13th November 2025: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman


Nuthatch2
Blackbird10
Fieldfare3
Meadow Pipit3
Linnet150+

9th November 2025: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 

Red Kite 'thermalling' with a Common Buzzard 

King Alfreds Cake (Daldinia concentrica) 

Fragile Dapperling (Leucocoprinus fragillssimus)


Red Kite1 circled with Common Buzzards
Common Buzzard2
Raven1 flew S

9th November 2025: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 Good close view of male Firecrest and Treecreaper in Tawny Wood

Common Buzzard1
Skylark50
Long-tailed Tit4+
Goldcrest2
Firecrest1
Linnet200

6th November 2025: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 

Purple Jellydisc

Mica Caps

Turkey Tail Mushrooms

General commentsWeather very mild - still 2 Buff-tailed Bumblebees observed on the wing
Woodpigeon2 flocks of c60+ from N 10:25, large no.s headed back N from noon after gamekeeper shootings
Black-headed Gullc11
Herring Gull3
Sparrowhawk1 fem
Common Buzzard2
Chiffchaff1 flew into Outwood Lane Pond reeds
Long-tailed Tit2
Goldcrest6
Firecrest1
Wren1 flew into Outwood Lane Pond reeds
Redwing5
Pied Wagtail1 landed by the Clock tower near the Scouts huts 14:20
Goldfinchc21 over the scouts complex
Common Darterc5 m & 1 fem “very tiny specimens” may have recently emerged. Also fully grown pair mating over Outwood Lane Pond

5th November 2025: Canons Farm - Annie Griffin

 

Jelly Ear

Turkey Tail 

Unidentified

Candlesnuff Fungus

feral Rock Dove20
Stock Dove30
Woodpigeon200+
Common Buzzard1
Rose-ringed Parakeet1
Jay2
Magpie3
Jackdaw100+
Carrion Crow100+
Skylark8
Long-tailed Tit10
Goldcrest11
Starling25
Blackbird1
Dunnock1
Meadow Pipit20
Linnet100+

5th November 2025: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

Brambling, far right, with chaffinches.

Sparrowhawk1
Great Spotted Woodpecker3
Green Woodpecker1
Raven1
Skylark150 Approximately, several flocks
Starling20+
Stonechat1 Perrots
Meadow Pipit1
Chaffinch25 Approximately in IFGF
Greenfinch2 Reeds Cottages
Linnet200+
Goldfinch

Brambling		12

1

4th November 2025: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 

Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporous Sulphureus)

Common Dog Violet (Viola Riviniana)

Stinking Iris (Iris Foetidissima)

Hoof Fungus (Fomes fomentarius) & Common Brittlestem (Candolleomyces candolleomyces) 


Sparrowhawk1 in the Nuttery
Common Buzzard1
Jackdaw40+ Hither fields
Raven1
Chiffchaff1 in Hither field
Long-tailed Tit2
Goldcrest4
Redwing40+ over The Nuttery/ Outwood Lane
Meadow Pipit1
Chaffinch1
Goldfinch3

3rd November 2025: Canons Farm - Justin Bendig

 Mid-afternoon, a spell of mild, wet weather.

Pheasant2 (Cocks fighting, Perrotts barn)
Kestrel1 (Male, flew from Broadfield East into Field Maple tree on Reads Rest Lane near Lunch Wood)
Great Tit3
Long-tailed Tit5

2nd November 2025: Canons Farm - Ian Ward

 

Wood Ear Fungus (Auricularia auricula-judae)

Herring Gull3
Red Kite3; two flew NE at 10:24 & 12:04, 1 circled Lunch Wood 13:10
Common Buzzard1
Peregrine1 flew from Buzzard field west towards Can Hatch field 12:47
Long-tailed Tit4
Goldcrest2; Pages Acre
Nuthatch1; Pages Acre
Fieldfare4 in Broadfields
Chaffinch3 by Read Rest Cottages
Linnet100+ Doric
Goldfinch1

1st November 2025: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

Red Kite1
Common Buzzard1
Peregrine1 Hunting, flew fast and low over IFGF
Goldcrest1

30th October 2025: Banstead Woods - Paul Goodman


Herring Gull1
Sparrowhawk1 Female at Fames Rough
Common Buzzard1
Great Spotted Woodpecker2
Green Woodpecker1
Kestrel1
Jay3
Skylark1 over Hither Field
Goldcrest6
Nuthatch4

26th October 2025: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

Chiffchaff1 Still in Tawny Wood

25th October 2025: Canons Farm - Ian Ward

 

Male Stonechat

Stonechatc6; 1m on hedgerows Ruffett Meadow/GBF, 2m1fem Poultry field, 2m Reads Rest Bottom

25th October 2025: Canons Farm - Ian Ward

 

Pheasant1 calling in Green Belt field
Kestrel1m
Skylark70+ in Infront of George field East
Long-tailed Tit12
Goldcrest3
Meadow Pipit1
Chaffinch12
Linnet250; spread out in 3 flocks in IFGFE, Doric & Can Hatch fields
Yellowhammerc5 fem in northside of Green Belt field

25th October 2025: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman


Black-headed Gull7
Sparrowhawk1 Female
Red Kite2
Kestrel1 Male
Skylark25
Chiffchaff1 In mixed tit flock in Tawny Wood
Long-tailed Tit3+
Goldcrest1
Nuthatch1
Stonechat7
Linnet250

24th October 2025: Canons Farm - Annie Griffin


Round  Meadow

Chipstead Meadow


Possible sighting of a merlin being mobbed by a single carrion crow above Chipstead Meadow woodland. The crow drove the bird north, out of sight.

Possible large group of linnets heard by the stables by Wood Lane.
Woodpigeon100+
Common Gull2
Common Buzzard1
Magpie2
Jackdaw2
Carrion Crow40+
Great Tit1
LinnetPoss heard group
Other bird 1
Merlin, possible sighting
Other bird 1 number and details1. Female.

22nd October 2025: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

Black-headed Gull7
Great Spotted Woodpecker2
Skylark12
Nuthatch1
Starling8
Stonechat8. 4 Perrots, 2 RB & 2 Green barn
Meadow Pipit6+
Chaffinch2+
Linnet250
Goldfinch6
Yellowhammer2
Brimstone1
Red Admiral1
Common Darter2 a pair
Other wildlife 1 Roe Deer
Other wildlife 1

21st October 2025: Canons Farm - J Alexander

Merlin, 1. Hunting low to the ground. 

19th October 2025: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 

Drizzly rain from the west

Woodpigeonc150 from N 11:15-noon
Sparrowhawk1 fem over Banstead Woods
Rose-ringed Parakeet8
Jay7
Magpie11
Raven1 flew S over Banstead Woods 11:55
Goldcrest5
Firecrest2
Mistle Thrush1 over Park Farm Orchard
Song Thrush1 bathing in Harholt puddles
Blackbird7 all bathing  together in Harholt puddles
Dunnock2 bathing in Harholt puddles
Chaffinch2
Bullfinch2
Siskin1 flew W from Pine Area
Brown Hairstreakc6; 1 Park Farm Orchard, 5 together at top of a larch near post 13 disturbed by strong winds

19th October 2025: Canons Farm - Ian Ward

 

Fieldfare

Black-headed Gullc95 mainly on Doric field
Common Gull7
Herring Gull3
Lesser Black-backed Gull1 on Doric
Common Buzzard1
Little Owl1 calling from Lunch Wood
SkylarkC23
Redwingc11;Broadfield East
Fieldfare4 Broadfield West
Linnetc150+ George fields
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