Phil Laurie picked the right time (c12.30hrs) to walk past Canons Farmhouse as it coincided with the presence of a Hawfinch, the first site record for three years.
Canons Farm: 2 MALLARD, 3 COMMON BUZZARD, 1 KESTREL (♂ Pipit Meadow), 3 PHEASANT, 2 GREEN WOODPECKER, 1 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 1 LITTLE OWL (calling in tree between Poultry & Pheasant Fields), 2 SWALLOW, 1 MISTLE THRUSH (singing in Tawny Wood), 1 NUTHATCH, 1 TREECREEPER (Ruffett Wood), 1 BLACKCAP (Ruffett Wood), 2 CHIFFCHAFF (Ruffett Wood), 3 SISKIN (Ruffett Wood), 1 HAWFINCH (Canons Farmhouse, 80th species this year), 6 YELLOWHAMMER
Banstead Woods: 8 COMMON BUZZARD, 1 KESTREL (♂ over Orchard), 1 TAWNY OWL, 5 GREEN WOODPECKER, 4 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 5 STOCK DOVE, 8 JAY, 22 BLACKBIRD, 7 SONG THRUSH, 38 ROBIN (including 34 singing), 8 NUTHATCH, 2 TREECREEPER, 35 WREN (all but one in song), 27 GREAT TIT (14 singing), 17 BLUE TIT, 1 COAL TIT, 2 LONG-TAILED TIT, 1 BLACKCAP (Estate), 18 CHIFFCHAFF (including 16 singing), 4 GOLDCREST, 1 SISKIN (Estate), 5 BULLFINCH (Scrub and Perrott's Wood)
Other wildlife: 2 Roe Deer
Observers: Paul Goodman, Phil Laurie, Ian Magness, Ian Ward
Other wildlife: 2 Roe Deer
Observers: Paul Goodman, Phil Laurie, Ian Magness, Ian Ward
