Canons Farm & Banstead Woods Birds: April 2021

Yellowhammer 2

Pheasant	1 calling near the Caravan site
Red Kite	1 drifted NE over Harholt 13:16
Hobby	1 circling over Harholt at 13:10 - headed off South
Common Whitethroat	1 singing in Fames Rough
Dingy Skipper	4 in Fames Rough
Brimstone	c13
Green-veined White	1
Small White	1
Orange-tip	2 males
Peacock	4 ( this species hibernates under the Railway bridge between the Slangs/ Chiphouse Wd

Pheasant	1 calling within Lunch Wood
Sparrowhawk	1
Common Buzzard	2 from Lunch Wood
Kestrel	2 males; 1 Broadfield West, 1 Railway field
Lesser Black-backed Gull	1 flew W 08:44
Collared Dove	(could be extinct re; easy winter sprawk kill)
Green Woodpecker	3
Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
Jay	3
Skylark	9 singing (excluding GBF not covered)
Swallow	1 flew low over Tarts field - headed west
Long-tailed Tit	1 pair
Chiffchaff	5 singing ( Holly Wood not covered)
Blackcap	5 singing
Common Whitethroat	2 singing; 1 rear of Canons Farm, 1 Reads Rest Cottages
Northern Wheatear	3; 2 on Tarts field, 1 Infront of George field East
Chaffinch	5 of which 2 were singing
Greenfinch	1 singing by Heathside field
Goldfinch	3
Linnet	3 pairs; 1 Canons Farm, 1 Read Rest Cottages, 1 Railway field
Bullfinch	1 near Heathside field
Yellowhammer	1 Infront of George Field West
Other bird 1	'possible' Woodlark heard briefly on Infront of George field West
Brimstone	2
Large White	2
Orange-tip	2 males ( 1 L&G, 1 The Slangs)
Small Tortoiseshell	3
Peacock	3

Hobby 2

1 Common Lizard ; southside of Fames Rough
Sparrowhawk	1 circling high over post 3 area
Common Buzzard	5
Herring Gull	10; 7 flew south, 3 flew north
Green Woodpecker	5
Great Spotted Woodpecker	3
Jay	9
Rook	1 flew north over Fames Rough 11:55
Coal Tit	4
Chiffchaff	17 singing
Blackcap	10
Nuthatch	11
Treecreeper	2
Mistle Thrush	1
Chaffinch	1 singing
Goldfinch	2
Brimstone	7
Orange-tip	1 male
Peacock	9

Pheasant	1 calling within Lunch Wood
Common Whitethroat	1 singing on hedgerow between Lunch Banks/Perrotts by Wood
Brimstone	3
Small Tortoiseshell	1
Peacock	2

Kestrel	1
Peregrine	2 a pair, male & female hunting over Quail field. Mobbed by kestrel
Northern Lapwing	1 over north
Chiffchaff	2
Blackcap	2
Nuthatch	2
Starling	20+
Song Thrush	4
Northern Wheatear	1 in tarts field
Meadow Pipit	1
Linnet	20 +
Ring Ouzel	flew over, west

Short walk across Doric and along George
Common Buzzard	2
Kestrel	1
Skylark	3
Chiffchaff	1
Linnet	80+
Yellowhammer	1

Canada Goose	2 flew East at 08:41
Pheasant	1 heard at the back of the Caravan site
Common Buzzard	1
Kestrel	1
Green Woodpecker	2
Great Spotted Woodpecker	4
Coal Tit	5
Chiffchaff	11 singing
Blackcap	14 singing
Nuthatch	6
Mistle Thrush	2

Common Buzzard	2
Coal Tit	1
Chiffchaff	1
Blackcap	3
Nuthatch	2
Linnet	200 in several flocks
Bullfinch	3 in small wood south of Heathside
Yellowhammer	2 Pair at Canons farmhouse

Cormorant	1 flew S over Broadfield @11:30
Kestrel	2; fem Bog field, male over Round Meadow
Blackcap	2 singing
Fieldfare	8 in Poultry field
Northern Wheatear	1male on Green Belt field adjacent to Pheasant field @09:00
Meadow Pipit	1 in Horse Pasture
Yellowhammer	1 fem in Owl field

Kestrel	1
Coal Tit	1
Blackcap	6 singing males, recently arrived
Nuthatch	2
Linnet	30 including 4 singing

Grey Heron	1 flew low S over Chipstead Valley @13:05
Common Buzzard	2
Kestrel	1
Peregrine	2 circling together over Harholt @12:56 - m was calling
Herring Gull	6 flew N
Green Woodpecker	4
Great Spotted Woodpecker	2
Jay	8
Chiffchaff	17 singing
Blackcap	5 singing; 1 nr Post 7, 1 Estate, 1 nr Post 8, 1 nr Post 11, 1 nr Victorian Coal Tax Post no. 4&25 cap 42.
Nuthatch	12
Mistle Thrush	3
Bullfinch	4

11am-12.30pm

Observed mainly along Canons Lane and back via round between Infront George & L&G to Reads Rest Cottages

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