies: Red Admiral) - DKC/IJ 


Wednesday 26th
  • 7.05am-7.45am & 1.00pm-5.00pm: (all C.Farm) RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE still (Infront George Field), SAND MARTIN flew south, 3 YELLOW WAGTAILS flew over, MALLARD flew over, 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (1*), 400+ SWALLOWS, 50+ HOUSE MARTINS, 6 SKYLARKS, 2+ MEADOW PIPITS, 2 MISTLE THRUSHES, 2 ROOKS, PIED WAGTAIL, KESTREL, SPARROWHAWK, 2+ COMMON GULLS, 4 LITTLE OWLS, CHIFFCHAFF (Stoney Nob), LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, 5+ LINNETS, 2 COLLARED DOVES, GREEN WOODPECKER, 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, c5 STOCK DOVES - RDW/DKC/IJ  


Tuesday 25th
  • 1.35pm: 4 REDWINGS flew over (C.Farm) - GB
  • (all C.Farm) WHEATEAR (Bog Field), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Wood Lane, 1 Stoney Nob), COMMON BUZZARD, 2 KESTRELS, 15+ HOUSE MARTINS, 30+ SWALLOWS, 2+ MEADOW PIPITS, 4+ LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, COAL TIT (Circle Field), 3+ COMMON GULLS, ♂ PHEASANT, 2 YELLOWHAMMERS, LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), 2+ COLLARED DOVES, 14 STOCK DOVES, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 3 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Butterflies: Red Admiral) - DKC


Monday 24th
  • 6.45am-9.10am & 11.00am-1.10pm & 4.20pm-7.10pm: YELLOW WAGTAIL flew south at 8.15am (C.Farm), 10+ MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), GREY HERON flew over (B.Woods), LITTLE OWL (C.Farmyard), HOUSE MARTIN flew over (C.Farm), 30+ SWALLOWS through (C.Farm), 6+ COMMON GULLS (C.Farm), 3+ ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (C.Farm), 2+ ROOKS (C.Farm), 2 SPARROWHAWKS (C.Farm), 4 PHEASANTS (♂+3♀) (Broadfield), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Copt Hill Lane, 1 Tattenham Meadow), YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), 20+ LINNETS (C.Farm), c10 STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), GREEN WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 25+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) - DKC/RDW
  • 20+ ROOKS flew over (Slangs) - IGM
  • 2+ ROOKS, 3 HOUSE MARTINS, ♀ KESTREL, COMMON GULL, c50 SWALLOWS, c30 LINNETS - AD


Sunday 23rd
  • 6.50am-5.10pm: (all C.Farm) 7 CURLEWS 10.35am-10.44am (arrived from NE, landed in Quail Field then moved to Heathside Field before flying off south) (found by IJ) (see Gallery), 2 YELLOW WAGTAILS flew south (1 at 7.02am, 1 at 7.23am), HOBBY flew over, 6 MALLARDS flew over, 25+ MEADOW PIPITS, 12 MISTLE THRUSHES flew over, SKYLARK, 75+ HOUSE MARTINS through, 250+ SWALLOWS through, SPARROWHAWK, KESTREL, COMMON BUZZARD, 3+ COMMON GULLS (2 ads & 1 1st-winter), 6+ LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, 5 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Bunting Field, 1 Circle Field), YELLOWHAMMER, LINNET, 5+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Circle Field), 4 COLLARED DOVES, STOCK DOVE, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 3 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC/RDW/IJ/JB/IGM/CA et al
  • 2 FIELDFARES (near Perrotts Farmhouse) - JH 


