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November 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.

Friday 30th
  • 8.00am-1.25pm: 5 LAPWINGS (2 still in Tart's Field, 3 dropped into Skylark Field), MEADOW PIPIT (C.Farm), LESSER REDPOLL flew over (C.Farm), c35 SKYLARKS (Broadfield), 30+ FIELDFARES (C.Farm - mainly Poultry Field), c20 REDWINGS (C.Farm =- mainly Poultry Field), 3 MISTLE THRUSHES (1 Tart's Field, 1 Poultry Field, 1 flew from B.Woods to Poultry Field), 2 SONG THRUSHES (1 Heathside Field, 1 R.R.Cottages, 1 B.Woods), LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), 2♀ PHEASANTS (Broadfield), ♀ KESTREL (by R.R.Cottages), 3 YELLOWHAMMERS (Broadfield), 2 BULLFINCHES (1 Legal & General, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane), LINNET (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (B.Woods near R.R.Lane), GOLDCREST (B.Woods near R.R.Lane), 3 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 3+ LONG-TAILED TITS (by Piddly Pond), 6+ adult COMMON GULLS (C.Farm), 3+ GREENFINCHES (Legal & General), 4 COLLARED DOVES (C.Residential), GREEN WOODPECKER (Perrotts by Wood), 2 GOLDFINCHES (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), c300 BLACK-HEADED GULLS, 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) - DKC/SG


Thursday 29th
  • (all C.Farm) RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (south end of Broadfield), 2 LAPWINGS (adult & 1st-winter) still (Tart's Field), BULLFINCH (Legal & General), 2 MISTLE THRUSHES (Skylark Field), COMMON BUZZARD (Ruffett Wood), LITTLE OWL, 26 COLLARED DOVES (C.Residential), 5 YELLOWHAMMERS (Broadfield), 11 SKYLARKS (Broadfield), ♀ KESTREL, 4 FIELDFARES, 5 GREENFINCHES (Legal & General), PIED WAGTAIL, 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (Stoney Nob), 4+ adult COMMON GULLS, 2 GOLDFINCHES, 2 SONG THRUSHES (1 Bog Field, 1 near R.R.Cottages), 8 STOCK DOVES (Broadfield), 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC


Wednesday 28th
  • 11.10am-4.25pm: 2 LAPWINGS (adult & 1st-winter; same birds as on Monday) (Quail Field), 28 COMMON GULLS flew over (C.Farm), LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), COMMON BUZZARD (Steep Banks), 20+ FIELDFARES (C.Farm), 2 REDWINGS (Skylark Field), 2 KESTRELS (1 Legal & General, 1 B.Woods flew to C.Farm), MISTLE THRUSH (Pheasant Field), GOLDCREST (Ruffett Wood), 1+ SKYLARK (C.Farm), YELLOWHAMMER (Broadfield), adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over, 2 SONG THRUSHES (1 by Green Belt Field, 1 Quail Field), 3+ GREEN WOODPECKERS (C.Farm), 6 COLLARED DOVES (C.Residential), GOLDFINCH (C.Farm) - DKC et al  


Tuesday 27th
  • 2.00pm: LAPWING still (Tart's Field) - AD


Monday 26th
  • 11.00am-1.10pm: (all C.Farm) RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Infront George Field), 2 LAPWINGS (adult & 1st-winter) (Tart's Field) (see Gallery), SISKIN flew over, LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), ♂ BULLFINCH (Infront George Field), 11+ SKYLARKS, 15+ FIELDFARES, 2 PIED WAGTAILS, MISTLE THRUSH, 2 YELLOWHAMMERS, ♀ KESTREL, 2 SONG THRUSHES (1 Tart's Field, 1 Skylark Field)), 18 COLLARED DOVES (C.Residential), 3♂ PHEASANTS (Broadfield), c300 STARLINGS (Skylark Field), 5 GREENFINCHES (4 C.Residential, 1 Legal & General), 2 GOLDFINCHES, 2 STOCK DOVES, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 5+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC


