Canons Farm & Banstead Woods Birds

October 2011

All sightings are appreciated and will be useful in the writing of the annual bird reports, please email your sightings to canonsfarmbirds@hotmail.co.uk.

BOLD = rare for CFBW - BOLD & RED = first for CFBW. * = bird out of recording area but viewed from it.

Monday 31st

no reported sightings

Sunday 30th

12.43pm-4.48pm: 1+ BRAMBLING (SW corner of Broadfield), 800+ LINNETS (SW corner of Broadfield), c.400 JACKDAWS (Broadfield), 5 FIELDFARES flew over (C.Farm), c.15 REDWINGS (B.Woods), 2 MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 3+ SKYLARKS (Broadfield/Infront George Field), c.4 YELLOWHAMMERS (SW corner of Broadfield), 2+ BULLFINCHES (1+ Legal & General, 1 The Scrub), 300+ CHAFFINCHES (SW corner of Broadfield), 2 SONG THRUSHES (1 Legal & General, 1 by Piddly Pond), 5 COMMON GULLS (4 ads Legal & General, 1st-winter Broadfield), ♀ PHEASANT (Horse Pasture), 2+ GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), NUTHATCH (by Piddly Pond), 2+ ROOKS (1 Broadfield, 1+ flew over Fames Rough), 7+ GOLDCRESTS (B.Woods), GREEN WOODPECKER ( B.Woods), c.80 STOCK DOVES (Broadfield) - DKC/IGM

Saturday 29th

WOODCOCK (Buzzard Field)- Sh

Monday 24th-Friday 28th

no reported sightings

Sunday 23rd

(all C.Farm) up to 30 SKYLARKS, 200+ LINNETS, 5+ YELLOWHAMMERS, 30+ CHAFFINCHES - PGo
good numbers of BLACK-HEADED GULLS, LINNETS, WOODPIGEONS, STOCK DOVES, STARLINGS, CHAFFINCHES, JACKDAWS etc (Broadfield) - IGM

Saturday 22nd

no reported sightings

Friday 21st

7.20am-9.41am: GREY WAGTAIL at 8.17am (flew towards Legal & General), BRAMBLING (C.Farm), GREY HERON (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 7+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 6 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 6+ SISKINS flew over (C.Farm), 200+ LINNETS (C.Farm), 3+ STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), 45+ FIELDFARES (C.Farm), 42+ REDWINGS (C.Farm), 3+ BULLFINCHES (1+ by Ivy Wood, 2 Tawny Wood), GREEN WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 4+ LONG-TAILED TITS (3+ Tawny Wood, 1+ Circle Field), COMMON GULL (C.Farm), 4+ GOLDCRESTS (1 Ivy Wood, 1+ Ruffett Wood, 1 Tawny Wood, 1 Chipstead Road), 2 PIED WAGTAILS (C.Farm), GOLDFINCH (end of R.R.Lane), 3 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 C.Farm to B.Woods, 1 B.Woods) - DKC

Thursday 20th

2.06pm-6.12pm: PEREGRINE flew over at 2.46pm (Broadfield), 4 FIELDFARES (Broadfield), GREY HERON flew over (C.Farm), MISTLE THRUSH flew over (Stoney Nob), 2 LESSER REDPOLLS flew over (Stoney Nob/Legal & General), 5 SISKINS flew over (C.Farm), BULLFINCH (Legal & General), 5+ GOLDCRESTS (1 by Ivy Wood, 2 Circle Field (1 singing), 1 Legal & General, 1+ NE end of Ruffett Wood), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), 2+ LITTLE OWLS (C.Farm), GREENFINCH (Legal & General), c.150 LINNETS (Broadfield), 3 MEADOW PIPITS (between Skylark Field & Stoney Nob), 1+ SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (Broadfield), 4 COMMON BUZZARDS (2 Broadfield/Death Pit, 2*), SONG THRUSH (Legal & General/Stoney Nob), COMMON GULL (Broadfield), 12+ LONG-TAILED TITS (1 by Ivy Wood, 6+ Legal & General, 5+ Tawny Wood), 2+ ♂ PHEASANTS (1+ Lunch Wood area, 1 B.Woods), 4+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), COAL TIT (Circle Field), 2+ GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (C.Farm), 2 GOLDFINCHES (around barns by C.Farmhouse), GREEN WOODPECKER (Legal & General/Stoney Nob), c.101 STOCK DOVES (Broadfield), 13 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Steep Banks) - DKC

Wednesday 19th

2.26pm-7.25pm: (all C.Farm) PEREGRINE flew east at 5.54pm, 3 LITTLE OWLS (2 around barns behind C.Farmhouse, 1 Horse Pasture), COMMON BUZZARD (over Death Pit & Ruffett Wood then feeding in Broadfield till 6.40pm), LESSER REDPOLL flew over, 2+ MEADOW PIPITS, KESTREL, ♂ SPARROWHAWK, YELLOWHAMMER, GOLDFINCH, 4 PHEASANTS (♂ Horse Pasture to Harrier Field, 3 ♀ Death Pit/Broadfield), 200+ LINNETS (Broadfield), 56+ STOCK DOVES (Broadfield), 7 COMMON GULLS (Broadfield), TREECREEPER (by Ivy Wood), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Legal & General/Stoney Nob), 1+ GOLDCREST (Circle Field (1 singing)), PIED WAGTAIL (Broadfield), 2+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC

Tuesday 18th

no reported sightings

Monday 17th

no reported sightings

Sunday 16th

7.55am-4.01pm: 1+ BRAMBLING (C.Farm, B.Woods by R.R.Lane, & by Piddly Pond), PEREGRINE (C.Farm), 4 SWALLOWS (C.Farm - inc.1 on wires), 1+ LESSER REDPOLL flew over (The Scrub), 2 FIELDFARES (C.Farm), GREY HERON flew over (C.Farm), 6 SISKINS flew over (C.Farm), c.22 REDWINGS (c.21 C.Farm, 1 by Piddly Pond), 4+ MISTLE THRUSHES (C.Farm), c.4+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 5+ MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 7+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 4+ COMMON GULLS (Broadfield), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (B.Woods), 308+ LINNETS (300+ C.Farm, c.8 The Scrub), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (Broadfield), ♂ PHEASANT (Harrier Field), c.200 CHAFFINCHES (Broadfield), 5+ PIED WAGTAILS (C.Farm), 3 NUTHATCHES (1 C.Farm, 2 B.Woods), GREENFINCH (Legal & General), GOLDCREST (Legal & General), COAL TIT (B.Woods), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Death Pit), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 Perrotts by Wood, 1 The Scrub), 5+ STOCK DOVES (C.Farm) - DKC/RDW/IJ
3 BRAMBLINGS with CHAFFINCHES at c.11.00am (Broadfield/Poultry Field border) - MW/SW
(photo of ♂ Reed Bunting from Friday now on Gallery)

Saturday 15th

2 GREY WAGTAILS flew NE (C.Farm) - RDW
LAPWING (C.Farm), FIELDFARE (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), 10 PHEASANTS (C.Farm), REDWING (B.Woods), 2 COAL TITS (B.Woods), SISKIN (B.Woods), BULLFINCH (B.Woods), SONG THRUSH (B.Woods), 400+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS (C.Farm) - IJ
(all C.Farm) juv PEREGRINE (over Broadfield), 200+ LINNETS, 14 PIED WAGTAILS, REDWING, COMMON BUZZARD, KESTREL, c.1,000 gulls in fields - PGo

Friday 14th

♂ REED BUNTING (Tart's Field/Bog Field border) (see Gallery), c.62 FIELDFARES flew roughly west (C.Farm), CHIFFCHAFF (Reads Bottom), 110+ REDWINGS (C.Farm), 4+ COMMON GULLS (3 ads over, ad Broadfield (poss same as above), 1st-winter Green Belt Field), 5+ SISKINS flew over (C.Farm), c.80 LINNETS (C.Farm), NUTHATCH (B.Woods), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), c.10 MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 2 STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), 8+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), juv LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (Broadfield), 5+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), PHEASANT (Broadfield), GOLDCREST (C.Farmhouse), GREENFINCH (C.Farm), 2+ PIED WAGTAILS (C.Farm), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (C.Farm) - DKC
c.300 LINNETS, 2 REDWINGS, 80+ STOCK DOVES, 2 COMMON BUZZARDS, LITTLE OWL, 2 YELLOWHAMMERS, imm LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (Broadfield), 2 SKYLARKS, c.120 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Broadfield) - RDW

Thursday 13th

Afternoon: CHIFFCHAFF (The Scrub), GREY HERON (C.Farm), 3 BULLFINCHES (The Scrub), 3 LITTLE OWLS (2 in barn behind R.R.Cottages, 1 Horse Pasture/Broadfield border), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (Stoney Nob), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 3 PIED WAGTAILS (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (B.Woods), NUTHATCH (B.Woods), 50+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Broadfield) - IJ
4.53pm-6.23pm: (all C.Farm) ♂ STONECHAT (north side of Horse Pasture), 2 REDWINGS (Tattenham Meadow), 2 LITTLE OWLS (Horse Pasture), 30+ MEADOW PIPITS (around Harrier Field), COMMON BUZZARD (Broadfield), PIED WAGTAIL, PHEASANT, SPARROWHAWK, 2+ SKYLARKS, 7 YELLOWHAMMERS - DKC

Wednesday 12th

(all C.Farm) RAVEN flew SW at 3.25pm, LITTLE OWL, 2 COMMON BUZZARDS, c.180 LINNETS - RDW

Tuesday 11th

4.45pm-6.00pm: 150+ LINNETS (Broadfield), PIED WAGTAIL flew over (barns behind Reads Rest Cottages), KESTREL (The Scrub), GREEN WOODPECKER (The Scrub) - IJ

Monday 10th

Afternoon: (all C.Farm) 7 SWALLOWS flew SE, REDWING, MISTLE THRUSH, 2 COMMON BUZZARDS, SPARROWHAWK, KESTREL - RDW

Sunday 9th

(all C.Farm) 4 COMMON SNIPE flew SW at 1.05pm, RED KITE flew SW at 3.05pm, 4 COMMON BUZZARDS (3 flew SW) (Butterflies: 2 Red Admirals) - RDW
7.55am-12.08pm: (all C.Farm) SWALLOW flew south, c.135 REDWINGS, 20+ MISTLE THRUSHES, c.40 SKYLARKS, 2 ROOKS, COMMON BUZZARD, SPARROWHAWK, KESTREL, GOLDCREST (Legal & General), GREENFINCH, c.150 LINNETS, c.60 MEADOW PIPITS, 4+ YELLOWHAMMERS, 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 in barn by Reads Rest Cottages, 1 Infront George Field/Skylark Field), 2 GOLDFINCHES, ♂ PHEASANT (Broadfield), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (around C.Farmhouse), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 4 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - RDW/DKC et al
10 YELLOWHAMMERS (Poultry Field) - PGo
3.50pm-6.00pm: 3 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (B.Woods), GOLDCREST (B.Woods), 2 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods) - IJ

Saturday 8th

6.56am-12.28pm: WHEATEAR (Legal & General), 5 LESSER REDPOLLS flew south (The Scrub), COMMON GULL (Legal & General), 11 MISTLE THRUSHES flew NE (C.Farm), 3 SISKINS flew over (C.Farm - 1 then over B.Woods), LITTLE OWL (Infront George Field/Skylark Field border), 21 MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 5 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 5+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (Ruffett Wood), BULLFINCH (The Scrub), SPARROWHAWK (Green Belt Field/B.Woods), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), 2 NUTHATCHES (1 Ruffett Wood, 1 B.Woods), LONG-TAILED TIT (B.Woods), COLLARED DOVE (C.Farm), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), 19+ GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 3 GOLDCRESTS (2 Ruffett Wood, 1 just NE of The Scrub), COAL TIT (NE end of Ruffett Wood), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Lunch Wood), 4 GREEN WOODPECKERS (3 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 30+ HERRING GULLS (Legal & General), 38 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Legal & General), 11 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (5 C.Farm, 6 flew over Woodpecker Meadow) - DKC/IJ/HK
3.30pm-5.45pm: (all C.Farm) c.40 MEADOW PIPITS, LITTLE OWL (Horse Pasture), 3 MISTLE THRUSHES (flew from Lambert's Shaw to Lunch Wood), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farmhouse), 4 GOLDCRESTS (2 Wood Lane, 2 Circle Field), ♀ KESTREL (C.Lane), TREECREEPER (Pipit Meadow/Chipstead Meadow), 3 STOCK DOVES (Circle Field), 6 LONG-TAILED TITS (2 Wood Lane, 4 Circle Field), 70+ LINNETS (Broadfield/Buzzard Field), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, 9 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS, 11+ CHAFFINCHES, 5 JAYS (Butterflies: Speckled Wood (Pipit Meadow)) - IPW

Friday 7th

7.16am-9.38am: (all C.Farm) 7+ CROSSBILLS flew low WNW at 8.34am (Legal & General), ♂ STONECHAT (SE corner of north half of Broadfield),17+ SISKINS flew over, 2 MISTLE THRUSHES (Lunch Wood), CHIFFCHAFF (Legal & General), 11+ YELLOWHAMMERS, c.5 SKYLARKS, 3+ PIED WAGTAILS, 20+ MEADOW PIPITS, c.150 LINNETS, 3 GOLDCRESTS (2 Wood Lane, 1 Lunch Wood), 2 SPARROWHAWKS, COAL TIT (NE end of Ruffett Wood), GOLDFINCH, 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 12 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC
(all C.Farm) 2 ♂ STONECHATS still, LITTLE OWL, 2 MISTLE THRUSHES (Legal & General), 2 SKYLARKS, PIED WAGTAIL (Legal & General), KESTREL - RDW
2 ♂ STONECHATS still (C.Farm) - PGo

Thursday 6th

no reported sightings

Wednesday 5th

Afternoon: (all C.Farm) 9 LESSER REDPOLLS (near Lunch Wood), 7 SISKINS flew over (Lunch Wood), 2 ♂ STONECHATS still (north side of Horse Pasture), 2 HOUSE MARTINS, 3 SWALLOWS, 2 ROOKS, 20+ MEADOW PIPITS, LITTLE OWL, COMMON BUZZARD, 6 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), SPARROWHAWK, KESTREL, PHEASANT, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over, c.60 LINNETS - RDW
2.30pm-6.30pm: 10+ HOUSE MARTINS flew through (C.Farm), c.11 SWALLOWS flew through (C.Farm), 2 ♂ STONECHATS still (north side of Horse Pasture), 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 Legal & General, 1 Infront George Field/Skylark Field), 2 BULLFINCHES (Infront George Field), 2 KESTRELS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 4 MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), 4 YELLOWHAMMERS (2 north of Watchpoint, 2 Reads Bottom), 25+ LINNETS (C.Farm), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (C.Farm), 4 STOCK DOVES (Circle Field), 5 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) - DKC

Tuesday 4th

(all C.Farm) 28-30 unidentified grey geese flew south (C.Farm), 2 STONECHATS, 2 WHEATEARS, 17 HOUSE MARTINS, c.30 SWALLOWS - RDW

Monday 3rd

no reported sightings
(see Gallery for Clifford Allan's photograph of yesterday's Red Kite)

Sunday 2nd

(all C.Farm) RED KITE 3.30pm-4.30pm (on deck in Broadfield & environs), 2 CORMORANTS, 7 SWALLOWS through, 2 COMMON BUZZARDS - RDW
4.45pm: RED KITE (Gunman's Shaw) - CA
7.57am-c.1.30pm: 2 ♂ STONECHATS (Harrier Field), GREY HERON flew over (C.Farm), 2 HOUSE MARTINS flew south (C.Farm), c.5 SWALLOWS flew south (C.Farm), 16 SISKINS flew over (C.Farm), 2 ROOKS (C.Farm), c.15 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), c.10 MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 5 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (4 ads+imm) flew over (C.Farm), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (B.Woods), 4 GOLDCRESTS (1 Circle Field, 1 Lunch Wood, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane, 1 just NW of The Scrub), 4 NUTHATCHES (1 Lunch Wood, 3 B.Woods), COAL TIT (Circle Field), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Circle Field (singing), 1 Legal & General), 2 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farm), c.30 LINNETS (C.Farm) (Butterflies: 15 Red Admirals flew south (C.Farm), Small Copper (The Scrub), Comma (B.Woods), Small White (C.Farm)) - RDW/DKC/IJ
(Butterflies: (all Holly Lane Meadows) Brown Argus, 12+ Small Coppers, ♂ Common Blue, Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood) - IPW