Saturday 22nd
  • 7.20am-7.20pm: RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE still (Broadfield), YELLOW WAGTAIL flew over (C.Farm), 10+ MEADOW PIPITS (5+ C.Farm, 5 B.Woods), c13 COMMON BUZZARDS (8 C.Farm (inc flock of 6), c5 B.Woods), 2 SPARROWHAWKS (B.Woods), 2 KESTRELS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 4 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 2 BULLFINCHES (♀ & juv) (by Piddly Pond), 2 TREECREEPERS (1 Pages Acre, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane), c20 SWALLOWS (C.Farm then 6 of which over B.Woods), 5 LITTLE OWLS (C.Farm), 6 CHIFFCHAFFS (2 Legal & General, 1 near R.R.Cottages, 1 Chipstead Meadow, 2 B.Woods (1 singing)), ROOK (Broadfield), 3+ LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (C.Farm), 3+ COMMON GULLS (C.Farm), 2 GOLDCRESTS (1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane (singing), 1 just NW of The Scrub), 4♀ PHEASANTS (3 Broadfield, 1 Tart's Field), COAL TIT (just NW of The Scrub), 2 SONG THRUSHES (1 C.Farmyard, 1 Circle Field), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (R.Bottom), 3 NUTHATCHES (1 by Piddly Pond, 1 just NW of The Scrub, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), 2 GREENFINCHES (♂+♀) (Legal & General), 5+ GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub, 2+ Woodpecker Meadow), 1+ GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 3+ STOCK DOVES (2+ C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), c5 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) (Butterflies: 4+ Red Admirals (3+ C.Farm, 1+ B.Woods), Speckled Wood (B.Woods), Comma (C.Farm), 4 Meadow Browns (Woodpecker Meadow), 3 Small Whites (C.Farm)) - GUIDED WALK & participants' sightings before & after

Friday 21st
  • 12.18pm: HOBBY attacking flock of c60 LINNETS (Infront George Field) - NS
  • 7.20am-12.35pm: (all C.Farm) SISKIN flew over, 16 MISTLE THRUSHES flew south in single flock, SKYLARK, 5 MEADOW PIPITS, 5+ HOUSE MARTINS, 12+ SWALLOWS, 2+ COMMON GULLS, GREY HERON*, 4+ ROOKS, 2 SPARROWHAWKS, 2+ KESTRELS, TREECREEPER (Lambert's Shaw), SONG THRUSH, 2 LITTLE OWLS, 3+ COLLARED DOVES, 3 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 C.Farmyard, 1 Chipstead Meadow (singing), 1 Circle Field), c55 STOCK DOVES, 3 NUTHATCHES (1 Death Pit, 1 Pages Acre, 1 Tawny Wood), 40+ LINNETS, 4 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, 6+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Butterflies: 2 Red Admirals) - DKC
  • 11.50am-1.10pm: (all C.Farm) 4 SWALLOWS, 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Pheasant Field, 1 Legal & General), LITTLE OWL (Death Pit), NUTHATCH (Tawny Wood), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 Pheasant Field, 1 Buzzard Field), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Ruffett Wood), COLLARED DOVE (C.Residential), STOCK DOVE (Green Belt Field), 11 LINNETS (Poultry Field), 80+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Tart's Field), 7 HERRING GULLS (Tart's Field), 3 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Butterflies: Small Tortoiseshell (Buzzard Field), 2 Red Admirals (1 Pipit Meadow, 1 Poultry Field)) - IPW/SJW
Thursday 20th
  • 1.40pm-6.40pm: 500+ HOUSE MARTINS flew through mostly 2.15pm-3.30pm (mainly C.Farm but also over B.Woods), 6 ROOKS (C.Farm then 2 flew over B.Woods), 2 SPARROWHAWKS (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), SWALLOW (C.Farm), 1+ MISTLE THRUSH (C.Farm), 5 MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), 9 ♀/juv PHEASANTS (8 flew from Broadfield to Lunch Banks, 1 Broadfield), 8 LONG-TAILED TITS (Perrotts by Wood/B.Woods), c25 LINNETS (C.Farm), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane, 1 B.Woods Short Route), 2 GOLDCRESTS (B.Woods north of estate), 2 NUTHATCHES (1 B.Woods Short Route, 1 Holly Lane Meadow), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (B.Woods), 15+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm then 2 flew over B.Woods) - DKC/GB


