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March 2013

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 31st

  • RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Broadfield then Lunch Banks), ROOK (Poultry Field), 4 MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), 2 LITTLE OWLS (east side of Horse Pasture), KESTREL (C.Farm), LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over (C.Farm), 3 YELLOWHAMMERS (Broadfield), 4 PHEASANTS (2♂ Broadfield, ♂ Green Belt Field, ♀ Green Belt Field then B.Woods), 3 LONG-TAILED TITS (by Perrotts Farmhouse), 2 SONG THRUSHES (C.Farm), GREEN WOODPECKER (C.Farm), GREENFINCH (C.Farm) - DKC
  • COMMON BUZZARD (Lunch Banks - darker bird) - IGM
Saturday 30th

  • 6.22am-7.05pm: 2 RED KITES (1 flew west over C.Farm at 12.27pm, 1 flew NW over Woodpecker Meadow at 5.19pm), RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (apparently new bird) at 5.00pm (Woodpecker Meadow), ♂ BRAMBLING still with CHAFFINCHES at 7.30am (Broadfield), CORMORANT flew north at 1.52pm (C.Farm), 3 CANADA GEESE flew over at 6.52am (C.Farm), 3 MALLARDS (2( ♂+♀) flew over C.Farm at 6.48am, ♂ Piddly Pond c6.30pm), 4 MEADOW PIPITS flew over (C.Farm), 2 SISKINS flew over (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 3 COMMON BUZZARDS (C.Farm), 2+ LITTLE OWLS (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm),  c9 REDWINGS (The Scrub), c75 FIELDFARES (c40 Legal & General, c35 B.Woods), ♂ BULLFINCH (The Scrub), 2 TREECREEPERS (B.Woods), GOLDCREST (Pages Acre), 3 NUTHATCHES (1 Circle Field, 2 B.Woods), c50 LINNETS (C.Farm), YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), c5 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 3 COLLARED DOVES (C.Residential), 7 PHEASANTS (3♂) (C.Farm), MISTLE THRUSH (Heathside Field), 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (1 over C.Farm, 1 B.Woods*), 7+ LONG-TAILED TITS (3 C.Farm, 4+ B.Woods), c10 COMMON GULLS flew over (B.Woods), 8 GREEN WOODPECKERS (6 C.Farm, 2 B.Woods), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (C.Farm), c40 STOCK DOVES (mainly C.Farm - 1 B.Woods), 4 GREENFINCHES (1 C.Farm, 3 B.Woods), 6+ GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 6 SONG THRUSHES (3 C.Farm, 3 B.Woods) - DKC/JMcK/IJ/IGM   
Friday 29th

