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October 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.

Wednesday 31st
  • no reported sightings


Tuesday 30th
  • 8.00am-12.00pm: 3 BULLFINCHES (Woodpecker Meadow), FIELDFARE flew over (C.Farm), 12 REDWINGS (4 flew over Perrotts Farmhouse, 8 The Scrub/Woodpecker Meadow), 4 MISTLE THRUSHES (C.Farm), LITTLE OWL (B.Woods), 4 YELLOWHAMMERS (near C.Farmhouse), 30+ SKYLARKS (mainly Quail Field), ♀ SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (1 over Ruffett Wood, 1 Buzzard Field), GOLDCREST (CFBW), 2+ NUTHATCHES (CFBW), COAL TIT (B.Woods), c20 LINNETS (mainly Quail Field), c20 CHAFFINCHES (mainly Quail Field), 4 GREEN WOODPECKERS (CFBW), 2+ LONG-TAILED TITS (CFBW), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (CFBW) - PGo


Monday 29th
  • no reported sightings


Sunday 28th
  • BRAMBLING (Heathside Field), 4 LAPWINGS (Tart's Field) - CA
  • (all C.Farm) 7 FIELDFARES (Infront George Field), 2 MEADOW PIPITS (1 Infront George Field, 1 Skylark Field), 23 SKYLARKS (Broadfield), SPARROWHAWK (Harrier Field), 2 KESTRELS (Harrier Field (1 took vole), 16 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS flew south (Lunch Wood) - IPW/SJW
  • (all C.Farm) 4 LAPWINGS (Tart's Field), c75 FIELDFARES, c25 REDWINGS, 4 SKYLARKS (Broadfield) - IGM
  • (all C.Farm) 100+ REDWINGS flew over, 4 FIELDFARES (Pheasant Field), 2 MISTLE THRUSHES flew over, c100 CHAFFINCHES (Pheasant Field), 10 SKYLARKS, MEADOW PIPIT - PGo


Saturday 27th
  • 4 LAPWINGS (Tart's Field), 100 STARLINGS (Tart's Field), COMMON GULL (Legal & General) - IGM


Friday 26th
  • (all C.Farm) 5 CORMORANTS flew east, LESSER REDPOLL, 39 FIELDFARES, 24 REDWINGS, 3 BULLFINCHES, c45 SKYLARKS, 6 MEADOW PIPITS, 2 COMMON BUZZARDS, 2 KESTRELS, 4 COMMON GULLS, SONG THRUSH, 8 GOLDFINCHES - AD
  • 500+ FIELDFARES (Skylark Field) - IGM


Thursday 25th
  • (all C.Farm) LAPWING (Skylark Field), BRAMBLING, FIELDFARE, LESSER REDPOLL, SISKIN, 15+ REDWINGS, 2 MEADOW PIPITS, c10 SKYLARKS, sd COMMON GULL, SONG THRUSH, GOLDCREST, 150+ LINNETS, GREENFINCH, GOLDFINCH, 100+ CHAFFINCHES - DKC 



Wednesday 24th
  • (all C.Farm) 2 GOLDEN PLOVERS flew through, 16 LAPWINGS, c4 HOUSE MARTINS, c40 FIELDFARES, 105 REDWINGS, 25 SKYLARKS, 10 MEADOW PIPITS, 150 CHAFFINCHES, 120 LINNETS, 2 PIED WAGTAILS, 2 KESTRELS - RDW
  • (all Lunch Wood) WOODCOCK, COMMON BUZZARD - via RDW
  • (all C.Farm) 5 LAPWINGS (Skylark Field), c40 SKYLARKS (Bunting Field), KESTREL, PIED WAGTAIL, 2+ LITTLE OWLS - DKC/JB


Tuesday 23rd
  • 3.45pm-5.45pm: (all C.Farm) 7+ SKYLARKS (Skylark Field), MEADOW PIPIT (Harrier Field), YELLOWHAMMER (Slangs), MISTLE THRUSH (Skylark Field), PHEASANT (Broadfield), 2+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Stoney Nob), SONG THRUSH (Legal & General), 1+ PIED WAGTAIL (Legal & General), ROOK, 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS - DKC


