4th March

Weather: Wind SW f2-3, sunny and dry, cold (0-2°C)

Canons Farm: 2 GREY HERON (SE 08:15hrs), 1 PHEASANT, 4 COMMON BUZZARD, 1 SPARROWHAWK, 1 KESTREL, COMMON GULL (Legal &General), HERRING GULL, 2 LITTLE OWL (1 Horse Pasture, 1 Stoney Nob - both calling to each other), 10+ STOCK DOVE (Skylark Field), 5 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET, GREEN WOODPECKER, 2 GREAT-SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Lunch Wood), LONG-TAILED TIT, 2 NUTHATCH, 6 SKYLARK (including a singing bird in Quail Field), 1 PIED WAGTAIL2 MEADOW PIPIT (Horse Pasture), 25+ REDWING, 3 SONG THRUSH, 50+ FIELDFARE (Skylark Field), JAY, 6 ROOK (Infront George Field), 10 LINNET, 2+ GOLDFINCH, 6+ YELLOWHAMMER (Skylark Field)

Banstead Woods: COMMON BUZZARD, GREAT-SPOTTED WOODPECKER, GREEN WOODPECKER, 2 STONECHAT (♂+♀ Hither Field), 3 GOLDCREST, COAL TIT, NUTHATCH, 2 BULLFINCH

Other wildlife: STAG BEETLE, larvae found in the Hither Field area. Apparently, all the fields that do not have beans will soon be planted with Barley.

Observers: Geoff Barter, Paul Goodman, Duncan Jennings, Ian Ward