Canons Farm & Banstead Woods Birds

November 2012

Keep an eye on the Twitter feed on the right hand side and here for live bird news updates throughout the day. All sightings are appreciated and will be useful in the writing of the annual bird reports, please email your sightings to canonsfarmbirds@hotmail.co.uk. When submitting sightings, please try to match the format of this page as much as possible to make transfer as efficient as possible. See Map for locations mentioned here (some are old local names, some we have made up). BOLD = rare for CFBW - BOLD & RED = first for CFBW.
* = bird flying past the recording area, viewed from it.

'C.Farm' is the general term for the area west of the marked red line on the Map, and 'B.Woods' is the general term for the area east of this line. More specific localities, also found on the map, are also included in these sightings.

Friday 30th

8.00am-1.25pm: 5 LAPWINGS (2 still in Tart's Field, 3 dropped into Skylark Field), MEADOW PIPIT (C.Farm), LESSER REDPOLL flew over (C.Farm), c35 SKYLARKS (Broadfield), 30+ FIELDFARES (C.Farm - mainly Poultry Field), c20 REDWINGS (C.Farm =- mainly Poultry Field), 3 MISTLE THRUSHES (1 Tart's Field, 1 Poultry Field, 1 flew from B.Woods to Poultry Field), 2 SONG THRUSHES (1 Heathside Field, 1 R.R.Cottages, 1 B.Woods), LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), 2♀ PHEASANTS (Broadfield), ♀ KESTREL (by R.R.Cottages), 3 YELLOWHAMMERS (Broadfield), 2 BULLFINCHES (1 Legal & General, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane), LINNET (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (B.Woods near R.R.Lane), GOLDCREST (B.Woods near R.R.Lane), 3 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 3+ LONG-TAILED TITS (by Piddly Pond), 6+ adult COMMON GULLS (C.Farm), 3+ GREENFINCHES (Legal & General), 4 COLLARED DOVES (C.Residential), GREEN WOODPECKER (Perrotts by Wood), 2 GOLDFINCHES (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), c300 BLACK-HEADED GULLS, 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) - DKC/SG

Thursday 29th

(all C.Farm) RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (south end of Broadfield), 2 LAPWINGS (adult & 1st-winter) still (Tart's Field), BULLFINCH (Legal & General), 2 MISTLE THRUSHES (Skylark Field), COMMON BUZZARD (Ruffett Wood), LITTLE OWL, 26 COLLARED DOVES (C.Residential), 5 YELLOWHAMMERS (Broadfield), 11 SKYLARKS (Broadfield), ♀ KESTREL, 4 FIELDFARES, 5 GREENFINCHES (Legal & General), PIED WAGTAIL, 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (Stoney Nob), 4+ adult COMMON GULLS, 2 GOLDFINCHES, 2 SONG THRUSHES (1 Bog Field, 1 near R.R.Cottages), 8 STOCK DOVES (Broadfield), 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC

Wednesday 28th

11.10am-4.25pm: 2 LAPWINGS (adult & 1st-winter; same birds as on Monday) (Quail Field), 28 COMMON GULLS flew over (C.Farm), LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), COMMON BUZZARD (Steep Banks), 20+ FIELDFARES (C.Farm), 2 REDWINGS (Skylark Field), 2 KESTRELS (1 Legal & General, 1 B.Woods flew to C.Farm), MISTLE THRUSH (Pheasant Field), GOLDCREST (Ruffett Wood), 1+ SKYLARK (C.Farm), YELLOWHAMMER (Broadfield), adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over, 2 SONG THRUSHES (1 by Green Belt Field, 1 Quail Field), 3+ GREEN WOODPECKERS (C.Farm), 6 COLLARED DOVES (C.Residential), GOLDFINCH (C.Farm) - DKC et al

Tuesday 27th

2.00pm: LAPWING still (Tart's Field) - AD

Monday 26th

11.00am-1.10pm: (all C.Farm) RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Infront George Field), 2 LAPWINGS (adult & 1st-winter) (Tart's Field) (see Gallery), SISKIN flew over, LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), ♂ BULLFINCH (Infront George Field), 11+ SKYLARKS, 15+ FIELDFARES, 2 PIED WAGTAILS, MISTLE THRUSH, 2 YELLOWHAMMERS, ♀ KESTREL, 2 SONG THRUSHES (1 Tart's Field, 1 Skylark Field)), 18 COLLARED DOVES (C.Residential), 3♂ PHEASANTS (Broadfield), c300 STARLINGS (Skylark Field), 5 GREENFINCHES (4 C.Residential, 1 Legal & General), 2 GOLDFINCHES, 2 STOCK DOVES, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 5+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC

Sunday 25th

7.50am-4.10pm: adult GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL flew WNW at 3.20pm (C.Farm), 1+ LESSER REDPOLL flew over (Ruffett Wood), ROOK (Broadfield), MEADOW PIPIT (Hither Field), LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), 2 BULLFINCHES (1 by Green Belt Field, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), 1+ KESTREL (♂ C.Farm then ♂ B.Woods flew to C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 6+ SKYLARKS (5+ Broadfield, 1 Hither Field), 20+ REDWINGS (C.Farm), c15 FIELDFARES (C.Farm), 3+ MISTLE THRUSHES (1 Skylark Field, 2 Pheasant Field, 1 Pages Acre (singing)), SONG THRUSH (Watchpoint), 3 GOLDCRESTS (2 Ruffett Wood, 1 just NW of The Scrub), TREECREEPER (Ruffett Wood), 2 NUTHATCHES (1 Ruffett Wood, 1 B.Woods), 3+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 7 LONG-TAILED TITS (near Piddly Pond), 3 ad COMMON GULLS (1 Bunting Field, 2 flew over), 2 GREENFINCHES (C.Farm), 3 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), GREEN WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 Ruffett Wood, 1 Heathside Field), STOCK DOVE (Broadfield), 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) - DKC/JB/PGo
Mid-afternoon: BULLFINCH (Slangs), 20+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Rest Copse) - IGM

Saturday 24th

7.30am-3.40pm: COMMON SNIPE flew north at 9.48am (Broadfield), 13 MEADOW PIPITS (Hither Field), COMMON BUZZARD (Steep Banks), 2 KESTRELS (♂+♀) (C.Farm), LITTLE OWL (east side of Horse Pasture), c30 FIELDFARES (C.Farm - 1 flew over B.Woods), 10+ REDWINGS (C.Farm then 5+ flew to B.Woods), 3 TREECREEPERS (2 Ruffett Wood, 1 Pages Acre), 4 GOLDCRESTS (1 Pages Acre, 1 Ruffett Wood, 2 B.Woods between R.R.Lane entrance & Piddly Pond), 2 PIED WAGTAILS (Quail Field), MISTLE THRUSH (Tawny Wood), 2 LINNETS (C.Farm), 4 SONG THRUSHES (C.Farm), SKYLARK (C.Farm), 6+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 8+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Pages Acre), NUTHATCH (Ruffett Wood), 13 PHEASANTS (9 (5♂+4♀) Broadfield, 4♀ Hither Field), 3 BULLFINCHES (2 Slangs, 1 Legal & General), 2 ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (1 Quail Field, 1 flew over C.Farm), 2 ad COMMON GULLS (C.Farm), 2 COAL TITS (Pages Acre), 4 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 2 B.Woods), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 Pages Acre, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), 3+ GREENFINCHES (C.Farm), 3 COLLARED DOVES (C.Residential), 2 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 150+ CHAFFINCHES (C.Farm), 2 STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), 6+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (5+ C.Farm, 1+ B.Woods) (46 species recorded) - DKC/PGo/IGM et al

Friday 23rd

(all Legal & General) 3 FIELDFARES, COMMON GULL, 2 GREENFINCHES, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 3 GOLDFINCHES - IGM

Thursday 22nd

no reported sightings

Wednesday 21st

2 MALLARDS (Piddly Pond) (Mammals: 2 Roe Deers (B.Woods)) - PGo

Tuesday 20th

(all C.Farm) 18 FIELDFARES, 5 REDWINGS, 3 COMMON GULLS (Legal & General), SKYLARK, KESTREL, c20 CHAFFINCHES - NS

Monday 19th

no reported sightings

Sunday 18th

(all C.Farm) 3 GREY HERONS flew over, 12 FIELDFARES, c45 SKYLARKS, KESTREL, 2 PIED WAGTAILS, c5 REDWINGS, c400 BLACK-HEADED GULLS, 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS - RDW
10.10am-2.00pm: (all C.Farm) 16 FIELDFARES flew north (Pipit Meadow), COMMON BUZZARD, LITTLE OWL (Death Pit), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (Bog Field), 2 COAL TITS (Circle Field (singing)), 3 TREECREEPERS (2 Tawny Wood, 1 Pages Acre), 10 SKYLARKS, 4 NUTHATCHES (1 Pages Acre, 1 Ruffett Wood, 1 Tawny Wood, 1 Chipstead Meadow), PIED WAGTAIL (Tart's Field), 12+ LONG-TAILED TITS (10+ Pages Acre/Chipstead Meadow, 2+ Circle Field), KESTREL (near R.R.Cottages), 7 GOLDCRESTS (3 Pages Acre, 2 Circle Field, 2 Tawny Wood), 10 GOLDFINCHES (7 Circle Field, 1 Tattenham Meadow, 2 Broadfield), 3 COMMON GULLS (Buzzard Field), 6 GREEN WOODPECKERS (3 Pipit Meadow, 2 Chipstead Meadow, 1 Circle Field), 3 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 Pages Acre, 2 Tawny Wood), 120+ WOODPIGEONS (Ruffett Wood), 3 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Wood), 165+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Bog Field/Tart's Field) (Mammals: Red Fox (Harrier Field)) - IPW
SPARROWHAWK (Stoney Nob) - IGM

Saturday 17th

(all C.Farm) ♀ BULLFINCH (Legal & General), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (Ruffett Wood), 30 FIELDFARES (20 Poultry Field, 10 Legal & General), 2 MISTLE THRUSHES (Poultry Field), 8 REDWINGS (Poultry Field), 8 GREENFINCHES (Legal & General) - PGo
(all C.Farm) 4 YELLOWHAMMERS (R.Bottom), KESTREL - IGM

Friday 16th

no reported sightings

Thursday 15th

(all C.Farm) 9 FIELDFARES (Poultry Field), MISTLE THRUSH (Poultry Field), 2 KESTRELS (1 by C.Farmhouse, 1 Legal & General), 2 SONG THRUSHES (fighting near R.R.Cottages), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (Stoney Nob), 6 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS, 35+ CHAFFINCHES (Poultry Field) - RJ
(all C.Farm) LITTLE OWL (Gunman's Shaw), KESTREL, STARLING - IGM

Wednesday 14th

40 FIELDFARES (Heathside Field), COMMON BUZZARD (Railway Field), KESTREL (near R.R.Cottages) - IGM

Tuesday 13th

(all C.Farm) BRAMBLING (Quail Field), 24 FIELDFARES, TREECREEPER, 3 NUTHATCHES, 2 GREENFINCHES, 11 GOLDFINCHES, c300 CHAFFINCHES/LINNETS - NS

Monday 12th

no reported sightings

Sunday 11th

3.15pm-4.15pm: RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE calling (Lunch Banks), SISKIN (Stoney Nob), LITTLE OWL (Infront George Field), 2 PIED WAGTAILS (C.Farm), 6 YELLOWHAMMERS (3 Slangs, 1 Skylark Field, 2 Harrier Field), 2 KESTRELS (1 Legal & General, 1 R.R.Cottages), 2 MISTLE THRUSHES (Stoney Nob), 3 SKYLARKS (Horse Pasture), 2 GREENFINCHES (Legal & General), 4 GOLDFINCHES(C.Farm), 12+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Legal & General/Stoney Nob), 110+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Tart's Field), 5 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (flew from Stoney Nob to B.Woods) - IPW/SJW
9.00am-11.00am: (all B.Woods) 15+ MEADOW PIPITS (Hither Field), 3 GOLDCRESTS (Fames Rough), 10+ REDWINGS (Fames Rough), NUTHATCH (Fames Rough), GREENFINCH (Fames Rough), GOLDFINCH (Fames Rough), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Fames Rough) - IJ
(all C.Farm) 20+ SKYLARKS (Quail Field), c20 STOCK DOVES (Skylark Field) - IGM
(all C.Farm) 4 MISTLE THRUSHES, 20 SKYLARKS - PGo
(all C.Farm) LITTLE OWL (near R.R.Cottages), c15 LINNETS - PW

Saturday 10th

7.40am-2.10pm: 40+ SKYLARKS, 2 LESSER REDPOLLS flew over, SISKIN flew over, LITTLE OWL, COMMON BUZZARD, SPARROWHAWK, KESTREL, 14+ MEADOW PIPITS, 120+ REDWINGS flew over, 8 FIELDFARES, 11+ COLLARED DOVES (C.Residential), PIED WAGTAIL, 8+ GREENFINCHES, 3 YELLOWHAMMERS, 3♂ PHEASANTS (Broadfield), 2+ COMMON GULLS, 35+ LINNETS, 2 SONG THRUSHES, STOCK DOVE, c10 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC/RDW/SG
(all B.Woods) 2 TREECREEPERS, 8 NUTHATCHES, 15 LONG-TAILED TITS, 4 COAL TITS, 8 GOLDCRESTS, 4 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, 60 BLUE TITS, 48 GREAT TITS - SG

Friday 9th

c5.30pm: 3 WOODCOCKS (in flight at Reads Bottom), TAWNY OWL (Perrotts by Wood), LITTLE OWL (Perrotts by Wood) - BG
7.40am-12.40pm: (all C.Farm) RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Infront George Field), ♀ BRAMBLING with 150+ CHAFFINCHES (Buzzard Field), SISKIN flew over, LESSER REDPOLL flew over, PIED WAGTAIL, 15+ FIELDFARES, c25 REDWINGS, 2+ MEADOW PIPITS, 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (Buzzard Field), KESTREL, 2 MISTLE THRUSHES, 5 SKYLARKS, 4 YELLOWHAMMERS, LITTLE OWL (Copt Hill Lane), 14+ COLLARED DOVES (C.Residential), 2+ COMMON GULLS, 6 GREENFINCHES, GOLDCREST (Infront George Field), SONG THRUSH, GREEN WOODPECKER, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 20+ GOLDFINCHES (south end of Broadfield), LINNET - DKC/IGM

Thursday 8th

WOODCOCK flushed (The Scrub), 2 MALLARDS (♂+♀) (Piddly Pond) - ER/BH
2.00pm-5.25pm: (all C.Farm) SISKIN flew over, 1+ LESSER REDPOLL flew over, 4 FIELDFARES, c15 SKYLARKS, 2 MEADOW PIPITS, 11 YELLOWHAMMERS, PIED WAGTAIL, 2 LITTLE OWLS, MISTLE THRUSH, 12+ COLLARED DOVES, 15+ LINNETS, KESTREL, 5 COMMON GULLS flew over, 2 ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew over, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER - DKC

Wednesday 7th

(all C.Farm) ad GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL then flew off (Tart's Field), RED KITE flew over at 10.45am, COMMON BUZZARD, 2 REDWINGS, 2 KESTRELS, 7 MEADOW PIPITS, 6+ COMMON GULLS reported - RDW

