Today was the annual Banstead Arts Festival guided bird walk. It was cool and breezy so not ideal for birding. An obliging Little Own showed well and reasonable numbers of Swallows, Swifts and a few House Martins passed through.
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| Little Owl at Canons Farmhouse |
Canons Farm
Herring Gull 1
Little Owl 1
Swift 12
House Martins 3
Swallows 14
Whitethroat 5
Blackcap 1
Kestrel 1 - 2 Probably a male and a female hunting, one seen carrying food as it flew over
Red Kite 1
Buzzard 2
Linnet 6
Skylark 10+
Yellowhammer 2 One carrying nest material
Goldfinch 5
Chaffinch 1
Greenfinch 1 Singing at Burgh Heath
House Sparrow 4
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Song Thrush 1
Banstead Woods
Nuthatch 1
Chiffchaff 2
Blackcap 2
Green Woodpecker 2
Song Thrush 1
Photographs below are by Barry Griffin
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| Roe Deer |
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| Goldfinch |
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| Female Yellowhammer collecting nest material |
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| Goldfinches |
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| Song Thrush at Canons Farm |
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| Swallow |
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| Little Owl |
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| Male Kestrel |
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| Skylark |
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| House Sparrow |
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| Song Thrush in Banstead Woods |
