Canons Farm & Banstead Woods Birds

September 2012

Keep an eye on the Twitter feed on the right hand side and here for live bird news updates throughout the day. 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. When submitting sightings, please try to match the format of this page as much as possible to make transfer as efficient as possible. 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 flying past the recording area, viewed from it.

'C.Farm' is the general term for the area west of the marked red line on the Map, and 'B.Woods' is the general term for the area east of this line. More specific localities, also found on the map, are also included in these sightings.

Sunday 30th

7.20am-12.45pm: 3 CORMORANTS flew WNW at 8.34am (C.Farm), 600+ HOUSE MARTINS flew through (mainly C.Farm - c50 also over B.Woods), 60+ SWALLOWS flew through (mainly C.Farm - 5+ also over B.Woods), GREY HERON (C.Farm*), COMMON BUZZARD (Tawny Wood), 2+ SPARROWHAWKS (C.Farm - 1 also flew over B.Woods), 7 ROOKS (C.Farm), 12+ MISTLE THRUSHES (Tart's Field), 2+ CHIFFCHAFFS (1 by C.Farmhouse, 1+ by Green Belt Field), 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 east side of Horse Pasture, 1 C.Farmyard), 15+ MEADOW PIPITS (mainly C.Farm - 1 also flew over B.Woods), BULLFINCH (Pages Acre), 10+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), SONG THRUSH (by Green Belt Field), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), 80+ LINNETS (C.Farm), GOLDCREST (Ruffett Wood), 2 NUTHATCHES (1 by Green Belt Field, 1 Ruffett Wood), ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (C.Farm), 3+ COMMON GULLS (C.Farm), c15 STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), GREEN WOODPECKER (C.Farm), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 2+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) - DKC

Saturday 29th

7.15am-6.45pm: ♀ REED BUNTING at 7.58am only (hedge bordering Bunting Field/Quail Field), 3+ LESSER REDPOLLS flew over (C.Farm), 2 SISKINS flew over (C.Farm), CORMORANT flew over (C.Farm), 3 CANADA GEESE flew low WNW at 6.41pm (C.Farm), 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 C.Farmyard, 1 C.Farm or B.Woods near Perrotts Farmhouse), CHIFFCHAFF (C.Farmyard), 30+ HOUSE MARTINS (C.Farm), 50+ SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 5 SKYLARKS, 10+ MEADOW PIPITS, 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (B.Woods (1*)), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), 2 BULLFINCHES (The Scrub), 2+ MISTLE THRUSHES (C.Farm), 1+ PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (C.Farm), 2 COMMON GULLS (C.Farm), 3+ TREECREEPERS (B.Woods), 4+ GOLDCRESTS (B.Woods), YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), 2 COAL TITS (B.Woods), c13 LONG-TAILED TITS (B.Woods), 3 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 2+ COLLARED DOVES (C.Farm), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), GOLDFINCH (C.Farm), 4+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (2+ C.Farm, 2+ Rest Copse) (Butterflies: Comma (The Scrub), Speckled Wood (B.Woods), 2 Red Admirals (C.Farm)) - DKC/RDW/IGM et al
11.15am-1.30pm: (all C.Farm) SISKIN flew over (Bog Field), MEADOW PIPIT, 2 SKYLARKS (Bunting Field), 1+ ROOK (C.Wood), 3 PIED WAGTAILS, 2 SWALLOWS, 2 GOLDCRESTS (Heathside Field), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Broadfield, 1 Heathside Field), 2 COLLARED DOVES (Heathside Field), COMMON BUZZARD (Broadfield), 2♀ KESTRELS (1 Quail Field, 1 Bunting Field), 50+ LINNETS (Quail Field), YELLOWHAMMER (Broadfield), (Butterflies: Comma (Quail Field), 5 Red Admirals, Small White (Heathside Field)) - IPW
c20 SWALLOWS (B.Woods), 6 COMMON BUZZARDS (B.Woods), 3 KESTRELS (B.Woods), c80 LINNETS (Quail Field) - SG

Friday 28th

7.20am-12.20pm: ♀ REED BUNTING at 8.51am only (C.Farmyard) (found by DKC), ♀ STONECHAT (R.Bottom) (found by DW), juv HOBBY (on ground in Heathside Field then flew off), 3+ CORMORANTS flew over, , 300+ HOUSE MARTINS through south, 60+ SWALLOWS through south, COMMON BUZZARD, 2 SPARROWHAWKS, KESTREL, 3 ROOKS (Broadfield), 4+ SKYLARKS, 15+ MEADOW PIPITS (mainly in Infront George Field & Skylark Field), 10 PIED WAGTAILS (Skylark Field), 3 MISTLE THRUSHES, ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (Quail Field), 2+ COMMON GULLS, SONG THRUSH, 40+ LINNETS, 3+ COLLARED DOVES, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, STOCK DOVE, 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Butterflies: Red Admiral (Stoney Nob)) - DKC/PGo/DW
Late afternoon: ♀ STONECHAT still (R.Bottom) - IJ

Thursday 27th

(all C.Farm) LESSER REDPOLL flew over, SISKIN flew over, 100+ SWALLOWS, 10+ HOUSE MARTINS, 5+ MEADOW PIPITS, 6+ PIED WAGTAILS, 2 ROOKS, COMMON BUZZARD, SPARROWHAWK, 4+ COMMON GULLS, 2+ LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, CHIFFCHAFF (Pages Acre), 8 LINNETS, 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 Copt Hill Lane, 1 C.Farmyard), YELLOWHAMMER, 10+ PHEASANTS (Buzzard Field), TREECREEPER (Pages Acre), GREEN WOODPECKER, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, GREENFINCH, 2+ GOLDFINCHES, 20+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Butterflies: Red Admiral) - DKC/IJ

Wednesday 26th

7.05am-7.45am & 1.00pm-5.00pm: (all C.Farm) RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE still (Infront George Field), SAND MARTIN flew south, 3 YELLOW WAGTAILS flew over, MALLARD flew over, 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (1*), 400+ SWALLOWS, 50+ HOUSE MARTINS, 6 SKYLARKS, 2+ MEADOW PIPITS, 2 MISTLE THRUSHES, 2 ROOKS, PIED WAGTAIL, KESTREL, SPARROWHAWK, 2+ COMMON GULLS, 4 LITTLE OWLS, CHIFFCHAFF (Stoney Nob), LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, 5+ LINNETS, 2 COLLARED DOVES, GREEN WOODPECKER, 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, c5 STOCK DOVES - RDW/DKC/IJ

Tuesday 25th

1.35pm: 4 REDWINGS flew over (C.Farm) - GB
(all C.Farm) WHEATEAR (Bog Field), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Wood Lane, 1 Stoney Nob), COMMON BUZZARD, 2 KESTRELS, 15+ HOUSE MARTINS, 30+ SWALLOWS, 2+ MEADOW PIPITS, 4+ LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, COAL TIT (Circle Field), 3+ COMMON GULLS, ♂ PHEASANT, 2 YELLOWHAMMERS, LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), 2+ COLLARED DOVES, 14 STOCK DOVES, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 3 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Butterflies: Red Admiral) - DKC

Monday 24th

6.45am-9.10am & 11.00am-1.10pm & 4.20pm-7.10pm: YELLOW WAGTAIL flew south at 8.15am (C.Farm), 10+ MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), GREY HERON flew over (B.Woods), LITTLE OWL (C.Farmyard), HOUSE MARTIN flew over (C.Farm), 30+ SWALLOWS through (C.Farm), 6+ COMMON GULLS (C.Farm), 3+ ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (C.Farm), 2+ ROOKS (C.Farm), 2 SPARROWHAWKS (C.Farm), 4 PHEASANTS (♂+3♀) (Broadfield), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Copt Hill Lane, 1 Tattenham Meadow), YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), 20+ LINNETS (C.Farm), c10 STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), GREEN WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 25+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) - DKC/RDW
20+ ROOKS flew over (Slangs) - IGM
2+ ROOKS, 3 HOUSE MARTINS, ♀ KESTREL, COMMON GULL, c50 SWALLOWS, c30 LINNETS - AD

Sunday 23rd

6.50am-5.10pm: (all C.Farm) 7 CURLEWS 10.35am-10.44am (arrived from NE, landed in Quail Field then moved to Heathside Field before flying off south) (found by IJ) (see Gallery), 2 YELLOW WAGTAILS flew south (1 at 7.02am, 1 at 7.23am), HOBBY flew over, 6 MALLARDS flew over, 25+ MEADOW PIPITS, 12 MISTLE THRUSHES flew over, SKYLARK, 75+ HOUSE MARTINS through, 250+ SWALLOWS through, SPARROWHAWK, KESTREL, COMMON BUZZARD, 3+ COMMON GULLS (2 ads & 1 1st-winter), 6+ LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, 5 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Bunting Field, 1 Circle Field), YELLOWHAMMER, LINNET, 5+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Circle Field), 4 COLLARED DOVES, STOCK DOVE, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 3 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC/RDW/IJ/JB/IGM/CA et al
2 FIELDFARES (near Perrotts Farmhouse) - JH

Saturday 22nd

7.20am-7.20pm: RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE still (Broadfield), YELLOW WAGTAIL flew over (C.Farm), 10+ MEADOW PIPITS (5+ C.Farm, 5 B.Woods), c13 COMMON BUZZARDS (8 C.Farm (inc flock of 6), c5 B.Woods), 2 SPARROWHAWKS (B.Woods), 2 KESTRELS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 4 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 2 BULLFINCHES (♀ & juv) (by Piddly Pond), 2 TREECREEPERS (1 Pages Acre, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane), c20 SWALLOWS (C.Farm then 6 of which over B.Woods), 5 LITTLE OWLS (C.Farm), 6 CHIFFCHAFFS (2 Legal & General, 1 near R.R.Cottages, 1 Chipstead Meadow, 2 B.Woods (1 singing)), ROOK (Broadfield), 3+ LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (C.Farm), 3+ COMMON GULLS (C.Farm), 2 GOLDCRESTS (1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane (singing), 1 just NW of The Scrub), 4♀ PHEASANTS (3 Broadfield, 1 Tart's Field), COAL TIT (just NW of The Scrub), 2 SONG THRUSHES (1 C.Farmyard, 1 Circle Field), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (R.Bottom), 3 NUTHATCHES (1 by Piddly Pond, 1 just NW of The Scrub, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), 2 GREENFINCHES (♂+♀) (Legal & General), 5+ GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub, 2+ Woodpecker Meadow), 1+ GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 3+ STOCK DOVES (2+ C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), c5 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) (Butterflies: 4+ Red Admirals (3+ C.Farm, 1+ B.Woods), Speckled Wood (B.Woods), Comma (C.Farm), 4 Meadow Browns (Woodpecker Meadow), 3 Small Whites (C.Farm)) - GUIDED WALK & participants' sightings before & after

Friday 21st

12.18pm: HOBBY attacking flock of c60 LINNETS (Infront George Field) - NS
7.20am-12.35pm: (all C.Farm) SISKIN flew over, 16 MISTLE THRUSHES flew south in single flock, SKYLARK, 5 MEADOW PIPITS, 5+ HOUSE MARTINS, 12+ SWALLOWS, 2+ COMMON GULLS, GREY HERON*, 4+ ROOKS, 2 SPARROWHAWKS, 2+ KESTRELS, TREECREEPER (Lambert's Shaw), SONG THRUSH, 2 LITTLE OWLS, 3+ COLLARED DOVES, 3 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 C.Farmyard, 1 Chipstead Meadow (singing), 1 Circle Field), c55 STOCK DOVES, 3 NUTHATCHES (1 Death Pit, 1 Pages Acre, 1 Tawny Wood), 40+ LINNETS, 4 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, 6+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Butterflies: 2 Red Admirals) - DKC
11.50am-1.10pm: (all C.Farm) 4 SWALLOWS, 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Pheasant Field, 1 Legal & General), LITTLE OWL (Death Pit), NUTHATCH (Tawny Wood), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 Pheasant Field, 1 Buzzard Field), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Ruffett Wood), COLLARED DOVE (C.Residential), STOCK DOVE (Green Belt Field), 11 LINNETS (Poultry Field), 80+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Tart's Field), 7 HERRING GULLS (Tart's Field), 3 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Butterflies: Small Tortoiseshell (Buzzard Field), 2 Red Admirals (1 Pipit Meadow, 1 Poultry Field)) - IPW/SJW

Thursday 20th

1.40pm-6.40pm: 500+ HOUSE MARTINS flew through mostly 2.15pm-3.30pm (mainly C.Farm but also over B.Woods), 6 ROOKS (C.Farm then 2 flew over B.Woods), 2 SPARROWHAWKS (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), SWALLOW (C.Farm), 1+ MISTLE THRUSH (C.Farm), 5 MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), 9 ♀/juv PHEASANTS (8 flew from Broadfield to Lunch Banks, 1 Broadfield), 8 LONG-TAILED TITS (Perrotts by Wood/B.Woods), c25 LINNETS (C.Farm), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane, 1 B.Woods Short Route), 2 GOLDCRESTS (B.Woods north of estate), 2 NUTHATCHES (1 B.Woods Short Route, 1 Holly Lane Meadow), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (B.Woods), 15+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm then 2 flew over B.Woods) - DKC/GB

Wednesday 19th

7.10am-7.50am & c1.00pm-c7.00pm: (all C.Farm) 2 juv HOBBIES c2.55pm-c5.45pm (flying around Broadfield then perched at Death Pit), 5+ MEADOW PIPITS, 2 COMMON GULLS (juv Tart's Field, adult Skylark Field), GREY HERON (on roof C.Lane), 6 SWALLOWS, juv KESTREL, SPARROWHAWK, COMMON BUZZARD, 6 MISTLE THRUSHES flew over (Quail Field), LITTLE OWL (north end of Broadfield), ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (Quail Field), YELLOWHAMMER, LINNET, 15 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Butterflies: Red Admiral) - DKC/CA
(11.10am-12.45pm: (all C.Farm) WHEATEAR (Bog Field), 5 SWALLOWS (Broadfield), CHIFFCHAFF (Legal & General), 4 MEADOW PIPITS (2 Legal & General, 1 Stoney Nob, 1 Broadfield), COMMON BUZZARD (over Stoney Nob), 2♀ KESTRELS (1 Legal & General, 1 Steep Banks), LITTLE OWL (near C.Farmhouse), 4 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 4 YELLOWHAMMERS (2 Slangs, 2 Broadfield), STOCK DOVE (Lunch Banks), 8 LINNETS (7 R.Bottom, 1 Skylark Field), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 Legal & General, 1 Lunch Wood), GREENFINCH (Legal & General), GOLDFINCH (Legal & General), c60 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Tart's Field), 11 HERRING GULLS (in fields) (Butterflies: 2 Red Admirals (Infront George Field), Small White (Lunch Banks), Large White (Copt Hill Lane), Meadow Brown (Railway Field), Speckled Wood (Lunch Banks) - IPW/SJW
(all C.Farm) WHEATEAR at 8.50am (Infront George Field), 2+ MEADOW PIPITS, 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (Slangs), 100+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS - IGM

Tuesday 18th

10.30am-12.00pm: (all C.Farm) 3 CROSSBILLS flew NW at 10.51am (Railway Field), 2 MEADOW PIPITS (1 Stoney Nob, 1 Infront George Field), HOUSE MARTIN flew south (Railway Field), BULLFINCH (Stoney Nob), 7 SWALLOWS (2 Railway Field, 5 Broadfield), LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (Tart's Field), COMMON BUZZARD (Lunch Wood), CHIFFCHAFF (Legal & General), 3 NUTHATCHES (1 Stoney Nob, 1 Lunch Wood, 1 K.Residential), GREENFINCH (Railway Field), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (R.Bottom), GREEN WOODPECKER (Stoney Nob), 56+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS (c51 Tart's Field, 2 Broadfield, 3 Quail Field), 2 HERRING GULLS (Tart's Field) (possible male Reed Bunting at 11.15am (flew from Infront George Field to Lunch Banks)) (Butterflies: Small Tortoiseshell (Lunch Banks), Meadow Brown (Lunch Banks)) - IPW/SJW
7.10am-7.55am & 4.10pm-5.45pm: SISKIN flew over, GREY HERON (Quail Field), 2 MEADOW PIPITS, ♂ PHEASANT (Broadfield), BULLFINCH (Stoney Nob/Railway Field), adult COMMON GULL (Tart's Field), 7 LINNETS, YELLOWHAMMER, COLLARED DOVE, 6+ STOCK DOVES (Butterflies: Red Admiral) - DKC

