Canons Farm & Banstead Woods Birds

March 2012

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. See Map for locations mentioned here (some are old local names, some we have made up).

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

Saturday 31st

7.30am-5.30pm: RED KITE flew over at c11.15am-11.20am (found by PGo) (C.Farm), ♀ WHEATEAR (around barns by C.Farmhouse), 5 GREYLAGS flew NW (B.Woods), 2 CANADA GEESE flew over (C.Farm), 4 MALLARDS flew over (C.Farm), GREY HERON flew over (C.Farm), 6 COMMON BUZZARDS (4 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods, 1*), 2♂ BLACKCAPS (1 Copt Hill Lane, 1 B.Woods), 2 SPARROWHAWKS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), 2 KESTRELS (1 C.Farm, 1 Woodpecker Meadow/Valley Meadows), 2 PIED WAGTAILS (♂+♀) (Legal & General), 2 BULLFINCHES (The Scrub), 2 TREECREEPERS (together just NW of The Scrub), 10+ REDWINGS (B.Woods), 30+ FIELDFARES*, 15+ MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm mainly around Quail Field), ad BLACK-HEADED GULL flew over (B.Woods), 8 ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew over (6 C.Farm, 2 B.Woods), 5+ CHIFFCHAFFS (B.Woods), 14+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 15+ LINNETS (C.Farm), 5+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), PHEASANT (B.Woods), GOLDCREST (near NE end of B.Woods (singing)), 4 NUTHATCHES (1 Lunch Wood, 3 B.Woods), 2 COAL TITS (B.Woods (singing)), 4 LONG-TAILED TITS (The Scrub), 5 STOCK DOVES (2 C.Farm, 3 B.Woods), 4+ GREENFINCHES (C.Farm), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 3 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm (drumming), 2 B.Woods), 9 GOLDFINCHES (4 C.Farm, 4 CF/BW at end of R.R.Lane, 1 east side of B.Woods), 11+ SONG THRUSHES (10+ C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), c15 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (c5 C.Farm, 10 B.Woods), c115 STARLINGS (Legal & General) - DKC/IJ/RDW/PGo et al

Friday 30th

♂ REED BUNTING briefly (near C.Farmhouse), c15 CROSSBILLS flew WSW at 4.35pm (Watchpoint), LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER (The Scrub), 2 CANADA GEESE flew over at 8.03am (C.Farm), 3♂ BLACKCAPS (1 Legal & General/Infront George Field, 1 Legal & General small car park, 1 B.Woods (all singing)), 2 MALLARDS flew over (C.Farm), 23 FIELDFARES (C.Farm), 2 SPARROWHAWKS (♀ C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 3 LITTLE OWLS (2 east side of Horse Pasture, 1 Stoney Nob), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (1 C.Farm, 1 flew over The Scrub), 2 KESTRELS (1 C.Farm, 1 Woodpecker Meadow/The Scrub), 6+ CHIFFCHAFFS (B.Woods), BULLFINCH (The Scrub), COLLARED DOVE (C.Residential), 2♂ PHEASANTS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), c5 MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 2 TREECREEPERS (1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane, 1 by The Scrub), 2 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), c9 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), c5 LINNETS (C.Farm), 5+ NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 2 COAL TITS (near The Scrub (singing)), 6+ GOLDFINCHES (5+ C.Farm, 1 flew over Woodpecker Meadow) 5+ GREEN WOODPECKERS (3 C.Farm, 2+ The Scrub), 3 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 2 B.Woods), 2 LONG-TAILED TITS (Infront George Field/Skylark Field (nest-building)), 8+ STOCK DOVES (2 C.Farm, 6+ B.Woods (1 singing)), ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET (B.Woods) (Butterflies: 1+ Orange Tip (The Scrub/Woodpecker Meadow), Peacock (B.Woods)) - DKC/RD/IS/PW
(Butterflies: (all Kingswood Residential) Holly Blue, 8+ Orange Tips, Small Tortoiseshell, Brimstone) - FJ

Thursday 29th

♀ BLACK REDSTART showing on & off throughout day (around barns behind C.Farmhouse but elusive) (see Gallery), 23 FIELDFARES flew south (C.Farm), 2 CANADA GEESE flew over at 10.09am (C.Farm), 2 MALLARDS flew over (C.Farm), MISTLE THRUSH (Legal & General), 2 PIED WAGTAILS (♂+♀) (Legal & General), 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 east side of Horse Pasture, 1 Stoney Nob), MEADOW PIPIT (C.Farm), 3 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Rest Copse, 1 The Scrub, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane (all singing)), ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over (B.Woods), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (C.Farm), 2 KESTRELS (1 C.Farm, 1 Valley Meadows), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 3♂ PHEASANTS (Broadfield), 2 BULLFINCHES (1 Valley Meadows, 1 The Scrub), 4 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 4+ GREENFINCHES flew over (B.Woods), LINNET (C.Farm), 3+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 3+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), COAL TIT (Valley Meadows), 6+ GOLDFINCHES (5+ C.Farm, 1 flew over B.Woods), SONG THRUSH (Legal & General), STOCK DOVE (B.Woods), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (C.Farm), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (B.Woods), 2 LONG-TAILED TITS (1 Infront George Field/Skylark Field, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane), 2+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (east side of B.Woods) (Butterflies: Comma (Piddly Pond), 2 Brimstones (Valley Meadows)) - DKC/NR/PGo/IGM et al
BLACKCAP (B.Woods) - JH
GREY HERON flew over (C.Farm) (Mammals: 8 unidentified bats (C.Farm)) - IJ

Wednesday 28th

♀ BLACK REDSTART (around barns behind C.Farmhouse but elusive) (see Gallery), 2 KESTRELS (♂+♀) (Lunch Wood), 6+ YELLOWHAMMERS, COMMON BUZZARD, MEADOW PIPIT, SKYLARK, 7+ LINNETS, COAL TIT (Tawny Wood (singing)), GOLDCREST (Pages Acre (singing)), GREEN WOODPECKER, GOLDFINCH, STOCK DOVE - DKC/MSt/RD et al
RED KITE flew high over at 12.38pm (The Scrub), 3 LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (♂+♀ B.Woods near car park, 1 near Piddly Pond), WOODCOCK flushed (near Piddly Pond), 4 KESTRELS (♂+♀ Lunch Wood, ♂+♀ Woodpecker Meadow), 8 CHIFFCHAFFS (B.Woods), SPARROWHAWK (Valley Meadows), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), 2 LITTLE OWLS (Legal & General/Stoney Nob), 3 TREECREEPERS (near Piddly Pond), ♂ PHEASANT (Horse Pasture), 2 MEADOW PIPITS (Reads Bottom), 8+ NUTHATCHES (2 Lunch Wood, 6+ B.Woods), 2 GOLDCRESTS (near Piddly Pond), 3 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), SKYLARK (Infront George Field), 6 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 Stoney Nob, 5 B.Woods), 5 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (2 Lunch Wood, 3 B.Woods) - MSt
LAPWING (C.Farm) - JH
Morning: CHIFFCHAFF (B.Woods), 2 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 5 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 Lunch Wood, 1 B.Woods), SONG THRUSH (Stoney Nob), 2 STOCK DOVES (B.Woods), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (B.Woods), 4 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Stoney Nob), - RJ/DSk

Tuesday 27th

3.00pm: BLACK REDSTART (near C.Farmhouse, unsexed) - KH
(all C.Farm) ♂ BLACK REDSTART c4.50pm-5.05pm (around barns behind C.Farmhouse - presumably KH's bird) (see Gallery), LITTLE OWL, PHEASANT, YELLOWHAMMER, GREEN WOODPECKER - DKC/CA/NR/IGM et al
2 FIELDFARES (C.Farm) - IGM
(2 unidentified geese flew north at 7.05am (C.Farm) (pics here)

Monday 26th

4.10pm-4.40pm: (all C.Farm) KESTREL, SPARROWHAWK, SKYLARK, 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 20+ STOCK DOVES, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER - IJ

Sunday 25th

7.29am-5.13pm: (all C.Farm) ♀ MARSH HARRIER circling 1.50pm-2.02pm when departed NNE (found by RDW) (see Gallery), RED KITE drifted north 3.38pm-3.44pm (Broadfield) (see Gallery), LAPWING flew over, 3 MALLARDS flew over, 1+ GREY HERON flew over, c15 COMMON BUZZARDS flew over (see Gallery), 4+ SPARROWHAWKS, 2 KESTRELS (inc second year ♂), 3 ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew over, 1+ ROOK flew over, 4 LITTLE OWLS (2 east side of Horse Pasture, 2 Gunman's Shaw), 2+ LESSER REDPOLLS (Circle Field/Pages Acre), MISTLE THRUSH (Circle Field), TREECREEPER (Lunch Wood), 1+ ♂ PHEASANT, 3+ YELLOWHAMMERS, 3+ MEADOW PIPITS, 10+ SKYLARKS, 7+ LINNETS, CHIFFCHAFF (C.Wood (singing)), NUTHATCH (by Pages Acre horse paddock), COAL TIT (Circle Field), GOLDCREST (Circle Field (singing)), COMMON GULL flew over, 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, SONG THRUSH, GOLDFINCH, 2 LONG-TAILED TITS (Legal & General), 2+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC/RDW et al
BLACKCAP (Slangs) - JH

Saturday 24th

6.16am-7.14am: RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Skylark Field 6.41am-7.48am then Harrier Field briefly before flying to Broadfield at 7.50am & no further sign) (see Gallery), COMMON SNIPE heard flying over at 7.02pm (C.Farmhouse), 2 GREYLAGS flew west at 8.33am (C.Farm) (see Gallery), LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER calling (B.Woods near R.R.Lane), 3 MALLARDS flew over in evening (C.Farm), ROOK flew over (The Scrub), 3 LESSER REDPOLLS (1 flew over C.Farm, 2 B.Woods near R.R.Lane), 2 MISTLE THRUSHES (C.Farm), c36 REDWINGS (C.Farm), 20+ FIELDFARES (C.Farm), 6 CHIFFCHAFFS (B.Woods), 3 LITTLE OWLS (2 east side of Horse Pasture, 1 Legal & General/Stoney Nob), 3+ MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 2+ LINNETS (C.Farm), 7+ PHEASANTS (4+♂+3+♀) (C.Farm), 6+ COMMON BUZZARDS (3+ C.Farm, 2 flew over B.Woods, 1+*), 2+ SPARROWHAWKS (1+ C.Farm, 1+ B.Woods), 2 KESTRELS (1 C.Farm, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), TREECREEPER (B.Woods near R.R.Lane), 10+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 5+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), GREENFINCH (C.Farm), 5 COMMON GULLS (Legal & General), COAL TIT (B.Woods near R.R.Lane), 4 NUTHATCHES (1 Lunch Wood, 3 B.Woods), LONG-TAILED TIT (CF/BW at Perrotts by Wood), 2 GOLDFINCHES (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane), STOCK DOVE (C.Farm), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 3 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (B.Woods near R.R.Lane), ♂ HOUSE SPARROW (Perrotts Farmhouse (singing) - unusual location), 4 SONG THRUSHES (3 C.Farm 91 singing), 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane), 3+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) (Butterflies: 2 Small Tortoiseshells (Watchpoint), 2+ Peacocks (1+ CF/BW at Perrotts by Wood, 1 The Scrub), Small White (Perrotts by Wood), 2+ Brimstones (B.Woods)) - DKC
KESTREL (near R.R.Cottages), 15 YELLOWHAMMERS (Infront George Field), COMMON BUZZARD (over Green Belt Field/B.Woods), 4 CHIFFCHAFFS (The Scrub (singing)), SPARROWHAWK (over Green Belt Field/B.Woods), PHEASANT (B.Woods), TREECREEPER (B.Woods), c5 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 3 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 2 LONG-TAILED TITS (B.Woods), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 Stoney Nob, 1 The Scrub) (Butterflies: several Peacocks (Sheep Brow/Fames Rough)) - A&L
CHIFFCHAFF (Ruffett Wood), NUTHATCH (Ruffett Wood (nest building)) - PGo
CHIFFCHAFF (Piddly Pond (singing)), 3 COMMON GULLS (Legal & General) (Butterflies: several Brimstones (B.Woods)) - IGM