Tuesday 6th

(all C.Farm) 9 YELLOWHAMMERS, 3 KESTRELS, 43 FIELDFARES, c20 REDWINGS, 12 SONG THRUSHES, c5 COMMON GULLS, 3 SKYLARKS, GREENFINCH, 8 GOLDFINCHES, 300+ WOODPIGEONS - NS
(all C.Farm) 14 REDWINGS, 13 SKYLARKS, 3+ MISTLE THRUSHES, GREEN WOODPECKER - DKC

Monday 5th

Brief early morning visit in heavy fog: 2 MEADOW PIPITS (Skylark Field), SKYLARK (Skylark Field), COMMON GULL (Tart's Field) - DKC

Sunday 4th

(all C.Farm) 2 LESSER REDPOLLS, SISKIN, 16 YELLOWHAMMERS, 17 FIELDFARES, 23 SKYLARKS - SG
(all C.Farm) ♀ BRAMBLING with c130 CHAFFINCHES (Buzzard Field), 5 FIELDFARES (Poultry Field), MEADOW PIPIT, COMMON BUZZARD, 2 KESTRELS (♂+♀), 4 MISTLE THRUSHES, 2 GOLDCRESTS (Circle Field), 2 LINNETS (Poultry Field), 2 LITTLE OWLS, 2 COMMON GULLS, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over, YELLOWHAMMER, 3 SKYLARKS, COLLARED DOVE, 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS - DKC
(all C.Farm) COMMON BUZZARD, 19 LONG-TAILED TITS (Ruffett Wood), TREECREEPER (Tawny Wood), COAL TIT (Tawny Wood), KESTREL (Tawny Wood), 5+ GOLDCRESTS (Tawny Wood), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 Chipstead Meadow, 1 Pipit Meadow), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (flew over Pipit Meadow) - IJ

Saturday 3rd

CROSSBILL flew over at 12.25pm (C.Farmhouse), c20 MISTLE THRUSHES (c16 C.Farm, 4 C.Farm then B.Woods), 11 MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 5+ FIELDFARES (C.Farm), 3+ REDWINGS (C.Farm), 5 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), SKYLARK (C.Farm), 3 LITTLE OWLS (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), 2 ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew over (C.Farm), 5 COMMON GULLS (3 Tart's Field, 3 flew over), 5 LINNETS (C.Farm), SONG THRUSH (C.Farm), 7 STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), 2 PHEASANTS (Lunch Wood), GREEN WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 6 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) - DKC/PW

Friday 2nd

10 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm) - PW

Thursday 1st

COMMON BUZZARD (Railway Field), 10+ SKYLARKS (Skylark Field), SPARROWHAWK (Quail Field), several FIELDFARES - IGM

October 2012

no reported sightings

Tuesday 30th

8.00am-12.00pm: 3 BULLFINCHES (Woodpecker Meadow), FIELDFARE flew over (C.Farm), 12 REDWINGS (4 flew over Perrotts Farmhouse, 8 The Scrub/Woodpecker Meadow), 4 MISTLE THRUSHES (C.Farm), LITTLE OWL (B.Woods), 4 YELLOWHAMMERS (near C.Farmhouse), 30+ SKYLARKS (mainly Quail Field), ♀ SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (1 over Ruffett Wood, 1 Buzzard Field), GOLDCREST (CFBW), 2+ NUTHATCHES (CFBW), COAL TIT (B.Woods), c20 LINNETS (mainly Quail Field), c20 CHAFFINCHES (mainly Quail Field), 4 GREEN WOODPECKERS (CFBW), 2+ LONG-TAILED TITS (CFBW), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (CFBW) - PGo

Monday 29th

no reported sightings

Sunday 28th

BRAMBLING (Heathside Field), 4 LAPWINGS (Tart's Field) - CA
(all C.Farm) 7 FIELDFARES (Infront George Field), 2 MEADOW PIPITS (1 Infront George Field, 1 Skylark Field), 23 SKYLARKS (Broadfield), SPARROWHAWK (Harrier Field), 2 KESTRELS (Harrier Field (1 took vole), 16 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS flew south (Lunch Wood) - IPW/SJW
(all C.Farm) 4 LAPWINGS (Tart's Field), c75 FIELDFARES, c25 REDWINGS, 4 SKYLARKS (Broadfield) - IGM
(all C.Farm) 100+ REDWINGS flew over, 4 FIELDFARES (Pheasant Field), 2 MISTLE THRUSHES flew over, c100 CHAFFINCHES (Pheasant Field), 10 SKYLARKS, MEADOW PIPIT - PGo

Saturday 27th

4 LAPWINGS (Tart's Field), 100 STARLINGS (Tart's Field), COMMON GULL (Legal & General) - IGM

Friday 26th

(all C.Farm) 5 CORMORANTS flew east, LESSER REDPOLL, 39 FIELDFARES, 24 REDWINGS, 3 BULLFINCHES, c45 SKYLARKS, 6 MEADOW PIPITS, 2 COMMON BUZZARDS, 2 KESTRELS, 4 COMMON GULLS, SONG THRUSH, 8 GOLDFINCHES - AD
500+ FIELDFARES (Skylark Field) - IGM

Thursday 25th

(all C.Farm) LAPWING (Skylark Field), BRAMBLING, FIELDFARE, LESSER REDPOLL, SISKIN, 15+ REDWINGS, 2 MEADOW PIPITS, c10 SKYLARKS, sd COMMON GULL, SONG THRUSH, GOLDCREST, 150+ LINNETS, GREENFINCH, GOLDFINCH, 100+ CHAFFINCHES - DKC

Wednesday 24th

(all C.Farm) 2 GOLDEN PLOVERS flew through, 16 LAPWINGS, c4 HOUSE MARTINS, c40 FIELDFARES, 105 REDWINGS, 25 SKYLARKS, 10 MEADOW PIPITS, 150 CHAFFINCHES, 120 LINNETS, 2 PIED WAGTAILS, 2 KESTRELS - RDW
(all Lunch Wood) WOODCOCK, COMMON BUZZARD - via RDW
(all C.Farm) 5 LAPWINGS (Skylark Field), c40 SKYLARKS (Bunting Field), KESTREL, PIED WAGTAIL, 2+ LITTLE OWLS - DKC/JB

Tuesday 23rd

3.45pm-5.45pm: (all C.Farm) 7+ SKYLARKS (Skylark Field), MEADOW PIPIT (Harrier Field), YELLOWHAMMER (Slangs), MISTLE THRUSH (Skylark Field), PHEASANT (Broadfield), 2+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Stoney Nob), SONG THRUSH (Legal & General), 1+ PIED WAGTAIL (Legal & General), ROOK, 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS - DKC

Monday 22nd

no reported sightings

Sunday 21st

2 RING OUZELS at c3.34pm (Slangs), RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Infront George Field), COMMON BUZZARD (Broadfield), KESTREL (Infront George Field), COMMON GULL (Infront George Field), 100+ STARLINGS (Bog Field) - IGM
10.00am-2.00pm: 1+ RING OUZEL (1 Infront George Field/Legal & General at 1.08pm, 1 Slangs/Lunch Banks 1.28pm), GREY WAGTAIL flew over (Legal & General), CHIFFCHAFF (Holly Lane Meadow), LESSER REDPOLL (Holly Lane Meadow), 2 SISKINS (Holly Lane Meadow), 14 GOLDCRESTS (1 Ruffett Wood, 13 B.Woods), c230 REDWINGS flew over (Holly Lane Meadow), SPARROWHAWK (Pheasant Field/Ruffett Wood), 2 KESTRELS (1 Pheasant Field, 1 Holly Lane Meadow), MEADOW PIPIT (Holly Lane Meadow), 2 COMMON GULLS (Legal & General), 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew SE (Holly Lane Meadow), BULLFINCH (Holly Lane Meadow), 13+ LONG-TAILED TITS (B.Woods), 8 GREENFINCHES (6 Holly Lane Meadow, 2 Valley Meadows), 5 GOLDFINCHES (4 Poultry Field, 1 B.Woods), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 Stoney Nob, 2 B.Woods), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (B.Woods) - IPW
7.40am-12.20pm: (all C.Farm) RING OUZEL at 10.44am-11.05am at least (Slangs), REED BUNTING at c9.47am (heard by R.R.Cottages), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 near R.R.Cottages, 1 Legal & General), 30+ SKYLARKS, 12+ MEADOW PIPITS, 250+ REDWINGS flew over, 2 LESSER REDPOLLS (1 by R.R.Cottages, 1 flew over), SISKIN flew over, 2 BULLFINCHES (Slangs), 3 GOLDCRESTS (1 Lunch Wood, 2 Slangs), 3 MISTLE THRUSHES, 4+ PIED WAGTAILS (Bog Field), LITTLE OWL, COMMON BUZZARD, KESTREL, 2 SONG THRUSHES, PHEASANT (Lunch Banks), 2 COMMON GULLS (ad & 1st-winter), GREENFINCH, c30 GOLDFINCHES, GREEN WOODPECKER, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 4 STOCK DOVES (Heathside Field), COLLARED DOVE, 4 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC/RDW et al
c9.48am: BRAMBLING with c250 CHAFFINCHES (Poultry Field) - PGo

Saturday 20th

RING OUZEL still, seen several times throughout the day (mobile between Slangs, Infront George Field/Skylark Field and Legal & General before roosting in holly by Broadfield at 6.18pm) (see Gallery), REED BUNTING (R.R.Cottages at 11.33am then at R.Bottom c12.20pm) (found by PGo), RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Infront George Field), c2 BRAMBLINGS (heard a few times at points across farm including in Lunch Wood at 1.55pm), FIELDFARE flew over (Poultry Field), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Legal & General, 1 by R.R.Cottages), 2 CORMORANTS flew over (C.Farm), 800+ REDWINGS flew over (mainly C.Farm, 5 flew over B.Woods), 13+ LESSER REDPOLLS (7+ flew over C.Farm, 5 The Scrub, 1 flew over Woodpecker Meadow), 7 SISKINS flew over (6 C.Farm, 1 Rambler's Rest), 3000+ STARLINGS flew west/SW (C.Farm), 15+ MISTLE THRUSHES (C.Farm then 1 flew over B.Woods), 6+ LITTLE OWLS (4+ C.Farm, 2 B.Woods near R.R.Lane), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), 13 PHEASANTS (12 Circle Field, 1 Broadfield), 13 PIED WAGTAILS (3 Legal & General, 10 flew north over Perrotts by Wood), 18+ MEADOW PIPITS (15+ C.Farm, 3 flew over Hither Field), 3 ROOKS (Broadfield), 3 BULLFINCHES (The Scrub), 4 COLLARED DOVES (C.Farm), 20+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 4 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 3 SONG THRUSHES (C.Farm), 4 TREECREEPERS (B.Woods), COAL TIT (B.Woods), 3+ COMMON GULLS (C.Farm), LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over (C.Farm), 7 GOLDCRESTS (1 Legal & General, 1 Lunch Wood, 2 B.Woods near R.R.Lane, 1 The Scrub, 1 just NW of The Scrub, 1 near Rambler's Rest), 4 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 20+ LONG-TAILED TITS (3+ Legal & General, 6+ R.Bottom, 7 B.Woods near R.R.Lane, 4+ The Scrub), 25+ LINNETS (C.Farm), c8 GOLDFINCHES (Legal & General), 2 GREENFINCHES (Legal & General), 400+ CHAFFINCHES (C.Farm), STOCK DOVE (C.Farm), 5+ GREEN WOODPECKERS (2+ C.Farm, 3+ The Scrub/Woodpecker Meadow), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (B.Woods), 7+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (5+ C.Farm, 2 Rest Copse) (56 species recorded) - SG/DKC/PGo/IJ/IGM et al

Friday 19th

(several new photographs added to the Gallery)
(all C.Farm) RING OUZEL still 11.50am-12.30pm at least (Slangs), CHIFFCHAFF (C.Farmhouse), CORMORANT flew over, 4 MISTLE THRUSHES, ♀ SPARROWHAWK, KESTREL, BULLFINCH (Legal & General), 10+ LESSER REDPOLLS flew over, SISKIN flew over, 28+ MEADOW PIPITS, 25+ REDWINGS, 11+ SKYLARKS, 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (Slangs), 2+ LITTLE OWLS, 2+ PIED WAGTAILS, 3 COLLARED DOVES, 2 GREENFINCHES (Legal & General), c7 GOLDFINCHES, 3 COMMON GULLS (2 ads & 1st-winter), 21+ LINNETS, GREEN WOODPECKER, 15+ BLACKBIRDS (Stoney Nob; apparently migrants), 4+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC
(all C.Farm) 2 BRAMBLINGS (Poultry Field), RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Infront George Field), CORMORANT (2nd bird) flew over - IJ

Thursday 18th

RING OUZEL still at 3.27pm (flew from near R.R.Cottages towards Legal & General), 6 GOLDCRESTS (2 Tawny Wood, 4 B.Woods), COAL TIT (B.Woods) - IJ
1.30pm-6.20pm: (all C.Farm) LESSER REDPOLL flew over, 2 MISTLE THRUSHES, 2 YELLOWHAMMERS, c5 SKYLARKS, 2 KESTRELS, 3 COMMON GULLS (adult flew over, 2 1st-winters Tart's Field), 2 PIED WAGTAILS, 2 MISTLE THRUSHES, 2 ROOKS, 2+ LITTLE OWLS, PHEASANT, 2 COLLARED DOVES, GREEN WOODPECKER, 6 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS, 4 STOCK DOVES - DKC/IJ

Wednesday 17th

GREY WAGTAIL (possibly dropped into Skylark Field), c12 SKYLARKS (flew from Quail Field to Skylark Field) (probable Woodlark flew to Skylark Field with Skylarks) - GB
1.50pm-6.50pm: (all C.Farm) RING OUZEL 5.15pm-5.28pm (Legal & General then by derelict barn near R.R.Cottages), SWALLOW, 2 HOUSE MARTINS, c20 SKYLARKS, 11 MEADOW PIPITS, LESSER REDPOLL flew over, YELLOWHAMMER, 12+ LINNETS, ROOK, 2 KESTRELS, 2+ LITTLE OWLS, PIED WAGTAIL, 14 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC/RDW/GB/NR et al

Tuesday 16th

(all C.Farm) RING OUZEL at 5.10pm (flew from Legal & General to derelict barn near R.R.Cottages), RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (R.Bottom), SPARROWHAWK, ROOK, 7 SKYLARKS, PIED WAGTAIL, ♂ PHEASANT (Broadfield), 7 STOCK DOVES, 25+ LINNETS, 3 STOCK DOVES, GREEN WOODPECKER - DKC
(all C.Farm) RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Broadfield), 3 REDWINGS flew west, 5 PHEASANTS (Broadfield), 2 SKYLARKS (Skylark Field), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (Broadfield) - NS