Wednesday 19th
  • 7.10am-7.50am & c1.00pm-c7.00pm: (all C.Farm) 2 juv HOBBIES c2.55pm-c5.45pm (flying around Broadfield then perched at Death Pit), 5+ MEADOW PIPITS, 2 COMMON GULLS (juv Tart's Field, adult Skylark Field), GREY HERON (on roof C.Lane), 6 SWALLOWS, juv KESTREL, SPARROWHAWK, COMMON BUZZARD, 6 MISTLE THRUSHES flew over (Quail Field), LITTLE OWL (north end of Broadfield), ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (Quail Field), YELLOWHAMMER, LINNET, 15 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Butterflies: Red Admiral) - DKC/CA
  • (11.10am-12.45pm: (all C.Farm) WHEATEAR (Bog Field), 5 SWALLOWS (Broadfield), CHIFFCHAFF (Legal & General), 4 MEADOW PIPITS (2 Legal & General, 1 Stoney Nob, 1 Broadfield), COMMON BUZZARD (over Stoney Nob), 2♀ KESTRELS (1 Legal & General, 1 Steep Banks), LITTLE OWL (near C.Farmhouse), 4 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 4 YELLOWHAMMERS (2 Slangs, 2 Broadfield), STOCK DOVE (Lunch Banks), 8 LINNETS (7 R.Bottom, 1 Skylark Field), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 Legal & General, 1 Lunch Wood), GREENFINCH (Legal & General), GOLDFINCH (Legal & General), c60 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Tart's Field), 11 HERRING GULLS (in fields) (Butterflies: 2 Red Admirals (Infront George Field), Small White (Lunch Banks), Large White (Copt Hill Lane), Meadow Brown (Railway Field), Speckled Wood (Lunch Banks) - IPW/SJW
  • (all C.Farm) WHEATEAR at 8.50am (Infront George Field), 2+ MEADOW PIPITS, 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (Slangs), 100+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS - IGM  


Tuesday 18th
  • 10.30am-12.00pm: (all C.Farm) 3 CROSSBILLS flew NW at 10.51am (Railway Field), 2 MEADOW PIPITS (1 Stoney Nob, 1 Infront George Field), HOUSE MARTIN flew south (Railway Field), BULLFINCH (Stoney Nob), 7 SWALLOWS (2 Railway Field, 5 Broadfield), LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (Tart's Field), COMMON BUZZARD (Lunch Wood), CHIFFCHAFF (Legal & General), 3 NUTHATCHES (1 Stoney Nob, 1 Lunch Wood, 1 K.Residential), GREENFINCH (Railway Field), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (R.Bottom), GREEN WOODPECKER (Stoney Nob), 56+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS (c51 Tart's Field, 2 Broadfield, 3 Quail Field), 2 HERRING GULLS (Tart's Field) (possible male Reed Bunting at 11.15am (flew from Infront George Field to Lunch Banks)) (Butterflies: Small Tortoiseshell (Lunch Banks), Meadow Brown (Lunch Banks)) - IPW/SJW 
  • 7.10am-7.55am & 4.10pm-5.45pm: SISKIN flew over, GREY HERON (Quail Field), 2 MEADOW PIPITS, ♂ PHEASANT (Broadfield), BULLFINCH (Stoney Nob/Railway Field), adult COMMON GULL (Tart's Field), 7 LINNETS, YELLOWHAMMER, COLLARED DOVE, 6+ STOCK DOVES (Butterflies: Red Admiral) - DKC 


Monday 17th
  • 7.15am-8.30am: adult COMMON GULL (Infront George Field), adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (Infront George Field), 6 MEADOW PIPITS flew over, 10 SWALLOWS flew low south, GREENFINCH, 2 COLLARED DOVES, 6 LINNETS, ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET - DKC


Sunday 16th
  • 7.20am-6.00pm: adult ♂ PEREGRINE 1.00pm-1.03pm (over Broadfield & landed in tree briefly then flew east), ad COMMON GULL (Skylark Field), 25+ MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 60+ HOUSE MARTINS flew through (C.Farm), 20+ SWALLOWS flew through (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), ♀ SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 2 ♀/juv KESTRELS (1 Lunch Banks, 1 Green Belt Field), ROOK (C.Farm), SKYLARK (C.Farm), 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 near C.Farmhouse, 1 Poultry Field/Pheasant Field), 2 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 1+ YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (1 Skylark Field, 1 flew over C.Farm), 3 PHEASANTS (C.Farm), 2 COAL TITS (1 C.Residential, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane), GOLDCREST (Legal & General), 3 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Tawny Wood, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane, 1 The Scrub), 5 NUTHATCHES (1 Pages Acre, 4 B.Woods), BULLFINCH (The Scrub), 3+ GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 1+ B.Woods), 5+ LONG-TAILED TITS (B.Woods near R.R.Lane), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 2 COLLARED DOVES (C.Farm), 6 STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), GREENFINCH (C.Farm), GOLDFINCH (by Perrotts Farmhouse), 20+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (10+ C.Farm, c10 Rest Copse) - DKC  