Friday 23rd

♀ BLACKCAP (Perrotts Farmhouse) - JH
6.30am-10.40am: (all C.Farm) LAPWING flew SW at 8.36am, 2+ LESSER REDPOLLS flew over, CHIFFCHAFF (Circle FIeld (singing)), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS, imm ♂ SPARROWHAWK, 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 east side of Horse Pasture, 1 Legal & General/Stoney Nob), 12 REDWINGS (Buzzard Field), c30 FIELDFARES (Buzzard Field), 20+ MEADOW PIPITS, 4+ YELLOWHAMMERS (pair Watchpoint, pair R.Bottom), c5 SKYLARKS, 10+ LINNETS, 2 GOLDCRESTS (Circle Field/Pages Acre (1 singing)), COAL TIT (Pages Acre (singing)), 2♂ PHEASANTS (1 near R.R.Cottages, 1 Stoney Nob), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 2+ GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, 3 SONG THRUSHES (1 Lunch Wood (singing), 1 Legal & General, 1 Circle Field (singing)), 3 GOLDFINCHES, GREENFINCH, 13 COMMON GULLS (11 Legal & General, 2 flew over), 2 LONG-TAILED TITS (Pages Acre), 3 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (ad & 2 1st-winters) (Legal & General), ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET - DKC
2.15pm-4.15pm: (all C.Farm) 2 MALLARDS flew over (Quail Field), 2 MISTLE THRUSHES (Legal & General), 2 LITTLE OWLS (east side of Horse Pasture), 10 YELLOWHAMMERS (Skylark Field), PHEASANT (Broadfield), GREEN WOODPECKER (Lunch Wood) - PM

Thursday 22nd

6.00am-c7.55am: (all C.Farm) 3 CANADA GEESE flew WNW at 7.42pm, 4 MALLARDS flew over, 3 LESSER REDPOLLS (C.Farmhouse), 2 MISTLE THRUSHES (Legal & General), 2+ MEADOW PIPITS, PIED WAGTAIL, KESTREL, 1+ REDWING, PHEASANT, 7 LINNETS, 3 SKYLARKS, 4 YELLOWHAMMERS (pair R.R.Cottages, pair R.Bottom), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, GOLDFINCH, 9 COMMON GULLS (Legal & General), 15 HERRING GULLS (Legal & General) - DKC
5 CHIFFCHAFFS (The Scrub (singing)) - PGo

Wednesday 21st

2.52pm-c6.40pm: (all C.Farm) 2 LAPWINGS flew over, 2 MALLARDS flew over, 5 LITTLE OWLS (2 Lambert's Shaw, 2 east side of Horse Pasture, 1 Stoney Nob/Legal & General), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (over Buzzard Field (displaying)), 2 KESTRELS (2nd year ♂ & ad/imm ♀), 2 COLLARED DOVES, PIED WAGTAIL (Legal & General), 4+ PHEASANTS (2+♂+2♀) (Broadfield), 4 MEADOW PIPITS, 25+ REDWINGS, c30 FIELDFARES, 10+ YELLOWHAMMERS, c10 LINNETS, 13 COMMON GULLS, 2 SKYLARKS, STOCK DOVE (Tattenham Meadow (singing)), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 2 LONG-TAILED TITS (Pages Acre), GOLDFINCH, 3 SONG THRUHES (2 Legal & General, 1 Watchpoint (singing)) (Butterflies: 3 Small Tortoiseshells (near R.R.Cottages), Peacock (Tattenham Meadow), Small White (Tattenham Meadow)) - DKC

Tuesday 20th

6.05am-7.55am: (all C.Farm) ROOK, KESTREL, 10+ REDWINGS, 20+ FIELDFARES, 2 SISKINS, c25 MEADOW PIPITS, ♂ PHEASANT (Infront George Field), LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), 5+ YELLOWHAMMERS, 2 SKYLARKS, 8+ LINNETS, 5+ GOLDFINCHES, GREEN WOODPECKER, SONG THRUSH, ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET - DKC

Monday 19th

6.20am-8.32am: (all C.Farm) REDWING, 3+ FIELDFARES, LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), 2♂ PHEASANTS (Broadfield), 4+ MEADOW PIPITS, 2 YELLOWHAMMERS, 5+ SKYLARKS, 8 LINNETS, SONG THRUSH, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 3 GOLDFINCHES - DKC

Sunday 18th

6.20am-11.25am: ♀ WHEATEAR still (Legal & General), LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER calling (B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance), CORMORANT flew over (C.Farm), GREY HERON flew over (Legal & General), 4 CHIFFCHAFFS (2 Legal & General, 2 B.Woods between R.R.Lane entrance & Piddly Pond), ROOK (C.Farm), REDWING (C.Farm), 2+ COMMON BUZZARDS (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), 5+ MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 3 PHEASANTS (♂ Bog Field, ♂+♀ Broadfield), TREECREEPER (B.Woods), 8 LINNETS (C.Farm), 3 NUTHATCHES (1 Lunch Wood, 2 B.Woods), COAL TIT (B.Woods), GOLDCREST (B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance (singing)), 2+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 5+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 2 BULLFINCHES (Legal & General), c5 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (C.Farm), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 4 SONG THRUSHES (C.Farm), LONG-TAILED TIT (Legal & General), 1st-winter COMMON GULL (Legal & General) (Mammals: Fox sleeping (Legal & General)) - DKC/BD/RDW
CHIFFCHAFF (Piddly Pond (singing)) (Butterflies: Red Admiral (near R.R.Cottages)) - IGM
GOLDCREST (B.Woods) - JH

Saturday 17th

6.10am-5.15pm: second-winter ICELAND GULL flew south at 3.00pm (east side of B.Woods) (see Gallery), ♀ WHEATEAR (Legal & General), 3 CORMORANTS flew NW at 6.38am (C.Farm), 2 LESSER REDPOLLS (B.Woods), 3 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 near Piddly Pond, 2 The Scrub (all singing)), 3 KESTRELS (2 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), SPARROWHAWK (over Lunch Wood), c15 MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), PIED WAGTAIL (Legal & General), LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), 4+ TREECREEPERS (1+ near Piddly Pond, 2 The Scrub, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), LINNET (C.Farm), BULLFINCH (The Scrub), 2 GOLDCRESTS (near Piddly Pond), 3+ NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 4 PHEASANTS (2♂+♀ Broadfield, ♂ Perrotts by Wood), 11 COMMON GULLS (Legal & General), 5+ REDWINGS (C.Farm), 30+ FIELDFARES (C.Farm), 2 GREENFINCHES (Legal & General), 11 GOLDFINCHES (c5 C.Farm, 4 CF/BW at end of R.R.Lane, 2 The Scrub), c5 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 3 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 2 B.Woods), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 2 Woodpecker Meadow), 2 STOCK DOVES (1 Gunman's Shaw (singing), 1 near Piddly Pond), 7+ SONG THRUSHES (2 Legal & General, 5+ B.Woods), 4 LONG-TAILED TITS (2 Legal & General, 2 The Scrub) - DKC/IJ
9.50am: ♀ WHEATEAR (Legal & General) - SG

Friday 16th

6.18am-7.55am: 6 GREYLAGS flew south at 6.36am (C.Farm/B.Woods border); (all C.Farm): 2 MALLARDS flew over, KESTREL, PIED WAGTAIL, SPARROWHAWK, c35 REDWINGS, 80+ FIELDFARES, c14 MEADOW PIPITS, c8 LINNETS, c5 SKYLARKS, 3 YELLOWHAMMERS, 2 PHEASANTS (♂+♀) (Broadfield), COLLARED DOVE, GREEN WOODPECKER, 2+ COMMON GULLS, 2+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC
11.45am-12.56pm: (all C.Farm) 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 east side of Horse Pasture, 1 Infront George Field/Legal & General), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (over Circle Field area), c50 FIELDFARES (Infront George Field), ♀ YELLOWHAMMER (Stoney Nob), 4 SKYLARKS (Infront George Field), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 Stoney Nob, 1 Slangs, 1 Railway Field), SONG THRUSH (Legal & General) - RJ/DSk

Thursday 15th

8+ CANADA GEESE flew over (C.Farm) - JH
4.00pm-6.00pm: CHIFFCHAFF (B.Woods (singing)), 2 LITTLE OWLS (east side of Horse Pasture), 10+ YELLOWHAMMERS (Infront George Field), 10+ REDWINGS (C.Farm), 50+ FIELDFARES (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (B.Woods), 2 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 2+ SKYLARKS (Broadfield), 15 COMMON GULLS (Legal & General), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (C.Farm), LONG-TAILED TIT (B.Woods), SONG THRUSH (B.Woods), 4+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (3+ C.Farm, 1 B.Woods) - IJ

Wednesday 14th

2.25pm-5.43pm: (all C.Farm) GREY WAGTAIL flew north at 4.18pm, LAPWING flew over at 4.38pm, 4+ COMMON BUZZARDS, SISKIN (landed briefly at Pages Acre/Lambert's Shaw), 8 MEADOW PIPITS, 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (Harrier Field), 2 ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew over, LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), 2♂ PHEASANTS (Broadfield), 3 TREECREEPERS (1 Ruffett Wood, 2 nest building between Broadfield & Circle Field), NUTHATCH (Ruffett Wood), GOLDCREST (Chipstead Road (singing)), SKYLARK, 17+ LINNETS, COAL TIT (Chipstead Road (singing)), 20+ STOCK DOVES (Pipit Meadow), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, SONG THRUSH (Chipstead Road (singing)), 3 LONG-TAILED TITS (1 Circle Field, 2 Broadfield/Bog Field), 3 COMMON GULLS flew over, 2+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC
9 YELLOWHAMMERS (7 Infront George Field, 2 Stoney Nob), SKYLARK (Infront George Field), 2 NUTHATCHES (Stoney Nob), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 Legal & General, 1 Stoney Nob), 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Stoney Nob) - RJ/DSk