Monday 15th

RING OUZEL 3.30pm-3.45pm at least (hedge north side of Legal & General), RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Infront George Field & Slangs), 2 FIELDFARES flew over, BRAMBLING flew over, 3 LESSER REDPOLLS (1 by R.R.Cottages, 2 flew over), 2 SISKINS flew over, 2+ REDWINGS flew over, 4+ LITTLE OWLS, 2 SPARROWHAWKS (1*), KESTREL, COMMON BUZZARD, 3 YELLOWHAMMERS (2 R.Bottom, 1 west side of Broadfield), 3+ MISTLE THRUSHES, 2+ SKYLARKS, 4 PIED WAGTAILS, 2+ MEADOW PIPITS, GOLDCREST (Lunch Wood), 4 PHEASANTS (♂+3♀) (Broadfield), 6+ COMMON GULLS (4+ ads & 2+ 1st-winters), 3 SONG THRUSHES, 30+ LINNETS, 2+ GOLDFINCHES - DKC

Sunday 14th

RING OUZEL at 8.38am (north of Reads Rest Cottages) - CN
2 RING OUZELS at 10.30am (Legal & General playing field) - PW et al
7.35am-5.00pm: 8 SWALLOWS flew north (C.Farm), 2 HOUSE MARTINS (C.Farm*), 4 CORMORANTS flew south (B.Woods), REDWING (by C.Farmhouse), 3 LESSER REDPOLLS flew over (C.Farm), 3 SISKINS flew over (C.Farm), 8 COMMON BUZZARDS (C.Farm), ♂ SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 3 KESTRELS (2 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 2+ LITTLE OWLS (C.Farm), YELLOWHAMMER (Slangs), c15 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), MISTLE THRUSHES (Infront George Field), 4 PIED WAGTAILS (2 Quail Field, 2 Perrotts Farmhouse), 3 PHEASANTS (1 by C.Farmhouse, 2 Broadfield), 4+ MEADOW PIPITS (3+ C.Farm, 1 flew over B.Woods), ROOK (Broadfield), BULLFINCH (Legal & General), 2+ COMMON GULLS (C.Farm), 8+ LONG-TAILED TITS (5+ Circle Field, 3+ B.Woods), TREECREEPER (The Scrub), 4 GOLDCRESTS (1 Circle Field, 1 Ruffett Wood, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane, 1 The Scrub), ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (Skylark Field), 2 NUTHATCHES (1 Tattenham Meadow, 1 Poultry Field), 4 STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), 16+ LINNETS (15+ C.Farm, 1 flew over Woodpecker Meadow), c5 GOLDFINCHES (c4 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), COLLARED DOVE (C.Farm), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods) (Odonata: Migrant Hawker (Piddly Pond), Common Darter (Piddly Pond). Butterflies: c10 Red Admirals (C.Farm)) - DKC/PGo/RDW et al

Saturday 13th

4 RING OUZELS at Legal & General c3.00pm then flew north - CN
7.40am-7.25pm: (all C.Farm) 3+ RING OUZELS (1 C.Farmhouse at 8.00am (DKC), 3 Legal & General 10.25am-c1.40pm (SG et al)) (see Gallery), MARSH TIT (Pages Acre) (IJ), BRAMBLING flew over, 65+ REDWINGS, 9 SWALLOWS flew south, 3 HOUSE MARTINS flew south, CHIFFCHAFF (east of R.R.Cottages), CORMORANT flew over, c5 LESSER REDPOLLS flew over, SISKIN flew over, TAWNY OWL at 7.00pm (C.Wood (singing)), GREY HERON flew over, 7+ SKYLARKS, YELLOWHAMMER (Slangs), 2 COMMON GULLS, 70+ LINNETS, 2+ MISTLE THRUSHES, 2+ LITTLE OWLS, 2 BULLFINCHES (Slangs), c4 MEADOW PIPITS, 2+ PIED WAGTAILS, ROOK, COMMON BUZZARD, SPARROWHAWK, KESTREL, 6 GOLDFINCHES, 2 GOLDCRESTS (1 by C.Farmhouse, 1 Pages Acre), 64 STOCK DOVES (Buzzard Field), GREEN WOODPECKER, 2+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC/SG/IJ/CA/JB/PW et al
PEREGRINE mid afternoon (C.Farm) - DW
WOODCOCK (Ruffett Wood) - via DKC

Friday 12th

7.40am-12.25pm: STONECHAT (Tart's Field), 8 REDWINGS (C.Farm), BULLFINCH (Legal & General), LESSER REDPOLL flew over (C.Farm), ROOK (C.Farm), 2+ PIED WAGTAILS (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (B.Woods), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), 3 COMMON GULLS (ad & 2 1st-winters) (C.Farm), 16 PHEASANTS (♂ Broadfield, 2♂13♀ Horse Pasture) (C.Farm), 3 MISTLE THRUSHES (C.Farm), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (R.Bottom), 2+ MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 3+ COLLARED DOVES (C.Farm), 2 GREENFINCHES (C.Farm), 3+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (C.Farm), GOLDFINCH (C.Farm), STOCK DOVE (C.Farm) - DKC
STONECHAT (Tart's Field) - AD
KESTREL (Bog Field), COMMON BUZZARD (Pipit Meadow), NUTHATCH (Ruffett Wood), c10 ROOKS flew south (Bog Field), 24 BLACK-HEADED GULLS flew south - NS

Thursday 11th

(all C.Farm) STONECHAT - almost taken by SPARROWHAWK (east side of Tart's Field), 10 SKYLARKS flew over (R.Bottom), MISTLE THRUSH, c30 LINNETS (Infront George Field) - AD
SKYLARK, 2 MEADOW PIPITS, PIED WAGTAIL, KESTREL - DKC

Wednesday 10th

RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Broadfield), WHEATEAR (near Perrotts Farmhouse), STONECHAT (near Perrotts Farmhouse) - JH
18 SKYLARKS (single flock flew over Poultry Field), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Harrier Field, 1 Tawny Wood), 2 LESSER REDPOLLS flew over (C.Farm), MEADOW PIPIT, 3+ MISTLE THRUSHES, 2 COMMON GULLS (ad & 1st-winter) (Tart's Field), 2 SPARROWHAWKS, LITTLE OWL (Death Pit), 2-3 KESTRELS (C.Farm inc 1 that also crossed B.Woods), GOLDFINCH (C.Farm/B.Woods at end of R.R.Lane), ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over, 2 GREENFINCHES, COAL TIT (Pages Acre), GOLDCREST (Pages Acre), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (C.Farm), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farm), LINNET (C.Farm) - DKC
(all C.Farm) 6 SWALLOWS (Skylark Field), c6 SKYLARKS (around Harrier Field), 3+ MEADOW PIPITS, 30+ LINNETS - IGM

Tuesday 9th

MARSH TIT still at 6.10pm (north side of Ruffett Wood), c5 HOUSE MARTINS flew over (C.Farm), 3 SWALLOWS flew SE (C.Farm), CHIFFCHAFF (Harrier Field), MEADOW PIPIT (C.Farm), 3+ LITTLE OWLS (C.Farm), 1+ ROOK (C.Farm), 1st-winter KESTREL (C.Farm), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (Slangs), GOLDCREST (by Green Belt Field), c30 LINNETS (C.Farm), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (flew from C.Farm to B.Woods) - DKC
(all C.Farm) BRAMBLING at 9.45am (Bunting Field), 4 CANADA GEESE flew north at 10.00am (Skylark Field), 6 YELLOWHAMMERS (Slangs), 7 SKYLARKS (2 Quail Field, 5 flew SE over Perrotts by Wood), COMMON BUZZARD (Poultry Field), 2 KESTRELS (1 Infront George Field, 1 Poultry Field), PIED WAGTAIL (Infront George Field), 2 COAL TITS (B.Woods), 2 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 5 LONG-TAILED TITS (B.Woods), 4 SONG THRUSHES (Poultry Field), GOLDFINCH (Slangs) (Butterflies: 3 Red Admirals flew south) - NS

Monday 8th

MARSH TIT at 6.21pm (north side of Ruffett Wood), COMMON BUZZARD (Ruffett Wood), 7 ROOKS (Broadfield), LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), MISTLE THRUSH (C.Farm), GOLDCREST (Ruffett Wood), NUTHATCH (B.Woods), 2+ MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 28+ GOLDFINCHES (single flock; C.Farm), 9 PIED WAGTAILS (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), PHEASANT (C.Farm), 2 COLLARED DOVES (C.Farm), c40 LINNETS (C.Farm), GREEN WOODPECKER (C.Farm), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farm), GREENFINCH (C.Farm) - DKC

Sunday 7th

BARN OWL, RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Broadfield) - NJ
GREY WAGTAIL flew over (Green Belt Field), 113 REDWINGS flew over (C.Farm), 6 HOUSE MARTINS flew south (C.Farm), 30+ SWALLOWS flew south (C.Farm), TAWNY OWL (Broadfield (singing)), 2 LESSER REDPOLLS flew over (C.Farm), 4+ SISKINS flew over (C.Farm), 8 MALLARDS (C.Farm*), 15+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 9+ MISTLE THRUSHES (C.Farm), 3 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 C.Farmhouse (singing), 1 Pages Acre (singing), 1 Wood Lane), adult COMMON GULL (C.Farm), c20 MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 3 COMMON BUZZARDS (C.Farm), 2 SPARROWHAWKS (♀+juv ♂) (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), 2+ LITTLE OWLS (C.Farm), ROOK (Infront George Field), 2 PHEASANTS (♀ Poultry Field, ♂ B.Woods), 2+ PIED WAGTAILS (C.Farm), 2 COAL TITS (1 Page Acre, 1 Ruffett Wood), TREECREEPER (Pages Acre), YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), 3 NUTHATCHES (1 Lunch Wood, 1 Pages Acre, 1 Ruffett Wood), 6 GOLDCRESTS (1 Pages Acre, 1 Tawny Wood, 1 Circle Field, 2 Ruffett Wood, 1 Slangs), 6+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Pages Acre), 2 SONG THRUSHES (C.Farm), 2 COLLARED DOVES (C.Farm), 2 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 10+ LINNETS (C.Farm), 2+ GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (by C.Farmhouse), 3+ GREEN WOODPECKERS (C.Farm), 7 STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), 7 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) (Butterflies: 4 Red Admirals (C.Farm)) - DKC/IJ/RDW et al
2 YELLOWHAMMERS (R.Bottom) (Butterflies: 2 Red Admirals) - IGM

Saturday 6th

3 WOODLARKS till 2.15pm then flew south (Pipit Meadow) - SG
BARN OWL hunting at 7.25pm with another owl seen briefly (possibly Short-eared Owl) (Harrier Field), 2 BRAMBLINGS (♂+♀) 7.35am-7.45am at least (just south of C.Farmhouse), STONECHAT still (R.Bottom), 4 LESSER REDPOLLS flew over (2 C.Farm, 2 B.Woods), 3+ SISKINS flew over (2+ C.Farm, 1+ B.Woods), SWALLOW (C.Farm), 18+ SKYLARKS (15+ C.Farm, 3 flew over B.Woods), GREY HERON flew over (C.Farm), 4 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Broadfield, 1 R.Bottom, 1 Tawny Wood, 1 The Scrub), 16+ MEADOW PIPITS (15+ C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 3+ LITTLE OWLS (C.Farm), 5 COMMON BUZZARDS (3 C.Farm, 2 B.Woods*), 2 SPARROWHAWKS (♂+♀) (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), 4 TREECREEPERS (1 Pages Acre, 1 near Tawny Wood, 1 by Piddly Pond, 1 The Scrub), 6 GOLDCRESTS (1 by Tawny Wood, 2 Ruffett Wood, 1 near Piddly Pond, 2 The Scrub), 2+ ROOKS (1 C.Farm, 1+ B.Woods*), 9 PHEASANTS (Broadfield), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), 2 NUTHATCHES (The Scrub), 3 BULLFINCHES (1 Legal & General, 2 The Scrub), 2 COAL TITS (1 Pages Acre, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane), 6+ LONG-TAILED TITS (2+ Ruffett Wood, 3+ The Scrub, 1+ Hither Field), 3 SONG THRUSHES (1 C.Farmhouse, 2 The Scrub), 3 ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew over (C.Farm), 6+ GREEN WOODPECKERS (4+ C.Farm, 2+ The Scrub/Woodpecker Meadow), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 Death Pit, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), 30 STOCK DOVES (Buzzard Field), 8+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (6+ C.Farm, 2+ B.Woods) (Butterflies: 3 Red Admirals (C.Farm)) - DKC/IJ et al
♀ COMMON REDSTART (by top of Slangs) - KS
♂ BRAMBLING (R.Bottom), LAPWING flew NE at 1.20pm (Broadfield), 3 SISKINS flew SW at 2.00pm (Infront George Field), STONECHAT (R.Bottom) (see Gallery), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 R.R.Cottages, 1 The Scrub), ROOK (Legal & General), 4 GOLDCRESTS (3 near Piddly Pond, 1 The Scrub), 3 COMMON BUZZARDS (C.Farm) (see Gallery), LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), TREECREEPER (edge of B.Woods/Perrotts by Wood), 10+ LONG-TAILED TITS (edge of B.Woods/Perrotts by Wood), COMMON GULL (Legal & General), 2 PIED WAGTAILS (Perrotts Farmhouse), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODEPCKERS (C.Farm), 5 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 Stoney Nob, 2 The Scrub, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), 60+ STOCK DOVES (C.Farm) - MSt

Friday 5th

7.30am-12.50pm: BRAMBLING with c40 CHAFFINCHES (mobile flock in fields within 200yds of C.Farmhouse, last seen in NE corner of Bunting Field at 9.59am) (see Gallery), STONECHAT (R.Bottom), ♂ BLACKCAP (C.Farmhouse then in hedge between Bunting Field & Quail Field), SISKIN flew over (C.Farm), 15+ MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 3 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 60+ HOUSE MARTINS (50+ C.Farm, 10+ B.Woods), 15+ SWALLOWS (C.Farm), LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), ♂ PHEASANT (Broadfield), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 1st-winter ♂ KESTREL (C.Farm), MISTLE THRUSH (Can Hatch Field), 6 COLLARED DOVE (C.Residential), 50+ LINNETS (C.Farm), GOLDFINCH (C.Farm), GREEN WOODPECKER (C.Farm) - DKC
STONECHAT (R.Bottom), 6 CANADA GEESE (Broadfield then flew south), 2 MEADOW PIPITS, 3 SKYLARKS (Skylark Field), c50 LINNETS (C.Farm), 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Stoney Nob) - NS
SKYLARK (Reads Bottom), 16 HOUSE MARTINS, c30 LINNETS (Infront George Field), GREEN WOODPECKER (Tart's Field), KESTREL (Railway Field), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Legal & General) (Butterflies: Large White (Legal & General), Speckled Wood (Legal & General)) - RJ/DSk

