February 2016

Keep an eye on the Twitter feed on the right hand side and here for live bird news updates. All sightings are appreciated and will be useful in the writing of the annual bird reports, please email your sightings to cfbwbirds@gmail.com. When submitting sightings, please try to match the format of this page as much as possible to make transfer efficient. 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. Sex is denoted using the symbols ♂ (male) and ♀ (female).
* = bird flying past the recording area, viewed from it. 

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Monday 29th
  • Canons Farm, morning: 1 GREY HERON, 2 CORMORANTS flew ENE, 5-6 COMMON BUZZARDS, 2 adult MEDITERRANEAN GULLS (see Gallery) (mobile between Broadfield & Skylark Field. One with a green plastic ring, which appears to be of German origin), 26+ COMMON GULLS, adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over, 19 STOCK DOVES, 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 east side of Horse Pasture, 1 Legal & General), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 3 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, 4 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS, 19+ SKYLARKS, 2 LONG-TAILED TITS (Bog Field), 50+ FIELDFARES, 5 SONG THRUSHES, 18+ REDWINGS, 3 PIED WAGTAILS, 2 GREENFINCHES, 5+ LINNETS, 10 GOLDFINCHES, SISKIN flew over, 4 YELLOWHAMMERS - DKC/DJ/GB et al
  • Banstead Woods: 3 GOLDCRESTS, 4 LONG-TAILED TITS, 2 NUTHATCHES, 2+ BULLFINCHES, SONG THRUSH, 2 JAYS, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, GREEN WOODPECKER, STOCK DOVE - DJ/GB 


Sunday 28th
  • Canons Farm: juvenile ICELAND GULL (video) 12:00-13:50 at least (Tart's Field) with adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and good numbers of COMMON, BLACK-HEADED and HERRING GULLS - IGM/IPW/DKC et al
  • Canons Farm, morning: 4 CANADA GEESE flew over - IGM
  • Canons Farm: 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (Skylark Field), COMMON BUZZARD (Ruffett Wood), 60+ FIELDFARES (Skylark Field), MISTLE THRUSH (Green Belt Field), 5 REDWINGS, c29 GOLDFINCHES, GREENFINCH (Slangs), TREECREEPER (Pheasant Field), ROOK (Tart's Field), NUTHATCH (Pheasant Field), c13 STOCK DOVES (Infront George Field) - IPW
  • Banstead Woods: GREY HERON flew east at 10:38 (Valley Meadows), 3 BULLFINCHES, 5 GREENFINCHES, 7 NUTHATCHES, c14 REDWINGS, 5 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 Woodpecker Meadow, 1 Hither Field) - IPW
  • Canons Farm: c90 FIELDFARES, 20+ REDWINGS, ROOK (Quail Field), 3 SONG THRUSHES, NUTHATCH, SKYLARK singing - PGo
  • Canons Farm: PIED WAGTAIL, STOCK DOVE, 5 LINNETS, 4 SKYLARKS - DJ


Saturday 27th
  • Canons Farm 14:00-16:35: 500+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Infront George Field/Skylark Field), 1st-winter MEDITERRANEAN GULL 14:20-16:20 at least (Infront George Field/Skylark Field), 70+ COMMON GULLS (Infront George Field/Skylark Field), 2 adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (Infront George Field/Skylark Field), 80+ HERRING GULLS (Infront George Field/Skylark Field), 4 STOCK DOVES, GREEN WOODPECKER, ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET, SKYLARK, SONG THRUSH, REDWING, ♂ STONECHAT (Bunting Field), PIED WAGTAIL (Infront George Field), GOLDFINCH, 9 YELLOWHAMMERS (Bunting Field) - DKC/PGo/PM
  • Banstead Woods: CHIFFCHAFF - JMcK


Friday 26th
  • Canons Farm 06:55-09:30/11:45-13:20:  2 MALLARDS flew over, ♂ PHEASANT, 4 COMMON BUZZARDS (3 same as BW), 210+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS (incl' c180 Bunting Field), 26 COMMON GULLS (incl' 22 Bunting Field), 5 STOCK DOVES, 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 east side of Horse Pasture, 1 Stoney Nob), 4 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 5 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (2 drumming), KESTREL, 5+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS, 2 JAYS, 2 GOLDCRESTS (1 Slangs, 1 Ruffett Wood (singing)), COAL TIT (Pages Acre), 18+ SKYLARKS, 6 LONG-TAILED TITS, NUTHATCH (Ruffett Wood), TREECREEPER (Lunch Wood), 50+ FIELDFARES, 9 SONG THRUSHES (6 singing), 30+ REDWINGS, 2 BULLFINCHES (Stoney Nob), 12+ LINNETS (Quail Field), 25+ GOLDFINCHES, 7 YELLOWHAMMERS (north end of Broadfield) - DKC/CC/DJ
  • Banstead Woods 09:30-11:45: ♀ SPARROWHAWK, 7 COMMON BUZZARDS (3 same as CF), COMMON GULL flew over, 9 STOCK DOVES, 7 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS drumming, KESTREL, 3 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS, 4 JAYS, 4 GOLDCRESTS, 3 COAL TITS, 13 LONG-TAILED TITS, 7 NUTHATCHES, 2 TREECREEPERS (1 singing), 4 SONG THRUSHES, 77 REDWINGS, ♀ STONECHAT (Woodpecker Meadow), 2 MEADOW PIPITS (Woodpecker Meadow), 7 BULLFINCHES, GOLDFINCH, 2 SISKINS flew over - DJ 