Saturday 15th
  • 7.15am-7.30pm: (all C.Farm) ♀ STONECHAT (north side of Heathside Field), SISKIN flew over (C.Farm), 50+ MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 120+ HOUSE MARTINS (C.Farm), 100+ SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 1+ GREY HERON flew over (C.Farm), 7+ MISTLE THRUSHES (C.Farm), 3 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), SKYLARK (Heathside Field), 1+ ad COMMON GULL (C.Farm), 2 SPARROWHAWKS (C.Farm), ♀/juv KESTREL (C.Farm), 4+ COMMON BUZZARDS (C.Farm), 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 east side of Horse Pasture, 1 Stoney Nob), NUTHATCH (Death Pit), COMMON WHITETHROAT (Broadfield), 22+ LINNETS (C.Farm), 5 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Infront George Field, 1 Lunch Wood (singing), 1 near C.Farmhouse, 2 The Scrub), BLACKCAP (The Scrub), 7 ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (1 Skylark Field, 6 flew over C.Farm), GREENFINCH (C.Farm), GREEN WOODPECKER (C.Farm), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 2+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), COLLARED DOVE (C.Farm), GOLDFINCH (C.Farm), 3+ STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), 5+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm); healthy numbers of BLACK-HEADED GULLS and HERRING GULLS, on the deck and flying over (Butterflies: Small Copper (The Scrub), Brown Argus (Pipit Meadow), Gatekeeper (Slangs), c5 Red Admirals (C.Farm), Brimstone (Lunch Wood), Comma (by C.Farmhouse), Small White (C.Farm), c5 Speckled Woods (C.Farm), 9+ Meadow Browns (1 Pipit Meadow, 8+ The Scrub)) - DKC/RDW/PGo et al
  • 11.10am-12.20pm: 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Infront George Field, 1 Legal & General), GREENFINCH (Legal & General), GOLDFINCH (Railway Field) (Mammals: Weasel (Slangs). Butterflies: Small Tortoiseshell (R.Bottom), 2 Commas (1 Stoney Nob, 1 Broadfield), 4 Red Admirals (1 R.R.Cottages, 2 Broadfield, 1 Watchpoint), 4 Small Whites (2 Railway Field, 1 R.Bottom, 1 Broadfield), 6 Large Whites (2 Broadfield, 1 Quail Field, 2 Railway Field, 1 Slangs)) - IPW


Friday 14th  
  • 7.10am-12.20pm: RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Infront George Field), 5 MALLARDS (C.Farm*), 1st-winter COMMON GULL (Quail Field), 4+ MEADOW PIPITS flew over (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), 3 KESTRELS (♂+♀/juv C.Farm, ♂ Woodpecker Meadow), HOUSE MARTIN flew over (The Scrub), ROOK (C.Farm), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), 2 TREECREEPERS (1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane, 1 just NW of The Scrub), 2 GOLDCRESTS (B.Woods near R.R.Lane), 3 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (2 ads & juv) (Infront George Field), 3 SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 2 BULLFINCHES (1 Legal & General, 1 The Scrub), 5 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Legal & General, 1 Slangs, 2 The Scrub, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 5 NUTHATCHES (1 Lunch Wood, 4 B.Woods), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 4+ GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 Perrotts by Wood/B.Woods, 2+ The Scrub, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), 10+ LINNETS (C.Farm), c85 HERRING GULLS (Tart's Field & Infront George Field), 75+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Tart's Field & Infront George Field), STOCK DOVE (C.Farm), 6+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) (Butterflies: Speckled Wood (The Scrub), Red Admiral (The Scrub)) - DKC
  • Evening: RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Broadfield) - IGM
  • Late morning/early afternoon: (all C.Farm) 1st-winter COMMON GULL (Quail Field then Tart's Field), ♀ KESTREL, COMMON BUZZARD, SKYLARK (Tart's Field), c8 YELLOWHAMMERS (Harrier Field), c70 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Tart's Field), 7 STOCK DOVES (Bog Field), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 3 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - NS