Thursday 4th

♂ BRAMBLING at c8.50am with c40 CHAFFINCHES (NE corner of Heathside Field), STONECHAT still (R.Bottom), GREY HERON flew north (Heathside Field), 5 SKYLARKS, 5 SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 2 ad COMMON GULLS (Tart's Field), 2 MISTLE THRUSHES, 12 LINNETS (C.Farm), COLLARED DOVE, 5 GOLDFINCHES - AD
1.20pm-6.35pm: RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE still (SW corner of Broadfield), STONECHAT still (R.Bottom), c15 CANADA GEESE (C.Farm*), CORMORANT flew west (C.Farm), 5+ PHEASANTS (1+ ♂ Poultry Field/Perrotts by Wood, 4 ♀/juvs Lunch Banks), 10+ MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), 10+ SWALLOWS through (C.Farm), 30+ HOUSE MARTINS through (26+ C.Farm, 4+ B.Woods), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm then B.Woods), KESTREL (Bunting Field (caught vole)), 2 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (R.Bottom), 2 MISTLE THRUSHES (Poultry Field), 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 Stoney Nob, 1 Copt Hill Lane), 30+ LINNETS (C.Farm), NUTHATCH (B.Woods), COLLARED DOVE (C.Farm), GREEN WOODPECKER (C.Farm), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 2 STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), 4+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) - DKC

Wednesday 3rd

STONECHAT (R.Bottom) - IJ
STONECHAT (R.Bottom), PEREGRINE (over Lunch Wood), 2 SISKINS flew over (C.Farmhouse), GREY HERON flew over (C.Farm), 16+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), 400+ HOUSE MARTINS (C.Farm inc c10 that also flew over B.Woods), 100+ SWALLOWS (C.Farm inc 5+ that also flew over B.Woods), 2+ LITTLE OWLS (1+ C.Farm, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane), 2+ ROOKS (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), 2 KESTRELS (C.Farm), 2 SPARROWHAWKS (C.Farm), 4+ MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 3 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 3+ PIED WAGTAILS (C.Farm), MISTLE THRUSH (C.Farm), 2 GOLDCRESTS (B.Woods near R.R.Lane), 2 COLLARED DOVES (C.Farm), GREEN WOODPECKER (C.Farm), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farm), c4 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) - DKC/RDW

Tuesday 2nd

(all C.Farm) 2 ROOKS, 10 SWALLOWS, 11 HOUSE MARTINS, KESTREL, c30 LINNETS, 3 STOCK DOVES - NS
25+ SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 3 SKYLARKS (C.Farm), MEADOW PIPIT (C.Farm), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (B.Woods), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), ad COMMON GULL (C.Farm), ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (C.Farm), 2 COLLARED DOVES (C.Farm), 25+ LINNETS (C.Farm), ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET (C.Farm) - DKC

Monday 1st

(videos by CA of Whinchat & Wheatear from 03/09/2012, & photos by DKC of Hobbies (19/09/2012 & 28/09/2012), Reed Bunting (28/09/2012) & Stonechat (28/09/2012) added to Gallery)
Late afternoon/evening: (all C.Farm) STONECHAT (near Watchpoint), MEADOW PIPIT, 4 LITTLE OWLS, SPARROWHAWK, KESTREL, 2 SWALLOWS, 20+ HOUSE MARTINS, PHEASANT, ROOK, ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, LINNET - DKC/JB

September 2012

7.20am-12.45pm: 3 CORMORANTS flew WNW at 8.34am (C.Farm), 600+ HOUSE MARTINS flew through (mainly C.Farm - c50 also over B.Woods), 60+ SWALLOWS flew through (mainly C.Farm - 5+ also over B.Woods), GREY HERON (C.Farm*), COMMON BUZZARD (Tawny Wood), 2+ SPARROWHAWKS (C.Farm - 1 also flew over B.Woods), 7 ROOKS (C.Farm), 12+ MISTLE THRUSHES (Tart's Field), 2+ CHIFFCHAFFS (1 by C.Farmhouse, 1+ by Green Belt Field), 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 east side of Horse Pasture, 1 C.Farmyard), 15+ MEADOW PIPITS (mainly C.Farm - 1 also flew over B.Woods), BULLFINCH (Pages Acre), 10+ SKYLARKS (C.Farm), SONG THRUSH (by Green Belt Field), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), 80+ LINNETS (C.Farm), GOLDCREST (Ruffett Wood), 2 NUTHATCHES (1 by Green Belt Field, 1 Ruffett Wood), ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (C.Farm), 3+ COMMON GULLS (C.Farm), c15 STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), GREEN WOODPECKER (C.Farm), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 2+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) - DKC

Saturday 29th

7.15am-6.45pm: ♀ REED BUNTING at 7.58am only (hedge bordering Bunting Field/Quail Field), 3+ LESSER REDPOLLS flew over (C.Farm), 2 SISKINS flew over (C.Farm), CORMORANT flew over (C.Farm), 3 CANADA GEESE flew low WNW at 6.41pm (C.Farm), 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 C.Farmyard, 1 C.Farm or B.Woods near Perrotts Farmhouse), CHIFFCHAFF (C.Farmyard), 30+ HOUSE MARTINS (C.Farm), 50+ SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 5 SKYLARKS, 10+ MEADOW PIPITS, 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (B.Woods (1*)), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), 2 BULLFINCHES (The Scrub), 2+ MISTLE THRUSHES (C.Farm), 1+ PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (C.Farm), 2 COMMON GULLS (C.Farm), 3+ TREECREEPERS (B.Woods), 4+ GOLDCRESTS (B.Woods), YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), 2 COAL TITS (B.Woods), c13 LONG-TAILED TITS (B.Woods), 3 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 2+ COLLARED DOVES (C.Farm), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), GOLDFINCH (C.Farm), 4+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (2+ C.Farm, 2+ Rest Copse) (Butterflies: Comma (The Scrub), Speckled Wood (B.Woods), 2 Red Admirals (C.Farm)) - DKC/RDW/IGM et al
11.15am-1.30pm: (all C.Farm) SISKIN flew over (Bog Field), MEADOW PIPIT, 2 SKYLARKS (Bunting Field), 1+ ROOK (C.Wood), 3 PIED WAGTAILS, 2 SWALLOWS, 2 GOLDCRESTS (Heathside Field), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Broadfield, 1 Heathside Field), 2 COLLARED DOVES (Heathside Field), COMMON BUZZARD (Broadfield), 2♀ KESTRELS (1 Quail Field, 1 Bunting Field), 50+ LINNETS (Quail Field), YELLOWHAMMER (Broadfield), (Butterflies: Comma (Quail Field), 5 Red Admirals, Small White (Heathside Field)) - IPW
c20 SWALLOWS (B.Woods), 6 COMMON BUZZARDS (B.Woods), 3 KESTRELS (B.Woods), c80 LINNETS (Quail Field) - SG

Friday 28th

7.20am-12.20pm: ♀ REED BUNTING at 8.51am only (C.Farmyard) (found by DKC), ♀ STONECHAT (R.Bottom) (found by DW), juv HOBBY (on ground in Heathside Field then flew off), 3+ CORMORANTS flew over, , 300+ HOUSE MARTINS through south, 60+ SWALLOWS through south, COMMON BUZZARD, 2 SPARROWHAWKS, KESTREL, 3 ROOKS (Broadfield), 4+ SKYLARKS, 15+ MEADOW PIPITS (mainly in Infront George Field & Skylark Field), 10 PIED WAGTAILS (Skylark Field), 3 MISTLE THRUSHES, ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (Quail Field), 2+ COMMON GULLS, SONG THRUSH, 40+ LINNETS, 3+ COLLARED DOVES, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, STOCK DOVE, 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Butterflies: Red Admiral (Stoney Nob)) - DKC/PGo/DW
Late afternoon: ♀ STONECHAT still (R.Bottom) - IJ

Thursday 27th

(all C.Farm) LESSER REDPOLL flew over, SISKIN flew over, 100+ SWALLOWS, 10+ HOUSE MARTINS, 5+ MEADOW PIPITS, 6+ PIED WAGTAILS, 2 ROOKS, COMMON BUZZARD, SPARROWHAWK, 4+ COMMON GULLS, 2+ LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, CHIFFCHAFF (Pages Acre), 8 LINNETS, 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 Copt Hill Lane, 1 C.Farmyard), YELLOWHAMMER, 10+ PHEASANTS (Buzzard Field), TREECREEPER (Pages Acre), GREEN WOODPECKER, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, GREENFINCH, 2+ GOLDFINCHES, 20+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Butterflies: Red Admiral) - DKC/IJ

Wednesday 26th

7.05am-7.45am & 1.00pm-5.00pm: (all C.Farm) RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE still (Infront George Field), SAND MARTIN flew south, 3 YELLOW WAGTAILS flew over, MALLARD flew over, 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (1*), 400+ SWALLOWS, 50+ HOUSE MARTINS, 6 SKYLARKS, 2+ MEADOW PIPITS, 2 MISTLE THRUSHES, 2 ROOKS, PIED WAGTAIL, KESTREL, SPARROWHAWK, 2+ COMMON GULLS, 4 LITTLE OWLS, CHIFFCHAFF (Stoney Nob), LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, 5+ LINNETS, 2 COLLARED DOVES, GREEN WOODPECKER, 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, c5 STOCK DOVES - RDW/DKC/IJ

Tuesday 25th

1.35pm: 4 REDWINGS flew over (C.Farm) - GB
(all C.Farm) WHEATEAR (Bog Field), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Wood Lane, 1 Stoney Nob), COMMON BUZZARD, 2 KESTRELS, 15+ HOUSE MARTINS, 30+ SWALLOWS, 2+ MEADOW PIPITS, 4+ LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, COAL TIT (Circle Field), 3+ COMMON GULLS, ♂ PHEASANT, 2 YELLOWHAMMERS, LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), 2+ COLLARED DOVES, 14 STOCK DOVES, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 3 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Butterflies: Red Admiral) - DKC

Monday 24th

6.45am-9.10am & 11.00am-1.10pm & 4.20pm-7.10pm: YELLOW WAGTAIL flew south at 8.15am (C.Farm), 10+ MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), GREY HERON flew over (B.Woods), LITTLE OWL (C.Farmyard), HOUSE MARTIN flew over (C.Farm), 30+ SWALLOWS through (C.Farm), 6+ COMMON GULLS (C.Farm), 3+ ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (C.Farm), 2+ ROOKS (C.Farm), 2 SPARROWHAWKS (C.Farm), 4 PHEASANTS (♂+3♀) (Broadfield), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Copt Hill Lane, 1 Tattenham Meadow), YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), 20+ LINNETS (C.Farm), c10 STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), GREEN WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 25+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) - DKC/RDW
20+ ROOKS flew over (Slangs) - IGM
2+ ROOKS, 3 HOUSE MARTINS, ♀ KESTREL, COMMON GULL, c50 SWALLOWS, c30 LINNETS - AD

Sunday 23rd

6.50am-5.10pm: (all C.Farm) 7 CURLEWS 10.35am-10.44am (arrived from NE, landed in Quail Field then moved to Heathside Field before flying off south) (found by IJ) (see Gallery), 2 YELLOW WAGTAILS flew south (1 at 7.02am, 1 at 7.23am), HOBBY flew over, 6 MALLARDS flew over, 25+ MEADOW PIPITS, 12 MISTLE THRUSHES flew over, SKYLARK, 75+ HOUSE MARTINS through, 250+ SWALLOWS through, SPARROWHAWK, KESTREL, COMMON BUZZARD, 3+ COMMON GULLS (2 ads & 1 1st-winter), 6+ LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, 5 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Bunting Field, 1 Circle Field), YELLOWHAMMER, LINNET, 5+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Circle Field), 4 COLLARED DOVES, STOCK DOVE, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 3 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC/RDW/IJ/JB/IGM/CA et al
2 FIELDFARES (near Perrotts Farmhouse) - JH

Saturday 22nd

7.20am-7.20pm: RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE still (Broadfield), YELLOW WAGTAIL flew over (C.Farm), 10+ MEADOW PIPITS (5+ C.Farm, 5 B.Woods), c13 COMMON BUZZARDS (8 C.Farm (inc flock of 6), c5 B.Woods), 2 SPARROWHAWKS (B.Woods), 2 KESTRELS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 4 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 2 BULLFINCHES (♀ & juv) (by Piddly Pond), 2 TREECREEPERS (1 Pages Acre, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane), c20 SWALLOWS (C.Farm then 6 of which over B.Woods), 5 LITTLE OWLS (C.Farm), 6 CHIFFCHAFFS (2 Legal & General, 1 near R.R.Cottages, 1 Chipstead Meadow, 2 B.Woods (1 singing)), ROOK (Broadfield), 3+ LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (C.Farm), 3+ COMMON GULLS (C.Farm), 2 GOLDCRESTS (1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane (singing), 1 just NW of The Scrub), 4♀ PHEASANTS (3 Broadfield, 1 Tart's Field), COAL TIT (just NW of The Scrub), 2 SONG THRUSHES (1 C.Farmyard, 1 Circle Field), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (R.Bottom), 3 NUTHATCHES (1 by Piddly Pond, 1 just NW of The Scrub, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), 2 GREENFINCHES (♂+♀) (Legal & General), 5+ GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub, 2+ Woodpecker Meadow), 1+ GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 3+ STOCK DOVES (2+ C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), c5 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) (Butterflies: 4+ Red Admirals (3+ C.Farm, 1+ B.Woods), Speckled Wood (B.Woods), Comma (C.Farm), 4 Meadow Browns (Woodpecker Meadow), 3 Small Whites (C.Farm)) - GUIDED WALK & participants' sightings before & after

Friday 21st

12.18pm: HOBBY attacking flock of c60 LINNETS (Infront George Field) - NS
7.20am-12.35pm: (all C.Farm) SISKIN flew over, 16 MISTLE THRUSHES flew south in single flock, SKYLARK, 5 MEADOW PIPITS, 5+ HOUSE MARTINS, 12+ SWALLOWS, 2+ COMMON GULLS, GREY HERON*, 4+ ROOKS, 2 SPARROWHAWKS, 2+ KESTRELS, TREECREEPER (Lambert's Shaw), SONG THRUSH, 2 LITTLE OWLS, 3+ COLLARED DOVES, 3 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 C.Farmyard, 1 Chipstead Meadow (singing), 1 Circle Field), c55 STOCK DOVES, 3 NUTHATCHES (1 Death Pit, 1 Pages Acre, 1 Tawny Wood), 40+ LINNETS, 4 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, 6+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Butterflies: 2 Red Admirals) - DKC
11.50am-1.10pm: (all C.Farm) 4 SWALLOWS, 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Pheasant Field, 1 Legal & General), LITTLE OWL (Death Pit), NUTHATCH (Tawny Wood), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 Pheasant Field, 1 Buzzard Field), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Ruffett Wood), COLLARED DOVE (C.Residential), STOCK DOVE (Green Belt Field), 11 LINNETS (Poultry Field), 80+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Tart's Field), 7 HERRING GULLS (Tart's Field), 3 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Butterflies: Small Tortoiseshell (Buzzard Field), 2 Red Admirals (1 Pipit Meadow, 1 Poultry Field)) - IPW/SJW

Thursday 20th

1.40pm-6.40pm: 500+ HOUSE MARTINS flew through mostly 2.15pm-3.30pm (mainly C.Farm but also over B.Woods), 6 ROOKS (C.Farm then 2 flew over B.Woods), 2 SPARROWHAWKS (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), SWALLOW (C.Farm), 1+ MISTLE THRUSH (C.Farm), 5 MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), 9 ♀/juv PHEASANTS (8 flew from Broadfield to Lunch Banks, 1 Broadfield), 8 LONG-TAILED TITS (Perrotts by Wood/B.Woods), c25 LINNETS (C.Farm), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane, 1 B.Woods Short Route), 2 GOLDCRESTS (B.Woods north of estate), 2 NUTHATCHES (1 B.Woods Short Route, 1 Holly Lane Meadow), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (B.Woods), 15+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm then 2 flew over B.Woods) - DKC/GB