Saturday 1st

7.28am-12.55pm: GREY WAGTAIL (C.Farmhouse 8.51am then to C.Residential, again at C.Farmhouse 9.33am then back to C.Residential), 4 STONECHATS (2♂+2♀) (Harrier Field), BLACKCAP (barns behind C.Farmhouse), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 2 KESTRELS (1 C.Farm, 1 Chipstead Bottom), 4+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm mainly Quail Field & Skylark Field), c.15 MEADOW PIPITS (Skylark Field), 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 Horse Pasture/Broadfield border, 1 near R.R.Cottages), 2+ YELLOWHAMMERS (1+ NE end of Harrier Field, 1 Infront George Field), 2 GOLDCRESTS (1 Wood Lane, 1 Piddly Pond), 4 COAL TITS (1 Aberdour School, 2 Circle Fields, 1 B.Woods), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Circle Field (singing), 1 near R.R.Cottages), 8+ NUTHATCHES (1 Tattenham Meadow, 2 Circle Field/Aberdour School, 1 Kingswood Residential, 4+ B.Woods), GREENFINCH (C.Farm), PHEASANT (Horse Pasture/Broadfield), 2 PIED WAGTAILS (1 around C.Farmhouse, 1 Legal & General), 5 STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), 30+ LINNETS (C.Farm), 3+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Piddly Pond), 5 GREEN WOODPECKERS (4 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Wood Lane), 5+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) (Butterflies: 21+ Red Admirals flew south (20+ C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), Speckled Wood (B.Woods), 3 Small Whites (2 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub). Dragonflies: Southern Hawker (Piddly Pond)) - DKC/PGo

September 2011

6.48am-9.39am: (all C.Farm) 3 STONECHATS (1♂ & 2♀/1st-winters) (Harrier Field), 4+ SISKINS flew over, 25+ MEADOW PIPITS, 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 near Watchpoint, 1 Tawny Wood), NUTHATCH (Pages Acre), 6+ SKYLARKS (5+ flew over Watchpoint, 1 flew over Ruffett Wood/Green Belt Field), GOLDCREST (Ruffett Wood), 3 PIED WAGTAILS (1 flew over, 2 Legal & General), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 4 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 15 HERRING GULLS (Legal & General), 3 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Legal & General), 60+ LINNETS - DKC

Thursday 29th

4.48pm-6.30pm: SISKIN flew over (Lunch Wood), 2 WHINCHATS (Harrier Field), 3 STONECHATS (1♂ & 2♀/1st-winters) (Harrier Field), WHEATEAR (Harrier Field then barns behind R.R.Cottages), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), PIED WAGTAIL flew over (C.Farm), 1+ MEADOW PIPIT (C.Farm), COAL TIT (by Piddly Pond), 2 PHEASANTS (Horse Pasture), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 C.Farmhouse, 1 The Scrub), c.50 LINNETS (Harrier Field/Broadfield), NUTHATCH (by Piddly Pond), GOLDCREST (by Piddly Pond), SONG THRUSH (B.Woods between R.R.Lane entrance & Piddly Pond), 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Stoney Nob) (Dragonflies: 3 Southern Hawkers (Piddly Pond)) - DKC/PGo/IP/IGM

Wednesday 28th

2.33pm-6.20pm: (all C.Farm) 2 WHINCHATS (north side of Horse Pasture), 3 STONECHATS (1♂ & 2♀/1st-winters) (north side of Horse Pasture), WHEATEAR (north side of Horse Pasture, then Broadfield), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS, KESTREL, 3+ LITTLE OWLS (2 Horse Pasture/Broadfield border, 1 in barn behind R.R.Cottages), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (Reads Bottom), 5+ MEADOW PIPITS, PHEASANT (Infront George Field), BULLFINCH (Infront George Field/Legal & General), SKYLARK, 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Copt Hill Lane, 1 Legal & General), GOLDCREST (Copt Hill Lane), NUTHATCH (Copt Hill Lane), 1+ LONG-TAILED TIT (Copt Hill Lane), COAL TIT (Circle Field), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, GREEN WOODPECKER, 40+ LINNETS (Broadfield/Horse Pasture) - DKC

Tuesday 27th

2 LITTLE OWLS (C.Farm) (Mammals: 2 Roe Deer (C.Farm)) - RDW

Monday 26th

no reported sightings

Sunday 25th

WHINCHAT (Horse Pasture/Broadfield border), 3 STONECHATS (Horse Pasture/Broadfield border), COMMON BUZZARD (Lunch Wood), 2+ ROOKS (Lambert's Shaw/Death Pit), 50+ MEADOW PIPITS (Infront George Field/Skylark Field), CHIFFCHAFF (C.Farmhouse) - IPW
25+ SAND MARTINS flew through (C.Farm), 3 STONECHATS (north side of Harrier Field), HOBBY flew over (Harrier Field), WHEATEAR (SE end of Broadfield), 10+ MEADOW PIPITS (Harrier Field), COMMON BUZZARD flew over (B.Woods), 2 ROOKS (SE end of Broadfield), 50+ HOUSE MARTINS through (C.Farm), 100+ SWALLOWS through (C.Farm) - GB

Saturday 24th

(all C.Farm) WHINCHAT, 3 STONECHATS (1♂, 2 ♀), COMMON BUZZARD, PHEASANT, c800 HOUSE MARTINS south - RDW
WHINCHAT, COMMON BUZZARD, KESTREL, 4+ SKYLARKS, LITTLE OWL, 15 MEADOW PIPITS, 50 LINNETS, 4 CHIFFCHAFFS, YELLOWHAMMER, 2 GREENFINCHES - PGo

Friday 23rd

(all C.Farm) TREE PIPIT dropped down (Harrier Field), HOBBY flew SW, 5 COMMON BUZZARDS, 2 SPARROWHAWKS, KESTREL, 650 HOUSE MARTIN through, 300+ SWALLOWS through - RDW

Thursday 22nd

3 STONECHATS (2 ♂, 1 1st-winter ♀ still), WHEATEAR (C.Farm), HOBBY (C.Farm), 200+ MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), c.250 HOUSE MARTINS through (C.Farm), 26 SWALLOWS through (C.Farm), PHEASANT (C.Farm), BULLFINCH (The Scrub), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 9 ROOKS (B.Woods), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (The Scrub), c.50 HOUSE SPARROWS (by C.Farmhouse), 2 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), TREECREEPER (B.Woods) - RDW

Wednesday 21st

(all C.Farm) WHEATEAR, 120+ MEADOW PIPITS, 3 YELLOWHAMMERS, 7 MISTLE THRUSHES, 5 SKYLARKS flew west, c.70 CHAFFINCHES, 35 SWALLOWS through, 80+ HOUSE MARTINS through, KESTREL, SPARROWHAWK, CHIFFCHAFF, PIED WAGTAIL flew over, 55 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Legal & General) - RDW

Tuesday 20th

(all C.Farm) 2 STONECHATS (♂, & 1st-winter ♀ still) (north side of Horse Pasture), 50+ MEADOW PIPITS (Skylark Field), 15+ HOUSE MARTINS through, 25+ SWALLOWS through, c.30 LINNETS - DKC

Monday 19th

2+ STONECHATS (C.Farm), CORMORANT flew over (C.Farm), 10+ COMMON BUZZARDS (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (B.Woods), SONG THRUSH (B.Woods), small numbers of SWALLOWS & HOUSE MARTINS through (C.Farm), several NUTHATCHES (B.Woods) - IJ
6.34pm-7.38pm: (all C.Farm) 1+ HOUSE MARTIN (Death Pit/Lambert's Shaw), 3+ SWALLOWS, LITTLE OWL (around Horse Pasture), PHEASANT, STOCK DOVE, GREEN WOODPECKER - DKC

Sunday 18th

GREY WAGTAIL at 11.36am (flew from C.Farmhouse to C.Residential) - IPW
1st-winter ♀ STONECHAT (C.Farm), BLACKCAP (C.Farm) - PGo

Saturday 17th

6.25am-c.4.30pm: 8,000-10,000 HOUSE MARTINS & SWALLOWS flew through, roughly 75% H.Martin (mainly C.Farm) - RDW/DKC/IJ et al
Late morning: (all in vicinity of C.Farmhouse) TREE PIPIT flew over, WHEATEAR, c.12 MEADOW PIPITS - PGo
6.25am-1.46pm: 1st-winter ♀ STONECHAT (east side of Tart's Field then north side of Harrier Field), HOBBY (C.Farm), GREY HERON flew over (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (B.Woods), 3 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 10 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), c.3 SONG THRUSHES (The Scrub), 9 MEADOW PIPITS (4 Skylark Field, 5 Perrotts by Wood), KESTREL (C.Farm), COMMON WHITETHROAT (Slangs), 2+ BULLFINCHES (The Scrub), 3 ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (2 Legal & General, 1 in heavy moult flew over C.Farm), 2 BLACKCAPS (♂+♀) (The Scrub), COLLARED DOVE (CF/BW at end of R.R.Lane), 6 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 C.Lane between C.Farm Cottages & C.Farmhouse, 1 Legal & General, 1 by Perrotts Farmhouse, 1 by Piddly Pond, 2 The Scrub), 5 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 3 B.Woods), 3 YELLOWHAMMERS (1+ juv) (Slangs), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 Stoney Nob, 1 B.Woods), 3 NUTHATCHES (1 Lunch Wood, 2 B.Woods), 103+ LINNETS (100+ Stoney Nob/Infront George Field, 3 The Scrub), 65+ HERRING GULLS (Legal & General), c.136 BLACK-HEADED GULLS flew over (C.Farm), ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET (CF/BW) - DKC/IJ et al
(all C.Farm) WHEATEAR (by C.Farmhouse), 2 SKYLARKS, 36 MEADOW PIPITS flew west, 2 COMMON BUZZARDS, 2 SPARROWHAWKS, KESTREL,
c.3.30pm: 20+ SWALLOWS (Valley Meadows) - MH

Friday 16th

♂ COMMON REDSTART (Reads Bottom); last Sunday a PEREGRINE flew over (C.Farm) - PH
Mid afternoon: 1st-winter ♀ STONECHAT (north side of Horse Pasture), 4 WHINCHATS (north side of Horse Pasture) - IJ
6.44am-9.40am: 1st-winter ♀ STONECHAT (Harrier Field then north side of Horse Pasture), SAND MARTIN flew south (Poultry Field), 3 WHINCHATS (1 Harrier Field, 2 north side of Horse Pasture), YELLOW WAGTAIL flew south (Tattenham Meadow), c.3 HOUSE MARTINS flew south (Poultry Field), 8+ SKYLARKS (Skylark Field etc), BLACKCAP (B.Woods near caravan site), 20+ MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm)PIED WAGTAIL flew over (C.Farm), 3+ YELLOWHAMMERS (1+ around barns behind C.Farmhouse, 2+ Reads Bottom), PHEASANT (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 10+ SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 2 NUTHATCHES (1 C.Wood, 1 Lunch Wood), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Circle Field/Tattenham Meadow), 9 CHIFFCHAFFS (C.Farm), COLLARED DOVE (C.Farm), STOCK DOVE (C.Farm), 10 GOLDFINCHES (CF/BW at end of R.R.Lane), 2+ LINNETS (C.Farm), 4 GREEN WOODPECKERS (3 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 7+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm), 2 BLACK-HEADED GULLS flew over (C.Farm) - DKC

Thursday 15th

2 LESSER REDPOLLS flew NW at 1.27pm (C.Farm), WHEATEAR (barns behind C.Farmhouse then flew towards Broadfield), 3 YELLOWHAMMERS (Watchpoint), 13 MEADOW PIPITS (Broadfield), COMMON BUZZARD (Ruffett Wood/Broadfield), ♀ KESTREL (Broadfield then flew towards Legal & General), 5 PHEASANTS (♀ & 4 juvs) (Broadfield), 4 SKYLARKS (Skylark Field/Bunting Field), ♀ SPARROWHAWK (hedges on C.Lane), 4 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Tart's Field, 2 Horse Pasture/Broadfield border, 1 Lunch Wood), 60+ LINNETS (mainly Broadfield/Infront George Field) - IPW
2.08pm-7.06pm: 5 SISKINS flew over (Broadfield), HOBBY (Broadfield), 35+ MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm inc. 10 Infront George Field & c.15 Perrotts by Wood), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (C.Farm then 1 flew over B.Woods), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), BLACKCAP (The Scrub), COMMON WHITETHROAT (Broadfield/Harrier Field border), 5+ HOUSE MARTINS flew over (C.Farm), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (Reads Bottom), 15+ LINNETS (C.Farm), 2 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 2 PHEASANTS (Broadfield), 3 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Legal & General), GREENFINCH flew over (The Scrub), 2 TREECREEPERS (1 B.Woods by R.R.Lane, 1 The Scrub), 2 STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), NUTHATCH (B.Woods), COAL TIT (B.Woods by R.R.Lane), 2+ BULLFINCHES (The Scrub), GOLDCREST (B.Woods near R.R.Lane), 2+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Tattenham Meadow), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 12 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (2 Stoney Nob, 10 flew over The Scrub/Chipstead Bottom) - DKC/GB

Wednesday 14th

1.30pm: (all C.Farm) SPOTTED FLYCATCHER (NW end of Harrier Field), 6 MEADOW PIPITS, COMMON BUZZARD, SPARROWHAWK, KESTREL - IJ
2.34pm-c.7.45pm: 2 MISTLE THRUSHES (Legal & General/Stoney Nob), 25+ MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 3 LITTLE OWLS (1 Stoney Nob, 1 Legal & General, 1 barns behind R.R.Cottages), BULLFINCH (The Scrub), GOLDCREST (The Scrub), BLACKCAP (The Scrub), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (B.Woods), 1+ ROOK flew over (The Scrub), SPARROWHAWK flushing Meadow Pipits (Broadfield), 2 STOCK DOVES (1 C.Farm, 1 flew over The Scrub), 2 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods between Piddly Pond & The Scrub), 2+ KESTRELS (C.Farm), 6 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Circle Field, 1 by R.R.Cottages, 1 Legal & General/Infront George Field, 1 B.Woods by R.R.Lane, 2 The Scrub), 5+ LONG-TAILED TITS (The Scrub), TREECREEPER (The Scrub/Woodpecker Meadow), COAL TIT (by Piddly Pond), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (Reads Bottom), BLACK-HEADED GULL flew low over (Broadfield), 7+ SWALLOWS (5+ C.Farm, 2 B.Woods), 3 COLLARED DOVES (2 C.Farmhouse, 1 flew over C.Farm), 8+ LINNETS (7+ C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), GOLDFINCH (C.Farm), 6 GREEN WOODPECKERS (4 C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), 13 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (3 C.Farm, 9 flew over The Scrub),

Tuesday 13th

no reported sightings

Monday 12th

7.00pm-7.50pm: LITTLE OWL (derelict barn, moving towards C.Farmhouse), 27+ SWALLOWS (Broadfield), CHIFFCHAFF (Wood Lane), 2+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Aberdour School), GREEN WOODPECKER (Wood Lane/Circle Field area) - DKC

Sunday 11th

7.40am-9.15am: (all C.Farm) 1st-winter ♀ STONECHAT (Harrier Field), 4 WHINCHATS (1 Harrier Field, 3 still SW corner of Broadfield), 3 YELLOW WAGTAILS flew SE, 2 WHEATEARS (1 barns behind C.Farmhouse, 1 SW corner of Broadfield), MISTLE THRUSH (Tart's Field/Can Hatch Field border), 17+ MEADOW PIPITS, c.35 HOUSE MARTINS, 2 SKYLARKS, SPARROWHAWK, YELLOWHAMMER (Reads Bottom), 5 LINNETS, c.20 SWALLOWS, 3 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 around barns behind C.Farmhouse, 1 Legal & General/Infront George Field, 1 near R.R.Cottages), c.50 BLACK-HEADED GULLS flew over, 4 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC
(all C.Farm) SWIFT, SAND MARTIN, 4 MEADOW PIPITS, COMMON BUZZARD; good numbers of HOUSE MARTINS & SWALLOWS through - IJ
HOBBY (B.Woods) - PGo
(from stall at Banstead Countryside Day, Holly Lane Meadows) SPARROWHAWK, 6+ SWALLOWS - DKC et al

