Pegasus Group - Burgh Heath Development
Surrey Downs Golf Course
Outwood Lane
KT20 6JS
16th Dec 3pm - 7pm
Saturday 6th December 2025: Banstead Woods - Paul Goodman and Annie Griffin - Winter Tour
A short walk from Perrots Farm entrance to Piddly Pond. Very muddy, very quiet.
| Long-tailed Tit | 3 |
Saturday 6th December 2025: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman and Annie Griffin - Winter Tour
CFBW Winter guided walk. Highlight was a large Chaffinch flock with Brambling and Greenfinch.
| feral Rock Dove | 140 |
| Stock Dove | 60 |
| Woodpigeon | 200 |
| Herring Gull | 14 in Doric Field |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | 2 One adult and a 1st year |
| Red Kite | 1 |
| Common Buzzard | 2 |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | 1 |
| Magpie | 12 |
| Jackdaw | Present |
| Carrion Crow | Present |
| Skylark | 100+ |
| Starling | 30 |
| Song Thrush | 2 |
| Redwing | 1 |
| Blackbird | Present |
| Fieldfare | 60 |
| Robin | Present |
| Dunnock | 1 |
| Chaffinch | 150 Arrived after heavy overnight rain |
| Brambling | 2 at least |
| Greenfinch | 4 At least with Chaffinch flock |
| Linnet | 30 |
| Yellowhammer | 1 |
5th December 2025: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman
| Red Kite | 1 |
| Common Buzzard | 1 |
| Coal Tit | 2 |
| Long-tailed Tit | 4 |
| Goldcrest | 3 |
| Nuthatch | 4 |
| Song Thrush | 2 |
| Linnet | 50 |
3rd December 2025: Canons Farm - Tony Blake
| Stock Dove | 7 |
| Grey Heron | 2 |
| Common Buzzard | 2 |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | 2 |
| Skylark | c20 |
| Blackcap | One heard in Holly Lane "tecking", but not actually on the recording area. |
| Goldcrest | 2 |
| Firecrest | 1 - seen near Holly Lane entrance, but not quite within the recording area. |
| Mistle Thrush | 1 |
| Redwing | 3 |
| Fieldfare | c15 |
| Linnet | c150 |
| Red Admiral | 1 |
25th November 2025: Canons Farm/Banstead Woods - Tony Blake
| Woodpigeon | c50 |
| Herring Gull | 2 - over |
| Rose-ringed Parakeet | 2 |
| Magpie | 4 |
| Jackdaw | c10 |
| Carrion Crow | c20 |
| Marsh Tit | 3 - one Ruffett Wood edge with green belt field; 2 in Banstead Woods (photos) |
| Blue Tit | 3 |
| Great Tit | 2 |
| Skylark | 13 |
| Goldcrest | 4 |
| Firecrest | 1 - edge of Pages Acre and Ruffett Meadow in holly. |
| Nuthatch | 1 - Banstead Woods |
| Wren | 1 |
| Redwing | 1 |
| Blackbird | 2 |
| Robin | 6 |
| Dunnock | 2 |
| Chaffinch | 1 |
| Greenfinch | 1 |
| Linnet | c20 |
| Goldfinch | 2 |
| Siskin | 1 |
| Yellowhammer | 1 |
24th November 2025: Canons Farm - J Alexander
| Woodpigeon | 8 |
| Black-headed Gull | 4 |
| Red Kite | 1 |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | 1 |
| Green Woodpecker | 1 |
| Rose-ringed Parakeet | 2 |
| Jay | 1 |
| Magpie | 4 |
| Carrion Crow | 10 |
| Blue Tit | 1 |
| Great Tit | 1 |
| Goldcrest | 3 |
| Wren | 5 |
| Redwing | 2 |
| Blackbird | 2 |
| Fieldfare | 1 |
| Robin | 3 |
| Dunnock | 2 |
| Chaffinch | 2 |
| Goldfinch | 16 |
18th November 2025: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward
Yellow brain fungus (aka witches butter) Tremella mesenterica
13th November 2025: Canons Farm - Justin Bendig
Very warm, muggy day for mid-November, temp 16 deg. Late afternoon walk.