Wednesday 19th

7.10am-7.50am & c1.00pm-c7.00pm: (all C.Farm) 2 juv HOBBIES c2.55pm-c5.45pm (flying around Broadfield then perched at Death Pit), 5+ MEADOW PIPITS, 2 COMMON GULLS (juv Tart's Field, adult Skylark Field), GREY HERON (on roof C.Lane), 6 SWALLOWS, juv KESTREL, SPARROWHAWK, COMMON BUZZARD, 6 MISTLE THRUSHES flew over (Quail Field), LITTLE OWL (north end of Broadfield), ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (Quail Field), YELLOWHAMMER, LINNET, 15 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Butterflies: Red Admiral) - DKC/CA
(11.10am-12.45pm: (all C.Farm) WHEATEAR (Bog Field), 5 SWALLOWS (Broadfield), CHIFFCHAFF (Legal & General), 4 MEADOW PIPITS (2 Legal & General, 1 Stoney Nob, 1 Broadfield), COMMON BUZZARD (over Stoney Nob), 2♀ KESTRELS (1 Legal & General, 1 Steep Banks), LITTLE OWL (near C.Farmhouse), 4 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 4 YELLOWHAMMERS (2 Slangs, 2 Broadfield), STOCK DOVE (Lunch Banks), 8 LINNETS (7 R.Bottom, 1 Skylark Field), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 Legal & General, 1 Lunch Wood), GREENFINCH (Legal & General), GOLDFINCH (Legal & General), c60 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Tart's Field), 11 HERRING GULLS (in fields) (Butterflies: 2 Red Admirals (Infront George Field), Small White (Lunch Banks), Large White (Copt Hill Lane), Meadow Brown (Railway Field), Speckled Wood (Lunch Banks) - IPW/SJW
(all C.Farm) WHEATEAR at 8.50am (Infront George Field), 2+ MEADOW PIPITS, 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (Slangs), 100+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS - IGM

Tuesday 18th

10.30am-12.00pm: (all C.Farm) 3 CROSSBILLS flew NW at 10.51am (Railway Field), 2 MEADOW PIPITS (1 Stoney Nob, 1 Infront George Field), HOUSE MARTIN flew south (Railway Field), BULLFINCH (Stoney Nob), 7 SWALLOWS (2 Railway Field, 5 Broadfield), LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (Tart's Field), COMMON BUZZARD (Lunch Wood), CHIFFCHAFF (Legal & General), 3 NUTHATCHES (1 Stoney Nob, 1 Lunch Wood, 1 K.Residential), GREENFINCH (Railway Field), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (R.Bottom), GREEN WOODPECKER (Stoney Nob), 56+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS (c51 Tart's Field, 2 Broadfield, 3 Quail Field), 2 HERRING GULLS (Tart's Field) (possible male Reed Bunting at 11.15am (flew from Infront George Field to Lunch Banks)) (Butterflies: Small Tortoiseshell (Lunch Banks), Meadow Brown (Lunch Banks)) - IPW/SJW
7.10am-7.55am & 4.10pm-5.45pm: SISKIN flew over, GREY HERON (Quail Field), 2 MEADOW PIPITS, ♂ PHEASANT (Broadfield), BULLFINCH (Stoney Nob/Railway Field), adult COMMON GULL (Tart's Field), 7 LINNETS, YELLOWHAMMER, COLLARED DOVE, 6+ STOCK DOVES (Butterflies: Red Admiral) - DKC

Monday 17th

7.15am-8.30am: adult COMMON GULL (Infront George Field), adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (Infront George Field), 6 MEADOW PIPITS flew over, 10 SWALLOWS flew low south, GREENFINCH, 2 COLLARED DOVES, 6 LINNETS, ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET - DKC

Sunday 16th

7.20am-6.00pm: adult ♂ PEREGRINE 1.00pm-1.03pm (over Broadfield & landed in tree briefly then flew east), ad COMMON GULL (Skylark Field), 25+ MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 60+ HOUSE MARTINS flew through (C.Farm), 20+ SWALLOWS flew through (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), ♀ SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 2 ♀/juv KESTRELS (1 Lunch Banks, 1 Green Belt Field), ROOK (C.Farm), SKYLARK (C.Farm), 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 near C.Farmhouse, 1 Poultry Field/Pheasant Field), 2 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 1+ YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (1 Skylark Field, 1 flew over C.Farm), 3 PHEASANTS (C.Farm), 2 COAL TITS (1 C.Residential, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane), GOLDCREST (Legal & General), 3 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Tawny Wood, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane, 1 The Scrub), 5 NUTHATCHES (1 Pages Acre, 4 B.Woods), BULLFINCH (The Scrub), 3+ GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 1+ B.Woods), 5+ LONG-TAILED TITS (B.Woods near R.R.Lane), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 2 COLLARED DOVES (C.Farm), 6 STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), GREENFINCH (C.Farm), GOLDFINCH (by Perrotts Farmhouse), 20+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (10+ C.Farm, c10 Rest Copse) - DKC

Saturday 15th

7.15am-7.30pm: (all C.Farm) ♀ STONECHAT (north side of Heathside Field), SISKIN flew over (C.Farm), 50+ MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 120+ HOUSE MARTINS (C.Farm), 100+ SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 1+ GREY HERON flew over (C.Farm), 7+ MISTLE THRUSHES (C.Farm), 3 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), SKYLARK (Heathside Field), 1+ ad COMMON GULL (C.Farm), 2 SPARROWHAWKS (C.Farm), ♀/juv KESTREL (C.Farm), 4+ COMMON BUZZARDS (C.Farm), 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 east side of Horse Pasture, 1 Stoney Nob), NUTHATCH (Death Pit), COMMON WHITETHROAT (Broadfield), 22+ LINNETS (C.Farm), 5 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Infront George Field, 1 Lunch Wood (singing), 1 near C.Farmhouse, 2 The Scrub), BLACKCAP (The Scrub), 7 ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (1 Skylark Field, 6 flew over C.Farm), GREENFINCH (C.Farm), GREEN WOODPECKER (C.Farm), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 2+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), COLLARED DOVE (C.Farm), GOLDFINCH (C.Farm), 3+ STOCK DOVES (C.Farm), 5+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm); healthy numbers of BLACK-HEADED GULLS and HERRING GULLS, on the deck and flying over (Butterflies: Small Copper (The Scrub), Brown Argus (Pipit Meadow), Gatekeeper (Slangs), c5 Red Admirals (C.Farm), Brimstone (Lunch Wood), Comma (by C.Farmhouse), Small White (C.Farm), c5 Speckled Woods (C.Farm), 9+ Meadow Browns (1 Pipit Meadow, 8+ The Scrub)) - DKC/RDW/PGo et al
11.10am-12.20pm: 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Infront George Field, 1 Legal & General), GREENFINCH (Legal & General), GOLDFINCH (Railway Field) (Mammals: Weasel (Slangs). Butterflies: Small Tortoiseshell (R.Bottom), 2 Commas (1 Stoney Nob, 1 Broadfield), 4 Red Admirals (1 R.R.Cottages, 2 Broadfield, 1 Watchpoint), 4 Small Whites (2 Railway Field, 1 R.Bottom, 1 Broadfield), 6 Large Whites (2 Broadfield, 1 Quail Field, 2 Railway Field, 1 Slangs)) - IPW

Friday 14th

7.10am-12.20pm: RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Infront George Field), 5 MALLARDS (C.Farm*), 1st-winter COMMON GULL (Quail Field), 4+ MEADOW PIPITS flew over (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), 3 KESTRELS (♂+♀/juv C.Farm, ♂ Woodpecker Meadow), HOUSE MARTIN flew over (The Scrub), ROOK (C.Farm), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), 2 TREECREEPERS (1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane, 1 just NW of The Scrub), 2 GOLDCRESTS (B.Woods near R.R.Lane), 3 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (2 ads & juv) (Infront George Field), 3 SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 2 BULLFINCHES (1 Legal & General, 1 The Scrub), 5 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Legal & General, 1 Slangs, 2 The Scrub, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 5 NUTHATCHES (1 Lunch Wood, 4 B.Woods), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 4+ GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 Perrotts by Wood/B.Woods, 2+ The Scrub, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), 10+ LINNETS (C.Farm), c85 HERRING GULLS (Tart's Field & Infront George Field), 75+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Tart's Field & Infront George Field), STOCK DOVE (C.Farm), 6+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) (Butterflies: Speckled Wood (The Scrub), Red Admiral (The Scrub)) - DKC
Evening: RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Broadfield) - IGM
Late morning/early afternoon: (all C.Farm) 1st-winter COMMON GULL (Quail Field then Tart's Field), ♀ KESTREL, COMMON BUZZARD, SKYLARK (Tart's Field), c8 YELLOWHAMMERS (Harrier Field), c70 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Tart's Field), 7 STOCK DOVES (Bog Field), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 3 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - NS

Thursday 13th

10.30am-1.00pm: (all B.Woods) 4 BULLFINCHES (1 Valley Meadows, 1 Hither Field, 1 Fames Rough, 1 The Scrub), 8 CHIFFCHAFFS (B.Woods), 7+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Fames Rough), KESTREL (Woodpecker Meadow), GOLDCREST (by B.Woods car park (singing)), 3 BLACKCAPS (1 Steep Banks, 2 B.Woods), 3+ COAL TITS (Sheep Brow) (Butterflies: 2 Chalkhill Blues (Valley Meadows), Small Tortoiseshell (Hither Field), 2 Speckled Woods (Hither Field), 7+ Meadow Browns (Hither Field), Large White (Hither Field), 4 Small Whites (Valley Meadows), Small Heath (The Scrub), Comma (near B.Woods car park). Moths: Silver Y (Hither Field)) - IPW
(all C.Farm) juv COMMON GULL (Tart's Field), MEADOW PIPIT flew over, 8 SWALLOWS, MISTLE THRUSH (over R.Bottom), 3 LITTLE OWLS (1 Stoney Nob, 1 Lambert's Shaw, 1 near C.Farmhouse), KESTREL, 2 COLLARED DOVES, YELLOWHAMMER, GREEN WOODPECKER, 41 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Butterflies: 3+ Red Admirals) - DKC

Wednesday 12th

6.45am-8.20am & c1.30pm-5.50pm: (all C.Farm) YELLOW WAGTAIL flew over at 8.27am, WHEATEAR (barns behind R.R.Cottages then east side of Horse Pasture), SKYLARK (Heathside Field), 4+ MEADOW PIPITS, COMMON WHITETHROAT (by C.Farmhouse), ♀ BLACKCAP (Slangs), ROOK, LITTLE OWL, SPARROWHAWK, 2 KESTRELS, MISTLE THRUSH, PIED WAGTAIL, TREECREEPER (Slangs), 2 COAL TITS (1 by Pages Acre, 1 Slangs), 2 GOLDCRESTS (Slangs), 6+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Slangs), CHIFFCHAFF (Slangs), 2 BULLFINCHES (Slangs), 3 YELLOWHAMMERS, c50 BLACK-HEADED GULLS, 20+ HERRING GULLS, 12+ SWALLOWS, NUTHATCH (Pages Acre), 3♂ PHEASANTS, COLLARED DOVE, 2 GOLDFINCHES, LINNET, STOCK DOVE, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 10+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC

Tuesday 11th

♀ COMMON REDSTART (Slangs) - NS
3 short visits throughout day: ♀ COMMON REDSTART (Slangs/R.Bottom), 4 MEADOW PIPITS (C.Farm), 3 HOUSE MARTINS flew over (C.Farm), 1+ BLACKCAP (Slangs), COMMON WHITETHROAT (R.Bottom), 4+ ROOKS (C.Farm), LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (B.Woods), PIED WAGTAIL (C.Farm), 3 COLLARED DOVES (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (B.Woods), COAL TIT (B.Woods), 2 GOLDCRESTS (B.Woods), 2+ NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 2 KESTRELS (♀/juv C.Farm, ♂ Holly Lane Meadow), SWALLOW (C.Farm), 2 BULLFINCHES (Slangs), 2 PHEASANTS (♂ Broadfield, juv Lunch Banks), YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), GREEN WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 17+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) (Mammals: Weasel (R.Bottom)) - DKC
4.00pm-5.00pm: SPARROWHAWK (B.Woods), GOLDCREST (B.Woods car park), CHIFFCHAFF (Valley Meadows), 2 BULLFINCHES (Valley Meadows), 6+ ROOKS (Outwood Lane), 3 GREENFINCHES (Valley Meadows), 2 GOLDFINCHES (Valley Meadows), 3+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Valley Meadows) (Butterflies: Small Heath (Holly Lane Meadow), Speckled Wood (Holly Lane Meadow), Small Copper (Holly Lane Meadow), 10+ Meadow Browns (Valley Meadows)) - IPW

Monday 10th

6.20pm-8.00pm: 1st-winter ♂ COMMON REDSTART still in evening (east side of Infront George Field), RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE heard calling (Stoney Nob), WHEATEAR (Harrier Field), 2 LITTLE OWLS, KESTREL - DKC/JB
(all C.Farm) BLACKCAP (Slangs), COMMON BUZZARD, YELLOWHAMMER, KESTREL - IJ
6.50am-7.50am: COMMON WHITETHROAT (Watchpoint), KESTREL, 4 COLLARED DOVES, 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (Heathside Field), 90+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Heathside Field & Tart's Field), 30+ HERRING GULLS (Heathside Field & Tart's Field), STOCK DOVE, LINNET, 6+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Butterflies: Speckled Wood) - DKC

Sunday 9th

8.20am: 3 WHINCHATS (east side of Tart's Field) - JSi
From Banstead Countryside Day stall at Holly Lane Meadow: 2 HOBBIES, 2 CANADA GEESE, 2 COMMON BUZZARDS, c20 SWALLOWS - DKC et al
6.45am-8.40am: (all C.Farm) RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Stoney Nob), WHEATEAR (Harrier Field), 2 SKYLARKS, PIED WAGTAIL, LITTLE OWL, 2 CHIFFCHAFFS, ROOK, TREECREEPER (Lunch Wood), 3 LINNETS, ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, GREEN WOODPECKER, 2+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC
c15 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), BULLFINCH (Legal & General), COMMON BUZZARD (over Broadfield) (Butterflies: several Speckled Woods) - IGM