  • 6.30am-7.45pm: COMMON SNIPE heard flying over at 7.04pm (Horse Pasture), ♂ BRAMBLING still with CHAFFINCHES (Broadfield), RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE still (Legal & General), WOODCOCK at 7.10pm (Horse Pasture), 2 ROOKS (Broadfield/Poultry Field), 2 GREY HERONS flew over (C.Farm), 22 MEADOW PIPITS flew over (C.Farm), 4 SISKINS flew over (3 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 3+ COMMON BUZZARDS (C.Farm inc 1 also over Fames Rough),  2 KESTRELS (♀ Circle Field, ♂ Hither Field), 3 LITTLE OWLS (2 east side of Horse Pasture, 1 Stoney Nob), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), c7 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), c5 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 200+ LINNETS (Broadfield), 2 COAL TITS (1 Ruffett Wood, 1 B.Woods), 3 TREECREEPERS (B.Woods), 3 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 2 GOLDCRESTS (B.Woods), c19 LONG-TAILED TITS (4 Circle Field, 1 Legal & General, c12 B.Woods by R.R.Lane, 2 The Scrub), c10 FIELDFARES (C.Farm), c9 REDWINGS (c7 C.Farm flew to B.Woods, c2 B.Woods), 14 PHEASANTS (1♂) (C.Farm), 3 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew over (1 C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), 4 COMMON GULLS (1 C.Farm, 3 flew over B.Woods), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 2 B.Woods), 5 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 3 by Piddly Pond), 2 COLLARED DOVES (C.Residential), c10 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 2 GREENFINCHES (C.Farm), 2 SONG THRUSHES (C.Farm), STOCK DOVES (inc 3 B.Woods), 5 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (4 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods) (50 species recorded) - DKC/SG/JMcK
  • 9.50am-2.00pm: GREY HERON (same as above) flew over (Broadfield), SISKIN flew over (B.Woods), 4 ROOKS (2 Poultry Field, 2 Hither Field), 3 SPARROWHAWKS (1 Tawny Wood, 2 (♂+♀) B.Woods), 6 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 Stoney Nob, 1 Infront George Field), 45+ LINNETS (C.Farm then B.Woods), 3 TREECREEPERS (Tawny Wood), 2 COAL TITS (Tawny Wood (singing)), 7 NUTHATCHES (2 Tawny Wood, 1 Pages Acre, 4 B.Woods), GOLDCREST (Tawny Wood), GREENFINCH (Tawny Wood), 4+ LONG-TAILED TITS (2 Tawny Wood, 2+ Pages Acre), 45 STOCK DOVES (36 C.Farm (1 singing), 8 Hither Field), 18 REDWINGS (4 Chipstead Meadow, 14 B.Woods), 18 FIELDFARES (10 Chipstead Meadow, 8 Skylark Field), 8 COMMON GULLS (C.Farm), GOLDFINCH (Stoney Nob), 6 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (2 Tawny Wood, 1 Pages Acre, 3 B.Woods), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 The Scrub, 1 Hither Field), 6 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (3 C.Farm, 3 B.Woods), 2 SONG THRUSHES (1 Tawny Wood, 1 B.Woods) - IPW
  • 75+ FIELDFARES (Legal & General) - IGM 
Thursday 28th

  • 7.15am-8.25am: (all C.Farm) LAPWING flew over (Broadfield), 2 MEADOW PIPITS flew north, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew north, 60+ LINNETS, 57 FIELDFARES, PHEASANT, 13 SKYLARKS, 5 YELLOWHAMMERS, COMMON GULL, SONG THRUSH, 6 GOLDFINCHES, GREEN WOODPECKER, 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - AD
  • c1.30pm-7.30pm: (all C.Farm) SPARROWHAWK, COMMON BUZZARD, 5+ LITTLE OWLS (2 Lambert's Shaw, 2 Horse Pasture, 1+ Legal & General), 17+ PHEASANTS (5♂), COAL TIT (Tawny Wood), NUTHATCH (Pages Acre), ♀ KESTREL (Pages Acre horse paddock), c45 FIELDFARES (Bog Field), MISTLE THRUSH (Chipstead Meadow), 6 COMMON GULLS (Chipstead Meadow), 2 COLLARED DOVES (C.Residential), 60+ LINNETS (Broadfield), 200+ CHAFFINCHES, 8+ LONG-TAILED TITS (7 Circle Field, 1+ Tawny Wood), 30+ STOCK DOVES, 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (Pages Acre), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, GREENFINCH, ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET - DKC/JMcK
Wednesday 27th
  • 1.00pm-5.30pm: (all C.Farm) 8 LAPWINGS (Broadfield), 2 KESTRELS (1 Tattenham Meadow, 1 Tart's Field), LITTLE OWL (Lambert's Shaw), 8 LONG-TAILED TITS, c100 FIELDFARES, GOLDCREST, c60 LINNETS, 11 YELLOWHAMMERS, MISTLE THRUSH, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 8 GOLDFINCHES, 2 GREENFINCHES (Legal & General), 12 STOCK DOVES, c200 CHAFFINCHES (Broadfield) - JMcK
  • c5.50pm-7.15pm: (all C.Farm) 6+ LAPWINGS (Broadfield), GREY HERON flew over, c165 FIELDFARES (Quail Field/Skylark Field), 4 LITTLE OWLS (2 Lambert's Shaw, 1 Stoney Nob, 1 Lunch Wood), REDWING, ♂ PHEASANT - DKC  