Thursday 13th
  • 10.30am-1.00pm: (all B.Woods) 4 BULLFINCHES (1 Valley Meadows, 1 Hither Field, 1 Fames Rough, 1 The Scrub), 8 CHIFFCHAFFS (B.Woods), 7+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Fames Rough), KESTREL (Woodpecker Meadow), GOLDCREST (by B.Woods car park (singing)), 3 BLACKCAPS (1 Steep Banks, 2 B.Woods), 3+ COAL TITS (Sheep Brow) (Butterflies: 2 Chalkhill Blues (Valley Meadows), Small Tortoiseshell (Hither Field), 2 Speckled Woods (Hither Field), 7+ Meadow Browns (Hither Field), Large White (Hither Field), 4 Small Whites (Valley Meadows), Small Heath (The Scrub), Comma (near B.Woods car park). Moths: Silver Y (Hither Field)) - IPW 
  • (all C.Farm) juv COMMON GULL (Tart's Field), MEADOW PIPIT flew over, 8 SWALLOWS, MISTLE THRUSH (over R.Bottom), 3 LITTLE OWLS (1 Stoney Nob, 1 Lambert's Shaw, 1 near C.Farmhouse), KESTREL, 2 COLLARED DOVES, YELLOWHAMMER, GREEN WOODPECKER, 41 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Butterflies: 3+ Red Admirals) - DKC


Wednesday 12th
  • 6.45am-8.20am & c1.30pm-5.50pm: (all C.Farm) YELLOW WAGTAIL flew over at 8.27am, WHEATEAR (barns behind R.R.Cottages then east side of Horse Pasture), SKYLARK (Heathside Field), 4+ MEADOW PIPITS, COMMON WHITETHROAT (by C.Farmhouse), ♀ BLACKCAP (Slangs), ROOK, LITTLE OWL, SPARROWHAWK, 2 KESTRELS, MISTLE THRUSH, PIED WAGTAIL, TREECREEPER (Slangs), 2 COAL TITS (1 by Pages Acre, 1 Slangs), 2 GOLDCRESTS (Slangs), 6+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Slangs), CHIFFCHAFF (Slangs), 2 BULLFINCHES (Slangs), 3 YELLOWHAMMERS, c50 BLACK-HEADED GULLS, 20+ HERRING GULLS, 12+ SWALLOWS, NUTHATCH (Pages Acre), 3♂ PHEASANTS, COLLARED DOVE, 2 GOLDFINCHES, LINNET, STOCK DOVE, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 10+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC


Tuesday 11th
  • ♀ COMMON REDSTART (Slangs) - NS
  • 3 short visits throughout day: ♀ COMMON REDSTART (Slangs/R.Bottom), 4 MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 3 HOUSE MARTINS flew over (C.Farm), 1+ BLACKCAP (Slangs), COMMON WHITETHROAT (R.Bottom), 4+ ROOKS (C.Farm), LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (B.Woods), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), 3 COLLARED DOVES (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (B.Woods), COAL TIT (B.Woods), 2 GOLDCRESTS (B.Woods), 2+ NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 2 KESTRELS (♀/juv C.Farm, ♂ Holly Lane Meadow), SWALLOW (C.Farm), 2 BULLFINCHES (Slangs), 2 PHEASANTS (♂ Broadfield, juv Lunch Banks), YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), GREEN WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 17+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) (Mammals: Weasel (R.Bottom)) - DKC
  • 4.00pm-5.00pm: SPARROWHAWK (B.Woods), GOLDCREST (B.Woods car park), CHIFFCHAFF (Valley Meadows), 2 BULLFINCHES (Valley Meadows), 6+ ROOKS (Outwood Lane), 3 GREENFINCHES (Valley Meadows), 2 GOLDFINCHES (Valley Meadows), 3+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Valley Meadows) (Butterflies: Small Heath (Holly Lane Meadow), Speckled Wood (Holly Lane Meadow), Small Copper (Holly Lane Meadow), 10+ Meadow Browns (Valley Meadows)) - IPW   


Monday 10th
  • 6.20pm-8.00pm: 1st-winter ♂ COMMON REDSTART still in evening (east side of Infront George Field), RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE heard calling (Stoney Nob), WHEATEAR (Harrier Field), 2 LITTLE OWLS, KESTREL - DKC/JB
  • (all C.Farm) BLACKCAP (Slangs), COMMON BUZZARD, YELLOWHAMMER, KESTREL - IJ
  • 6.50am-7.50am: COMMON WHITETHROAT (Watchpoint), KESTREL, 4 COLLARED DOVES, 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (Heathside Field), 90+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Heathside Field & Tart's Field), 30+ HERRING GULLS (Heathside Field & Tart's Field), STOCK DOVE, LINNET, 6+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Butterflies: Speckled Wood) - DKC


