Canons Farm & Banstead Woods Birds: October 2023

Tawny Owl 1 hooting in Legal & General several times whilst being mobbed by a Jay - noon

Pheasant	1
Common Buzzard	1
Black-headed Gull	3
Herring Gull	3
Skylark	1 flew east over Harholt
Song Thrush	6 together - Holly Lane
Mistle Thrush	3 over Park Downs orchard
Pied Wagtail	2 on Rest Cottages
Greenfinch	c32 flock Park Downs/ Banstead Woods
Linnet	8 by Rest lane
Bullfinch	2

Common Buzzard	2
Kestrel	1
Black-headed Gull	1
Lesser Black-backed Gull	1
feral Rock Dove	15
Woodpigeon	50
Rose-ringed Parakeet	5
Magpie	15
Jay	2
Jackdaw	30
Carrion Crow	50
Great Tit	1
Long-tailed Tit	3
Wren	1
Starling	15
Blackbird	5
Fieldfare	140; Large flock on Broadfield East.
Song Thrush	1
Redwing	1
Mistle Thrush	15; Flock in tree along path by Slangs Slope.
Robin	10
Dunnock	20
Chaffinch	3
Goldfinch	2
Raven	2 being mobbed by a Jackdaw over Stagbury Field.

Common Buzzard	1
Kestrel	1
Skylark	50+, most in one flock in Broadfield
Nuthatch	1
Stonechat	2. One near green barn, the other at RB
Meadow Pipit	3
Chaffinch	2
Linnet	c40
Yellowhammer	2

Ravens

Red Kite	1
Sparrowhawk	1
Common Buzzard	3
Kestrel	2
Herring Gull	1
Skylark	1 flew east
Chiffchaff	1
Redwing	c32 over
Mistle Thrush	1 Holly Lane Meadow
Grey Wagtail	1 calling over the larch area
Siskin	1 calling near the larches
Marsh Tit	2 calling within the larches
Raven	2 11:50 food passing in flight over Chipstead Downs
Red Admiral	1

Pheasant	1; Heard only, towards Slangs.
Common Buzzard	5
Kestrel	2
Black-headed Gull	23
Herring Gull	1
feral Rock Dove	7
Woodpigeon	100
Rose-ringed Parakeet	30
Green Woodpecker	1
Great Spotted Woodpecker	2
Magpie	40
Jay	7
Jackdaw	40
Carrion Crow	50
Goldcrest	1
Blue Tit	15
Great Tit	10
Skylark	30
Long-tailed Tit	8
Nuthatch	3
Wren	5
Starling	70
Blackbird	7
Redwing	4
Robin	10
Stonechat	2
Dunnock	15
House Sparrow	2
Pied Wagtail	3
Meadow Pipit	20
Chaffinch	15
Goldfinch	6
Siskin	30; Two flocks of c15 west over Fames Rough at 8:40 and 9:15
Lesser Redpoll	10; West over Fames Rough at 8:53
Yellowhammer	3

Cormorant	1
Sparrowhawk	1
Common Buzzard	2
Kestrel	1
Hobby	2; Hawking insects over Green Belt Field
Black-headed Gull	5
Lesser Black-backed Gull	1
feral Rock Dove	15
Stock Dove	50
Woodpigeon	200
Rose-ringed Parakeet	6
Green Woodpecker	1
Great Spotted Woodpecker	3
Magpie	5
Jay	2
Jackdaw	50
Carrion Crow	150
Goldcrest	2
Blue Tit	5
Great Tit	2
Skylark	30
Chiffchaff	2
Nuthatch	2
Wren	3
Blackbird	5
Mistle Thrush	2
Stonechat	2
Dunnock	2
House Sparrow	2
Pied Wagtail	2
Chaffinch	3
Goldfinch	20
Yellowhammer	15; At least 15 in hedge by Bog Field but likely underestimate
Red Admiral	2

Cormorants

Wheatear

Cormorant	3 flew SW over Infront George West 09:27
Grey Heron	2: 1 flew SW over Canons Farmhouse 09:08, 1 feeding on green barn 09:16
Red Kite	1 11:06 from the east
Common Buzzard	5
Kestrel	1
Peregrine	1 caught a small bird from Stoney Nob then flew over Broadfield 11:50
Herring Gull	1
Rook	2 amongst Carrion Crows & Jackdaws in Broadfield
Goldcrest	3
Skylark	11
Swallow	2 on wires - Infront George East
Chiffchaff	3
Song Thrush	1 at back of Canons Farmhouse
Stonechat	2: male & female Reads Rest Lane
Northern Wheatear	2 near Reads Bottom at noon
Meadow Pipit	1
Goldfinch	5
Linnet	30+ by Reads Rest Cottages
Yellowhammer	3
Brown Hairstreak	2: 1 Broadfield East, 1 along Slangs

Wheatear

3 Stonechats North Horse Pasture, pair of Tawny Owls hooting in Lunch Wood

1 mobile Hummingbird Hawkmoth over Park Downs (Holly lane entrance) flew into Tawny Wood 10:53
Kestrel	4 circling together 10:55, over Park Downs (Holly lane side) / Tawny Wood / north Green Belt Field

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