30th October 2021: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 

Sparrowhawk	1 female  over Hither field
Common Buzzard	3
Tawny Owl	1 briefly heard hooting in copse SW of Harholt Plantation 13:06
Green Woodpecker	1
Great Spotted Woodpecker	2
Jay	10+ flying with  acorns to/fro Banstead Woods / Shabden Park
Skylark	1 over Hither field
Chiffchaff	1 calling upper Hither field
Mistle Thrush	4 in Hither field
Meadow Pipit	2 in Hither field
Greenfinch	1 Hither field
Siskin	1 heard calling over Harholt Plantation
Lesser Redpoll	1 heard calling over upper Hither field
Bullfinch	4
Small Tortoiseshell	1 in Hither field

26th October 2021: Banstead Woods - Paul Goodman

 

Mistle Thrush	2 Hither Field
Raven	1 heard

27th October 2021: Canons Farm - Ian Magness

 

female Stonechat

Yellowhammer

24th October 2021: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

female Stonechat

Common Buzzard	2
Stock Dove	37 Chipstead Meadow
Magpie	27
Goldcrest	2
Skylark	15
Long-tailed Tit	6 Lunch Wood
Starling	70
Song Thrush	1
Stonechat	1 between Broadfield and Horse Pasture
Linnet	200 Poultry Field
Yellowhammer	2

23rd October 2021: Canons Farm - Ian Ward

 

Firecrest

Pheasant	1 imm in Owl Meadow
Sparrowhawk	2
Common Buzzard	5
Kestrel	1
Black-headed Gull	5
Rose-ringed Parakeet	16
Rook	30+ Rooks mingled with crows on Green Belt Field
Skylark	40
Starling	100
Fieldfare	10 flew SW
Redwing	270+ flew SW
Mistle Thrush	5
Stonechat	1 female in Owl Meadow
Pied Wagtail	2
Chaffinch	70
Linnet	90
Yellowhammer	1
Other bird 1	2 Firecrests together in Pages Acre

21st October 2021: Canons Farm - Anne-Marie Griffin

 

Ruffet, Tattenham,Chipstead Meadows and Broadfield all ploughed.

Linnets present in Ruffett Meadow.

Stock Dove	8
Woodpigeon	100+
Green Woodpecker	3
Great Spotted Woodpecker	2
Magpie	18+
Jay	1
Jackdaw	200+
Carrion Crow	300+
Long-tailed Tit	2
Linnet	30+

20th October 2021: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

Common Buzzard	2
Black-headed Gull	1
Stock Dove	65 most in Pipit meadow
Jackdaw	90+
Carrion Crow	200+
Skylark	10
Stonechat	3 Poultry field
Meadow Pipit	4
Chaffinch	30 Poultry field
Brambling	1 male Poultry field
Linnet	Ca. 25
Yellowhammer	7
Other bird 1	Ravens, 2 together calling and circling over Green Belt Field

17th October 2021: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

Red Kite	1
Sparrowhawk	1
Kestrel	1
Skylark	8
Chiffchaff	1
Starling	80
Redwing	1
Meadow Pipit	2
Yellowhammer	2

16th October 2021: Canons Farm - Anne-Marie Griffin

 

Unusual alarm call from the old barn, believed to be a tawny owl.
Pheasant	1
Common Buzzard	4
Kestrel	1
Stock Dove	8
Woodpigeon	30
Collared Dove	1
Tawny Owl	1 poss heard
Green Woodpecker	3
Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
Magpie	15+
Jay	3
Jackdaw	10+
Carrion Crow	30+
Blue Tit	2
Skylark	3
Long-tailed Tit	6
Nuthatch	1
Starling	30+
Blackbird	2
Robin	2
Meadow Pipit	2
Goldfinch	2
Linnet	5
Common Darter	1

15th October 2021: Canons Farm, Anne-Marie Griffin

 

White Ermine caterpillar

Kestrel	1
Stock Dove	5
Woodpigeon	15
Rose-ringed Parakeet	4
Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
Magpie	20
Jay	5
Jackdaw	10+
Carrion Crow	20+
Great Tit	3
Skylark	30
Long-tailed Tit	10
Wren	1
Starling	40+
Blackbird	2
Redwing	2
Robin	3
Dunnock	1
Meadow Pipit	6
Goldfinch	3
Linnet	7
Yellowhammer	8

12th October 2021: Banstead Woods - Ian Pratley

 