Monday 22nd
  • no reported sightings


Sunday 21st
  • 2 RING OUZELS at c3.34pm (Slangs), RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Infront George Field), COMMON BUZZARD (Broadfield), KESTREL (Infront George Field), COMMON GULL (Infront George Field), 100+ STARLINGS (Bog Field) - IGM
  • 10.00am-2.00pm: 1+ RING OUZEL (1 Infront George Field/Legal & General at 1.08pm, 1 Slangs/Lunch Banks 1.28pm), GREY WAGTAIL flew over (Legal & General), CHIFFCHAFF (Holly Lane Meadow), LESSER REDPOLL (Holly Lane Meadow), 2 SISKINS (Holly Lane Meadow), 14 GOLDCRESTS (1 Ruffett Wood, 13 B.Woods), c230 REDWINGS flew over (Holly Lane Meadow), SPARROWHAWK (Pheasant Field/Ruffett Wood), 2 KESTRELS (1 Pheasant Field, 1 Holly Lane Meadow), MEADOW PIPIT (Holly Lane Meadow), 2 COMMON GULLS (Legal & General), 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew SE (Holly Lane Meadow), BULLFINCH (Holly Lane Meadow), 13+ LONG-TAILED TITS (B.Woods), 8 GREENFINCHES (6 Holly Lane Meadow, 2 Valley Meadows), 5 GOLDFINCHES (4 Poultry Field, 1 B.Woods), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 Stoney Nob, 2 B.Woods), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (B.Woods) - IPW
  • 7.40am-12.20pm: (all C.Farm) RING OUZEL at 10.44am-11.05am at least (Slangs), REED BUNTING at c9.47am (heard by R.R.Cottages), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 near R.R.Cottages, 1 Legal & General), 30+ SKYLARKS, 12+ MEADOW PIPITS, 250+ REDWINGS flew over, 2 LESSER REDPOLLS (1 by R.R.Cottages, 1 flew over), SISKIN flew over, 2 BULLFINCHES (Slangs), 3 GOLDCRESTS (1 Lunch Wood, 2 Slangs), 3 MISTLE THRUSHES, 4+ PIED WAGTAILS (Bog Field), LITTLE OWL, COMMON BUZZARD, KESTREL, 2 SONG THRUSHES, PHEASANT (Lunch Banks), 2 COMMON GULLS (ad & 1st-winter), GREENFINCH, c30 GOLDFINCHES, GREEN WOODPECKER, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 4 STOCK DOVES (Heathside Field), COLLARED DOVE, 4 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC/RDW et al
  • c9.48am: BRAMBLING with c250 CHAFFINCHES (Poultry Field) - PGo  