Sunday 25th
  • 7.50am-4.10pm: adult GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL flew WNW at 3.20pm (C.Farm), 1+ LESSER REDPOLL flew over (Ruffett Wood), ROOK (Broadfield), MEADOW PIPIT (Hither Field), LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), 2 BULLFINCHES (1 by Green Belt Field, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), 1+ KESTREL (♂ C.Farm then ♂ B.Woods flew to C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 6+ SKYLARKS (5+ Broadfield, 1 Hither Field), 20+ REDWINGS (C.Farm), c15 FIELDFARES (C.Farm), 3+ MISTLE THRUSHES (1 Skylark Field, 2 Pheasant Field, 1 Pages Acre (singing)), SONG THRUSH (Watchpoint), 3 GOLDCRESTS (2 Ruffett Wood, 1 just NW of The Scrub), TREECREEPER (Ruffett Wood), 2 NUTHATCHES (1 Ruffett Wood, 1 B.Woods), 3+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 7 LONG-TAILED TITS (near Piddly Pond), 3 ad COMMON GULLS (1 Bunting Field, 2 flew over), 2 GREENFINCHES (C.Farm), 3 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), GREEN WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 Ruffett Wood, 1 Heathside Field), STOCK DOVE (Broadfield), 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) - DKC/JB/PGo 
  • Mid-afternoon: BULLFINCH (Slangs), 20+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Rest Copse) - IGM    


Saturday 24th
  • 7.30am-3.40pm: COMMON SNIPE flew north at 9.48am (Broadfield), 13 MEADOW PIPITS (Hither Field), COMMON BUZZARD (Steep Banks), 2 KESTRELS (♂+♀) (C.Farm), LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), c30 FIELDFARES (C.Farm - 1 flew over B.Woods), 10+ REDWINGS (C.Farm then 5+ flew to B.Woods), 3 TREECREEPERS (2 Ruffett Wood, 1 Pages Acre), 4 GOLDCRESTS (1 Pages Acre, 1 Ruffett Wood, 2 B.Woods between R.R.Lane entrance & Piddly Pond), 2 PIED WAGTAILS (Quail Field), MISTLE THRUSH (Tawny Wood), 2 LINNETS (C.Farm), 4 SONG THRUSHES (C.Farm), SKYLARK (C.Farm), 6+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 8+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Pages Acre), NUTHATCH (Ruffett Wood), 13 PHEASANTS (9 (5♂+4♀) Broadfield, 4♀ Hither Field), 3 BULLFINCHES (2 Slangs, 1 Legal & General), 2 ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (1 Quail Field, 1 flew over C.Farm), 2 ad COMMON GULLS (C.Farm), 2 COAL TITS (Pages Acre), 4 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 2 B.Woods), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 Pages Acre, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), 3+ GREENFINCHES (C.Farm), 3 COLLARED DOVES (C.Residential), 2 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 150+ CHAFFINCHES (C.Farm), 2 STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), 6+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (5+ C.Farm, 1+ B.Woods) (46 species recorded) - DKC/PGo/IGM et al


Friday 23rd
  • (all Legal & General) 3 FIELDFARES, COMMON GULL, 2 GREENFINCHES, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 3 GOLDFINCHES - IGM


Thursday 22nd
  • no reported sightings


Wednesday 21st
  • 2 MALLARDS (Piddly Pond) (Mammals: 2 Roe Deers (B.Woods)) - PGo


Tuesday 20th
  • (all C.Farm) 18 FIELDFARES, 5 REDWINGS, 3 COMMON GULLS (Legal & General), SKYLARK, KESTREL, c20 CHAFFINCHES - NS


Monday 19th
  • no reported sightings


Sunday 18th
  • (all C.Farm) 3 GREY HERONS flew over, 12 FIELDFARES, c45 SKYLARKS, KESTREL, 2 PIED WAGTAILS, c5 REDWINGS, c400 BLACK-HEADED GULLS, 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS - RDW 
  • 10.10am-2.00pm: (all C.Farm) 16 FIELDFARES flew north (Pipit Meadow), COMMON BUZZARD, LITTLE OWL (Death Pit), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (Bog Field), 2 COAL TITS (Circle Field (singing)), 3 TREECREEPERS (2 Tawny Wood, 1 Pages Acre), 10 SKYLARKS, 4 NUTHATCHES (1 Pages Acre, 1 Ruffett Wood, 1 Tawny Wood, 1 Chipstead Meadow), PIED WAGTAIL (Tart's Field), 12+ LONG-TAILED TITS (10+ Pages Acre/Chipstead Meadow, 2+ Circle Field), KESTREL (near R.R.Cottages), 7 GOLDCRESTS (3 Pages Acre, 2 Circle Field, 2 Tawny Wood), 10 GOLDFINCHES (7 Circle Field, 1 Tattenham Meadow, 2 Broadfield), 3 COMMON GULLS (Buzzard Field), 6 GREEN WOODPECKERS (3 Pipit Meadow, 2 Chipstead Meadow, 1 Circle Field), 3 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 Pages Acre, 2 Tawny Wood), 120+ WOODPIGEONS (Ruffett Wood), 3 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Wood), 165+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Bog Field/Tart's Field) (Mammals: Red Fox (Harrier Field)) - IPW
  • SPARROWHAWK (Stoney Nob) - IGM


