12th March

Weather: E f1-2, foggy start, sunny and mild, 8-10°C

Canons Farm: 4 COMMON BUZZARD, SPARROWHAWK, 1 KESTREL (♂ Harrier Field), 100 WOODPIGEON, 5 STOCK DOVE (Tart's Field), 6 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET, 2 LITTLE OWL (Stoney Knob), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 2 GREEN WOODPECKER, 2 JAY, 6 SKYLARK (various fields), 1 GREY WAGTAIL (Perrott's Farmhouse), 1 MEADOW PIPIT (Poultry Field), 4 LONG-TAILED TIT, 10+ REDWING, 3 SONG THRUSH, PIED WAGTAIL (Bog Field), 1 SISKIN (Green Belt Field), GREENFINCH, 8 GOLDFINCH, 4 LINNET, 6 YELLOWHAMMER.

Banstead Woods: 1 PHEASANT (Hither Field), 2 COMMON BUZZARD, 2 KESTREL (♀ - Hither Field), 1 TAWNY OWL (calling by trail post 11), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 7 GREEN WOODPECKER, 3 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET, 3 SONG THRUSH, 3 REDWING, 4 ROOKS (Nuttery), 4 JAY, 4 GOLDCREST, 4 TREECREEPER, 3 NUTHATCH, 1 COAL TIT,  2 LONG-TAILED TIT, 1 SISKIN (The Scrub), 1 GREENFINCH, 1 BULLFINCH. 

Observers: Geoff Barter, David Skeels, Ian Ward