Sunday 9th
  • 8.20am: 3 WHINCHATS (east side of Tart's Field) - JSi
  • From Banstead Countryside Day stall at Holly Lane Meadow: 2 HOBBIES, 2 CANADA GEESE, 2 COMMON BUZZARDS, c20 SWALLOWS - DKC et al
  • 6.45am-8.40am: (all C.Farm) RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Stoney Nob), WHEATEAR (Harrier Field), 2 SKYLARKS, PIED WAGTAIL, LITTLE OWL, 2 CHIFFCHAFFS, ROOK, TREECREEPER (Lunch Wood), 3 LINNETS, ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, GREEN WOODPECKER, 2+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC
  • c15 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), BULLFINCH (Legal & General), COMMON BUZZARD (over Broadfield) (Butterflies: several Speckled Woods) - IGM  



Saturday 8th
  • (all C.Farm) 1st-winter ♂ COMMON REDSTART (Stoney Nob), HOBBY, 2 SWALLOWS, CHIFFCHAFF, ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over, 2 COMMON BUZZARDS*, 8+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS, KESTREL, LINNET, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER - DKC
  • RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Lunch Banks), MEADOW PIPIT (Bog Field), BULLFINCH (Slangs), BLACKCAP (Railway Field), ♂ PHEASANT (R.Bottom), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (1 over Lunch Wood, 1 over B.Woods), 4 SWALLOWS flew west (Heathside Field), imm ♂ KESTREL (Stoney Nob), COLLARED DOVE (C.Residential (singing)), 12 LINNETS (C.Farm), 2 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Tart's Field), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Heathside Field),  GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 Stoney Nob, 1 Lunch Wood) (Butterflies: Small Tortoiseshell (Legal & General), Meadow Brown (Legal & General), 3 Red Admirals (2 Heathside Field, 1 Railway Field), 3 Small Heaths (2 Quail Field, 1 Railway Field), 40+ Small Whites, Brimstone (C.Farm), 4 Speckled Woods (1 Heathside Field, 2 Slangs, 1 Watchpoint)) - IPW
  • CHIFFCHAFF (Fames Rough (singing)), 12 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General) (Butterflies: Brown Argus (Fames Rough), Common Blue (Fames Rough), Gatekeepers & Meadow Browns (Fames Rough). Odonata: 2 Southern Hawkers (Piddly Pond)) - IGM  




Friday 7th
  • 6.20am-7.55am: (all C.Farm) WHINCHAT, MEADOW PIPIT, ROOK, COMMON WHITETHROAT, LITTLE OWL, 2 CHIFFCHAFFS, YELLOWHAMMER, LINNET, BLACK-HEADED GULL, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, GOLDFINCH, 13 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC
  • 1.10pm: ♂ WHEATEAR (Broadfield) - NS 
  • 8.30am: 3 SWALLOWS flew SW (Kingswood Residential) - IJ


Thursday 6th
  • Late morning/early afternoon: (all C.Farm) ♀/juv COMMON REDSTART (Slangs), 3+ ROOKS, ♀ PHEASANT, 20+ PIED WAGTAILS, 3+ BLACKCAPS, 5+ CHIFFCHAFFS, 2+ GOLDCRESTS, 2+ NUTHATCHES, TREECREEPER, SPARROWHAWK, KESTREL, 4+ BULLFINCHES, ♀ YELLOWHAMMER, 8+ SWALLOWS, 2 HOUSE MARTINS, 4 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, 2 BLACK-HEADED GULLS - IS
  • Evening: (all C.Farm) ♀/juv COMMON REDSTART (Slangs), WHEATEAR (Infront George Field), BULLFINCH (Slangs), KESTREL - IJ
  • Evening: (all C.Farm) ♀/juv COMMON REDSTART (Slangs), GREY HERON circling (Broadfield), TAWNY OWL - IGM
  • Early morning: (all C.Farm) YELLOW WAGTAIL flew over, 5 MEADOW PIPITS, 2+ ROOKS, 3 LINNETS, YELLOWHAMMER, 3 COLLARED DOVES, 2 BLACK-HEADED GULLS, GREEN WOODPECKER, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 5+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC  


Wednesday 5th
  • 11.50am: ♀/juv COMMON REDSTART (Slangs) - MSe
  • Late afternoon/early evening: (all C.Farm) RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Broadfield), 2 LAPWINGS (Harrier Field), WHINCHAT (Heathside Field), MEADOW PIPIT, SPARROWHAWK, PIED WAGTAIL, ROOK, 2 LITTLE OWLS, COLLARED DOVE, CHIFFCHAFF, COMMON WHITETHROAT, GREEN WOODPECKER, SONG THRUSH, BLACK-HEADED GULL - DKC et al 