Saturday 10th

6.10am-3.30pm: GRASSHOPPER WARBLER again (by barns behind C.Farmhouse (subsinging)), 3 CORMORANTS flew SE (1 C.Farm, 2 B.Woods), 2 SISKINS flew over (1 Stoney Nob, 1 The Scrub), 3 WHINCHATS still (Broadfield/Horse Pasture border), 10 YELLOW WAGTAILS flew over (C.Farm), c.60 MEADOW PIPITS flew over (C.Farm), MISTLE THRUSH (Watchpoint), HOBBY (Watchpoint), WHEATEAR (The Scrub then flew SE), COMMON WHITETHROAT (by R.R.Cottages), LITTLE OWL (Horse Pasture/Broadfield border), 13+ HOUSE MARTINS flew south (C.Farm), 70+ SWALLOWS flew through (65+ C.Farm, 4 CF/BW border), 3 COMMON BUZZARDS (2 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 3+ ROOKS (1+ C.Farm, 2 flew over The Scrub), 2 TREECREEPERS (1 just NW of The Scrub, 1 The Scrub), PHEASANT (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), GOLDCREST (just NW of The Scrub), COAL TIT (B.Woods), 2 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), GREENFINCH flew over (Watchpoint), 6 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 4 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Watchpoint, 1 by R.R.Cottages, 1 Slangs, 1 The Scrub), 3 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew over (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods, 1*), 3 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 100+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS flew over (C.Farm), 1+ COLLARED DOVE (C.Residential/C.Farmhouse), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Residential), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), c.16 LINNETS (c.15 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), STOCK DOVE (C.Farm), 7+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) (Dragonflies: Southern Hawker (Piddly Pond). Butterflies: 2 Meadow Browns (1 The Scrub, 1 Slangs), 2 Speckled Woods (B.Woods)) - DKC/IJ
2 WHINCHATS (Broadfield), 50+ SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 2 BULLFINCHES (The Scrub) (Dragonflies: 2 Southern Hawkers (Piddly Pond)) - PGo

Friday 9th

6.42am-9.35am: TREE PIPIT flew over at 7.22am (Broadfield/Harrier Field), c.10 SISKINS flew SE (CF/BW border), YELLOW WAGTAIL flew over at 7.16am (C.Farm), 1+ MEADOW PIPIT flew over (C.Farm), 13 SWALLOWS (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (Circle Field (singing)), 3 GOLDCRESTS (1 Legal & General, 2 Tawny Wood), 3 NUTHATCHES (2 Lunch Wood, 1 B.Woods), 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (ad & juv) (Legal & General), GREENFINCH (Legal & General), 2 COLLARED DOVES (C.Farmhouse), GOLDFINCH (Legal & General), 30+ HERRING GULLS (Legal & General), c.140 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Legal & General), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Stoney Nob), 10+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (CF/BW) - DKC
4 WHINCHATS (3 still Broadfield, 1 by Perrotts Farmhouse), 4+ WHEATEARS (Watchpoint), WILLOW WARBLER (The Scrub), 9 SKYLARKS (Perrotts by Wood) - IJ

Thursday 8th

2.11pm-7.25pm: OSPREY flew south (along Chipstead Valley viewed from Watchpoint), 3 WHINCHATS (SW corner of Broadfield), 4 WHEATEARS (moving between R.R.Cottage & C.Farmhouse), HOBBY*, c.20 HOUSE MARTINS (Sheep Brow), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 32 BLACK-HEADED GULLS flew over (C.Farm), 27+ LONG-TAILED TITS (17+ Tattenham Meadow, 10+ The Scrub), BULLFINCH (The Scrub), ROOK (C.Farm), PHEASANT (Broadfield), 2+ YELLOWHAMMERS (1+ near Watchpoint, 1 Stoney Nob/Infront George Field), 21+ SWALLOWS (20+ Broadfield, 1+ Sheep Brow), 4 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 SE end of Tattenham Meadow, 1 Reads Bottom, 1 The Scrub, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), COAL TIT (Circle Field), 2 NUTHATCHES (2 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (C.Farm), STOCK DOVE (C.Farm) (Dragonflies: Southern Hawker (Piddly Pond). Butterflies: Speckled Wood (SE end of Tattenham Meadow)) - DKC/IJ
(all C.Farm) 3 WHINCHATS (Broadfield), COMMON BUZZARD, c.20 SWALLOWS, c.30 LINNETS (Broadfield by R.R.Lane) - GB
4 WHEATEARS (2 barns behind R.R.Cottages, 2 barns behind C.Farmhouse), HOBBY at 2.40pm (flew from Broadfield to C.Wood), LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), 2 BLACKCAPS (Railway Field/Stoney Nob), GOLDCREST (Stoney Nob), 12 ROOKS (flew from Infront George Field to Lunch Banks), COMMON WHITETHROAT (by barns behind R.R.Cottages), 8 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 25+ SWALLOWS (Broadfield), 3 YELLOWHAMMERS (Reads Bottom), SPARROWHAWK (Broadfield), 34+ LINNETS (C.Farm), c.15 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Infront George Field/Reads Bottom) - IPW

Wednesday 7th

1.50pm-6.42pm: 3 WHEATEARS (barns behind R.R.Cottages), 2 HOBBIES (C.Farm), 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 Legal & General, 1 between Poultry Field & B.Woods), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 8 SWALLOWS through (7 C.Farm, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), 9+ ROOKS (7+ Poultry Field (4 of which arrived from B.Woods), 2+ Skylark Field), PHEASANT (C.Farm), 3 BULLFINCHES (The Scrub), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 The Scrub, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), 6 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 22+ LINNETS (20+ C.Farm, 2+ The Scrub), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (Reads Bottom), 5 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 3 B.Woods), NUTHATCH (B.Woods), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (near Piddly Pond), 24+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS flew over (C.Farm), 4+ STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), 11+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) - RDW/DKC
15+ HOUSE MARTINS (Green Belt Field), ♀ BLACKCAP (Infront George Field/Skylark Field border), 30+ STOCK DOVES (Valley Meadows), 2 COAL TITS (Tawny Wood), - IJ

Tuesday 6th

11.55am-1.00pm & c.2.48pm-5.06pm: 2 ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (Legal & General), SWALLOW, 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (Reads Bottom), TREECREEPER (Circle Field), 2 BULLFINCHES (ad & juv) (Legal & General), SPARROWHAWK, 9 HERRING GULLS (Legal & General), NUTHATCH (Circle Field), c.10 LINNETS (Stoney Nob), 30+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Legal & General), ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET (Stoney Nob) - DKC

Monday 5th

9.50am-11.50am: (all C.Farm) GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL (Legal & General), 2 WHINCHATS (north side of Horse Pasture), WHEATEAR (north side of Horse Pasture), 15 HOUSE MARTINS, c40 SWALLOWS (Broadfield), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (Gunman's Shaw), KESTREL (Harrier Field), 25 LINNETS (Stoney Nob) - FJ
(all C.Farm) 3 WHINCHATS, YELLOW WAGTAIL, 3 WHEATEARS - GB
3 WHINCHATS (Horse Pasture/Broadfield border) - IJ
2 WHEATEARS (barns behind R.R.Cottages) - NG
5.15pm-8.05pm: (all C.Farm) WHEATEAR (on barns behind R.R.Cottages), LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob/Legal & General), LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (Legal & General), COLLARED DOVE flew over (Tattenham Meadow), 1st-winter HERRING GULL (Legal & General), KESTREL (by R.R.Cottages), 8 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 41 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Legal & General), 2 STOCK DOVES, LINNET, 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS - DKC
3.00pm-5.35pm: 12 HOUSE MARTINS (B.Woods car park), GOLDCREST (Chipstead Bottom), 2 BULLFINCHES (1 Fames Rough, 1 The Scrub), 4 CHIFFCHAFFS (2 Chipstead Bottom, 2 Fames Rough), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (Sheep Brow/The Scrub), 3+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Chipstead Bottom), c.25 STOCK DOVES (Valley Meadows), c.75 JACKDAWS (Outwood Lane), 13 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Chipstead Bottom) (Butterflies: 2 Small Heaths (Valley Meadows), 8 Meadow Browns (Fames Rough). Mammals: Roe Deer (Chipstead Bottom), 2 Red Fox (Chipstead Bottom)) - IPW

Sunday 4th

7.35am-4.03pm: (all C.Farm) REED WARBLER c.3.00pm-c.3.20pm but elusive (Broadfield/Harrier Field/Horse Pasture junction) (found by DKC) (see Gallery), COMMON SNIPE flew SW then veered south at 11.25am (Reads Bottom) (found by RDW) (see Gallery), SPOTTED FLYCATCHER (east side of Infront George Field) at 4.05pm (found by IJ), TREE PIPIT calling at 12.30pm (Perrotts by Wood), 2 WHINCHATS (SW corner of Broadfield), 3 SWIFTS, WHEATEAR (barns behind R.R.Cottages), 4 MEADOW PIPITS flew SE at 3.48pm, HOBBY flew east, TAWNY OWL calling (Circle Field), GREY HERON flew north, 1+ COMMON WHITETHROAT (west side of north half of Broadfield & near derelict barn), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 west side of Circle Field, 1 west side of Broadfield), SPARROWHAWK, KESTREL, 35+ SWALLOWS, 3+ GOLDCRESTS (Circle Field (1 singing)), 1+ ROOK (over Broadfield then north of Perrotts Farmhouse), 2 SKYLARKS, 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (Reads Bottom), 30+ LINNETS, 2+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Circle Field), 2 NUTHATCHES (1 Circle Field then C.Wood, 1 Pages Acre), COAL TIT (Circle Field), 2 TREECREEPERS (1 Pages Acre/Lambert's Shaw, 1 Circle Field), 2 COLLARED DOVES (C.Residential), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Circle Field), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (Aberdour School), 4+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS flew over, STOCK DOVE, 3+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC/RDW/IJ et al
c.40 HOUSE MARTINS (C.Farm) - PGo

Saturday 3rd

3 SPOTTED FLYCATCHERS (2 by horse paddocks at SE end of Tattenham Meadow c.10.15am-10.20am then flew to west side of Circle Field where joined by another and all 3 showed well till 1.40pm at least) (see Gallery) - PGo/DKC/NR et al
6.33am-2.20pm: (all C.Farm) GRASSHOPPER WARBLER (north end of hedge bordering Broadfield & Bog Field), SAND MARTIN flew south at 1.51pm (Broadfield), 2+ WILLOW WARBLERS (Circle Field), 11 ROOKS (Skylark Field), LITTLE OWL (Legal & General), KESTREL (Infront George Field/Skylark Field border), SKYLARK (Bog Field/Can Hatch Field), COMMON BUZZARD flew south, 3 SWALLOWS flew through, BLACKCAP (Legal & General), COMMON WHITETHROAT, 4+ CHIFFCHAFFS (2 SE end of Tattenham Meadow, 1 Legal & General, 1+ Circle Field), 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (Legal & General), SONG THRUSH (Legal & General), 2 GREENFINCHES (1 Legal & General, 1 Copt Hill Lane), TREECREEPER (Circle Field (singing)), PHEASANT, PIED WAGTAIL (Legal & General), 1+ NUTHATCH (west side of Circle Field), 2 COAL TITS (Circle Field), 2 GOLDCRESTS (1 Aberdour School (singing), 1 Circle Field), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Circle Field), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 6 GOLDFINCHES (Legal & General), c.20 HERRING GULLS (Legal & General), c.41 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Legal & General), 12 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC/RDW et al
Mid to late afternoon: (all C.Farm) 3 WHINCHATS (on fence behind Perrotts Farmhouse), COMMON BUZZARD, 2 ROOKS, 30+ SWALLOWS, SPARROWHAWK - RDW
4.50pm: 3 WHINCHATS (on fence behind Perrotts Farmhouse) (see Gallery), 7 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew SW (Chipstead Bottom), 20+ LINNETS (NW corner of The Scrub), 12 STOCK DOVES (Chipstead Bottom), - MSt
3 WHINCHATS at 2.35pm (on fence behind Perrotts Farmhouse), 2 SWALLOWS flew through (The Scrub), BULLFINCH (The Scrub), CHIFFCHAFF (The Scrub), 4 LINNETS (The Scrub), SPARROWHAWK (Broadfield), TREECREEPER (B.Woods), 4+ NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 2+ LONG-TAILED TITS (B.Woods) - IJ
3 WHINCHATS (by R.R.Lane around Lunch Wood), HOUSE MARTIN (C.Farm), 2 STOCK DOVES (C.Farm) - ML
WHEATEAR (R.R.Cottages), WILLOW WARBLER (The Scrub), 3 CHIFFCHAFFS (The Scrub), 4 COAL TITS (Circle Field), 5 LINNETS (The Scrub), 5+ GREEN WOODPECKERS (The Scrub) - PGo

Friday 2nd

6.41am-12.51pm: GREY WAGTAIL flew SW at 10.05am (The Scrub), 5 YELLOW WAGTAILS flew south (4 at 7.38am, 1 at 8.23am) (C.Farm), 2 HOBBIES (The Scrub), ROOK (Stoney Nob), 2 GREY HERONS (ad & juv) flew over (C.Farm), 2 ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew over (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (Death Pit), SWALLOW (C.Farm), 3 TREECREEPERS (1 between Circle Field & Tattenham Meadow (singing), 1 The Scrub, 1 B.Woods north of estate), 7 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), KESTREL (Stoney Nob), 3 BULLFINCHES (2 juvs The Scrub, 1 B.Woods Short Route), 6+ GOLDCRESTS (1 between Circle Field & Tattenham Meadow, 5+ B.Woods (1 singing)), 10+ NUTHATCHES (1 Aberdour School, 2+ Lunch Wood, 7 B.Woods), COAL TIT (B.Woods (singing)), 2 COMMON WHITETHROATS (between Harrier Field & Horse Pasture), PHEASANT (C.Farm), 4 YELLOWHAMMERS (Reads Bottom), 5 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 2 The Scrub, 1 CF/BW around end of R.R.Lane), 2 STOCK DOVES (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 3 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Legal & General), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 2 BLACKCAPS (1 around barns behind C.Farmhouse, 1 The Scrub), 7+ CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Wood Lane, 1 Watchpoint, 1 Lunch Wood, 3+ The Scrub (2 singing), 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane), 5 LINNETS (2 C.Farm, 3 The Scrub), 3 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (1 C.Farm, 2 flew over The Scrub) - DKC/RD

Thursday 1st

8.55am: 1st-winter GRASSHOPPER WARBLER still (by barns behind C.Farmhouse), 2 COMMON WHITETHROATS (by barns behind C.Farmhouse) - FJ/SD/JSi
6.40am-3.45pm: 3 WHINCHATS (Harrier Field at 10.45am then north side of Horse Pasture till 3.23pm at least), MEADOW PIPIT flew NE (Watchpoint), 1+ ROOK flew over (The Scrub), COMMON BUZZARD flew over (The Scrub), 3 KESTRELS (2 around Tart's Field, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), 5 GOLDCRESTS (1 Wood Lane, 4 (2 ads & 2 juvs) just NW of The Scrub), 3 COAL TITS (1 Wood Lane, 1 north end of Broadfield, 1 by Piddly Pond), COMMON WHITETHROAT (by barns behind C.Farmhouse), 4 BLACKCAPS (1 by SE end of Tattenham Meadow, 2 (♂ & juv) barns behind C.Farmhouse, 1 The Scrub), 3 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Circle Field, 1 near Watchpoint, 1 The Scrub), PHEASANT (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (Lunch Wood), BULLFINCH (The Scrub), 5 SWALLOWS (1 NE through C.Farm, 1 south through B.Woods near R.R.Lane, 2 NW through The Scrub), 4 NUTHATCHES (1 Circle Field, 1 Lambert's Shaw, 2 B.Woods), YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 10 LINNETS (2 C.Farm, 8 The Scrub), 6 GOLDFINCHES (1 C.Farm, 5 CF/BW at end of R.R.Lane) - DKC/AB

August 2011

All sightings are appreciated and will be useful in the writing of the annual bird reports, please email your sightings to canonsfarmbirds@hotmail.co.uk.

BOLD = rare for CFBW - BOLD & RED = first for CFBW. * = bird out of recording area but viewed from it.