Saturday 20th
  • RING OUZEL still, seen several times throughout the day (mobile between Slangs, Infront George Field/Skylark Field and Legal & General before roosting in holly by Broadfield at 6.18pm) (see Gallery), REED BUNTING (R.R.Cottages at 11.33am then at R.Bottom c12.20pm) (found by PGo), RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Infront George Field), c2 BRAMBLINGS (heard a few times at points across farm including in Lunch Wood at 1.55pm), FIELDFARE flew over (Poultry Field), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Legal & General, 1 by R.R.Cottages), 2 CORMORANTS flew over (C.Farm), 800+ REDWINGS flew over (mainly C.Farm, 5 flew over B.Woods), 13+ LESSER REDPOLLS (7+ flew over C.Farm, 5 The Scrub, 1 flew over Woodpecker Meadow), 7 SISKINS flew over (6 C.Farm, 1 Rambler's Rest), 3000+ STARLINGS flew west/SW (C.Farm), 15+ MISTLE THRUSHES (C.Farm then 1 flew over B.Woods), 6+ LITTLE OWLS (4+ C.Farm, 2 B.Woods near R.R.Lane), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), 13 PHEASANTS (12 Circle Field, 1 Broadfield), 13 PIED WAGTAILS (3 Legal & General, 10 flew north over Perrotts by Wood), 18+ MEADOW PIPITS (15+ C.Farm, 3 flew over Hither Field), 3 ROOKS (Broadfield), 3 BULLFINCHES (The Scrub), 4 COLLARED DOVES (C.Farm), 20+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 4 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 3 SONG THRUSHES (C.Farm), 4 TREECREEPERS (B.Woods), COAL TIT (B.Woods), 3+ COMMON GULLS (C.Farm), LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over (C.Farm), 7 GOLDCRESTS (1 Legal & General, 1 Lunch Wood, 2 B.Woods near R.R.Lane, 1 The Scrub, 1 just NW of The Scrub, 1 near Rambler's Rest), 4 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 20+ LONG-TAILED TITS (3+ Legal & General, 6+ R.Bottom, 7 B.Woods near R.R.Lane, 4+ The Scrub), 25+ LINNETS (C.Farm), c8 GOLDFINCHES (Legal & General), 2 GREENFINCHES (Legal & General), 400+ CHAFFINCHES (C.Farm), STOCK DOVE (C.Farm), 5+ GREEN WOODPECKERS (2+ C.Farm, 3+ The Scrub/Woodpecker Meadow), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (B.Woods), 7+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (5+ C.Farm, 2 Rest Copse) (56 species recorded) - SG/DKC/PGo/IJ/IGM et al


Friday 19th
  • (several new photographs added to the Gallery)
  • (all C.Farm) RING OUZEL still 11.50am-12.30pm at least (Slangs), CHIFFCHAFF (C.Farmhouse), CORMORANT flew over, 4 MISTLE THRUSHES, ♀ SPARROWHAWK, KESTREL, BULLFINCH (Legal & General), 10+ LESSER REDPOLLS flew over, SISKIN flew over, 28+ MEADOW PIPITS, 25+ REDWINGS, 11+ SKYLARKS, 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (Slangs), 2+ LITTLE OWLS, 2+ PIED WAGTAILS, 3 COLLARED DOVES, 2 GREENFINCHES (Legal & General), c7 GOLDFINCHES, 3 COMMON GULLS (2 ads & 1st-winter), 21+ LINNETS, GREEN WOODPECKER, 15+ BLACKBIRDS (Stoney Nob; apparently migrants), 4+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC
  • (all C.Farm) 2 BRAMBLINGS (Poultry Field), RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Infront George Field), CORMORANT (2nd bird) flew over - IJ    


Thursday 18th
  • RING OUZEL still at 3.27pm (flew from near R.R.Cottages towards Legal & General), 6 GOLDCRESTS (2 Tawny Wood, 4 B.Woods), COAL TIT (B.Woods) - IJ
  • 1.30pm-6.20pm: (all C.Farm) LESSER REDPOLL flew over, 2 MISTLE THRUSHES, 2 YELLOWHAMMERS, c5 SKYLARKS, 2 KESTRELS, 3 COMMON GULLS (adult flew over, 2 1st-winters Tart's Field), 2 PIED WAGTAILS, 2 MISTLE THRUSHES, 2 ROOKS, 2+ LITTLE OWLS, PHEASANT, 2 COLLARED DOVES, GREEN WOODPECKER, 6 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS, 4 STOCK DOVES - DKC/IJ


Wednesday 17th
  • GREY WAGTAIL (possibly dropped into Skylark Field), c12 SKYLARKS (flew from Quail Field to Skylark Field) (probable Woodlark flew to Skylark Field with Skylarks) - GB
  • 1.50pm-6.50pm: (all C.Farm) RING OUZEL 5.15pm-5.28pm (Legal & General then by derelict barn near R.R.Cottages), SWALLOW, 2 HOUSE MARTINS, c20 SKYLARKS, 11 MEADOW PIPITS, LESSER REDPOLL flew over, YELLOWHAMMER, 12+ LINNETS, ROOK, 2 KESTRELS, 2+ LITTLE OWLS, PIED WAGTAIL, 14 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC/RDW/GB/NR et al 


