Canons Farm & Banstead Woods Birds

Male Stonechat

Stonechat

c6; 1m on hedgerows Ruffett Meadow/GBF, 2m1fem Poultry field, 2m Reads Rest Bottom

Pheasant	1 calling in Green Belt field
Kestrel	1m
Skylark	70+ in Infront of George field East
Long-tailed Tit	12
Goldcrest	3
Meadow Pipit	1
Chaffinch	12
Linnet	250; spread out in 3 flocks in IFGFE, Doric & Can Hatch fields
Yellowhammer	c5 fem in northside of Green Belt field

Black-headed Gull	7
Sparrowhawk	1 Female
Red Kite	2
Kestrel	1 Male
Skylark	25
Chiffchaff	1 In mixed tit flock in Tawny Wood
Long-tailed Tit	3+
Goldcrest	1
Nuthatch	1
Stonechat	7
Linnet	250

Round Meadow

Chipstead Meadow

Possible sighting of a merlin being mobbed by a single carrion crow above Chipstead Meadow woodland. The crow drove the bird north, out of sight.

Possible large group of linnets heard by the stables by Wood Lane.

Woodpigeon	100+
Common Gull	2
Common Buzzard	1
Magpie	2
Jackdaw	2
Carrion Crow	40+
Great Tit	1
Linnet	Poss heard group
Other bird 1	Merlin, possible sighting
Other bird 1 number and details	1. Female.

Merlin, 1. Hunting low to the ground.

Drizzly rain from the west

Woodpigeon	c150 from N 11:15-noon
Sparrowhawk	1 fem over Banstead Woods
Rose-ringed Parakeet	8
Jay	7
Magpie	11
Raven	1 flew S over Banstead Woods 11:55
Goldcrest	5
Firecrest	2
Mistle Thrush	1 over Park Farm Orchard
Song Thrush	1 bathing in Harholt puddles
Blackbird	7 all bathing together in Harholt puddles
Dunnock	2 bathing in Harholt puddles
Chaffinch	2
Bullfinch	2
Siskin	1 flew W from Pine Area
Brown Hairstreak	c6; 1 Park Farm Orchard, 5 together at top of a larch near post 13 disturbed by strong winds

Fieldfare

Mistle Thrush

Black-headed Gull	2 flew N
Sparrowhawk	1 fem flew over Fames Rough into Chiphouse Wood
Red Kite	1 circled Fames Rough 13:57
Common Buzzard	1 juvenile calling
Great Spotted Woodpecker	5
Green Woodpecker	3
Rose-ringed Parakeet	c17
Jay	6
Magpie	17
Jackdaw	c27 on Hither fields
Raven	2 flew from Shabden Park over Fames Rough cronking SW 13:38
Long-tailed Tit	10
Mistle Thrush	1 on mobile tower by Hither field
Redwing	c30+
Chaffinch	2
Bullfinch	3 in the Nuttery
Greenfinch	2 in the Nuttery
Brown Hairstreak	1 in Fames Rough

Fairy Inkcap

Charcoal Burner

Sulphur Tuft

Chipstead Meadow

Mizzly, hazy low cloud lifting late morning. Redwings flying westwards in groups of up to 30, regularly.

Red Kite	2 circled Holly Lane Meadows 13:47
Common Buzzard	3
Great Spotted Woodpecker	4
Raven	1 flew N 11:13
Firecrest	1
Treecreeper	1
Mistle Thrush	1
Redwing	c16 flew N
Goldfinch	c15 flew into Banstead Woods from Park Downs
Brimstone	2
Small White	4
Peacock	1
Speckled Wood	1
Brown Hairstreak	1
Southern Hawker	1 fem over Outwood Lane Pond
Common Darter	c14; 11m 3 fem - most harassing the hawker

Dawn patrol from 06:20 for 2 hours, some moonlight, beautiful morning.

Red Kite	1
Little Owl	1 (heard Broadfield West, not seen)
Green Woodpecker	1
Skylark	1 (IFG East)
Chiffchaff	2
Stonechat	2 (males, Reads Rest Lane)
Meadow Pipit	c15 (IFG West, small flock with pairs chasing each other low over ground before landing)
Other wildlife 1	Roe deer
Other wildlife 1	1 (doe with near fully grown fawn below Lunch Wood)

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