Wednesday 31st

10.28am: 1st-winter GRASSHOPPER WARBLER still but elusive (around barns behind C.Farmhouse) - PM
6.40am-3.47pm: 1st-winter GRASSHOPPER WARBLER still but elusive (around barns behind C.Farmhouse), 2 MEADOW PIPITS flew over (C.Farm), CORMORANT flew over (C.Farm), 2 HOBBIES hawking (B.Woods), 2 WILLOW WARBLERS (by Piddly Pond), 3 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob/Railway Field), COMMON BUZZARD (B.Woods), 2 TREECREEPERS (1 Circle Field/Tattenham Meadow, 1 near Piddly Pond), 3+ BLACKCAPS (1 around barns behind C.Farmhouse, 2+ The Scrub), 3 COMMON WHITETHROATS (C.Farm), 3 BULLFINCHES (1 by Piddly Pond, 2 The Scrub), GREENFINCH (C.Farm), c.15 SWALLOWS (C.Farm), PHEASANT (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), 9 LINNETS (6 C.Farm, 3 The Scrub), 11 NUTHATCHES (1 C.Wood, 1 Lambert's Shaw, 1 Doric Drive, 2 Stoney Nob/Railway Field, 2 Lunch Wood, 4 B.Woods), 10 CHIFFCHAFFS (5 C.Farm, 5 B.Woods (2 singing)), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 7 GREEN WOODPECKERS (4 C.Farm, 3 The Scrub), 4 GOLDCRESTS (1 Wood Lane, 2 Circle Field (1 singing), 1 by Piddly Pond), COLLARED DOVE (around C.Farmhouse), 3 YELLOWHAMMERS (Reads Bottom), 7+ LONG-TAILED TITS (by Piddly Pond), 8 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Legal & General), 5+ GOLDFINCHES (Legal & General), STOCK DOVE (C.Farm), 3+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) (Butterflies: (all The Scrub) Small Heath, Speckled Wood, Gatekeeper, Meadow Browns) - DKC et al

Tuesday 30th

4.00pm: 1st-winter GRASSHOPPER WARBLER still showing on & off (brambles behind fence by barns behind C.Farmhouse) (see Gallery) - MSt/RDW
6.41am-3.38pm: 1st-winter GRASSHOPPER WARBLER showing well on & off (brambles behind fence by barns behind C.Farmhouse) (see Gallery), 1+ ROOK flew over (Stoney Nob), c.35 HOUSE MARTINS (c.15 C.Farm, c.20 flew NW just south of The Scrub), c.29 SWALLOWS (c.15 C.Farm, 14+ NW through The Scrub), TREECREEPER (between Piddly Pond & The Scrub), 2 BLACKCAPS (The Scrub), 3 BULLFINCHES (1 Slangs, 1 by Piddly Pond, 1 The Scrub), 3+ GOLDCRESTS (1 Circle Field, 2+ (1+juv) near Piddly Pond), COAL TIT (B.Woods by R.R.Lane entrance), PHEASANT (C.Farm), 2 GREENFINCHES (1 Copt Hill Lane, 1 Legal & General), 4 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Legal & General), 5+ YELLOWHAMMERS (Reads Bottom), KESTREL (Broadfield/Bog Field border), 4 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Watchpoint, 1 approaching The Scrub, 2 The Scrub), 5 NUTHATCHES (1 SE end of Tattenham Meadow, 4 B.Woods), 38+ LINNETS (30+ C.Farm, 8 The Scrub), 8 STOCK DOVES (2 C.Farm, 6 Woodpecker Meadow), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 2 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 10+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm), juv ROBIN (The Scrub) - DKC et al
c.2.00pm: LITTLE OWL (Legal & General) - RSe/RH

Monday 29th

(all C.Farm) ROOK, COMMON WHITETHROAT, 6 HERRING GULLS (Legal & General), 45 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Legal & General), BULLFINCH (Legal & General), CHIFFCHAFF, ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET - DKC/IJ
c.12.30pm: 100+ SWALLOWS, a few HOUSE MARTINS, 2 COMMON BUZZARDS, 40 LINNETS - FJ
(Butterflies: (all Fames Rough) Brown Argus, Common Blue, Meadow Brown, Small White, Small Heath, Red Admiral, Speckled Wood) - IGM

Sunday 28th

7.45am-3.55pm: GREY WAGTAIL flew NW at 8.26am (from C.Farmhouse), 3 SWIFTS (C.Farm), YELLOW WAGTAIL flew west (Watchpoint), 4 WHEATEARS (2 east side of Tart's Field, 2 Infront George Field) (see Gallery), 5+ HOUSE MARTINS (Broadfield), 30+ SWALLOWS (Broadfield), SKYLARK (Infront George Field), COMMON BUZZARD (Death Pit/Broadfield), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), 4 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (2 Skylark Field, 2 flew over C.Farm), c.123 LINNETS (c.120 Broadfield, 3 The Scrub), TREECREEPER (B.Woods between R.R.Lane entrance & Piddly Pond), 2 BULLFINCHES (1 by Piddly Pond, 1 The Scrub), GOLDCREST (by Piddly Pond), COAL TIT (by Piddly Pond), 6+ NUTHATCHES (B.Woods between R.R.Lane entrance & The Scrub), COMMON WHITETHROAT (C.Farm), COLLARED DOVE (C.Farmhouse area), 3 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Watchpoint, 2 The Scrub (1 singing)), YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (The Scrub), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (The Scrub), 48 HERRING GULLS (Skylark Field), 5 BLACK-HEADED GULLS flew over (C.Farm), 5 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) - DKC/RDW
2 WHEATEARS (1 Skylark Field, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), HOUSE MARTIN (Broadfield), 25+ SWALLOWS (Broadfield) - IJ

Saturday 27th

6.28am-c.3.15pm: 3 SWIFTS flew north (The Scrub), WHEATEAR (Skylark Field), 2 ROOKS (Stoney Nob), WILLOW WARBLER (The Scrub), 4 BULLFINCHES (2 The Scrub, 2 by Piddly Pond), 4 GOLDCRESTS (2 (1 juv) just NW of The Scrub, 1 by Piddly Pond (singing), 1 by B.Woods estate access road), 30+ SWALLOWS (C.Farm mainly Broadfield), PHEASANT (C.Farm), 4 TREECREEPERS (2 B.Woods between R.R.Lane & Piddly Pond, 1 just NW of The Scrub, 1 by B.Woods estate access road), 3 BLACKCAPS (1 B.Woods by R.R.Lane entrance, 2 The Scrub), 4 COMMON WHITETHROATS (2 C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), 11 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Watchpoint, 1 Legal & General, 1 Lunch Wood, 1 by Perrotts Farmhouse, 4 The Scrub, 1 Woodpecker Meadow, 2 Valley Meadows), ♀/imm KESTREL (C.Farm), 8 NUTHATCHES (1 Lunch Wood, 7 B.Woods), YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), 2+ COAL TITS (1+ Circle Field, 1 by Piddly Pond), 53 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (52 Legal & General, 1 flew over C.Farm), 2 LINNETS (1 on wall at end of R.R.Lane, 1 The Scrub), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 4+ GREEN WOODPECKERS (3 C.Farm, 1+ The Scrub), 3 STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), 12 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Stoney Nob/Railway Field border) (Dragonflies: Southern Hawker (Piddly Pond). Butterflies: Small Copper (The Scrub), Common Blue (The Scrub), 2 Small Heaths (1 The Scrub, 1 Chipstead Bottom), Brown Argus (The Scrub), 3 Small Whites (1 C.Farm, 2 B.Woods), 2 Speckled Woods (The Scrub), Gatekeeper (The Scrub) - DKC/IJ/IGM
2 WHEATEARS (C.Farm), TAWNY OWL (Ruffett Wood), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 15 SWALLOWS (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (B.Woods), 4 CHIFFCHAFFS (B.Woods), 2 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 3 COAL TITS (B.Woods) - PGo
c95 SWALLOWS, COMMON BUZZARD, c.100 JACKDAWS - RDW

Friday 26th

6.41am-12.07pm: LESSER WHITETHROAT (by barns behind R.R.Cottages), 1st-winter WHEATEAR (on barns behind R.R.Cottages), SKYLARK (Broadfield), 32 SWALLOWS, 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (1 flew over, 1 Legal & General), SPARROWHAWK, PHEASANT, 6 GREENFINCHES (Legal & General), YELLOWHAMMER (Reads Bottom), TREECREEPER (Circle Field), 5 COMMON WHITETHROATS, 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (Broadfield/Harrier Field border), BULLFINCH (Legal & General), STOCK DOVE, PIED WAGTAIL, LINNET, 2 COLLARED DOVES (near C.Farmhouse), 3 NUTHATCHES (1 Lambert's Shaw/Death Pit, 1 C.Wood, 1 Lunch Wood), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 23 HERRING GULLS (Legal & General), 51 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Legal & General), 2 GOLDFINCHES, 7+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Stoney Nob) - DKC

Thursday 25th

6.40am-3.05pm: WHINCHAT (barns behind C.Farmhouse), WHEATEAR (Quail Field), 2 CORMORANTS flew NW (C.Farm), 3 WILLOW WARBLERS (1 near SE end of Ruffett Wood, 1 B.Woods by R.R.Lane entrance, 1 The Scrub), HOBBY (The Scrub), 4 HOUSE MARTINS flew north (The Scrub), LITTLE OWL (Legal & General), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 7 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 1+ juv BULLFINCH (The Scrub), BLACKCAP (The Scrub), LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (B.Woods near R.R.Lane), 5 GOLDCRESTS (4 (3 juvs) just NW of The Scrub, 1 The Scrub), 30+ SWALLOWS (30+ C.Farm mainly Broadfield, 1 The Scrub), 2 COAL TITS (1 Wood Lane, 1 just NW of The Scrub), 4 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 4 YELLOWHAMMERS (Reads Bottom), LINNET (The Scrub), PHEASANT (C.Farm), 2 COLLARED DOVES (1 by C.Farmhouse, 1 flew over The Scrub), 5 COMMON WHITETHROATS (4 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 4+ CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Slangs, 1+ B.Woods near R.R.Lane, 2 The Scrub), 30 HERRING GULLS (Legal & General), 11+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Legal & General etc), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (C.Farm), 4 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), 3+ GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 7 STOCK DOVES (6 C.Farm, 1 flew over CF/BW border), 4 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) (Butterflies: Small Copper (The Scrub), Small Heath (Pipit Meadow), Meadow Browns (The Scrub)) - DKC/PGo
4.43pm-c.6.35pm: SKYLARK (Reads Bottom), c.40 SWALLOWS (mainly Broadfield), 30 LINNETS (flock of 29 flew over Reads Bottom, 1 flew over B.Woods), NUTHATCH (Lunch Wood), PHEASANT (C.Farm), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Lunch Wood), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 The Scrub, 1 Rest Copse), GOLDFINCH (C.Farm), 14 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Quail Field) (Butterflies: Speckled Wood (Lunch Wood). Mammals: Roe Deer (Broadfield)) - PGo/FJ/SD/IGM/DKC

Wednesday 24th

6.43am-2.41pm: GRASSHOPPER WARBLER (west side of The Scrub), WHINCHAT (east side of Tart's Field then on hay bales in Bunting Field), 4 YELLOW WAGTAILS flew south (Skylark Field), 2 WHEATEARS (♂ Bunting Field, ♀/1st-winter Skylark Field), 2 CANADA GEESE flew south (Perrotts by Wood), HOBBY flew over (B.Woods), 2 HOUSE MARTINS flew south (Chipstead Bottom), 20+ SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 2+ SPARROWHAWKS (1 C.Farm, poss same over B.Woods, 1*), 5+ COMMON WHITETHROATS (4+ C.Farm, 1+ The Scrub), TREECREEPER (Circle Field), 6 GOLDCRESTS (5 juvs) (just NW of The Scrub), 3+ BLACKCAPS (1 Tattenham Meadow, 2+ The Scrub), 2 juv BULLFINCHES (The Scrub), 9 CHIFFCHAFFS (4 C.Farm, 4 The Scrub, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), c.26+ LINNETS (c.25 Broadfield, 1 The Scrub), GREENFINCH (Legal & General), PHEASANT (C.Farm), 5 NUTHATCHES (1 Circle Field/Tattenham Meadow, 4 B.Woods), 2 COAL TITS (B.Woods between Piddly Pond & The Scrub), 20+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Legal & General etc), COLLARED DOVE (C.Farm), 4 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (3 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 6 GREEN WOODPECKERS (3 C.Farm, 3 The Scrub), 9 GOLDFINCHES (8 C.Farm, 1 CF/BW at end of R.R.Lane), 3 STOCK DOVES flew over (C.Farm), 12+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (CF/BW border etc), juv ROBIN (The Scrub) (Butterflies: (all The Scrub) Brown Argus, Common Blue, Small White, 5+ Small Heaths, Meadow Browns, Gatekeepers)- DKC

Tuesday 23rd

6.42am-3.37pm: TREE PIPIT landed at 9.50am (by C.Farmhouse), 1st-winter WHEATEAR (Skylark Field), WILLOW WARBLER (The Scrub), LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over (C.Farm), 15+ SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 4 GOLDCRESTS (1 Wood Lane, 3 (2 juvs) just NW of The Scrub), 5+ BULLFINCHES (2 Legal & General, 1 by Piddly Pond, 2+ (1 juv) The Scrub), 5 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 15+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Legal & General etc), 2 TREECREEPERS (B.Woods between Piddly Pond & The Scrub), 4+ YELLOWHAMMERS (2 juvs) (Reads Bottom), 2 NUTHATCHES (1 CF/BW at end of R.R.Lane, 1 by Piddly Pond), 2 COMMON WHITETHROATS (1 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 4 BLACKCAPS (1 Wood Lane, 3 The Scrub), 4 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Lunch Wood, 1 Legal & General, 2 B.Woods), COAL TIT (near Piddly Pond), 3+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Chipstead Road), LINNET (The Scrub), SONG THRUSH (The Scrub), GOLDFINCH (C.Farm), 4 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 3 The Scrub), STOCK DOVE (by Piddly Pond (singing)) - DKC/PGo

Monday 22nd

6.41am-4.20pm: YELLOW WAGTAIL flew over at 7.43am (Watchpoint), WILLOW WARBLER (The Scrub), LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob/Railway Field border), 7+ SWALLOWS (1 flew over C.Farm, 6+ flew over The Scrub), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 3 BLACKCAPS (2 Legal & General, 1 by Piddly Pond), 5+ GOLDCRESTS (3+ (2+ juvs) just NW of The Scrub, 2 The Scrub), KESTREL (Woodpecker Meadow), 4+ BULLFINCHES (1 by Piddly Pond, 3+ (1 juv) The Scrub), 10 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), 5 TREECREEPERS (1 SE end of Tattenham Meadow, 4 B.Woods), 6 COMMON WHITETHROATS (5 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 3+ CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Lunch Wood, 2+ The Scrub (1 singing)), COLLARED DOVE (Copt Hill Lane (singing)), 5 NUTHATCHES (1 Lunch Wood, 4 B.Woods), 4 COAL TITS (1 C.Farm, 3 just NW of The Scrub), 6 LINNETS (2 flew over CF/BW at end of R.R.Lane, 4 The Scrub), 8+ GOLDFINCHES (6+ C.Farm, 2 CF/BW at end of R.R.Lane), 4 STOCK DOVES (1 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub, 2 flushed from Chipstead Bottom), 3 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub area), 5 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (4 Legal & General, 1 flew over The Scrub), 5+ GREEN WOODPECKERS (3+ C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), 3+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (2+ C.Farm, 1 B.Woods) - DKC

Sunday 21st

WILLOW WARBLER (near Perrotts Farmhouse) - SG
7.54am-3.35pm: 2 HOBBIES hawking (Valley Meadows), WILLOW WARBLER (The Scrub), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), GOLDCREST (B.Woods near car park), TREECREEPER (just NE of The Scrub), SKYLARK (Skylark Field), 3 BLACKCAPS (The Scrub), 10 COMMON WHITETHROATS (9 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 5+ BULLFINCHES (1+ Legal & General, 1 by Piddly Pond, 2 The Scrub, 1 B.Woods near car park), 4 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Lunch Wood, 1 The Scrub, 2 Valley Meadows), 8 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 2+ ♂ PHEASANTS (Broadfield/Horse Pasture border), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 6+ GREENFINCHES (5+ Copt Hill Lane, 1 Legal & General), 3+ LONG-TAILED TITS (1+ The Scrub, 2+ B.Woods near car park), 4 NUTHATCHES (1 Lunch Wood, 3 B.Woods), 4+ GREEN WOODPECKERS (1+ C.Farm, 3 B.Woods), 8 LINNETS (4 C.Farm, 4 The Scrub), STOCK DOVE (C.Farm), 4 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (1 flew over C.Farm, 3 flew over The Scrub), 6 GOLDFINCHES (2 C.Farm 4 CF/BW at end of R.R.Lane), 2+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) - DKC

Saturday 20th

no reported sightings

Friday 19th

6.44am-12.11pm: 2 WILLOW WARBLERS (1 Circle Field, 1 SE end of Broadfield), 3 COMMON BUZZARDS (Gunman's Shaw then 2 of these NW end of B.Woods), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), GOLDCREST (B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance), 2 TREECREEPERS (B.Woods between R.R.Lane & Piddly Pond), 12+ SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 6 NUTHATCHES (2 C.Wood/Circle Field, 1 Lunch Wood, 1 SE end of Ruffett Wood, 2 B.Woods near R.R.Lane), PHEASANT (C.Farm), 3 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 6 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 1 near Piddly Pond), 4 COAL TITS (3 Circle Field, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance), 6 COMMON WHITETHROATS (C.Farm), 6 CHIFFCHAFFS (5 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), GREENFINCH (Copt Hill Lane), 2+ LINNETS (C.Farm), GOLDFINCH (C.Farm), 2 BLACK-HEADED GULL (Legal & General), 2 STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), 4+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm - 1+ of which then B.Woods) (Butterflies: (all C.Farm) Small Whites, Meadow Browns, Gatekeepers) - DKC