Tuesday 16th
  • (all C.Farm) RING OUZEL at 5.10pm (flew from Legal & General to derelict barn near R.R.Cottages), RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (R.Bottom), SPARROWHAWK, ROOK, 7 SKYLARKS, PIED WAGTAIL, ♂ PHEASANT (Broadfield), 7 STOCK DOVES, 25+ LINNETS, 3 STOCK DOVES, GREEN WOODPECKER - DKC
  • (all C.Farm) RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Broadfield), 3 REDWINGS flew west, 5 PHEASANTS (Broadfield), 2 SKYLARKS (Skylark Field), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (Broadfield) - NS 


Monday 15th
  • RING OUZEL 3.30pm-3.45pm at least (hedge north side of Legal & General), RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Infront George Field & Slangs), 2 FIELDFARES flew over, BRAMBLING flew over, 3 LESSER REDPOLLS (1 by R.R.Cottages, 2 flew over), 2 SISKINS flew over, 2+ REDWINGS flew over, 4+ LITTLE OWLS, 2 SPARROWHAWKS (1*), KESTREL, COMMON BUZZARD, 3 YELLOWHAMMERS (2 R.Bottom, 1 west side of Broadfield), 3+ MISTLE THRUSHES, 2+ SKYLARKS, 4 PIED WAGTAILS, 2+ MEADOW PIPITS, GOLDCREST (Lunch Wood), 4 PHEASANTS (♂+3♀) (Broadfield), 6+ COMMON GULLS (4+ ads & 2+ 1st-winters), 3 SONG THRUSHES, 30+ LINNETS, 2+ GOLDFINCHES - DKC   


Sunday 14th
  • RING OUZEL at 8.38am (north of Reads Rest Cottages) - CN
  • 2 RING OUZELS at 10.30am (Legal & General playing field) - PW et al
  • 7.35am-5.00pm: 8 SWALLOWS flew north (C.Farm), 2 HOUSE MARTINS (C.Farm*), 4 CORMORANTS flew south (B.Woods), REDWING (by C.Farmhouse), 3 LESSER REDPOLLS flew over (C.Farm), 3 SISKINS flew over (C.Farm), 8 COMMON BUZZARDS (C.Farm), ♂ SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 3 KESTRELS (2 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 2+ LITTLE OWLS (C.Farm), YELLOWHAMMER (Slangs), c15 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), MISTLE THRUSHES (Infront George Field), 4 PIED WAGTAILS (2 Quail Field, 2 Perrotts Farmhouse), 3 PHEASANTS (1 by C.Farmhouse, 2 Broadfield), 4+ MEADOW PIPITS (3+ C.Farm, 1 flew over B.Woods), ROOK (Broadfield), BULLFINCH (Legal & General), 2+ COMMON GULLS (C.Farm), 8+ LONG-TAILED TITS (5+ Circle Field, 3+ B.Woods), TREECREEPER (The Scrub), 4 GOLDCRESTS (1 Circle Field, 1 Ruffett Wood, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane, 1 The Scrub), ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (Skylark Field), 2 NUTHATCHES (1 Tattenham Meadow, 1 Poultry Field), 4 STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), 16+ LINNETS (15+ C.Farm, 1 flew over Woodpecker Meadow), c5 GOLDFINCHES (c4 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), COLLARED DOVE (C.Farm), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods) (Odonata: Migrant Hawker (Piddly Pond), Common Darter (Piddly Pond). Butterflies: c10 Red Admirals (C.Farm)) - DKC/PGo/RDW et al


