4th November 2025: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 

Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporous Sulphureus)

Common Dog Violet (Viola Riviniana)

Stinking Iris (Iris Foetidissima)

Hoof Fungus (Fomes fomentarius) & Common Brittlestem (Candolleomyces candolleomyces) 


Sparrowhawk1 in the Nuttery
Common Buzzard1
Jackdaw40+ Hither fields
Raven1
Chiffchaff1 in Hither field
Long-tailed Tit2
Goldcrest4
Redwing40+ over The Nuttery/ Outwood Lane
Meadow Pipit1
Chaffinch1
Goldfinch3

3rd November 2025: Canons Farm - Justin Bendig

 Mid-afternoon, a spell of mild, wet weather.

Pheasant2 (Cocks fighting, Perrotts barn)
Kestrel1 (Male, flew from Broadfield East into Field Maple tree on Reads Rest Lane near Lunch Wood)
Great Tit3
Long-tailed Tit5

2nd November 2025: Canons Farm - Ian Ward

 

Wood Ear Fungus (Auricularia auricula-judae)

Herring Gull3
Red Kite3; two flew NE at 10:24 & 12:04, 1 circled Lunch Wood 13:10
Common Buzzard1
Peregrine1 flew from Buzzard field west towards Can Hatch field 12:47
Long-tailed Tit4
Goldcrest2; Pages Acre
Nuthatch1; Pages Acre
Fieldfare4 in Broadfields
Chaffinch3 by Read Rest Cottages
Linnet100+ Doric
Goldfinch1

1st November 2025: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

Red Kite1
Common Buzzard1
Peregrine1 Hunting, flew fast and low over IFGF
Goldcrest1

30th October 2025: Banstead Woods - Paul Goodman


Herring Gull1
Sparrowhawk1 Female at Fames Rough
Common Buzzard1
Great Spotted Woodpecker2
Green Woodpecker1
Kestrel1
Jay3
Skylark1 over Hither Field
Goldcrest6
Nuthatch4

26th October 2025: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

Chiffchaff1 Still in Tawny Wood

25th October 2025: Canons Farm - Ian Ward

 

Male Stonechat

Stonechatc6; 1m on hedgerows Ruffett Meadow/GBF, 2m1fem Poultry field, 2m Reads Rest Bottom

25th October 2025: Canons Farm - Ian Ward

 

Pheasant1 calling in Green Belt field
Kestrel1m
Skylark70+ in Infront of George field East
Long-tailed Tit12
Goldcrest3
Meadow Pipit1
Chaffinch12
Linnet250; spread out in 3 flocks in IFGFE, Doric & Can Hatch fields
Yellowhammerc5 fem in northside of Green Belt field

25th October 2025: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman


Black-headed Gull7
Sparrowhawk1 Female
Red Kite2
Kestrel1 Male
Skylark25
Chiffchaff1 In mixed tit flock in Tawny Wood
Long-tailed Tit3+
Goldcrest1
Nuthatch1
Stonechat7
Linnet250