Thursday 18th

6.40am-3.37pm: YELLOW WAGTAIL seen in flight twice (C.Farm), 2 juv SPARROWHAWKS (1 Harrier Field etc, 1 Steep Banks), COMMON BUZZARD (Death Pit), 2 KESTRELS (1 around R.R.Cottages, 1 Lunch Banks/Perrotts by Wood), 3 BULLFINCHES (near Piddly Pond), 8+ HOUSE MARTINS flew through (Skylark Field), 30+ SWALLOWS (Broadfield/Horse Pasture), GOLDCREST (B.Woods near R.R.Lane), NUTHATCH (near Piddly Pond), LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL*, 5 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Lunch Wood, 1 Tawny Wood, 2 B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance, 1 The Scrub), PHEASANT (C.Farm), YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), BLACK-HEADED GULL (Legal & General)), 5+ LINNETS (4+ C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Lambert's Shaw), 5 GREEN WOODPECKERS (3 C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), 7 GOLDFINCHES (6 C.Farm, 1 CF/BW at end of R.R.Lane), 3+ STOCK DOVES (2+ C.Farm, 1 near Piddly Pond (singing)), 9+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) (Mammals: 3 Roe Deer (2 Tattenham Meadow, 1 Broadfield). Butterflies: Red Admiral (Legal & General), Speckled Wood (Stoney Nob), Gatekeeper (Legal & General)) - DKC

Wednesday 17th

6.44am-9.20am/2.20pm-4.05pm: 2 TREE PIPITS circled at 8.15am (Skylark Field/Harrier Field), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), SWALLOW (C.Farm), GOLDCREST (Copt Hill Lane), SKYLARK (C.Farm), 6 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 3 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Slangs, 1 Lunch Wood, 1 B.Woods by R.R.Lane entrance), PHEASANT (C.Farm), 6 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 2 COAL TITS (1 Circle Field, 1 Copt Hill Lane), 3 NUTHATCHES (1 NE end of Broadfield, 1 C.Wood/Aberdour School, 1 B.Woods), 10 COMMON WHITETHROATS (9 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods by R.R.Lane), 2 COLLARED DOVES (flew across Bunting Field), 3+ LONG-TAILED TITS (B.Woods by R.R.Lane entrance), 2 STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (juv & 2 ads) (Legal & General), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Pages Acre), 4 LINNETS (C.Farm), 4 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 10+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) (Butterflies: Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown) - DKC

Tuesday 16th

2.56pm-5.35pm: COMMON BUZZARD (Broadfield), 12+ SWALLOWS (C.Farm), BULLFINCH (The Scrub), ♀/imm KESTREL (C.Farm), LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over (Valley Meadows), 2 COMMON WHITETHROATS (The Scrub), 9 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), CHIFFCHAFF (The Scrub), NUTHATCH (B.Woods), YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), 5 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 4 The Scrub), 6+ LINNETS (2 C.Farm, 4+ The Scrub), 2+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Broadfield) - DKC

Monday 15th

6.38am-10.06am: (all C.Farm) HOUSE MARTIN, SKYLARK (Infront George Field), 3 BLACKCAPS (♂ Circle Field, 2 Legal & General), SPARROWHAWK, BULLFINCH (Copt Hill Lane/Legal & General), GOLDCREST (Circle Field), 2 SWALLOWS (Legal & General/Infront George Field), 2 COMMON WHITETHROATS, 13 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Circle Field, 1 Copt Hill Lane), 3 YELLOWHAMMERS, 7 LINNETS, 4 GREENFINCHES (1 Doric Drive, 3 Legal & General), 3 NUTHATCHES (1 Circle Field/Tattenham Meadow, 1 Pages Acre, 1 Lunch Wood), COAL TIT (Circle Field), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Stoney Nob/Railway Field), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 4 GOLDFINCHES, 3 STOCK DOVES, 13 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Butterflies: Gatekeeper) - DKC
(photos of Hobby from yesterday added to Gallery)

Sunday 14th

7.50am-6.32pm: 4 SAND MARTINS (3 flew over R.R.Cottages, 1*), MEADOW PIPIT flew over (C.Farm), 5+ ROOKS (5 flew over C.Farm then 1*), 2+ HOBBIES (ad & juv) (B.Woods then 1*), 5+ SWIFTS (3+ C.Farm, 2+*), c.47 SWALLOWS (c.27 C.Farm, c.20*), 3 SPARROWHAWKS (1 around Watchpoint, 1 over Perrotts by Wood, 1*), 2 KESTRELS (1 Broadfield, 1 Chipstead Bottom), COMMON BUZZARD*, 11 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 2 BULLFINCHES (The Scrub), 2 TREECREEPERS (1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane, 1 south of orchard), GOLDCREST (south of orchard), 3 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 7 LINNETS (C.Farm), 2 GREENFINCHES (Legal & General), 4 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 SE end of Tattenham Meadow, 1 Lunch Wood, 1 The Scrub, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), LONG-TAILED TIT (The Scrub), 6 NUTHATCHES (1 SE end of Tattenham Meadow, 5 B.Woods), 6 COAL TITS (1 by Wood Lane cottages, 2 Circle Field, 3 B.Woods), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 4 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 2 B.Woods), 2 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Legal & General), COLLARED DOVE (Legal & General/Skylark Field), 4 STOCK DOVES (3 C.Farm (1 singing), 1 south of orchard (singing)), ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET (C.Farm) - RDW/DKC/IJ
10.40am-c.11.00am: 4 SAND MARTINS (Skylark Field), KESTREL (C.Farm), 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew over (C.Farm), 2 COMMON WHITETHROATS (R.R.Cottages), CHIFFCHAFF (Ruffett Wood), 8 SWALLOWS (Broadfield), 3 LONG-TAILED TITS (Ruffett Wood), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 2 NUTHATCHES (1 Ruffett Wood, 1 near Watchpoint), 3 LINNETS (Skylark Field), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 Pages Acre, 1 near Watchpoint), COLLARED DOVE (C.Residential), 4 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), STOCK DOVE (C.Farm), 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Pheasant Field) - ME
HOBBY (B.Woods), 2 BULLFINCHES (B.Woods Short Route) - CA

Saturday 13th

6.33am-3.30pm: HOBBY (B.Woods), SWIFT (over B.Woods near orchard), SPARROWHAWK (over Rest Copse/Valley Meadows), 3 KESTRELS (2 (1+ juv) Lunch Banks, juv Holly Lane Meadow), 6 BULLFINCHES (4 Legal & General, 1 Piddly Pond, 1 The Scrub), SKYLARK (C.Farm), LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over (Legal & General), 4+ GOLDCRESTS (1 just NW of The Scrub, 1 south of orchard, 2+ (1+ juv) near Scouts camp), 12 SWALLOWS flew south (Stoney Nob/Legal & General), 2 TREECREEPERS (1 south of orchard, 1 near Scouts camp), 2 COAL TITS (1 just west of The Scrub, 1 near Scouts camp), 3 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 5 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 2 BLACKCAPS (1 Stoney Nob/Railway Field, ♀ Stoney Nob/Infront George Field), 5 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 4 COMMON WHITETHROATS (2 C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), PHEASANT (C.Farm), 9 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Reads Bottom, 1 Slangs, 1 just NW of The Scrub, 2 The Scrub, 1 Valley Meadows, 1 near B.Woods car park, 1 Rest Copse, 1 Woodpecker Meadow/Chipstead Bottom), GREENFINCH (Legal & General), 13 LINNETS (6 C.Farm, 7 The Scrub), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 17 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Legal & General), 4 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), 7 GOLDFINCHES (5 C.Farm (inc 2+ juvs), 2 CF/BW at end of R.R.Lane), 6 STOCK DOVES (4 C.Farm (1 singing), 2 B.Woods (singing)), 20 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (8 Stoney Nob, 12 Rest Copse) (Butterflies: Brown Argus (The Scrub), 4+ Small Heaths (1 Lunch Wood, 3+ The Scrub), 2 Common Blues (Slangs), Gatekeepers, Meadow Browns, Small Whites (B.Woods). Mammals: ♂ Roe Deer (Stoney Nob)) - DKC

Friday 12th

1.31pm-3.36pm: 2 CROSSBILLS flew SSE at 1.39pm (Pipit Meadow/Ruffett Wood), 2 KESTRELS (1 barns behind C.Farmhouse, 1 Lunch Banks), 2 SWALLOWS (Watchpoint), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Tawny Wood, 1 B.Woods near caravan site), 10 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 2 NUTHATCHES (1 Lambert's Shaw, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance), 3+ COMMON WHITETHROATS (C.Farm), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Residential, 1 B.Woods), 2 LINNETS (C.Farm), GREEN WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 4 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), STOCK DOVE (Ruffett Wood), 1+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET (C.Farm) (Butterflies: 2 Speckled Woods (1 near R.R.Cottages, 1 Ruffett Wood/Green Belt Field), 2 Gatekeepers (1 Watchpoint, 1 by Poultry Field), 7 Small Whites)) - DKC

Thursday 11th

6.40am-3.01pm: juv PEREGRINE 2.18pm-2.38pm (over Death Pit/Lambert's Shaw) (see Gallery), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), SWIFT (C.Farm), 15+ HOUSE MARTINS (C.Farm), 30+ SWALLOWS (30+ C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 3 BULLFINCHES (1 by Piddly Pond, 2 The Scrub), 4 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 17+ LINNETS (9+ C.Farm, 8 The Scrub), ♀ BLACKCAP (Piddly Pond), 11 PIED WAGTAILS (10 Legal & General, 1 flew over Broadfield), 3 GOLDCRESTS (2 juvs & ad) (near Piddly Pond), 8 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Ivy Wood, 1 Tawny Wood, 1 Lunch Wood, 1 Death Pit/Lambert's Shaw, 4 The Scrub), PHEASANT (C.Farm), 2 COMMON WHITETHROATS (1 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 2 COLLARED DOVES (flew over Perrotts Farmhouse area), 2 COAL TITS (1 by Piddly Pond, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance), 4 NUTHATCHES (2 B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance, 2 near Piddly Pond), GREENFINCH (Legal & General), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 5 GREEN WOODPECKERS (3 C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), 13 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Legal & General), SONG THRUSH (The Scrub), 3+ LONG-TAILED TITS (2+ near Piddly Pond, 1+ The Scrub), 15 STOCK DOVES (4 C.Farm, 11 flew over The Scrub), 12 GOLDFINCHES (5 C.Farm, 7 CF/BW at end of R.R.Lane), 3+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) (Butterflies: 3 Speckled Woods (2 Lunch Wood, 1 west side of Broadfield), 3 Meadow Browns (The Scrub), 2 unidentified blues (1 Lunch Wood, 1 near R.R.Cottages)) - DKC

Wednesday 10th

6.40am-3.09pm: WHINCHAT till 7.50am only (north side of Horse Pasture) (see Gallery), WILLOW WARBLER (near derelict barn), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (1 Gunman's Shaw, 1*), 2 SPARROWHAWKS (1 The Scrub, 1 Broadfield/Buzzard Field), ♀/imm KESTREL (Infront George Field then Legal & General), TREECREEPER (south side of Tattenham Meadow), 5+ BULLFINCHES (1 Legal & General/Infront George Field, 1 Copt Hill Lane, 1+ Piddly Pond, 2+ The Scrub), GOLDCREST (Circle Field), 2 BLACKCAPS (♂ Legal & General, ♀ Slangs), 4+ CHIFFCHAFFS (2+ Legal & General (1 singing), 1 just north of The Scrub, 1 The Scrub), c.10 SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 8 PIED WAGTAILS (2 juvs) (Legal & General), 4 NUTHATCHES (1 Circle Field/Tattenham Meadow, 1 Legal & General, 2 B.Woods), ♀ PHEASANT (flew across Broadfield), 2 COAL TITS (1 Circle Field, 1 B.Woods near The Scrub), 4 YELLOWHAMMERS (1 juv, 3 ♂) (C.Farm), 4 LINNETS (2+ C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), 2 GREENFINCHES (1 juv, 1 ♂) (Legal & General), 100+ JACKDAWS (Lambert's Shaw), 10 COMMON WHITETHROATS (9 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 18 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Legal & General), 6 GREEN WOODPECKERS (4 C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), 5 STOCK DOVES (4 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods (singing)), 9+ GOLDFINCHES (6+ C.Farm, 3 CF/BW at end of R.R.Lane), 2+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (1+ C.Farm, 1 B.Woods) (Butterflies: Small Copper (The Scrub), Holly Blue (The Scrub), Brown Argus (The Scrub), Common Blue (The Scrub), Small Heath (The Scrub), 2 Meadow Browns (The Scrub), Speckled Wood (B.Woods), 2+ Gatekeepers (1 NW end of Broadfield, 1 The Scrub)) - DKC

Tuesday 9th

6.45am-3.31pm: 7 CANADA GEESE flew over (C.Farm), GREY HERON flew over (C.Farm), 5 HOUSE MARTINS (C.Farm), 15+ SWALLOWS (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), KESTREL (Lunch Banks), 2 TREECREEPERS (1 Wood Lane, 1 Lunch Wood), 2 BULLFINCHES (1 near Piddly Pond, 1 The Scrub), 2 GOLDCRESTS (Circle Field), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (B.Woods), 7 YELLOWHAMMERS (1 ♀, 1 juv) (C.Farm), 1+ LONG-TAILED TIT (B.Woods), 5 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Ivy Wood, 1 Tawny Wood, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane, 2 The Scrub), 3 NUTHATCHES (1 Tattenham Meadow, 1 Gunman's Shaw, 1 B.Woods), 4 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 3 B.Woods), PHEASANT (C.Farm), GREENFINCH (near Watchpoint), 7 LINNETS (2 C.Farm, 5 The Scrub), 9 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Legal & General), STOCK DOVE (C.Farm), 5 COMMON WHITETHROATS (C.Farm), 7 GOLDFINCHES (5 C.Farm, 2 CF/BW at end of R.R.Lane), 4 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (3 C.Farm, 1 flew through B.Woods near Piddly Pond) (Butterflies: Small Heath (The Scrub), 2 Common Blues (The Scrub), 4 Meadow Browns (B.Woods), 5 Speckled Woods (1 by derelict barn, 1 Infront George Field, 3 B.Woods)) - DKC

Monday 8th

6.44am-3.35pm: 2 HOBBIES (B.Woods), 2 WILLOW WARBLERS (juv east end of Bog Field, 1 SE end of Broadfield (subsinging)), 20+ HOUSE MARTINS (C.Farm), 40+ SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 2 SPARROWHAWKS (1 mobbed by hirundines & landed in Oak at Horse Pasture/Broadfield border, juv calling B.Woods), 2 PHEASANTS (Lunch Wood/Perrotts by Wood), COMMON BUZZARD*, BLACKCAP (Tattenham Meadow), 6 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 SE of Broadfield, 5 B.Woods), 5 ♂ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm (singing)), 8 PIED WAGTAILS (7 Legal & General (1 juv), 1 flew from north end of Broadfield), 6 COMMON WHITETHROATS (5 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 2 TREECREEPERS (1 by Wood Lane cottages, 1 south of orchard), 4+ GOLDCRESTS (3+ SW of orchard, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance), COAL TIT (B.Woods), 4 NUTHATCHES (1 Wood Lane, 3 B.Woods), 3 STOCK DOVES (2 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 2+ LINNETS (1+ C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (C.Farm), 8 GREEN WOODPECKERS (4 C.Farm, 4 B.Woods), 21 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Legal & General), 11 GOLDFINCHES (5 C.Farm, 6 CF/BW at end of R.R.Lane), 6+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) (no sign of Firecrest B.Woods at TQ 264 582) (Butterflies: Purple Hairstreak (The Scrub/Woodpecker Meadow border), 3 Small Heaths (The Scrub), Red Admiral (near Reads Rest Cottages), 2 Meadow Browns (1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane, 1 The Scrub), 2 Gatekeepers (1 The Scrub, 1 near Reads Rest Cottages)) - DKC

Sunday 7th

7.30am-4.12pm: ♂ FIRECREST (mobile & elusive) (B.Woods west of Scouts camp - TQ 264 582) (see Gallery), 2+ HOBBIES (ad & juv) B.Woods (see Gallery), poss same ad C.Farm), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (C.Farm), 20+ SWIFTS (C.Farm), 4 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew over (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 5+ HOUSE MARTINS (C.Farm), 60+ SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 5 GOLDCRESTS (4 near orchard, 1 just NW of The Scrub), 3 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 2 BULLFINCHES (1 Piddly Pond, 1 The Scrub), 8 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 3 TREECREEPERS (2 near orchard, 1 near R.R.Lane entrance), PHEASANT (C.Farm), 5 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 2 COLLARED DOVES (1 near orchard (singing), 1 by Perrotts Farmhouse), 3 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), ♀ BLACKCAP (barns behind C.Farmhouse), 3 CHIFFCHAFFS (B.Woods), COAL TIT (B.Woods Nature Trail near estate), 11 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (10 Legal & General, 1 flew over C.Farm), 2 COMMON WHITETHROATS (C.Farm), 5+ LINNETS (C.Farm), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 Lunch Wood, 1 B.Woods), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 7 STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), freshly fledged BLACKBIRD (The Scrub), 5 GOLDFINCHES (2 C.Farm, 3 CF/BW at end of R.R.Lane), c.17 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) (Butterflies: 2 Red Admirals (1 Lunch Wood, 1 near R.R.Cottages), Gatekeeper (The Scrub), Meadow Brown (The Scrub), 2+ Speckled Woods (1 Legal & General, 1+ B.Woods). Mammals: ♂ Roe Deer (Perrotts by Wood/B.Woods)) - DKC/RDW
LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), 3 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Chipstead Meadow, 2 B.Woods), 1+ COMMON WHITETHROAT (near Legal & General) (Butterflies: Chalkhill Blue (Valley Meadows), Marbled White (Sheep Brow), 4 Common Blues (Sheep Brow), 2 Brown Argus (mating) (Sheep Brow). Plants: several Autumn Gentians (Sheep Brow)) - PGo