Tuesday 13th

no reported sightings

Monday 12th

no reported sightings

Sunday 11th

♂ COMMON WHITETHROAT (between C.Farmhouse & R.R.Cottages (singing), LESSER REDPOLL (Kingswood Residential) - FJ
7.48am-4.41pm: ♂ LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER (near Perrotts Farmhouse) (see Gallery), ♀ MALLARD flew over at 8.41am (C.Farm), ad GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL flew NE at 10.05am (C.Farm), CHIFFCHAFF (B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance (singing)), 3 ROOKS flew over (C.Farm), LESSER REDPOLL flew over (C.Farm), COLLARED DOVE (C.Residential), SISKIN flew over (C.Farm), 1+ KESTREL (C.Farm), 1+ SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 2 PIED WAGTAILS (1 near C.Farmhouse, ♂ Legal & General), COMMON BUZZARD (Death Pit), 7 LINNETS (C.Farm), 1+ MISTLE THRUSH (Aberdour School & Pages Acre), 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 Stoney Nob, 1 east side of Horse Pasture), 5 TREECREEPERS (1 Pages Acre, 2 Ruffett Wood, 2 B.Woods), 1+ BULLFINCH (Ruffett Wood (singing)), 6+ MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 2♂ PHEASANTS (Broadfield), 5+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 4+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), c100 FIELDFARES (C.Farm), 20+ REDWINGS (C.Farm), 3 COAL TITS (Tawny Wood (1 singing)), 2+ GREENFINCHES (C.Farm), GOLDCREST (Pages Acre (singing)), NUTHATCH (B.Woods), 11 COMMON GULLS (Legal & General), c11 STOCK DOVES (c10 C.Farm (1 singing), 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane (singing)), 12+ LONG-TAILED TITS (2 nest building Broadfield/Bog Field, 4+ Pages Acre, 4+ Tawny Wood, 2 CF/BW border at Perrotts by Wood), 8+ GOLDFINCHES (6+ C.Farm, 2 B.Woods by R.R.Lane entrance), 4 GREEN WOODPECKERS (C.Farm), 4 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (3 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 6 SONG THRUSHES (1 C.Farmhouse, 1 Watchpoint, 1 Pages Acre, 1 Tattenham Meadow, 1 by Tawny Wood, 1 Stoney Nob/Legal & General), 5+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) (51 species noted) - DKC et al

Saturday 10th

7.50am-6.43pm: ♀ MALLARD flew over (C.Farm), 2 KESTRELS (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (Death Pit - the paler bird), SPARROWHAWK flew over (B.Woods), 3 LITTLE OWLS (1 Stoney Nob, 2 east side of Horse Pasture), 30+ MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm) (see Gallery), 3+ SISKINS flew over (1 C.Farm, 2+ B.Woods), 4 LESSER REDPOLLS (3 Legal & General small car park, 1 flew over B.Woods), LINNET (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance), 4+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), ♂ BULLFINCH (The Scrub (singing)), 2 ♂ PHEASANTS (C.Farm), 5+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 55+ REDWINGS (C.Farm), 20+ FIELDFARES (C.Farm), 2 COAL TITS (1 Kingswood Residential, 1 by Piddly Pond), 4 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods between R.R.Lane entrance & The Scrub), 2 GOLDCRESTS (1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance (singing), 1 just NW of The Scrub (singing), 16+ COMMON GULLS (15+ at/over C.Farm, 2nd winter flew over B.Woods), 7 STOCK DOVES (5 Broadfield, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane (singing), 1 by The Scrub, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), 6+ GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), c5 GREENFINCHES (C.Farm), 4 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 2 B.Woods), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 Legal & General wood, 1 B.Woods (drumming)), 6 SONG THRUSHES (1 Bog Field, 1 near C.Farmhouse (singing), 1 Stoney Nob (singing), 3 The Scrub (1 singing)), 7+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (5+ C.Farm, 2+ The Scrub/Woodpecker Meadow) - DKC
Morning: (all Legal & General) 2 MISTLE THRUSHES, 10+ GREENFINCHES, 8+ GOLDFINCHES - PGo
Morning: (all Legal & General) LITTLE OWL, 2 COMMON GULLS - IGM
Afternoon: SISKIN (The Scrub), 2 COAL TITS (near Piddly Pond), 40+ FIELDFARES (roosted Pheasant Field/Gunman's Shaw), 140+ STARLINGS (roosted Pheasant Field/Gunman's Shaw), 6 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (flew from C.Farm to B.Woods) - IPW

Friday 9th

6.45am-9.50am: (all C.Farm) COMMON BUZZARD (Death Pit - probably the darker bird), 2+ KESTRELS (C.Farm), c3 SISKINS flew over, 40+ MEADOW PIPITS (flew from Infront George Field), 2 PIED WAGTAILS, LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), 1+♂ PHEASANT (Broadfield/Horse Pasture), 2+ YELLOWHAMMERS (inc pair Reads Bottom), 5+ SKYLARKS, LINNET, GREENFINCH (Legal & General), 7 COMMON GULLS (Legal & General), 80+ REDWINGS, 40+ FIELDFARES, 2 GOLDFINCHES, 2+ GREEN WOODPECKERS, 3 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, 2 LONG-TAILED TITS (Pages Acre), STOCK DOVE, 4 SONG THRUSHES (1 Chipstead Road, 1 Pages Acre, 1 Legal & General, 1 Tawny Wood (all singing)), 3+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC
3.25pm-4.20pm: (all C.Farm) 2 MISTLE THRUSHES (Legal & General), 100+ FIELDFARES, c140 STARLINGS, 5+ REDWINGS, 4+ SKYLARKS, ♂ PHEASANT (Broadfield), c30 GOLDFINCHES (flew east over Broadfield), ♂ YELLOWHAMMER, 2 SONG THRUSHES (Legal & General) - AD

Thursday 8th

(all C.Farm) 4 STONECHATS (2♂+2♀), SISKIN flew over (Kingswood Residential), LITTLE OWL - PCl
(all C.Farm) PEREGRINE flew low over at 2.30pm, 3 STONECHATS - KH

Wednesday 7th

1.10pm-5.45pm: ♂ STONECHAT (Infront George Field), LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), 5 PHEASANTS (4♂+4♀ - display & territorial behaviour occurring), MEADOW PIPIT (C.Farm), ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over (C.Farm), 20+ REDWINGS (C.Farm), 20+ FIELDFARES (C.Farm), 4+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 100+ LINNETS (Broadfield), 15+ STOCK DOVES (Broadfield), 20+ COMMON GULLS (on/over C.Farm), 2 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), COAL TIT (B.Woods), 2 SONG THRUSHES (Legal & General), 2 GREENFINCHES (C.Farm), 2 LONG-TAILED TITS (1 Kingswood Residential, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance), ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET (C.Farm) - DKC

Tuesday 6th

2.05pm-5.51pm: (all C.Farm) 3 STONECHATS (2♂+♀) (Reads Bottom), 4 PIED WAGTAILS (Skylark Field/Quail Field), 8+ MEADOW PIPITS, LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), 5+ YELLOWHAMMERS, 5+ SKYLARKS, 5 PHEASANTS (2♂+3♀ - display occurring) (Broadfield), 28+ REDWINGS, 85+ FIELDFARES, 6+ LINNETS, 2+ COMMON GULLS, 4 GREENFINCHES, 100+ STOCK DOVES (Pipit Meadow), COAL TIT (Chipstead Road (singing)), GOLDCREST (Tawny Wood), 2 NUTHATCHES (1 by Tawny Wood, 1 Pages Acre), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, 3 SONG THRUSHES (1 Pages Acre (singing), 1 Tart's Field/Bog Field, 1 Legal & General (singing)), c110 CHAFFINCHES (Pipit Meadow), 2 LONG-TAILED TITS (Tawny Wood), 2+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC

Monday 5th

2 MEALY REDPOLLS with 20 LESSER REDPOLLS and 9 SISKINS (Legal & General small car park), ♂ BARN OWL still at 9.45am (near Reads Rest Cottages), 3 STONECHATS (♂+2♀) (Reads Bottom) - FJ
1.20pm-5.29pm: (all C.Farm) 2 UNIDENTIFIED REDPOLLS (see Gallery) and a LESSER REDPOLL (Legal & General small car park), ♂ BARN OWL still at 9.45am (near Reads Rest Cottages), KESTREL, 2 MISTLE THRUSHES (Legal & General), 2 ♂ PHEASANTS (Harrier Field (fighting)), 3 MEADOW PIPITS (Tart's Field), BULLFINCH (Legal & General), 3 YELLOWHAMMERS (Infront George Field), TREECREEPER (wood by Legal & General), 11+ STOCK DOVES, c30 LINNETS, GREENFINCH, 35 COMMON GULLS (Legal & General), 12 FIELDFARES, 10+ REDWINGS, 5+ GOLDFINCHES (Legal & General/Kingswood Residential), SONG THRUSH (Legal & General), 2 LONG-TAILED TITS (near Legal & General), ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET (Mammals: 2 Roe Deer (Legal & General)) - DKC/PM

Sunday 4th

7.50pm-1.37pm: ♂ BARN OWL still (near Reads Rest Cottages), CORMORANT flew over (B.Woods), 2 STONECHATS (♂+♀) (Reads Bottom), 5 BULLFINCHES (4 The Scrub, 1 near Piddly Pond), 5 PHEASANTS (2♂+2♀ Broadfield, ♀ flushed SW side of B.Woods), 65+ REDWINGS (50+ Perrotts by Wood, 15+ The Scrub), c170 FIELDFARES (Perrotts by Wood), 2+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 2 TREECREEPERS (1 Lunch Wood (singing), 1 near Piddly Pond), 7 STOCK DOVES (Broadfield), 300+ STARLINGS (Perrotts by Wood), 2 GOLDFINCHES (Perrotts by Wood), 2 GOLDCRESTS (The Scrub), 2 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), COAL TIT (B.Woods), 2 COMMON GULLS (Legal & General), 8+ LONG-TAILED TITS (The Scrub), 4 SONG THRUSHES (1 Legal & General, 3 B.Woods), 4+ GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 3+ B.Woods), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (B.Woods) - DKC/PM/CM

Saturday 3rd

7.34am-4.25pm: WOODCOCK showing well till c12.05pm (near Piddly Pond) (see Gallery), ♂ SISKIN (near Piddly Pond (singing)), 2 LITTLE OWLS (east side of Horse Pasture), 2 PHEASANTS (♂+♀) (C.Farmhouse), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 4 COMMON BUZZARDS (1 Broadfield, 3*), BULLFINCH (The Scrub), 8+ MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), c40 LINNETS (C.Farm), 10+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 11+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance), c60 REDWINGS (C.Farm), 50+ FIELDFARES (C.Farm), 4 GREENFINCHES (C.Farm inc 3 Legal & General), 2 COAL TITS (B.Woods between R.R.Lane entrance & Piddly Pond), 3 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 70+ STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL*, 13 COMMON GULLS (12 Legal & General, 1 flew over C.Farm), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 Broadfield/Harrier Field, 1 B.Woods), 5 GREEN WOODPECKERS (3 C.Farm, 2 Woodpecker Meadow), 4+ GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 1+ SONG THRUSH (Legal & General), 4 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (1 C.Farm, 3 flew over Sheep Brow), ♀ BLACKBIRD (near R.R.Cottages (gathering nesting material)), 3 1st-winter HERRING GULLS (Legal & General) - DKC/PGo