Thursday 25th
  • Canons Farm: ♂ STONECHAT (Tart's Field), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER excavating old beech (Lunch Wood) - IGM
 

Wednesday 24th
  • Outwood Lane 13:10: RED KITE flew over- MSt
  • Canons Farm 15:25-17:25: 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 Stoney Nob, 1 near C.Farmhouse), 130+ FIELDFARES, c11 SKYLARKS, COMMON BUZZARD, 8 GREENFINCHES (Legal & General), 4 LONG-TAILED TITS (2 Skylark Field, 2 Legal & General) - IPW 


Tuesday 23rd
  • Canons Farm: CORMORANT flew east at 09:10, 4 LONG-TAILED TITS, GREENFINCH, 5 GOLDFINCHES, 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (R.R.Cottages), 4 SKYLARKS (2 Broadfield, 1 Quail Field, 1 Poultry Field), SONG THRUSH, 8+ FIELDFARES, JAY, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 4 STOCK DOVES, 6+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS (incl' 2 Legal & General), COMMON GULL (Legal & General), 235+ HERRING GULLS flew over, ♂ KESTREL, 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DJ
  • Banstead Woods: GOLDCREST, 6 LONG-TAILED TITS, COAL TIT, NUTHATCH, GREENFINCH, 2 GOLDFINCHES, 3 BULLFINCHES, 2 SONG THRUSHES singing, FIELDFARE, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 5 STOCK DOVES, 30+ HERRING GULLS flew over, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over, KESTREL, 2 COMMON BUZZARDS, ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET - DJ 


Monday 22nd
  • Canons Farm: 2 MALLARDS flew over, ♀ PHEASANT (Tart's Field), ♂ SPARROWHAWK, COMMON BUZZARD, 2 adult COMMON GULLS (Legal & General), adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over, 28 STOCK DOVES (1 singing Ruffett Wood), 2 LITTLE OWLS heard, GREEN WOODPECKER, 3 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, 2♂ KESTRELS (1 Harrier Field, 1 near Perrotts Farmhouse), 10+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS, 3 JAYS, 14 ROOKS, 3 GOLDCRESTS, 3 SKYLARKS (2 singing), 11+ LONG-TAILED TITS (2 C.Farmhouse, 7+ Lunch Wood, 2+ Ruffett Wood), NUTHATCH (Ruffett Wood), TREECREEPER (Pages Acre), 130+ FIELDFARES, 5 SONG THRUSHES (2 singing), c228 REDWINGS, GREY WAGTAIL (C.Residential), 2 GREENFINCHES (Legal & General), 5 GOLDFINCHES, 3 SISKINS flew over, 5 YELLOWHAMMERS - DKC

  
Sunday 21st
  • Banstead Woods: 2 CANADA GEESE flew south at 09:25 (Valley Meadows), 10 REDWINGS (7 over Valley Meadows, 3 The Scrub), 4 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, 8+ BULLFINCHES (The Scrub), 6 TREECREEPERS - IPW
 

Saturday 20th
  • Canons Farm: MISTLE THRUSH singing (Tawny Wood), c16 STOCK DOVES (Green Belt Field), TREECREEPER (Ruffett Wood), NUTHATCH (Ruffett Wood) - IPW
  • Banstead Woods: 2 SISKINS flew over at 11:11 (estate), 2 PHEASANTS (Hither Field), 2 MEADOW PIPITS (Hither Field), 6+ BULLFINCHES (4+ The Scrub, 1 estate, 1 Fames Rough), COMMON BUZZARD (Hither Field), ♀ SPARROWHAWK (estate), MISTLE THRUSH (Hither Field), REDWING (The Scrub), 3 GREENFINCHES (The Scrub), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 The Scrub, 1 Hither Field, 1 Fames Rough), 3 LONG-TAILED TITS (2 orchard, 1 Hither Field), 3 TREECREEPERS, 5 NUTHATCHES, 9 COAL TITS - IPW