Saturday 6th

6.29am-4.00pm: TREE PIPIT flew west at 9.42am (C.Farm), 1st-winter WHEATEAR (barns behind C.Farmhouse) (see Gallery), ROOK (C.Farm), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (B.Woods), 2+ HOUSE MARTINS (C.Farm), 11+ SWIFTS (C.Farm), 40+ SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 2 GOLDCRESTS (just NW of The Scrub), 3 BULLFINCHES (1 Reads Bottom, 1 near Piddly Pond, 1 The Scrub), 8 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), SKYLARK (C.Farm), 9+ YELLOWHAMMERS (5 ♂, 1 ♀, 3+ juvs) (C.Farm), KESTREL (Lunch Banks), 2 TREECREEPERS (1 near R.R.Lane entrance to B.Woods, 1 near Piddly Pond), 5 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 by Ivy Wood, 1 Legal & General, 3 The Scrub), PHEASANT (C.Farm), 4 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), COAL TIT (near Piddly Pond), COLLARED DOVE (C.Farm), SONG THRUSH (B.Woods), 2 GREENFINCHES (1 around Watchpoint, 1 Legal & General), 3+ LINNETS (C.Farm), 7 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Legal & General), 3+ GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (2+ C.Farm, 1+ B.Woods), 7 GREEN WOODPECKERS (6 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 2 STOCK DOVES (1 Stoney Nob (singing), 1 The Scrub (singing)), 21+ GOLDFINCHES (18+ C.Farm, 3 CF/BW at end of R.R.Lane), 5 COMMON WHITETHROATS (C.Farm), 4+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) (Butterflies: 2 Speckled Woods (1 near derelict barn, 1 Slangs), 6 Gatekeepers (1 Legal & General, 5 Slangs)) - DKC

Friday 5th

6.42am-10.41am: BULLFINCH (Pages Acre), SWIFT (C.Farm), GOLDCREST (NE end of Ruffett Wood), 9 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 2 NUTHATCHES (1 Circle Field, 1 Lunch Wood), ♀ KESTREL (C.Farm), 4 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Legal & General), 2 STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), COAL TIT (Circle Field), PHEASANT (C.Farm), 8 YELLOWHAMMERS (1 juv) (C.Farm), 2 ♀/juv BLACKCAPS (Poultry Field/Green Belt Field), 3 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Lambert's Shaw still, 2 (ad & juv) Legal & General still), SONG THRUSH (B.Woods), COLLARED DOVE (C.Farm), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (C.Farm), 5 GREEN WOODPECKERS (4 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 3 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 7 LINNETS (C.Farm), 3 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) (Butterflies: 2 Gatekeepers (1 Legal & General, 1 Slangs)) - DKC

Thursday 4th

6.41am-12.05pm: (all C.Farm) HOBBY (flew along Death Pit towards Ruffett Wood), 18+ SWALLOWS (Broadfield), 4 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (3 (2 ads & 1 1st-winter) Legal & General, ad flew over), 17 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), KESTREL (flushed from inside barn near C.Farmhouse), CHIFFCHAFF (Lambert's Shaw), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS, 18 HERRING GULLS (Legal & General), 42 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Legal & General), GREEN WOODPECKER, 2+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Pages Acre), LINNET, COMMON WHITETHROAT (barns near C.Farmhouse), 5 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC

Wednesday 3rd

6.40am-3.02pm: 6+ HOUSE MARTINS (5 flew south over Woodpecker/The Scrub, 1+ over Pipit Meadow), 9 SWALLOWS flew high north (flocks of 7 & 2) (C.Farm), 3+ SWIFTS (2 flew over Pipit Meadow, 1*), 3 COMMON BUZZARDS (1 over The Scrub, 2*), 22 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 3 BULLFINCHES (2 around Piddly Pond, 1 The Scrub), GOLDCREST (B.Woods), 2 KESTRELS (1 Steep Banks, 1 Green Belt Field/Ruffett Wood), 2 COAL TITS (Circle Field), 6 NUTHATCHES (1 Circle Field, 1 Lunch Wood, 1 Lambert's Shaw, 1 Gunman's Shaw, 2 B.Woods), 7 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 10+ LINNETS (9+ C.Farm, 1 flew over Woodpecker Meadow), PHEASANT (C.Farm), 6 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 near R.R.Cottages, 1 Legal & General, 1 Tawny Wood, 3 B.Woods), 2 GREENFINCHES (1 west 1/2 of C.Lane, 1 Legal & General), 5+ GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Residential, 1 Lunch Wood, 2 flew from Death Pit to Legal & General, 1+ B.Woods), 6 GREEN WOODPECKERS (5 C.Farm (2 juvs - Legal & General), 1 around Piddly Pond), 1+ LONG-TAILED TIT (B.Woods), 5 BLACK-HEADED GULLS flew over (C.Farm), 6 COMMON WHITETHROATS (C.Farm), SONG THRUSH (C.Farm), 7 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 2+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm), juv DUNNOCK (The Scrub), juv ROBIN (Slangs) (Butterflies: Purple Hairstreak (Perrotts by Wood), Comma (Slangs), Red Admiral (R.R.Lane at Lunch Wood), Speckled Woods, Small Whites, Gatekeepers, Meadow Browns) - DKC

Tuesday 2nd

6.42am-3.37pm: ROOK (Lambert's Shaw), LITTLE OWL (Horse Pasture/Broadfield border), SPARROWHAWK (north end of Broadfield), 1+ ♀ KESTREL (C.Farm), 2 BULLFINCHES (The Scrub), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS*, 2+ TREECREEPERS (1 Slangs, 1+ near Piddly Pond), 6 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 2 NUTHATCHES (1 Pages Acre, 1 B.Woods), SKYLARK (C.Farm), 6 CHIFFCHAFFS (2 (1 juv) Legal & General, 4 B.Woods), 6 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 6 LINNETS (C.Farm), PHEASANT (C.Farm), single group of 42+ HERRING GULLS flew low over (C.Farm), 5 GREENFINCHES (2 flew north from Wood Lane, 1 around C.Farmhouse, 1 Copt Hill Lane, 1 Legal & General), 2 BLACK-HEADED GULLS flew over (C.Farm), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Stoney Nob/Lunch Wood), 5 GREEN WOODPECKERS (3 C.Farm, 2 B.Woods), 1+ LONG-TAILED TIT (B.Woods between R.R.Lane entrance & Piddly Pond), 6+ COMMON WHITETHROATS (C.Farm), 3+ STOCK DOVES (2+ C.Farm (inc.1 singing Stoney Nob), 1 B.Woods (singing)), 12+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (6+ C.Farm, 6+ Rest Copse) (Butterflies: Ringlet (worn - The Scrub), Speckled Woods, Gatekeepers, Meadow Browns (C.Farm), Small Whites (C.Farm)) - DKC
(Butterflies: late news Tues 26th July: ♀ Purple Emperor (Fames Rough)) - GH et al

Monday 1st

6.44am-3.37pm: 2 SPARROWHAWKS (1 Legal & General, 1 The Scrub), 2+ BULLFINCHES (1 Legal & General, 1+ Piddly Pond/The Scrub), 1+ ♀ KESTREL (C.Farm), GOLDCREST (Circle Field), 3 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 7 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 3 TREECREEPERS (1 Pages Acre, 1 near Piddly Pond, 1 B.Woods Nature Trail near estate), 4 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Legal & General (singing), 3 B.Woods), ♀ BLACKCAP (SE corner of Tattenham Meadow), 5 COMMON WHITETHROATS (C.Farm), 6 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 17 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (16 Legal & General, 1 flew over C.Farm), 2+ LINNETS (C.Farm), 5+ LONG-TAILED TITS (B.Woods), 5+ COAL TITS (2 Wood Lane, 1 Tattenham Meadow, 1+ Circle Field, 1 Chipstead Road), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farm), PHEASANT (C.Farm), 2 GREENFINCHES (1 around C.Farmhouse, 1 Legal & General), 5 GREEN WOODPECKERS (3 C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), STOCK DOVE (Stoney Nob (singing)), 2 SONG THRUSHES (1 Ivy Wood, 1 Stoney Nob/Legal & General), 8+ GOLDFINCHES (7+ C.Farm, 1+ CF/BW at end of R.R.Lane), 15+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (single flock C.Farm) (Butterflies: 10+ ♂ Chalkhill Blues (Valley Meadows), Small Copper (Valley Meadows), Red Admiral (Chipstead Bottom), 2+ Common Blues (1 The Scrub, 1 Valley Meadows), Speckled Woods, Large White (B.Woods), Small White (C.Farm), Gatekeepers, Meadow Browns) - DKC

July 2011

All sightings are appreciated and will be useful in the writing of the annual bird reports, please email your sightings to canonsfarmbirds@hotmail.co.uk.
BOLD = rare for CFBW - BOLD & RED = first for CFBW. * = bird out of recording area but viewed from it.

Sunday 31st

small family group of TREECREEPERS (near Piddly Pond), COMMON WHITETHROATS feeding juvs (near Legal & General), juv STOCK DOVE (near Fames Rough) (Butterflies: (19 species) 3 Dingy Skippers (Fames Rough), Small Skipper, 2 Small Tortoiseshells (C.Farm), 2 Red Admirals, Peacock, 2 Commas, Small Heaths, 2 Marbled Whites (Woodpecker Meadow), Speckled Woods, Meadow Browns, Ringlet (Circle Field), Gatekeepers, 7 Brown Argus (4 Fames Rough, 3 Pipit Meadow), 3 Common Blues (Fames Rough), 2 Holly Blues, Small White, Large White, Green-veined White, Brimstone) - PGo
(all Legal & General) LITTLE OWL, 19 PIED WAGTAILS, BLACKCAP, 4 GREEN WOODPECKERS - CA
8.02am-9.13am: 2 YELLOWHAMMERS, 2 COAL TITS (1 Aberdour School, 1 Circle Field), 2 SONG THRUSHES (Aberdour School), GREEN WOODPECKER, BLACK-HEADED GULL flew over, GOLDFINCH, juv DUNNOCK (Bunting Field) - DKC

Saturday 30th

12.56pm-c.6.00pm: SWALLOW (Perrotts by Wood), BULLFINCH (Fames Rough), 2 KESTRELS (Perrotts by Wood/B.Woods), 3 SWIFTS (Perrotts by Wood/B.Woods), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), GOLDCREST (B.Woods), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Woodpecker Meadow/The Scrub, 1 Fames Rough), 10+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Fames Rough), 2 NUTHATCHES (Fames Rough), COAL TIT (Fames Rough), GREEN WOODPECKER (Fames Rough), 3 STOCK DOVES (1 B.Woods (singing), 2 over Slangs), 2 LINNETS (C.Farm), PHEASANT (C.Farm), BLACK-HEADED GULL (Legal & General), 1+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET (Stoney Nob) (Butterflies: (17 species) Silver-washed Fritillary (Fames Rough), 2 Dingy Skippers (Fames Rough), 4+ Purple Hairstreaks (Perrotts by Wood), Small Copper (Fames Rough), 2 Marbled Whites (Woodpecker Meadow), c.10 Common Blues (Fames Rough), 4 Commas (1 B.Woods, 3 Lunch Wood), 5+ Small Heaths (Fames Rough), 5+ Brown Argus (Fames Rough), 2 Peacocks (Fames Rough), c.10 Brimstones (mainly Fames Rough), 5+ Speckled Woods, 10+ Gatekeepers, 5+ Small Whites, Red Admiral (Lunch Wood), 2+ Large Whites (Lunch Wood), 5+ Meadow Browns) - DKC/IGM
2 LITTLE OWLS at c.8.15pm (Legal & General) - CA
juv SPARROWHAWK calling (B.Woods between posts 16 & 17), ♂ BULLFINCH (The Scrub) (Butterflies: 2 Silver-washed Fritillaries c.100 metres from orchard at B.Woods, ♂ Chalkhill Blue (B.Woods car park/Valley Meadows)) - IPW
(freshly dead Roe Deer fawn of substantial size at west side of Infront George Field with evidence of injury around neck - likely killed by a dog - all dogs should be kept under close control as requested by signs around the recording area, and the Countryside Code, to avoid such disturbance to/destruction of wildlife and in respect of other people, as well as to prevent damage to crops)

Friday 29th

7.49am-1.09pm: (all C.Farm) GREY WAGTAIL flew east at 9.30am, ROOK (Lambert's Shaw/Death Pit), COMMON BUZZARD (Steep Banks), 2 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), BLACK-HEADED GULL (Legal & General), 3 GREENFINCHES (2 C.Farmhouse, 1 Legal & General), 5 YELLOWHAMMERS, 3+ SKYLARKS, 7+ LINNETS, TREECREEPER (Lambert's Shaw/Pages Acre), 4 NUTHATCHES (1 Lambert's Shaw/Pages Acre, 1 Ruffett Wood/Pages Acre, 1 C.Wood, 1 Lunch Wood), 3 COAL TITS (1 Pages Acre, 1 Aberdour School, 1 Tawny Wood), CHIFFCHAFF (Tawny Wood), PHEASANT, 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 3 COMMON WHITETHROATS, 2 STOCK DOVES, SONG THRUSH (Tattenham Meadow (singing)), 7+ GOLDFINCHES, 3 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Butterflies: Red Admiral (Watchpoint), Speckled Wood (between Harrier Field & Bog Field)) - DKC
(all C.Farm) 2 KESTRELS, GOLDFINCHES, family group of COMMON WHITETHROATS (Infront George Field/Skylark Field border) (Butterflies: Speckled Wood, Gatekeeper, Small Heath) - CA

Thursday 28th

9.10am-3.10pm: (all C.Farm) WHINCHAT till 2.45pm at least (north side of Horse Pasture) (see Gallery), juv STONECHAT till 2.45pm at least (north side of Horse Pasture) (see Gallery), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS, 2+ KESTRELS, 3 YELLOWHAMMERS, BLACKCAP (Watchpoint), CHIFFCHAFF (Death Pit/Lambert's Shaw), 2 COMMON WHITETHROATS, STOCK DOVE (Ivy Wood (singing)), GREEN WOODPECKER, SWIFT, 1+ LONG-TAILED TIT (Pages Acre), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (west side of Broadfield), LINNET, GOLDFINCH, ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET - DKC
WHINCHAT still at 7.15pm (north side of Horse Pasture), juv STONECHAT still at 7.15pm (north side of Horse Pasture) - NR
(butterfly, moth & plant photos from Tuesday added to 'Wildlife' page)

Wednesday 27th

7.15am-10.48am: (all C.Farm) WILLOW WARBLER (Watchpoint (singing)), GREY HERON flew over, LITTLE OWL (Horse Pasture/Broadfield border), 16+ SWALLOWS, 8 PIED WAGTAILS (1 juv) (Legal & General), 2 GOLDCRESTS (1 Wood Lane cottages, 1 Circle Field/Tattenham Meadow), TREECREEPER (Pages Acre), 35 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Legal & General), 4 GREENFINCHES (1 flew over Tattenham Meadow, 1 west end of C.Lane, 1 near C.Farmhouse, 1 around Legal & General), 5 YELLOWHAMMERS, PHEASANT, 2 COAL TITS (1 Wood Lane cottages, 1 Circle Field), 2 NUTHATCHES (1 Lambert's Shaw, 1 north end of Broadfield), 3 SKYLARKS, 8 LINNETS, 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 6 COMMON WHITETHROATS, 8+ GOLDFINCHES, 2 SONG THRUSHES (1 Ivy Wood, 1 near C.Farmhouse), 5 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC

Tuesday 26th

6.39am-3.54pm: MEADOW PIPIT flew over at 9.46am (C.Farm), GREY HERON flew over (C.Farm), LITTLE OWL (Legal & General), LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over (C.Farm), 2 BULLFINCHES (Legal & General), 3+ HOUSE MARTINS (Legal & General/Infront George Field), 4 TREECREEPERS (1 Ivy Wood, 1 Pages Acre, 1 Railway Field/Legal & General, 1 B.Woods), 25 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (1 juv) (Legal & General), 10+ SWALLOWS (C.Farm), KESTREL (Perrotts by Wood), 5 PIED WAGTAILS (1 barns by C.Farmhouse, 4 Legal & General), SKYLARK (C.Farm), 3 GREENFINCHES (1 Chipstead Road, 1 Legal & General, 1 C.Farmhouse), COAL TIT (Fames Rough), 6+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 3+ LINNETS (C.Farm), 4 NUTHATCHES (1 Ruffett Wood, 1 Legal & General, 1 Slangs/Lunch Wood, 1 Fames Rough), 4+ GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (3 C.Farm, 1+ B.Woods), 5 STOCK DOVES (4 C.Farm, 1 Fames Rough (singing)), PHEASANT (C.Farm), CHIFFCHAFF (Slangs), 5+ GREEN WOODPECKERS (4+ C.Farm, 1+ B.Woods), 4 SONG THRUSHES (2 (1 juv) Pages Acre, 1 near C.Farmhouse, 1 B.Woods), 2 BLACKCAPS (1 Legal & General, 1 B.Woods (singing)), 7 COMMON WHITETHROATS (C.Farm), 6 GOLDFINCHES (4 C.Farm, 2 CF/BW at end of R.R.Lane), 14+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm), 2 juv DUNNOCKS (1 Bog Field, 1 Legal & General) (Moths: Hummingbird Hawkmoth (Fames Rough), Six-spot Burnet (Fames Rough), Pyrausta nigrata (Fames Rough). Butterflies: Dingy Skipper (Fames Rough), Purple Hairstreak (Perrotts by Wood), Small Copper (Fames Rough), 2+ Brown Argus (Fames Rough), 4+ Gatekeepers (1 Legal & General, 1 Lunch Wood, 2+ Fames Rough), Peacock (Fames Rough), Red Admiral (Perrotts by Wood), 2 Ringlets (1 Legal & General, 1 Fames Rough), 10+ Common Blues (Fames Rough), 5+ Meadow Browns (2+ Legal & General, 3+ Fames Rough), Brimstone (Fames Rough), Small Heath (Fames Rough), Small Skipper (Fames Rough), 1+ Small White (Fames Rough), 2+ Large Whites (1+ Legal & General, 1+ Fames Rough)) - DKC/IGM

Monday 25th

8.52am-11.17am: (all C.Farm) LITTLE OWL calling (Horse Pasture/Broadfield border), TREECREEPER (Pages Acre), GOLDCREST (Pages Acre), 3 YELLOWHAMMERS, LONG-TAILED TIT (Pages Acre), 8 GOLDFINCHES, SONG THRUSH (Ivy Wood), 5 LINNETS (Butterflies: 2 Speckled Woods (1 Infront George Field/Skylark Field, 1 C.Lane c.50 metres beyond C.Farm Cottages)) - DKC
2 LITTLE OWLS (Legal & General) - DMcN

Sunday 24th

7.11am-2.32pm: 2 BULLFINCHES (1 Legal & General, 1+ Piddly Pond/The Scrub), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS*, 2 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), GOLDCREST (just NW of The Scrub), TREECREEPER (B.Woods between R.R.Lane & Piddly Pond), 3 NUTHATCHES (1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance, 2 by Piddly Pond), 9 SWALLOWS (C.Farm), YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), 7 LINNETS (5 C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), COLLARED DOVE (C.Farm), 42 BLACK-HEADED GULLS flew over (C.Farm), 2 STOCK DOVES (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods (singing)), 2 GREENFINCHES (1 C.Farmhouse, 1 The Scrub), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 by The Scrub), 4+ CHIFFCHAFFS (B.Woods), 6 GREEN WOODPECKERS (3 C.Farm, 3 B.Woods), 3+ GOLDFINCHES (2+ CF/BW at end of R.R.Lane, 1 The Scrub), 7 COMMON WHITETHROATS (4 C.Farm, 3 The Scrub) (Butterflies: Comma (R.R.Lane at Poultry Field/Perrotts by Wood), Brimstone (Infront George Field/Skylark Field), Speckled Wood (Stoney Nob), 3 Red Admirals (1 Infront George Field/Skylark Field, 1 Watchpoint, 1 west side of Broadfield)) - DKC/IJ
2 BULLFINCHES (Slangs) - PGo

Saturday 23rd

6.06am-11.52am: WILLOW WARBLER (The Scrub), LITTLE OWL (on large barn by Reads Rest Cottages), 1+ BULLFINCH (Piddly Pond/The Scrub), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 2 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 2 TREECREEPERS (B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance), 2 GOLDCRESTS (1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance, 1 just NW of The Scrub), 2 COAL TITS (1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance, 1 just NW of The Scrub), 4+ NUTHATCHES (2+ B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance, 2 The Scrub), 2 GREENFINCHES (1 C.Farmhouse, 1 Legal & General), 2 BLACK-HEADED GULLS flew over (C.Farm), 4 SWALLOWS (C.Farm), HOUSE MARTIN (C.Farm), 5+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 4 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 3 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 Lunch Wood, 2 The Scrub), 4 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub, 1 CF/BW near end of R.R.Lane), 2+ LONG-TAILED TITS (B.Woods), 9+ LINNETS (2+ C.Farm, 7 B.Woods), 4 CHIFFCHAFFS (B.Woods), 4 GOLDFINCHES (3 C.Farm, 1 CF/BW at top of R.R.Lane), 3 SONG THRUSHES (1 Reads Bottom, 2 B.Woods), 4 COMMON WHITETHROATS (C.Farm), 3+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (2+ C.Farm, 1 over The Scrub) (Butterflies: 2 Gatekeepers (1 Reads Bottom, 1 The Scrub)) - DKC/IJ

Friday 22nd

6.43am-10.13am: (all C.Farm) GREY HERON flew over, 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew over, KESTREL, 42 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (29 Legal & General, 13 flew over), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS, 2 HOUSE MARTINS, 5+ SWALLOWS, 6+ LINNETS, 3 SKYLARKS, SONG THRUSH (Tattenham Meadow), 3 COMMON WHITETHROATS, GREEN WOODPECKER, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Buzzard Field), CHIFFCHAFF (Bog Field), ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET - DKC

Thursday 21st

7.15am-3.37pm: SAND MARTIN at 9.32am (Broadfield/Lunch Wood), SPARROWHAWK (Watchpoint), 11 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 3+ BULLFINCHES (1 Legal & General, 2+ The Scrub/Piddly Pond), ♀ KESTREL (barns by C.Farmhouse), 10+ HOUSE MARTINS (C.Farm), 16+ SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 3 TREECREEPERS (1 Pages Acre, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance, 1 near Piddly Pond), 6 NUTHATCHES (1 Circle Field area, 1 Pages Acre, 1 Ruffett Wood, 1 just north of The Scrub, 1 B.Woods between R.R.Lane & Piddly Pond, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance), COAL TIT (B.Woods between R.R.Lane entrance & Piddly Pond), 13 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (10 Legal & General, 2 flew over C.Farm), 5 ♂ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm (singing)), 3 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 7 LINNETS (4 C.Farm, 3 The Scrub), 2 PHEASANTS (C.Farm), 3 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 Aberdour School, 1 flew to Legal & General, 1 The Scrub), 11+ GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 Pages Acre, 3 (2 juvs) Legal & General, 2+ Broadfield area, 1 by caravan site, 1 Perrotts by Wood, 3 (1+ juv) The Scrub), 3 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 NW end of Ruffett Wood (singing), 2 B.Woods), 3+ LONG-TAILED TITS (2+ B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance, 1 The Scrub), 3 COMMON WHITETHROATS (C.Farm), 3 BLACKCAPS (1 C.Farm, 2 (1♀) B.Woods), 2 SONG THRUSHES (1 Ivy Wood (singing), 1 Valley Meadows (singing)), 14 GOLDFINCHES (10 C.Farm, 4 CF/BW at end of R.R.Lane), 3+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm), 400+ WOODPIGEONS (C.Farm) - DKC

Wednesday 20th

8.21am-3.12pm: MISTLE THRUSH (Legal & General), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), ♀ KESTREL (C.Farm), 12 PIED WAGTAILS (1 Watchpoint, 11 Legal & General), c.25 HOUSE MARTINS (C.Farm), 3 GOLDCRESTS (1 north side of The Scrub, 2 (ad +juv) NE end of Ruffett Wood), 3 TREECREEPERS (1 just north of Circle Field, 1 near Piddly Pond, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance), 5 NUTHATCHES (1 just north of Circle Field, 4 B.Woods), 3 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 4 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 2 GREENFINCHES (1 C.Farmhouse, 1 Legal & General), 3 SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 17 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (2 flew over C.Farm, 15 Legal & General), 6 LINNETS (C.Farm), PHEASANT (C.Farm), 3 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 Pages Acre, 1 by C.Farmhouse, 1 west side of B.Woods), 3+ GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 horse paddocks by Pages Acre, 1+ west side of B,.Woods/Perrotts by Wood), 3 BLACKCAPS (2 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), COMMON WHITETHROAT (C.Farm), 4 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Tawny Wood (calling), 3 B.Woods), LONG-TAILED TIT (B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance), 2 SONG THRUSHES (1 Ivy Wood, 1 The Scrub), 5 GOLDFINCHES (3 C.Farm, 2 CF/BW at top of R.R.Lane) - DKC

Tuesday 19th

7.23am-3.39pm: juv STONECHAT at 8.37am only (Watchpoint), HOBBY (B.Woods), MISTLE THRUSH (Legal & General), 2 SPARROWHAWKS (1 C.Farm, 1*), 4 BULLFINCHES (2 Legal & General/Infront George Field, 2 The Scrub), ♀ KESTREL (C.Farm), 6+ TREECREEPERS (1+ Circle Field, 1 The Scrub, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance, 1 near Piddly Pond, 1+ B.Woods Nature Trail near estate, 1 near Scouts camp), 4 COAL TITS (1 Ivy Wood, 1 Circle Field, 1 Pages Acre, 1 near Scouts camp), 6 GOLDCRESTS (1 Ivy Wood (singing), 2 Circle Field, 1 near orchard, 1 just NW of The Scrub, 1 B.Woods Nature Trail near estate), 5 NUTHATCHES (1 Circle Field, 1 Death Pit, 3 B.Woods), 6 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Legal & General), 5 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), PHEASANT (C.Farm), 6+ HOUSE MARTINS (C.Farm), 2 SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 3 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 4+ LINNETS (3+ C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (near Piddly Pond), 10+ GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 Pages Acre, 6 (3+ juvs) Legal & General, 2+ The Scrub/Piddly Pond), 6 CHIFFCHAFFS (B.Woods), 5 COMMON WHITETHROATS (C.Farm), 3 BLACKCAPS (1 Ivy Wood, 2 B.Woods), 4+ LONG-TAILED TITS (2+ Ivy Wood, 2+ Chipstead Road), 3 SONG THRUSHES (1 Ivy Wood, 1 between C.Farmhouse & R.R.Cottages, 1 Legal & General), 9 STOCK DOVES (5 C.Farm (inc 1 singing (Ivy Wood)), 4 B.Woods (singing)), c.11 GOLDFINCHES (c.10 C.Farm, 1 CF/BW end of R.R.Lane), ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET (C.Farm) (Butterflies: Brown Argus (Valley Meadows), Gatekeeper (Lunch Wood/Broadfield), Marbled White (Valley Meadows), Red Admiral (Watchpoint), Brimstone (Valley Meadows)) - DKC

Monday 18th

6.43am-3.10pm: 2 SAND MARTINS at 10.44am (Broadfield), MEADOW PIPIT flew SE, WILLOW WARBLER (The Scrub), 1+ BULLFINCH (Piddly Pond/The Scrub), LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), ♀ KESTREL (C.Farm), 3 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 3 TREECREEPERS (B.Woods), 8 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (7 flew over C.Farm, 1 Legal & General), COAL TIT (B.Woods), 3 NUTHATCHES (1 Tattenham Meadow/Circle Field, 2 B.Woods), 4 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 2 PHEASANTS (C.Farm), GREENFINCH (Legal & General), 3+ HOUSE MARTINS (C.Farm), 9+ SWALLOWS (C.Farm), GOLDCREST (Tattenham Meadow/Circle Field), 2 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 5 LINNETS (3 C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), 3 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 Infront George Field, 2 B.Woods), 7 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 (ad+juv) horse paddocks by Pages Acre, 1 Legal & General, 4 The Scrub (2+juvs)), 4 CHIFFCHAFFS (B.Woods), 7 STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), 5 GOLDFINCHES (3 C.Farm, 2 top of R.R.Lane), 3 COMMON WHITETHROATS (C.Farm), 3 BLACKCAPS (2 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 2 SONG THRUSHES (1 Ivy Wood, 1 The Scrub), 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) (Butterflies: Red Admiral (Infront George Field)) - DKC

Sunday 17th

8.22am-3.36pm: (all C.Farm) juv PEREGRINE at 8.50am (around Lambert's Shaw), 2 SPARROWHAWKS, GREY HERON flew over, 6+ LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew over, ♀ KESTREL, TREECREEPER (Pages Acre), 3 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 15+ HOUSE MARTINS, 30+ SWALLOWS, 4 BLACK-HEADED GULLS flew over, COAL TIT (Aberdour School), 4 YELLOWHAMMERS, 2 SKYLARKS, 2 LINNETS, 1+ GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 20+ STOCK DOVES (Stoney Nob), GREENFINCH (Legal & General/Infront George Field), 2 GOLDFINCHES, 2 COMMON WHITETHROATS, SONG THRUSH (Ivy Wood), 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC/RDW

Saturday 16th

4.30pm-5.55pm: (all C.Farm) COMMON BUZZARD, 2 KESTRELS, 9 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew over, 5+ HOUSE MARTINS, 5 SWALLOWS, ♀ PHEASANT, 5 YELLOWHAMMERS, 2 SKYLARKS, LINNET, juv GREEN WOODPECKER (Legal & General), COMMON WHITETHROAT, 4 GOLDFINCHES, 2 STOCK DOVES - DKC/IJ

Friday 15th

6.44am-3.07pm: juv PEREGRINE at 2.45pm (over Holly Lane), GREY HERON*, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over (Green Belt Field), 3 KESTRELS (2 Legal & General/Railway Field, 1 Chipstead Bottom), 2 BULLFINCHES (1 Legal & General/Infront George Field, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance), 5 YELLOWHAMMERS (1 juv) (C.Farm), SWALLOW (east end of R.R.Lane), 2 PHEASANTS (C.Farm), 3 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 8+ LINNETS (3+ C.Farm, 5 The Scrub), 4 TREECREEPERS (1 Legal & General, 1 just north of Circle Field, 1 Lambert's Shaw, 1 west of B.Woods car park), 4 COAL TITS (2 Circle Field, 2 B.Woods), 7 NUTHATCHES (1 Canons Wood, 6 B.Woods), 4 GOLDCRESTS (1 Wood Lane, ad feeding juv just north of Circle Field still, juv NE end of Ruffett Wood), 2 COLLARED DOVES (C.Farm), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (C.Farm), 5+ GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 3+ B.Woods), 6 CHIFFCHAFFS (B.Woods), 5 STOCK DOVES (1 Green Belt Field, 4 B.Woods), 14 GOLDFINCHES (10 C.Farm, 4 C.Farm/B.Woods at top of R.R.Lane), 3 SONG THRUSHES (1 Ivy Wood, 2 B.Woods), 3 BLACKCAPS (2 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 6 COMMON WHITETHROATS (5 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET (C.Farm) (Butterflies: Small Skipper (Valley Meadows), 2 Speckled Woods (1 Legal & General, 1 B.Woods west of car park), Brimstone (near Scouts camp), 6 Marbled Whites (1 Legal & General, 1 The Scrub, 4 Valley Meadows), 2 Red Admirals (1 Reads Bottom, 1 B.Woods)) - DKC