Friday 2nd

7.18am-9.46am: (all C.Farm) (very foggy) LITTLE OWL (heard - prob around Infront George Field), LESSER REDPOLL flew over (Tattenham Meadow), 3+ MEADOW PIPITS, 2 ♂ YELLOWHAMMERS, ♂ PHEASANT (Broadfield), c10 REDWINGS, 2 COAL TITS (1 Ruffett Wood (singing), 1 Pages Acre), 3+ SKYLARKS, 8 COMMON GULLS (Legal & General), 3 GREENFINCHES (1 Tattenham Meadow, 2 Legal & General), 2 NUTHATCHES (around Tattenham Meadow), GOLDFINCH, 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Pages Acre (drumming), 5+ LONG-TAILED TITS (3 Ivy Wood, 2+ Pages Acre), 5 SONG THRUSHES (4 singing), 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC

Thursday 1st

2.20pm-c5.45pm: (all C.Farm) ♀ STONECHAT still (east side of Harrier Field), 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 east side of Horse Pasture, 1 Lambert's Shaw), c10 MEADOW PIPITS, PIED WAGTAIL, SISKIN, 2 ♂ PHEASANTS (Broadfield), ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over, 2 YELLOWHAMMERS, c20 REDWINGS, 15+ FIELDFARES, 2 SKYLARKS (1 singing), NUTHATCH (Pages Acre), COAL TIT (Pages Acre), 1+ LONG-TAILED TIT (Pages Acre), c135 STOCK DOVES (Pipit Meadow), 2 COMMON GULLS (ad & 1st-winter) flew over, GOLDFINCH, 2 SONG THRUSHES (singing), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Pages Acre (drumming)) - DKC/IJ

February 2012

2 LITTLE OWLS mating (east side of Horse Pasture), ♂ YELLOWHAMMER (around Horse Pasture (singing)) - DKC/FJM

Tuesday 28th

4.15pm-5.00pm: (all C.Farm) LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), 100+ FIELDFARES, 5+ YELLOWHAMMERS, 2 SKYLARKS - IJ

Monday 27th

no reported sightings

Sunday 26th

8.12am-c12.30pm: (all C.Farm) ♀ PEREGRINE flew over, ♀ STONECHAT (east side of Harrier Field) (see Gallery), GREY HERON flew over, 2 ROOKS flew over, 3+ COMMON BUZZARDS (inc 1 Broadfield), 2+ SPARROWHAWKS, LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), ♂ PHEASANT (Skylark Field), 5 MEADOW PIPITS, 3 YELLOWHAMMERS, 6+ SKYLARKS, REDWING, 2 COLLARED DOVES, c100 LINNETS, 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 3 GOLDFINCHES, 1+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET - DKC/PGo/LM/PW/IGM et al

Saturday 25th

7.50am-c4.30pm: ♂ STONECHAT (Horse Pasture then Reads Bottom) (see Gallery), 3+ COMMON BUZZARDS (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), SISKIN flew over (B.Woods), LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), 3 MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), ♂ PHEASANT (Broadfield), 1+ LESSER REDPOLL (The Scrub), BULLFINCH (Green Belt Field/Poultry Field), 2 COAL TITS (1 Ruffett Wood, 1 B.Woods), c10 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 5+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 3 TREECREEPERS (1 Poultry Field/Pheasant Field (singing), 1 B.Woods just NW of The Scrub (singing), 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane), 1+ GREENFINCH (C.Farm), c80 LINNETS (C.Farm), 10+ REDWINGS (C.Farm), 50+ FIELDFARES (C.Farm), 3 SONG THRUSHES (2 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 2 GOLDCRESTS (1 just NW of The Scrub, 1 by Woodpecker Meadow (both singing)), c61 STOCK DOVES (c60 Green Belt Field, 1 just NW of The Scrub (singing)), 4+ COMMON GULLS (C.Farm), 5 NUTHATCHES (1 Ruffett Wood, 4 B.Woods), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 Perrotts by Wood, 2 B.Woods), 3 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 Pages Acre, 2 B.Woods (1 drumming)), 3+ LONG-TAILED TITS (2 B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance, 1+ Ruffett Wood), HOUSE SPARROW (Perrotts Farmhouse - unusual location), 4+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC/CK/IJ
5.25pm: 4 BULLFINCHES (3♂+1♀) (Woodpecker Meadow/The Scrub) - IPW

Friday 24th

7.48am-9.46am: (all C.Farm) 7 CANADA GEESE flew NE at 8.58am, LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), c6 YELLOWHAMMERS, c8 SKYLARKS, 1+ MEADOW PIPIT, c25 LINNETS, c30 CHAFFINCHES (north end of Broadfield), 8 REDWINGS, 35+ FIELDFARES, 8 COMMON GULLS (Legal & General), 3 SONG THRUSHES (1 Legal & General, 2 Pages Acre (all singing)), 2+ GOLDFINCHES, 4 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS, 2+ HERRING GULLS (Legal & General) - DKC

Thursday 23rd

1.40pm-5.28pm: (all C.Farm) COMMON BUZZARD (Death Pit), 3+ LITTLE OWLS (between Legal & General & Lunch Wood), ♂ PHEASANT (Broadfield), 2+ MEADOW PIPITS, 7+ YELLOWHAMMERS (1 singing), 2 NUTHATCHES (1 Lunch Wood, 1 Stoney Nob), 3+ SKYLARKS (singing), TREECREEPER (Chipstead Road), 3+ REDWINGS, c50 FIELDFARES, c70 LINNETS (Broadfield), 2 GREENFINCHES, 3 GOLDFINCHES, 12+ STOCK DOVES, 20+ COMMON GULLS (15+ Legal & General etc, c10 flew over), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farmhouse, 1 Stoney Nob), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Legal & General), 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS, 2 BLACKBIRDS (singing) - DKC

Wednesday 22nd

no reported sightings

Tuesday 21st

no reported sightings

Monday 20th

no reported sightings

Sunday 19th

8.35am-5.15pm: 2 LAPWINGS (Skylark Field), WOODCOCK (flushed near Piddly Pond), LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), 2 MISTLE THRUSHES (Broadfield), 3 MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), ♂ PHEASANT (Broadfield), LINNET (C.Farm), 2 SPARROWHAWKS (1 Lambert's Shaw, 1 B.Woods*), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (1 Lambert's Shaw, 1*), 2+ LESSER REDPOLLS (B.Woods), TREECREEPER (near Piddly Pond), 3+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 2+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm (1 singing)), BULLFINCH (Ruffett Wood), 3+ SONG THRUSHES (1 Circle Field, 1 near R.R.Cottages, 1+ near Piddly Pond (singing)), c20 FIELDFARES (C.Farm), REDWING (C.Farm), 7 NUTHATCHES (3 Ruffett Wood, 4 B.Woods), 3 GOLDCRESTS (1 Circle Field, 1 Pages Acre, 1 just NW of The Scrub (singing)), 2+ GREENFINCHES (C.Farm), 6 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 10+ COMMON GULLS (C.Farm), 6 STOCK DOVES (c5 Broadfield, 1 B.Woods doing display flight), COAL TIT (Ruffett Wood), 120+ JACKDAWS (east side of B.Woods), GREEN WOODPECKER (The Scrub), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (near The Scrub), ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET (Stoney Nob) - DKC/IJ
LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER heard calling (near Piddly Pond), ad GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over (C.Farm) - IJ
2 LINNETS (C.Farm) - IGM

Saturday 18th

8.00am-3.18pm: 2 RED KITES drifted south 1.30pm-1.40pm (east side of Banstead Woods) (see Gallery), ♂ BARN OWL still (near Reads Rest Cottages), CHIFFCHAFF (The Scrub), GREY HERON flew over (C.Farm), SISKIN flew over (The Scrub), 2 KESTRELS (C.Farm inc ♂ near Perrotts Farmhouse), COMMON BUZZARD (Gunman's Shaw), 16 LESSER REDPOLLS (near Piddly Pond), MEADOW PIPIT dropped in (Hither Field), 2 BULLFINCHES (Infront George Field/Legal & General), TREECREEPER (near Piddly Pond), 3 REDWINGS (Infront George Field), 20+ LINNETS (C.Farm), YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), 20+ FIELDFARES (Infront George Field), 170+ STOCK DOVES (Broadfield), 2+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 4 LONG-TAILED TITS (1 Legal & General, 3 B.Woods), 1+ GREENFINCH (C.Farm), 2 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), GOLDFINCH (C.Farm), 16+ COMMON GULLS (15+ C.Farm, 1 over B.Woods), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (Woodpecker Meadow), SONG THRUSH (The Scrub), c150 STARLINGS (Infront George Field), ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET (C.Farm) (Mammals: Roe Deer (The Scrub)) - DKC/PGo
2 RED KITES drifted south 1.30pm-1.40pm (east side of Banstead Woods), ♂ BARN OWL still (near Reads Rest Cottages), 80+ FIELDFARES (60+ Quail Field, 20 Infront George Field), 70+ STOCK DOVES (Green Belt Field), 4 GOLDFINCHES (Holly Lane Meadows) - IPW
25+ REDWINGS (Fames Rough) - IGM

Friday 17th

no reported sightings

Thursday 16th

8.20am-4.30pm: ♂ LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER (near Piddly Pond) (see Gallery), LAPWING (circling C.Farm), 2 SISKINS (Tawny Wood), PIED WAGTAIL (flew from Bog Field), 4 MISTLE THRUSHES (Green Belt Field), 2 LITTLE OWLS (east side of Horse Pasture), 4 MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD*, 2 LESSER REDPOLLS (The Scrub), ♂ PHEASANT (Broadfield), c4 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 2 TREECREEPERS (1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance, 1 near Piddly Pond), 7+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 72+ REDWINGS (2+ C.Farm, 70+ The Scrub), 41+ STOCK DOVES (30 Broadfield then 40 Pipit Meadow (same?), 1 over B.Woods), BULLFINCH (Tawny Wood), 100+ FIELDFARES (C.Farm), c20 LINNETS (C.Farm), 4+ GREENFINCHES (2+ C.Farm, 2 B.Woods by R.R.Lane entrance), 3 COAL TITS (1 Circle Field, 1 Tawny Wood, 1 Ruffett Wood), c20 COMMON GULLS (C.Farm), 9 NUTHATCHES (1 Lunch Wood, 2 Railway Field, 1 Tawny Wood, 1 Circle Field, 1 Pages Acre, 1 Ruffett Wood, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance, 1 The Scrub), 6 GOLDCRESTS (2 Circle Field (singing), 2 Pages Acre (1 singing), 1 Tawny Wood, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance), 3+ GREEN WOODPECKERS (2+ C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 5+ GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (3+ C.Farm, 2 B.Woods), 6 LONG-TAILED TITS (1 Circle Field, 2 Pages Acre, 3 The Scrub), 8+ GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 4 SONG THRUSHES (1 Stoney Nob, 1 near R.R.Cottages, 2 The Scrub), ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET (Stoney Nob), 3 HERRING GULLS (2 1st-winters, 1 3rd-winter) (Legal & General) - DKC
(all B.Woods) BULLFINCH, 3 TREECREEPERS, 5+ GOLDCRESTS, 6+ NUTHATCHES, GREEN WOODPECKER, 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS - IJ

