A late (wintering?)
Chiffchaff and a
Lesser Redpoll were noted in Pages Acre and a
Grey Wagtail flew over Wood Lane. Come the evening, the
Barn Owl was seen in the usual area and two
Little Owls were calling. In Banstead Woods, the female
Stonechat was still in Holly Lane Meadow. A reasonable number of
Fieldfares and
Redwings were enjoying the ample supply of berries along Slangs and using Lunch Wood as a refuge, conservative totals for each being 75 and 60 respectively. Other sightings in the Canons Farm sector included a
Pheasant, a
Common Buzzard, two adult
Common Gulls on the Legal & General sports field with 115
Black-headed Gulls, three
Kestrels, 15
Jays, a
Rook, 17
Goldcrests, just 16
Skylarks, 35
Long-tailed Tits, 13
Song Thrushes, two
Pied Wagtails, a
Meadow Pipit, three
Bullfinches, four
Greenfinches, 200
Linnets, 60
Goldfinches and eight
Yellowhammers. Further sightings over in the Banstead Woods half of the patch were two
Common Buzzards, a
Kestrel, 12
Fieldfares, 50
Redwings, five
Bullfinches and a
Greenfinch.
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| Herring Gulls squabbling, Banstead Woods |
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| ♀ Stonechat, Holly Lane Meadow |
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| Fieldfare, Slangs |
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| Kestrel, Canons Farm |
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| Kestrel, Canons Farm |
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| Common Gull, Legal & General |
Jack Barnes, David Campbell (photos 3-6), Nick Gardner, Ian Magness and Ian Ward (photos 1-2)