Tuesday 4th
  • 6.45am-6.30pm: ♀/juv COMMON REDSTART (Slangs), TREE PIPIT (dropped into Quail Field), LESSER WHITETHROAT (Slangs), 3+ CROSSBILLS (1+ flew over B.Woods near R.R.Lane, 3 flew over The Scrub at 5.37pm (see Gallery)), 6 WHINCHATS (4 east side of Horse Pasture, 2 Hither Field), WHEATEAR (R.Bottom) (see Gallery), HOBBY at c6.05pm (over Fames Rough then Woodpecker Meadow & Hither Field), 7 CANADA GEESE flew over twice (C.Farm), WILLOW WARBLER (The Scrub), 7 ROOKS (6 around Broadfield, 1 B.Woods*), 9+ PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (C.Farm (1*)), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 2 KESTRELS (1 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 3 BULLFINCHES (1 Legal & General, 2 The Scrub), 2 BLACKCAPS (1 near C.Farmhouse, 1 The Scrub), 3 COMMON WHITETHROATS (1 near C.Farmhouse, 1 Slangs, 1 The Scrub), c11 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (C.Farm), SWALLOW (C.Farm), 2 PHEASANTS (C.Farm), 2+ LITTLE OWLS (1+ C.Farm, 1 C.Farm or B.Woods near R.R.Lane), 5+ CHIFFCHAFFS (2+ C.Farm, 3+ The Scrub), 22+ LINNETS (20+ C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 2+ COLLARED DOVES (C.Farm), 4+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (by Piddly Pond), c10 LONG-TAILED TITS (The Scrub), 2 COAL TITS (The Scrub), GOLDCREST (between Piddly Pond & The Scrub), 4 NUTHATCHES (1 Lunch Wood, 1 by Piddly Pond, 2 The Scrub), c21 STOCK DOVES (c20 Broadfield, 1 B.Woods), 4 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), 3 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), 2 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 20+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (3+ C.Farm, 17+ Rest Copse) (Odonata: Southern Hawker (Piddly Pond). Butterflies: Gatekeeper (R.R.Lane), Speckled Wood (The Scrub), Small White (C.Farm), Meadow Brown (The Scrub)) - DKC/MSt/RD/PG et al
  • (Butterflies: Painted Lady (Perrotts by Wood). Odonata: 2 Emperors (Piddly Pond), c6 Common Darters (Piddly Pond)) - NS     


Monday 3rd 
  • (new photographs from recent days added to Gallery)
  • (all by R.R.Cottages) SPOTTED FLYCATCHER, 2 WHINCHATS, 2 WHEATEARS - CA
  • (all C.Farm) COMMON REDSTART (seen too briefly to be identified to sex/age but looked different to yesterday's ♂ and was likely a 1st-winter ♂) (Slangs), RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Broadfield), 2 WHINCHATS (by R.R.Cottages), 3 WHEATEARS (2 by R.R.Cottages, 1 east side of Horse Pasture), 7 MEADOW PIPITS flew over (C.Farm), 2 WILLOW WARBLERS (Circle Field), 3 HOUSE MARTINS, 2♀ PHEASANTS (Broadfield), 4+ SWALLOWS, SPARROWHAWK, 2 COMMON BUZZARDS, KESTREL, COMMON WHITETHROAT (Slangs), 3 BLACKCAPS (♀ near C.Farmhouse, 2 Lambert's Shaw), 25 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 2 COLLARED DOVES, 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Legal & General, 1 Slangs), TREECREEPER (C.Wood), 3 NUTHATCHES (1 C.Wood, 1 Circle Field, 1 Pages Acre), 2 COAL TITS (Pages Acre), 3+ YELLOWHAMMERS (inc juv Slangs), 3+ GOLDCRESTS (1+ juv) (Pages Acre), 6+ LONG-TAILED TITS (2+ Circle Field, 4+ Pages Acre), BLACK-HEADED GULL, 10+ LINNETS, GREEN WOODPECKER, 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET (Odonata: Migrant Hawker (Circle Field). Butterflies: 2 Speckled Woods (Circle Field)) - DKC/JB/CA et al