Wednesday 15th

8.25am-4.50pm: ♂ BARN OWL still (near Reads Rest Cottages), 15+ MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 2 LITTLE OWLS (east side of Horse Pasture), 280+ FIELDFARES (C.Farm but 1 at The Scrub), 2 SPARROWHAWKS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), COMMON BUZZARD (Death Pit), 10+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 2+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), c60 LINNETS (C.Farm), 1+ BULLFINCH (The Scrub/Woodpecker Meadow), 20+ REDWINGS (5+ C.Farm, 15+ Woodpecker Meadow), 2 COAL TITS (B.Woods between R.R.Lane & Piddly Pond), 4+ GREENFINCHES (C.Farm), 2 GOLDCRESTS (1 Woodpecker Meadow, 1 The Scrub), 3 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), LONG-TAILED TIT (Woodpecker Meadow), 6+ COMMON GULLS (5+ C.Farm, 1 flew over B.Woods), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 The Scrub, 2 Woodpecker Meadow), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (near The Scrub (drumming)), 7+ STOCK DOVES (5+ Broadfield, 2 B.Woods (singing)), 2 SONG THRUSHES (1 by Piddly Pond, 1 by R.R.Cottages), 5 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 3 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (2 C.Farm, 1 over The Scrub) - DKC
300+ FIELDFARES (Broadfield) - PM

Tuesday 14th

8.15am-4.50pm: ♂ BARN OWL still (near Reads Rest Cottages), LAPWING (Broadfield), MISTLE THRUSH (C.Farm), LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), SISKIN flew over (Piddly Pond), 10 LESSER REDPOLLS (near Piddly Pond), c25 MEADOW PIPITS (Stoney Nob), 6+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 2+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm (singing)), TREECREEPER (near Piddly Pond), ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over (C.Farm), COLLARED DOVE (C.Farm), 2 BULLFINCHES (1 Legal & General, 1 The Scrub), 4+ GREENFINCHES (C.Farm inc 4 Legal & General), 3 COAL TITS (B.Woods between R.R.Lane entrance & Piddly Pond (2 singing)), c20 LINNETS (C.Farm), 3+ REDWINGS (C.Farm), 110+ FIELDFARES (100+ C.Farm, c10 CF/BW at end of R.R.Lane), 3 GOLDCRESTS (1 B.Woods between R.R.Lane & Piddly Pond, 1 by Piddly Pond, 1 The Scrub), 4 NUTHATCHES (1 Lunch Wood, 3 B.Woods), STOCK DOVE (The Scrub (singing)), 2 SONG THRUSHES (1 by R.R.Cottages, 1 The Scrub), 12+ COMMON GULLS (10+ C.Farm, 2 flew over Hither Field), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 Perrotts by Wood, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), 3 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 2 B.Woods), 2 LONG-TAILED TITS (Broadfield/Poultry Field), 1+ GOLDFINCH (C.Farm), 1+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET (C.Farm) - DKC

Monday 13th

8.10am-4.12pm: CROSSBILL flew SE at c10.15am (Green Belt Field), GREY HERON flew over (C.Farm), SISKIN flew over (Pipit Meadow), 1+ MEADOW PIPIT (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), ♂ PHEASANT (The Scrub), 1+ BULLFINCH (The Scrub), 16 LINNETS (C.Farm), 23+ SKYLARKS (Broadfield), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over (Woodpecker Meadow), 3+ GREENFINCHES (2+ C.Farm, 1+ The Scrub), 28+ REDWINGS (26+ C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), 30+ FIELDFARES (C.Farm), 10+ COMMON GULLS (C.Farm), 2 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), COAL TIT (Ruffett Wood), 5 NUTHATCHES (1 Ruffett Wood, 1 Green Belt Field/Pheasant Field, 1 Lunch Wood, 2 B.Woods), GOLDCREST (Pages Acre), c43 STOCK DOVES (c40 Broadfield, 3 B.Woods (1 singing)), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 Pipit Meadow, 1 The Scrub), 3 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 2 B.Woods), SONG THRUSH (Pheasant Field/Green Belt Field), 3+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (2+ C.Farm, 1 Rest Copse) - DKC

Sunday 12th

8.20am-4.50pm: WOODCOCK flushed (near Piddly Pond), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), 3 LITTLE OWLS (1 east side of Horse Pasture, 1 Stoney Nob, 1 near Watchpoint), KESTREL reported (C.Farm), BULLFINCH (The Scrub), 13 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 1+ GREENFINCH (C.Farm), 2+ STOCK DOVES (B.Woods (1 singing)), 4 ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew over (C.Farm), 22 REDWINGS (6 C.Farm, 16 B.Woods), 40+ FIELDFARES (C.Farm), 2 TREECREEPERS (1 Circle Field, 1 Ruffett Wood), 3 COAL TITS (1 Pages Acre, 1 Ruffett Wood, 1 just NW of The Scrub), 9 NUTHATCHES (1 C.Wood, 1 Wood Lane, 1 Pages Acre, 1 Lambert's Shaw, 1 Ruffett Wood, 1 Poultry Field/Pheasant Field border, 3 B.Woods), GOLDCREST (Ruffett Wood), 7 LONG-TAILED TITS (2 Circle Field, 1 Pages Acre, 4 Ruffett Wood), c9 COMMON GULLS (C.Farm), 3+ GOLDFINCHES (2+ C.Farm, 1 over Woodpecker Meadow), SONG THRUSH (Pheasant Field), 3+ GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (2+ C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 2+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) - DKC

Saturday 11th

2 CROSSBILLS flew low east (Holly Lane Meadow), WOODCOCK flushed (B.Woods near Fames Rough), 2 MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), SISKIN (B.Woods), MISTLE THRUSH (C.Farm), ♂ BULLFINCH, 2 SKYLARKS, TREECREEPER, 10 REDWINGS, 60 FIELDFARES (C.Farm), 16 NUTHATCHES (2 C.Farm, 14 B.Woods), 8 GREENFINCHES, 10 LONG-TAILED TITS (B.Woods), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 10 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 8 B.Woods), 7 GOLDFINCHES, 6 COAL TITS, 9 GOLDCRESTS (2 C.Farm, 7 B.Woods), 90 GREAT TITS (23 C.Farm, 67 B.Woods), 120 BLUE TITS (28 C.Farm, 92 B.Woods), 20 ROBINS, 40 HOUSE SPARROWS (C.Farm), 22 CHAFFINCHES, 34 BLACKBIRDS, 3 SONG THRUSHES - SG
7.35am-5.25pm: 2 SISKINS (♂ (singing) +♀) (NE end of Ruffett Wood), ♀ KESTREL (C.Farm), 1+ SPARROWHAWK (over C.Farm/B.Woods near end of R.R.Lane & over Woodpecker Meadow), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), 32 SKYLARKS (flock mainly at Broadfield but mobile), 2 LESSER REDPOLLS flew over (1 C.Farm, 1 near Scouts camp), MEADOW PIPIT (Harrier Field), YELLOWHAMMER (Infront George Field), TREECREEPER (Circle Field), BULLFINCH (B.Woods near estate), 6+ REDWINGS (1+ Tawny Wood, 5+ B.Woods), 75+ FIELDFARES (55+ C.Farm, c15 over C.Farm/B.Woods near end of R.R.Lane, 5 B.Woods), 2 STOCK DOVES (1 Death Pit, 1 Poultry Field/Pheasant Field border (singing)), 7 COAL TITS (1 Circle Field, 3 at/by Tawny Wood, 1 NE end of Ruffett Wood, 1 B.Woods near estate, 1 just NW of The Scrub), 14 NUTHATCHES (1 Pages Acre, 3 at/by Tawny Wood, 2 Ruffett Wood, 1 around Poultry Field, 7 B.Woods), ♂ GREENFINCH (over Slangs (singing)), 5+ GOLDCRESTS (2+ Ruffett Wood (1 singing), 3+ B.Woods), 4+ GOLDFINCHES (3+ C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 8+ LONG-TAILED TITS (6 Tawny Wood, 1+ Ruffett Wood, 1+ B.Woods near estate), GREEN WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 9 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (C.Farm), 3 SONG THRUSHES (1 Circle Field, 1 Tawny Wood, 1 B.Woods near Scouts camp), COMMON GULL (C.Farm), ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET (C.Farm) - DKC/IJ/LM
(new photographs uploaded to Gallery)

Friday 10th

7.50am-11.45pm: (all C.Farm) ♂ BARN OWL still (near Reads Rest Cottages), COMMON BUZZARD (Lambert's Shaw), MISTLE THRUSH (Broadfield/Harrier Field border), 15+ SKYLARKS (Broadfield/Infront George Field), LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), 2 COLLARED DOVES (flew across Quail Field), 10+ GREENFINCHES (inc 10 Legal & General), 83+ FIELDFARES, REDWING, 20+ LINNETS, COMMON GULL, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Lunch Wood (drumming)), 6 GOLDFINCHES (5 Legal & General, 1 near Reads Rest Cottages), ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET - DKC
Mid afternoon: ♂ BARN OWL still (near Reads Rest Cottages) - FJ

Thursday 9th

2.16pm-5.30pm: (all C.Farm) ♂ BARN OWL still (near Reads Rest Cottages), PIED WAGTAIL flew over, SPARROWHAWK (Broadfield/Harrier Field), LESSER REDPOLL, LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), YELLOWHAMMER, 2 COLLARED DOVES, c100 FIELDFARES, 3 REDWINGS (2 C.Wood, 1 flew over), ♂ GREENFINCH (singing), GOLDFINCH (Pages Acre), 2 NUTHATCHES (1 Circle Field/north end of Broadfield, 1 Ruffett Wood), 5 COMMON GULLS (3 ads & 2 1st-winters) (Bunting Field/Tart's Field), LONG-TAILED TIT (Pages Acre/Circle Field), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 Tattenham Meadow/Chipstead Meadow, 1 over Broadfield), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Ruffett Wood (singing)), SONG THRUSH (Pages Acre) - DKC/FJ
11.45am-1.15pm: ♂ BARN OWL still (near Reads Rest Cottages), WOODCOCK (flew from Lunch Wood towards Legal & General), NUTHATCH (Legal & General), 5 GREENFINCHES (Legal & General), 15 FIELDFARES (12 Legal & General, 3 Stoney Nob), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (Stoney Nob), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 Ruffett Wood, 1 Stoney Nob), GOLDFINCH (Legal & General), 2 LONG-TAILED TITS (Legal & General), SONG THRUSH (Pages Acre), 3 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (1 Lunch Wood, 2 Legal & General) - RJ/DS
♂ BARN OWL still (near Reads Rest Cottages), 2 BULLFINCHES (Slangs), 50+ FIELDFARES flew over (Slangs) - NR
COMMON BUZZARD - FJ

