February 2015

Keep an eye on the Twitter feed on the right hand side and here for live bird news updates. 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 efficient. 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.

Saturday 28th
  • Canons Farm (morning): ♂ STONECHAT (Horse Pasture), 10 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farmhouse), c25 CHAFFINCHES, 12 GOLDFINCHES, MISTLE THRUSH, 2 SONG THRUSHES, 50+ REDWINGS, 60+ FIELDFARES, 150+ STARLINGS, 1+ SKYLARK - PGo


Friday 27th
  • Piddly Pond: RED KITE flew over, TAWNY OWL - DJ
  • Canons Farm: COMMON BUZZARD, KESTREL, COMMON GULL (Legal & General), 2 LITTLE OWLS (Tart's Field), c25 FIELDFARES, 2 REDWINGS, MISTLE THRUSH, 16 MEADOW PIPITS (Stoney Nob), c40 LINNETS, 2 BULLFINCHES (by Quail Field), YELLOWHAMMER - AD 
  • Banstead Woods 07:05-12:15: COMMON BUZZARD, 2 STOCK DOVES, 4 GREEN WOODPECKERS, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 2 KESTRELS, 15+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS, 2 GOLDCRESTS, COAL TIT, 3 SKYLARKS, 2 LONG-TAILED TITS, 4 NUTHATCHES,  4 SONG THRUSHES, 2 REDWINGS, 8 BULLFINCHES, 3 GREENFINCHES, 2 REDPOLLS, 4 GOLDFINCHES - DKC/DJ/DR/CNR/LB/GB
  • Canons Farm: 20 MEADOW PIPITS (Stoney Nob), 3+ YELLOWHAMMERS (1+ C.Farmhouse, 2 Stoney Nob), NUTHATCH (C.Farmhouse), 6 LINNETS, 18 FIELDFARES (over Broadfield), COMMON BUZZARD (Buzzard Field), 3 KESTRELS, LITTLE OWL (Bog Field), COMMON GULL (Legal & General), 2 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Legal & General), COLLARED DOVE (C.Residential), 2 SKYLARKS (1 Skylark Field, 1 Tart's Field), 2 GOLDFINCHES, LONG-TAILED TIT - DJ
  • Canons Farm: ♂ STONECHAT (Reads Bottom), 2 KESTRELS - GB


Thursday 26th
  • no reported sightings


Wednesday 25th
  • Canons Farm 08:20-11:15: SPARROWHAWK (over Pheasant Field), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (Death Pit), 6 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Legal & General), 4 HERRING GULLS (Legal & General), 12 STOCK DOVES, 2 COLLARED DOVES (C.Residential), 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 east side of Horse Pasture, 1 Bog Field), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, KESTREL (Bog Field), 6 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS, GOLDCREST (Ruffett Wood), COAL TIT (Ruffett Wood), 6 SKYLARKS, 5 LONG-TAILED TITS (2 by C.Farmhouse, 2 by Bog Field, 1 nest-building by Tawny Wood), 2 NUTHATCHES (1 Ruffett Wood, 1 Pages Acre), 2 TREECREEPERS (Pages Acre), 120+ FIELDFARES (Broadfield), 9 SONG THRUSHES, 35+ REDWINGS, MISTLE THRUSH (near Legal & General (singing)), ♂ STONECHAT (Reads Bottom), c30 MEADOW PIPITS, BULLFINCH (Lunch Wood), 3 GREENFINCHES, 8 GOLDFINCHES, c15 YELLOWHAMMERS - DKC/IGM 


