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30th April 2023: Canons Farm - Banstead Arts Festival Walk led by Paul Goodman

 

Red Kite 1
Common Buzzard 5
Kestrel 1
Peregrine 1
feral Rock Dove 2
Woodpigeon P
Rose-ringed Parakeet P
Green Woodpecker 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Magpie P
Jackdaw P
Carrion Crow P
Blue Tit P
Great Tit P
Skylark 10
Swallow 1
Chiffchaff 3
Blackcap 2
Lesser Whitethroat 1 Slangs still
Common Whitethroat 6+
Wren P
Starling 6
Blackbird P
Song Thrush 1
Mistle Thrush 1 Ruffett Meadow
Robin P
Northern Wheatear 1
Dunnock P
House Sparrow P
Chaffinch 5
Goldfinch 4
Linnet 7
Yellowhammer 2
Small White 1
Peacock 2

29th April 2023: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 

female Redstart

female Redstart

Peacock


Pheasant 1
Common Buzzard 1
Stock Dove 16 singing
Rose-ringed Parakeet 14
Green Woodpecker 8
Great Spotted Woodpecker 7
Jay 4
Goldcrest 4
Coal Tit 6 singing
Long-tailed Tit 5
Chiffchaff 18 singing
Blackcap 24 singing
Common Whitethroat 1
Nuthatch 10
Mistle Thrush 2
Pied Wagtail 1
Goldfinch 13
Linnet 4
Bullfinch 2
Redstart 1 fem; 09:00 The Nuttery
Brimstone 20-30
Small White 1
Large White 4
Orange-tip 1 m in Fames Rough
Comma 1
Peacock 6
Speckled Wood 1
Holly Blue 2

29th April 2023: Banstead Woods - Spring Migration Tour by Paul Goodman

 

Pheasant 2
Common Buzzard 1
Woodpigeon P
Rose-ringed Parakeet 2+
Green Woodpecker 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker 4
Magpie P
Jackdaw P
Carrion Crow P
Goldcrest 1
Blue Tit P
Great Tit P
Coal Tit 2
Chiffchaff 10+
Blackcap c8
Treecreeper 1
Wren P
Blackbird P
Song Thrush 4
Robin P
Brimstone 4
Comma 1
Peacock 2

29th April 2023: Canons Farm - Spring Migration Tour led by Paul Goodman

 

Pheasant 1
Common Buzzard 7+
Kestrel 1
Stock Dove 1
Woodpigeon P
Little Owl 1 by barns at Canons Farmhouse
Green Woodpecker 1
Magpie P
Jackdaw P
Carrion Crow P
Blue Tit P
Great Tit P
Skylark 10 +
Swallow 4
Chiffchaff 4
Blackcap 5
Lesser Whitethroat 1 Slangs
Common Whitethroat 12+
Wren P
Starling 12+
Blackbird P
Robin P
Northern Wheatear 3 Broadfield
Dunnock P
House Sparrow P
Chaffinch 3+
Goldfinch 8+
Linnet 5+
Yellowhammer 6
Brimstone 8
Small White 3
Small Tortoiseshell 2
Peacock 2

27th April 2023: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

Common Buzzard 3
Kestrel 1
Herring Gull 1
Chiffchaff 4
Blackcap 2
Common Whitethroat 3
Song Thrush 3 singing
Raven 1

22nd April 2023: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

male Whinchat

Common Buzzard 1
Green Woodpecker 3
Goldcrest 1
Skylark 8+
Chiffchaff 6+
Blackcap 3+
Common Whitethroat 3
Whinchat 1 male hedge between Broadfield and Horse Pasture
Pied Wagtail 1
Chaffinch 3+
Linnet 6
Yellowhammer 1

22nd April 2022: Canons Farm

 
1 m Ring Ouzel in Lamberts Field

22nd April 2023: Canons Farm - Ian Ward

Canada Goose 2 flew over Railway field towards Burgh Heath Pond 08:09
Mallard 4 circled Ballards field
Pheasant 4
Common Buzzard 3
Kestrel 1
Common Gull 2 flew E
Little Owl 1 in tree in NW corner of Owl Meadow
Green Woodpecker 3
Great Spotted Woodpecker 4
Jay 3
Goldcrest 1
Coal Tit 1
Long-tailed Tit 2
Chiffchaff 13
Blackcap 15
Common Whitethroat 2
Nuthatch 5
Mistle Thrush 3
Whinchat 1 male in North Horse Pasture (first sighted via PGo)
Pied Wagtail 2 ; 1 Broadfield West, 1 Poultry field
Yellowhammer 4 pairs
Peacock 2
Holly Blue 1
 
   

 

20th April 2023: Canons Farm - Anne-Marie Griffin

Common Buzzard 1
Kestrel 2
feral Rock Dove 5
Woodpigeon 10+
Magpie 6
Jackdaw 10+
Carrion Crow 10+
Blue Tit 2
Great Tit 2
Skylark 5
Swallow 6
Chiffchaff 1
Blackcap 1
Common Whitethroat 1
Wren 1
Starling 5
Blackbird 4
Robin 1
Dunnock 3
House Sparrow 4
Chaffinch 1
Goldfinch 8
Linnet 5
Peacock 3
 
   

Great Spotted Woodpecker  1 drumming Chipstead Meadow

16th April 2023: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

Kestrel 1 male
Skylark 10+
Chiffchaff 6
Blackcap 2
Linnet 8+
Yellowhammer 4
Brimstone 4
Orange-tip 2
Peacock 1

16th April 2023: Banstead Woods - Paul Goodman

 Also Tawny Mining Bees at Harholt

Common Buzzard 2
Coal Tit 1
Chiffchaff 14+
Blackcap 6
Bullfinch 3 Harholt
Brimstone 2
Peacock 2