Sunday 2nd
  • 6.00am-7.30pm: BAR-TAILED GODWIT flew NE at 9.44am (Heathside Field) (see Gallery), GREY WAGTAIL flew SE at 9.10am (C.Farmhouse), 2 TREE PIPITS flew over at 2.00pm (C.Farmhouse), 2 COMMON REDSTARTS (♂ Slangs & ♀ by Perrotts Farmhouse), RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Broadfield), 1st-winter WHINCHAT (Horse Pasture), c12 SAND MARTINS flew SW at 11.46am (C.Farm), 2 YELLOW WAGTAILS flew over (C.Farm), 7 CANADA GEESE c10.30am-11.19am then flew off (Broadfield), MEADOW PIPIT flew over (C.Farm), CORMORANT flew over (C.Farm), 2 GREY HERONS flew over (C.Farm), c4 ROOKS (c3 Broadfield, 1 B.Woods), 2+ HOUSE MARTINS flew over (C.Farm), 2 WILLOW WARBLERS (The Scrub), 7+ SWALLOWS (5+ C.Farm, 2 over The Scrub), 3 LITTLE OWLS (2 Stoney Nob, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), 29 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm - took a House Sparrow), 2+ BLACKCAPS (1 Legal & General, 1+ The Scrub), 5 COMMON WHITETHROATS (2 near R.R.Lane, 1 Poultry Field, 2 The Scrub), 2 KESTRELS (♂+♀) (C.Farm), 5+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS (C.Farm), 4 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew over (C.Farm), 3+ LONG-TAILED TITS (1+ Heathside Field, 2+ The Scrub), COAL TIT (Heathside Field), 4 TREECREEPERS (1 Lunch Wood, 1 Pages Acre, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane, 1 The Scrub), NUTHATCH (The Scrub), BULLFINCH (The Scrub), GOLDCREST (Heathside Field), 2+ PHEASANTS (C.Farm), 2 GREENFINCHES (C.Farm), 5+ COLLARED DOVES (C.Farm), 28+ LINNETS (27+ C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 2+ STOCK DOVES (1+ C.Farm, 1 B.Woods to C.Farm), SONG THRUSH (near C.Farmhouse), several GOLDFINCHES (Legal & General), 8+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm), 4+ GREEN WOODPECKERS (2+ C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), 4 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 2 B.Woods) (59 species recorded) (Butterflies: Small Tortoiseshell (Poultry Field), Speckled Wood (Watchpoint), Small White (Circle Field)) - DKC/PW/IJ/IPW/SG/RDW/PGo/IGM/JB et al    


Saturday 1st
  • ♂ COMMON REDSTART (Slangs) - JS
  • (all C.Farm) 2 SPOTTED FLYCATCHERS (1 at south end of Legal & General playing field 12.45pm-1.45pm at least, 1 in holly bush at west side of Broadfield 6.50pm-7.25pm at least) (see Gallery), ♂ COMMON REDSTART (Slangs) (same as above), 7 CANADA GEESE flew east at 9.36am, MEADOW PIPIT, ♀ BLACKCAP (by barns behind C.Farmhouse), COMMON BUZZARD, 1+ GREY HERON flew over (1 over C.Farm then poss same over B.Woods then C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK, 2 KESTRELS (♂+♀), 2 PHEASANTS, 2 COMMON WHITETHROATS, 3+ LITTLE OWLS, 20 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 3 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Copt Hill Lane, 1 Pages Acre, 1 Ruffett Wood), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS, SWALLOW, 4 LINNETS, 2+ COLLARED DOVES, STOCK DOVE, 4 BLACK-HEADED GULLS, 15+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS, 7+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Pages Acre), TREECREEPER (Pages Acre), 2 GREENFINCHES (Legal & General), 10+ GOLDFINCHES (Legal & General), GREEN WOODPECKER, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER - DKC/JB et al
  • WHEATEAR (on wires by R.R.Lane) - AD
  • ROOK (over Lunch Banks), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (Legal & General), LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob/Infront George Field), BULLFINCH (Stoney Nob), 10 LONG-TAILED TITS (Legal & General/Copt Hill Lane), 2 GREENFINCHES (Legal & General), imm ♂ KESTREL (Railway Field/Legal & General) (Butterflies: Meadow Brown) - IPW  
  • 10 PHEASANTS (♀ with 9 chicks) (R.R.Lane) - via DKC