January 2014

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 locations, also found on the map, are also included in these sightings.


Friday 31st
  • no reported sightings


Thursday 30th
  • no reported sightings


Wednesday 29th
  • no reported sightings


Tuesday 28th
  • no reported sightings


Monday 27th
  • no reported sightings


Sunday 26th
  • no reported sightings


Saturday 25th
  • 9.30am-2.10pm: PEREGRINE flew NE at 1.06pm (Quail Field), LESSER REDPOLL (Pages Acre), 12 MEADOW PIPITS (3 Perrotts by Wood, 9 Hither Field), 7 SKYLARKS (3 Green Belt Field, 2 Bunting Field, 1 Perrotts by Wood, 1 Poultry Field), 2 KESTRELS (1 Green Belt Field, 1 Hither Field), 19 STOCK DOVES (14 Heathside Field, 5 B.Woods), 3 COLLARED DOVES (Valley Meadows), 160+ FIELDFARES (150+ C.Farm, 10+ B.Woods), 215+ REDWINGS (155+ C.Farm, 60+ B.Woods), 2 MISTLE THRUSHES (1 Hither Field, 1 Perrotts by Wood), 16 SONG THRUSHES (1 Pages Acre, 15 B.Woods), 25+ LINNETS (Poultry Field), 4 BULLFINCHES (B.Woods), 16+ GOLDFINCHES (6+ C.Farm, 10 The Scrub), 9 GREENFINCHES (3 C.Farm, 6 B.Woods), 10+ LONG-TAILED TITS (6+ Pages Acre, 2 near Piddly Pond, 2+ Hither Field), 7 COAL TITS (1 Pages Acre, 1 C.Wood, 1 Wood Lane, 4 B.Woods), 7 NUTHATCHES (1 C.Wood, 1 Circle Field, 5 B.Woods), 2 TREECREEPERS (1 Pages Acre, 1 B.Woods), 6 GOLDCRESTS (1 Pages Acre, 1 Wood Lane, 4 B.Woods), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 Hither Field, 1 The Nuttery), 3 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 Pages Acre, 1 Circle Field, 1 The Scrub), 29 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (7 C.Farm, 22 B.Woods) - IPW 


 Friday 24th
  •  no reported sightings


Thursday 23rd
  • no reported sightings


Wednesday 22nd
  • 90+ FIELDFARES (40+ Skylark Field, c50 Bog Field), 20+ REDWINGS (Infront George Field), 20+ CHAFFINCHES (Infront George Field), 10+ SKYLARKS (Skylark Field) - IGM


Tuesday 21st
  • no reported sightings


Monday 20th
  • no reported sightings


Sunday 19th
  • (all B.Woods) 4 CORMORANTS flew west at 10.12am (Valley Meadows), GREY HERON flew south (car park), WOODCOCK (north side), LESSER REDPOLL (The Scrub), 5+ BULLFINCHES, 11 NUTHATCHES, 3 TREECREEPERS, 4 GOLDCRESTS, 12 COAL TITS, LONG-TAILED TIT, 15 SONG THRUSHES, 5+ REDWINGS, 4 STOCK DOVES, 4 GOLDFINCHES, 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 5 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, 11 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - IPW
  • (all C.Farm) LAPWING still (Tart's Field), YELLOWHAMMER, c2 MEADOW PIPITS, KESTREL, 200+ LINNETS, LITTLE OWL, 25+ SKYLARKS, 60+ FIELDFARES, c36 REDWINGS, STOCK DOVE, 5+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS, GREEN WOODPECKER, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 3 SONG THRUSHES - DKC/JMcK


Saturday 18th
  • (all C.Farm) LAPWING (Tart's Field), 250+ FIELDFARES (Tart's Field), 300+ LINNETS (Tart's Field), 7 GOLDFINCHES (Legal & General), 3 GREENFINCHES (Legal & General) - IGM 
  • (all B.Woods) 6+ BULLFINCHES, ♂ KESTREL, 2 TREECREEPERS, 25 REDWINGS, 5 GREENFINCHES, 5 NUTHATCHES, 4 SONG THRUSHES - PGo