Monday 17th

7.15am-8.30am: adult COMMON GULL (Infront George Field), adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (Infront George Field), 6 MEADOW PIPITS flew over, 10 SWALLOWS flew low south, GREENFINCH, 2 COLLARED DOVES, 6 LINNETS, ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET - DKC

Sunday 16th

7.20am-6.00pm: adult ♂ PEREGRINE 1.00pm-1.03pm (over Broadfield & landed in tree briefly then flew east), ad COMMON GULL (Skylark Field), 25+ MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 60+ HOUSE MARTINS flew through (C.Farm), 20+ SWALLOWS flew through (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), ♀ SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 2 ♀/juv KESTRELS (1 Lunch Banks, 1 Green Belt Field), ROOK (C.Farm), SKYLARK (C.Farm), 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 near C.Farmhouse, 1 Poultry Field/Pheasant Field), 2 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 1+ YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (1 Skylark Field, 1 flew over C.Farm), 3 PHEASANTS (C.Farm), 2 COAL TITS (1 C.Residential, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane), GOLDCREST (Legal & General), 3 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Tawny Wood, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane, 1 The Scrub), 5 NUTHATCHES (1 Pages Acre, 4 B.Woods), BULLFINCH (The Scrub), 3+ GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 1+ B.Woods), 5+ LONG-TAILED TITS (B.Woods near R.R.Lane), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 2 COLLARED DOVES (C.Farm), 6 STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), GREENFINCH (C.Farm), GOLDFINCH (by Perrotts Farmhouse), 20+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (10+ C.Farm, c10 Rest Copse) - DKC

Saturday 15th

7.15am-7.30pm: (all C.Farm) ♀ STONECHAT (north side of Heathside Field), SISKIN flew over (C.Farm), 50+ MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 120+ HOUSE MARTINS (C.Farm), 100+ SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 1+ GREY HERON flew over (C.Farm), 7+ MISTLE THRUSHES (C.Farm), 3 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), SKYLARK (Heathside Field), 1+ ad COMMON GULL (C.Farm), 2 SPARROWHAWKS (C.Farm), ♀/juv KESTREL (C.Farm), 4+ COMMON BUZZARDS (C.Farm), 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 east side of Horse Pasture, 1 Stoney Nob), NUTHATCH (Death Pit), COMMON WHITETHROAT (Broadfield), 22+ LINNETS (C.Farm), 5 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Infront George Field, 1 Lunch Wood (singing), 1 near C.Farmhouse, 2 The Scrub), BLACKCAP (The Scrub), 7 ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (1 Skylark Field, 6 flew over C.Farm), GREENFINCH (C.Farm), GREEN WOODPECKER (C.Farm), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 2+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), COLLARED DOVE (C.Farm), GOLDFINCH (C.Farm), 3+ STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), 5+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm); healthy numbers of BLACK-HEADED GULLS and HERRING GULLS, on the deck and flying over (Butterflies: Small Copper (The Scrub), Brown Argus (Pipit Meadow), Gatekeeper (Slangs), c5 Red Admirals (C.Farm), Brimstone (Lunch Wood), Comma (by C.Farmhouse), Small White (C.Farm), c5 Speckled Woods (C.Farm), 9+ Meadow Browns (1 Pipit Meadow, 8+ The Scrub)) - DKC/RDW/PGo et al
11.10am-12.20pm: 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Infront George Field, 1 Legal & General), GREENFINCH (Legal & General), GOLDFINCH (Railway Field) (Mammals: Weasel (Slangs). Butterflies: Small Tortoiseshell (R.Bottom), 2 Commas (1 Stoney Nob, 1 Broadfield), 4 Red Admirals (1 R.R.Cottages, 2 Broadfield, 1 Watchpoint), 4 Small Whites (2 Railway Field, 1 R.Bottom, 1 Broadfield), 6 Large Whites (2 Broadfield, 1 Quail Field, 2 Railway Field, 1 Slangs)) - IPW

Friday 14th

7.10am-12.20pm: RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Infront George Field), 5 MALLARDS (C.Farm*), 1st-winter COMMON GULL (Quail Field), 4+ MEADOW PIPITS flew over (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), 3 KESTRELS (♂+♀/juv C.Farm, ♂ Woodpecker Meadow), HOUSE MARTIN flew over (The Scrub), ROOK (C.Farm), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), 2 TREECREEPERS (1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane, 1 just NW of The Scrub), 2 GOLDCRESTS (B.Woods near R.R.Lane), 3 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (2 ads & juv) (Infront George Field), 3 SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 2 BULLFINCHES (1 Legal & General, 1 The Scrub), 5 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Legal & General, 1 Slangs, 2 The Scrub, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 5 NUTHATCHES (1 Lunch Wood, 4 B.Woods), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 4+ GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 Perrotts by Wood/B.Woods, 2+ The Scrub, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), 10+ LINNETS (C.Farm), c85 HERRING GULLS (Tart's Field & Infront George Field), 75+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Tart's Field & Infront George Field), STOCK DOVE (C.Farm), 6+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) (Butterflies: Speckled Wood (The Scrub), Red Admiral (The Scrub)) - DKC
Evening: RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Broadfield) - IGM
Late morning/early afternoon: (all C.Farm) 1st-winter COMMON GULL (Quail Field then Tart's Field), ♀ KESTREL, COMMON BUZZARD, SKYLARK (Tart's Field), c8 YELLOWHAMMERS (Harrier Field), c70 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Tart's Field), 7 STOCK DOVES (Bog Field), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 3 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - NS

Thursday 13th

10.30am-1.00pm: (all B.Woods) 4 BULLFINCHES (1 Valley Meadows, 1 Hither Field, 1 Fames Rough, 1 The Scrub), 8 CHIFFCHAFFS (B.Woods), 7+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Fames Rough), KESTREL (Woodpecker Meadow), GOLDCREST (by B.Woods car park (singing)), 3 BLACKCAPS (1 Steep Banks, 2 B.Woods), 3+ COAL TITS (Sheep Brow) (Butterflies: 2 Chalkhill Blues (Valley Meadows), Small Tortoiseshell (Hither Field), 2 Speckled Woods (Hither Field), 7+ Meadow Browns (Hither Field), Large White (Hither Field), 4 Small Whites (Valley Meadows), Small Heath (The Scrub), Comma (near B.Woods car park). Moths: Silver Y (Hither Field)) - IPW
(all C.Farm) juv COMMON GULL (Tart's Field), MEADOW PIPIT flew over, 8 SWALLOWS, MISTLE THRUSH (over R.Bottom), 3 LITTLE OWLS (1 Stoney Nob, 1 Lambert's Shaw, 1 near C.Farmhouse), KESTREL, 2 COLLARED DOVES, YELLOWHAMMER, GREEN WOODPECKER, 41 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Butterflies: 3+ Red Admirals) - DKC

Wednesday 12th

6.45am-8.20am & c1.30pm-5.50pm: (all C.Farm) YELLOW WAGTAIL flew over at 8.27am, WHEATEAR (barns behind R.R.Cottages then east side of Horse Pasture), SKYLARK (Heathside Field), 4+ MEADOW PIPITS, COMMON WHITETHROAT (by C.Farmhouse), ♀ BLACKCAP (Slangs), ROOK, LITTLE OWL, SPARROWHAWK, 2 KESTRELS, MISTLE THRUSH, PIED WAGTAIL, TREECREEPER (Slangs), 2 COAL TITS (1 by Pages Acre, 1 Slangs), 2 GOLDCRESTS (Slangs), 6+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Slangs), CHIFFCHAFF (Slangs), 2 BULLFINCHES (Slangs), 3 YELLOWHAMMERS, c50 BLACK-HEADED GULLS, 20+ HERRING GULLS, 12+ SWALLOWS, NUTHATCH (Pages Acre), 3♂ PHEASANTS, COLLARED DOVE, 2 GOLDFINCHES, LINNET, STOCK DOVE, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 10+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC

Tuesday 11th

♀ COMMON REDSTART (Slangs) - NS
3 short visits throughout day: ♀ COMMON REDSTART (Slangs/R.Bottom), 4 MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 3 HOUSE MARTINS flew over (C.Farm), 1+ BLACKCAP (Slangs), COMMON WHITETHROAT (R.Bottom), 4+ ROOKS (C.Farm), LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (B.Woods), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), 3 COLLARED DOVES (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (B.Woods), COAL TIT (B.Woods), 2 GOLDCRESTS (B.Woods), 2+ NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 2 KESTRELS (♀/juv C.Farm, ♂ Holly Lane Meadow), SWALLOW (C.Farm), 2 BULLFINCHES (Slangs), 2 PHEASANTS (♂ Broadfield, juv Lunch Banks), YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), GREEN WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 17+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) (Mammals: Weasel (R.Bottom)) - DKC
4.00pm-5.00pm: SPARROWHAWK (B.Woods), GOLDCREST (B.Woods car park), CHIFFCHAFF (Valley Meadows), 2 BULLFINCHES (Valley Meadows), 6+ ROOKS (Outwood Lane), 3 GREENFINCHES (Valley Meadows), 2 GOLDFINCHES (Valley Meadows), 3+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Valley Meadows) (Butterflies: Small Heath (Holly Lane Meadow), Speckled Wood (Holly Lane Meadow), Small Copper (Holly Lane Meadow), 10+ Meadow Browns (Valley Meadows)) - IPW

Monday 10th

6.20pm-8.00pm: 1st-winter ♂ COMMON REDSTART still in evening (east side of Infront George Field), RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE heard calling (Stoney Nob), WHEATEAR (Harrier Field), 2 LITTLE OWLS, KESTREL - DKC/JB
(all C.Farm) BLACKCAP (Slangs), COMMON BUZZARD, YELLOWHAMMER, KESTREL - IJ
6.50am-7.50am: COMMON WHITETHROAT (Watchpoint), KESTREL, 4 COLLARED DOVES, 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (Heathside Field), 90+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Heathside Field & Tart's Field), 30+ HERRING GULLS (Heathside Field & Tart's Field), STOCK DOVE, LINNET, 6+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Butterflies: Speckled Wood) - DKC

Sunday 9th

8.20am: 3 WHINCHATS (east side of Tart's Field) - JSi
From Banstead Countryside Day stall at Holly Lane Meadow: 2 HOBBIES, 2 CANADA GEESE, 2 COMMON BUZZARDS, c20 SWALLOWS - DKC et al
6.45am-8.40am: (all C.Farm) RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Stoney Nob), WHEATEAR (Harrier Field), 2 SKYLARKS, PIED WAGTAIL, LITTLE OWL, 2 CHIFFCHAFFS, ROOK, TREECREEPER (Lunch Wood), 3 LINNETS, ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, GREEN WOODPECKER, 2+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC
c15 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), BULLFINCH (Legal & General), COMMON BUZZARD (over Broadfield) (Butterflies: several Speckled Woods) - IGM

Saturday 8th

(all C.Farm) 1st-winter ♂ COMMON REDSTART (Stoney Nob), HOBBY, 2 SWALLOWS, CHIFFCHAFF, ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over, 2 COMMON BUZZARDS*, 8+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS, KESTREL, LINNET, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER - DKC
RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Lunch Banks), MEADOW PIPIT (Bog Field), BULLFINCH (Slangs), BLACKCAP (Railway Field), ♂ PHEASANT (R.Bottom), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (1 over Lunch Wood, 1 over B.Woods), 4 SWALLOWS flew west (Heathside Field), imm ♂ KESTREL (Stoney Nob), COLLARED DOVE (C.Residential (singing)), 12 LINNETS (C.Farm), 2 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Tart's Field), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Heathside Field), GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 Stoney Nob, 1 Lunch Wood) (Butterflies: Small Tortoiseshell (Legal & General), Meadow Brown (Legal & General), 3 Red Admirals (2 Heathside Field, 1 Railway Field), 3 Small Heaths (2 Quail Field, 1 Railway Field), 40+ Small Whites, Brimstone (C.Farm), 4 Speckled Woods (1 Heathside Field, 2 Slangs, 1 Watchpoint)) - IPW
CHIFFCHAFF (Fames Rough (singing)), 12 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General) (Butterflies: Brown Argus (Fames Rough), Common Blue (Fames Rough), Gatekeepers & Meadow Browns (Fames Rough). Odonata: 2 Southern Hawkers (Piddly Pond)) - IGM

Friday 7th

6.20am-7.55am: (all C.Farm) WHINCHAT, MEADOW PIPIT, ROOK, COMMON WHITETHROAT, LITTLE OWL, 2 CHIFFCHAFFS, YELLOWHAMMER, LINNET, BLACK-HEADED GULL, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, GOLDFINCH, 13 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC
1.10pm: ♂ WHEATEAR (Broadfield) - NS
8.30am: 3 SWALLOWS flew SW (Kingswood Residential) - IJ

Thursday 6th

Late morning/early afternoon: (all C.Farm) ♀/juv COMMON REDSTART (Slangs), 3+ ROOKS, ♀ PHEASANT, 20+ PIED WAGTAILS, 3+ BLACKCAPS, 5+ CHIFFCHAFFS, 2+ GOLDCRESTS, 2+ NUTHATCHES, TREECREEPER, SPARROWHAWK, KESTREL, 4+ BULLFINCHES, ♀ YELLOWHAMMER, 8+ SWALLOWS, 2 HOUSE MARTINS, 4 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, 2 BLACK-HEADED GULLS - IS
Evening: (all C.Farm) ♀/juv COMMON REDSTART (Slangs), WHEATEAR (Infront George Field), BULLFINCH (Slangs), KESTREL - IJ
Evening: (all C.Farm) ♀/juv COMMON REDSTART (Slangs), GREY HERON circling (Broadfield), TAWNY OWL - IGM
Early morning: (all C.Farm) YELLOW WAGTAIL flew over, 5 MEADOW PIPITS, 2+ ROOKS, 3 LINNETS, YELLOWHAMMER, 3 COLLARED DOVES, 2 BLACK-HEADED GULLS, GREEN WOODPECKER, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 5+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC

Wednesday 5th

11.50am: ♀/juv COMMON REDSTART (Slangs) - MSe
Late afternoon/early evening: (all C.Farm) RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Broadfield), 2 LAPWINGS (Harrier Field), WHINCHAT (Heathside Field), MEADOW PIPIT, SPARROWHAWK, PIED WAGTAIL, ROOK, 2 LITTLE OWLS, COLLARED DOVE, CHIFFCHAFF, COMMON WHITETHROAT, GREEN WOODPECKER, SONG THRUSH, BLACK-HEADED GULL - DKC et al

Tuesday 4th

6.45am-6.30pm: ♀/juv COMMON REDSTART (Slangs), TREE PIPIT (dropped into Quail Field), LESSER WHITETHROAT (Slangs), 3+ CROSSBILLS (1+ flew over B.Woods near R.R.Lane, 3 flew over The Scrub at 5.37pm (see Gallery)), 6 WHINCHATS (4 east side of Horse Pasture, 2 Hither Field), WHEATEAR (R.Bottom) (see Gallery), HOBBY at c6.05pm (over Fames Rough then Woodpecker Meadow & Hither Field), 7 CANADA GEESE flew over twice (C.Farm), WILLOW WARBLER (The Scrub), 7 ROOKS (6 around Broadfield, 1 B.Woods*), 9+ PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (C.Farm (1*)), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 2 KESTRELS (1 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 3 BULLFINCHES (1 Legal & General, 2 The Scrub), 2 BLACKCAPS (1 near C.Farmhouse, 1 The Scrub), 3 COMMON WHITETHROATS (1 near C.Farmhouse, 1 Slangs, 1 The Scrub), c11 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (C.Farm), SWALLOW (C.Farm), 2 PHEASANTS (C.Farm), 2+ LITTLE OWLS (1+ C.Farm, 1 C.Farm or B.Woods near R.R.Lane), 5+ CHIFFCHAFFS (2+ C.Farm, 3+ The Scrub), 22+ LINNETS (20+ C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 2+ COLLARED DOVES (C.Farm), 4+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (by Piddly Pond), c10 LONG-TAILED TITS (The Scrub), 2 COAL TITS (The Scrub), GOLDCREST (between Piddly Pond & The Scrub), 4 NUTHATCHES (1 Lunch Wood, 1 by Piddly Pond, 2 The Scrub), c21 STOCK DOVES (c20 Broadfield, 1 B.Woods), 4 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), 3 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), 2 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 20+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (3+ C.Farm, 17+ Rest Copse) (Odonata: Southern Hawker (Piddly Pond). Butterflies: Gatekeeper (R.R.Lane), Speckled Wood (The Scrub), Small White (C.Farm), Meadow Brown (The Scrub)) - DKC/MSt/RD/PG et al
(Butterflies: Painted Lady (Perrotts by Wood). Odonata: 2 Emperors (Piddly Pond), c6 Common Darters (Piddly Pond)) - NS