Friday 19th
  • Banstead Woods, morning: 20 REDWINGS, 8 GOLDFINCHES, 2 FIELDFARES, 2 COAL TTIS, 2 BULLFINCHES (The Scrub), GOLDCREST, KESTREL, 6 SONG THRUSHES (4 singing), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 4 NUTHATCHES, 4 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS drumming - PGo


Thursday 18th
  • no reported sightings


Wednesday 17th
  • no reported sightings
 

Tuesday 16th
  • Canons Farm 08:25-12:45: LONG-TAILED TIT, NUTHATCH, 3 GREENFINCHES (Slangs), 5 GOLDFINCHES, ♂ BULLFINCH (Slangs), 6 YELLOWHAMMERS (Broadfield), SKYLARK (Skylark Field), 3 SONG THRUSHES, 6+ FIELDFARES (Broadfield), JAY, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, STOCK DOVE, 2♂ PHEASANTS (Stoney Nob), 16+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Broadfield), LITTLE OWL (Bog Field), ♂ KESTREL (Watchpoint), SPARROWHAWK (Chipstead Meadow), COMMON BUZZARD (Buzzard Field), 7 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DJ 
 

Monday 15th
  • no reported sightings


Sunday 14th
  • Canons Farm: 20 FIELDFARES (Broadfield), 15 REDWINGS (Chipstead Meadow), 4 MISTLE THRUSHES (2 Circle Field, 1 Harrier Field), 6 SONG THRUSHES, KESTREL, 6 GOLDFINCHES, 3 SKYLARKS, NUTHATCH, 14 LONG-TAILED TITS, COAL TIT (Circle Field), GREENFINCH (R.R.Cottages), 3 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (Tawny Wood), 25 BLACKBIRDS - PGo
  • Canons Farm: 2 PIED WAGTAILS (Bog Field), ♂ PHEASANT (Circle Field), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Wood), 2+ ROOKS (Broadfield), 5 FIELDFARES (Broadfield), TREECREEPER (Pages Acre), 3 MEADOW PIPITS (Poultry Field), 2 KESTRELS (1 R.R.Cottages, 1 caravan site), 10+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS, 2 LONG-TAILED TITS (Pages Acre), COAL TIT (Tawny Wood), 13 SONG THRUSHES, 3 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 Tawny Wood, 2 Pages Acre) - IPW
  • Banstead Woods: 5 COMMON BUZZARDS circling high (Hither Field), SISKIN (Fames Rough), 5+ BULLFINCHES (The Scrub), GREEN WOODPECKER (Hither Field) (Mammals: Red Fox (The Scrub)) - IPW


Saturday 13th
  • no reported sightings 


Friday 12th
  • no reported sightings


Thursday 11th
  • Canons Farm: 7 LONG-TAILED TITS (5 C.Farmhouse, 2 Pages Acre), 7 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farmhouse), 20 SKYLARKS (Quail Field), PIED WAGTAIL (Bog Field), 3+ REDWINGS (Pages Acre), 3 SONG THRUSHES (1 singing), 10+ FIELDFARES (Broadfield), JAY, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Pages Acre), COLLARED DOVE (C.Residential), 3 STOCK DOVES (2 Tattenham Meadow, 1 Stoney Nob), BLACK-HEADED GULLS (incl' 17 Tattenham Meadow), 25+ HERRING GULLS (incl' 3 Legal & General), ♂ KESTREL (Harrier Field), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (Buzzard Field), 7 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DJ
  • Banstead Woods: GOLDCREST, 2 LONG-TAILED TITS, 2 NUTHATCHES, 2 LESSER REDPOLLS, 2 BULLFINCHES, 7 MEADOW PIPITS (Woodpecker Meadow), 2 SONG THRUSHES (singing), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (drumming), GREEN WOODPECKER (Woodpecker Meadow), 3 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DJ   


Wednesday 10th
  • no reported sightings


Tuesday 9th
  • no reported sightings


Monday 8th
  • no reported sightings


Sunday 7th
  • Canons Farm, morning: 40 FIELDFARES, c5 REDWINGS, 2 SONG THRUSHES, ♂ KESTREL, COMMON BUZZARD, 3+ SKYLARKS (1 singing), 5 LINNETS, 5 YELLOWHAMMERS, 4 ROOKS (Broadfield), 5 LONG-TAILED TITS, NUTHATCH (Ruffett Wood) - PGo
  • Canons Farm: 2 MISTLE THRUSHES (Green Belt Field/Tawny Wood), GREEN WOODPECKER (Tawny Wood), TREECREEPER (Ruffett Wood), NUTHATCH (Ruffett Wood), 3 SONG THRUSHES singing (2 Tawny Wood, 1 Poultry Field) - IPW
  • Banstead Woods: SISKIN (Hither Field), 5+ BULLFINCHES (The Scrub), MEADOW PIPIT (Hither Field), 2 COLLARED DOVES (Hither Field), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (1 Hither Field, 1 Fames Rough), ♂ KESTREL (Hither Field), c12 GOLDFINCHES (Hither Field), 6+ LONG-TAILED TITS, 3 TREECREEPERS, 7 COAL TITS, 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 The Scrub, 2 Hither Field), 3 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS - IPW 