Saturday 8th

(all C.Farm) 1st-winter ♂ COMMON REDSTART (Stoney Nob), HOBBY, 2 SWALLOWS, CHIFFCHAFF, ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over, 2 COMMON BUZZARDS*, 8+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS, KESTREL, LINNET, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER - DKC
RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Lunch Banks), MEADOW PIPIT (Bog Field), BULLFINCH (Slangs), BLACKCAP (Railway Field), ♂ PHEASANT (R.Bottom), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (1 over Lunch Wood, 1 over B.Woods), 4 SWALLOWS flew west (Heathside Field), imm ♂ KESTREL (Stoney Nob), COLLARED DOVE (C.Residential (singing)), 12 LINNETS (C.Farm), 2 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Tart's Field), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Heathside Field), GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 Stoney Nob, 1 Lunch Wood) (Butterflies: Small Tortoiseshell (Legal & General), Meadow Brown (Legal & General), 3 Red Admirals (2 Heathside Field, 1 Railway Field), 3 Small Heaths (2 Quail Field, 1 Railway Field), 40+ Small Whites, Brimstone (C.Farm), 4 Speckled Woods (1 Heathside Field, 2 Slangs, 1 Watchpoint)) - IPW
CHIFFCHAFF (Fames Rough (singing)), 12 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General) (Butterflies: Brown Argus (Fames Rough), Common Blue (Fames Rough), Gatekeepers & Meadow Browns (Fames Rough). Odonata: 2 Southern Hawkers (Piddly Pond)) - IGM

Friday 7th

6.20am-7.55am: (all C.Farm) WHINCHAT, MEADOW PIPIT, ROOK, COMMON WHITETHROAT, LITTLE OWL, 2 CHIFFCHAFFS, YELLOWHAMMER, LINNET, BLACK-HEADED GULL, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, GOLDFINCH, 13 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC
1.10pm: ♂ WHEATEAR (Broadfield) - NS
8.30am: 3 SWALLOWS flew SW (Kingswood Residential) - IJ

Thursday 6th

Late morning/early afternoon: (all C.Farm) ♀/juv COMMON REDSTART (Slangs), 3+ ROOKS, ♀ PHEASANT, 20+ PIED WAGTAILS, 3+ BLACKCAPS, 5+ CHIFFCHAFFS, 2+ GOLDCRESTS, 2+ NUTHATCHES, TREECREEPER, SPARROWHAWK, KESTREL, 4+ BULLFINCHES, ♀ YELLOWHAMMER, 8+ SWALLOWS, 2 HOUSE MARTINS, 4 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, 2 BLACK-HEADED GULLS - IS
Evening: (all C.Farm) ♀/juv COMMON REDSTART (Slangs), WHEATEAR (Infront George Field), BULLFINCH (Slangs), KESTREL - IJ
Evening: (all C.Farm) ♀/juv COMMON REDSTART (Slangs), GREY HERON circling (Broadfield), TAWNY OWL - IGM
Early morning: (all C.Farm) YELLOW WAGTAIL flew over, 5 MEADOW PIPITS, 2+ ROOKS, 3 LINNETS, YELLOWHAMMER, 3 COLLARED DOVES, 2 BLACK-HEADED GULLS, GREEN WOODPECKER, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 5+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS - DKC

Wednesday 5th

11.50am: ♀/juv COMMON REDSTART (Slangs) - MSe
Late afternoon/early evening: (all C.Farm) RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Broadfield), 2 LAPWINGS (Harrier Field), WHINCHAT (Heathside Field), MEADOW PIPIT, SPARROWHAWK, PIED WAGTAIL, ROOK, 2 LITTLE OWLS, COLLARED DOVE, CHIFFCHAFF, COMMON WHITETHROAT, GREEN WOODPECKER, SONG THRUSH, BLACK-HEADED GULL - DKC et al

Tuesday 4th

6.45am-6.30pm: ♀/juv COMMON REDSTART (Slangs), TREE PIPIT (dropped into Quail Field), LESSER WHITETHROAT (Slangs), 3+ CROSSBILLS (1+ flew over B.Woods near R.R.Lane, 3 flew over The Scrub at 5.37pm (see Gallery)), 6 WHINCHATS (4 east side of Horse Pasture, 2 Hither Field), WHEATEAR (R.Bottom) (see Gallery), HOBBY at c6.05pm (over Fames Rough then Woodpecker Meadow & Hither Field), 7 CANADA GEESE flew over twice (C.Farm), WILLOW WARBLER (The Scrub), 7 ROOKS (6 around Broadfield, 1 B.Woods*), 9+ PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (C.Farm (1*)), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 2 KESTRELS (1 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 3 BULLFINCHES (1 Legal & General, 2 The Scrub), 2 BLACKCAPS (1 near C.Farmhouse, 1 The Scrub), 3 COMMON WHITETHROATS (1 near C.Farmhouse, 1 Slangs, 1 The Scrub), c11 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (C.Farm), SWALLOW (C.Farm), 2 PHEASANTS (C.Farm), 2+ LITTLE OWLS (1+ C.Farm, 1 C.Farm or B.Woods near R.R.Lane), 5+ CHIFFCHAFFS (2+ C.Farm, 3+ The Scrub), 22+ LINNETS (20+ C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 2+ COLLARED DOVES (C.Farm), 4+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (by Piddly Pond), c10 LONG-TAILED TITS (The Scrub), 2 COAL TITS (The Scrub), GOLDCREST (between Piddly Pond & The Scrub), 4 NUTHATCHES (1 Lunch Wood, 1 by Piddly Pond, 2 The Scrub), c21 STOCK DOVES (c20 Broadfield, 1 B.Woods), 4 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), 3 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), 2 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 20+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (3+ C.Farm, 17+ Rest Copse) (Odonata: Southern Hawker (Piddly Pond). Butterflies: Gatekeeper (R.R.Lane), Speckled Wood (The Scrub), Small White (C.Farm), Meadow Brown (The Scrub)) - DKC/MSt/RD/PG et al
(Butterflies: Painted Lady (Perrotts by Wood). Odonata: 2 Emperors (Piddly Pond), c6 Common Darters (Piddly Pond)) - NS

Monday 3rd

(new photographs from recent days added to Gallery)
(all by R.R.Cottages) SPOTTED FLYCATCHER, 2 WHINCHATS, 2 WHEATEARS - CA
(all C.Farm) COMMON REDSTART (seen too briefly to be identified to sex/age but looked different to yesterday's ♂ and was likely a 1st-winter ♂) (Slangs), RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Broadfield), 2 WHINCHATS (by R.R.Cottages), 3 WHEATEARS (2 by R.R.Cottages, 1 east side of Horse Pasture), 7 MEADOW PIPITS flew over (C.Farm), 2 WILLOW WARBLERS (Circle Field), 3 HOUSE MARTINS, 2♀ PHEASANTS (Broadfield), 4+ SWALLOWS, SPARROWHAWK, 2 COMMON BUZZARDS, KESTREL, COMMON WHITETHROAT (Slangs), 3 BLACKCAPS (♀ near C.Farmhouse, 2 Lambert's Shaw), 25 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 2 COLLARED DOVES, 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Legal & General, 1 Slangs), TREECREEPER (C.Wood), 3 NUTHATCHES (1 C.Wood, 1 Circle Field, 1 Pages Acre), 2 COAL TITS (Pages Acre), 3+ YELLOWHAMMERS (inc juv Slangs), 3+ GOLDCRESTS (1+ juv) (Pages Acre), 6+ LONG-TAILED TITS (2+ Circle Field, 4+ Pages Acre), BLACK-HEADED GULL, 10+ LINNETS, GREEN WOODPECKER, 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET (Odonata: Migrant Hawker (Circle Field). Butterflies: 2 Speckled Woods (Circle Field)) - DKC/JB/CA et al

Sunday 2nd

6.00am-7.30pm: BAR-TAILED GODWIT flew NE at 9.44am (Heathside Field) (see Gallery), GREY WAGTAIL flew SE at 9.10am (C.Farmhouse), 2 TREE PIPITS flew over at 2.00pm (C.Farmhouse), 2 COMMON REDSTARTS (♂ Slangs & ♀ by Perrotts Farmhouse), RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Broadfield), 1st-winter WHINCHAT (Horse Pasture), c12 SAND MARTINS flew SW at 11.46am (C.Farm), 2 YELLOW WAGTAILS flew over (C.Farm), 7 CANADA GEESE c10.30am-11.19am then flew off (Broadfield), MEADOW PIPIT flew over (C.Farm), CORMORANT flew over (C.Farm), 2 GREY HERONS flew over (C.Farm), c4 ROOKS (c3 Broadfield, 1 B.Woods), 2+ HOUSE MARTINS flew over (C.Farm), 2 WILLOW WARBLERS (The Scrub), 7+ SWALLOWS (5+ C.Farm, 2 over The Scrub), 3 LITTLE OWLS (2 Stoney Nob, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), 29 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm - took a House Sparrow), 2+ BLACKCAPS (1 Legal & General, 1+ The Scrub), 5 COMMON WHITETHROATS (2 near R.R.Lane, 1 Poultry Field, 2 The Scrub), 2 KESTRELS (♂+♀) (C.Farm), 5+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS (C.Farm), 4 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew over (C.Farm), 3+ LONG-TAILED TITS (1+ Heathside Field, 2+ The Scrub), COAL TIT (Heathside Field), 4 TREECREEPERS (1 Lunch Wood, 1 Pages Acre, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane, 1 The Scrub), NUTHATCH (The Scrub), BULLFINCH (The Scrub), GOLDCREST (Heathside Field), 2+ PHEASANTS (C.Farm), 2 GREENFINCHES (C.Farm), 5+ COLLARED DOVES (C.Farm), 28+ LINNETS (27+ C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 2+ STOCK DOVES (1+ C.Farm, 1 B.Woods to C.Farm), SONG THRUSH (near C.Farmhouse), several GOLDFINCHES (Legal & General), 8+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm), 4+ GREEN WOODPECKERS (2+ C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), 4 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 2 B.Woods) (59 species recorded) (Butterflies: Small Tortoiseshell (Poultry Field), Speckled Wood (Watchpoint), Small White (Circle Field)) - DKC/PW/IJ/IPW/SG/RDW/PGo/IGM/JB et al

Saturday 1st

♂ COMMON REDSTART (Slangs) - JS
(all C.Farm) 2 SPOTTED FLYCATCHERS (1 at south end of Legal & General playing field 12.45pm-1.45pm at least, 1 in holly bush at west side of Broadfield 6.50pm-7.25pm at least) (see Gallery), ♂ COMMON REDSTART (Slangs) (same as above), 7 CANADA GEESE flew east at 9.36am, MEADOW PIPIT, ♀ BLACKCAP (by barns behind C.Farmhouse), COMMON BUZZARD, 1+ GREY HERON flew over (1 over C.Farm then poss same over B.Woods then C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK, 2 KESTRELS (♂+♀), 2 PHEASANTS, 2 COMMON WHITETHROATS, 3+ LITTLE OWLS, 20 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 3 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Copt Hill Lane, 1 Pages Acre, 1 Ruffett Wood), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS, SWALLOW, 4 LINNETS, 2+ COLLARED DOVES, STOCK DOVE, 4 BLACK-HEADED GULLS, 15+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS, 7+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Pages Acre), TREECREEPER (Pages Acre), 2 GREENFINCHES (Legal & General), 10+ GOLDFINCHES (Legal & General), GREEN WOODPECKER, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER - DKC/JB et al
WHEATEAR (on wires by R.R.Lane) - AD
ROOK (over Lunch Banks), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (Legal & General), LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob/Infront George Field), BULLFINCH (Stoney Nob), 10 LONG-TAILED TITS (Legal & General/Copt Hill Lane), 2 GREENFINCHES (Legal & General), imm ♂ KESTREL (Railway Field/Legal & General) (Butterflies: Meadow Brown) - IPW
10 PHEASANTS (♀ with 9 chicks) (R.R.Lane) - via DKC

August 2012

ROMAN SNAILS - please report any suspicious behaviour relating to the taking of this protected species to the police and the Downlands Trust

Keep an eye on the Twitter feed on the right hand side and here for live bird news updates throughout the day. All sightings are appreciated and will be useful in the writing of the annual bird reports, please email your sightings to canonsfarmbirds@hotmail.co.uk. When submitting sightings, please try to match the format of this page as much as possible to make transfer as efficient as possible. See Map for locations mentioned here (some are old local names, some we have made up).
BOLD = rare for CFBW - BOLD & RED = first for CFBW.
* = bird flying past the recording area, viewed from it.

'C.Farm' is the general term for the area west of the marked red line on the Map, and 'B.Woods' is the general term for the area east of this line. More specific localities, also found on the map, are also included in these sightings.

Friday 31st

Late afternoon: ♀ COMMON REDSTART (C.Farm/B.Woods at end of R.R.Lane by Perrotts Farmhouse), COMMON WHITETHROAT (R.Bottom), TREE or MEADOW PIPIT (Stoney Nob) - PW
RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (SW corner of Broadfield), WHINCHAT (SW corner of Broadfield then Harrier Field), 4 HOUSE MARTINS (C.Farm), 8 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), COMMON BUZZARD (Steep Banks), 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 Stoney Nob, 1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane), ♂ KESTREL (C.Farm), GOLDCREST (just NW of The Scrub), 2 BULLFINCHES (1 Valley Meadows, 1 The Scrub), 3 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), PHEASANT (C.Farm), 2 SWALLOWS (C.Farm), YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), 2 COLLARED DOVES (C.Farm inc 1 by Perrotts Farmhouse), 4 LINNETS (C.Farm), 7 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Slangs, 6 B.Woods), 5 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (C.Farm), 24+ STOCK DOVES (1 C.Farm, flock of 23+ flew over Valley Meadows), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (B.Woods) (Butterflies: Small Heath (The Scrub), Speckled Wood (C.Farm), Meadow Browns (C.Farm & B.Woods)) - DKC/PW
Late-PM: WHINCHAT (Harrier Field) - JS

Thursday 30th

LESSER WHITETHROAT (Slangs), 1st-winter WHEATEAR (Skylark Field/Quail Field), ROOK (C.Farm), WILLOW WARBLER (The Scrub), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), 2 BULLFINCHES (Valley Meadows), COMMON WHITETHROAT (C.Farm), 6+ CHIFFCHAFFS (1 by C.Farmhouse, 5+ B.Woods), LITTLE OWL (barns near R.R.Cottages), 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods*), 12+ SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 2 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (1 Tart's Field, 1 flew over B.Woods), 2 KESTRELS (♂+♀) (C.Farm), 2 juv PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 2 STOCK DOVES (1 C.Farm, 1 Hither Field), 18+ LINNETS (C.Farm), 1+ YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), NUTHATCH (The Scrub), 5 GREEN WOODPECKERS (3 Legal & General, 2 The Scrub), 3 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 20+ GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 3 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) (Butterflies: Meadow Browns (B.Woods)) - DKC

Wednesday 29th

8.00am: SPOTTED FLYCATCHER (Woodpecker Meadow; mainly on west side of hedgerow, c30 yards south of gate to Hither Field) - AD
WILLOW WARBLER (by Lunch Wood), 1+ ROOK, 2 SWALLOWS, 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (1 juv), SPARROWHAWK, ♂ KESTREL, juv PIED WAGTAIL (Legal & General), 2♂ PHEASANTS, 3+ YELLOWHAMMERS (1 juv), 3 LINNETS, GREEN WOODPECKER, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Butterflies: Peacock (Lunch Wood), Speckled Wood (by Legal & General), Meadow Browns (Slangs). Amphibians: Common Frog (Slangs)) - DKC

