2025 walks announced

 We're delighted to announce our 2025 programme of walks — please see our Events page for full details.

9th March 2025: Canons Farm - Anne-Marie Griffin

 

15c clear skies Mass bird movement from around Bog Field helped to locate a Peregrine hunting above.
Stock Dove	7
Woodpigeon	50
Common Gull	7
Common Buzzard	1
Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
Green Woodpecker	1
Peregrine	1
Rose-ringed Parakeet	1
Magpie	6
Jackdaw	60+
Carrion Crow	100+
Blue Tit	2
Great Tit	5
Skylark	4
Blackbird	3
Robin	1
Dunnock	1
Linnet	100+
Goldfinch	12
Yellowhammer	1m
Brimstone	2

9th March 2025: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 Coverage: Mainly Piddly Pond to Harholt

Stock Dove	1 singing
Great Spotted Woodpecker	2
Green Woodpecker	2
Coal Tit	3 all singing
Chiffchaff	3: All in Harholt Plantation
Nuthatch	6
Treecreeper	1
Bullfinch	2 in Harholt
Brimstone	c23: not all areas covered
Comma	2: Harholt area

9th March 2025: Canons Farm - Ian Ward

 

Stock Dove	5 on Tart's/Bog fields
Black-headed Gull	1 on Bog Field
Red Kite	1 low over Ballards Residential 13:24
Common Buzzard	1
Carrion Crow	c100+ on Tart's/Bog fields
Chiffchaff	1 singing in Lunch Wood
Long-tailed Tit	1
Pied Wagtail	1 Broadfield East
Chaffinch	2
Linnet	c23: 20 Can Hatch field, 3 on side of a garage wall on Reads Rest Lane
Yellowhammer	2 singing: 1 between Read Rest Cottages/Reads Bottom, 1 Lunch Wood/ Broadfield East

6th March 2025: Canons Farm - Andy Downing

 

feral Rock Dove	P
Stock Dove	3
Woodpigeon	P
Herring Gull	3
Green Woodpecker	P
Magpie	P
Jackdaw	P
Carrion Crow	c100
Blue Tit	P
Great Tit	P
Skylark	P
Wren	P
Starling	P
Song Thrush	P
Blackbird	P
Fieldfare	48 Doric Field
Robin	P
Stonechat	2
Dunnock	P
House Sparrow	P
Pied Wagtail	1 Bog Field
Meadow Pipit	1
Chaffinch	P
Goldfinch	P
Yellowhammer	5

6th March 2025: Banstead Woods - Duncan Jennings

 

Moorhen	1
Blue Tit	1
Wren	1
Robin	1
Brimstone	2

4th March 2025: Banstead Woods - Duncan Jennings

 [Also unidentified Red Admiral/Peacock]

Brimstone

1

4th March 2025: Canons Farm - Andy Downing

 

feral Rock Dove
Woodpigeon
Lesser Black-backed Gull	4 on deck in Bog Field
Common Buzzard	1
Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
Green Woodpecker	1
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Blue Tit
Skylark
Wren
Starling
Song Thrush	several singing
Fieldfare	8+
Robin
Stonechat	2
Dunnock
House Sparrow
Meadow Pipit
Chaffinch
Linnet	100+
Yellowhammer

4th March 2025: Banstead Woods - Paul Goodman

3rd March 2025: Canons Farm - Anne-Marie Griffin

Great Spotted Woodpecker 2 drumming

Woodpigeon	18
Common Buzzard	1
Great Spotted Woodpecker	7
Green Woodpecker	5
Kestrel	1
Rose-ringed Parakeet	3
Jay	3
Magpie	10
Jackdaw	35
Carrion Crow	7
Coal Tit	4
Blue Tit	51. At least 16 pairs
Great Tit	11
Long-tailed Tit	5
Goldcrest	1
Nuthatch	7
Wren	9
Song Thrush	5
Blackbird	21
Robin	45
Goldfinch	1
Brimstone	3
Frog spawn	Lots in Piddly Pond

Woodpigeon	12
Common Buzzard	5
Kestrel	1
Magpie	6
Jackdaw	11
Carrion Crow	50+
Blue Tit	1
Great Tit	2
Skylark	12
Long-tailed Tit	1
Blackcap	1
Nuthatch	1
Blackbird	2
Stonechat	1f
Dunnock	2
Linnet	3
Yellowhammer	1 heard
Brimstone	1

2nd March 2025: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

feral Rock Dove	7
Stock Dove	4
Woodpigeon	20
Sparrowhawk	1 Flew low along Reed's Lane at Reeds Bottom
Common Buzzard	1
Tawny Owl	1 Male hooting from Ruffet Wood
Great Spotted Woodpecker	4
Green Woodpecker	2
Rose-ringed Parakeet	5
Magpie	12
Jackdaw	8
Carrion Crow	45
Blue Tit	27
Great Tit	17
Skylark	14
Long-tailed Tit	4 Two pairs
Nuthatch	4
Wren	4+
Starling	9
Song Thrush	3
Blackbird	7
Fieldfare	3
Robin	31
Dunnock	8
Chaffinch	15
Linnet	31
Goldfinch	2
Yellowhammer	9