 Saturday 13th
  • 4 RING OUZELS at Legal & General c3.00pm then flew north - CN
  • 7.40am-7.25pm: (all C.Farm) 3+ RING OUZELS (1 C.Farmhouse at 8.00am (DKC), 3 Legal & General 10.25am-c1.40pm (SG et al)) (see Gallery), MARSH TIT (Pages Acre) (IJ), BRAMBLING flew over, 65+ REDWINGS, 9 SWALLOWS flew south, 3 HOUSE MARTINS flew south, CHIFFCHAFF (east of R.R.Cottages), CORMORANT flew over, c5 LESSER REDPOLLS flew over, SISKIN flew over, TAWNY OWL at 7.00pm (C.Wood (singing)), GREY HERON flew over, 7+ SKYLARKS, YELLOWHAMMER (Slangs), 2 COMMON GULLS, 70+ LINNETS, 2+ MISTLE THRUSHES, 2+ LITTLE OWLS, 2 BULLFINCHES (Slangs), c4 MEADOW PIPITS, 2+ PIED WAGTAILS, ROOK, COMMON BUZZARD, SPARROWHAWK, KESTREL, 6 GOLDFINCHES, 2 GOLDCRESTS (1 by C.Farmhouse, 1 Pages Acre), 64 STOCK DOVES (Buzzard Field), GREEN WOODPECKER, 2+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC/SG/IJ/CA/JB/PW et al 
  • PEREGRINE mid afternoon (C.Farm) - DW
  • WOODCOCK (Ruffett Wood) - via DKC      


Friday 12th
  • 7.40am-12.25pm: STONECHAT (Tart's Field), 8 REDWINGS (C.Farm), BULLFINCH (Legal & General), LESSER REDPOLL flew over (C.Farm), ROOK (C.Farm), 2+ PIED WAGTAILS (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (B.Woods), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), 3 COMMON GULLS (ad & 2 1st-winters) (C.Farm), 16 PHEASANTS (♂ Broadfield, 2♂13♀ Horse Pasture) (C.Farm), 3 MISTLE THRUSHES (C.Farm), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (R.Bottom), 2+ MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 3+ COLLARED DOVES (C.Farm), 2 GREENFINCHES (C.Farm), 3+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (C.Farm), GOLDFINCH (C.Farm), STOCK DOVE (C.Farm) - DKC
  • STONECHAT (Tart's Field) - AD
  • KESTREL (Bog Field), COMMON BUZZARD (Pipit Meadow), NUTHATCH (Ruffett Wood), c10 ROOKS flew south (Bog Field), 24 BLACK-HEADED GULLS flew south - NS



Thursday 11th
  • (all C.Farm) STONECHAT - almost taken by SPARROWHAWK (east side of Tart's Field), 10 SKYLARKS flew over (R.Bottom), MISTLE THRUSH, c30 LINNETS (Infront George Field) - AD
  • SKYLARK, 2 MEADOW PIPITS, PIED WAGTAIL, KESTREL - DKC


Wednesday 10th
  • RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Broadfield), WHEATEAR (near Perrotts Farmhouse), STONECHAT (near Perrotts Farmhouse) - JH
  • 18 SKYLARKS (single flock flew over Poultry Field), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Harrier Field, 1 Tawny Wood), 2 LESSER REDPOLLS flew over (C.Farm), MEADOW PIPIT, 3+ MISTLE THRUSHES, 2 COMMON GULLS (ad & 1st-winter) (Tart's Field), 2 SPARROWHAWKS, LITTLE OWL (Death Pit), 2-3 KESTRELS (C.Farm inc 1 that also crossed B.Woods), GOLDFINCH (C.Farm/B.Woods at end of R.R.Lane), ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over, 2 GREENFINCHES, COAL TIT (Pages Acre), GOLDCREST (Pages Acre), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (C.Farm), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farm), LINNET (C.Farm) - DKC
  • (all C.Farm) 6 SWALLOWS (Skylark Field), c6 SKYLARKS (around Harrier Field), 3+ MEADOW PIPITS, 30+ LINNETS - IGM   


