3rd October 2024: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

Canada Goose	5 Doric Field
Woodpigeon	2000 estimated
Sparrowhawk	1
Red Kite	2
Common Buzzard	9
Peregrine	1 circling
Jay	20
Rook	3
Skylark	9
Chiffchaff	6
Yellowhammer	2

1st October 2024: Canons Farm - Ian Ward

 

Canada Goose 1 heard over Legal & General Woodpigeon 1,000+ Herring Gull c10 flew N Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 flew S Sparrowhawk 1 Red Kite 1 Common Buzzard 2 Kestrel 1 Jay 4 Raven 1 Skylark c12 Chiffchaff 2 Starling 100+ Tarts field Fieldfare 1 heard chattering over Broadfields 09:50 Stonechat 2 in Owl Meadow Pied Wagtail 1 over Broadfield West Meadow Pipit 1 over Perrots by Wood Goldfinch 9 Yellowhammer 5

Redwing 2 over Lunch Wood calling

1st October 2024: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 Marsh Tit 1 calling near Reads Rest Lane throughout the morning

28th September 2024: Canons Farm - Tony Blake

 

Stock Dove	12+
Woodpigeon	c300
Black-headed Gull	2
Red Kite	1
Common Buzzard	1
Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
Green Woodpecker	1
Kestrel	1
Rose-ringed Parakeet	2
Jay	3
Magpie	3
Jackdaw	c10
Carrion Crow	c100
Skylark	2
Swallow	2 - SSE
Chiffchaff	4
Wren	2
Starling	c10
Stonechat	3 - near Perrotts Farm
Dunnock	1
Meadow Pipit	3 - NNE
Chaffinch	2
Goldfinch	1
Yellowhammer	2
Comma	1
	Ivy Bee - several

28th September 2024: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

Pond at Tottenham Meadow is now overgrown so that most of the water cannot be observed. 

 

Mallard 1 female Common Buzzard 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 Green Woodpecker 1 Kestrel 1 male Jay 10 Skylark 8 Swallow 6 Chiffchaff 12 Goldcrest 2 Chaffinch 3 Linnet 5 Yellowhammer 12 Comma 2 Red Admiral 1

 

25th September 2024: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

Woodpigeon 500 Red Kite 2 Kestrel 1 Peregrine 1 juvenile in Pheasant Field Jay P Magpie P Jackdaw 200 Rook 8 Carrion Crow 200 Raven 1 Seen twice Skylark 6+ Chiffchaff 4 Nuthatch 1 Stonechat 1 male at north end of Broadfield Dunnock 8+ Linnet 4 Yellowhammer 10 Bog Field Red Admiral 1

24th September 2024: Canons Farm - Ian Ward

 

Red Kite	2
Common Buzzard	1
Kestrel	1
Raven	2 flew north over Rest Lane Cottage, one cronking, 13:02
Skylark	16 flew west 10:15

21st September 2024: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 

Herring Gull 15 Red Kite 2 Common Buzzard 2 Kestrel 1 Peregrine 1 over The Nuttery 14:36 Jay 20+ carrying acorns Raven 1 heard over Piddly Pond 11:36 House Martin 60+ flew east 10:00-10:10 Chiffchaff 10 Willow Warbler 1 in Harholt Plantation Blackcap 1 Nuthatch 4 Treecreeper 2 Small White 4 Large White 2 Speckled Wood 1 Meadow Brown P Small Copper 1 Brown Hairstreak c10 Southern Hawker 5 Migrant Hawker 1

21st September 2024: Canons Farm - Ian Ward

 

Rook	1 Green Belt Field
Firecrest	1 Holly Lane
Linnet	20+ Green Belt Field

21st September 2024: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

Common Buzzard	1
Green Woodpecker	1
Jay	4+
Rook	1
Skylark	3
Chiffchaff	19
Blackcap	2
Linnet	10
Yellowhammer	6

19th September 2024: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

male Migrant Hawker

Brown Hairstreak

female Common Darter

Herring Gull 4 Hobby 1 flew NE over Hillwood Field 16:36 Kestrel 2 Raven 2 Coal Tit 1 Treecreeper 1 Whinchat 1 along hedgerows by Hither Field Small White 2 Meadow Brown 30+ Small Heath 5 Common Blue 1 Small Copper 1 near The Nuttery Brown Hairstreak 1 in Harholt Plantation Southern Hawker 3 over Piddly Pond Migrant Hawker 4 all in Hillwood Field Common Darter 4

 

 

Thousands of Ivy Bees along lower Hither Field paths

19th September 2024: Canons Farm - Ian Ward

 

Woodpigeon	80+ in Can Hatch Field
Black-headed Gull	1
Sparrowhawk	1 female pursing Swallows
Red Kite	1
Common Buzzard	3
Kestrel	2
Jay	7
Jackdaw	60+ Lunch Wood/Infront George East
Rook	1
Raven	1 heard cronking
Swallow	30+ mainly over Owl Meadow/Broadfield/Infront George
Chiffchaff	7
Meadow Pipit	1
Linnet	3
Goldfinch	4
Yellowhammer	c12: 7 near Canons Farmhouse, 2 Reads Rest Cottages, 3 Reads Bottom
Green-veined White	1
Small White	3
Large White	1
Peacock	2
Brown Hairstreak	1 by Poultry Field
Common Darter	1
	Brown Rat at Reads Bottom