Saturday 17th
  • (all C.Farm) ♀ BULLFINCH (Legal & General), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (Ruffett Wood), 30 FIELDFARES (20 Poultry Field, 10 Legal & General), 2 MISTLE THRUSHES (Poultry Field), 8 REDWINGS (Poultry Field), 8 GREENFINCHES (Legal & General) - PGo
  • (all C.Farm) 4 YELLOWHAMMERS (R.Bottom), KESTREL - IGM


Friday 16th
  • no reported sightings


Thursday 15th
  • (all C.Farm) 9 FIELDFARES (Poultry Field), MISTLE THRUSH (Poultry Field), 2 KESTRELS (1 by C.Farmhouse, 1 Legal & General), 2 SONG THRUSHES (fighting near R.R.Cottages), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (Stoney Nob), 6 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS, 35+ CHAFFINCHES (Poultry Field) - RJ
  • (all C.Farm) LITTLE OWL (Gunman's Shaw), KESTREL, STARLING - IGM


Wednesday 14th

  • 40 FIELDFARES (Heathside Field), COMMON BUZZARD (Railway Field), KESTREL (near R.R.Cottages) - IGM


Tuesday 13th
  • (all C.Farm) BRAMBLING (Quail Field), 24 FIELDFARES, TREECREEPER, 3 NUTHATCHES, 2 GREENFINCHES, 11 GOLDFINCHES, c300 CHAFFINCHES/LINNETS - NS


Monday 12th
  • no reported sightings


Sunday 11th 
  • 3.15pm-4.15pm: RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE calling (Lunch Banks), SISKIN (Stoney Nob), LITTLE OWL (Infront George Field), 2 PIED WAGTAILS (C.Farm), 6 YELLOWHAMMERS (3 Slangs, 1 Skylark Field, 2 Harrier Field), 2 KESTRELS (1 Legal & General, 1 R.R.Cottages), 2 MISTLE THRUSHES (Stoney Nob), 3 SKYLARKS (Horse Pasture), 2 GREENFINCHES (Legal & General), 4 GOLDFINCHES(C.Farm), 12+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Legal & General/Stoney Nob), 110+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Tart's Field), 5 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (flew from Stoney Nob to B.Woods) - IPW/SJW
  • 9.00am-11.00am: (all B.Woods) 15+ MEADOW PIPITS (Hither Field), 3 GOLDCRESTS (Fames Rough), 10+ REDWINGS (Fames Rough), NUTHATCH (Fames Rough), GREENFINCH (Fames Rough), GOLDFINCH (Fames Rough), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Fames Rough) - IJ
  • (all C.Farm) 20+ SKYLARKS (Quail Field), c20 STOCK DOVES (Skylark Field) - IGM
  • (all C.Farm) 4 MISTLE THRUSHES, 20 SKYLARKS - PGo
  • (all C.Farm) LITTLE OWL (near R.R.Cottages), c15 LINNETS - PW


Saturday 10th

  • 7.40am-2.10pm: 40+ SKYLARKS, 2 LESSER REDPOLLS flew over, SISKIN flew over, LITTLE OWL, COMMON BUZZARD, SPARROWHAWK, KESTREL, 14+ MEADOW PIPITS, 120+ REDWINGS flew over, 8 FIELDFARES,  11+ COLLARED DOVES (C.Residential), PIED WAGTAIL, 8+ GREENFINCHES, 3 YELLOWHAMMERS, 3♂ PHEASANTS (Broadfield), 2+ COMMON GULLS, 35+ LINNETS, 2 SONG THRUSHES, STOCK DOVE, c10 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC/RDW/SG
  • (all B.Woods) 2 TREECREEPERS, 8 NUTHATCHES, 15 LONG-TAILED TITS, 4 COAL TITS, 8 GOLDCRESTS, 4 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, 60 BLUE TITS, 48 GREAT TITS - SG