Tuesday 9th
  • MARSH TIT still at 6.10pm (north side of Ruffett Wood), c5 HOUSE MARTINS flew over (C.Farm), 3 SWALLOWS flew SE (C.Farm), CHIFFCHAFF (Harrier Field), MEADOW PIPIT (C.Farm), 3+ LITTLE OWLS (C.Farm), 1+ ROOK (C.Farm), 1st-winter KESTREL (C.Farm), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (Slangs), GOLDCREST (by Green Belt Field), c30 LINNETS (C.Farm), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (flew from C.Farm to B.Woods) - DKC  
  • (all C.Farm) BRAMBLING at 9.45am (Bunting Field), 4 CANADA GEESE flew north at 10.00am (Skylark Field), 6 YELLOWHAMMERS (Slangs), 7 SKYLARKS (2 Quail Field, 5 flew SE over Perrotts by Wood), COMMON BUZZARD (Poultry Field), 2 KESTRELS (1 Infront George Field, 1 Poultry Field), PIED WAGTAIL (Infront George Field), 2 COAL TITS (B.Woods), 2 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 5 LONG-TAILED TITS (B.Woods), 4 SONG THRUSHES (Poultry Field), GOLDFINCH (Slangs) (Butterflies: 3 Red Admirals flew south) - NS


Monday 8th
  • MARSH TIT at 6.21pm (north side of Ruffett Wood), COMMON BUZZARD (Ruffett Wood), 7 ROOKS (Broadfield), LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), MISTLE THRUSH (C.Farm), GOLDCREST (Ruffett Wood), NUTHATCH (B.Woods), 2+ MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 28+ GOLDFINCHES (single flock; C.Farm), 9 PIED WAGTAILS (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), PHEASANT (C.Farm), 2 COLLARED DOVES (C.Farm), c40 LINNETS (C.Farm), GREEN WOODPECKER (C.Farm), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farm), GREENFINCH (C.Farm) - DKC


Sunday 7th
  • BARN OWL, RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Broadfield) - NJ
  • GREY WAGTAIL flew over (Green Belt Field), 113 REDWINGS flew over (C.Farm), 6 HOUSE MARTINS flew south (C.Farm), 30+ SWALLOWS flew south (C.Farm), TAWNY OWL (Broadfield (singing)), 2 LESSER REDPOLLS flew over (C.Farm), 4+ SISKINS flew over (C.Farm), 8 MALLARDS (C.Farm*), 15+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 9+ MISTLE THRUSHES (C.Farm), 3 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 C.Farmhouse (singing), 1 Pages Acre (singing), 1 Wood Lane), adult COMMON GULL (C.Farm), c20 MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 3 COMMON BUZZARDS (C.Farm), 2 SPARROWHAWKS (♀+juv ♂) (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), 2+ LITTLE OWLS (C.Farm), ROOK (Infront George Field), 2 PHEASANTS (♀ Poultry Field, ♂ B.Woods), 2+ PIED WAGTAILS (C.Farm), 2 COAL TITS (1 Page Acre, 1 Ruffett Wood), TREECREEPER (Pages Acre), YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), 3 NUTHATCHES (1 Lunch Wood, 1 Pages Acre, 1 Ruffett Wood), 6 GOLDCRESTS (1 Pages Acre, 1 Tawny Wood, 1 Circle Field, 2 Ruffett Wood, 1 Slangs), 6+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Pages Acre), 2 SONG THRUSHES (C.Farm), 2 COLLARED DOVES (C.Farm), 2 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 10+ LINNETS (C.Farm), 2+ GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (by C.Farmhouse), 3+ GREEN WOODPECKERS (C.Farm), 7 STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), 7 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) (Butterflies: 4 Red Admirals (C.Farm)) - DKC/IJ/RDW et al
  • 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (R.Bottom) (Butterflies: 2 Red Admirals) - IGM 