Wednesday 8th

6.37pm: BARN OWL (B.Woods flew south over Holly Lane near Elizabeth Drive) - MSt
1.54pm-5.10pm: (all C.Farm) 26 SKYLARKS (Broadfield), YELLOWHAMMER, GREENFINCH, 13+ FIELDFARES, 2+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC

Tuesday 7th

3 WOODCOCKS flushed (B.Woods), ♀ BULLFINCH (The Scrub), 2 MISTLE THRUSHES (Reads Rest Lane), 150+ FIELDFARES (C.Farm), 3 COAL TITS (1 near Harrier Field, 2 B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance), 5+ GOLDCRESTS (just NW of The Scrub (inc.1 without right eye (see Gallery))), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (Woodpecker Meadow) (see Gallery), 3 NUTHATCHES (SW side of B.Woods), SONG THRUSH (Valley Meadows) - MSt

Monday 6th

2 MALLARDS flew over (Railway Field), 2 LAPWINGS flew north (Legal & General), 2+ KESTRELS (C.Farm), 500+ FIELDFARES (350+ C.Farm, 150+ B.Woods), MEADOW PIPIT (Skylark Field), REDWING (Hither Field), GOLDCREST (B.Woods), COAL TIT (Pages Acre horse paddock), 3+ NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 Circle Field, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), 2 SONG THRUSHES (near Reads Rest Cottages) - IJ

Sunday 5th

GREY WAGTAIL still on & off (Kingswood Residential), ♂ BLACKCAP (Kingswood Residential) - FJ
8.29am-5.10pm: ♂ BARN OWL still (near Reads Rest Cottages) (see Gallery), LAPWING flew NE (C.Farm), ad GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL flew SW (C.Farm), 3 GREY HERONS flew over (1 Legal & General, 2 together B.Woods), 8 ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew over (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), ♀ KESTREL (C.Farm), c40 SKYLARKS (mobile between Skylark Field & Broadfield), 5+ MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), COLLARED DOVE (Chipstead Meadow (singing)), MISTLE THRUSH (C.Farm), 1+ BULLFINCH (NW side of B.Woods), 2 GREENFINCHES flew over (1 C.Farm, 1 NW side of B.Woods), 7+ YELLOWHAMMERS (mainly around R.R.Cottages), TREECREEPER (NW side of B.Woods), COAL TIT (Tawny Wood), 1+ REDWING (Tawny Wood), 8+ FIELDFARES (C.Farm), 6+ COMMON GULLS (4+ ads & 2+ 1st-winters) (C.Farm), 4+ SONG THRUSHES (1+ near Reads Rest Cottages, 2 Lunch Wood, 1 NW side of B.Woods), GOLDCREST (Tawny Wood), 3 NUTHATCHES (1 Circle Field, 2 B.Woods), 2 GOLDFINCHES (Chipstead Meadow), 9+ LONG-TAILED TITS (1+ Circle Field, 8+ NW side of B.Woods), 3+ GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (2+ C.Farm, 1+ B.Woods), 4+ GREEN WOODPECKERS (C.Farm), 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Stoney Nob) - DKC/IJ

Saturday 4th

GREY WAGTAIL still (Kingswood Residential) - FJ
Late afternoon: (all C.Farm) 2 LAPWINGS (Broadfield), GREY HERON flew over, 2 ROOKS flew over, ♀ KESTREL, LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), c40 SKYLARKS (Broadfield), ♂ PHEASANT (Broadfield), 21 COMMON GULLS (20 ads, 1 1st-winter) - DKC/NJ
(all C.Farm) 2 LAPWINGS (flew from Heathside Field to Broadfield), KESTREL, 40+ FIELDFARES (Skylark Field), 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - IPW

Friday 3rd

1.30pm-4.00pm: (all C.Farm) 4 LAPWINGS (Broadfield), COMMON BUZZARD (over C.Farmhouse), 30 SKYLARKS (Horse Pasture), 7 COMMON GULLS (Legal & General), 10 HERRING GULLS (Legal & General) - FJ
7.25am-9.44am: (all C.Farm) 2 YELLOWHAMMERS, 8 SKYLARKS, 12+ REDWINGS, 37+ FIELDFARES, c20 LINNETS, 6+ COMMON GULLS, COAL TIT (Circle Field/Pages Acre), NUTHATCH (Pages Acre horse paddock), 33 HERRING GULLS (Broadfield), 1+ GOLDFINCH (Circle Field), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Pages Acre), 4 STOCK DOVES (Broadfield), 2 LONG-TAILED TITS (Circle Field), 1+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET - DKC
(see new Gallery for a selection of photos of common birds from this year so far)

Thursday 2nd

10 LAPWINGS reported (Heathside Field); 2 WOODCOCKS (1 flew over Legal & General, 1 flushed near Piddly Pond), 2 ROOKS (Broadfield), PIED WAGTAIL (Harrier Field), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (R.R.Cottages), 2 BULLFINCHES (♂+♀) (Legal & General), TREECREEPER (B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance), 5 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance), 6 STOCK DOVES (Broadfield), 60+ STARLINGS (near Lunch Wood), GREENFINCH (Legal & General), 60+ FIELDFARES (Legal & General), 16 COMMON GULLS (Legal & General) - MSt
8.10am-11.14am: 4 MEADOW PIPITS (Horse Pasture), LESSER REDPOLL (near Piddly Pond), 2+ YELLOWHAMMERS (near R.R.Cottages), 6+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (Tawny Wood), 1+ BULLFINCH (Tawny Wood), 5+ REDWINGS (Tawny Wood), c35 FIELDFARES (C.Farm), 4 COAL TITS (3 Tawny Wood, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane), 2 GOLDCRESTS (Tawny Wood), 3 NUTHATCHES (1 Lunch Wood, 2 B.Woods), 1+ GOLDFINCH (Tawny Wood), 2 COMMON GULLS (Broadfield), 2 SONG THRUSHES (1 near C.Farmhouse, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance), GREEN WOODPECKER (Tawny Wood), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Tawny Wood) - DKC

Wednesday 1st

2.13pm-5.19pm: 2 WOODCOCKS flushed (B.Woods between R.R.Lane entrance & Piddly Pond), 3 MISTLE THRUSHES (Broadfield), 8+ LESSER REDPOLLS (B.Woods by R.R.Lane entrance), TREECREEPER (B.Woods between R.R.Lane entrance & Piddly Pond), 30+ FIELDFARES (Broadfield), PHEASANT (Broadfield), COMMON GULL (Broadfield), c15 STOCK DOVES (Broadfield), SONG THRUSH (B.Woods between R.R.Lane entrance & Piddly Pond), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 1+ GREEN WOODPECKER (Tattenham Meadow/Circle Field) - DKC/MSt
GREY HERON flew over (Perrotts Farmhouse then B.Woods), 4 ROOKS (Skylark Field), 3 BULLFINCHES (Legal & General), c120 FIELDFARES (Legal & General), 13 YELLOWHAMMERS (near Reads Rest Cottages), 10+ COMMON GULLS (C.Farm), 45 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (C.Farm) - MSt

January 2012

1+ WOODCOCK flushed (near Piddly Pond), 1+ BULLFINCH (The Scrub), COAL TIT (B.Woods), TREECREEPER (near Piddly Pond), 3 GOLDCRESTS (B.Woods), GREEN WOODPECKER (Woodpecker Meadow) - IJ

Monday 30th

no reported sightings

Sunday 29th

GREY WAGTAIL still (Kingswood Residential), GREY HERON briefly (Kingswood Residential) - FJ
8.14am-4.37pm: 2 WOODCOCKS flushed (near Piddly Pond), 40+ MEADOW PIPITS (mainly around Infront George Field & Horse Pasture), 30+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 1+ SISKIN flew over (C.Farm), 2+ LESSER REDPOLLS flew over (C.Farm), 1+ MISTLE THRUSH (over C.Farmhouse then Ruffett Wood (singing)), 9+ REDWINGS (3+ Legal & General/Stoney Nob, c6 Chipstead Meadow), 60+ FIELDFARES (Legal & General/Stoney Nob), 2+ LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (Legal & General & flying over), BULLFINCH (Legal & General), ♂ PHEASANT (Broadfield), COAL TIT (Ruffett Wood (singing)), 4+ NUTHATCHES (1 Aberdour School, 3 B.Woods), 6 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (Pages Acre), 7+ GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), COMMON GULL (Legal & General), 4 GREENFINCHES (C.Farm inc 3 Legal & General), 2 GOLDCRESTS (Tawny Wood), 250+ LINNETS (Green Belt Field), 200+ CHAFFINCHES (Green Belt Field), 7 LONG-TAILED TITS (2 Tawny Wood, 3 Pages Acre, 2 near Piddly Pond), 52+ STOCK DOVES (50+ C.Farm, 2 over Hither Field), 2+ GREEN WOODPECKERS (Woodpecker Meadow), 6 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 Stoney Nob (drumming), 1 Pages Acre, 4 B.Woods), 3 SONG THRUSHES (1 around Lambert's Shaw, 1 Legal & General, 1 near Piddly Pond (all singing)), ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET (C.Farm), group of 12+ GREAT TITS (near Piddly Pond) - DKC/PGo
6+ REDWINGS (west side of B.Woods), 3 GOLDCRESTS (Tawny Wood), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farmhouse, 1 west side of B.Woods), 50+ STOCK DOVES (Green Belt Field) (Mammals: Weasel (edge of Tawny Wood)) - IJ
KESTREL (C.Farm), 17 YELLOWHAMMERS (Skylark Field), c100 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (c50 Legal & General (including leucistic bird), c50 flew north), 5 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) - IPW
SKYLARK (Reads Bottom (singing)) - IGM

Saturday 28th

GREY WAGTAIL (Kingswood Residential) - FJ/SD
8.02am-11.40am: SISKIN flew over (C.Farm), 2 MEADOW PIPITS (Infront George Field), ♂ PIED WAGTAIL (Bog Field), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 8+ LESSER REDPOLLS (Circle Field), LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), 3+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm (1+ singing)), 7 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), BULLFINCH (B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance), TREECREEPER (Circle Field), 19+ FIELDFARES (C.Farm), 2 COAL TITS (1 Circle Field, 1 near Piddly Pond), 5 NUTHATCHES (1 Aberdour School, 1 Lunch Wood, 3 B.Woods), 4+ GOLDFINCHES (inc 2 chasing singing Skylark), 2+ COMMON GULLS (C.Farm), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (Circle Field), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (B.Woods), c27 STOCK DOVES (inc 23 Broadfield & 1 singing C.Wood), 3 SONG THRUSHES (1 near R.R.Cottages, 1 Death Pit, 1 Aberdour School (all singing)), 3 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) - DKC/LM
11 YELLOWHAMMERS (R.R.Cottages) - IGM