15th April 2023: Canons Farm - Anne-Marie Griffin

 

Kestrel 1 female
feral Rock Dove 4
Woodpigeon 20+
Rose-ringed Parakeet 3
Little Owl 2
Green Woodpecker 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Magpie 20+
Jackdaw 4
Carrion Crow 30+
Blue Tit 8
Great Tit 6
Chiffchaff 3
Starling 2
Blackbird 6
Song Thrush 1
Mistle Thrush 1
Robin 4
Dunnock 1
Chaffinch 1
Linnet 5
Yellowhammer 2
Peacock 3

15th April 2023: Canons Farm - Ian Ward

 

Pheasant 6 ; Broadfields/Lunch Wood
Red Kite 1 over Green Belt field
Common Buzzard 2
Collared Dove 2 singing in Kingswood Residential
Barn Owl 1 flew into derelict barn by Owl Meadow 07:05am
Rook 2 over Hither field
Chiffchaff 3 singing
Blackcap 5 singing
Yellowhammer 2 males together in Pheasant field
Raven 2 Ravens flew from Ruffett Wood over Park Downs 10:35am
Brimstone 6
Comma 1
Peacock 3

11th April 2023: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 Ring Ouzel reported at Reads Bottom by another observer

Common Buzzard 1
Kestrel 1
Skylark 8+
Blackcap 1
Fieldfare 4 Broadfield
Yellowhammer 7

8th April 2023: Canons Farm - Suzanne Gill

 

Sparrowhawk 1
Common Buzzard 2
Kestrel 1
Little Owl 1
Goldcrest 1
Blue Tit P
Skylark P
Swallow 2
Chiffchaff 1
Blackcap H
Common Whitethroat 1
Song Thrush H
Linnet 6
Yellowhammer 2
Brimstone 2
Peacock 1

8th April 2023: Canons Farm - Ian Ward/Steve Gale/John Benham

 

Ring Ouzel (IPW)

Raven (IPW)

Ring Ouzel (IPW)

Whitethroat (IPW)

Ring Ouzel
Male in tall tree in Horse Pasture (first spotted via SG)
Greylag Goose 2 flew low over Horse Pasture towards L&G 10:42 (SG/JB/IW)
Mallard 2;m&fem flew W over Railway field
Pheasant 1
Cormorant 1 flew S over George fields 09:20
Sparrowhawk 1
Common Buzzard 2
Kestrel 1
Green Woodpecker 2
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Swallow 1 flew N (SG)
House Martin 1 flew N (SG)
Chiffchaff 6
Willow Warbler ?
Blackcap 3
Common Whitethroat 2 possibly 3; 1 in subsong CanonsFm/Lane 09:00 (IW), 1 Owl Mdw  bushes - possibly same bird NHPasture (IW)
Nuthatch 3 singing; 1 Lunch Wood, 1 Railway field, 1 L&G Wood
Mistle Thrush 1 Railway field
Meadow Pipit 1 over Owl Meadow
Linnet 3 pairs; 2 pairs Tarts/Bog fields, 1 pair Reads Rest Cottages
Yellowhammer 4


Raven 1 flew into L&G 12:47 (IW)
Peacock 2 
Fieldfare                                      48 (SG)

7th April 2023: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 

drake Mallard on Outwood Lane pond

Mute Swan
2 flew low NE over Chipstead Car Park 09:37
Mallard 1 m in Outwood pond
Pheasant 1
Common Buzzard 4
Kestrel 1
Collared Dove 1 singing near the Scouts hut
Green Woodpecker 2
Great Spotted Woodpecker 6
Coal Tit 4
Chiffchaff 24
Blackcap 5
Nuthatch 4
Mistle Thrush 3; 2 in Holly Lane Meadows, 1 singing Hither field


Brimstone 12
Small White 1
Peacock 3

6th April 2023: Banstead Woods - Duncan Jennings

 

Woodpigeon 1
Green Woodpecker 1
Blue Tit 1
Great Tit 1
Chiffchaff 2
Wren 3
Blackbird 2
Robin 5
Goldfinch 2
Marsh Tit
1

5th April 2023: Banstead Woods - Paul Goodman

 

Cormorant 1 over
Kestrel 1
Blackcap 1
Peacock 2

4th April 2023: Canons Farm - Anne-Marie Griffin

 

Common Buzzard 4
Woodpigeon 20+
Rose-ringed Parakeet 1
Green Woodpecker 1
Magpie 12+
Jackdaw 5
Carrion Crow 20+
Blue Tit 4
Great Tit 2
Skylark 4
Swallow 1
Chiffchaff 1
Blackcap 1
Blackbird 6
Robin 3
Dunnock 2
House Sparrow 1
Chaffinch 2
Linnet 8
Yellowhammer 1
Brimstone 4
Peacock 2
 
   

2nd April 2023: Canons Farm - Ian Ward

 

Pheasant 2
Cormorant 1 flew from Burgh Heath Pond over Legal &General 08:23
Common Buzzard 3
Kestrel 1
Collared Dove 2 singing in Kingswood Residential
Green Woodpecker 2
Great Spotted Woodpecker 6
Rook Up to 12 with Crows& Jackdaws tractor following- Green Belt field
Coal Tit 1 Calling  Railway field
Skylark 11 singing
Chiffchaff 2 singing; 1 L&G, 1 Round Meadow
Blackcap 1 singing in L&G
Nuthatch 1 calling Railway field
Fieldfare c22 Poultry field
Mistle Thrush 1 Ruffett Meadow
Linnet 40 Bog field, also 1 singing Canons Lane, 1 Heathside field
Yellowhammer 4