| Common Buzzard | 1 (perched on telegraph pole Reads Rest Lane) |
| Little Owl | 1 (heard, not seen, at dusk, Canons farm) |
| Long-tailed Tit | 6 (Border of Infront George East & Slangs Slope) |
| Goldcrest | 2 (Slangs hedge near RR Lane) |
| House Sparrow | 1 (Male, derelict barn by RR Cottages) |
13th November 2025: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman
| Nuthatch | 2 |
| Blackbird | 10 |
| Fieldfare | 3 |
| Meadow Pipit | 3 |
| Linnet | 150+ |
9th November 2025: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward
Red Kite 'thermalling' with a Common Buzzard
King Alfreds Cake (Daldinia concentrica)
Fragile Dapperling (Leucocoprinus fragillssimus)
| Red Kite | 1 circled with Common Buzzards |
| Common Buzzard | 2 |
| Raven | 1 flew S |
9th November 2025: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman
Good close view of male Firecrest and Treecreaper in Tawny Wood
| Common Buzzard | 1 |
| Skylark | 50 |
| Long-tailed Tit | 4+ |
| Goldcrest | 2 |
| Firecrest | 1 |
| Linnet | 200 |
6th November 2025: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward
Purple Jellydisc
| General comments | Weather very mild - still 2 Buff-tailed Bumblebees observed on the wing |
| Woodpigeon | 2 flocks of c60+ from N 10:25, large no.s headed back N from noon after gamekeeper shootings |
| Black-headed Gull | c11 |
| Herring Gull | 3 |
| Sparrowhawk | 1 fem |
| Common Buzzard | 2 |
| Chiffchaff | 1 flew into Outwood Lane Pond reeds |
| Long-tailed Tit | 2 |
| Goldcrest | 6 |
| Firecrest | 1 |
| Wren | 1 flew into Outwood Lane Pond reeds |
| Redwing | 5 |
| Pied Wagtail | 1 landed by the Clock tower near the Scouts huts 14:20 |
| Goldfinch | c21 over the scouts complex |
| Common Darter | c5 m & 1 fem “very tiny specimens” may have recently emerged. Also fully grown pair mating over Outwood Lane Pond |
5th November 2025: Canons Farm - Annie Griffin
Jelly Ear
Turkey Tail
Unidentified
Candlesnuff Fungus
| feral Rock Dove | 20 |
| Stock Dove | 30 |
| Woodpigeon | 200+ |
| Common Buzzard | 1 |
| Rose-ringed Parakeet | 1 |
| Jay | 2 |
| Magpie | 3 |
| Jackdaw | 100+ |
| Carrion Crow | 100+ |
| Skylark | 8 |
| Long-tailed Tit | 10 |
| Goldcrest | 11 |
| Starling | 25 |
| Blackbird | 1 |
| Dunnock | 1 |
| Meadow Pipit | 20 |
| Linnet | 100+ |
5th November 2025: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman
Brambling, far right, with chaffinches.
| Sparrowhawk | 1 |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | 3 |
| Green Woodpecker | 1 |
| Raven | 1 |
| Skylark | 150 Approximately, several flocks |
| Starling | 20+ |
| Stonechat | 1 Perrots |
| Meadow Pipit | 1 |
| Chaffinch | 25 Approximately in IFGF |
| Greenfinch | 2 Reeds Cottages |
| Linnet | 200+ |
| Goldfinch Brambling | 12 1 |
4th November 2025: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward
Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporous Sulphureus)
Common Dog Violet (Viola Riviniana)
Stinking Iris (Iris Foetidissima)
Hoof Fungus (Fomes fomentarius) & Common Brittlestem (Candolleomyces candolleomyces)
| Sparrowhawk | 1 in the Nuttery |
| Common Buzzard | 1 |
| Jackdaw | 40+ Hither fields |
| Raven | 1 |
| Chiffchaff | 1 in Hither field |
| Long-tailed Tit | 2 |
| Goldcrest | 4 |
| Redwing | 40+ over The Nuttery/ Outwood Lane |
| Meadow Pipit | 1 |
| Chaffinch | 1 |
| Goldfinch | 3 |
3rd November 2025: Canons Farm - Justin Bendig
Mid-afternoon, a spell of mild, wet weather.