Friday 27th

no reported sightings

Thursday 26th

4.10pm: ♂ BARN OWL (in large barn by derelict barn near Reads Rest Cottages) - FJ
KESTREL (near C.Farmhouse), 2 SKYLARKS (Horse Pasture (singing)), 50+ FIELDFARES (Legal & General), GREEN WOODPECKER (Stoney Nob), 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (over Broadfield) - RJ/DSk
Mid afternoon: (all around B.Woods car park) KESTREL, 20+ REDWINGS, SONG THRUSH (singing) - DKC/MSt

Wednesday 25th

3.15pm-4.50pm: PIED WAGTAIL, ROOK, MEADOW PIPIT, 2 LITTLE OWLS (east side of Horse Pasture), ♂ YELLOWHAMMER (Harrier Field), SKYLARK, ♂ PHEASANT (Broadfield), 6 FIELDFARES, COAL TIT (Pages Acre), GOLDCREST (Pages Acre) GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Pages Acre), SONG THRUSH (Aberdour School area (singing)), 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC

Tuesday 24th

no reported sightings

Monday 23rd

no reported sightings

Sunday 22nd

2 BRAMBLINGS at 3.55pm (flew from Lunch Wood towards Kingswood Residential), 17 YELLOWHAMMERS (around Reads Rest Cottages), MISTLE THRUSH (flew from Lunch Wood to Stoney Nob), LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), BULLFINCH (Slangs), 9 COMMON GULLS (Legal & General), 3 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Stoney Nob) - IPW
7.55am-4.42pm: ♂ BARN OWL (in large barn by derelict barn near Reads Rest Cottages), ad GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over (C.Farm), ROOK (C.Farm), PIED WAGTAIL (over Infront George Field/Legal & General), ♀ KESTREL (Circle Field/Broadfield), 14+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 3+ SKYLARKS (2 singing) (C.Farm), MISTLE THRUSH (Ruffett Wood (singing)), 2+ REDWINGS (C.Farm), 145+ FIELDFARES (140+ C.Farm, 5+ The Scrub), ♂ PHEASANT (Broadfield), GOLDCREST (Tawny Wood), NUTHATCH (B.Woods), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 Circle Field, 1 The Scrub), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 150+ LINNETS (Broadfield then Green Belt Field), 75+ STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), 100+ CHAFFINCHES (Green Belt Field), COLLARED DOVE (C.Farm), 2 SONG THRUSHES (1 C.Wood (singing), 1 Legal & General (singing)), 4 COMMON GULLS (Legal & General), 1+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) - DKC/LM/RDW/IJ et al
10.40am-2.15pm: ♂ BARN OWL (in large barn by derelict barn near Reads Rest Cottages), KESTREL (over Piddly Pond), 2 MISTLE THRUSHES (Broadfield), COMMON BUZZARD (Broadfield), 7 SKYLARKS (4 Quail Field, 3 Infront George Field), 9 YELLOWHAMMERS (1 by C.Farmhouse, 8 Broadfield/Poultry Field), 2 COMMON GULLS (Legal & General), 60+ LINNETS (C.Farm), 60+ FIELDFARES (Legal & General), NUTHATCH (by Piddly Pond), 12 GREAT TITS (Lunch Wood) - AG/JG
♂ BARN OWL (in large barn by derelict barn near Reads Rest Cottages), COMMON BUZZARD (Broadfield), MISTLE THRUSH (Broadfield), PHEASANT (Infront George Field), c50 STOCK DOVES (Broadfield), 200+ LINNETS (Broadfield), c30 JACKDAWS (Broadfield), 7 LONG-TAILED TITS (5 Pages Acre, 2 Tawny Wood), 2 GOLDCRESTS (Tawny Wood), 50 CHAFFINCHES (Tawny Wood), 80+ FIELDFARES (C.Farm), SONG THRUSH (Pages Acre), 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Death Pit) - A&L
♂ BARN OWL (in large barn by derelict barn near Reads Rest Cottages), 10 YELLOWHAMMERS (near Reads Rest Cottages), 300+ LINNETS (Green Belt Field) - PGo

Saturday 21st

7.30am-c2.40pm: ♂ BARN OWL (in large barn by derelict barn near Reads Rest Cottages), CROSSBILL flew over at 11.48am (Piddly Pond), MEADOW PIPIT (C.Farm), 1+ SISKIN flew over (B.Woods), KESTREL (The Scrub), SPARROWHAWK (over Tawny Wood & Pipit Meadow), 2+ MISTLE THRUSHES (2 Broadfield then 1 Ruffett Wood (singing)), 3 ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (Legal & General), TREECREEPER (B.Woods), 2 BULLFINCHES (The Scrub), 2 LESSER REDPOLLS flew over (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 8+ REDWINGS (5+ C.Farm, c3 B.Woods), 20+ FIELDFARES (C.Farm), 200+ LINNETS (Green Belt Field), c100 CHAFFINCHES (Green Belt Field), 3+ GOLDCRESTS (1 Pages Acre, 1 Ruffett Wood (singing), 1+ Tawny Wood), 3+ COAL TITS (1 Pages Acre, 1 Ruffett Wood, 1+ near Piddly Pond), 6 NUTHATCHES (1 Ruffett Wood, 5 B.Woods), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (Woodpecker Meadow), COMMON GULL (Legal & General), 2+ GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (B.Woods), c31 STOCK DOVES (c30 Green Belt Field, 1 Ruffett Wood (singing)), 7+ LONG-TAILED TITS (5+ Pages Acre, 2+ Ruffett Wood), 2 SONG THRUSHES (1 C.Wood (singing), 1 near Piddly Pond) - DKC/IJ/FJ et al
♂ BARN OWL (in large barn by derelict barn near Reads Rest Cottages), 12 YELLOWHAMMERS (Horse Pasture), 50+ FIELDFARES (Infront George Field), 50+ STARLINGS (Infront George Field) - IGM
10+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm) - JMcF

Friday 20th

8.13am-9.44am: ♀ KESTREL, SPARROWHAWK (caught finch in NW corner of Broadfield), ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over, TREECREEPER (Pages Acre), 3 GOLDCRESTS (1 Ivy Wood, 2 Pages Acre), 2 COAL TITS (1 Pages Acre, 1 Chipstead Road (singing)), c27 FIELDFARES, 100+ CHAFFINCHES (NW corner of Broadfield), 100+ LINNETS (NW corner of Broadfield), 2 SONG THRUSHES, 6+ LONG-TAILED TITS (1 Ivy Wood, 5+ Pages Acre), GREEN WOODPECKER (Circle Field), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Pages Acre), 3+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC
35+ FIELDFARES (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (just NW of The Scrub), COAL TIT (just NW of The Scrub), 25+ GREAT TITS (just NW of The Scrub) - IJ

Thursday 19th

12.35pm-4.52pm: (all C.Farm) ♂ BARN OWL (in large barn by derelict barn near Reads Rest Cottages), CHIFFCHAFF still (Ivy Wood), 1st-winter GREY HERON (Bunting Field), PIED WAGTAIL, ♀ KESTREL, 1+ MISTLE THRUSH (NW end of Ruffett Wood), LITTLE OWL (barns by C.Farmhouse), SPARROWHAWK, 10 SKYLARKS, 2 COAL TITS (1 Ivy Wood, 1 Pages Acre), NUTHATCH (Pages Acre horse paddock), 3 REDWINGS (Ivy Wood), 60+ FIELDFARES, LINNET, 8+ LONG-TAILED TITS (2 Pages Acre, 6+ Tawny Wood), 30+ STOCK DOVES (Broadfield), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, GREEN WOODPECKER, 3+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC/IJ
LAPWING flew west (B.Woods) - MSt

Wednesday 18th

2.18pm-c5.55pm: (all C.Farm) 11 LAPWINGS (Broadfield), COMMON BUZZARD (Broadfield/Death Pit), MISTLE THRUSH (Buzzard Field/Broadfield (singing)), LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), 2 COAL TITS (Pages Acre/Circle Field), TREECREEPER (Pages Acre), 2+ GOLDCRESTS (Pages Acre/Circle Field (1 singing)), COMMON GULL flew over, 50+ FIELDFARES, STOCK DOVE, 2 SONG THRUSHES (1 Pages Acre (singing), 1 flew over Reads Rest Cottages), NUTHATCH (Circle Field), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Pages Acre (drumming)), LONG-TAILED TIT (Pages Acre) - DKC

Tuesday 17th

KESTREL (Infront George Field), 60 FIELDFARES (Legal & General), NUTHATCH (Legal & General), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (Legal & General), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Legal & General) - RJ

Monday 16th

(all Kingswood Residential) PHEASANT, REDWING, 6 FIELDFARES, 5 LONG-TAILED TITS - IJ
KESTREL (Hither Field area) - IJ

Sunday 15th

no reported sightings

Saturday 14th

BARN OWL at 5.29pm (flew from barns by C.Farmhouse & over Harrier Field), WOODCOCK at 5.05pm (flew from Lunch Wood to Infront George Field), MISTLE THRUSH (flew from Skylark Field to Broadfield), COMMON BUZZARD (Broadfield), 6 FIELDFARES (flew from Broadfield to Skylark Field), ♂ PHEASANT (Ruffett Wood/Pheasant Field), 4 YELLOWHAMMER (flew from Harrier Field to Infront George Field), 85+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Broadfield) - IPW
8.10am-4.45pm: LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER calling (Pages Acre), SPARROWHAWK (Buzzard Field/Ruffett Wood/Pheasant Field), MEADOW PIPIT (Slangs), MISTLE THRUSH (Pages Acre horse paddock), c20 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (Broadfield), LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (Broadfield), 2 COMMON GULLS (Broadfield), c26 LESSER REDPOLLS (1 C.Farm, c25 B.Woods), 50+ LINNETS (C.Farm), 3+ GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1+ C.Farm (1 drumming), 2 B.Woods), 3 TREECREEPERS (1 Pages Acre, 2 B.Woods between R.R.Lane entrance & Piddly Pond), 4 BULLFINCHES (1 B.Woods between R.R.Lane entrance & Piddly Pond, 3 The Scrub), 2+ REDWINGS (C.Farm), 4 FIELDFARES (C.Farm), 3+ COAL TITS (1+ Pages Acre/Circle Field, 2 B.Woods between R.R.Lane entrance & Piddly Pond), 8+ NUTHATCHES (1+ Pages Acre/Tattenham Meadow, 7 B.Woods), 4 GOLDCRESTS (2 Pages Acre (1 singing), 2 B.Woods between R.R.Lane entrance & Piddly Pond), c56 STOCK DOVES (c55 C.Farm, 1 by Piddly Pond (singing)), 4 LONG-TAILED TITS (1+ Circle Field, 2 NW of The Scrub, 1 B.Woods between R.R.Lane entrance & Piddly Pond), 3 GOLDFINCHES (2 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 4 SONG THRUSHES (1 C.Wood (singing), 1 Lambert's Shaw (singing), 2 B.Woods between R.R.Lane entrance & Piddly Pond (1 singing)), GREEN WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 5+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm), 60+ HERRING GULLS (Broadfield) - DKC/IJ
3+ GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew south (C.Farm) - IJ
COMMON BUZZARD (Broadfield), c45 STOCK DOVES (C.Farm) - IGM