Saturday 6th
  • 3 WOODLARKS till 2.15pm then flew south (Pipit Meadow) - SG
  • BARN OWL hunting at 7.25pm with another owl seen briefly (possibly Short-eared Owl) (Harrier Field), 2 BRAMBLINGS (♂+♀) 7.35am-7.45am at least (just south of C.Farmhouse), STONECHAT still (R.Bottom), 4 LESSER REDPOLLS flew over (2 C.Farm, 2 B.Woods), 3+ SISKINS flew over (2+ C.Farm, 1+ B.Woods), SWALLOW (C.Farm), 18+ SKYLARKS (15+ C.Farm, 3 flew over B.Woods), GREY HERON flew over (C.Farm), 4 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Broadfield, 1 R.Bottom, 1 Tawny Wood, 1 The Scrub), 16+ MEADOW PIPITS (15+ C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 3+ LITTLE OWLS (C.Farm), 5 COMMON BUZZARDS (3 C.Farm, 2 B.Woods*), 2 SPARROWHAWKS (♂+♀) (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), 4 TREECREEPERS (1 Pages Acre, 1 near Tawny Wood, 1 by Piddly Pond, 1 The Scrub), 6 GOLDCRESTS (1 by Tawny Wood, 2 Ruffett Wood, 1 near Piddly Pond, 2 The Scrub), 2+ ROOKS (1 C.Farm, 1+ B.Woods*), 9 PHEASANTS (Broadfield), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), 2 NUTHATCHES (The Scrub), 3 BULLFINCHES (1 Legal & General, 2 The Scrub), 2 COAL TITS (1 Pages Acre, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane), 6+ LONG-TAILED TITS (2+ Ruffett Wood, 3+ The Scrub, 1+ Hither Field), 3 SONG THRUSHES (1 C.Farmhouse, 2 The Scrub), 3 ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew over (C.Farm), 6+ GREEN WOODPECKERS (4+ C.Farm, 2+ The Scrub/Woodpecker Meadow), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 Death Pit, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), 30 STOCK DOVES (Buzzard Field), 8+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (6+ C.Farm, 2+ B.Woods) (Butterflies: 3 Red Admirals (C.Farm)) - DKC/IJ et al
  • ♀ COMMON REDSTART (by top of Slangs) - KS
  • ♂ BRAMBLING (R.Bottom), LAPWING flew NE at 1.20pm (Broadfield), 3 SISKINS flew SW at 2.00pm (Infront George Field), STONECHAT (R.Bottom) (see Gallery), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 R.R.Cottages, 1 The Scrub), ROOK (Legal & General), 4 GOLDCRESTS (3 near Piddly Pond, 1 The Scrub), 3 COMMON BUZZARDS (C.Farm) (see Gallery), LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), TREECREEPER (edge of B.Woods/Perrotts by Wood), 10+ LONG-TAILED TITS (edge of B.Woods/Perrotts by Wood), COMMON GULL (Legal & General), 2 PIED WAGTAILS (Perrotts Farmhouse), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODEPCKERS (C.Farm), 5 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 Stoney Nob, 2 The Scrub, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), 60+ STOCK DOVES (C.Farm)  - MSt


Friday 5th
  • 7.30am-12.50pm: BRAMBLING with c40 CHAFFINCHES (mobile flock in fields within 200yds of C.Farmhouse, last seen in NE corner of Bunting Field at 9.59am) (see Gallery), STONECHAT (R.Bottom), ♂ BLACKCAP (C.Farmhouse then in hedge between Bunting Field & Quail Field), SISKIN flew over (C.Farm), 15+ MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 3 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 60+ HOUSE MARTINS (50+ C.Farm, 10+ B.Woods), 15+ SWALLOWS (C.Farm), LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), ♂ PHEASANT (Broadfield), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 1st-winter ♂ KESTREL (C.Farm), MISTLE THRUSH (Can Hatch Field), 6 COLLARED DOVE (C.Residential), 50+ LINNETS (C.Farm), GOLDFINCH (C.Farm), GREEN WOODPECKER (C.Farm) - DKC
  • STONECHAT (R.Bottom), 6 CANADA GEESE (Broadfield then flew south), 2 MEADOW PIPITS, 3 SKYLARKS (Skylark Field), c50 LINNETS (C.Farm), 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Stoney Nob) - NS
  • SKYLARK (Reads Bottom), 16 HOUSE MARTINS, c30 LINNETS (Infront George Field), GREEN WOODPECKER (Tart's Field), KESTREL (Railway Field), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Legal & General) (Butterflies: Large White (Legal & General), Speckled Wood (Legal & General)) - RJ/DSk 