Tuesday 26th
  • 1.00pm-3.45pm: (all C.Farm) BARN OWL (in barn by R.R.Cottages), LITTLE OWL (Slangs), 4 YELLOWHAMMERS (1♂ singing+3♀), 30+ REDWINGS (Legal & General), 50+ FIELDFARES (Legal & General), SKYLARK (Watchpoint), 2 SONG THRUSHES (Slangs), 9 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - GB 
  • 4.15pm-7.00pm: (all C.Farm) SISKIN flew over (Green Belt Field), 4 LITTLE OWLS (2 Lambert's Shaw (mating), 2 east side of Horse Pasture), c130 LINNETS (Green Belt Field), ♀ KESTREL, 2 MISTLE THRUSHES (Green Belt Field), c15 REDWINGS, YELLOWHAMMER, 7 LONG-TAILED TITS (Pages Acre), 9 PHEASANTS (1♂+8♀) (Buzzard Field) - DKC 


Monday 25th
  • ♂ WHEATEAR still (R.Bottom) - TC
  • CORMORANT flew over late morning (probably same as below) (C.Farm), 6 LAPWINGS dropped in (Broadfield) - JMcK 
  • 7.15am-12.45pm: CORMORANT flew over at 9.15am (C.Farm), 2 SISKINS flew over (1 Tawny Wood, 1 B.Woods), 2 MALLARDS (♂+♀) (Piddly Pond), 2 MISTLE THRUSHES (Green Belt Field), c80 FIELDFARES (Legal & General), REDWING (Heathside Field), NUTHATCH (B.Woods), 2 COAL TITS (B.Woods), SKYLARK (over Legal & General), 9 SONG THRUSHES (3 Bog Field, 3 Legal & General, 2 Green Belt Field, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane), 3 COMMON GULLS (C.Farm), 60+ LINNETS (C.Farm), 3 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 2 GREENFINCHES (C.Farm), GREAT SPOTTED WOOPECKER (B.Woods), 40+ STOCK DOVES (C.Farm) - DKC


Sunday 24th
  • 16 GOLDEN PLOVERS dropped in briefly late morning then flew off (Legal & General), ♂ WHEATEAR (R.Bottom), 20 REDWINGS, 80 FIELDFARES, KESTREL, COMMON BUZZARD - PGo
  • ♂ WHEATEAR (R.Bottom), c40 SKYLARKS (Infront George Field) - NGd
  • (all C.Farm) BARN OWL (in barn by R.R.Cottages), ♂ WHEATEAR (R.Bottom), ♀ KESTREL, c100 FIELDFARES, 6 YELLOWHAMMERS - IGM
  • BARN OWL hunting at c6.45pm (Harrier Field), 75+ LINNETS, MISTLE THRUSH, REDWING, FIELDFARE, GOLDCREST (Tawny Wood), 11 PHEASANTS (1♂) (Buzzard Field), 3 SONG THRUSHES - DKC/DG     


Saturday 23rd
  • (all C.Farm) BARN OWL (in barn by R.R.Cottages), RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Infront George Field), ♂ WHEATEAR (R.Bottom) (see Gallery), 2 MALLARDS (♂+♀) (Bog Field), 8 YELLOWHAMMERS, 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 east side of Horse Pasture, 1 Stoney Nob), 3 PHEASANTS (1♂), 6 adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew NE, 15 SKYLARKS, 2 MISTLE THRUSHES (1 Bog Field, 1 Green Belt Field), c200 FIELDFARES, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER - JMcK/DKC/LM/SG et al


Friday 22nd
  • BARN OWL (in ash near Watchpoint), ♂ BRAMBLING with c300 CHAFFINCHES (mobile: Broadfield, Pipit Meadow etc), ♂ WHEATEAR (R.Bottom), GREY HERON flew over (C.Farm), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (C.Farm/B.Woods), MEADOW PIPIT (C.Farm), 2 PHEASANTS (1♂) (C.Farm), 60+ LINNETS (C.Farm), 2 adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew over (C.Farm), 120+ STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), 3+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 3 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 3 SONG THRUSHES (C.Farm), c12 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), GREENFINCH (C.Farm), 2 COMMON GULLS (C.Farm), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (C.Farm), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farm) - DKC
  • (all C.Farm) RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Infront George Field), c180 FIELDFARES, 4+ REDWINGS, PIED WAGTAIL, MEADOW PIPIT - AD 