Friday 9th
  • c5.30pm: 3 WOODCOCKS (in flight at Reads Bottom), TAWNY OWL (Perrotts by Wood), LITTLE OWL (Perrotts by Wood) - BG
  • 7.40am-12.40pm: (all C.Farm) RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Infront George Field), ♀ BRAMBLING with 150+ CHAFFINCHES (Buzzard Field), SISKIN flew over, LESSER REDPOLL flew over, PIED WAGTAIL, 15+ FIELDFARES, c25 REDWINGS, 2+ MEADOW PIPITS, 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (Buzzard Field), KESTREL, 2 MISTLE THRUSHES, 5 SKYLARKS, 4 YELLOWHAMMERS, LITTLE OWL (Copt Hill Lane), 14+ COLLARED DOVES (C.Residential), 2+ COMMON GULLS, 6 GREENFINCHES, GOLDCREST (Infront George Field), SONG THRUSH, GREEN WOODPECKER, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 20+ GOLDFINCHES (south end of Broadfield), LINNET - DKC/IGM


Thursday 8th
  • WOODCOCK flushed (The Scrub), 2 MALLARDS (♂+♀) (Piddly Pond) - ER/BH
  • 2.00pm-5.25pm: (all C.Farm) SISKIN flew over, 1+ LESSER REDPOLL flew over, 4 FIELDFARES, c15 SKYLARKS, 2 MEADOW PIPITS, 11 YELLOWHAMMERS, PIED WAGTAIL, 2 LITTLE OWLS, MISTLE THRUSH, 12+ COLLARED DOVES, 15+ LINNETS, KESTREL, 5 COMMON GULLS flew over, 2 ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew over, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER - DKC


Wednesday 7th
  • (all C.Farm) ad GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL then flew off (Tart's Field), RED KITE flew over at 10.45am, COMMON BUZZARD, 2 REDWINGS, 2 KESTRELS, 7 MEADOW PIPITS, 6+ COMMON GULLS reported - RDW


Tuesday 6th
  • (all C.Farm) 9 YELLOWHAMMERS, 3 KESTRELS, 43 FIELDFARES, c20 REDWINGS, 12 SONG THRUSHES, c5 COMMON GULLS, 3 SKYLARKS, GREENFINCH, 8 GOLDFINCHES, 300+ WOODPIGEONS - NS
  •  (all C.Farm) 14 REDWINGS, 13 SKYLARKS, 3+ MISTLE THRUSHES, GREEN WOODPECKER - DKC



Monday 5th
  • Brief early morning visit in heavy fog: 2 MEADOW PIPITS (Skylark Field), SKYLARK (Skylark Field), COMMON GULL (Tart's Field) - DKC


Sunday 4th
  • (all C.Farm) 2 LESSER REDPOLLS, SISKIN, 16 YELLOWHAMMERS, 17 FIELDFARES, 23 SKYLARKS - SG
  • (all C.Farm) ♀ BRAMBLING with c130 CHAFFINCHES (Buzzard Field), 5 FIELDFARES (Poultry Field), MEADOW PIPIT, COMMON BUZZARD, 2 KESTRELS (♂+♀), 4 MISTLE THRUSHES, 2 GOLDCRESTS (Circle Field), 2 LINNETS (Poultry Field), 2 LITTLE OWLS, 2 COMMON GULLS, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over, YELLOWHAMMER, 3 SKYLARKS, COLLARED DOVE, 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS - DKC
  • (all C.Farm) COMMON BUZZARD, 19 LONG-TAILED TITS (Ruffett Wood), TREECREEPER (Tawny Wood), COAL TIT (Tawny Wood), KESTREL (Tawny Wood), 5+ GOLDCRESTS (Tawny Wood), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 Chipstead Meadow, 1 Pipit Meadow), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (flew over Pipit Meadow) - IJ  


Saturday 3rd
  • CROSSBILL flew over at 12.25pm (C.Farmhouse), c20 MISTLE THRUSHES (c16 C.Farm, 4 C.Farm then B.Woods), 11 MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 5+ FIELDFARES (C.Farm), 3+ REDWINGS (C.Farm), 5 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), SKYLARK (C.Farm), 3 LITTLE OWLS (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), 2 ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew over (C.Farm), 5 COMMON GULLS (3 Tart's Field, 3 flew over), 5 LINNETS (C.Farm), SONG THRUSH (C.Farm), 7 STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), 2 PHEASANTS (Lunch Wood), GREEN WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 6 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) - DKC/PW 
 


Friday 2nd
  • 10 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm) - PW


Thursday 1st
  • COMMON BUZZARD (Railway Field), 10+ SKYLARKS (Skylark Field), SPARROWHAWK (Quail Field), several FIELDFARES - IGM