Thursday 14th

6.46am-3.32pm: juv PEREGRINE flushing Woodpigeons at 3.03pm (north end of Broadfield), ♀ TAWNY OWL calling (near Piddly Pond), SPARROWHAWK (Fames Rough), 2 KESTRELS (♀ C.Farm, 1 flew over Valley Meadows), 1+ BULLFINCH (Piddly Pond/The Scrub etc), SWALLOW (flew out of barn by Perrotts Farmhouse), 2 ad BLACK-HEADED GULLS flew over (C.Farm), 4 TREECREEPERS (2 just north of Circle Field, 1 Lambert's Shaw/Pages Acre, 1 by Piddly Pond), 4 COAL TITS (1 Ivy Wood, 1 by Wood Lane cottages, 1 Pages Acre, 1 B.Woods), 4 NUTHATCHES (1 Circle Field, 2 Lambert's Shaw/Pages Acre, 1 B.Woods), 1+ PHEASANT (C.Farm), 6 YELLOWHAMMERS (5♂+1♀) (C.Farm), 2 GOLDCRESTS (1 near NE entrance to The Scrub, 1 east end of The Scrub (singing)), 3 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 2 COLLARED DOVES flew over (C.Farm), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Lunch Wood), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 2 B.Woods), 9+ LINNETS (7+ C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), 9+ CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Lambert's Shaw (singing), 8+ B.Woods (2 juvs (The Scrub))), 4 COMMON WHITETHROATS (C.Farm), 2 BLACKCAPS (B.Woods), 8 GOLDFINCHES (3 juvs) (near derelict barn), 3 SONG THRUSHES (1 Ivy Wood, 1 near C.Farmhouse, 1 Lunch Wood), ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET (C.Farm) (Butterflies: Silver-washed Fritillary showing well (Fames Rough) (see Wildlife page for photo), Brown Argus (Fames Rough), Peacock (Fames Rough), Comma (Fames Rough), ♂ Holly Blue (The Scrub), Brimstone (Fames Rough), 2 Small Skippers (The Scrub), 2 Gatekeepers (1 The Scrub, 1 Fames Rough), Marbled White (The Scrub), 3 Red Admirals (B.Woods)) - DKC

Wednesday 13th

6.40am-11.41am: (all C.Farm) YELLOW WAGTAIL still at 9.10am calling (over Harrier Field); SAND MARTIN at c.9.24am (around derelict barn), 3 MEADOW PIPITS till 7.45am then flew north (barns behind C.Farmhouse), HOBBY flew low west at 9.25am (Horse Pasture/Harrier Field etc), SPARROWHAWK with prey, KESTREL, MISTLE THRUSH (Legal & General), 2+ HOUSE MARTINS, 2+ SWALLOWS, subad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over, PIED WAGTAIL (Legal & General), 17 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (5 flew over, 12 (2 juvs) Legal & General), ♂ GREENFINCH (Legal & General (singing)), 4 YELLOWHAMMERS, 5+ SKYLARKS, 4+ LINNETS, juv COAL TIT (Circle Field), 4 GOLDCRESTS (ad feeding 3 juvs) (Circle Field), TREECREEPER (Circle Field), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Pages Acre), 4 GREEN WOODPECKERS, PHEASANT, 5 COMMON WHITETHROATS, 5+ GOLDFINCHES, 2+ STOCK DOVES, 1+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET - DKC
6 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 5 The Scrub (2+ juvs)) - IJ

Tuesday 12th

6.43am-3.42pm: YELLOW WAGTAIL (flew to Broadfield at 8.53am then to Skylark Field/Bunting Field border at 8.57am then to south end of Broadfield at 9.23am), 3 MEADOW PIPITS dropped in at c.8.50am (by derelict barn) (see Gallery), WILLOW WARBLER (The Scrub (calling)), 3 ad summer BLACK-HEADED GULLS flew over (1 C.Farm, 1 Woodpecker Meadow, 1*), juv KESTREL (Lunch Wood/Broadfield), 2+ BULLFINCHES (1+ Legal & General/Infront George Field, 1 by Piddly Pond), 3+ TREECREEPERS (1 just north of Circle Field, 1 Lunch Wood, 1 near Piddly Pond), 2 COAL TITS (1 Pages Acre, 1 near Piddly Pond), 5 NUTHATCHES (1 Pages Acre, 1 Lambert's Shaw, 1 Lunch Wood, 2 B.Woods), 4+ GOLDCRESTS (ad+2+juvs Wood Lane cottages, 1 just north of Circle Field), 4 SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 5 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 2 PHEASANTS (C.Farm), 4+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 6+ LINNETS (4+ C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), 4 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (3 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 5 GREEN WOODPECKERS (3 C.Farm, 2 The Scrub (1 juv)), GREENFINCH (C.Farmhouse (singing)), 3 SONG THRUSHES (1 Ruffett Wood (singing), 1 by C.Farmhouse, 1 The Scrub (singing)), 4+ LONG-TAILED TITS (2+ Chipstead Road, 2+ by Piddly Pond), 11 GOLDFINCHES (10 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), c.52 STOCK DOVES (c.50 Stoney Nob, 2 The Scrub), 6 CHIFFCHAFFS (B.Woods), 3 COMMON WHITETHROATS (C.Farm), 5 BLACKCAPS (2 C.Farm, 3 B.Woods), 3+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) (Butterflies: Gatekeeper (Wood Lane)) - DKC
SPARROWHAWK (low over Infront George Field) - IJ

Monday 11th

(Butterflies: Dark Green Fritillary at 12.20pm (Holly Lane Meadow) (see Wildlife), probable Silver-washed Fritillary pursued by Comma (Fames Rough), 21 Marbled Whites (7 Holly Lane/Holly Lane Meadow, 6 Outwood Lane, 8 Woodpecker Meadow), many Red Admirals (mainly Buzzard Field/Pages Acre); Small Coppers, Gatekeepers & Large Skippers (mainly Holly Lane Meadow & The Scrub)) - IPW

Sunday 10th

7.54am-11.02am: (all C.Farm) 9 CROSSBILLS flew south at 9.25am (C.Farmhouse), 2+ SAND MARTINS (C.Farmhouse area), 2 LITTLE OWLS (ad+juv) (Legal & General), SPARROWHAWK (over C.Farmhouse area), 2 PIED WAGTAILS (1 C.Farmhouse area, 1 Legal & General), 3 HOUSE MARTINS, SWALLOW, 4 GOLDCRESTS (ad feeding 3 juvs) (just north of Circle Field), TREECREEPER (just north of Circle Field), 2 COAL TITS (ad (singing)+juv) (just north of Circle Field), NUTHATCH (Lambert's Shaw), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS, 2 SKYLARKS, 2 LINNETS, GREENFINCH (C.Farmhouse), SONG THRUSH (Ivy Wood), 4+ BLACKCAPS (inc 2+ juvs (just north of Circle Field)), GREEN WOODPECKER (Pages Acre), 4 COMMON WHITETHROATS, juv DUNNOCK (Watchpoint) (Butterflies: Marbled White (Legal & General)) - DKC
LITTLE OWL (Legal & General), juv GOLDCREST (Legal & General small car park) - FJ/SD

Saturday 9th

6.30am-3.17pm: ad summer BLACK-HEADED GULL flew over (C.Farm), ♀ KESTREL (C.Farm), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (C.Farm), 2 BULLFINCHES (1 The Scrub, 1 near estate), 3+ HOUSE MARTINS (C.Farm), 5+ SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 2 TREECREEPERS (1 near Piddly Pond, 1 near estate), 6 COAL TITS (1 Aberdour School, 5 B.Woods), 3 NUTHATCHES (1 Pages Acre, 2 B.Woods), 4+ GOLDCRESTS (1 Ivy Wood (singing), 3+ (inc 2+ juvs) Nature Trail near estate), 5+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 8+ LINNETS (5 C.Farm, 3+ (2+ fresh juvs) The Scrub), 3 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), GREENFINCH (The Scrub (singing)), PHEASANT (B.Woods), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (B.Woods), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 Ivy Wood, 1 Tawny Wood, 1 The Scrub), 3+ GOLDFINCHES (3+ C.Farm - poss diff over B.Woods), 2 COLLARED DOVES (C.Farm), 6+ LONG-TAILED TITS (4 Ruffett Wood, 2+ near orchard), 4 STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), 5 SONG THRUSHES (3 C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), 6 BLACKCAPS (1 C.Farm, 5 B.Woods), 7 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Ruffett Wood, 6 B.Woods), 5 COMMON WHITETHROATS (C.Farm), 4+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) (Butterflies: 2 Red Admirals (B.Woods), 3 Marbled Whites (1 Legal & General, 1 Woodpecker Meadow, 1 Valley Meadows), Comma (Woodpecker Meadow), 2 Ringlets (mating pair) (Chipstead Bottom), blue sp (Woodpecker Meadow)) - DKC

Friday 8th

11.32am-3.46pm: (all C.Farm) GREY HERON flew over, 2 BULLFINCHES (Legal & General), 4 PIED WAGTAILS (♂+♀+2 juvs) (Legal & General), 80+ STOCK DOVES (80+ Stoney Nob, 1 Ivy Wood (singing)), ♀ KESTREL, 16+ SWALLOWS, 4 HOUSE MARTINS, COAL TIT (Pages Acre), NUTHATCH (Pages Acre), 2 SKYLARKS, 3 YELLOWHAMMERS, 5+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Pages Acre), SONG THRUSH (Ivy Wood), COMMON WHITETHROAT (Butterflies: Gatekeeper (Chipstead Road)) - DKC

Thursday 7th

9.28am-1.32pm: COMMON GULL flew over at 10.58am (Perrotts by Wood), GREY HERON flew over (C.Farm), MISTLE THRUSH (Legal & General), LITTLE OWL (Legal & General), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 2 KESTRELS (C.Farm), WILLOW WARBLER (The Scrub), 6 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), BULLFINCH (The Scrub), 7+ HOUSE MARTINS (C.Farm), c.22 SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 3 SKYLARKS (2 C.Farm, 1 Chipstead Bottom), 2 GREENFINCHES (1 Legal & General, 1 The Scrub), YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), SONG THRUSH (The Scrub), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (B.Woods), BLACKCAP (B.Woods), 2 GOLDFINCHES (1 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 5 LINNETS (C.Farm), PHEASANT (C.Farm), 3 COMMON WHITETHROATS (2 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub) - DKC/IJ

Wednesday 6th

9.54am-3.34pm: 10+ HOUSE MARTINS (C.Farm), c.10 SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 2 BULLFINCHES (1 Legal & General/Infront George Field, 1 NW of The Scrub), 6 PIED WAGTAILS (3 juvs, 2♂+1♀) (Legal & General), 5 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 4 SKYLARKS (3 C.Farm, 1 over Fames Rough (singing)), GREENFINCH (The Scrub (singing)), PHEASANT (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (near R.R.Lane entrance to B.Woods), 3 LINNETS (C.Farm), COAL TIT (near Piddly Pond), 2+ GOLDCRESTS (ad +1+juv) (just north of Circle Field), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), GOLDFINCH (C.Farm), 3 CHIFFCHAFFS (B.Woods), 2 BLACKCAPS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), COMMON WHITETHROAT (C.Farm) (Dragonflies: 2 Southern Hawkers (♂+♀) (NW of The Scrub). Butterflies: 2 Commas (1 Green Belt Field, 1 B.Woods), Small/Essex Skipper (Fames Rough), 5 Red Admirals (B.Woods), Small Tortoiseshell (Pipit Meadow), 3 Marbled Whites (1 Legal & General, 1 Reads Bottom, 1 The Scrub)) - DKC
KESTREL (by derelict barn), 80+ HOUSE SPARROWS (Skylark Field/Quail Field border) - IJ

Tuesday 5th

9.52am-3.29pm: 2 KESTRELS (C.Farm), 5 TREECREEPERS (1 just north of Circle Field, 1 Pages Acre, 1 by Piddly Pond, 2 (ad feeding juv) NW corner of The Scrub), PIED WAGTAIL (Legal & General/Infront George Field), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (The Scrub), 3 STOCK DOVES (2 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 4 GOLDCRESTS (ad feeding 3 juvs) (just north of Circle Field), 2 COAL TITS (1 Circle Field, 1 by Piddly Pond), SWALLOW (around Perrotts Farmhouse), 2+ LONG-TAILED TITS (by Piddly Pond), 4 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 2 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 2 LINNETS (C.Farm), 4+ NUTHATCHES (2 north side of Circle Field, 1 west side of Green Belt Field, 1+ B.Woods), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 4 BLACKCAPS (2 C.Farm, 2 B.Woods), 5 CHIFFCHAFFS (B.Woods), 2 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm) (Butterflies: Silver-washed Fritillary (around Piddly Pond), 3 Marbled Whites (2 The Scrub, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), 2 Commas (1 Tattenham Meadow, 1 Infront George Field), Red Admiral (near Piddly Pond), Speckled Wood (Pages Acre), 2 Small Skippers (The Scrub), 2 Small Tortoiseshells (1 Infront George Field/Skylark Field border, 1 Pipit Meadow)) - DKC

Monday 4th

2.32pm-8.26pm: WILLOW WARBLER still (Bog Field/Harrier Field border), ♀ TAWNY OWL calling (Ruffett Wood), ♀ KESTREL (C.Farm), BULLFINCH (Legal & General), juv PIED WAGTAIL (Infront George Field/Skylark Field border), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), 2 HOUSE MARTINS (Legal & General), 2 GREENFINCHES (Legal & General), 3 ♂ PHEASANTS (C.Farm), SWALLOW (C.Farm), LINNET (C.Farm), 7+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), COLLARED DOVE (Copt Hill Lane), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (B.Woods), 2 STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (C.Farm), c.10 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 2 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), CHIFFCHAFF (B.Woods (singing)), SONG THRUSH (B.Woods (singing)), 2 BLACKCAPS (C.Farm), 3 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) (Butterflies: Common Blue (Copt Hill Lane)) - DKC

Sunday 3rd

SPOTTED FLYCATCHER late afternoon (Infront George Field/Skylark Field border) - CA
10.53am-2.08pm: HOBBY (over & around Lunch Wood), 4 WILLOW WARBLERS (adult & 3 fledglings) (Bog Field/Harrier Field), KESTREL (mainly around Lunch Wood), TREECREEPER (Pages Acre), NUTHATCH (Gunman's Shaw), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 Stoney Nob, 1 Ruffett Wood), CHIFFCHAFF (B.Woods), juv GOLDCREST (Circle Field), STOCK DOVE (displaying over Slangs), 3 PHEASANTS (C.Farm), 5 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), LINNET (C.Farm), GREENFINCH (C.Farmhouse), 4 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 5 COMMON WHITETHROATS (C.Farm) (Butterflies: Comma (Watchpoint), 2 Small Tortoiseshells (1 Watchpoint, 1 R.R.Lane at Poultry Field), 2 Marbled Whites (around Lunch Wood)) - DKC
GARDEN WARBLER with food (The Scrub) (Butterflies: Silver-washed Fritillary (Fames Rough)) - PGo

Saturday 2nd

9.27am-3.36pm: 2 LITTLE OWLS (Horse Pasture/Broadfield border), 7 PIED WAGTAILS (1 over Bog Field, 6 (4 juvs) Legal & General), 1+ BULLFINCH (The Scrub), 2 WILLOW WARBLERS (The Scrub), 6 YELLOWHAMMERS (inc freshly fledged juv) (C.Farm), 3+ SWALLOWS (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (Pages Acre), COAL TIT (B.Woods), 4 NUTHATCHES (1 west side of Green Belt Field, 1 Ruffett Wood, 2 B.Woods), 2 ♂ PHEASANTS (1 Green Belt Field, 1 Bog Field), STOCK DOVE (The Scrub), GREENFINCH (C.Farmhouse), SKYLARK (C.Farm), LINNET (C.Farm), 8 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Tawny Wood, 7 B.Woods), 5+ GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 Legal & General, 1 Lambert's Shaw, 3 B.Woods), 4 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), SONG THRUSH (Pages Acre (singing)), 4 BLACKCAPS (C.Farm), 6+ COMMON WHITETHROATS (5+ C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 4 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) (Butterflies: 3 Red Admirals (1 Pheasant Field, 1 Pipit Meadow, 1 The Scrub), 10+ Marbled Whites (7+ Legal & General, 1 by Lunch Wood, 1 The Scrub, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), Small Tortoiseshell (Pipit Meadow). Mammals: ♀ Roe Deer (Infront George Field)) - DKC

Friday 1st

9.54am-1.10pm: 2+ BULLFINCHES (1 NE end of Ruffett Wood, 1+ Piddly Pond/The Scrub), 4 TREECREEPERS (B.Woods), 7 COAL TITS (1 Ivy Wood, 1 Circle Field, 1 Tawny Wood, 4 B.Woods), 3 GOLDCRESTS (1 Circle Field (singing), 2 just NW of The Scrub (singing)), 3 NUTHATCHES (1 NE end of Ruffett Wood, 2 B.Woods), 6 SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 4 LINNETS (The Scrub), 5 ♂ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 2 STOCK DOVES (1 Ivy Wood (singing), 1 The Scrub), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Ruffett Wood, 1 B.Woods), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 Ruffett Wood, 2 The Scrub (inc juv)), PHEASANT (C.Farm), 1+ LONG-TAILED TIT (near Piddy Pond), GOLDFINCH (C.Farm), 3 BLACKCAPS (2 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 5 COMMON WHITETHROATS (4 C.Farm (inc juv), 1 Woodpecker Meadow) (Butterflies: Small Heath (The Scrub), 2 Marbled Whites (The Scrub), Brimstone (The Scrub), Small Skipper (The Scrub), Large Skipper (Green Belt Field). Plants: 2 Musk Mallows (The Scrub)) - DKC

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