Thursday 21st
  • BARN OWL (in ash in Harrier Field then hunting from c6.25pm), 2 MALLARDS (♂+♀) (Bog Field), ♂ SPARROWHAWK - JMcK/DKC
  • 3 CORMORANTS (2 flew NW over Broadfield at 8.19am, 1 flew NE over Chipstead Meadow at 2.31pm), CANADA GOOSE (over Fames Rough), TAWNY OWL (Ruffett Wood), COMMON BUZZARD (Steep Banks), 5 SISKINS (4 over The Scrub, 1 over Tawny Wood), MEADOW PIPIT (1 Skylark Field, 1 over R.Bottom), 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 near Perrotts Farmhouse, 1 Lambert's Shaw), 250+ CHAFFINCHES (around Broadfield), 130+ LINNETS (C.Farm), 132+ STOCK DOVES (129+ C.Farm, 5 B.Woods), 16 ROOKS (10 Hither Field, 6 Poultry Field), c30 REDWINGS (C.Farm), 110+ FIELDFARES (Legal & General/Stoney Nob), PHEASANT (Buzzard Field), 3 YELLOWHAMMERS (2 Broadfield, 1 Horse Pasture), 4 COAL TITS (2 Tawny Wood (1 singing), 1 Ruffett Wood, 1 B.Woods (singing)), 2 KESTRELS (1 Hither Field, 1 Chipstead Meadow), BULLFINCH (The Scrub), 2 TREECREEPERS (1 Tawny Wood, 1 B.Woods), 13 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 3 NUTHATCHES (2 Tawny Wood, 1 The Scrub), 5 SONG THRUSHES (2 C.Farm, 3 B.Woods), 9 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (4 C.Farm, 5 B.Woods), 5 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 3 B.Woods), 9 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (5 C.Farm, 4 B.Woods), 3 GREENFINCHES (2 Legal & General, 1 Bunting Field), 17 GOLDFINCHES (16 COLLARED DOVE (C.Residential) (Mammals: Roe Deer (The Scrub)) - IPW


Wednesday 20th
  • BARN OWL at 6.11pm (near R.R.Cottages) - RD/JMcK/IGM/NR/PS
  • ♂ WHEATEAR still (Infront George Field) - NR/IGM
  • c25 FIELDFARES (C.Farm) - IGM


Tuesday 19th
  • (all C.Farm) BARN OWL (first noted 4.30pm in ash tree at north end of Harrier Field till 5.54pm then hunted from Watchpoint to Lunch Banks when lost to sight at 6.40pm) (see Gallery), ♂ BRAMBLING with c150 CHAFFINCHES at 8.00am (Broadfield), ♂ WHEATEAR still (R.Bottom), 2+ WOODCOCKS (heard flying around Lunch Wood after dusk), ♂ TAWNY OWL at c8.00pm (heard Pages Acre), 5+ LITTLE OWLS, 3 COMMON BUZZARDS, 3 MEADOW PIPITS, 15+ SKYLARKS, c120 FIELDFARES, 12+ REDWINGS, 17 PHEASANTS, GREENFINCH, 3 GOLDFINCHES, 2 LINNETS, 5+ SONG THRUSHES, 50+ STOCK DOVES - NS/DKC/JMcK/LM/DW/BD 


Monday 18th
  • 4.00pm-7.00pm: (all C.Farm) BARN OWL 6.05pm-6.30pm (left barn by R.R.Cotttages then flew to Lunch Banks, then back to Horse Pasture) (see Gallery), ♂ WHEATEAR (R.Bottom), ♂ STONECHAT (R.Bottom), c4 WOODCOCKS flew over, 2 MALLARDS (♂+♀) (in puddle after dusk Perrotts by Wood), REDWING, c30 FIELDFARES, 19 PHEASANTS (1♂) (Broadfield), COMMON BUZZARD, GREEN WOODPECKER, 2 SONG THRUSHES, 2 GOLDFINCHES - JB/BG/JMcK/DKC/DW/AD