Tuesday 28th

2 SPOTTED FLYCATCHERS 1.25pm-2.46pm at least (Woodpecker Meadow; mainly on west side of hedgerow, c30 yards south of gate to Hither Field) (see Gallery), 2 CROSSBILLS flew over (The Scrub), 2 ROOKS (1 Broadfield, 1 Hither Field), 2 WILLOW WARBLERS (1 by barns behind C.Farmhouse, 1 The Scrub), 5 HOUSE MARTINS (B.Woods), ♀ SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), KESTREL (Hither Field), 7+ COMMON BUZZARDS (B.Woods (4+*)), 4 BULLFINCHES (1 B.Woods just north of estate, 1 The Scrub, 2 juvs Slangs), SWALLOW (C.Farm), LITTLE OWL (Infront George Field), 2+ BLACKCAPS (The Scrub), 2 COMMON WHITETHROATS (1 C.Farm, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), BLACK-HEADED GULL (C.Farm), PHEASANT (C.Farm), 2 TREECREEPERS (B.Woods (1 singing)), c10 LONG-TAILED TITS (B.Woods), COAL TIT (B.Woods), 6 GOLDCRESTS (B.Woods), 7 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 7 CHIFFCHAFFS (B.Woods), COLLARED DOVE (C.Farm), 4+ LINNETS (2+ C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), 3 STOCK DOVES (2 C.Farm (1 singing), 1 B.Woods (singing)), SONG THRUSH (The Scrub), 5+ GREEN WOODPECKERS (B.Woods), 4+ GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 3+ B.Woods) (Odonata: Southern Hawker (Piddly Pond). Butterflies: Small Copper (The Scrub), Common Blue (Valley Meadows), Meadow Browns (B.Woods), Red Admiral (B.Woods)) - DKC
SPOTTED FLYCATCHER still at c4.35pm (Woodpecker Meadow, west side of hedgerow, c30 yards south of gate to Hither Field) - NS
RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE still mid/late afternoon (flew from Broadfield to Perrotts by Wood) - IGM

Monday 27th

RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (SW corner of Broadfield), 2 SAND MARTINS flew SW (C.Farm), WHINCHAT (R.Bottom), 2 CORMORANTS flew over (C.Farm), 5+ COMMON SWIFTS flew south (C.Farm), 2 YELLOW WAGTAILS flew over (C.Farm), 6 ROOKS (C.Farm), GREY HERON flew over (C.Farm), 23+ HOUSE MARTINS flew through (C.Farm), WILLOW WARBLER (barns by C.Farmhouse), 30+ SWALLOWS flew through (mostly C.Farm, 1 through The Scrub), 4 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), ♀ SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew over (C.Farm), 2 PHEASANTS (♂ Infront George Field, juv Stoney Nob), 2 LITTLE OWLS (1 barns by C.Farmhouse, 1 Stoney Nob), 1+ CHIFFCHAFF (The Scrub (singing)), COMMON WHITETHROAT (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), BULLFINCH (The Scrub), 10+ LONG-TAILED TITS (The Scrub), 5 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (B.Woods), GOLDCREST (B.Woods), SONG THRUSH (The Scrub), 3 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), GREENFINCH (C.Farm), COLLARED DOVE (C.Farm), 2 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 2 (1 juv) The Scrub), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (The Scrub), LINNET (C.Farm), 15+ GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 3+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Rest Copse) (Mammals: 2 Weasels (R.Bottom). Butterflies: Small Heath (The Scrub), Speckled Wood (C.Farm), Gatekeeper (C.Farm), Meadow Brown (C.Farm)) - DKC/RDW/SG/PGo/IJ et al
7 PIED WAGTAILS (3 juvs) (Legal & General), imm ♂ KESTREL (Legal & General), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (Legal & General), 3 PHEASANTS, (2♂+1♀) (Poultry Field), 4 LINNETS, 12 GOLDFINCHES, GREEN WOODPECKER (Legal & General), 4 YELLOWHAMMERS, (1 Slangs, 1 Poultry Field, 2 flew from Canons Farmhouse to Bunting Field), 5 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (3 Broadfield, 2 C.Wood), 2 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Tart's Field), 2 COLLARED DOVES (C.Residential) - IPW

Sunday 26th

7.30am-7.00pm: 1st-winter ♂ COMMON REDSTART still showing on & off throughout the day (Slangs) (see Gallery), LESSER WHITETHROAT (The Scrub), WHINCHAT (north side of Horse Pasture), GREY HERON flew over (C.Farm), 2 WILLOW WARBLERS (1 Green Belt Field/B.Woods, 1 The Scrub), BLACKCAP (B.Woods), 3+ COMMON WHITETHROATS (2+ C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 7+ CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Slangs, 1 C.Farm/B.Woods border, 5+ B.Woods), 3+ BULLFINCHES (1 Slangs, 2+ (1 juv) The Scrub), c7 SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 14+ LONG-TAILED TITS (12 Slangs, 2+ B.Woods bridleway), 3 COMMON BUZZARDS (1 C.Farm, 2 B.Woods), 2 SPARROWHAWKS (1 Slangs, B.Woods*), TREECREEPER (B.Woods near R.R.Lane), 6 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew west (R.Bottom), 4+ GOLDCRESTS (B.Woods), 3+ COAL TITS (B.Woods), PIED WAGTAIL (Legal & General), 6+ NUTHATCHES (2+ juvs) (B.Woods), 2 COLLARED DOVES (C.Farm), 4 PHEASANTS (C.Farm inc 3 Green Belt Field), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 2 GREENFINCHES (1 C.Farm, 1 The Scrub), 10 LINNETS (8 C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), GREEN WOODPECKER (The Scrub), 2+ GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1+ C.Farm, 1+ B.Woods), 2 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm/B.Woods) (Odonata: 2 Common Darters (ovipositing) (Piddly Pond), Southern Hawker (Piddly Pond), Blue-tailed Damselfly (Piddly Pond), Azure Damselfly (Piddly Pond). Butterflies: Painted Lady (Pipit Meadow), Small Copper (Pipit Meadow), 2 Purple Hairsteaks (1 The Scrub, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), Small Heath (The Scrub), Essex Skipper (The Scrub), Peacock (The Scrub), Brimstone (The Scrub), Meadow Browns (C.Farm & B.Woods)) - IJ/DKC/PGo/MSt et al
1st-winter ♂ COMMON REDSTART still (Slangs), 2+ juv YELLOW WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 2 BULLFINCHES (♂+♀) (Legal & General), COMMON BUZZARD (over Broadfield), ♀ SPARROWHAWK (R.R.Cottages), 3 SWALLOWS (by Lunch Wood) - GB/TJ

Saturday 25th

HONEY-BUZZARD flew over 10.20am-10.25am (over Lunch Wood then B.Woods where it gained height and drifted SE), HOBBY (over Legal & General) - SG
OSPREY flew SW 3.34pm-3.38pm (B.Woods then C.Farm), COMMON SWIFT (C.Farm) - DKC
1st-winter ♂ COMMON REDSTART still showing on & off throughout the day (Slangs) - IGM/SG/IJ/DKC/NG et al
c14 MISTLE THRUSHES (near Watchpoint), 2+ ROOKS (Lunch Wood & Broadfield), GREY HERON flew past (B.Woods*), 8+ SWALLOWS (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), 2 BULLFINCHES (♀ Slangs, juv The Scrub), LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), COLLARED DOVE (C.Farm), PIED WAGTAIL (Legal & General), 2 BLACKCAPS (1 Infront George Field, 1 The Scrub), 4 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Legal & General, 3 B.Woods), 5 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (4 Tart's Field, 1 B.Woods*), LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over (C.Farm), 2+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 4+ GOLDCRESTS (B.Woods), NUTHATCH (B.Woods), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (B.Woods), 3 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), STOCK DOVE (B.Woods) (Butterflies: Green-veined White (C.Farm)) - DKC/IJ et al

Friday 24th

7.50am-c7.20pm: (all C.Farm) 1st-winter ♂ COMMON REDSTART showing on & off 11.25am-6.55pm (Slangs) (see Gallery), YELLOW WAGTAIL flew over at 8.23am, LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), COMMON BUZZARD, SKYLARK, 2+ KESTRELS, 14 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 5 COMMON WHITETHROATS, PHEASANT, SWALLOW, CHIFFCHAFF (Legal & General), 2 COLLARED DOVES, YELLOWHAMMER, 4 LINNETS, BLACK-HEADED GULL (Tart's Field), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 2 GOLDFINCHES, ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET (Butterflies: Small Heath, Peacock (Lunch Wood), 2 Speckled Woods, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown) - DKC et al
Late morning: GREY HERON (on barn behind C.Farmhouse) - GB

Thursday 23rd

(all C.Farm) 2 TREE PIPITS at c9.45am (flew from Quail Field to Can Hatch Field, landing in half-dead tree for a few minutes), WHINCHAT (north side of Horse Pasture), 2 juv YELLOW WAGTAILS (Legal & General), ad COMMON GULL (Tart's Field), 2 WILLOW WARBLERS (1 by barns behind C.Farmhouse, 1 by Green Belt Field), 12+ MISTLE THRUSHES (around Tart's Field), 21 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), 3 COLLARED DOVES, 2 KESTRELS, 2 SWALLOWS, 2 BLACKCAPS (1 Legal & General, 1 by Green Belt Field), 2 COMMON WHITETHROATS (1 east of C.Farmhouse, 1 by Green Belt Field), 3 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Legal & General, 1 Pheasant Field, 1 Ruffett Wood), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS, juv ♂ SPARROWHAWK, TREECREEPER (Pages Acre), LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over, 6 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (5 Tart's Field, 1 flew over), 3 COAL TITS (1 Pages Acre, 2 Ruffett Wood), 5 NUTHATCHES (1 Lunch Wood, 1 Gunman's Shaw, 1 Ruffett Wood, 1 Pages Acre, 1 Circle Field), 2+ GOLDFINCHES, 4 LINNETS, YELLOWHAMMER, 3+ GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, GREEN WOODPECKER, 5 STOCK DOVES, 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Butterflies: Brimstone, Red Admiral, Meadow Brown, Green-veined White) - DKC
8.05pm: 2 WHINCHATS (Broadfield) - IJ

Wednesday 22nd

LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), KESTREL (C.Farm), BULLFINCH (The Scrub), BLACKCAP (The Scrub), 3 COMMON WHITETHROATS (2 (1+ juv) Harrier Field, 1 The Scrub), 4 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 16 PIED WAGTAILS (4 juvs) (Legal & General), 2 SWALLOWS, LONG-TAILED TIT (The Scrub), COAL TIT (B.Woods), 2 GOLDCRESTS (B.Woods), 3 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Legal & General, 2 The Scrub), 2 TREECREEPERS (1 north of B.Woods estate, 1 The Scrub), COLLARED DOVE (C.Farm), YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), LINNET (C.Farm), 4 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 Lunch Wood, 3 B.Woods), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (juv Legal & General, 1 The Scrub), 1st-winter BLACK-HEADED GULL (Tart's Field), 17 GOLDFINCHES (16 Legal & General, 1 The Scrub), 5 STOCK DOVES (2 C.Farm, 3 B.Woods), 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) (Butterflies: 2 Peacocks (C.Farm), 3+ Meadow Browns (C.Farm), Gatekeeper (C.Farm), Speckled Wood (B.Woods)) - DKC
(all C.Farm) 9 MISTLE THRUSHES, 4 COMMON WHITETHROATS (Harrier Field), SPARROWHAWK, KESTREL, YELLOWHAMMER, 2 STOCK DOVES - AD
(all C.Farm) 6+ SWALLOWS (Infront George Field) (Butterflies: Red Admiral (Broadfield), Small White, Speckled Wood) - IGM

Tuesday 21st

2 TREE PIPITS again flew over at 8.33am (south of C.Farmhouse), GREY HERON flew over (C.Farm), MISTLE THRUSH (C.Farm), juv ♀ SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 2 BULLFINCHES (Legal & General), LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), 24 PIED WAGTAILS (12 juvs) (Legal & General), SWALLOW (C.Farm), 5 COMMON WHITETHROATS (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), COLLARED DOVE (C.Farm), 17+ GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), YELLOWHAMMER (C.Farm), 6 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Tart's Field), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Copt Hill Lane, 1 by Pheasant Field), 5 LINNETS (C.Farm), 3 NUTHATCHES (1 by Pheasant Field, 1 Ruffett Wood, 1 B.Woods), STOCK DOVE (Legal & General (singing)), 3 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (C.Farm), 4 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 juv) (C.Farm), 8 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm), juv HOUSE SPARROW (C.Farm) (Butterflies: Holly Blue (Pipit Meadow), Speckled Wood (Circle Field), Gatekeeper (C.Farm)) - DKC

Monday 20th

1+ TREE PIPIT (Infront George Field), 2 WHINCHATS (Horse Pasture) (see Gallery), WILLOW WARBLER (by barns behind C.Farmhouse), 2+ LITTLE OWLS (C.Farm), 2+ COMMON BUZZARDS (1 juv) (2 C.Farm & another or one of the same over B.Woods), 2+ KESTRELS (1+ C.Farm, 1+ Hither Field), 2 SPARROWHAWKS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), BLACKCAP (Slangs), COMMON WHITETHROAT (Stoney Nob), 4 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Legal & General, 1 by Pages Acre, 2 The Scrub), 3 PIED WAGTAILS (1 juv) (Legal & General), 5 SWALLOWS (C.Farm), TREECREEPER (B.Woods), 4 NUTHATCHES (1 Circle Field, 3 B.Woods), BULLFINCH (The Scrub), 2 GOLDCRESTS (just NW of The Scrub), 4 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (1 Tart's Field, 3 Legal & General), 3+ PHEASANTS (C.Farm), 10+ LINNETS (7+ C.Farm, 3+ The Scrub), 3+ GOLDFINCHES (1+ C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), 3 STOCK DOVES (2 C.Farm (1 singing), 1 by Piddly Pond (singing)), 5 GREEN WOODPECKERS (3 C.Farm, 2 The Scrub), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (C.Farm), HERRING GULL (Tart's Field) (Butterflies: Speckled Wood (C.Farm); Gatekeepers & Meadow Browns (C.Farm & B.Woods). Dragonflies: Southern Hawker (Piddly Pond)) - IJ/DKC

Sunday 19th

juv CUCKOO 10.35am-11.13am at least (on wires around Infront George Field & Skylark Field - found by IJ) (see Gallery), ROOK (east side of B.Woods), 33 PIED WAGTAILS (15 juvs) (Legal & General), WILLOW WARBLER (near C.Farmhouse), 11 MISTLE THRUSHES (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (flew from B.Woods to C.Farm), 2 LITTLE OWLS (C.Farm), 1+ COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), COMMON WHITETHROAT (C.Farm), 8 SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 7 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 near C.Farmhouse, 1 Legal & General, 2 Fames Rough, 3 The Scrub), 4 BULLFINCHES (1 Piddly Pond, 1 Fames Rough, 2 The Scrub), COAL TIT (near Piddly Pond), 3 GOLDCRESTS (1 B.Woods near R.R.Lane (singing), 1 near Piddly Pond, 1 just NW of The Scrub), TREECREEPER (near Piddly Pond), 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS over (C.Farm (1*)), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), PHEASANT (C.Farm), 3 LINNETS (1 C.Farm, 1 CF/BW at end of R.R.Lane), 6+ NUTHATCHES (1 Lunch Wood, 1 near Piddly Pond, 3+ Fames Rough, 1 The Scrub), 2 COLLARED DOVES (C.Farm), SONG THRUSH (The Scrub), GREENFINCH (C.Farm), 6 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 2 B.Woods), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 7 STOCK DOVES (1 Lunch Wood, 2 flew from C.Farm to B.Woods, 1 by Piddly Pond, 1 Fames Rough, 2 Hither Field) (Odonata: Migrant Hawker (Fames Rough), Common Darter (Piddly Pond), 3+ Azure Damselflies (Piddly Pond), 2 Southern Hawkers (Piddly Pond). Butterflies: Purple Hairstreak (Woodpecker Meadow), 3+ Brown Arguses (Fames Rough), Green-veined White (Fames Rough), 3+ Common Blues (Fames Rough), 5+ Brimstones (B.Woods), 2 Peacocks (Lunch Wood), 2 Speckled Woods (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), Gatekeepers (C.Farm & B.Woods), Meadow Browns (C.Farm & B.Woods) - DKC/IGM/IJ

