A blustery day, with a
Siskin feeding in trees along the Short Route in Banstead Woods and a
redpoll heard flying over there being the highlights. Two
Rooks were feeding with the other corvids in Broadfield. Two
Mallards flew over the farm, where a
Meadow Pipit remained and three
Pied Wagtails flew over. Thrushes included around 20
Fieldfares and 60
Redwings at the farm and 10 more of the latter in Banstead Woods. Three
Lesser Black-backed Gulls passed overhead and
Linnet numbers at the farm increased to around 500. The approachable juvenile
Common Buzzard maintains its residence around Reads Rest Cottages and one of the
Barn Owls was still on site, as were at least six
Yellowhammers.
A late
Comma was seen in Banstead Woods.
Please note there will be no updates from 30th November to 15th December, unless any group members are willing to take the reigns and post brief key updates for a couple of weeks (which would be appreciated)
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| juvenile Common Buzzard |
Geoff Barter and David Campbell