| Pheasant | 2 (Cocks fighting, Perrotts barn) |
| Kestrel | 1 (Male, flew from Broadfield East into Field Maple tree on Reads Rest Lane near Lunch Wood) |
| Great Tit | 3 |
| Long-tailed Tit | 5 |
2nd November 2025: Canons Farm - Ian Ward
Wood Ear Fungus (Auricularia auricula-judae)
| Herring Gull | 3 |
| Red Kite | 3; two flew NE at 10:24 & 12:04, 1 circled Lunch Wood 13:10 |
| Common Buzzard | 1 |
| Peregrine | 1 flew from Buzzard field west towards Can Hatch field 12:47 |
| Long-tailed Tit | 4 |
| Goldcrest | 2; Pages Acre |
| Nuthatch | 1; Pages Acre |
| Fieldfare | 4 in Broadfields |
| Chaffinch | 3 by Read Rest Cottages |
| Linnet | 100+ Doric |
| Goldfinch | 1 |
1st November 2025: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman
| Red Kite | 1 |
| Common Buzzard | 1 |
| Peregrine | 1 Hunting, flew fast and low over IFGF |
| Goldcrest | 1 |
30th October 2025: Banstead Woods - Paul Goodman
| Herring Gull | 1 |
| Sparrowhawk | 1 Female at Fames Rough |
| Common Buzzard | 1 |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | 2 |
| Green Woodpecker | 1 |
| Kestrel | 1 |
| Jay | 3 |
| Skylark | 1 over Hither Field |
| Goldcrest | 6 |
| Nuthatch | 4 |
25th October 2025: Canons Farm - Ian Ward
Male Stonechat
| Stonechat | c6; 1m on hedgerows Ruffett Meadow/GBF, 2m1fem Poultry field, 2m Reads Rest Bottom |
25th October 2025: Canons Farm - Ian Ward
| Pheasant | 1 calling in Green Belt field |
| Kestrel | 1m |
| Skylark | 70+ in Infront of George field East |
| Long-tailed Tit | 12 |
| Goldcrest | 3 |
| Meadow Pipit | 1 |
| Chaffinch | 12 |
| Linnet | 250; spread out in 3 flocks in IFGFE, Doric & Can Hatch fields |
| Yellowhammer | c5 fem in northside of Green Belt field |
25th October 2025: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman
| Black-headed Gull | 7 |
| Sparrowhawk | 1 Female |
| Red Kite | 2 |
| Kestrel | 1 Male |
| Skylark | 25 |
| Chiffchaff | 1 In mixed tit flock in Tawny Wood |
| Long-tailed Tit | 3+ |
| Goldcrest | 1 |
| Nuthatch | 1 |
| Stonechat | 7 |
| Linnet | 250 |
24th October 2025: Canons Farm - Annie Griffin
Round Meadow
Chipstead Meadow
Possible sighting of a merlin being mobbed by a single carrion crow above Chipstead Meadow woodland. The crow drove the bird north, out of sight.
Possible large group of linnets heard by the stables by Wood Lane.| Woodpigeon | 100+ |
| Common Gull | 2 |
| Common Buzzard | 1 |
| Magpie | 2 |
| Jackdaw | 2 |
| Carrion Crow | 40+ |
| Great Tit | 1 |
| Linnet | Poss heard group |
| Other bird 1 | Merlin, possible sighting |
| Other bird 1 number and details | 1. Female. |
22nd October 2025: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman
| Black-headed Gull | 7 |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | 2 |
| Skylark | 12 |
| Nuthatch | 1 |
| Starling | 8 |
| Stonechat | 8. 4 Perrots, 2 RB & 2 Green barn |
| Meadow Pipit | 6+ |
| Chaffinch | 2+ |
| Linnet | 250 |
| Goldfinch | 6 |
| Yellowhammer | 2 |
| Brimstone | 1 |
| Red Admiral | 1 |
| Common Darter | 2 a pair |
| Other wildlife 1 | Roe Deer |
| Other wildlife | 1 |
19th October 2025: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward
Drizzly rain from the west
| Woodpigeon | c150 from N 11:15-noon |
| Sparrowhawk | 1 fem over Banstead Woods |
| Rose-ringed Parakeet | 8 |
| Jay | 7 |
| Magpie | 11 |
| Raven | 1 flew S over Banstead Woods 11:55 |
| Goldcrest | 5 |
| Firecrest | 2 |
| Mistle Thrush | 1 over Park Farm Orchard |
| Song Thrush | 1 bathing in Harholt puddles |
| Blackbird | 7 all bathing together in Harholt puddles |
| Dunnock | 2 bathing in Harholt puddles |
| Chaffinch | 2 |
| Bullfinch | 2 |
| Siskin | 1 flew W from Pine Area |
| Brown Hairstreak | c6; 1 Park Farm Orchard, 5 together at top of a larch near post 13 disturbed by strong winds |
19th October 2025: Canons Farm - Ian Ward
Fieldfare
| Black-headed Gull | c95 mainly on Doric field |
| Common Gull | 7 |
| Herring Gull | 3 |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | 1 on Doric |
| Common Buzzard | 1 |
| Little Owl | 1 calling from Lunch Wood |
| Skylark | C23 |
| Redwing | c11;Broadfield East |
| Fieldfare | 4 Broadfield West |
| Linnet | c150+ George fields |
16th October 2025: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward
Mistle Thrush
| Black-headed Gull | 2 flew N |
| Sparrowhawk | 1 fem flew over Fames Rough into Chiphouse Wood |
| Red Kite | 1 circled Fames Rough 13:57 |
| Common Buzzard | 1 juvenile calling |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | 5 |
| Green Woodpecker | 3 |
| Rose-ringed Parakeet | c17 |
| Jay | 6 |
| Magpie | 17 |
| Jackdaw | c27 on Hither fields |
| Raven | 2 flew from Shabden Park over Fames Rough cronking SW 13:38 |
| Long-tailed Tit | 10 |
| Mistle Thrush | 1 on mobile tower by Hither field |
| Redwing | c30+ |
| Chaffinch | 2 |
| Bullfinch | 3 in the Nuttery |
| Greenfinch | 2 in the Nuttery |
| Brown Hairstreak | 1 in Fames Rough |
15th October 2025: Canons Farm - Annie Griffin
Fairy Inkcap
Charcoal Burner
Sulphur Tuft
Chipstead Meadow
Mizzly, hazy low cloud lifting late morning. Redwings flying westwards in groups of up to 30, regularly.