Monday 3rd

(new photographs from recent days added to Gallery)
(all by R.R.Cottages) SPOTTED FLYCATCHER, 2 WHINCHATS, 2 WHEATEARS - CA
(all C.Farm) COMMON REDSTART (seen too briefly to be identified to sex/age but looked different to yesterday's ♂ and was likely a 1st-winter ♂) (Slangs), RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Broadfield), 2 WHINCHATS (by R.R.Cottages), 3 WHEATEARS (2 by R.R.Cottages, 1 east side of Horse Pasture), 7 MEADOW PIPITS flew over (C.Farm), 2 WILLOW WARBLERS (Circle Field), 3 HOUSE MARTINS, 2♀ PHEASANTS (Broadfield), 4+ SWALLOWS, SPARROWHAWK, 2 COMMON BUZZARDS, KESTREL, COMMON WHITETHROAT (Slangs), 3 BLACKCAPS (♀ near C.Farmhouse, 2 Lambert's Shaw), 25 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 2 COLLARED DOVES, 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Legal & General, 1 Slangs), TREECREEPER (C.Wood), 3 NUTHATCHES (1 C.Wood, 1 Circle Field, 1 Pages Acre), 2 COAL TITS (Pages Acre), 3+ YELLOWHAMMERS (inc juv Slangs), 3+ GOLDCRESTS (1+ juv) (Pages Acre), 6+ LONG-TAILED TITS (2+ Circle Field, 4+ Pages Acre), BLACK-HEADED GULL, 10+ LINNETS, GREEN WOODPECKER, 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET (Odonata: Migrant Hawker (Circle Field). Butterflies: 2 Speckled Woods (Circle Field)) - DKC/JB/CA et al

Sunday 2nd

6.00am-7.30pm: BAR-TAILED GODWIT flew NE at 9.44am (Heathside Field) (see Gallery), GREY WAGTAIL flew SE at 9.10am (C.Farmhouse), 2 TREE PIPITS flew over at 2.00pm (C.Farmhouse), 2 COMMON REDSTARTS (♂ Slangs & ♀ by Perrotts Farmhouse), RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Broadfield), 1st-winter WHINCHAT (Horse Pasture), c12 SAND MARTINS flew SW at 11.46am (C.Farm), 2 YELLOW WAGTAILS flew over (C.Farm), 7 CANADA GEESE c10.30am-11.19am then flew off (Broadfield), MEADOW PIPIT flew over (C.Farm), CORMORANT flew over (C.Farm), 2 GREY HERONS flew over (C.Farm), c4 ROOKS (c3 Broadfield, 1 B.Woods), 2+ HOUSE MARTINS flew over (C.Farm), 2 WILLOW WARBLERS (The Scrub), 7+ SWALLOWS (5+ C.Farm, 2 over The Scrub), 3 LITTLE OWLS (2 Stoney Nob, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), 29 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm - took a House Sparrow), 2+ BLACKCAPS (1 Legal & General, 1+ The Scrub), 5 COMMON WHITETHROATS (2 near R.R.Lane, 1 Poultry Field, 2 The Scrub), 2 KESTRELS (♂+♀) (C.Farm), 5+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS (C.Farm), 4 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew over (C.Farm), 3+ LONG-TAILED TITS (1+ Heathside Field, 2+ The Scrub), COAL TIT (Heathside Field), 4 TREECREEPERS (1 Lunch Wood, 1 Pages Acre, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane, 1 The Scrub), NUTHATCH (The Scrub), BULLFINCH (The Scrub), GOLDCREST (Heathside Field), 2+ PHEASANTS (C.Farm), 2 GREENFINCHES (C.Farm), 5+ COLLARED DOVES (C.Farm), 28+ LINNETS (27+ C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 2+ STOCK DOVES (1+ C.Farm, 1 B.Woods to C.Farm), SONG THRUSH (near C.Farmhouse), several GOLDFINCHES (Legal & General), 8+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm), 4+ GREEN WOODPECKERS (2+ C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), 4 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 2 B.Woods) (59 species recorded) (Butterflies: Small Tortoiseshell (Poultry Field), Speckled Wood (Watchpoint), Small White (Circle Field)) - DKC/PW/IJ/IPW/SG/RDW/PGo/IGM/JB et al

Saturday 1st

♂ COMMON REDSTART (Slangs) - JS
(all C.Farm) 2 SPOTTED FLYCATCHERS (1 at south end of Legal & General playing field 12.45pm-1.45pm at least, 1 in holly bush at west side of Broadfield 6.50pm-7.25pm at least) (see Gallery), ♂ COMMON REDSTART (Slangs) (same as above), 7 CANADA GEESE flew east at 9.36am, MEADOW PIPIT, ♀ BLACKCAP (by barns behind C.Farmhouse), COMMON BUZZARD, 1+ GREY HERON flew over (1 over C.Farm then poss same over B.Woods then C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK, 2 KESTRELS (♂+♀), 2 PHEASANTS, 2 COMMON WHITETHROATS, 3+ LITTLE OWLS, 20 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 3 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Copt Hill Lane, 1 Pages Acre, 1 Ruffett Wood), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS, SWALLOW, 4 LINNETS, 2+ COLLARED DOVES, STOCK DOVE, 4 BLACK-HEADED GULLS, 15+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS, 7+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Pages Acre), TREECREEPER (Pages Acre), 2 GREENFINCHES (Legal & General), 10+ GOLDFINCHES (Legal & General), GREEN WOODPECKER, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER - DKC/JB et al
WHEATEAR (on wires by R.R.Lane) - AD
ROOK (over Lunch Banks), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (Legal & General), LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob/Infront George Field), BULLFINCH (Stoney Nob), 10 LONG-TAILED TITS (Legal & General/Copt Hill Lane), 2 GREENFINCHES (Legal & General), imm ♂ KESTREL (Railway Field/Legal & General) (Butterflies: Meadow Brown) - IPW
10 PHEASANTS (♀ with 9 chicks) (R.R.Lane) - via DKC

August 2012

ROMAN SNAILS - please report any suspicious behaviour relating to the taking of this protected species to the police and the Downlands Trust

Keep an eye on the Twitter feed on the right hand side and here for live bird news updates throughout the day. 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. When submitting sightings, please try to match the format of this page as much as possible to make transfer as efficient as possible. 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 flying past the recording area, viewed from it.

'C.Farm' is the general term for the area west of the marked red line on the Map, and 'B.Woods' is the general term for the area east of this line. More specific localities, also found on the map, are also included in these sightings.

Friday 31st

Late afternoon: ♀ COMMON REDSTART (C.Farm/B.Woods at end of R.R.Lane by Perrotts Farmhouse), COMMON WHITETHROAT (R.Bottom), TREE or MEADOW PIPIT (Stoney Nob) - PW
RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (SW corner of Broadfield), WHINCHAT (SW corner of Broadfield then Harrier Field), 4 HOUSE MARTINS (C.Farm), 8 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), COMMON BUZZARD (Steep Banks), 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 Stoney Nob, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane), ♂ KESTREL (C.Farm), GOLDCREST (just NW of The Scrub), 2 BULLFINCHES (1 Valley Meadows, 1 The Scrub), 3 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), PHEASANT (C.Farm), 2 SWALLOWS (C.Farm), YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), 2 COLLARED DOVES (C.Farm inc 1 by Perrotts Farmhouse), 4 LINNETS (C.Farm), 7 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Slangs, 6 B.Woods), 5 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (C.Farm), 24+ STOCK DOVES (1 C.Farm, flock of 23+ flew over Valley Meadows), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (B.Woods) (Butterflies: Small Heath (The Scrub), Speckled Wood (C.Farm), Meadow Browns (C.Farm & B.Woods)) - DKC/PW
Late-PM: WHINCHAT (Harrier Field) - JS

Thursday 30th

LESSER WHITETHROAT (Slangs), 1st-winter WHEATEAR (Skylark Field/Quail Field), ROOK (C.Farm), WILLOW WARBLER (The Scrub), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), 2 BULLFINCHES (Valley Meadows), COMMON WHITETHROAT (C.Farm), 6+ CHIFFCHAFFS (1 by C.Farmhouse, 5+ B.Woods), LITTLE OWL (barns near R.R.Cottages), 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods*), 12+ SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 2 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (1 Tart's Field, 1 flew over B.Woods), 2 KESTRELS (♂+♀) (C.Farm), 2 juv PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 2 STOCK DOVES (1 C.Farm, 1 Hither Field), 18+ LINNETS (C.Farm), 1+ YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), NUTHATCH (The Scrub), 5 GREEN WOODPECKERS (3 Legal & General, 2 The Scrub), 3 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 20+ GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 3 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) (Butterflies: Meadow Browns (B.Woods)) - DKC

Wednesday 29th

8.00am: SPOTTED FLYCATCHER (Woodpecker Meadow; mainly on west side of hedgerow, c30 yards south of gate to Hither Field) - AD
WILLOW WARBLER (by Lunch Wood), 1+ ROOK, 2 SWALLOWS, 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (1 juv), SPARROWHAWK, ♂ KESTREL, juv PIED WAGTAIL (Legal & General), 2♂ PHEASANTS, 3+ YELLOWHAMMERS (1 juv), 3 LINNETS, GREEN WOODPECKER, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Butterflies: Peacock (Lunch Wood), Speckled Wood (by Legal & General), Meadow Browns (Slangs). Amphibians: Common Frog (Slangs)) - DKC

Tuesday 28th

2 SPOTTED FLYCATCHERS 1.25pm-2.46pm at least (Woodpecker Meadow; mainly on west side of hedgerow, c30 yards south of gate to Hither Field) (see Gallery), 2 CROSSBILLS flew over (The Scrub), 2 ROOKS (1 Broadfield, 1 Hither Field), 2 WILLOW WARBLERS (1 by barns behind C.Farmhouse, 1 The Scrub), 5 HOUSE MARTINS (B.Woods), ♀ SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), KESTREL (Hither Field), 7+ COMMON BUZZARDS (B.Woods (4+*)), 4 BULLFINCHES (1 B.Woods just north of estate, 1 The Scrub, 2 juvs Slangs), SWALLOW (C.Farm), LITTLE OWL (Infront George Field), 2+ BLACKCAPS (The Scrub), 2 COMMON WHITETHROATS (1 C.Farm, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), BLACK-HEADED GULL (C.Farm), PHEASANT (C.Farm), 2 TREECREEPERS (B.Woods (1 singing)), c10 LONG-TAILED TITS (B.Woods), COAL TIT (B.Woods), 6 GOLDCRESTS (B.Woods), 7 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 7 CHIFFCHAFFS (B.Woods), COLLARED DOVE (C.Farm), 4+ LINNETS (2+ C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), 3 STOCK DOVES (2 C.Farm (1 singing), 1 B.Woods (singing)), SONG THRUSH (The Scrub), 5+ GREEN WOODPECKERS (B.Woods), 4+ GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 3+ B.Woods) (Odonata: Southern Hawker (Piddly Pond). Butterflies: Small Copper (The Scrub), Common Blue (Valley Meadows), Meadow Browns (B.Woods), Red Admiral (B.Woods)) - DKC
SPOTTED FLYCATCHER still at c4.35pm (Woodpecker Meadow, west side of hedgerow, c30 yards south of gate to Hither Field) - NS
RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE still mid/late afternoon (flew from Broadfield to Perrotts by Wood) - IGM

Monday 27th

RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (SW corner of Broadfield), 2 SAND MARTINS flew SW (C.Farm), WHINCHAT (R.Bottom), 2 CORMORANTS flew over (C.Farm), 5+ COMMON SWIFTS flew south (C.Farm), 2 YELLOW WAGTAILS flew over (C.Farm), 6 ROOKS (C.Farm), GREY HERON flew over (C.Farm), 23+ HOUSE MARTINS flew through (C.Farm), WILLOW WARBLER (barns by C.Farmhouse), 30+ SWALLOWS flew through (mostly C.Farm, 1 through The Scrub), 4 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), ♀ SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew over (C.Farm), 2 PHEASANTS (♂ Infront George Field, juv Stoney Nob), 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 barns by C.Farmhouse, 1 Stoney Nob), 1+ CHIFFCHAFF (The Scrub (singing)), COMMON WHITETHROAT (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), BULLFINCH (The Scrub), 10+ LONG-TAILED TITS (The Scrub), 5 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (B.Woods), GOLDCREST (B.Woods), SONG THRUSH (The Scrub), 3 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), GREENFINCH (C.Farm), COLLARED DOVE (C.Farm), 2 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 2 (1 juv) The Scrub), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (The Scrub), LINNET (C.Farm), 15+ GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 3+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Rest Copse) (Mammals: 2 Weasels (R.Bottom). Butterflies: Small Heath (The Scrub), Speckled Wood (C.Farm), Gatekeeper (C.Farm), Meadow Brown (C.Farm)) - DKC/RDW/SG/PGo/IJ et al
7 PIED WAGTAILS (3 juvs) (Legal & General), imm ♂ KESTREL (Legal & General), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (Legal & General), 3 PHEASANTS, (2♂+1♀) (Poultry Field), 4 LINNETS, 12 GOLDFINCHES, GREEN WOODPECKER (Legal & General), 4 YELLOWHAMMERS, (1 Slangs, 1 Poultry Field, 2 flew from Canons Farmhouse to Bunting Field), 5 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (3 Broadfield, 2 C.Wood), 2 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Tart's Field), 2 COLLARED DOVES (C.Residential) - IPW

Sunday 26th

7.30am-7.00pm: 1st-winter ♂ COMMON REDSTART still showing on & off throughout the day (Slangs) (see Gallery), LESSER WHITETHROAT (The Scrub), WHINCHAT (north side of Horse Pasture), GREY HERON flew over (C.Farm), 2 WILLOW WARBLERS (1 Green Belt Field/B.Woods, 1 The Scrub), BLACKCAP (B.Woods), 3+ COMMON WHITETHROATS (2+ C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 7+ CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Slangs, 1 C.Farm/B.Woods border, 5+ B.Woods), 3+ BULLFINCHES (1 Slangs, 2+ (1 juv) The Scrub), c7 SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 14+ LONG-TAILED TITS (12 Slangs, 2+ B.Woods bridleway), 3 COMMON BUZZARDS (1 C.Farm, 2 B.Woods), 2 SPARROWHAWKS (1 Slangs, B.Woods*), TREECREEPER (B.Woods near R.R.Lane), 6 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew west (R.Bottom), 4+ GOLDCRESTS (B.Woods), 3+ COAL TITS (B.Woods), PIED WAGTAIL (Legal & General), 6+ NUTHATCHES (2+ juvs) (B.Woods), 2 COLLARED DOVES (C.Farm), 4 PHEASANTS (C.Farm inc 3 Green Belt Field), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 2 GREENFINCHES (1 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 10 LINNETS (8 C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), GREEN WOODPECKER (The Scrub), 2+ GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1+ C.Farm, 1+ B.Woods), 2 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm/B.Woods) (Odonata: 2 Common Darters (ovipositing) (Piddly Pond), Southern Hawker (Piddly Pond), Blue-tailed Damselfly (Piddly Pond), Azure Damselfly (Piddly Pond). Butterflies: Painted Lady (Pipit Meadow), Small Copper (Pipit Meadow), 2 Purple Hairsteaks (1 The Scrub, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), Small Heath (The Scrub), Essex Skipper (The Scrub), Peacock (The Scrub), Brimstone (The Scrub), Meadow Browns (C.Farm & B.Woods)) - IJ/DKC/PGo/MSt et al
1st-winter ♂ COMMON REDSTART still (Slangs), 2+ juv YELLOW WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 2 BULLFINCHES (♂+♀) (Legal & General), COMMON BUZZARD (over Broadfield), ♀ SPARROWHAWK (R.R.Cottages), 3 SWALLOWS (by Lunch Wood) - GB/TJ