Tuesday 24th
  • Canons Farm: 2 MALLARDS flew SE (Perrotts by Wood) - DJ
  • Canons Farm 09:55-12:45: COMMON BUZZARD (Stoney Nob), adult COMMON GULL (Legal & General), 3 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Legal & General), adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over, 6 STOCK DOVES, COLLARED DOVE (C.Residential), LITTLE OWL (Bog Field), 4 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (2 Lunch Wood, 1 Ruffett Wood, 1 Pages Acre), 2 KESTRELS  (1 Pheasant Field, 1 Bunting Field), c5 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS, c6 GOLDCRESTS (1 Ruffett Wood, c5 Pages Acre), 2 COAL TITS (1 Ruffett Wood, 1 Pages Acre), 5+ SKYLARKS, 5 LONG-TAILED TITS (2 by C.Farmhouse, 3 Pages Acre), 2 NUTHATCHES (1 Lunch Wood, 1 Pages Acre), TREECREEPER (Pages Acre), 82+ FIELDFARES (Broadfield), 155+ REDWINGS (Ruffett Wood/Pages Acre (many singing)), ♂ STONECHAT (Reads Bottom), BULLFINCH (Lunch Wood), 17 LINNETS (Broadfield), 2 GOLDFINCHES (by C.Farmhouse), c12 YELLOWHAMMERS - DKC/DJ
  • Banstead Woods: LESSER REDPOLL (The Scrub), 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew over, 3 BULLFINCHES (The Scrub), c20 REDWINGS (Hither Field), STOCK DOVE (near Piddly Pond), GREEN WOODPECKER (The Scrub) - DJ   


Monday 23rd
  • no reported sightings


Sunday 22nd
  • Banstead Woods: WOODCOCK (estate), TAWNY OWL (estate), LESSER REDPOLL (estate), GREY HERON flew north at 13:23 (Hither Field), 2 COLLARED DOVES (Hither Field), PIED WAGTAIL (Hither Field), 4 BULLFINCHES (1 The Nuttery, 2 Woodpecker Meadow, 1 The Scrub), COMMON BUZZARD (The Scrub), KESTREL (Hither Field), MEADOW PIPIT (Valley Meadows), c14 GOLDFINCHES (Hither Field), 2 GREENFINCHES (Valley Meadows), 2 STOCK DOVES (Hither Field), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS - IPW
  • Canons Farm: ♂ STONECHAT (Reads Bottom), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (Lunch Wood), c30 MEADOW PIPITS (Reads Bottom), MISTLE THRUSH (Legal & General) - IGM 


Saturday 21st
  • Canons Farm: ♂ STONECHAT (Reads Bottom), LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), FIELDFARES (Broadfield),  REDWING (Broadfield), 3+ SKYLARKS (Skylark Field), 3+ SONG THRUSHES (Watchpoint), YELLOWHAMMER (Watchpoint) - IP et al
  • Banstead Woods: GOLDCREST (near Piddly Pond), GREEN WOODPECKER (Woodpecker Meadow), KESTREL (near car park), NUTHATCH (near Piddly Pond), STOCK DOVE (Woodpecker Meadow), TREECREEPER (orchard) 
  • Canons Farm: ♂ STONECHAT (Reads Bottom), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (Buzzard Field), 150+ FIELDFARES (Broadfield), 30+ STARLINGS (Broadfield), TREECREEPER (Pages Acre (singing)), KESTREL (by Reads Rest Lane) - IPW
  • Canons Farm: ♂ STONECHAT (Reads Bottom), 2 BULLFINCHES (♂+♀) (Slangs), MISTLE THRUSH (Legal & General), c200 FIELDFARES (Broadfield) - IGM


Friday 20th
  • no reported sightings


Thursday 19th
  • Canons Farm 09:05-11:05: adult COMMON GULL (Legal & General), 2 HERRING GULLS (Legal & General), 6 STOCK DOVES, 2cy ♂ KESTREL, 4 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS, GOLDCREST (Legal & General), 9 SKYLARKS, 2 LONG-TAILED TITS (by Canons Farmhouse), c195 FIELDFARES (Broadfield), SONG THRUSH, c55 REDWINGS (Broadfield), ♂ STONECHAT (Reads Bottom), 4 GOLDFINCHES - DKC


Wednesday 18th
  • Canons Farm (morning): ♂ STONECHAT still (Reads Bottom), 50+ FIELDFARES (Broadfield), 8+ YELLOWHAMMERS (Bog Field), 7+ SKYLARKS - IGM


Tuesday 17th
  • Canons Farm: 2 SPARROWHAWKS, 2 COMMON BUZZARDS, COMMON GULL (Legal & General), 5 STOCK DOVES, 4+ LITTLE OWLS (2 near Watchpoint, 1 east side of Horse Pasture, 1+ Legal & General/Stoney Nob), 2 KESTRELS, ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET, c10 SKYLARKS, 3+ LONG-TAILED TITS, 95+ FIELDFARES, 2 SONG THRUSHES, REDWING, MISTLE THRUSH (by Legal & General (singing)), 2♂ STONECHATS (Harrier Field), c40 MEADOW PIPITS, 2 GOLDFINCHES, 8+ YELLOWHAMMERS - DJ/GB/DKC
  • Banstead Woods: 3 BULLFINCHES (The Scrub), GREEN WOODPECKER (Woodpecker Meadow) - DJ


