Canons Farm & Banstead Woods Birds: January 2025

Snow on ground. Clear skies. Very cold.
Mallard	3 (1f, 2m)
Stock Dove	2
Woodpigeon	11
Black-headed Gull	4
Red Kite	1
Common Buzzard	4
Kestrel	1f
Peregrine	1
Rose-ringed Parakeet	7
Magpie	8
Jackdaw	50+
Carrion Crow	50+
Blue Tit	6
Great Tit	8
Skylark	30+
Long-tailed Tit	15
Goldcrest	1
Mistle Thrush	1
Redwing	24+
Blackbird	9
Robin	5
Dunnock	1
Linnet	50+
Yellowhammer	15+

Peregrine flew up (from presumed feed) from ground in Chipstead Meadow and flew north. Buzzard also ground feeding in Chipstead Meadow. Large flocks of linnets and fieldfares in far north of Broadfield next to round meadow and also in Bog Field. Red Kite surveying wide area of farm from Round Meadow to Bog Field, Broadfield to St George east and west.
Mallard	3 (1f, 2m)
Woodpigeon	10+
Common Gull	2
Cormorant	1
Red Kite	1
Common Buzzard	2
Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
Green Woodpecker	1
Kestrel	1
Peregrine	1
Rose-ringed Parakeet	6
Magpie	7
Jackdaw	20+
Carrion Crow	100+
Blue Tit	1
Great Tit	1
Nuthatch	1
Starling	6
Song Thrush	2
Redwing	6
Blackbird	3
Fieldfare	70+
Robin	2
Pied Wagtail	2
Linnet	100+
Goldfinch	20

Mallards on overflow pond in Tattenham Meadow.

female Blackbird with progressive greying/partial leucism

2cy Buzzard

Pheasant	c10; 6m 4fem Broadfield East
feral Rock Dove	c47; 26 Canons farm, 21 on Legal & General
Black-headed Gull	c26; from Burgh Heath Pond over into Doric field
Common Gull	1 flew SW over Doric
Herring Gull	3
Common Buzzard	3; 2 Doric, 1 L&G copse
Great Spotted Woodpecker	3
Green Woodpecker	2; 1 Stoney Nob, 1 Ballard field
Kestrel	1
Rose-ringed Parakeet	P
Jay	4
Magpie	P
Jackdaw	P
Carrion Crow	P
Blue Tit	P
Great Tit	P
Skylark	2
Wren	P
Starling	P
Song Thrush	4
Redwing	c8
Blackbird	1 partial albino male between Infront of George field West/Legal & General
Robin	P
Dunnock	P
House Sparrow	P
Chaffinch	P
Goldfinch	4 Heathside field

Also 2 Roe Deer.

Most finches and skylark in Tarts and Bog Fields. Thrushes in Chipstead Meadow
Pheasant	7 together in Broadfield
Black-headed Gull	4
Great Spotted Woodpecker	2
Green Woodpecker	1
Skylark	80
Nuthatch	2
Redwing	30
Fieldfare	40
Chaffinch	20
Linnet	6
Goldfinch	25
Yellowhammer	6

Moorhen	1 in Outwood Lane Pond ; can be elusive but tends to keep in the north/ west side of the reeds
Sparrowhawk	1 flew between Park Farm Orchard/Park Downs
Red Kite	1 flew east over Holly Lane Meadows from Park Downs 12:57
Common Buzzard	2 Holly Lane Meadows
Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
Long-tailed Tit	4 near the Scouts hut area
Redwing	8

Walk in dreadful rainy and windy conditions.
Stock Dove	11
Woodpigeon	2
Herring Gull	3
Common Buzzard	1 - on the ground
Jay	3
Magpie	8
Jackdaw	100+
Carrion Crow	c25
Blue Tit	1
Skylark	14
Wren	1
Song Thrush	1
Redwing	25
Blackbird	3
Robin	2
Dunnock	1
Goldfinch	c10
Yellowhammer	3

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