Sunday 17th
  • 7.15am-6.40pm: ♂ WHEATEAR (R.Bottom) (JB) (see Gallery), BARN OWL (appeared at rear entrance of barn by R.R.Cottages 5.50pm then flew to Stoney Nob c6.20pm) (see Gallery), ♂ BRAMBLING with 250+ CHAFFINCHES (Broadfield) (DKC), ♂ STONECHAT (R.Bottom), 2 CANADA GEESE flew SE (C.Farm), RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE still (Infront George Field then Horse Pasture), 2 WOODCOCKS flew over at 6.35pm (C.Farm), GREY HERON flew south (C.Farm), SISKIN flew over (B.Woods), 12 MEADOW PIPITS flying mainly north/north-east (C.Farm), 44 COMMON GULLS flew NW (C.Farm - single flock), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (Death Pit), ♀ KESTREL (C.Farm), 3 LITTLE OWLS (2 east side of Horse Pasture, 1 Stoney Nob), 80+ FIELDFARES (C.Farm), 15+ REDWINGS (C.Farm), 60+ LINNETS (C.Farm), 10 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 9+ PHEASANTS (2♂) (C.Farm), 12+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), COAL TIT (B.Woods near R.R.Lane), 3 TREECREEPERS (B.Woods), 3 GOLDCRESTS (1 Circle Field, 2 B.Woods), 4 NUTHATCHES (1 Pages Acre, 1 Broadfield, 2 B.Woods), 60+ STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), 6 SONG THRUSHES (2 C.Farm, 4 B.Woods), 7 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 3 GREENFINCHES (C.Farm), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 3 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Stoney Nob) (50 species recorded, with common birds not noted including Collared Dove, Long-tailed Tit, Bullfinch, Mistle Thrush and Lesser Black-backed Gull) - DKC/JMcK/JB/IJ/IGM et al
Saturday 16th
  • (all C.Farm) ♀ BRAMBLING 1.30pm-2.00pm (Broadfield) (see Gallery), BARN OWL (sitting at rear entrance to barn near R.R.Cottages on & off 4.40pm-5.50pm when it flew and hunted in Horse Pasture then tracked down R.R.Lane and continued hunting along Lunch Banks and was lost to sight) (see Gallery), ♂ STONECHAT still (R.Bottom) (see Gallery), RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE still (Broadfield), 13 MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm (groups of 11, 1 and 1), 2 MALLARDS flew over, 4 COMMON BUZZARDS (resident 2 C.Farm, 2 over B.Woods), 2 LITTLE OWLS, 4+ YELLOWHAMMERS, 2+ SKYLARKS, c180 LINNETS, 250+ CHAFFINCHES, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over, REDWING, 20+ FIELDFARES, 2 COMMON GULLS, 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 50+ STOCK DOVES - DKC/JMcK 
  • 2 PIED WAGTAILS (Bog Field) (Mammals: Roe Deer (Lunch Banks)) - IGM    


Friday 15th
  • 7.00am-12.30pm: (all C.Farm) ♂ STONECHAT (R.Bottom) (see Gallery), 8 MALLARDS flew over, MEADOW PIPIT flew over, SPARROWHAWK (flew into Pages Acre), 2 LITTLE OWLS (Stoney Nob), 40+ REDWINGS, 80+ FIELDFARES, 4+ MISTLE THRUSHES (around Pages Acre), TREECREEPER (Pages Acre), 5 LONG-TAILED TITS (Pages Acre), 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew over, 2 NUTHATCHES (1 Pages Acre, 1 Ruffett Wood), 130+ STOCK DOVES, 4 YELLOWHAMMERS, 2 SKYLARKS, 80+ LINNETS, 8+ GOLDFINCHES, 3 GREENFINCHES, GREEN WOODPECKER, SONG THRUSH, 150+ CHAFFINCHES (Broadfield), c10 COMMON GULLS, 4 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC 


