Canons Farm & Banstead Woods Birds: December 2024

Moorhen	1 in Outwood Lane Pond
Herring Gull	30+ over Chipstead Valley mainly N
Grey Heron	1 flew NE 11:18
Sparrowhawk	1
Common Buzzard	2 above Park Farm Orchard
Great Spotted Woodpecker	4
Green Woodpecker	1
Kestrel	1 fem in the Nuttery
Jay	3 ground feeding only
Jackdaw	Up to 60 flew into a tree by Outwood Lane Pond 14:20 possibly to roost
Raven	1 heard over Banstead Woods at noon
Marsh Tit	1 calling briefly near Park Farm Orchard 11:30
Long-tailed Tit	6 in the Nuttery
Nuthatch	1 west side of Harholt
Treecreeper	1 west side of Harholt
Song Thrush	1 west side of Harholt
Chaffinch	1 fem in the Nuttery
Bullfinch	2; 1 Harholt, 1 the Nuttery
Goldfinch	6 Hither field
Rabbit	4; Holly Lane Meadows

Marsh Tit	2 One in Harholt, the other near Perrots
Long-tailed Tit	2
Bullfinch	9. Harholt, 5m & 4f

Many winter migrants most in Doric and IFG fields.

Herring Gull	3
Kestrel	1
Rook	5
Raven	1
Skylark	50
Starling	20+
Song Thrush	10. Some dark birds, probably migrants
Redwing	20
Fieldfare	20
Chaffinch	30
Linnet	50

Woodcock	1 flushed in south side of Harholt 13:45
Herring Gull	3 flew N
Lesser Black-backed Gull	1 circled over Holly Lane Car Park 11:28
Red Kite	2: 1 flew west over Stagbury 11:23, 1 flew east over Coneyboro 12:57
Common Buzzard	2
Great Spotted Woodpecker	6
Kestrel	1 fem over Stagbury
Rose-ringed Parakeet	c16
Jay	3
Raven	2; 1 followed the other headed south over Scouts hut - both cronking 14:49
Long-tailed Tit	2
Goldcrest	2
Wren	2
Mistle Thrush	1 in lower Hither field
Song Thrush	4
Blackbird	c10
Robin	c10
Dunnock	c6
Chaffinch	1 in the Nuttery
Bullfinch	6; 4 in the Nuttery, 2 in Harholt
Rabbit	1 Rabbit in the Nuttery

Woodpigeon	9
Kestrel	1 Stagbury (regular there)
Rose-ringed Parakeet	13
Jay	4 Usually see a few near Perrots
Magpie	9
Jackdaw	5
Carrion Crow	11
Blue Tit	2
Great Tit	3
Long-tailed Tit	5
Nuthatch	4
Blackbird	9
Robin	2
Dunnock	2
Chaffinch	1
Grey Squirrel	10 Some chasing, precursor to mating. Starting mating season to coincide with next year's food.

Saturday 7th December's bird walk is regrettably cancelled due to the weather forecast

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