Mark Stanley provided me with another impressive batch of sightings from the Banstead Woods/Chipstead area today notching up some good birds and impressive counts.
Close to Chipstead Lane, 5 BULLFINCHES, including a single male, were present.
10 BULLFINCHES were present in one spot along the western edge of Banstead Wood. This is a pretty impressive count for the local area, especially all in one go like that!
A little further on and Mark saw a further pair of BULLFINCHES (possibly the earlier pair, but probably different).
All in all this makes a total of SEVENTEEN BULLFINCHES all in a pretty small area!
Mark also got a couple of other good birds with a flock of 9 eastbound LAPWINGS. There seems to be a bit of a cold weather movement of this wonderful Plover going on at the moment. Mark also recorded a single ROOK which is never common in the local area.
Also seen in the area by Mark today:
2 MISTLE THRUSHES
2 SONG THRUSHES
60+ FIELDFARES
80+ REDWINGS
6 JAYS
5-10 GOLDCRESTS
1 GREY HERON north
40+ BLACKBIRDS
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