Friday 13th

no reported sightings

Thursday 12th

2.28pm-5.00pm: (all C.Farm) 7 LESSER REDPOLLS, COMMON BUZZARD (Broadfield), YELLOWHAMMER, 2 COMMON GULLS (ad & 1st-winter) flew over, ♂ PHEASANT (Harrier Field), 65+ FIELDFARES, 6+ REDWINGS, GOLDCREST (Pages Acre), c5 STOCK DOVES, 6 LONG-TAILED TITS (2 Tattenham Meadow, 3 Pages Acre, 1 Lambert's Shaw), 5 SONG THRUSHES (2 Ivy Wood, 1 Death Pit (singing), 1 C.Wood (singing), 1 Pages Acre (singing)), 1+ GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 3 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC

Wednesday 11th

2.11pm-c5.30pm: (all C.Farm) ♂ BARN OWL (in large barn by derelict barn near Reads Rest Cottages), CHIFFCHAFF still (by Ivy Wood), 1+ ♀ KESTREL (Pages Acre horse paddock, & R.R.Cottages area), c22 SKYLARKS, 2 YELLOWHAMMERS, LITTLE OWL (Watchpoint), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (Gunman's Shaw), 2 COLLARED DOVES flew over (Tattenham Meadow/Aberdour School), NUTHATCH (Circle Field), 3+ REDWINGS, c90 FIELDFARES, 2 GOLDCRESTS (1 by Ivy Wood, 1 Circle Field), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Circle Field), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 pursued by Carrion Crow Tattenham Meadow, 1 Horse Pasture), c12 STOCK DOVES (Tattenham Meadow), 6+ LONG-TAILED TITS (2 by Ivy Wood, 4+ Circle Field), SONG THRUSH (near Watchpoint (singing)) (c20 probable Golden Plovers flew over but lost to view behind trees quickly) - DKC
12.10pm-1.00pm: (all C.Farm) 6 COMMON BUZZARDS (1 over Broadfield, 5 west over Kingswood Residential), MISTLE THRUSH (Pages Acre), 2 REDWINGS (by C.Farmhouse), c10 LINNETS (by C.Farmhouse), 2 GOLDFINCHES, 2 SONG THRUSHES (1 by C.Farmhouse, 1 C.Wood (singing)) - AD
GREY HERON flew over (C.Farm) - JH

Tuesday 10th

10.00am-11.45am: COMMON BUZZARD (Lambert's Shaw), KESTREL (Harrier Field), MEADOW PIPIT (Harrier Field), 105+ LINNETS (100+ Lambert's Shaw, 5 C.Farmhouse), 10 STOCK DOVES (Lambert's Shaw), 50+ CHAFFINCHES (Lambert's Shaw), SONG THRUSH (C.Farmhouse) - AG

Monday 9th

3.00pm-5.00pm: ♀ KESTREL (Harrier Field), COMMON BUZZARD (Green Belt Field), LTITLE OWL (barn near Reads Rest Cottages), 45 FIELDFARES (Gunman's Shaw), 8 REDWINGS (Buzzard Field), 2 GOLDCRESTS (Ruffett Wood), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farmhouse), 4 GREEN WOODPECKERS (Ruffett Wood), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (Watchpoint) - AH

Sunday 8th

4.50pm-5.10pm: (all C.Farm) WOODCOCK, 2 LITTLE OWLS - PGo
KESTREL (B.Woods near car park), BULLFINCH (Fames Rough), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), 3 BULLFINCHES (Fames Rough), TREECREEPER (Fames Rough), 7 LESSER REDPOLLS (B.Woods by R.R.Lane entrance), 3 COAL TITS (Fames Rough), GOLDCREST (Fames Rough), 3 LONG-TAILED TITS (Fames Rough) - IJ
11.50am-c4.40pm: ad GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL flew south at 12.24pm (C.Farm), SISKIN flew over (Lunch Wood), 2+ BULLFINCHES (The Scrub), 1+ YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), 20+ LESSER REDPOLLS (The Scrub), ♂ PHEASANT (The Scrub), 4 GOLDCRESTS (1 by Pages Acre horse paddocks (singing), 3 The Scrub), 2 GREENFINCHES (Legal & General), 5+ REDWINGS (C.Farm), c22 FIELDFARES (c20 C.Farm, 1 flew from B.Woods to C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 2+ GOLDFINCHES (1+ C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), c50 STOCK DOVES (all C.Farm inc 1 then flew over B.Woods), 5 NUTHATCHES (1 Ruffett Wood, 4 B.Woods), 3 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 2 B.Woods), GREEN WOODPECKER (Stoney Nob), 5+ COMMON GULLS (C.Farm), 11+ LONG-TAILED TITS (2+ Pages Acre, 1+ NW end of Broadfield, 8+ The Scrub), 12 SONG THRUSHES (6 C.Farm (3 singing), 6+ B.Woods (c5 singing)), 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (1 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 2 HERRING GULLS (ad & 1st-winter) (Legal & General) - DKC/KJM
c140 FIELDFARES (C.Farm), GOLDCREST (near Legal & General) - RDW

Saturday 7th

BRAMBLING (Ruffett Wood/Green Belt Field), GREY HERON flew over (C.Farm), c30 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), MEADOW PIPIT (C.Farm), 8 LESSER REDPOLLS (The Scrub), 20 FIELDFARES (The Scrub), ♂ BULLFINCH (Tawny Wood), 2 COAL TITS (Tattenham Meadow), 40+ STOCK DOVES (C.Farm) - PGo
4 BULLFINCHES (2♂+2♀) (Legal & General), 7 LONG-TAILED TITS (Legal & General) - RJ
(all C.Farm) 4 MEADOW PIPITS, 10+ YELLOWHAMMERS - IJ

Friday 6th

1.00pm: 2 BRAMBLINGS with c150 CHAFFINCHES (Broadfield near Lunch Wood), 4 YELLOWHAMMERS (Infront George Field/Skylark Field), c150 FIELDFARES (Legal & General), c10 REDWINGS (Legal & General), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 Lunch Wood, 1 Legal & General), COMMON GULL with 25 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Legal & General) - FJ
11.00am: CHIFFCHAFF still (Pages Acre), 2 KESTRELS (Valley Meadows) - IJ
8.04am-9.42pm: (all C.Farm) 2 MEADOW PIPITS, COMMON BUZZARD (Broadfield), 3+ YELLOWHAMMERS, 2 SKYLARKS, ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over, LESSER REDPOLL, 3+ REDWINGS, 25 FIELDFARES, 7 STOCK DOVES (Broadfield), COAL TIT (Pages Acre), 2 GOLDCRESTS (Pages Acre), 5+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Pages Acre), 3 COMMON GULLS (Broadfield), 4 GOLDFINCHES, GREEN WOODPECKER (Pipit Meadow), ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET - DKC
LITTLE OWL (near Perrotts Farmhouse) - PH
lots of GREENFINCHES (inc flock of c20) (Stoney Nob/Legal & General) - IGM

Thursday 5th

2.36pm-5.12pm: ♂ BARN OWL (in large barn by derelict barn near Reads Rest Cottages), LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), ♂ PHEASANT (Harrier Field), FIELDFARE (Ruffett Wood), 4 LONG-TAILED TITS (Ivy Wood), SONG THRUSH (C.Wood (singing)) - DKC et al

Wednesday 4th

2.11pm-c4.55pm: (all C.Farm) COMMON BUZZARD (Broadfield/Gunman's Shaw), LESSER REDPOLL, TREECREEPER (south side of Tattenham Meadow), 3+ YELLOWHAMMERS (west side of Broadfield), COAL TIT (south side of Tattenham Meadow), FIELDFARE, 2 GOLDCRESTS (1 south side of Tattenham Meadow, 1 Pages Acre), 2 COMMON GULLS flew over (C.Farm), 2 LONG-TAILED TITS (south side of Tattenham Meadow), SONG THRUSH (Watchpoint) - DKC/FJM

Tuesday 3rd

no reported sightings

Monday 2nd

2 ROOKS (C.Farm), 11 MEADOW PIPITS (Stoney Nob), 3 BULLFINCHES (Legal & General), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), 4 YELLOWHAMMERS (Reads Bottom), 62+ REDWINGS (60+ C.Farm, 2 B.Woods), 10+ FIELDFARES (C.Farm), 85+ STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), 3 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 4 COMMON GULLS (Legal & General), 8 LONG-TAILED TITS (B.Woods) - MSt
11.30am-3.00pm: 6 MEADOW PIPITS (Skylark Field), COMMON BUZZARD (Broadfield/Death Pit), LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), 2 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), TREECREEPER (B.Woods), c150 FIELDFARES (Legal & General), 20 REDWINGS (Legal & General), COLLARED DOVE (near Legal & General), NUTHATCH (B.Woods), COMMON GULL (Legal & General), 100+ LINNETS (Horse Pasture) (up to 5 COAL TITS at K.Residential today & y'day, SONG THRUSH there 1st-3rd) - SD/FJ
(all C.Farm) 4 MEADOW PIPITS (Slangs), LITTLE OWL, COMMON BUZZARD (Broadfield), 100+ LINNETS , GREENFINCH, GOLDFINCH (Slangs), LONG-TAILED TIT, NUTHATCH, 150+ WOODPIGEONS (Broadfield), 50+ STOCK DOVES (Broadfield), GREEN WOODPECKER, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (300+ CHAFFINCHES on New Year's Eve) - IGM
2 LITTLE OWLS (east side of Horse Pasture), COMMON BUZZARD (Broadfield), SKYLARK (Watchpoint), 12 FIELDFARES (over Lunch Wood), c300 LINNETS (Broadfield), COAL TIT (B.Woods), c100 STOCK DOVES (Broadfield), 4 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 2 SONG THRUSHES (1 Death Pit, 1 SW end of B.Woods), 8+ GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 Slangs, 1 Pipit Meadow, 5+ Woodpecker Meadow, 1 The Scrub) - A&L
SPARROWHAWK (B.Woods), 5 LESSER REDPOLLS (B.Woods) - PGo

Sunday 1st

2 MEALY REDPOLLS in garden (Kingswood Residential) - FJ/SD

December 2011

Happy New Year - it's been a very good year, thanks for to all who have used or contributed to this blog. Let's hope that 2012 is another productive year; the CFBW Bird Report 2011 is currently being written and will hopefully be published by the spring - DKC
no reported sightings