29th January 2026: Banstead Woods - Jay Alexander

 

Woodpigeon4
Common Buzzard1
Great Spotted Woodpecker1
Green Woodpecker1
Kestrel1
Rose-ringed Parakeet4
Jay2
Magpie4
Jackdaw10
Carrion Crow8
Raven2
Marsh Tit1
Blue Tit3
Great Tit2
Goldcrest1
Nuthatch1
Wren1
Song Thrush2
Redwing25
Blackbird4
Robin2
Dunnock2
House Sparrow1
Bullfinch1
Lesser Redpoll1

29th January 2026: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

Pheasant1
Black-headed Gull15 Chipstead Meadow
Great Spotted Woodpecker3
Green Woodpecker2
Coal Tit1
Skylark10+
Chiffchaff1 In brambles at Canons Farmhouse
Blackcap1 Singing in Tawny Wood
Goldcrest1
Nuthatch1
Song Thrush3
Redwing30
Fieldfare20
Chaffinch8+
Linnet50

28th January 2026: Banstead Woods - Ian Pratley

 

Pheasant1
Stock Dove1
Woodpigeon24
Common Buzzard6
Great Spotted Woodpecker1
Green Woodpecker2
Rose-ringed Parakeet12
Magpie7
Jackdaw45
Carrion Crow6
Blue Tit9
Great Tit17
Skylark2
Goldcrest1
Firecrest1
Nuthatch4
Wren4
Song Thrush5
Blackbird2
Robin33
Dunnock2
Bullfinch1
Linnet2
Goldfinch2

26th January 2026: Canons Farm - Justin Bendig

 Overcast, but dry & windless. Afternoon walk & dusk watch up to 17:15

Red Kite1 (Perrotts)
Little Owl
Jackdaw1
Carrion Crow15
Raven2
Long-tailed Tit2
Redwing1
Other wildlife 1 (type species)Rabbit (scrapings & numerous droppings, side of RR lane on south-facing bank opposite gate to Slangs)

24th January 2026: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman


Pheasant1
Herring Gull5
Common Buzzard3
Great Spotted Woodpecker2
Green Woodpecker1
Kestrel1
Skylark10
Song Thrush2
Redwing8
Fieldfare1
Chaffinch3
Linnet100+

23rd January 2026: Canons Farm - Ian Ward

 Sunset 16:35



Tawny Owl1 started Hooting in Ruffett Wood 17:00
Kestrel1 female
Mistle Thrush1 on Poultry field hedgerows

23rd January 2026: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 

Sparrowhawk1 female
Red Kite2; 1  over the Nuttery 13:20, 1 flew SW over Coneyboro/Fames Rough 14:15 towards Kingswood
Common Buzzard1 immature over the Nuttery calling
Kestrel1
Jackdaw30+ Hither field
Coal Tit1
Marsh Tit1 between post 13/Piddly Pond
Long-tailed Tit4
Goldcrest2
Firecrest2
Nuthatch5
Treecreeper1
Mistle Thrush3 over Coneyboro
Redwing100+; 70+ near Holly Lane (some in sub-song), 30 over Hither field
Chaffinch1
Bullfinch2 in Harholt
Goldfinch1

19th January 2026: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

Skylark20 Approximately
Mistle Thrush2 Chipstead Meadow
Song Thrush5
Redwing60 Approximately
Fieldfare80 Approximately
Chaffinch10+
Linnet30
Yellowhammer10 Chipstead Meadow

16th January 2026: Banstead Woods - Paul Goodman

3 hours walk
Common Buzzard3
Great Spotted Woodpecker14
Green Woodpecker3
Jay4+
Magpie6
JackdawP
Coal Tit2
Marsh Tit1
Blue Tit20+
Great Tit20+
Long-tailed Tit5
Nuthatch6
Wren4+
Song Thrush4
Redwing14
Blackbird10+
RobinP
Dunnock1
Bullfinch4+ Harholt
Other wildlife 1 (type species)Roe Deer
Other wildlife 1 number and details2

12th January 2026: Canons Farm - Justin Bendig

 

Red Kite1
Tawny Owl1 (Male hooting in Ruffett wood at 13:25)
Blue Tit6
Great Tit2
Starling3
Mistle Thrush1 (Perrotts)
Blackbird2
Fieldfare25 - 30 (North end of Slangs)
Other wildlife 1 (type species)2 (Roe doe & nearly full grown fawn, Lunch Banks

10th January 2026: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward


Woodcock1
Herring Gull3 over
Red Kite2
Common Buzzard1
Firecrest1
Nuthatch1
Treecreeper1
Redwingc80+

10th January 2026: Banstead Woods - Ian Pratley

 

Stock Dove1
Woodpigeon30
Red Kite1
Common Buzzard1
Great Spotted Woodpecker2
Rose-ringed Parakeet13
Magpie11
Jackdaw50
Carrion Crow8
Blue Tit8
Great Tit7
Goldcrest1
Nuthatch5
Song Thrush1
Redwing7
Blackbird4
Robin1
Dunnock2
Other wildlife 1 (type species)Grey Squirrel
Other wildlife 1 number and details2

10th January 2026: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

Great Spotted Woodpecker2
Mistle Thrush1 Perrots
Redwing5
Fieldfare20
ChaffinchCa. 20

10th January 2026: Banstead Woods - Paul Goodman


Woodcock1 Flushed in Harholt
Bullfinch2 Harholt

7th January 2026: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

Black-headed Gull2
Red Kite1
Coal Tit1
Skylark25
Nuthatch2
Mistle Thrush3 Two still at Chipstead Meadow, one near Perrots
Song Thrush2
Redwing30 most Holly Wood & Chipstead Meadow
Blackbird16
Fieldfare25
Greenfinch1 Lunch Wood
Linnet30

6th January 2026: Banstead Woods - ian Pratley

 

Woodpigeon13
Common Buzzard1
Great Spotted Woodpecker1
Green Woodpecker1
Rose-ringed Parakeet10
Magpie10
Jackdaw23
Carrion Crow10
Blue Tit1
Great Tit4
Long-tailed Tit1
Nuthatch1
Redwing21
Blackbird8
Fieldfare1
Robin1
Goldfinch4
Other wildlife 1 (type species)Grey Squirrel
Other wildlife 1 number and details9

5th January 2026: Canons Farm/Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 

Lapwing1 flew N over Banstead Woods/Park Downs 15:09, then veered off NW over Holly Wood

4th January 2026: Canons Farm - Ian Pratley

 

feral Rock Dove1
Woodpigeon10
Common Buzzard2
Tawny Owl1 Hooting where footpath crosses estate road
Green Woodpecker2
Rose-ringed Parakeet5
Magpie6
Jackdaw14
Rook2 flew through Fames Rough
Carrion Crow1
Blue Tit7
Great Tit3
Long-tailed Tit8
Nuthatch4
Song Thrush1
Redwing2
Blackbird2
Robin5
Dunnock1
Other wildlife 1 (type species)Grey Squirrel
Other wildlife 1 number and details4

3rd January 2026: Canons Farm - Justin Bendig

 Dusk watch for Barn Owls: none seen. Spell of freezing temperatures including moderate snowfall two days ago.

Kestrel1 (female, near Perrotts barns)
Wren1
Redwing20
Robin3
Dunnock1

3rd January 2026: Canons Farm - Steve Gale Blog

 re; Steve Gale blog;’

3 Reed Buntings
30 Skylarks
20 Meadow Pipits
50 Linnets

3rd January 2026: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

Stock Dove20
Herring Gull3
Common Buzzard1
Raven1
Nuthatch1
Redwing2
Fieldfare2+