Saturday 6th
  • Canons Farm: GREYLAG flew south at 10:46, 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (Buzzard Field), ♀ SPARROWHAWK (Ruffett Wood), KESTREL (Pipit Meadow), 6 MALLARDS flew west, PHEASANT (Broadfield), 12 ROOKS (Skylark Field), 6 SKYLARKS (Quail Field), 80+ FIELDFARES (Skylark Field), 40+ REDWINGS (Pages Acre), 200+ STARLINGS (Skylark Field), 17 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Legal & General), 5 HERRING GULLS (Legal & General), COMMON GULL (Legal & General) - IPW
  • Canons Farm 11:30-12:20: PHEASANT, ♂ KESTREL, 8 ROOKS, 36 FIELDFARES, c20 REDWINGS - AD 
 

Friday 5th
  • Canons Farm, afternoon: 30 FIELDFARES, 10 REDWINGS, KESTREL, COMMON BUZZARD - PGo


Thursday 4th
  • Canons Farm: 9 MEADOW PIPITS (Perrotts by Wood), 10 FIELDFARES (Bunting Field), COMMON BUZZARD (Death Pit), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (Reads Bottom), ♂ KESTREL (Perrotts Farmhouse), 3+ REDWINGS, SONG THRUSH, 3 SKYLARKS, 2+ BULLFINCHES (Slangs), 2 LINNETS, 2 GOLDFINCHES, 12 LONG-TAILED TITS, 2 GOLDCRESTS (1 displaying) (Ruffett Wood), 4 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DJ
  • Banstead Woods: ♀ STONECHAT (Hither Field/Woodpecker Meadow), 2+ BULLFINCHES, 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, SONG THRUSH, JAY, COAL TIT, 2 NUTHATCHES, 4 LONG-TAILED TITS, GOLDFINCH - DJ 
  • Canons Farm 07:35-08:30: KESTREL, COMMON GULL, 4 SONG THRUSHES, 8 MEADOW PIPITS (Stoney Nob), 11 GOLDFINCHES - AD 


Wednesday 3rd
  • no reported sightings


Tuesday 2nd
  • Canons Farm, morning: ♂ PHEASANT (Lunch Wood), COMMON BUZZARD (Death Pit), 2 COMMON GULLS (Legal & General), 27 STOCK DOVES (1 singing by Wood Lane), COLLARED DOVE (Copt Hill Lane), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, 2 KESTRELS (1 Perrotts Farmhouse, 1 C.Farmyard), 6 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS, 3 JAYS, 15+ ROOKS (Broadfield), 5 GOLDCRESTS (2 Ruffett Wood (1 singing), 2 Pages Acre, 1 singing by Wood Lane horse paddock), 2 COAL TITS (1 singing) (Circle Field), 19+ SKYLARKS (3 singing), 13 LONG-TAILED TITS (Circle Field), NUTHATCH (Ruffett Wood), 4 TREECREEPERS (2 (1 singing) Ruffett Wood, 2 Circle Field), 40+ FIELDFARES, 8 SONG THRUSHES (5 singing), 105+ REDWINGS, 2 MISTLE THRUSHES, MEADOW PIPIT, GREENFINCH, 30 GOLDFINCHES, 9 YELLOWHAMMERS - DKC/DJ


Monday 1st
  • 2 MALLARDS flew over, 33 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (14 on Legal & General), 2 COMMON GULLS flew over, HERRING GULLS (incl' 6 on Legal & General), 24 STOCK DOVES, 2 COLLARED DOVES (Copt Hill Lane), 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS, 2 JAYS, 4+ ROOKS, 6 GOLDCRESTS, 4 COAL TITS (2 Pages Acre, 2 Ruffett Wood), 8 SKYLARKS (3 singing), 3+ LONG-TAILED TITS, NUTHATCH (Ruffett Wood), 2 TREECREEPERS (1 Ruffett Wood, 1 Pages Acre), 6 FIELDFARES, 7 SONG THRUSHES (4 singing), 10 REDWINGS, 2 MEADOW PIPITS, 3 GREENFINCHES, 2 GOLDFINCHES, 15+ YELLOWHAMMERS (Broadfield) - DKC