Thursday 4th
  • ♂ BRAMBLING at c8.50am with c40 CHAFFINCHES (NE corner of Heathside Field), STONECHAT still (R.Bottom), GREY HERON flew north (Heathside Field), 5 SKYLARKS, 5 SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 2 ad COMMON GULLS (Tart's Field), 2 MISTLE THRUSHES, 12 LINNETS (C.Farm), COLLARED DOVE, 5 GOLDFINCHES - AD
  • 1.20pm-6.35pm: RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE still (SW corner of Broadfield), STONECHAT still (R.Bottom), c15 CANADA GEESE (C.Farm*), CORMORANT flew west (C.Farm), 5+ PHEASANTS (1+ ♂ Poultry Field/Perrotts by Wood, 4 ♀/juvs Lunch Banks), 10+ MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), 10+ SWALLOWS through (C.Farm), 30+ HOUSE MARTINS through (26+ C.Farm, 4+ B.Woods), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm then B.Woods), KESTREL (Bunting Field (caught vole)), 2 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (R.Bottom), 2 MISTLE THRUSHES (Poultry Field), 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 Stoney Nob, 1 Copt Hill Lane), 30+ LINNETS (C.Farm), NUTHATCH (B.Woods), COLLARED DOVE (C.Farm), GREEN WOODPECKER (C.Farm), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 2 STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), 4+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) - DKC  


Wednesday 3rd
  • STONECHAT (R.Bottom) - IJ
  • STONECHAT (R.Bottom), PEREGRINE (over Lunch Wood), 2 SISKINS flew over (C.Farmhouse), GREY HERON flew over (C.Farm), 16+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 400+ HOUSE MARTINS (C.Farm inc c10 that also flew over B.Woods), 100+ SWALLOWS (C.Farm inc 5+ that also flew over B.Woods), 2+ LITTLE OWLS (1+ C.Farm, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane), 2+ ROOKS (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), 2 KESTRELS (C.Farm), 2 SPARROWHAWKS (C.Farm), 4+ MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 3 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 3+ PIED WAGTAILS (C.Farm), MISTLE THRUSH (C.Farm), 2 GOLDCRESTS (B.Woods near R.R.Lane), 2 COLLARED DOVES (C.Farm), GREEN WOODPECKER (C.Farm), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farm), c4 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) - DKC/RDW 


Tuesday 2nd
  • (all C.Farm) 2 ROOKS, 10 SWALLOWS, 11 HOUSE MARTINS, KESTREL, c30 LINNETS, 3 STOCK DOVES - NS 
  • 25+ SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 3 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), MEADOW PIPIT (C.Farm), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (B.Woods), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), ad COMMON GULL (C.Farm), ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (C.Farm), 2 COLLARED DOVES (C.Farm), 25+ LINNETS (C.Farm), ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET (C.Farm) - DKC


Monday 1st
  • (videos by CA of Whinchat & Wheatear from 03/09/2012, & photos by DKC of Hobbies (19/09/2012 & 28/09/2012), Reed Bunting (28/09/2012) & Stonechat (28/09/2012) added to Gallery)
  • Late afternoon/evening: (all C.Farm) STONECHAT (near Watchpoint), MEADOW PIPIT, 4 LITTLE OWLS, SPARROWHAWK, KESTREL, 2 SWALLOWS, 20+ HOUSE MARTINS, PHEASANT, ROOK, ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, LINNET - DKC/JB