Common Lizard

24-spot Ladybird

11th October 2021: Canons Farm - Anne-Marie Griffin

 

Large group of linnets in Chipstead Meadow and Ruffet Meadow feeding on linseed. Around 7 Yellow Hammers showing well in two locations, at least one juvenile and also bathing in the puddle as a group by the cottages. Female kestrel skimming over the stubble for small birds over George West, chased by crows. Still present by Owl Field. Large group of Skylarks George West. Poss redwings and fieldfares overhead. Plenty of toadstalls now showing. Kestrel 1 feral Rock Dove 10 Stock Dove 8 Woodpigeon 100+ Rose-ringed Parakeet 5 Green Woodpecker 3 Magpie 20 Jay 9 Jackdaw 100+ Carrion Crow 200+ Blue Tit 4 Great Tit 1 Skylark 25+ Long-tailed Tit 6 Chiffchaff 2 Blackcap 1 Nuthatch 2 Blackbird 2 Robin 1 Stonechat 1 Dunnock 2 House Sparrow 5 Linnet 200+ Yellowhammer 7+ Red Admiral 1

Dead Man's Fingers

Mycena pura

Rosy Bonnet Mycena rosea

Common Puffball

Rosy Bonnet Mycena rosea

Common Puffball

9th October 2021: Canons Farm - Ian Ward

female Stonechat

 

Canada Goose	4 over.
Sparrowhawk	1
Common Buzzard	4
Kestrel	1 female
Rook	1 heard over Lunch Wood.
Skylark	Up to 40
Chiffchaff	5
Fieldfare	9 flew over Broadfield West to Legal & General
Redwing	1.
Stonechat	3; fem Horse Pasture/ Broadfield West, m/fem Bog/Tarts fields
Grey Wagtail	1 heard over the Caravan site
Pied Wagtail	1
Meadow Pipit	20 (10 in Ruffett Meadow)
Linnet	160; 90 Poultry field, 70 Green Belt field
Yellowhammer	2
Brimstone	1 m
Large White	1
Comma	1
Red Admiral	2
Small Tortoiseshell	2
Brown Hairstreak	2 ; 1 Owl Meadow, 1 Chipstead Meadow
Common Darter	1 m Rest lane

7th October 2021: Canons Farm, Paul Goodman

 

Great Spotted Woodpecker	3
Skylark	2
Stonechat	1 between Broadfield and Horse pasture
Meadow Pipit	2
Linnet	120, one flock of 90, another of 30

7th October 2021: Canons Farm, Anne-Marie Griffin

  Very misty, humid. Hedge cutting in process. Fieldfares are present around Ruffett Meadow.

Woodpigeon	400+
Rose-ringed Parakeet	3
Green Woodpecker	3
Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
Magpie	3
Jay	2
Great Tit	8
Long-tailed Tit	6
Starling	5
Blackbird	2
Fieldfare	9
Robin	2

6th October 2021: Canons Farm, Paul Goodman

 

Common Buzzard	2
Woodpigeon	300 in Green Belt Field
Long-tailed Tit	6+ in mixed it flock
Linnet	40+ in Green Belt Field
Raven	1 heard calling then seen over Chipstead meadow
Red Admiral	1
Small Copper	1

3rd October 2021: Canons Farm, Paul Goodman

Canada Goose	12
Red Kite	1
Common Buzzard	8 two groups of four
Kestrel	1
Skylark	8
Swallow	2
House Martin	7+
Chiffchaff	2
Nuthatch	2
Starling	100
Stonechat	2 one at Perrots, the other at RB, both female
Meadow Pipit	3
Linnet	30 in two flocks
Yellowhammer	5
Small White	1
Red Admiral	1
Common Darter	1

2nd October 2021: Canons Farm, Ian Magness

 

hybrid Canada x Greylag Geese with Canada Geese

Canada Goose 40

hybrid Canada x Greylag Goose 2

2nd October 2021: Banstead Woods, Ian Ward

 

Firecrest

Common Buzzard	1
Swallow	2
Chiffchaff	2
Firecrest	2 near Post 8
Marsh Tit	1 near Post 8

2nd October 2021: Canons Farm, Ian Ward

 

Common Buzzard	1
Stonechat	1 on posts between Caravan Site & Poultry field
Goldfinch	10 over Green Belt field
Linnet	up to 40 ground feeding birds Northside Green Belt field