| Woodpigeon | 100+ |
| Common Gull | 9 |
| Grey Heron | 1 |
| Common Buzzard | 1 |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | 1 |
| Rose-ringed Parakeet | 1 |
| Jay | 2 |
| Magpie | 5 |
| Jackdaw | 10+ |
| Carrion Crow | 15+ |
| Blue Tit | 2 |
| Great Tit | 1 |
| Long-tailed Tit | 5 |
| Wren | 1 |
| Redwing | 70+ |
| Meadow Pipit | 2 |
| Linnet | 13 |
11th October 2025: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward
| Red Kite | 2 circled Holly Lane Meadows 13:47 |
| Common Buzzard | 3 |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | 4 |
| Raven | 1 flew N 11:13 |
| Firecrest | 1 |
| Treecreeper | 1 |
| Mistle Thrush | 1 |
| Redwing | c16 flew N |
| Goldfinch | c15 flew into Banstead Woods from Park Downs |
| Brimstone | 2 |
| Small White | 4 |
| Peacock | 1 |
| Speckled Wood | 1 |
| Brown Hairstreak | 1 |
| Southern Hawker | 1 fem over Outwood Lane Pond |
| Common Darter | c14; 11m 3 fem - most harassing the hawker |
9th October 2025: Canons Farm - Justin Bendig
Dawn patrol from 06:20 for 2 hours, some moonlight, beautiful morning.
| Red Kite | 1 |
| Little Owl | 1 (heard Broadfield West, not seen) |
| Green Woodpecker | 1 |
| Skylark | 1 (IFG East) |
| Chiffchaff | 2 |
| Stonechat | 2 (males, Reads Rest Lane) |
| Meadow Pipit | c15 (IFG West, small flock with pairs chasing each other low over ground before landing) |
| Other wildlife 1 | Roe deer |
| Other wildlife 1 | 1 (doe with near fully grown fawn below Lunch Wood) |
9th October 2025: Canons Farm - Ian Ward
Light cold winds from NW
| feral Rock Dove | c150+ ; 130+ Doric field, 20+ Can Hatch field |
| Herring Gull | 2 |
| Common Buzzard | 2 |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | 2 |
| Kestrel | 1 fem |
| Raven | 2 flew W over Doric field 14:50 |
| Skylark | 15 Infront of George field East |
| Chiffchaff | 1 |
| Pied Wagtail | 3 |
| Meadow Pipit | 4 |
| Linnet | 100+ Doric increased numbers after 14:30- roost site? |
| Small White | 1 |
| Red Admiral | 2 |
| Other wildlife 1 | Roe Deers |
| Other wildlife 1 number | 2 |
7th October 2025: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward
Fly Agaric, Amanita muscaria
| Grey Heron | 1 flew N over scouts area 12:33 |
| Red Kite | 1 headed W |
| Green Woodpecker | 1 ‘on the roof ‘of the Elizabeth Drive complex |
| Jay | 4 |
| Coal Tit | 2 |
| Marsh Tit | 1 calling near Piddly Pond |
| Blue Tit | 50+ flock in Banstead Woods |
| Chiffchaff | 2 |
| Long-tailed Tit | c 8 amongst mainly Blue Tit flock |
| Goldcrest | 6 |
| Nuthatch | 4 |
| Treecreeper | 3 |
| Siskin | 1 over the Pine Area calling |
| Brown Hairstreak | 1 in Banstead Woods |
| Southern Hawker | 3 over Piddly Pond |
| Common Darter | 2 in Banstead Woods |
| Other wildlife 1 (type species) | Grey Squirrel |
| Other wildlife 1 number and details | c8 in Banstead Woods |
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