Thursday 14th
  • 1.20pm-7.20pm: BARN OWL at 2.45pm (flushed from barn by R.R.Cottages by workers), 2 LAPWINGS (Broadfield), WOODCOCK in evening (Broadfield), 3 unidentified geese flew over in evening (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (Broadfield - paler bird), TAWNY OWL early evening (C.Wood (hooting)), 3 LITTLE OWLS (1 east side of Horse Pasture, 1 north end of Broadfield, 1 Stoney Nob), ♂ BULLFINCH (C.Farmhouse), 20+ FIELDFARES (C.Farm), 3+ REDWINGS (by Piddly Pond), c150 LINNETS (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (The Scrub), GOLDCREST (by The Scrub), 6 PHEASANTS (1♂) (Broadfield), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), SKYLARK (C.Farm), GREENFINCH (over The Scrub), 70+ STOCK DOVES (mainly C.Farm, 1 near Piddly Pond), 5 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub, 2 Woodpecker Meadow), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (B.Woods), 3 SONG THRUSHES (B.Woods), 4 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) -DKC/GB/JMcK/BG
  • (all C.Farm) COMMON BUZZARD (Death Pit), 5 PHEASANTS (Broadfield), 63 FIELDFARES, 32 STOCK DOVES, 2 LONG-TAILED TITS, 3 SONG THRUSHES, 13 COMMON GULLS - AD
  • several REDWINGS (C.Farm) - LM


Wednesday 13th
  • (all C.Farm) ♀ RING OUZEL at 10.10am (by R.R.Cottages), 50+ FIELDFARES, 14+ GOLDFINCHES, 2 SKYLARKS, 10 LINNETS - IGM
  • 4.50pm-6.50pm: (all C.Farm) BARN OWL hunting at 5.45pm (Horse Pasture/Harrier Field) (see Gallery), LITTLE OWL (Horse Pasture), SKYLARK, ♀ KESTREL, c6 YELLOWHAMMERS, several FIELDFARES, GREENFINCH, 5 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - JB/DKC
  • ♂ STONECHAT (R.Bottom), LITTLE OWL (C.Farm) - FD
  • (all C.Farm) RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Broadfield), STONECHAT (same as above) (R.Bottom), 80+ FIELDFARES - JS


 Tuesday 12th
  • (all Broadfield) RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE still, 2 SKYLARKS, c10 COMMON GULLS, 12 STOCK DOVES - NS
  • 6.00pm-7:30pm: (all C.Farm) GREY HERON flew north (Green Belt Field), WOODCOCK (flew to Ruffett Wood), 2 TAWNY OWLS (Ruffett Wood) - JMcK
  • 4.50pm-5.50pm: (all C.Farm) GREY HERON flew over, MEADOW PIPIT flew over, 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (Death Pit), LITTLE OWL (Lambert's Shaw), ♂ SPARROWHAWK, ♀ KESTREL, YELLOWHAMMER, GREEN WOODPECKER, 5+ COMMON GULLS, 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC  


Monday 11th
  • no reported sightings


Sunday 10th
  • CORMORANT flew ESE at 8.05am (C.Farm), 5 CANADA GEESE flew SW at 7.27am (C.Farm), GREY HERON flew over (C.Farm), MEADOW PIPIT (C.Farm), LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), 3 COMMON BUZZARDS (1 Broadfield, 2 over Hither Field), SPARROWHAWK (by R.R.Cottages (with prey, probably a Fieldfare)), SKYLARK (C.Farm), 82+ FIELDFARES (70+ Bog Field, c12 flew from B.Woods to C.Farm), 10+ REDWINGS (Bog Field), ♂ PHEASANT (Heathside Field), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (B.Woods), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (B.Woods), 6 COMMON GULLS (Broadfield), 30+ LINNETS (C.Farm), 40+ STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), COLLARED DOVE (C.Farm), 3 GREENFINCHES (C.Farm), 4 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (2 C.Farm, 2 B.Woods) - DKC/JMcK