Saturday 25th

HONEY-BUZZARD flew over 10.20am-10.25am (over Lunch Wood then B.Woods where it gained height and drifted SE), HOBBY (over Legal & General) - SG
OSPREY flew SW 3.34pm-3.38pm (B.Woods then C.Farm), COMMON SWIFT (C.Farm) - DKC
1st-winter ♂ COMMON REDSTART still showing on & off throughout the day (Slangs) - IGM/SG/IJ/DKC/NG et al
c14 MISTLE THRUSHES (near Watchpoint), 2+ ROOKS (Lunch Wood & Broadfield), GREY HERON flew past (B.Woods*), 8+ SWALLOWS (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), 2 BULLFINCHES (♀ Slangs, juv The Scrub), LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), COLLARED DOVE (C.Farm), PIED WAGTAIL (Legal & General), 2 BLACKCAPS (1 Infront George Field, 1 The Scrub), 4 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Legal & General, 3 B.Woods), 5 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (4 Tart's Field, 1 B.Woods*), LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over (C.Farm), 2+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 4+ GOLDCRESTS (B.Woods), NUTHATCH (B.Woods), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (B.Woods), 3 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), STOCK DOVE (B.Woods) (Butterflies: Green-veined White (C.Farm)) - DKC/IJ et al

Friday 24th

7.50am-c7.20pm: (all C.Farm) 1st-winter ♂ COMMON REDSTART showing on & off 11.25am-6.55pm (Slangs) (see Gallery), YELLOW WAGTAIL flew over at 8.23am, LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), COMMON BUZZARD, SKYLARK, 2+ KESTRELS, 14 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 5 COMMON WHITETHROATS, PHEASANT, SWALLOW, CHIFFCHAFF (Legal & General), 2 COLLARED DOVES, YELLOWHAMMER, 4 LINNETS, BLACK-HEADED GULL (Tart's Field), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 2 GOLDFINCHES, ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET (Butterflies: Small Heath, Peacock (Lunch Wood), 2 Speckled Woods, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown) - DKC et al
Late morning: GREY HERON (on barn behind C.Farmhouse) - GB

Thursday 23rd

(all C.Farm) 2 TREE PIPITS at c9.45am (flew from Quail Field to Can Hatch Field, landing in half-dead tree for a few minutes), WHINCHAT (north side of Horse Pasture), 2 juv YELLOW WAGTAILS (Legal & General), ad COMMON GULL (Tart's Field), 2 WILLOW WARBLERS (1 by barns behind C.Farmhouse, 1 by Green Belt Field), 12+ MISTLE THRUSHES (around Tart's Field), 21 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), 3 COLLARED DOVES, 2 KESTRELS, 2 SWALLOWS, 2 BLACKCAPS (1 Legal & General, 1 by Green Belt Field), 2 COMMON WHITETHROATS (1 east of C.Farmhouse, 1 by Green Belt Field), 3 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Legal & General, 1 Pheasant Field, 1 Ruffett Wood), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS, juv ♂ SPARROWHAWK, TREECREEPER (Pages Acre), LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over, 6 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (5 Tart's Field, 1 flew over), 3 COAL TITS (1 Pages Acre, 2 Ruffett Wood), 5 NUTHATCHES (1 Lunch Wood, 1 Gunman's Shaw, 1 Ruffett Wood, 1 Pages Acre, 1 Circle Field), 2+ GOLDFINCHES, 4 LINNETS, YELLOWHAMMER, 3+ GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, GREEN WOODPECKER, 5 STOCK DOVES, 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Butterflies: Brimstone, Red Admiral, Meadow Brown, Green-veined White) - DKC
8.05pm: 2 WHINCHATS (Broadfield) - IJ

Wednesday 22nd

LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), KESTREL (C.Farm), BULLFINCH (The Scrub), BLACKCAP (The Scrub), 3 COMMON WHITETHROATS (2 (1+ juv) Harrier Field, 1 The Scrub), 4 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 16 PIED WAGTAILS (4 juvs) (Legal & General), 2 SWALLOWS, LONG-TAILED TIT (The Scrub), COAL TIT (B.Woods), 2 GOLDCRESTS (B.Woods), 3 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Legal & General, 2 The Scrub), 2 TREECREEPERS (1 north of B.Woods estate, 1 The Scrub), COLLARED DOVE (C.Farm), YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), LINNET (C.Farm), 4 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 Lunch Wood, 3 B.Woods), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (juv Legal & General, 1 The Scrub), 1st-winter BLACK-HEADED GULL (Tart's Field), 17 GOLDFINCHES (16 Legal & General, 1 The Scrub), 5 STOCK DOVES (2 C.Farm, 3 B.Woods), 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) (Butterflies: 2 Peacocks (C.Farm), 3+ Meadow Browns (C.Farm), Gatekeeper (C.Farm), Speckled Wood (B.Woods)) - DKC
(all C.Farm) 9 MISTLE THRUSHES, 4 COMMON WHITETHROATS (Harrier Field), SPARROWHAWK, KESTREL, YELLOWHAMMER, 2 STOCK DOVES - AD
(all C.Farm) 6+ SWALLOWS (Infront George Field) (Butterflies: Red Admiral (Broadfield), Small White, Speckled Wood) - IGM

Tuesday 21st

2 TREE PIPITS again flew over at 8.33am (south of C.Farmhouse), GREY HERON flew over (C.Farm), MISTLE THRUSH (C.Farm), juv ♀ SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 2 BULLFINCHES (Legal & General), LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), 24 PIED WAGTAILS (12 juvs) (Legal & General), SWALLOW (C.Farm), 5 COMMON WHITETHROATS (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), COLLARED DOVE (C.Farm), 17+ GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), 6 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Tart's Field), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Copt Hill Lane, 1 by Pheasant Field), 5 LINNETS (C.Farm), 3 NUTHATCHES (1 by Pheasant Field, 1 Ruffett Wood, 1 B.Woods), STOCK DOVE (Legal & General (singing)), 3 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (C.Farm), 4 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 juv) (C.Farm), 8 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm), juv HOUSE SPARROW (C.Farm) (Butterflies: Holly Blue (Pipit Meadow), Speckled Wood (Circle Field), Gatekeeper (C.Farm)) - DKC

Monday 20th

1+ TREE PIPIT (Infront George Field), 2 WHINCHATS (Horse Pasture) (see Gallery), WILLOW WARBLER (by barns behind C.Farmhouse), 2+ LITTLE OWLS (C.Farm), 2+ COMMON BUZZARDS (1 juv) (2 C.Farm & another or one of the same over B.Woods), 2+ KESTRELS (1+ C.Farm, 1+ Hither Field), 2 SPARROWHAWKS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), BLACKCAP (Slangs), COMMON WHITETHROAT (Stoney Nob), 4 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Legal & General, 1 by Pages Acre, 2 The Scrub), 3 PIED WAGTAILS (1 juv) (Legal & General), 5 SWALLOWS (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (B.Woods), 4 NUTHATCHES (1 Circle Field, 3 B.Woods), BULLFINCH (The Scrub), 2 GOLDCRESTS (just NW of The Scrub), 4 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (1 Tart's Field, 3 Legal & General), 3+ PHEASANTS (C.Farm), 10+ LINNETS (7+ C.Farm, 3+ The Scrub), 3+ GOLDFINCHES (1+ C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), 3 STOCK DOVES (2 C.Farm (1 singing), 1 by Piddly Pond (singing)), 5 GREEN WOODPECKERS (3 C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (C.Farm), HERRING GULL (Tart's Field) (Butterflies: Speckled Wood (C.Farm); Gatekeepers & Meadow Browns (C.Farm & B.Woods). Dragonflies: Southern Hawker (Piddly Pond)) - IJ/DKC

Sunday 19th

juv CUCKOO 10.35am-11.13am at least (on wires around Infront George Field & Skylark Field - found by IJ) (see Gallery), ROOK (east side of B.Woods), 33 PIED WAGTAILS (15 juvs) (Legal & General), WILLOW WARBLER (near C.Farmhouse), 11 MISTLE THRUSHES (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (flew from B.Woods to C.Farm), 2 LITTLE OWLS (C.Farm), 1+ COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), COMMON WHITETHROAT (C.Farm), 8 SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 7 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 near C.Farmhouse, 1 Legal & General, 2 Fames Rough, 3 The Scrub), 4 BULLFINCHES (1 Piddly Pond, 1 Fames Rough, 2 The Scrub), COAL TIT (near Piddly Pond), 3 GOLDCRESTS (1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane (singing), 1 near Piddly Pond, 1 just NW of The Scrub), TREECREEPER (near Piddly Pond), 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS over (C.Farm (1*)), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), PHEASANT (C.Farm), 3 LINNETS (1 C.Farm, 1 CF/BW at end of R.R.Lane), 6+ NUTHATCHES (1 Lunch Wood, 1 near Piddly Pond, 3+ Fames Rough, 1 The Scrub), 2 COLLARED DOVES (C.Farm), SONG THRUSH (The Scrub), GREENFINCH (C.Farm), 6 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 2 B.Woods), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 7 STOCK DOVES (1 Lunch Wood, 2 flew from C.Farm to B.Woods, 1 by Piddly Pond, 1 Fames Rough, 2 Hither Field) (Odonata: Migrant Hawker (Fames Rough), Common Darter (Piddly Pond), 3+ Azure Damselflies (Piddly Pond), 2 Southern Hawkers (Piddly Pond). Butterflies: Purple Hairstreak (Woodpecker Meadow), 3+ Brown Arguses (Fames Rough), Green-veined White (Fames Rough), 3+ Common Blues (Fames Rough), 5+ Brimstones (B.Woods), 2 Peacocks (Lunch Wood), 2 Speckled Woods (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), Gatekeepers (C.Farm & B.Woods), Meadow Browns (C.Farm & B.Woods) - DKC/IGM/IJ

Saturday 18th

(all C.Farm) 2 TREE PIPITS flew ENE at 9.00am, 2 HOBBIES, 3 LITTLE OWLS (1 Stoney Nob, 1 at/near Horse Pasture, 1 heard coming from either Perrotts by Wood or B.Woods near R.R.Lane), COMMON BUZZARD, CHIFFCHAFF (near Perrotts Farmhouse), 13 PIED WAGTAILS (8 juvs) (Legal & General), COMMON WHITETHROAT (west of R.R.Cottages (singing)), SWALLOW, 2+YELLOWHAMMERS, 7 LINNETS, PHEASANT, 4 GOLDFINCHES, 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Butterflies: Peacock (by Ruffett Wood), Comma (by Pages Acre), Gatekeeper, Small White) - DKC/NT/IGM
10 PHEASANTS (♂ Railway Field & ♀+8 juvs Stoney Nob), BULLFINCH (Stoney Nob), CHIFFCHAFF (Slangs), (Butterflies: 2 Speckled Woods (1 Legal & General, 1 Slangs), Red Admiral (Broadfield)) - IPW
2 COMMON WHITETHROATS (Poultry Field), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (The Scrub), 4+ LINNETS (2+ The Scrub, 2 Sheep Brow) (Butterflies: Silver-washed Fritillary (Pipit Meadow), 2 Brown Arguses (1 Pipit Meadow, 1 Fames Rough), Peacock (Lunch Wood), Comma (Lunch Wood), Small Heath (Fames Rough), Small White (Fames Rough); several Common Blues, Brimstones & Chalkhill Blues (Fames Rough)). Dragonflies: 2 Common Darters (1 Broadfield, 1 Piddly Pond), Southern Hawker (Piddly Pond)) - PGo/IGM

Friday 17th

8.10am-6.50pm: GREY HERON flew over (C.Farm), 2 WILLOW WARBLERS (1 Pages Acre, 1 The Scrub), 2 HOUSE MARTINS (C.Farm), 9 MISTLE THRUSHES (around Bunting Field/Tart's Field), c3 SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 3 LITTLE OWLS (1 east side of Horse Pasture, 1 north end of Broadfield, 1 Pages Acre), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (The Scrub), KESTREL (C.Farm), BLACK-HEADED GULL (Tart's Field), 3 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 3 TREECREEPERS (1 Pages Acre, 2 B.Woods), 3 COAL TITS (1 near Pages Acre horse paddock, 2 B.Woods), 4 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Legal & General, 1 Wood Lane, 1 Ruffett Wood, 1 Tawny Wood), 6 COMMON WHITETHROATS (C.Farm), COLLARED DOVE (C.Farm), 3 NUTHATCHES (1 Circle Field, 2 B.Woods), GOLDCREST (just NW of The Scrub), 2 PHEASANTS (♂+♀) (C.Farm), 11+ LINNETS (8+ C.Farm, 3 The Scrub), c4 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 200+ JACKDAWS (C.Farm), GREENFINCH (C.Farm), c5 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), STOCK DOVE (B.Woods), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (C.Farm), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods) (Butterflies: 3 Speckled Woods (2 by Legal & General, 1 The Scrub), Comma (by Pages Acre), Brimstone (by C.Farmhouse), Green-veined White (near R.R.Cottages), Meadow Browns (CF & BW), Gatekeeper (C.Farm)) - DKC/IJ

Thursday 16th

(all C.Farm) 18 PIED WAGTAILS (5 juvs) (Legal & General), BULLFINCH (Slangs), LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), COMMON BUZZARD, ♀ KESTREL, ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over, NUTHATCH (Lunch Wood), PHEASANT, 4+ LINNETS, 3+ YELLOWHAMMERS, BLACK-HEADED GULL (Tart's Field), 7 SWALLOWS, 3 STOCK DOVES, 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, 4+ GREEN WOODPECKERS, 8+ GOLDFINCHES, 20+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (inc flock of 18) (Butterflies: 2 Speckled Woods (1 Infront George Field, 1 Slangs); Gatekeepers & Meadow Browns) - DKC
6.35pm-7.20pm: (all C.Farm) 9 MISTLE THRUSHES (Tart's Field), 2 STOCK DOVES, 2 KESTRELS, 2 COMMON WHITETHROATS (near R.R.Cottages), 17 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (single flock) - AD

Wednesday 15th

juv PEREGRINE (C.Farm), WHEATEAR (C.Farm), 3+ COMMON SWIFTS (C.Farm/B.Woods), 300+ JACKDAWS (C.Farm) - IJ
3 COMMON SWIFTS (C.Farm) - PGo

Tuesday 14th

no reported sightings

Monday 13th

(all C.Farm) LITTLE OWL (Legal & General), 14+ PIED WAGTAILS (6♂+4♀+4 juvs) (Legal & General), COLLARED DOVE (Tart's Field), 3 COMMON BUZZARDS (Broadfield), ♀ KESTREL, 4 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Tart's Field), 7 SWALLOWS flew south, 2 LINNETS, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 250+ JACKDAWS, 8 GOLDFINCHES, ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET - AD

Sunday 12th

5 WILLOW WARBLERS (The Scrub (1 singing)), 3 COMMON BUZZARDS together (Ruffett Wood - 1 poss a juv), LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (1 Canons Farmhouse, 1 near Perrotts Farm), 2 KESTRELS (near Lunch Wood), 3 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Tawny Wood, 2 B.Woods), 5 PIED WAGTAILS (L&G), 4 HOUSE MARTINS (south of Legal & General), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER on telephone pole (near Legal & General), 9+ LINNETS (5+ at CF, 4 The Scrub), GOLDCREST (near Piddly Pond), NUTHATCH (1 near Piddly Pond, 1 in Ruffett Wood), GREEN WOODPECKER (Pipit Meadow), 2 juvenile ROBINS (near Piddly Pond), 2+ juv WRENS (near Piddly Pond) (Butterflies: Small Skippers (Woodpecker Meadow), 3 Essex Skippers (2 Legal & General, 1 Pipit Meadow), 2 Peacocks (1 near Perrotts Farmhouse, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), 4 Brimstones (2 Pipit Meadow, 2 Woodpecker Meadow), 2 Speckled Woods (north of Perrotts Farmhouse), 2 Small Heaths (1 Legal & General, 1 Woodpecker Meadow); numbers of Large Whites, Small Whites, Green-veined Whites, Meadow Browns and Gatekeepers throughout) - PGo

