A Grey Wagtail heard overhead this morning was the first of the year. Pied Wagtail has been very scarce lately so it was great to see four...

A Reed Bunting calling at Reads Bottom was the third bird of the year, a good early run. Three Stonechats were in the hedge at the north s...

The Stonechat passage continued, with seven counted across the site including four in Hither Field and three at Reads Bottom. Four Siskins ...

Sightings at the farm included 100 Fieldfares , 30 Redwings and 200 Starlings . Ian Magness

A Common Buzzard was still at Legal & General, where 31 Black-headed Gulls were feeding on the sports field. Ian Pratley

Significant late news concerned a drumming Lesser Spotted Woodpecker at The Knoll on Saturday ( Andy Keay ). This species now stands in a v...

Two ♂ Stonechats lingered along Reads Rest Lane and a juvenile Common Buzzard was nonchalantly parading around the grass by Legal & Ge...

A fall of at least five Stonechats at the farm added extra cheer to proceedings but was not the only sign of spring movement, with a count ...

The female Stonechat continued its residence at Reads Bottom, two Little Owls around Stoney Nob, a Collared Dove was singing at Legal ...

A fine spring(-like?) day saw a ♂ Reed Bunting pitch up briefly at Reads Bottom, where the ♀ Stonechat remained, and a Lapwing drop into ...

Two Red Kites drifted west over the farm in the afternoon and a female Stonechat was fresh-in, feeding in Owl Meadow before moving to the ...

Two Siskins and 40 Lesser Redpolls were at Banstead Woods, the latter a flock by the felled tree towards Holly Lane. A Pheasant , a Common...

A count of 14 Siskins in the BW sector included a feeding flock of 12 by the path running south from the high path between the Holly Lane c...

A Peregrine over the farm provided the day's headline bird. A ♂ Tawny Owl was hooting from Ruffett Wood before dusk and three Little O...

A Red Kite flew over Banstead Woods at 14:05. Gloria Saunders

Three Mallards flew over the farm, where a Sparrowhawk , 30 Redwings and two Mistle Thrushes were also seen. Hither Field had eight Meadow...

30 Redwings were in Chipstead Meadow and 25 Chaffinches congregated in Doric Field. Paul Goodman

A Red Kite drifted east over the farm, where a Common Buzzard , 80 FIeldfares , 400 Redwings , a Mistle Thrush , 25 Linnets and six Yellow...

A flock of 17 Lesser Redpolls was feeding in the southeast corner of Ruffett Wood. Singles of Cormorant , Grey Heron and Lesser Black-back...

One of the increasingly elusive Barn Owls was seen and five Little Owls were vocal late in the day when 39 Skylarks and 29 Meadow Pipits ...