Friday 17th
  • no reported sightings


Thursday 16th
  • no reported sightings


Wednesday 15th
  • 4 MEADOW PIPITS (Hither Field), c4 BULLFINCHES (The Scrub) - DKC


Tuesday 14th
  • no reported sightings


Monday 13th
  • (all C.Farm) 250+ LINNETS, 40+ STOCK DOVES, 150+ FIELDFARES, 100+ REDWINGS, 50+ STARLINGS - JBi


Sunday 12th
  • (all C.Farm) LAPWING still (Tart's Field), 230+ FIELDFARES, MISTLE THRUSH (Legal & General), 3 SONG THRUSHES, PIED WAGTAIL, BULLFINCH (Legal & General), 2 GOLDFINCHES, 10+ SKYLARKS (Quail Field), COMMON GULL (Legal & General), 135+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS, 26+ STOCK DOVES, 3 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, 3 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - IPW


Saturday 11th
  • (all B.Woods) 2 COMMON BUZZARDS, SPARROWHAWK (Holly Lane Meadow), 2 BULLFINCHES (The Scrub), 10+ LONG-TAILED TITS, 9 COAL TITS, 3 GOLDCRESTS, 6 NUTHATCHES, 2 TREECREEPERS, 3 GOLDFINCHES, 15+ REDWINGS (The Scrub), FIELDFARE, 3 SONG THRUSHES, 5 STOCK DOVES (all singing), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, 4 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - IPW
  • (all C.Farm) LAPWING still (Tart's Field), 60+ FIELDFARES, 20+ REDWINGS, 2 SONG THRUSHES - IGM


 Friday 10th
  • no reported sightings


Thursday 9th
  • no reported sightings


Wednesday 8th
  • (all C.Farm) 200+ FIELDFARES, 300+ LINNETS - IGM


 Tuesday 7th
  • no reported sightings


Monday 6th
  • (all C.Farm) BULLFINCH, 2 NUTHATCHES, TREECREEPER, 5 SKYLARKS, 300+ LINNETS; also good numbers of REDWINGS and FIELDFARES - IJ


Sunday 5th
  • (all B.Woods) 2 BRAMBLINGS at 11.16am (The Scrub), 4 ROOKS (flew into Hither Field), SPARROWHAWK (Holly Lane Meadow), 7+ BULLFINCHES (inc. 6+ The Scrub), 2 GOLDFINCHES, GREENFINCH, 5 TREECREEPERS, 5+ LONG-TAILED TITS, 6 COAL TITS, 12 NUTHATCHES, 5 GOLDCRESTS, 2 SONG THRUSHES, 25+ REDWINGS, 7 STOCK DOVES (4 singing), 5 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, 10+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - IPW
  • (all C.Farm) LAPWING still (Tart's Field), 3 MISTLE THRUSHES (2  Legal & General, 1 Tart's Field), c10 SKYLARKS, c500 LINNETS, 80+ FIELDFARES, c75 REDWINGS - PGo


Saturday 4th
  • (all C.Farm) ♀ KESTREL (near Reads Rest Cottages), 30+ REDWINGS, (Infront George Field), 230+ FIELDFARES (200+ Bog Field, 30+ Skylark Field) - IGM


Friday 3rd
  • (all C.Farm) c600 LINNETS, 25 SKYLARKS, c90 FIELDFARES, c60 REDWINGS - SG


Thursday 2nd
  • (all C.Farm) 200+ FIELDFARES, 25+ REDWINGS, 200+ LINNETS, 2 SKYLARKS, MEADOW PIPIT, 2 PIED WAGTAILS, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER - IJ


Wednesday 1st
  • no reported sightings