Saturday 11th

BULLFINCH (Pages Acre), 2 BLACKCAPS (1 Pages Acre, 1 Holly Lane Meadow), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Tawny Wood, 1 Holly Lane Meadow), 3 SWALLOWS (1 Quail Field, 2 Legal & General), 3 COMMON BUZZARDS (over Ruffett Wood), 2+ LONG-TAILED TITS (B.Woods car park), SKYLARK (Perrotts by Wood), GREEN WOODPECKER (Lunch Wood), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farmhouse), 4+ GOLDFINCHES (inc 2 juvs) (Butterflies: 2 Small Coppers (Holly Lane Meadow), 3 Small Skippers (Holly Lane Meadow), Large White (Holly Lane Meadow), 30+ Meadow Brown (Holly Lane Meadow), Marbled White (Holly Lane Meadow) 10+ Gatekeepers (Holly Lane Meadow), 10+ Chalkhill Blues (Holly Lane Meadow), 6 Brimstones (Holly Lane Meadow), Comma (Holly Lane Meadow), 6 Peacock (2 Holly Lane Meadow, 4 Pipit Meadow), 4 Common Blues (2 Holly Lane Meadow, 2 Fames Rough), Speckled Wood (Infront George field), Green-veined White (Pipit Meadow). Dragonflies: 2 Southern Hawkers (Holly Lane Meadow). Moths: 2 Silver Ys (1 C.Farm, 1 Holly Lane Meadow)) - IPW
(Butterflies: 4 Speckled Woods (2 Slangs, 2 B.Woods), Holly Blue (Slangs), Common Blue (Fames Rough), Small Heath (Fames Rough), 6+ Brimstones (Fames Rough), many Gatekeepers (Slangs & Fames Rough), many Meadow Browns (Slangs & Fames Rough), Green-veined White (Slangs)) - IGM

Friday 10th

30 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 3 COMMON BUZZARDS (Death Pit) - FJ/SD

Thursday 9th

WHEATEAR (R.R.Lane), 20+ SWALLOWS (C.Farm) - IGM

Wednesday 8th

Early evening: SPOTTED FLYCATCHER (C.Farm/B.Woods in SE corner of Perrotts by Wood), ♀ BLACKCAP (C.Farm/B.Woods in SE corner of Perrotts by Wood), 4 BULLFINCHES (B.Woods) - IJ

Tuesday 7th

(all C.Farm) 2+ HOUSE MARTINS, c50 SWALLOWS, ♂ KESTREL (Stoney Nob), 2 COMMON WHITETHROATS (Stoney Nob), 16 LINNETS (Skylark Field), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (Legal & General), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (Legal & General), 12 GOLDFINCHES (Legal & General), c80 WOODPIGEONS (Broadfield) (Butterflies: Small Skipper, 6 Large Whites, 13 Meadow Browns. Moths: Shaded Broad-bar, 5 Common Carpets, c110 Cinnbar caterpillars) - NS

Monday 6th

no reported sightings

Sunday 5th

no reported sightings

Saturday 4th

PEREGRINE flew north (Broadfield)- IPW
6+ SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 15+ COMMON SWIFTS (C.Farm), COAL TIT (Fames Rough), 2 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 6 PIED WAGTAILS (♂+2♀+3 juvs) (Legal & General), GREENFINCH (Legal & General), 3+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (C.Farm), ♂ KESTREL (C.Farm), 4+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS (C.Farm), CHIFFCHAFF (Legal & General), BLACKCAP (Legal & General), COMMON WHITETHROAT (Infront George Field), 2+ LINNETS (C.Farm), SKYLARK (C.Farm), GREEN WOODPECKER (C.Farm), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 3+ GOLDFINCHES (2+ C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 11 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) (Butterflies: Dark Green Fritillary (Fames Rough), 13+ Chalkhill Blues (1 Fames Rough, 12+ Valley Meadows), 2 Marbled Whites (1 Fames Rough, 1 Valley Meadows), Gatekeepers (C.Farm & B.Woods), Green-veined White (Valley Meadows), Small White (Quail Field), Meadow Browns (C.Farm & B.Woods), Ringlet (Lunch Wood)) - DKC/IGM

Friday 3rd

6 CROSSBILLS flew south (Legal & General), 9 PIED WAGTAILS (2♂+2♀+5 juvs) (Legal & General), 1+ HOBBY (C.Farm then B.Woods), 2 MISTLE THRUSHES (C.Farm), 10+ SWALLOWS through south (C.Farm), 1+ COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), 2 BULLFINCHES (1 Slangs, 1 B.Woods by orchard), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 2 KESTRELS (Lunch Banks), 3 TREECREEPERS (1 Pages Acre, 2 B.Woods), 4 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Tart's Field), GOLDCREST (B.Woods near estate), 2 COLLARED DOVES (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods near estate (singing)), 6 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Legal & General, 5 B.Woods), BLACKCAP (Slangs), 3 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 2 COMMON WHITETHROATS (1 C.Farm, 1 Valley Meadows),5+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Valley Meadows), SKYLARK (C.Farm), 3+ LINNETS (2+ C.Farm, B.Woods flew over near estate), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 10+ GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), SONG THRUSH (C.Farm), 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) (Butterflies: 5-10 Chalkhill Blues (Valley Meadows), 2 Small Skippers (Legal & General), 2 Small Heaths (Valley Meadows), Marbled White (C.Farm), 2 Gatekeepers (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods)) - DKC/GB et al

Thursday 2nd

PEREGRINE (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), 1+ SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), SWALLOW (C.Farm), BULLFINCH (B.Woods), SKYLARK (C.Farm), 2+ BLACKCAPS (B.Woods), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (B.Woods), 6 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Tart's Field), 2 NUTHATCHES (1 Kingswood Residential, 1 B.Woods), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 2 LINNETS (C.Farm), COMMON SWIFT (C.Farm), GOLDFINCH (C.Farm), STOCK DOVE (B.Woods then C.Farm) (Butterflies: Comma (C.Farm), Large White (C.Farm/B.Woods border) - DKC/GB

Wednesday 1st

(all C.Farm) OYSTERCATCHER flew NE at 11.01am (see Gallery), SEDGE WARBLER for c2mins at c9.30am only then no further sign (by barns behind C.Farmhouse), ♀ PEREGRINE hunting (around Lambert's Shaw), WILLOW WARBLER (by barns behind C.Farmhouse), 3 PIED WAGTAILS (juv & 2♀) (Legal & General), juv MISTLE THRUSH (Can Hatch Field/Tart's Field), LITTLE OWL (around Lunch Wood), SWALLOW, 1+ COMMON BUZZARD, 4 BULLFINCHES (2 Legal & General, 2 Slangs), ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over, 6+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Tart's Field), 40+ COMMON SWIFTS flew generally south, TREECREEPER (Legal & General), CHIFFCHAFF (Legal & General), 3+ COMMON WHITETHROATS (2+ Infront George Field, 1 Slangs), 3 YELLOWHAMMERS, GREENFINCH, SKYLARK, BLACKCAP (by barns behind C.Farmhouse), 5 LINNETS, GOLDFINCH, GREEN WOODPECKER, 2 STOCK DOVES, SONG THRUSH (Butterflies: several Gatekeepers, Marbled Whites, Essex Skippers, Small Skippers and Meadow Browns) - DKC

July 2012

LESSER WHITETHROAT (Infront George Field then Slangs), 5 HOUSE MARTINS (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), PHEASANT (B.Woods), 3 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), SKYLARK (C.Farm), 5 LINNETS (3 C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), COLLARED DOVE (over Legal & General), 2 TREECREEPERS (1 Legal & General, 1 The Scrub), 3+ BULLFINCHES (2 Slangs, 1+ The Scrub), NUTHATCH (Legal & General), 14+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS (13 Tart's Field, 1 Legal & General), 5+ CHIFFCHAFFS (Infront George Field then Slangs, 4+ B.Woods), 2+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Woodpecker Meadow), 6+ COMMON WHITETHROATS (5+ C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 2 GREENFINCHES (C.Farm), 4 COMMON SWIFTS (C.Farm), SONG THRUSH (C.Farm), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 6 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 (ad & juv) Legal & General, 4 (2 ads & 2 juvs) The Scrub), 3 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 5+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (4+ C.Farm, 1+ flew over The Scrub), juv WREN (C.Farm), 3 juv ROBINS (C.Farm), juv BLACKBIRD (C.Farm) (Butterflies: Red Admiral (by Green Belt Field), Marbled White (C.Farm)) - DKC

Monday 30th

juv PEREGRINE flew over 11.45am-11.53am (C.Farm), HOBBY (B.Woods), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), 4 KESTRELS (3 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 4 PIED WAGTAILS (♂+♀+2 juvs) (Legal & General), 2 TREECREEPERS (1 Pages Acre, 1 The Scrub), 5 SWALLOWS (C.Farm), GOLDCREST (Tawny Wood), 4+ PHEASANTS (♀ & 3+ juvs) (Circle Field), 5 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Tart's Field), 2+ BULLFINCHES (1+ Slangs, 1+ The Scrub), 4+ CHIFFCHAFFS (B.Woods), 2 COMMON WHITETHROATS (ad & juv) (Harrier Field), 2 COLLARED DOVES (C.Farm), 3 LONG-TAILED TITS (The Scrub), SKYLARK (C.Farm), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 5 LINNETS (4 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 CF or BW around border, 1 The Scrub), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (The Scrub), 3 STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), c12 GOLDFINCHES (c11 C.Farm, 1 flew over The Scrub) (Butterflies: Small Skipper (Legal & General), 4 Essex Skippers (3 Legal & General, 1 near R.R.Cottages), Green-veined White (near R.R.Cottages), 3 Marbled Whites (C.Farm), Large White (C.Farm), Meadow Browns (C.Farm & B.Woods), Ringlets (C.Farm), - DKC

Sunday 29th

(Butterflies: 30+ Chalkhill Blues (Valley Meadows)) - PGo

Saturday 28th

2 HOBBIES (B.Woods), WILLOW WARBLER (Lunch Wood), 3 COMMON BUZZARDS (juv C.Farm, 1 over CF/BW border, 1 over B.Woods), ♀ SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 4 BLACK-HEADED GULLS flew over (C.Farm), 2+ GOLDCRESTS (1 B.Woods near car park, 1 B.Woods near estate)), TREECREEPER (B.Woods near estate), SWALLOW (C.Farm), 2 NUTHATCHES (1 Circle Field, 1 Lunch Wood), 1+ PHEASANT (Broadfield), BULLFINCH (Legal & General), 2 BLACKCAPS (1 B.Woods near car park, 1 B.Woods near estate), 5 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 4 LINNETS (C.Farm), 3 COLLARED DOVES (1 by R.R.Cottages (singing), 2 by B.Woods orchard (1 singing)), GREENFINCH (C.Residential), 3 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Legal & General, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane, 1 B.Woods near car park, 1 B.Woods near estate), 3 COMMON WHITETHROATS (C.Farm), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 2 STOCK DOVES (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 5 GOLDFINCHES (4 C.Farm, 1 over B.Woods near estate), 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm), juv ROBIN (near R.R.Cottages) (Butterflies: Comma (Pages Acre), Essex Skipper (Circle Field), Marbled White (Legal & General), Ringlet (Legal & General), Meadow Brown (Legal & General)) - DKC
COMMON BUZZARD (Buzzard Field), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (B.Woods), 2+ COMMON WHITETHROATS (Broadfield/R.R.Lane) (Butterflies: Dark Green Fritillary (Valley Meadows), 1+ Silver-washed Fritillary (at/near Fames Rough), 6 Chalkhill Blues (Valley Meadows), 3 Speckled Woods (B.Woods), 2 Brimstones (Sheep Brow), c40 Essex Skippers (across CF and BW), Small Skipper (Valley Meadows), 2 Commas (1 Broadfield, 1 near Perrotts Farmhouse), Small Heath (B.Woods), 3 Red Admirals (C.Farm), c35 Marbled Whites (across CF and BW), 10 Large Whites (5 C.Farm, 5 B.Woods), 3 Small Whites (1 C.Farm, 2 B.Woods); also many Meadow Browns, Ringlets and Gatekeepers) - PGo
SPARROWHAWK (flew towards C.Residential), BULLFINCH (Stoney Nob), LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew east (Lunch Wood), 3 BLACK-HEADED GULLS flew SW, 2 COLLARED DOVES flew east (Skylark Field), 3 KESTRELS (1 Bog Field, 2 Lunch Banks), 3♂ YELLOWHAMMERS (1 Harrier Field, 1 Infront George Field, 1 Slangs (all singing)), 2 SKYLARKS (Quail Field), 2 PHEASANTS (♂+♀) (Stoney Nob), TREECREEPER (Stoney Nob), 2 COMMON WHITETHROATS (1 Bunting Field, 1 Skylark Field), 5 LINNETS, 5 GREENFINCHES (4 Quail Field, 1 Heathside Field), 6 GOLDFINCHES, SONG THRUSH (Legal & General), 19 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (inc 15 Railway Field), 24 JACKDAWS, juv WRENS (R.R.Cottages), c40 HOUSE SPARROWS (Butterflies: 45+ Large Whites (30+Quail Field, 15+ Heathside Field), 35+ Small Whites (25+ Quail Field, 10+ Heathside Field), 4 Red Admirals (3 Canons Farmhouse, 1 Quail Field), 6 Commas (1 Copt Hill Lane, 4 Bunting field, 1 Tart's Field), 78+ Meadow Browns (50+ Stoney Nob, 15+ Slangs, 4 Bunting Field, 3 Harrier Field, 2 Watchpoint, 4 Tart's Field), 9 Gatekeepers (6 Stoney Nob, 2 Bunting Field, 1 Canons Farmhouse), 13 Ringlets (Stoney Nob), 2 Marbled Whites (Stoney Nob), 2 Large Skippers (Stoney Nob)) - IPW

Friday 27th

1+ CROSSBILL flew over (near Piddly Pond), 3 juv GREY HERONS flew over together (C.Farm), 2 juv COMMON BUZZARDS (C.Farm), 2 PHEASANTS (juv +♂) (C.Farm), MISTLE THRUSH (Pages Acre), 2 PIED WAGTAILS flew over (C.Farm), 5 TREECREEPERS (1 Tawny Wood, 1 Ruffett Wood, 1 by Piddly Pond, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance, 1 The Scrub), ♀ SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 3 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew over (2 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 3 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (1 Legal & General, 2 flew over C.Farm), KESTREL (Rest Copse), 4 GOLDCRESTS (1 Tawny Wood, 1 by The Scrub, 2 (juv +ad) B.Woods near car park), COAL TIT (B.Woods near R.R.Lane entrance), 4+ BULLFINCHES (2 (♂+♀) Piddly Pond, 2+ The Scrub), 4 NUTHATCHES (1 The Scrub, 3 near Piddly Pond), 4 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 4 COLLARED DOVES (C.Farm), 4 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Pipit Meadow, 3 B.Woods), 4 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 9 LINNETS (6 C.Farm, 3 The Scrub), 8+ SWALLOWS (Hither Field), COMMON WHITETHROAT (C.Farm), 2 GREENFINCHES (B.Woods near car park), 1+ LONG-TAILED TIT (Valley Meadows), 3 BLACKCAPS (2 (♂+♀) with food Pages Acre, ♂ The Scrub), 7 GOLDFINCHES (2 C.Farm, 4 CF/BW at end of R.R.Lane, 1 The Scrub), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 2 (juv +ad) The Scrub), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 2 SONG THRUSHES (1 by Piddly Pond, 1 The Scrub), 5+ COMMON SWIFTS (B.Woods), 3+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (1+ C.Farm, 2+ Rest Copse), 250+ WOODPIGEONS (flock) (Broadfield), 3 juv ROBINS (Piddly Pond); 46 sp noted (Butterflies: Marbled White (The Scrub), Ringlet (C.Farm)) - DKC
2+ KESTRELS (1 C.Farm, 1 Hither Field), 8 PIED WAGTAILS (♂+♀ +6 juvs) (Legal & General), 11 LINNETS (C.Farm), c10 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 4 STOCK DOVES (Hither Field), 4 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (Legal & General), 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm), c35 HOUSE SPARROWS (near R.R.Cottages), 150+ WOODPIGEONS (Broadfield) (Butterflies: 13 Chalkhill Blues, c40 Marbled Whites, 150+ Marbled Whites, c40 Small/Essex Skippers, 3 Small Heaths, Brimstone, 5 Green-veined Whites, Large White, Ringlet, 5 Commas. Moths: 196 Cinnabar caterpillars (The Scrub)) - NS

Thursday 26th

YELLOW WAGTAIL flew over at 10.45am (Perrotts Farmhouse), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (1 juv) (C.Farm), 2 juv KESTRELS (Rest Copse), SPARROWHAWK (B.Woods), 2 LITTLE OWLS (Stoney Nob), 2 PIED WAGTAILS (juv +♀) (Legal & General), TREECREEPER (Pages Acre), 2 GOLDCRESTS (1 Pages Acre, 1 B.Woods near The Scrub), COAL TIT (Pages Acre), 3+ BULLFINCHES (1 Legal & General, 2+ The Scrub), 2 PHEASANTS (C.Farm), 3+ LONG-TAILED TIT (2+ Pages Acre, 1 The Scrub), 4 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 5 LINNETS (1 C.Farm, 4 The Scrub), 2 BLACKCAPS (1 between Green Belt Field & Pheasant Field, 1 B.Woods), NUTHATCH (Ruffett Wood), COMMON WHITETHROAT (Legal & General), GREENFINCH flew over (B.Woods), 2 STOCK DOVES (1 C.Farm, 1 over The Scrub), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 Rest Copse), 3+ GREEN WOODPECKERS (1+ The Scrub, 2 Woodpecker Meadow), 5 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 3 SONG THRUSHES (B.Woods), 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Rest Copse) (Butterflies: 2+ Essex Skippers (Legal & General), c5 Marbled Whites (Legal & General), Red Admiral (C.Farm), 2 Gatekeepers (1 C.Farm, 1 Valley Meadows), Meadow Browns (C.Farm & Valley Meadows)) - DKC
(see Wildlife page for new photos from Sunday by IPW)

Wednesday 25th

(all C.Farm) GREY HERON flew over, COMMON BUZZARD, 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 on barn by R.R.Cottages, 1 by Legal & General), KESTREL, 4 YELLOWHAMMERS, 4 LINNETS, GREEN WOODPECKER - DKC

Tuesday 24th

(all C.Farm) PIED WAGTAIL, 2 YELLOWHAMMERS, PHEASANT, 3 COMMON WHITETHROATS, NUTHATCH (Buzzard Field), 2 COLLARED DOVES (by C.Farmhouse), CHIFFCHAFF (R.Bottom), LINNET, SONG THRUSH, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 2+ GOLDFINCHES, flock of 200+ WOODPIGEONS - DKC

Monday 23rd

WHINCHAT (east side of Horse Pasture), 2 LITTLE OWLS (C.Farm), GOLDCREST (B.Woods), 8+ COMMON SWIFTS (C.Farm), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) - IJ
(all C.Farm) c3 LITTLE OWLS, c150 BLACK-HEADED GULLS flew over, SPARROWHAWK, 2+ COLLARED DOVES, 2nd cal-year ♂ KESTREL, 3+ YELLOWHAMMERS, 4 STOCK DOVES, 10+ COMMON SWIFTS (Butterflies: Green-veined White) - DKC/RDW
(all east & SE sides of B.Woods) 4 KESTRELS (2 ads & 2 juvs) (Valley Meadows), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS, LINNET (The Scrub), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (Butterflies: Silver-washed Fritillary (Valley Meadows), 20+ Chalkhill Blues (Valley Meadows), c4 Essex Skippers (Valley Meadows), c20 Gatekeepers, c25 Small Heaths, 2 Brimstones (♂ Hither Field & ♀ Valley Meadows), several Ringlets) - NS

Sunday 22nd

(all C.Farm) 4 CROSSBILLS (flew from puddle near R.R.Cottages), MEADOW PIPIT flew over, juv WILLOW WARBLER (near C.Farmhouse), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS, 5+ YELLOWHAMMERS, 3 BLACK-HEADED GULLS flew over, 2 SKYLARKS, LINNET, COLLARED DOVE, 3+ SWALLOWS, 2 GOLDFINCHES, COMMON WHITETHROAT, BLACKCAP (near C.Farmhouse), CHIFFCHAFF (Slangs), 2 GOLDFINCHES, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Butterflies: c5 Gatekeepers, Comma, 3+ Red Admirals, Small White, 2+ Marbled Whites (inc 1 by Watchpoint)) - DKC
LITTLE OWL (north end of Broadfield), 2 KESTRELS (Sheep Brow), WREN carrying food (near R.R.Lane entance to B.Woods) (Butterflies: 6+ Essex Skippers (Legal & General), Small Tortoiseshell (near Legal & General), 3+ Gatekeepers (B.Woods), Comma (Stoney Nob/Slangs), Small White (Perrotts by Wood/B.Woods), 3 Large Whites (2 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), Speckled Wood (B.Woods), many Meadow Browns, many Ringlets, several Marbled Whites, 3 Red Admirals (C.Farm)) - PGo
SPARROWHAWK (Valley Meadows), SWALLOW flew south (Valley Meadows), KESTREL (Woodpecker Meadow), LINNET (Valley Meadows), 3 CHIFFCHAFFS, BULLFINCH (Woodpecker Meadow), 2 BLACKCAPS (1 Woodpecker Meadow, 1 Sheep Brow), 3 COMMON WHITETHROATS (1 Holly Lane Meadow, 1 Valley Meadows, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), 2 GREENFINCHES (Valley Meadows), GOLDFINCH (Valley Meadows), c40 JACKDAWS (over Outwood Lane) (Butterflies: Silver-washed Fritillary (north end of Woodpecker Meadow), 6♂ Chalkhill Blues (Valley Meadows), 110+ Meadow Browns, 60+ Marbled Whites, 57+ Ringlets, 11 Small Heaths, 9 Red Admirals, 7 Gatekeepers, Large White (Valley Meadows), Small White (Woodpecker Meadow), Brimstone (Valley Meadow), Comma (Valley Meadow). Mammals: Red Fox (Holly Lane Meadow) - see Wildlife page for new shots) - IPW

Saturday 21st

adult COMMON GULL flew over (C.Farm), 2 ROOKS flew over (Valley Meadows), 3 GREY HERONS flew over (C.Farm), MISTLE THRUSH (C.Farm), adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), KESTREL (C.Farm), 3 TREECREEPERS (1 Valley Meadows, 2 The Scrub), 5+ CHIFFCHAFFS (The Scrub), 3+ GOLDCRESTS (2+ juvs) (B.Woods near car park), SWALLOW (C.Farm), c7 LINNETS (c5 C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), GREENFINCH (C.Farm), 3+ LONG-TAILED TITS (2+ Valley Meadows, 1 The Scrub), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 4 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 juvs) (Woodpecker Meadow), SKYLARK (C.Farm), 3+ SONG THRUSHES (juv barns by C.Farmhouse, 2+ The Scrub), 30+ COMMON SWIFTS flew strong north (Valley Meadows) (Butterflies: Gatekeeper (The Scrub)) - DKC

Friday 20th

LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), 2 PIED WAGTAILS (♂+♀) (Legal & General), BLACK-HEADED GULL flew over (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 2+ BULLFINCHES (1+ Legal & General, 1+ Slangs), 2 SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 5 COMMON WHITETHROATS (C.Farm), GOLDCREST (Ruffett Wood), 4 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 C.Lane/Tart's Field, 1 Tawny Wood, 1 Green Belt Field/Pheasant Field, 1 B.Woods), 2 BLACKCAPS (♂+♀) (Green Belt Field/Pheasant Field), TREECREEPER (Green Belt Field/Pheasant Field, 2 COAL TITS (1 Tawny Wood (singing), 1 Green Belt Field/Pheasant Field), 2 NUTHATCHES (Green Belt Field/Pheasant Field/Ruffett Wood), PHEASANT (Railway Field), 3 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 5+ LINNETS (C.Farm), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (C.Farm), 1+ GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 4+ GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 1+ SONG THRUSH (C.Farm), 2 STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET (C.Farm), 2 WRENS visiting nest with 2 young (Pages Acre horse paddock) (Butterflies: Essex Skipper (Legal & General)) - DKC

Thursday 19th

c12 HOUSE MARTINS, LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), COMMON BUZZARD, ♀ KESTREL, 8+ SWALLOWS, 2 MISTLE THRUSHES, TREECREEPER (Pages Acre), COAL TIT (by Pages Acre horse paddock), NUTHATCH (Pages Acre), 2 COLLARED DOVES, GOLDCREST (Tawny Wood), CHIFFCHAFF (Legal & General), 3 YELLOWHAMMERS, 4 SKYLARKS, GOLDFINCH, SONG THRUSH, COMMON WHITETHROAT (Pipit Meadow), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 2 STOCK DOVES, flock of 150+ WOODPIGEONS (Broadfield), WREN visiting nest containing 2 young (Pages Acre horse paddock) (Butterflies: Large Skipper, 6+ Marbled Whites, Small Heath, 2+ Red Admirals) - DKC

Wednesday 18th

(all C.Farm) ♀ KESTREL, ♂ PIED WAGTAIL (Legal & General), COMMON BUZZARD, BLACK-HEADED GULL flew over, 120+ COMMON SWIFTS moving south, COLLARED DOVE, 2 YELLOWHAMMERS, 2 SKYLARKS, 2 LINNETS, 2+ SWALLOWS, 2 BLACKCAPS (Legal & General), COMMON WHITETHROAT, 2 SONG THRUSHES, GREEN WOODPECKER, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 2 GOLDFINCHES, 2+ juv HOUSE SPARROWS (Butterflies: Gatekeeper, Comma, 3 Marbled Whites) - DKC/RDW

Tuesday 17th

YELLOW WAGTAIL flew over (Watchpoint), TREECREEPER (B.Woods near caravan site), 3 GOLDCRESTS (2 B.Woods north of estate, 1 B.Woods near caravan site), SPARROWHAWK (with prey) (C.Farm), LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), ♀ KESTREL (C.Farm), 2 NUTHATCHES (1 Legal & General, 1 B.Woods near caravan site), SWALLOW (C.Farm), PHEASANT (C.Farm), COAL TIT (B.Woods north of estate), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (B.Woods between caravan site & estate), 4 BLACKCAPS (♀ Heathside Field/Bunting Field hedge, 1 Broadfield, 1 Legal & General, 1 B.Woods), 5 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm (1♀ with food)), 3 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 2 COMMON WHITETHROATS (1 by Lunch Wood, 1 Slangs), 4 LINNETS (C.Farm), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 3+ GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (2+ C.Farm (inc juv), 1 B.Woods), c7 GOLDFINCHES (inc juv) (C.Farm), 2 STOCK DOVES (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods (singing)) (Butterflies: 2+ Small Skippers (Legal & General), Large White (C.Farm), Red Admiral (C.Farm), 7 Marbled Whites (Legal & General)) - DKC

Monday 16th

(all C.Farm) LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), HOUSE MARTIN, COMMON BUZZARD, SPARROWHAWK, 5 BLACK-HEADED GULLS flew over, 3rd-summer LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over, 2 YELLOWHAMMERS, 2 LINNETS, SKYLARK, COMMON WHITETHROAT, 2 STOCK DOVES, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 5 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS, 40+ JACKDAWS - DKC

Sunday 15th

(all B.Woods) 2+ CROSSBILLS flew west (Sheep Brow), 32 LONG-TAILED TITS (Holly Lane Meadow), 2 KESTRELS (1 Valley Meadows, 1 Hither Field), 2 BULLFINCHES (1 Hither Field, 1 Fames Rough), COMMON WHITETHROAT (Valley Meadows), CHIFFCHAFF (Holly Lane Meadow), 2 LINNETS (Hither Field), 3 GREENFINCHES (2 by Outwood Lane, 1 Fames Rough), 2 GOLDFINCHES (1 by Outwood Lane, 1 Hither Field), 40+ JACKDAWS (over Hither Field, 2+ juv WRENS (Hither Field) (Butterflies: Purple Emperor flew east (Sheep Brow), Gatekeeper (Holly Lane Meadow), 18 Large Skippers (12 Holly Lane Meadow, 4 Hither Field, 2 Fames Rough), Small Skipper (Holly Lane Meadow), 4 Commas (1 Holly Lane Meadow, 1 Valley Meadows, 2 Fames Rough), 7 Small Heaths (2 Valley Meadows, 3 Hither Field, 2 Fames Rough), Red Admiral (Hither Field), 62+ Marbled Whites, 150+ Meadow Browns, 50+ Ringlets. Moths: Shaded Broad-bar) - IPW
HOBBY (B.Woods), 2 KESTRELS (Legal & General) (Moths: Hummingbird Hawkmoth (Pipit Meadow. Butterflies: 2 Essex Skippers (Legal & General), 3+ Large Skippers (2 Legal & General, 1+ B.Woods), Small Skipper (Legal & General), Small White (Pipit Meadow), 10 Marbled Whites (Legal & General), 4 Small Heaths (1 Legal & General, 1 Fames Rough, 2 Valley Meadows), Comma (Fames Rough), 4 Red Admirals (C.Farm)) - PGo
COMMON BUZZARD, SWALLOW, BLACKCAP (Legal & General), CHIFFCHAFF (Legal & General), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS, GREEN WOODPECKER, 2 LINNETS, 4+ GOLDFINCHES, COLLARED DOVE (Butterflies: Small Tortoiseshell) - DKC

Saturday 14th

♀ MALLARD flew over, c255 BLACK-HEADED GULLS flew NW, HOBBY, 1+ SPARROWHAWK, COMMON BUZZARD, HOUSE MARTIN, 20+ SWALLOWS, 2 KESTRELS (2nd cal-year ♂+ad/imm ♀), ♂ PIED WAGTAIL (Legal & General), NUTHATCH (Legal & General), 3 COLLARED DOVES (briefly visited R.R.Cottages), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS, 2+ LINNETS, SKYLARK, 2 COMMON WHITETHROATS, BLACKCAP (Legal & General), SONG THRUSH, 5+ GOLDFINCHES (1 with nesting material) (Butterflies: (all Legal & General) Large Skipper, 2 Small/Essex Skippers, 5+ Marbled Whites, 3+ Ringlets) - DKC
(Butterflies: Speckled Wood (by Pages Acre)) - PGo

Friday 13th

Afternoon & early evening: (all C.Farm) juv GREY HERON (Bog Field), HOBBY (low over Watchpoint & Harrier Field), HOUSE MARTIN, 40 BLACK-HEADED GULLS flew over, TREECREEPER (by Green Belt Field), 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 east side of Horse Pasture, 1 Legal & General (singing)), SPARROWHAWK, 2nd cal-year ♂ KESTREL, COMMON BUZZARD, MISTLE THRUSH (Infront George Field/Stoney Nob), COAL TIT (by Green Belt Field), 8+ SWALLOWS, 4 COMMON WHITETHROATS, 3 BLACKCAPS (2 Ruffett Wood, 1 by Green Belt Field), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS, 2+ LINNETS, 2+ SKYLARKS, COLLARED DOVE, 3+ GOLDFINCHES (inc juv), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 flew from by C.Farmhouse, 1 Ruffett Wood), SONG THRUSH, 15+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (inc flock of 15) - DKC
(all B.Woods) 2 STOCK DOVES, 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (Butterflies: 4 Gatekeepers, 3 Speckled Woods, 35+ Martbled Whites, c8 Small Heaths, Small White, c70 Meadow Browns) - NS

Thursday 12th

7.00am-4.30pm: 3+ BULLFINCHES (1+ Slangs, 2 The Scrub), ♂ PIED WAGTAIL (Legal & General), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Legal & General, 1 The Scrub), c5 SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 2 NUTHATCHES (Circle Field/C.Wood), 3 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 2 BLACKCAPS (1 Infront George Field, 1 Slangs), 3 COMMON WHITETHROATS (2 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 6+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 2+ LINNETS (1+ C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 9+ GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm inc flock of 6), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 Legal & General, 1 The Scrub), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farm), STOCK DOVE (B.Woods), juv ROBIN (Slangs) (Butterflies: 2 Gatekeepers (Legal & General), Small Skipper (Valley Meadows), Large Skipper (Legal & General), Brimstone (Valley Meadows), 2+ Red Admirals (C.Farm), c20 Marbled Whites (c15 C.Farm, c5 B.Woods)) - DKC
(Butterflies: (all C.Farm) Comma, 2 Large Skippers, 50+ Meadow Browns, 6 Ringlets, 8 Red Admirals) - PGo

Wednesday 11th

(all C.Farm) LITTLE EGRET flew over at 8.30pm, c135 BLACK-HEADED GULLS flew over - RDW
juv GREY HERON (flew over C.Farm then presumed same bird later in Bog Field), 1+ HOUSE MARTIN (C.Farm), LITTLE OWL (Legal & General), c10 SWALLOWS (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (The Scrub), 2 2nd cal-year ♂ KESTRELS (1 C.Farm, 1 Hither Field/Woodpecker Meadow), ♀ PIED WAGTAIL (Legal & General), TREECREEPER (Pages Acre), 2+ NUTHATCHES (1+ Pages Acre, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), GOLDCREST (just NW of The Scrub (singing)), 2 COAL TITS (1 juv) (Pages Acre), 3 COMMON WHITETHROATS (2 The Scrub, 1 Valley Meadows), BLACKCAP (Circle Field), CHIFFCHAFF (The Scrub), 2 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 2+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 4+ LINNETS (3+ C.Farm, 1+ The Scrub), 7 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub, 1 Woodpecker Meadow) (Butterflies: Comma (R.R.Lane), 3+ Red Admirals (C.Farm)) - DKC/IJ/RDW et al
(Butterflies: 2 Small Skippers (Legal & General), 15+ Marbled Whites (Legal & General)) - IGM