Saturday 9th
  • Evening: (all C.Farm) BARN OWL at 7.00pm (Lunch Banks), c3 LITTLE OWLS - JMcK/DKC
  • ♂ STONECHAT (near Watchpoint) - JSi
  • WOODCOCK (B.Woods near Piddly Pond) (see Gallery), SISKIN flew over (C.Farm/B.Woods at end of R.R.Lane), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (Green Belt Field), 3 TREECREEPERS (1 Tawny Wood, 2 B.Woods), 4 NUTHATCHES (2 Tawny Wood, 2 B.Woods), 2 COAL TITS (1 Ruffett Wood, 1 Tawny Wood), 2 MISTLE THRUSHES (1 Pages Acre, 1 B.Woods (singing)), 4 REDWINGS (C.Farm), c10 FIELDFARES (C.Farm), 2 GOLDCRESTS (Tawny Wood), 18 LINNETS (17 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 5 LONG-TAILED TITS (2 Circle Field, 3 Tawny Wood), 4 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (3 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 5+ STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), 3 SONG THRUSHES (2 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 3+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (1 C.Farm, 2+ B.Woods) - DKC
  • (all Tawny Wood) 2 MALLARDS flew over at 11.37am, SISKIN, ♂ BULLFINCH, 2 COAL TITS (singing), 4 TREECREEPERS, 4 LONG-TAILED TITS, 2 NUTHATCHES, 4 GOLDCRESTS, 2 GOLDFINCHES, GREEN WOODPECKER, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 4 SONG THRUSHES, ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET, STOCK DOVE, COLLARED DOVE; COMMON BUZZARD (Pipit Meadow) - IPW


Friday 8th
  • (all C.Farm) 6 MALLARDS flew over, c200 FIELDFARES (Skylark Field), 6 SKYLARKS (Skylark Field) - JMcK
  • ♂ KESTREL (near Perrotts Farmhouse), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), 35+ FIELDFARES (C.Farm), 3+ REDWINGS (C.Farm), MISTLE THRUSH (C.Farm (singing)), 11 LINNETS (C.Farm), 4 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 5+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 40+ STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), 7 PHEASANTS (1♂) (C.Farm), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 5 SONG THRUSHES (4 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 5 COMMON GULLS (Legal & General), 5 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (inc mating pair) (Stoney Nob) - DKC 


Thursday 7th 
  • Afternoon: (all C.Farm) 2 MALLARDS (♂+♀) flew over, 6 SISKINS flew over (Pages Acre - together), 3 PHEASANTS (♂ Broadfield, 2♀ Buzzard Field), PIED WAGTAIL, 26+ LINNETS (Lambert's Shaw), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS, 2+ SKYLARKS, GOLDCREST (Aberdour School), MISTLE THRUSH (singing), c185 FIELDFARES (Infront George Field), 2 LONG-TAILED TITS (Pages Acre), 20+ REDWINGS, 3+ SONG THRUSHES, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, GREEN WOODPECKER, 10 GREENFINCHES (C.Residential), 6 COLLARED DOVES (C.Residential), 4 GOLDFINCHES, 4 STOCK DOVES - DKC


Wednesday 6th
  • Morning: (all C.Farm) LAPWING (Broadfield), GREY HERON flew east, 6 LINNETS, 8 SKYLARKS, 2 SONG THRUSHES, 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS - AD
  • Late morning: (all C.Farm) 2 MEADOW PIPITS (Broadfield), LITTLE OWL (Legal & General), 6 SKYLARKS, 25+ LINNETS (Broadfield), 4 YELLOWHAMMERS, 5 COMMON GULLS (Legal & General), 2 STOCK DOVES - IGM
  • 18 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) - JMcK


Tuesday 5th
  • 8 CORMORANTS flew NE at 8.45am (C.Farm) - AD
  • 11.00am-12.30pm: (all C.Farm) RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE still (Broadfield), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS, 2 LITTLE OWLS (east side of Horse Pasture), 5+ SKYLARKS, c15 LINNETS, YELLOWHAMMER, 70+ COMMON GULLS - DKC/NS