Saturday 18th

(all C.Farm) 2 TREE PIPITS flew ENE at 9.00am, 2 HOBBIES, 3 LITTLE OWLS (1 Stoney Nob, 1 at/near Horse Pasture, 1 heard coming from either Perrotts by Wood or B.Woods near R.R.Lane), COMMON BUZZARD, CHIFFCHAFF (near Perrotts Farmhouse), 13 PIED WAGTAILS (8 juvs) (Legal & General), COMMON WHITETHROAT (west of R.R.Cottages (singing)), SWALLOW, 2+YELLOWHAMMERS, 7 LINNETS, PHEASANT, 4 GOLDFINCHES, 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (Butterflies: Peacock (by Ruffett Wood), Comma (by Pages Acre), Gatekeeper, Small White) - DKC/NT/IGM
10 PHEASANTS (♂ Railway Field & ♀+8 juvs Stoney Nob), BULLFINCH (Stoney Nob), CHIFFCHAFF (Slangs), (Butterflies: 2 Speckled Woods (1 Legal & General, 1 Slangs), Red Admiral (Broadfield)) - IPW
2 COMMON WHITETHROATS (Poultry Field), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (The Scrub), 4+ LINNETS (2+ The Scrub, 2 Sheep Brow) (Butterflies: Silver-washed Fritillary (Pipit Meadow), 2 Brown Arguses (1 Pipit Meadow, 1 Fames Rough), Peacock (Lunch Wood), Comma (Lunch Wood), Small Heath (Fames Rough), Small White (Fames Rough); several Common Blues, Brimstones & Chalkhill Blues (Fames Rough)). Dragonflies: 2 Common Darters (1 Broadfield, 1 Piddly Pond), Southern Hawker (Piddly Pond)) - PGo/IGM

Friday 17th

8.10am-6.50pm: GREY HERON flew over (C.Farm), 2 WILLOW WARBLERS (1 Pages Acre, 1 The Scrub), 2 HOUSE MARTINS (C.Farm), 9 MISTLE THRUSHES (around Bunting Field/Tart's Field), c3 SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 3 LITTLE OWLS (1 east side of Horse Pasture, 1 north end of Broadfield, 1 Pages Acre), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), SPARROWHAWK (The Scrub), KESTREL (C.Farm), BLACK-HEADED GULL (Tart's Field), 3 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 3 TREECREEPERS (1 Pages Acre, 2 B.Woods), 3 COAL TITS (1 near Pages Acre horse paddock, 2 B.Woods), 4 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Legal & General, 1 Wood Lane, 1 Ruffett Wood, 1 Tawny Wood), 6 COMMON WHITETHROATS (C.Farm), COLLARED DOVE (C.Farm), 3 NUTHATCHES (1 Circle Field, 2 B.Woods), GOLDCREST (just NW of The Scrub), 2 PHEASANTS (♂+♀) (C.Farm), 11+ LINNETS (8+ C.Farm, 3 The Scrub), c4 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 200+ JACKDAWS (C.Farm), GREENFINCH (C.Farm), c5 GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), STOCK DOVE (B.Woods), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (C.Farm), 3 GREEN WOODPECKERS (2 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods) (Butterflies: 3 Speckled Woods (2 by Legal & General, 1 The Scrub), Comma (by Pages Acre), Brimstone (by C.Farmhouse), Green-veined White (near R.R.Cottages), Meadow Browns (CF & BW), Gatekeeper (C.Farm)) - DKC/IJ

Thursday 16th

(all C.Farm) 18 PIED WAGTAILS (5 juvs) (Legal & General), BULLFINCH (Slangs), LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), COMMON BUZZARD, ♀ KESTREL, ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over, NUTHATCH (Lunch Wood), PHEASANT, 4+ LINNETS, 3+ YELLOWHAMMERS, BLACK-HEADED GULL (Tart's Field), 7 SWALLOWS, 3 STOCK DOVES, 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS, 4+ GREEN WOODPECKERS, 8+ GOLDFINCHES, 20+ ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (inc flock of 18) (Butterflies: 2 Speckled Woods (1 Infront George Field, 1 Slangs); Gatekeepers & Meadow Browns) - DKC
6.35pm-7.20pm: (all C.Farm) 9 MISTLE THRUSHES (Tart's Field), 2 STOCK DOVES, 2 KESTRELS, 2 COMMON WHITETHROATS (near R.R.Cottages), 17 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (single flock) - AD

Wednesday 15th

juv PEREGRINE (C.Farm), WHEATEAR (C.Farm), 3+ COMMON SWIFTS (C.Farm/B.Woods), 300+ JACKDAWS (C.Farm) - IJ
3 COMMON SWIFTS (C.Farm) - PGo

Tuesday 14th

no reported sightings

Monday 13th

(all C.Farm) LITTLE OWL (Legal & General), 14+ PIED WAGTAILS (6♂+4♀+4 juvs) (Legal & General), COLLARED DOVE (Tart's Field), 3 COMMON BUZZARDS (Broadfield), ♀ KESTREL, 4 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Tart's Field), 7 SWALLOWS flew south, 2 LINNETS, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 250+ JACKDAWS, 8 GOLDFINCHES, ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET - AD

Sunday 12th

5 WILLOW WARBLERS (The Scrub (1 singing)), 3 COMMON BUZZARDS together (Ruffett Wood - 1 poss a juv), LITTLE OWL (Stoney Nob), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (1 Canons Farmhouse, 1 near Perrotts Farm), 2 KESTRELS (near Lunch Wood), 3 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Tawny Wood, 2 B.Woods), 5 PIED WAGTAILS (L&G), 4 HOUSE MARTINS (south of Legal & General), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER on telephone pole (near Legal & General), 9+ LINNETS (5+ at CF, 4 The Scrub), GOLDCREST (near Piddly Pond), NUTHATCH (1 near Piddly Pond, 1 in Ruffett Wood), GREEN WOODPECKER (Pipit Meadow), 2 juvenile ROBINS (near Piddly Pond), 2+ juv WRENS (near Piddly Pond) (Butterflies: Small Skippers (Woodpecker Meadow), 3 Essex Skippers (2 Legal & General, 1 Pipit Meadow), 2 Peacocks (1 near Perrotts Farmhouse, 1 Woodpecker Meadow), 4 Brimstones (2 Pipit Meadow, 2 Woodpecker Meadow), 2 Speckled Woods (north of Perrotts Farmhouse), 2 Small Heaths (1 Legal & General, 1 Woodpecker Meadow); numbers of Large Whites, Small Whites, Green-veined Whites, Meadow Browns and Gatekeepers throughout) - PGo

Saturday 11th

BULLFINCH (Pages Acre), 2 BLACKCAPS (1 Pages Acre, 1 Holly Lane Meadow), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Tawny Wood, 1 Holly Lane Meadow), 3 SWALLOWS (1 Quail Field, 2 Legal & General), 3 COMMON BUZZARDS (over Ruffett Wood), 2+ LONG-TAILED TITS (B.Woods car park), SKYLARK (Perrotts by Wood), GREEN WOODPECKER (Lunch Wood), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farmhouse), 4+ GOLDFINCHES (inc 2 juvs) (Butterflies: 2 Small Coppers (Holly Lane Meadow), 3 Small Skippers (Holly Lane Meadow), Large White (Holly Lane Meadow), 30+ Meadow Brown (Holly Lane Meadow), Marbled White (Holly Lane Meadow) 10+ Gatekeepers (Holly Lane Meadow), 10+ Chalkhill Blues (Holly Lane Meadow), 6 Brimstones (Holly Lane Meadow), Comma (Holly Lane Meadow), 6 Peacock (2 Holly Lane Meadow, 4 Pipit Meadow), 4 Common Blues (2 Holly Lane Meadow, 2 Fames Rough), Speckled Wood (Infront George field), Green-veined White (Pipit Meadow). Dragonflies: 2 Southern Hawkers (Holly Lane Meadow). Moths: 2 Silver Ys (1 C.Farm, 1 Holly Lane Meadow)) - IPW
(Butterflies: 4 Speckled Woods (2 Slangs, 2 B.Woods), Holly Blue (Slangs), Common Blue (Fames Rough), Small Heath (Fames Rough), 6+ Brimstones (Fames Rough), many Gatekeepers (Slangs & Fames Rough), many Meadow Browns (Slangs & Fames Rough), Green-veined White (Slangs)) - IGM

Friday 10th

30 PIED WAGTAILS (Legal & General), 3 COMMON BUZZARDS (Death Pit) - FJ/SD

Thursday 9th

WHEATEAR (R.R.Lane), 20+ SWALLOWS (C.Farm) - IGM

Wednesday 8th

Early evening: SPOTTED FLYCATCHER (C.Farm/B.Woods in SE corner of Perrotts by Wood), ♀ BLACKCAP (C.Farm/B.Woods in SE corner of Perrotts by Wood), 4 BULLFINCHES (B.Woods) - IJ

Tuesday 7th

(all C.Farm) 2+ HOUSE MARTINS, c50 SWALLOWS, ♂ KESTREL (Stoney Nob), 2 COMMON WHITETHROATS (Stoney Nob), 16 LINNETS (Skylark Field), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (Legal & General), 2 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (Legal & General), 12 GOLDFINCHES (Legal & General), c80 WOODPIGEONS (Broadfield) (Butterflies: Small Skipper, 6 Large Whites, 13 Meadow Browns. Moths: Shaded Broad-bar, 5 Common Carpets, c110 Cinnbar caterpillars) - NS

Monday 6th

no reported sightings

Sunday 5th

no reported sightings

Saturday 4th

PEREGRINE flew north (Broadfield)- IPW
6+ SWALLOWS (C.Farm), 15+ COMMON SWIFTS (C.Farm), COAL TIT (Fames Rough), 2 NUTHATCHES (B.Woods), 6 PIED WAGTAILS (♂+2♀+3 juvs) (Legal & General), GREENFINCH (Legal & General), 3+ YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (C.Farm), ♂ KESTREL (C.Farm), 4+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS (C.Farm), CHIFFCHAFF (Legal & General), BLACKCAP (Legal & General), COMMON WHITETHROAT (Infront George Field), 2+ LINNETS (C.Farm), SKYLARK (C.Farm), GREEN WOODPECKER (C.Farm), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (C.Farm), 3+ GOLDFINCHES (2+ C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 11 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) (Butterflies: Dark Green Fritillary (Fames Rough), 13+ Chalkhill Blues (1 Fames Rough, 12+ Valley Meadows), 2 Marbled Whites (1 Fames Rough, 1 Valley Meadows), Gatekeepers (C.Farm & B.Woods), Green-veined White (Valley Meadows), Small White (Quail Field), Meadow Browns (C.Farm & B.Woods), Ringlet (Lunch Wood)) - DKC/IGM

Friday 3rd

6 CROSSBILLS flew south (Legal & General), 9 PIED WAGTAILS (2♂+2♀+5 juvs) (Legal & General), 1+ HOBBY (C.Farm then B.Woods), 2 MISTLE THRUSHES (C.Farm), 10+ SWALLOWS through south (C.Farm), 1+ COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), 2 BULLFINCHES (1 Slangs, 1 B.Woods by orchard), SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), 2 KESTRELS (Lunch Banks), 3 TREECREEPERS (1 Pages Acre, 2 B.Woods), 4 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Tart's Field), GOLDCREST (B.Woods near estate), 2 COLLARED DOVES (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods near estate (singing)), 6 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Legal & General, 5 B.Woods), BLACKCAP (Slangs), 3 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 2 COMMON WHITETHROATS (1 C.Farm, 1 Valley Meadows),5+ LONG-TAILED TITS (Valley Meadows), SKYLARK (C.Farm), 3+ LINNETS (2+ C.Farm, B.Woods flew over near estate), 2 GREEN WOODPECKERS (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods), 10+ GOLDFINCHES (C.Farm), SONG THRUSH (C.Farm), 2 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (C.Farm) (Butterflies: 5-10 Chalkhill Blues (Valley Meadows), 2 Small Skippers (Legal & General), 2 Small Heaths (Valley Meadows), Marbled White (C.Farm), 2 Gatekeepers (1 C.Farm, 1 B.Woods)) - DKC/GB et al

Thursday 2nd

PEREGRINE (C.Farm), COMMON BUZZARD (C.Farm), 1+ SPARROWHAWK (C.Farm), KESTREL (C.Farm), SWALLOW (C.Farm), BULLFINCH (B.Woods), SKYLARK (C.Farm), 2+ BLACKCAPS (B.Woods), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS (B.Woods), 6 BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Tart's Field), 2 NUTHATCHES (1 Kingswood Residential, 1 B.Woods), 2 YELLOWHAMMERS (C.Farm), 2 LINNETS (C.Farm), COMMON SWIFT (C.Farm), GOLDFINCH (C.Farm), STOCK DOVE (B.Woods then C.Farm) (Butterflies: Comma (C.Farm), Large White (C.Farm/B.Woods border) - DKC/GB

Wednesday 1st

(all C.Farm) OYSTERCATCHER flew NE at 11.01am (see Gallery), SEDGE WARBLER for c2mins at c9.30am only then no further sign (by barns behind C.Farmhouse), ♀ PEREGRINE hunting (around Lambert's Shaw), WILLOW WARBLER (by barns behind C.Farmhouse), 3 PIED WAGTAILS (juv & 2♀) (Legal & General), juv MISTLE THRUSH (Can Hatch Field/Tart's Field), LITTLE OWL (around Lunch Wood), SWALLOW, 1+ COMMON BUZZARD, 4 BULLFINCHES (2 Legal & General, 2 Slangs), ad LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL flew over, 6+ BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Tart's Field), 40+ COMMON SWIFTS flew generally south, TREECREEPER (Legal & General), CHIFFCHAFF (Legal & General), 3+ COMMON WHITETHROATS (2+ Infront George Field, 1 Slangs), 3 YELLOWHAMMERS, GREENFINCH, SKYLARK, BLACKCAP (by barns behind C.Farmhouse), 5 LINNETS, GOLDFINCH, GREEN WOODPECKER, 2 STOCK DOVES, SONG THRUSH (Butterflies: several Gatekeepers, Marbled Whites, Essex Skippers, Small Skippers and Meadow Browns) - DKC

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