Tuesday 10th

c12 SWALLOWS (C.Farm) COMMON BUZZARD (over B.Woods then C.Farm), 2 KESTRELS (C.Farm), BULLFINCH (The Scrub), 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 east side of Horse Pasture, 1 at/near Legal & General), BLACK-HEADED GULL flew over (C.Farm), COLLARED DOVE flew over (Hither Field/Woodpecker Meadow), BLACKCAP (Pages Acre), 2 COMMON WHITETHROATS (C.Farm), 5+ CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Circle Field, 1 by Piddly Pond, 3+ The Scrub), 4 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), SKYLARK (Perrotts by Wood), 7+ LINNETS (1 C.Farm, 6+ The Scrub), NUTHATCH (by Piddly Pond), GREEN WOODPECKER (The Scrub), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (C.Farm), 4 STOCK DOVES (2 C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), SONG THRUSH (C.Farm) (Butterflies: 2 Marbled Whites (1 Hither Field, 1 by Rambler's Rest)) - DKC
(all C.Farm) 3 HOUSE MARTINS (Broadfield), 2 LITTLE OWLS (Legal & General), 7 SKYLARKS (Quail Field), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 Legal and General, 1 Lunch Wood), Blackcap (Legal & General), 2 COMMON WHITETHROATS (1 Legal & General, 1 Pheasant Field), 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (1 Stoney Nob, 1 by Perrotts Farmhouse), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Lunch Wood), 28 COMMON SWIFTS (Butterflies: 15 Marbled Whites (Legal & General)) - RJ/DSk
(all east side of B.Woods) 2 NUTHATCHES, 3 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew SE, 4 CHIFFCHAFFS, 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 56 COMMON SWIFTS flew NW, SONG THRUSH, juv ROBIN (Butterflies: 4 Gatekeepers, 10 Marbled Whites, 2 Commas, 1+ Small Skipper, 100+ Meadow Browns) - NS
LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), 10+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Legal & General) - IJ

Monday 9th

(all C.Farm) COMMON TERN flew SSW at 12.55pm (see Gallery), possible Green Sandpiper heard once (Bog Field), 2 LITTLE OWLS, 1+ SPARROWHAWK, COMMON BUZZARD, 2nd cal-year ♂ KESTREL, 10+ SWALLOWS (6+ juvs) (around R.R.Cottages), juv MISTLE THRUSH, PHEASANT, BLACKCAP (Lunch Wood), 2 COMMON WHITETHROATS, COLLARED DOVE, 3 GREENFINCHES (2 C.Residential, 1 Legal & General), 3 GOLDFINCHES, 4+ YELLOWHAMMERS, 5 SKYLARKS, 2+ LINNETS, 3+ STOCK DOVES, GREEN WOODPECKER, 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, SONG THRUSH (Legal & General), juv ROBIN (near C.Farmhouse), 2 juv BLACKBIRDS (near C.Farmhouse), DUNNOCK with faecal sac (near C.Farmhouse), ♂ HOUSE SPARROW with food (Quail Field/Bunting Field) - DKC

Sunday 8th

no reported sightings

Saturday 7th

2 MISTLE THRUSHES (1 juv) (Legal & General), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), GOLDCREST (just NW of The Scrub), 19 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (17 Legal & General, 2 flew over The Scrub)), ♂ KESTREL (Woodpecker Meadow), ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over (The Scrub), BULLFINCH (The Scrub), 1+ NUTHATCH (Lunch Wood), 3 CHIFFCHAFFS (B.Woods), 3 BLACKCAPS (B.Woods), 3 COMMON WHITETHROATS (C.Farm), c6 SWALLOWS (around Lunch Wood), 1+ YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), 3 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), GOLDFINCH (The Scrub), 2+ GREEN WOODPECKERS (1+ C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), SONG THRUSH (The Scrub (singing)), 2+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm), 24 HERRING GULLS (Legal & General) (Butterflies: Comma (R.R.Lane)) - DKC/LL/FJ/SD/IP/PGo et al

Friday 6th

(all C.Farm) 5+ HOUSE MARTINS, 6 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (4 (inc juv) Legal & General, 2 flew over), c8 SWALLOWS, KESTREL, 2 COLLARED DOVES, NUTHATCH (Gunman's Shaw), c4 LINNETS, 3 YELLOWHAMMERS, PIED WAGTAIL (Legal & General), 2 SONG THRUSHES, 3 COMMON WHITETHROATS (inc pair visiting nest Lunch Wood), GREEN WOODPECKER, ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET, STOCK DOVE, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER - DKC

Thursday 5th

(all C.Farm) 11 BLACK-HEADED GULLS flew over, PIED WAGTAIL (Legal & General), 2nd cal-year ♂ KESTREL, COMMON BUZZARD, 2 COLLARED DOVES, CHIFFCHAFF (Heathside Field), BLACKCAP (Legal & General), 3 COMMON WHITETHROATS, 2 YELLOWHAMMERS, 3 LINNETS, GREENFINCH, SKYLARK, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 4 STOCK DOVES, 3 GOLDFINCHES (Butterflies: Red Admiral) - DKC

Wednesday 4th

(all C.Farm) ♂ SPARROWHAWK (with missing central tail feathers giving forked-tail look), SWALLOW, 3+ SKYLARKS, 2 YELLOWHAMMERS, 3 LINNETS, GOLDFINCH, GREEN WOODPECKER, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, COMMON WHITETHROAT, GREENFINCH (C.Residential), 2 SONG THRUSHES, ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET - DKC

Tuesday 3rd

3 MISTLE THRUSHES (1+ juv) (C.Farm), WILLOW WARBLER (The Scrub (singing)), 2 KESTRELS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), LITTLE OWL (Legal & General/Stoney Nob), 2 BULLFINCHES (The Scrub), PHEASANT (C.Farm), 3 SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 2nd-summer LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over (B.Woods), 4 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 6 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 6 LINNETS (4 C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), 6 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Legal & General, 5 B.Woods), 5 COMMON WHITETHROATS (3 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub, 1 Valley Meadows), 3 BLACKCAPS (1 Legal & General, 2 B.Woods), 2 NUTHATCHES (1 Gunman's Shaw, 1 Hither Field), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 2 B.Woods), 6 GOLDFINCHES (5 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 3 STOCK DOVES (Hither Field), ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET (Rest Copse), juv DUNNOCK (Broadfield), juv BLUE TIT (Broadfield) (Butterflies: Ringlet (The Scrub), 4 Meadow Browns (1 C.Farm, 3 B.Woods)) - DKC

Monday 2nd

2 HOBBIES (B.Woods), c5 HOUSE MARTINS (Infront George Field/Stoney Nob), 5+ SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 4+ GOLDCRESTS (ad & 3+ juvs) (B.Woods by Queen E. Drive), NUTHATCH (B.Woods), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (C.Farm), 2 TREECREEPERS (B.Woods), c12 LONG-TAILED TITS (B.Woods by Queen E. Drive), MISTLE THRUSH (C.Farm), 4 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Legal & General, 3 B.Woods), GOLDFINCH (by Perrotts Farmhouse), 6 BLACKCAPS (1 Broadfield, 5 B.Woods), 4 LINNETS (The Scrub), COMMON WHITETHROAT (The Scrub), YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), SKYLARK (C.Farm), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (The Scrub), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farm) - DKC/IJ

Sunday 1st

(all C.Farm) LITTLE OWL, COMMON BUZZARD, KESTREL (Butterflies: Large Skipper (Broadfield), Red Admiral (Broadfield), 3 Marbled Whites (Legal & General), Ringlet (Legal & General). Moths: Cinnabar (Legal & General)) - PGo
1+ juv LITTLE OWL (near Perrotts Farmhouse) - JH

June 2012

HOUSE MARTIN (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), 2nd cal-year ♂ KESTREL (C.Farm), 2 MISTLE THRUSHES (Infront George Field), GOLDCREST (Fames Rough), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), COMMON WHITETHROAT (C.Farm), 4 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 2 BLACKCAPS (Legal & General), 3+ GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 1+ Fames Rough), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farm), ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET (C.Farm) (Butterflies: Marbled White (Legal & General), 3+ Large Skippers (Legal & General/Stoney Nob), 4+ Small Heaths (3+ Legal & General, 1+ Fames Rough), 1+ Ringlet (Legal & General), 3 Red Admirals (1 Stoney Nob, 1 by Reads Rest Cottages, 1 Lunch Wood), several Meadow Browns (mainly Legal & General & Fames Rough). Moths: Burnet Companion (Legal & General), Cinnabar (Legal & General)) - DKC/IGM et al
11+ LONG-TAILED TITS (9+ Valley Meadows, 2+ Sheep Brow), COLLARED DOVE (Outwood Lane (singing)), LINNET (Hither Field), 5 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Rest Copse) (Butterflies: 61+ Meadow Browns (37+ Valley Meadows, 13+Hither Field, 3 Sheep Brow, 8+ Woodpecker Meadows), 40+ Small Heaths (24+ Valley Meadows, 11+ Hither Field, 5 Sheep Brow), 7 Marbled Whites (4 Valley Meadows, 1 Hither Field, 1 Sheep Brow, 1 Woodpecker Meadows), 2 Grizzled Skippers (Valley Meadows), 7 Large Skippers (3 Valley Meadows, 4 Hither Field), Brimstone (Valley Meadows). Other insects: hornet (Valley Meadows towards Banstead Woods), 2 Southern Hawker dragonflies (1 Valley Meadows, 1 Hither Field)) - IPW

Friday 29th

ad BLACK-HEADED GULL (B.Woods*), 3 KESTRELS (2nd cal-year ♂ C.Farm, 2nd cal-year ♂ The Scrub, ad ♂ Valley Meadows), WILLOW WARBLER (The Scrub (singing)), COLLARED DOVE (C.Farm), 2 PHEASANTS (C.Farm), 2 ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (1 flew over The Scrub, 1 B.Woods*), 1+ BULLFINCH (The Scrub), TREECREEPER (just NW of The Scrub), GOLDCREST (just NW of The Scrub (singing)), YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), 5 LINNETS (2 C.Farm, 3 The Scrub), 5+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 4 CHIFFCHAFFS (B.Woods inc 1 Rest Copse (all singing)), 5+ COMMON WHITETHROATS (2 C.Farm, 3+ The Scrub (1 juv)), 6+ BLACKCAPS (3 Legal & General, 2+ The Scrub, 1 Rest Copse (all singing)), STOCK DOVE (B.Woods), 7 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 4 The Scrub, 1 Valley Meadows), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 6+ GOLDFINCHES (2 C.Farm, 3 C.Farm/B.Woods at end of R.R.Lane, 1+ over Piddly Pond) - DKC/MSt

Thursday 28th

(all C.Farm) COMMON BUZZARD, ♂ SPARROWHAWK, KESTREL, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over, LINNET, CHIFFCHAFF (Infront George Field), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS, 2 BLACKCAPS (inc 1 by west side of Broadfield), 2 SKYLARKS, 3 COMMON WHITETHROATS, 2 GOLDFINCHES, GREEN WOODPECKER (Butterflies: Red Admiral) - DKC

Wednesday 27th

(all C.Farm) 3+ MISTLE THRUSHES, ♂ SPARROWHAWK, COMMON BUZZARD (flew towards Ruffett Wood/Death Pit (with prey)), CHIFFCHAFF (Legal & General), COLLARED DOVE, 4 COMMON WHITETHROATS, 2 BLACKCAPS (Legal & General), 2 LINNETS, 5+ GOLDFINCHES, 3 SKYLARKS, YELLOWHAMMER, 2 NUTHATCHES (1 Legal & General, 1 Infront George Field), GREEN WOODPECKER, SONG THRUSH, ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET (Butterflies: 2 Ringlets (Legal & General), Meadow Brown (Legal & General)) - DKC

Tuesday 26th

(all C.Farm) MEADOW PIPIT flew over, ♂ MALLARD flew over, COMMON BUZZARD, KESTREL, LITTLE OWL, 2 BULLFINCHES (Slangs), NUTHATCH (Broadfield/Lunch Wood), 4 YELLOWHAMMERS, 5 LINNETS, 4 SKYLARKS, 2 PHEASANTS (inc ♀ Harrier Field), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Lunch Wood, 1 by Heathside Field (both singing)), 5 COMMON WHITETHROATS, BLACKCAP (Infront George Field/Skylark Field), GREEN WOODPECKER, 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, 2 GOLDFINCHES, 2 STOCK DOVES (1 singing Stoney Nob), 2+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS, juv BLUE TIT (Infront George Field) (Butterflies: Red Admiral) - DKC
juv COMMON WHITETHROATS (Broadfield) (Butterflies: 6 Meadow Browns (Circle Field), Peacock (Broadfield), Red Admiral (Broadfield)) - PGo

Monday 25th

HOBBY (B.Woods), 1+ juv GREY HERON flew over (1 C.Farm then 1 over B.Woods), 3 WILLOW WARBLERS (The Scrub (singing)), 3 MALLARDS flew over (C.Farm), 3+ MISTLE THRUSHES (2 juvs) (Pipit Meadow), 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 Legal & General/Stoney Nob, 1 near Gunman's Shaw), 1+ SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm then over B.Woods), 3+ KESTRELS (1 C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (C.Farm), BULLFINCH (The Scrub), TREECREEPER (Poultry Field/Pheasant Field (singing)), 2 NUTHATCHES (1 Pheasant Field, 1 B.Woods), GOLDCREST (near Piddly Pond (singing)), 2 COAL TITS (Pages Acre), PHEASANT (Stoney Nob), 4 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Ruffett Wood, 3 B.Woods), COLLARED DOVE (C.Farm), 3 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 8 COMMON WHITETHROATS (7 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 4 BLACKCAPS (1 Ruffett Wood, 1 by Tawny Wood, 2 B.Woods), 4 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 1+ LINNET (C.Farm), juv LONG-TAILED TIT (The Scrub), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (C.Farm), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (C.Farm, then 1 flew to B.Woods), 3 SONG THRUSHES (1 C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), 2 GOLDFINCHES (1 juv) (C.Farm), juv HOUSE SPARROW (by R.R.Cottages), juv BLUE TIT (The Scrub), 2 STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), 4 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm), 4 CARRION CROWS (2 ads & 2 juvs) eating mole (C.Farm) (47 species recorded) (Butterflies: 3 Meadow Browns (near R.R.Cottages), Red Admiral (C.Farm)) - DKC/JB

Sunday 24th

(all C.Farm) 4 HOUSE MARTINS, 2 MALLARDS flew over, 4 COMMON BUZZARDS, c40 COMMON SWIFTS flew SW, GREEN WOODPECKER, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER - RDW
(all C.Farm) ♂ KESTREL, COMMON BUZZARD, HERRING GULLS (Legal & General), COMMON WHITETHROAT, LINNET, GOLDFINCHES - CA

Saturday 23rd

WILLOW WARBLER (Ramblers Rest (singing)), 2+ juv TREECREEPERS (Sheep Brow/Fames Rough), 3 BULLFINCHES, (1 Valley Meadows, 1 Sheep Brow, 1 Fames Rough), c29 COMMON SWIFTS (c23 B.Woods car park, 2 Woodpecker Meadow, 4 Sheep Brow), 21+ LONG-TAILED TITS (c11 Valley Meadows, 10+ Fames Rough), GREENFINCH (Valley Meadows (singing)), KESTREL (Outwood Lane), 4 Singing Blackcaps (2 Woodpecker Meadow, 1 Valley Meadows, 1 B.Woods car park), 3 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Woodpecker Meadows, 2 Sheep Brow (all singing)), PHEASANT (Steep Banks) (Butterflies: 5 Meadow Browns (3 Valley Meadows, 2 Sheep Brow),

7 Small Heaths (3 Fames Rough, 2 Hither Field, 1 Sheep Brow, 1 Valley Meadows),

Holly Blue (Valley Meadows)) - IPW
(Butterflies: 2 Essex Skippers (Legal & General), Small Heath (Legal & General), Red Admiral (B.Woods), 6 Meadow Browns (5 Woodpecker Meadow, 1 Fames Rough)) - PGo

Friday 22nd

Afternoon & evening: (all C.Farm) GREY HERON flew over, LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), 2 BULLFINCHES (Slangs), COMMON BUZZARD, PHEASANT, KESTREL, ♂ MALLARD flew over, 2 SWALLOWS, 2+ COMMON WHITETHROATS, 2 BLACKCAPS (1 Slangs, 1 Legal & General), LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over, 3+ YELLOWHAMMERS, LINNET, 5 SKYLARKS, 2+ STOCK DOVES, 2 SONG THRUSHES, juv ROBIN (by C.Farmhouse), juv BLACKBIRD (near R.R.Cottages) - DKC

Thursday 21st

Evening: (all C.Farm) ♂ MALLARD flew over, 2 LITTLE OWLS (east side of Horse Pasture), SWALLOW, PHEASANT, 2 SKYLARKS, 2 YELLOWHAMMERS, 4 LINNETS, COMMON WHITETHROAT, GREEN WOODPECKER - DKC/JB

Wednesday 20th

Afternoon: (all C.Farm) KESTREL, COMMON BUZZARD, 5+ COMMON WHITETHROATS, SKYLARK, 3 YELLOWHAMMERS, 3 LINNETS, SWALLOW, PHEASANT, BLACKCAP, 2 GOLDFINCHES - DKC

Tuesday 19th

Morning: CORMORANT flew NW (Tattenham Meadow) - AD
Late afternoon/early evening: (all C.Farm) HOBBY (low over Green Belt Field), LITTLE OWL (Pipit Meadow), COMMON BUZZARD, KESTREL, YELLOWHAMMER, COMMON WHITETHROAT, SKYLARK, LINNET, GREEN WOODPECKER, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, BLACKCAP, ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET - IJ
Late afternoon/early evening: (all C.Farm) SPARROWHAWK (flew across Infront George Field), 2 MISTLE THRUSHES (Gunman's Shaw), LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), ♀ MALLARD flew over, COMMON BUZZARD, KESTREL, 4 LINNETS, 5+ YELLOWHAMMERS, 2+ SKYLARKS, PHEASANT, 3 GOLDFINCHES, 6 COMMON WHITETHROATS, BLACKCAP, 2+ SONG THRUSHES (near R.R.Cottages (inc juv)), GREEN WOODPECKER, 2+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC/JB

Monday 18th

(all C.Farm) juv GREY HERON then flew off (Bog Field), COMMON BUZZARD, SWALLOW, 5+ YELLOWHAMMERS, 4 SKYLARKS, 3 GOLDFINCHES, BLACKCAP (Legal & General), 4 COMMON WHITETHROATS, PHEASANT, c4 SKYLARKS, 3+ LINNETS, 2+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS, juv DUNNOCK (derelict barn) - DKC/JB

Sunday 17th

(all C.Farm) 2 juv GREY HERONS (Bog Field), 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 Tart's Field/Can Hatch Field, 1 east side of Horse Pasture), 8+ COMMON BUZZARDS (3*), KESTREL, 2 MALLARDS (♂+♀) flew over, 2 SWALLOWS, 4 COMMON WHITETHROATS, 1+ YELLOWHAMMER, 2+ SKYLARKS, 2 LINNETS, 3 CHIFFCHAFFS (ad & 2 juvs) (Legal & General) - DKC/RDW/IJ

Saturday 16th

HOBBY (B.Woods), juv GREY HERON (Bog Field), 5+ HOUSE MARTINS (Lunch Wood), 4+ SWALLOWS (C.Farm), GOLDCREST (B.Woods), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), 2 TREECREEPERS (B.Woods), LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over (C.Farm), 3 COAL TITS (2 ads & juv) (B.Woods Short Route), 6+ NUTHATCHES (B.Woods (2 family groups of 3+; Short Route & near estate)), 3 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 5 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 2 LINNETS (C.Farm), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (B.Woods Short Route), 3 COMMON WHITETHROATS (C.Farm), 3 BLACKCAPS (1 C.Farm, 2 B.Woods), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 2 SONG THRUSHES (1 Infront George Field, 1 B.Woods near estate), juv WREN (by R.R.Cottages) - DKC/JB/IJ

Friday 15th

(all C.Farm) 2 BULLFINCHES (♂+♀) (by Legal & General), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS, PHEASANT, 4 MALLARDS flew over, SWALLOW, 4 COMMON WHITETHROAT, 3 SKYLARKS, LINNET, 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 46 COMMON SWIFTS - DKC/JB

Thursday 14th

COMMON BUZZARD, ♀ KESTREL, ♀ MALLARD flew over, 2 SWALLOWS, PHEASANT, 3 LINNETS, 3 SKYLARKS, 3 YELLOWHAMMERS, GREEN WOODPECKER, COMMON WHITETHROAT, 4 GOLDFINCHES - DKC

Wednesday 13th

LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), KESTREL (C.Farm), 3 SWALLOWS (C.Farm), YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), LINNETS (C.Farm), NUTHATCH (B.Woods), CHIFFCHAFF (B.Woods), GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm) - CA
3 juv MISTLE THRUSHES (Can Hatch Field/Tart's Field), ♀ KESTREL, 3 SWALLOWS, 5+ MALLARDS (4+♂+♀) (Bog Field & Skylark Field), COMMON BUZZARD*, STOCK DOVE (Stoney Nob (singing)), 2 PHEASANTS, 4 YELLOWHAMMERS, 2 BLACKCAPS (1 Legal & General, 2 (♂+♀) Lunch Wood), 2 LINNETS (courtship feeding), 3 COMMON WHITETHROATS, 3 SKYLARKS, GREEN WOODPECKER, 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, 3+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS, BLUE TIT family group (Slangs) - DKC

Tuesday 12th

From at least c12.30pm, till c12.35pm: GREEN SANDPIPER then flushed & flew off (Bog Field) - RDW
Mid-late afternoon: no further sign of Green Sandpiper by 5.00pm (C.Farm); HOBBY (C.Farm), juv GREY HERON (by Piddly Pond), 2 ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (Tart's Field), PIED WAGTAIL (Bog Field), 10 MALLARDS (Bog Field), COLLARED DOVE (C.Farm) - RDW/DKC
c4 MISTLE THRUSHES (Pages Acre - family group), 3 KESTRELS (1 Harrier Field, 2 over B.Woods), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 5 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 5 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Slangs), GREENFINCH (C.Farm), GOLDFINCH (C.Farm) - NS

Monday 11th

Afternoon: (all C.Farm) CORMORANT circled low (see Gallery), 9 MALLARDS (2♂+2♀ Skylark Field, 5♂+♀ Bog Field), PIED WAGTAIL (Bog Field), KESTREL, 2 SKYLARKS, LINNET, 3 STOCK DOVES - DKC

Sunday 10th

CROSSBILL flew SE at 11.48am (Sheep Brow), 3 MALLARDS (2♂+♀) flew over (C.Farm), MISTLE THRUSH (Infront George Field), 6+ SWALLOWS (C.Farm), LITTLE OWL (Legal & General), KESTREL (B.Woods car park), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), LINNET (C.Farm), SKYLARK (C.Farm), 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (1 B.Woods*, 1 over C.Farm), 4 TREECREEPERS (B.Woods), 1+ SPARROWHAWK (B.Woods at likely nest site), 3+ BULLFINCHES (1 Slangs, 1+ B.Woods near car park, 1 Fames Rough), 3 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), COAL TIT (B.Woods), GREENFINCH (Legal & General), 4 GOLDCRESTS (B.Woods), 3 ♂ PHEASANTS (C.Farm inc 2 fighting Stoney Nob), CHIFFCHAFF (B.Woods), 5 COMMON WHITETHROATS (C.Farm), 5 BLACKCAPS (2 Legal & General, 3 B.Woods), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 4+ GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (B.Woods inc 1 visiting nest site near Piddly Pond), 4 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 4 STOCK DOVES (3 C.Farm (1 singing), 1 B.Woods (singing)), 3 SONG THRUSHES (2 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 2+ LONG-TAILED TITS (near Piddly Pond), 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm), 60+ HERRING GULLS (around Quail Field) (Mammals: Weasel (R.R.Lane near Slangs), Weasel/Stoat (B.Woods)) - DKC et al

Saturday 9th

20 CROSSBILLS flew south at 2.38pm (Valley Meadows), WILLOW WARBLER (The Scrub (singing)), SPARROWHAWK (over Poultry Field), 2 MISTLE THRUSHES (Poultry Field), 11 SWALLOWS (3 Infront George Field, 7 Perrotts by Wood, 1 R.R.Cottages), GREENFINCH (The Scrub), 15 COMMON WHITETHROATS (9 C.Farm, 6 B.Woods), 6 BULLFINCHES (1 Stoney Nob, 1 Railway Field, 3 The Scrub, 1 Rest Copse), LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over (Lunch Banks), COMMON BUZZARD (over Lunch Banks) (Butterflies: 3 Grizzled Skippers (2 Valley Meadows, 1 Hither Field), 4 Red Admirals ( 1 Stoney Nob, 1 Railway Field, 1 Sheep Brow, 1 Banstead Woods), 3 Meadow Browns (Railway Field), Small Copper (The Scrub), 10 Small Heaths (3 Railway Field, 2 Hither Field, 1 Sheep Brow, 3 The Scrub, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), 6 Small Whites (4 Hither Field, 1 The Scrub, 1 Valley Meadows), 5 Common Blues (1 Valley Meadows, 4 Hither Field), 1 Large White (Hither Field), 4 Brimstones (3 Valley Meadows, 1 Hither Field), 5 Holly Blues (4 Valley Meadows, 1 Hither Field). Damselflies: Large Red (Hither Field). Moths: Cinnabars (The Scrub). Roe Deer (Stoney Nob)) - IPW
(all C.Farm) GREY HERON flew over, HOBBY*, 2 MISTLE THRUSHES (Poultry Field), 2 KESTRELS, 5 COMMON BUZZARDS (4*), TREECREEPER (Ruffett Wood), 2 SWALLOWS, CHIFFCHAFF (Circle Field), PHEASANT, 3 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew over, 4 SKYLARKS, 2 YELLOWHAMMERS, 2 COMMON WHITETHROATS, 3 BLACKCAPS, 2 COLLARED DOVES, 3 GOLDFINCHES, LINNET, 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (inc 1 flew from B.Woods to C.Farm), 4 GREEN WOODPECKERS (inc 1 flew to B.Woods), SONG THRUSH (between C.Farmhouse & R.R.Cottages (with food)), 7 STOCK DOVES, HERRING GULL (Bog Field), ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET (Butterflies: Red Admiral) - DKC

Friday 8th

(all C.Farm) 2 MISTLE THRUSHES, 2 BULLFINCHES (Legal & General), 1+ KESTREL, COMMON BUZZARD, 2 PHEASANTS, 2 SWALLOWS, 5+ YELLOWHAMMERS, SKYLARK, BLACKCAP, COMMON WHITETHROAT, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, SONG THRUSH - DKC
MALLARD (C.Farm) - JH

Thursday 7th

(all C.Farm) GREY HERON flew over, 2 LINNETS, SWALLOW, PHEASANT, GREEN WOODPECKER, 2 STOCK DOVES, 2 COMMON WHITETHROATS, COLLARED DOVE, 2 SKYLARKS, GOLDFINCH, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER - DKC
(all C.Farm) CORMORANT flew over, c5 CANADA GEESE flew over - JH

Wednesday 6th

HOBBY (B.Woods), c17 HOUSE MARTINS (C.Farm), 2 MISTLE THRUSHES (Pipit Meadow), KESTREL (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), PHEASANT (C.Farm), 3 MALLARDS flew over (C.Farm), LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over (C.Farm), 2+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 3+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), COLLARED DOVE (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (Ruffett Wood), 1+ LINNET (C.Farm), 4 CHIFFCHAFFS (2 Circle Field, 2 B.Woods), LONG-TAILED TIT (B.Woods), GREEN WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 3 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 3 BLACKCAPS (1 C.Farm, 2 B.Woods), 5 GOLDFINCHES (1 C.Farm, 4 CF/BW at end of R.R.Lane), 4 SONG THRUSHES (2 C.Farm, 2 B.Woods), 55 STOCK DOVES (Pipit Meadow) - DKC

Tuesday 5th

c12.00pm: 5 CROSSBILLS flew over (B.Woods) - SG
(all C.Farm) GREY HERON flew past*, 3 MALLARDS (flying over then 2 landed), LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL*, KESTREL, LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), COMMON BUZZARD, BULLFINCH (Legal & General), 3 SWALLOWS, COMMON WHITETHROAT, 2 BLACKCAPS, NUTHATCH (Legal & General), 3 LINNETS, 2 GOLDFINCHES, 2 SKYLARKS, 3+ YELLOWHAMMERS, 3 COLLARED DOVES, SONG THRUSH, GREEN WOODPECKER - DKC

Monday 4th

RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE still (C.Farm) - JH

Sunday 3rd

no reported sightings

Saturday 2nd

Early evening: (all B.Woods) 36 CANADA GEESE flew NE (Valley Meadows), HOUSE MARTIN flew over (The Scrub), SPARROWHAWK (Valley Meadows), 16+ LONG-TAILED TITS (6 north side of Woodpecker Meadow, 8 south side of Woodpecker Meadow, 2+ Sheep Brow), 4 BLACKCAPS (1 Valley Meadows, 2 north side of Woodpecker Meadow, 1 Rest Copse (all singing)), GREENFINCH (Valley Meadows (singing)) (Butterflies: Dingy Skipper (Valley Meadows), Grizzled Skipper (Valley Meadows), 12 Small Heaths, 2 Speckled Woods (Woodpecker Meadows), 4 Holly Blues, 3 Common Blues (Valley Meadows), 13 Brimstones. Damselflies: Common Blue (Valley Meadows). Moths: Burnet Companion (Valley Meadows), lots of Small Purple & Gold. Other insects: lots of Froghoppers (Valley Meadows)) - IPW
Afternoon: (all C.Farm) HOBBY, 2 MISTLE THRUSHES, COMMON BUZZARD, 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 east side of Horse Pasture, 1 flew from Lunch Wood to Slangs), COMMON WHITETHROAT, 2 YELLOWHAMMERS, PHEASANT, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over, 2 SWALLOWS, several COMMON SWIFTS, SONG THRUSH (Butterflies: Small Tortoiseshell) - DKC

Friday 1st

LESSER WHITETHROAT still (The Scrub (singing)), up to 3 RED KITES flew over (1 past east side of B.Woods at 9.55am*, 1 over The Scrub at 11.26am, 1 over C.Farm at 2.15pm), GARDEN WARBLER (The Scrub (singing)), WILLOW WARBLER (The Scrub (singing)), 100+ COMMON SWIFTS, MALLARD flew over (C.Farm), LITTLE OWL (Infront George Field/Stoney Nob), 2 KESTRELS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 1+ ROOK (B.Woods*), COMMON BUZZARD (B.Woods*), 2+ BULLFINCHES (1+ Lunch Wood, 1+ Valley Meadows), 2+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), COLLARED DOVE (C.Farm), COAL TIT (NW of The Scrub), 2 GOLDCRESTS (1 B.Woods near car park, 1 NW of The Scrub (both singing)), NUTHATCH (NW of The Scrub), LINNET (C.Farm), 2 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 2 PHEASANTS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 4 CHIFFCHAFFS (B.Woods), 5 COMMON WHITETHROATS (2 C.Farm, 2 Valley Meadows, 1 The Scrub), 6 BLACKCAPS (2 Legal & General, 4 B.Woods), 3+ LONG-TAILED TITS (1+ Stoney Nob, 2+ NW of The Scrub), GREEN WOODPECKER (The Scrub), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 3 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 5 STOCK DOVES (2 C.Farm, 3 B.Woods), 3+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm), juv ROBIN (Slangs), 2 juv MAGPIES (C.Farm), 2 juv CARRION CROWS (Broadfield/Harrier Field) - DKC
(all The Scrub & environs) LESSER WHITETHROAT still (singing), 2 WILLOW WARBLERS, 2 CHIFFCHAFFS, 2 BULLFINCHES, TAWNY OWL, 5 GREEN WOODPECKERS, BLACKCAP, 3 COMMON WHITETHROATS, 15 LONG-TAILED TITS (family party) - AD

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