Monday 4th
  • 7.00am-10.15am: (all C.Farm) SISKIN (Pages Acre), GREY HERON flew over, 2 MEADOW PIPITS (1 Poultry Field, 1 flew over Watchpoint), 5 LITTLE OWLS (2 east side of Horse Pasture, 2 Stoney Nob, 1 Lambert's Shaw), TREECREEPER (Pages Acre), 4 YELLOWHAMMERS, 4 SKYLARKS, c25 LINNETS, 70+ REDWINGS, 80+ FIELDFARES, 2 MISTLE THRUSHES (Buzzard Field), SONG THRUSH, ♀ PHEASANT, 11 COMMON GULLS, 2 NUTHATCHES (1 C.Wood, 1 Pages Acre), 3 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 3 GOLDFINCHES, STOCK DOVE, 2+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC
  • LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), 2 COAL TITS (Pages Acre), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (1 Broadfield, 1 near Perrotts Farmhouse), 8 LONG-TAILED TITS (Pages Acre), TREECREEPER (Pages Acre), c80 FIELDFARES, 2 MISTLE THRUSHES (Pages Acre), 8 REDWINGS (Pages Acre), 2 PHEASANTS (♂ Green Belt Field), ♀ Broadfield), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (Broadfield), 4 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, GREEN WOODPECKER (Circle Field) - JMcK    


Sunday 3rd
  • 7.00am-6.05pm: (all C.Farm) 6 CANADA GEESE flew SSE at 10.45am, 3 SISKINS flew over, 10 adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (Broadfield), 3 COMMON BUZZARDS, 4 ROOKS (Broadfield), 3 LITTLE OWLS (1 Lambert's Shaw, 2 east side of Horse Pasture), KESTREL, 10+ REDWINGS, 100+ FIELDFARES, MISTLE THRUSH (singing), COAL TIT (Heathside Field (singing)), 3 PHEASANTS (1♂) (Broadfield), c5 YELLOWHAMMERS, 3+ SKYLARKS, 40+ LINNETS, c3 SONG THRUSHES (singing), 45+ COMMON GULLS (Broadfield), COLLARED DOVE, 26 STOCK DOVES, 2+ GREENFINCHES, 2+ GOLDFINCHES, 4 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, hundreds of BLACK-HEADED GULLS and HERRING GULLS (Broadfield) - DKC/JMcK/PGo/RDW/PW et al 


Saturday 2nd
  • Late morning: ♂ REED BUNTING at 10.45am only (by R.R.Cottages), c100 FIELDFARES (C.Farm) - PW
  • Late afternoon: 44 LAPWINGS (Broadfield), 46 STOCK DOVES (Pipit Meadow) - JMcK
  • Late afternoon: 36 LAPWINGS (Broadfield), 2 LITTLE OWLS (east side of Horse Pasture) - PGo
  • 12.30pm-2.00pm: (all C.Farm) 7 ROOKS (Broadfield), COMMON BUZZARD (Steep Banks), 6 YELLOWHAMMERS (R.Bottom/Slangs), 5 LINNETS (over Broadfield), 6 COMMON GULLS (4 Broadfield, 2 Tart's Field), 5 FIELDFARES (Tart's Field), 2 COLLARED DOVES (C.Residential), STOCK DOVE (Stoney Nob (singing)), 3 SONG THRUSHES (1 Bunting Field, 1 C.Farmhouse, 1 Slangs (all singing)), 4 GOLDFINCHES (2 Skylark Field, 1 Lunch Wood, 1 C.Farmhouse), GREEN WOODPECKER (Steep Banks), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Residential, 1 Lunch Wood), 8 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - IPW


Friday 1st
  • 2+ COMMON BUZZARDS (2 Ruffett Wood to B.Woods, 1 Stoney Nob), 3 LITTLE OWLS (1 east side of Horse Pasture, 1 Stoney Nob, 1 Gunman's Shaw), ROOK (Poultry Field), KESTREL (Perrotts by Wood), 2 NUTHATCHES (1 Lunch Wood, 1 B.Woods), 4 MISTLE THRUSHES (2 Legal & General, 2 Poultry Field), 100+ FIELDFARES (C.Farm), 40+ REDWINGS (C.Farm), 3+ SONG THRUSHES (C.Farm), 50+ LINNETS (Broadfield), 100+ CHAFFINCHES (Broadfield), 15 STOCK DOVES (Broadfield), 10 COLLARED DOVES (C.Residential), GREEN WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 Pages Acre, 1 Lunch Wood), 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm)