31st March 2024 - Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 

Marsh Tit

drake Mallard

Mallard	1 drake in Outwood Lane Pond
Stock Dove	4 singing
Common Buzzard	3
Great Spotted Woodpecker	5
Kestrel	2
Rose-ringed Parakeet	5
Jay	3
Coal Tit	6 singing
Marsh Tit	3; 1 ground feeding between post13/Piddy Pond, 2 west of Harholt
Chiffchaff	c29+ singing; not all areas covered
Long-tailed Tit	2
Blackcap	5 singing
Nuthatch	10
Treecreeper	1
Mistle Thrush	2; 1 near Scouts hut, 1 near the Nuttery
Song Thrush	8 singing
Bullfinch	1
Greenfinch	1
Goldfinch	c33 near the Scouts hut
Siskin	1 ground feeding between posts 8 & 9
Roe Deer	1

31st March 2024: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

Pheasant	1
Common Buzzard	3
Green Woodpecker	2
Kestrel	1
Rook	3
Coal Tit	1
Skylark	8
Chiffchaff	3
Nuthatch	1
Chaffinch	4
Greenfinch	1
Linnet	c40
Yellowhammer	6

30th March 2024: Canons Farm - Ian Ward

 

male Blackbird

Brimstone

Pheasant	1
feral Rock Dove	(20 racing pigeons flew E)
Common Buzzard	2
Green Woodpecker	2
Kestrel	4; 2 pairs Canons Farm & Stoney Nob
Jay	3
Carrion Crow	(crows being shot in Bog field)
Chiffchaff	4 singing - all Legal & General
Long-tailed Tit	1
Blackcap	2 singing; 1 Lunch Wood, 1 L&G
Goldcrest	1
Song Thrush	1 singing by Canons Farmhouse
Chaffinch	2
Yellowhammer	2
Brimstone	15 (14m 1 fem)
Peacock	7

29th March 2024: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

Stock Dove	9
Rook	2
Skylark	10+
Linnet	10
Yellowhammer	2

29th March 2024: Banstead Woods - Paul Goodman

 

Mallard	2
Moorhen	1
Tawny Owl	1
Chiffchaff	3
Blackcap	1
Nuthatch	4

27th March 2024: Little Egrets - Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 

Mallard	2 over
Common Buzzard	2
Marsh Tit	1 calling north of the Pine Area 09:44
Chiffchaff	17 singing
Firecrest	1 singing west of Harholt 10:50
Nuthatch	8 singing
Bullfinch	1
Little Egret	2 flew SW high over Banstead Woods 09:15 - presumed from Beddington

26th March 2024: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

Stock Dove	30
Woodpigeon	300+
Common Gull	1
Little Owl	1
Great Spotted Woodpecker	5
Green Woodpecker	2
Skylark	14
Chiffchaff	2
Fieldfare	8
Wheatear	1 Male IFGF
Linnet	9
Goldfinch	8
Yellowhammer	3

24th March 2024: Canons Farm - Steve Gale

 6 Wheatears in fields then flew north

24th March 2024: Canons Farm - Ian Ward

Wheatear

 

Pheasant 1 Woodpigeon 100+ Herring Gull 5 Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 flew NE over George fields 09:36 Common Buzzard 2 Kestrel 2 Carrion Crow 100+ flowing a plough Wheatear 1 male in Infront of George field East Chaffinch 2 Linnet 10* Goldfinch 5 Yellowhammer 6

23rd March 2024: Canons Farm - Grant Yeates

 Woodcock 1 flushed in Pages Acre

21st March 2024: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 

Chiffchaff

Jay

Moorhen	2 in the Outwood Lane Pond
Red Kite	1 circled over Chipstead Car Park 10:50 then drifted off west
Common Buzzard	2
Great Spotted Woodpecker	5
Green Woodpecker	4
Kestrel	1
Jay	4
Chiffchaff	c17 singing
Chaffinch	8
Greenfinch	1

20th March 2024: Canons Farm - Ian Ward

 

male Wheatear

Roe Deer

Peacock

Pheasant	2 calling
Herring Gull	1
Sparrowhawk	1
Red Kite	1
Common Buzzard	5
Green Woodpecker	2 together Railway field/ Legal & General
Kestrel	2
Jay	3
Chiffchaff	4; 3 L&G, 1 Stoney Nob
Long-tailed Tit	1
Goldcrest	1 singing Doric Drive by Doric field
Treecreeper	1 singing Doric Drive by Doric field
Mistle Thrush	1 Broadfield East
Stonechat	1 fem on posts by Tarts field
Wheatear	1 male insect feeding on disturbed earth for water pipe 10:15 Horse Pasture/Broadfield East
Meadow Pipit	3
Chaffinch	8
Greenfinch	5; 2 Canons Lane/ Ballards Green, 2 Doric drive by Doric field, 1 Heathside field
Linnet	10
Goldfinch	c18
Yellowhammer	1
Brimstone	c12
Comma	2
Peacock	3
	1 Roe Deer

19th March 2024: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

Red Kite	1
Common Buzzard	1
Green Woodpecker	2
Kestrel	1 male
Chiffchaff	1 Lunch Wood
Fieldfare	8+

17th March 2024: first Wheatear - Canons Farm - Anne-Marie Griffin

Wheatear, male, showing well at lower Horse Pasture by Reads Rest Bottom on perimeter fence and on ground workings.
Stock Dove	5
Woodpigeon	30+
Common Gull	2
Red Kite	1
Great Spotted Woodpecker	2 drumming (at Reads Rest and Bog Field)
Green Woodpecker	2
Kestrel	1 F
Rose-ringed Parakeet	1
Magpie	8
Carrion Crow	50+
Blue Tit	6
Great Tit	9
Skylark	50+
Blackbird	4
Robin	2
Wheatear	1 M
Dunnock	6
House Sparrow	20+
Meadow Pipit	30+
Chaffinch	2
Linnet	20+

17th March 2024: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

Redwing	1
Stonechat	1

16th March 2024: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 

Pheasant 1 Common Buzzard 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker 7 Green Woodpecker 1 Rose-ringed Parakeet 5 Jay 3 Coal Tit 5 Chiffchaff 8 singing; 6 Banstead Woods, 2 Harholt Long-tailed Tit 2 Goldcrest 3 Nuthatch 6 Treecreeper 2 Mistle Thrush 1 Chaffinch 2 Bullfinch 1 Brimstone c14 (all males) Peacock 3

16th March 2024: Canons Farm - Anne-Marie Griffin

 

Stock Dove	3
Woodpigeon	20+
Little Owl	1
Great Spotted Woodpecker	3 (2 drumming)
Green Woodpecker	1
Kestrel	1
Rose-ringed Parakeet	2
Magpie	6
Carrion Crow	60+
Blue Tit	12
Great Tit	10
Nuthatch	1
Song Thrush	1
Blackbird	4
Robin	3
Dunnock	5
Meadow Pipit	16
Chaffinch	2
Linnet	14
Brimstone	1
Large White	2
Red Admiral	2

13th March 2024: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 Marsh Tit 2 ground feeding with Chaffinches & Tits; W over Harholt & on path above Lunch Banks

13th March 2024: Canons Farm - Ian Ward

 

2cy Red Kite

Canada Goose	4 flew N over Broadfields then headed off E 11:04
Lesser Black-backed Gull	2 flew S over Broadfields 11:45
Cormorant	1 flew NW over Aberdour School 15:21
Red Kite	2; 1 flew over Broadfield West from N 11:09 - last seen over Railway field 12:14 where departed S. 1 over Ballards Residential 15:10
Green Woodpecker	1 Stoney Nob
Starling	50+
Stonechat	1 m on posts in Reads Bottom/ Horse Pasture 14:48
Linnet	40+
Goldfinch	5
Yellowhammer	4

9th March 2024: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

Black-headed Gull	12
Great Spotted Woodpecker	3
Green Woodpecker	1
Skylark	16
Blackbird	28+
Greenfinch	1
Yellowhammer	1

9th March 2024: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 

male Great Spotted Woodpecker

Sparrowhawk	1
Common Buzzard	4
Tawny Owl	1 hooting briefly in copse opposite to Piddly Pond 12:36
Marsh Tit	1 calling near post 12
Goldcrest	4 singing
Lesser Redpoll	2 in birches near post 9
Siskin	3 in birches near post 9
Brimstone	c11+ (10m 1 fem)

7th March 2024: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 Stonechat 1 female Reads Bottom

7th March 2023: Banstead Woods - Duncan Jennings

 

Common Buzzard	1
Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
Rose-ringed Parakeet	5
Jay	1
Jackdaw	10
Carrion Crow	2
Robin	2

3rd March 2024: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 Red Kite 1 circled over Banstead Woods 13:25

3rd March 2024: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

Red Kite	1
Common Buzzard	2
Mistle Thrush	1
Redwing	2+
Stonechat	1 Male near green barn
Chaffinch	1

2nd March 2024: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 Marsh Tit 1 calling on the west side of Harholt Plantation

2nd March 2024: Banstead Woods - Paul Goodman

 Very wet. Both ponds are the fullest I have seen them

Mallard	2 pairs at new pond
Great Spotted Woodpecker	5
Nuthatch	6
Song Thrush	2
Redwing	20
Chaffinch	1
Bullfinch	1
Lesser Redpoll	1

2nd March 2024: Canons Farm - Ian Ward

 

Stock Dove	10
Black-headed Gull	3
Herring Gull	3
Lesser Black-backed Gull	1
Common Buzzard	3
Kestrel	1
Redwing	25
Fieldfare	70+
Meadow Pipit	8
Linnet	140+
Yellowhammer	3