Monday 16th
  • no reported sightings


Sunday 15th
  • Canons Farm: 3 YELLOWHAMMERS, 2 BULLFINCHES (Legal & General), 2 MEADOW PIPITS, MISTLE THRUSH (Tattenham Meadow), 200+ FIELDFARES (Broadfield), 150+ REDWINGS (Chipstead Meadow), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (Buzzard Field), KESTREL (adult ♂), c11 LINNETS (Heathside Field), 15 SKYLARKS, 12 LONG-TAILED TITS (6 pairs), 5 NUTHATCHES (2 Tawny Wood, 1 Pages Acre, 1 Circle Field, 1 Canons Wood), 14 STOCK DOVES, 3 COAL TITS (1 Tawny Wood, 1 Tattenham Meadow, 1 Pages Acre), 6 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS, 5 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS - IPW  


Saturday 14th
  • Canons Farm: 15+ MEADOW PIPITS (over Broadfield/Horse Pasture), LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), KESTREL (Harrier Field), SPARROWHAWK (Broadfield), 2 MISTLE THRUSHES (over Broadfield/Lunch Wood), STOCK DOVE, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 2 COMMON GULLS (Legal & General), 7 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Legal & General), 2 HERRING GULLS (Legal & General), 50+ FIELDFARES 20+ REDWINGS, 12+ SKYLARKS (Skylark Field), 10 GOLDFINCHES, 10+ LINNETS (Quail Field), 20 CHAFFINCHES (Bunting Field), COAL TIT (Tawny Wood), LONG-TAILED TIT, SONG THRUSH (Legal & General) - DJ/PGo
  • Banstead Woods: 2 MALLARDS (♂+♀) flew south at 10:26 (Fames Rough), 3 COMMON BUZZARDS flew SE, MISTLE THRUSH (near Piddly Pond (singing)), 3 BULLFINCHES (2 Sheep Brow, 1 The Scrub), 13 SONG THRUSHES (all singing), 5 GOLDCRESTS, 6 STOCK DOVES (all singing), 4 COAL TITS, 5 NUTHATCHES, 3 FIELDFARES, LONG-TAILED TIT (Hither Field), GREEN WOODPECKER (Hither Field), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 near Piddly Pond, 1 Hither Field) - IPW 
  • Banstead Woods: 3 BULLFINCHES (The Scrub), SPARROWHAWK (Hither Field), 2 KESTRELS (1 adult ♂) (Valley Meadows), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 2 SONG THRUSHES, GOLDCREST, TREECREEPER, LONG-TAILED TIT, 2 REDWINGS (by Piddly Pond), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER - DJ/PGo


Friday 13th
  • Canons Farm: CORMORANT flew south, 15+ MEADOW PIPITS (Broadfield/Reads Bottom), 2 LONG-TAILED TITS (Slangs), KESTREL (Watchpoint), 8 SKYLARKS (7 Infront George Field, 1 Skylark Field), SONG THRUSH, 30+ FIELDFARES (Broadfield), ♂ PHEASANT (Skylark Field), COMMON GULL (Legal & General), 2 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Legal & General), 2 HERRING GULLS (Legal & General) - DJ
  • Banstead Woods 07:10-09:05: SPARROWHAWK, 2 STOCK DOVES, 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS, 3 GOLDCRESTS, 2 COAL TITS, c16 LONG-TAILED TITS, 9 NUTHATCHES, 2 TREECREEPERS, 11 SONG THRUSHES, c25 REDWINGS, BRAMBLING flew over (near Scouts camp), BULLFINCH, GREENFINCH, LESSER REDPOLL (The Scrub), 10 GOLDFINCHES - DKC
  • Banstead Woods: LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over, 3 GOLDCRESTS, 8+ LONG-TAILED TITS, NUTHATCH, BULLFINCH (The Scrub), REDWING (The Scrub), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS - DJ


Thursday 12th
  • no reported sightings


Wednesday 11th
  • no reported sightings


Tuesday 10th
  • Canons Farm: adult COMMON GULL flew over, 22 STOCK DOVES, 3 COLLARED DOVES, 3 LITTLE OWLS (1 east side of Horse Pasture (singing), 1 east of Canons Wood (singing), 1 Bog Field/Harrier Field), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 6 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, 2 KESTRELS, 4 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS, 2 GOLDCRESTS, 3 COAL TITS, 9 SKYLARKS, 12+ LONG-TAILED TITS, 3 NUTHATCHES, c150 FIELDFARES, 11 SONG THRUSHES, c10 REDWINGS, 9 MEADOW PIPITS, BULLFINCH (Legal & General), 11 GOLDFINCHES, 7 YELLOWHAMMERS (Bog Field) - DKC
  • Banstead Woods: KESTREL (same as CF) - DKC


Monday 9th
  • no reported sightings


Sunday 8th
    • Canons Farm: KESTREL, 2 COMMON BUZZARDS, 100+ FIELDFARES and a few REDWINGS (Broadfield), 25 BLACK-HEADED GULLS, COMMON GULL, 2 HERRING GULLS, 2 SONG THRUSHES, 2 GOLDCRESTS (Tawny Wood) - PGo
    • Banstead Woods: ♂ PHEASANT (near Piddly Pond), 5+ BULLFINCHES (The Scrub) - PGo

    Saturday 7th
    • Canons Farm: 8 MEADOW PIPITS (Bog Field), 25 SKYLARKS, 2+ YELLOWHAMMERS (Bog Field), 5 LONG-TAILED TITS, NUTHATCH, GOLDCREST - PGo
    • Canons Farm: WOODCOCK (Tawny Wood), c22 SKYLARKS (Bog Field), 3 COAL TITS (2 Ruffett Wood, 1 Tawny Wood), 3 SONG THRUSHES (Poultry Field), TREECREEPER (Tawny Wood), 2 NUTHATCHES (Tawny Wood), YELLOWHAMMER (Bog Field), 20+ REDWINGS (Tawny Wood), 4 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (2 Tawny Wood, 1 Pages Acre, 1 Lambert's Shaw), adult ♂ KESTREL (R.R.Lane) - IPW
    • Banstead Woods: 3 BULLFINCHES, 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (Woodpecker Meadow), KESTREL (Sheep Brow) - IPW


    Friday 6th
    • Canons Farm: 25 LINNETS (Quail Field), 20 FIELDFARES, 2 REDWINGS, SONG THRUSH - IGM
    • Banstead Woods: BLACK-HEADED GULL flew over, 3 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew over, 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 3 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS, 2+ LONG-TAILED TITS, 4 NUTHATCHES,GOLDCREST, COAL TIT, TREECREEPER, 2 SONG THRUSHES, 6+ BULLFINCHES, 2 GREENFINCHES, 5+ LESSER REDPOLLS, 2 GOLDFINCHES - DKC/DJ/DR/CNR/LB
    • Canons Farm: 2 COLLARED DOVES (C.Residential), 4 SKYLARKS (Skylark Field), 6 FIELDFARES (1 Broadfield, 5 Legal & General), 7 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Broadfield), COMMON GULL (Broadfield), COMMON BUZZARD (Quail/Skylark Field) - DJ


    Thursday 5th
    • no reported sightings 


    Wednesday 4th
    • no reported sightings


    Tuesday 3rd
    • no reported sightings


    Monday 2nd
    • Canons Farm: COMMON GULL, LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), 2 KESTRELS, 50+ SKYLARKS, c45 FIELDFARES, 2 SONG THRUSHES, GREENFINCH, 6 GOLDFINCHES, 11 YELLOWHAMMERS - DKC


    Sunday 1st
    • Banstead Woods: 2 WOODCOCKS flushed (near estate), 5 BULLFINCHES (3 The Scrub, 2 Valley Meadows), 10 LONG-TAILED TITS (7 near orchard, 3 The Scrub), COMMON BUZZARD (low over Holly Lane), adult ♂ KESTREL (near car park), GREEN WOODPECKER (Woodpecker Meadow), 4 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS - IPW