Chesworth Farm - Bird Survey

Mike Ayling carried out his weekly bird count which produced the following:

Blackbird 6, Bullfinch 1, Chaffinch 1, Dunnock 2, Great Spotted Woodpecker 1, Herring Gull 2, Jackdaw 5, Robin 6, Wren 3, Blue Tit 3, Carrion Crow 1, Chiffchaff 6, Goldfinch 6, Great Tit 4, House Sparrow 1, Magpie 2, Woodpigeon 5

Pond-dipping Day at Chesworth Farm

Chesworth Farm - Bird Survey

Mike Ayling carried out his weekly bird survey of the farm which produced the following:

Blackbird 2, Bullfinch 1, Carrion Crow 3, Goldfinch 64, Great Tit 1, Greenfinch 1, House Sparrow 1, Robin 2, Song Thrush 1, Wren 3, Blue Tit 10, Buzzard 1, Chiffchaff 3, Great Spotted Woodpecker 1, Green Woodpecker 1, Grey Heron 1, Magpie 3, Skylark 1, Woodpigeon 7

Sussex Wildlife Trust Summer Holiday Club at Chesworth Farm

Chesworth Farm - Bird Survey

Mike Ayling carried out his regular bird survey which produced the following:

Blackbird 4, Blue Tit 6, Buzzard 1, Chiffchaff 4, Goldcrest 1, Great Spotted Woodpecker 1, Green Woodpecker 1, Grey Heron 2, House Sparrow 2, Magpie 2, Robin 3, Song Thrush 1, Woodpigeon 5,
Blackcap 3, Bullfinch 6, Carrion Crow 1, Dunnock 1, Goldfinch 4, Great Tit 4, Greenfinch 2, Herring Gull 3, Jackdaw 2, Moorhen 2, Skylark 1, Whitethroat 2, Wren 2

Chesworth Farm - Bird Survey

Mike Ayling carried out his weekly bird survey of the Farm which produced the following birds:

Blackbird 5, Blue Tit 5, Chiffchaff 4, Goldfinch 6, Green Woodpecker 1, Grey Heron 2, Jackdaw 3, Linnet 1, Mallard 2, Pheasant 2, Robin 4, Song Thrush 5, Woodpigeon 10, Blackcap 5, Carrion Crow 2, Dunnock 2, Great Tit 5, Greenfinch 4, House Sparrow 2, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Magpie 3, Moorhen 2, Reed Warbler 1, Skylark 1, Whitethroat 4, Wren 8

Chesworth Farm - Bird Survey

White Fallow Deer - M. Ayling

Mike Ayling carried out his weekly bird survey of the Farm which produced the following list of birds and also an unusual encounter with a young white Fallow Deer buck. The full list of species recorded is below:

Blackbird 3, Blue Tit 2, Carrion Crow 2, Chiffchaff 6, Feral Pigeon 2, Goldfinch 5, Great Tit 2, Greenfinch 4, House Sparrow 2, Linnet 1, Moorhen 3, Reed Warbler 2, Skylark 1, Whitethroat 6, Wren 6, Blackcap 6, Bullfinch 1, Chaffinch 1, Dunnock 2, Garden Warbler 1, Great Spotted Woodpecker 1, Green Woodpecker 1, Herring Gull 2, Jackdaw 3, Magpie 5, Nuthatch 1, Robin 6, Song Thrush 2, Woodpigeon 11

Fallow Deer 1, Grey Squirrel 1

Chesworth Farm - Bird Survey

Rabbit eyeing up the Pygmy Goat House - M. Ayling

Mike Ayling carried out his weekly bird survey which produced the follwing:

Blackbird 4, Blue Tit 3, Carrion Crow 1, Chiffchaff 7, Garden Warbler 1, Great Tit 2, Greenfinch 2, Herring Gull 4, Jackdaw 11, Kestrel 1, Long-tailed Tit 1, Mallard 4, Reed Warbler 1, Skylark 1, Swallow 2, Woodpigeon 12, Yellowhammer 1, Blackcap 4, Bullfinch 2, Chaffinch 3, Dunnock 1, Goldfinch 5, Green Woodpecker 1, Grey Heron 1, House Sparrow 3, Jay 1, Kingfisher 1, Magpie 2, Moorhen 3, Robin 3, Song Thrush 1, Whitethroat 2, Wren 6

Chesworth Farm - Bird Survey

Mike Ayling carried out his weekly bird survey which produced the following birds:

Blackbird 2, Blue Tit 3, Buzzard 1, Chaffinch 4, Dunnock 1, Great Spotted Woodpecker 1, Green Woodpecker 1, Herring Gull 5, Jackdaw 5, Magpie 4, Robin 4, Song Thrush 1, Swallow 1, Woodpigeon 9, Blackcap 5, Bullfinch 1, Carrion Crow 3, Chiffchaff 5, Goldfinch 5, Great Tit 3, Greenfinch 1, House Sparrow 2, Long-tailed Tit 2, Mallard 1, Skylark 2, Starling 42, Whitethroat 2, Wren 6

Chesworth Farm - Bird Survey

Mike Ayling carried out his weekly bird survey which produced the following:

Blackbird 4, Blue Tit 5, Canada Goose 2, Chaffinch 2, Dunnock 3, Great Spotted Woodpecker 1, Green Woodpecker 1, Jackdaw 5, Magpie 6, Moorhen 5, Song Thrush 3, Woodpigeon 6, Blackcap 7, Bullfinch 1, Carrion Crow 4, Chiffchaff 8, Goldfinch 6, Great Tit 9, Greenfinch 1, Long-tailed Tit 1, Mallard 2, Robin 5, Willow Warbler 1, Wren 7

Chesworth Farm - Bird Survey

Common Shrew - M. Ayling

Mike Ayling carried out his weekly bird survey on the Farm which produced the following birds:

Blackbird 3, Blue Tit 7, Carrion Crow 2, Chiffchaff 7, Goldfinch 4, Great Tit 8, Greenfinch 2, Herring Gull 4, Jackdaw 4, Magpie 4, Moorhen 1, Song Thrush 1, Wren 5, Blackcap 2, Bullfinch 2, Chaffinch 3, Dunnock 3, Great Spotted Woodpecker 2, Green Woodpecker 1, Grey Heron 1, House Sparrow 3, Jay 1, Mallard 3, Robin 5, Woodpigeon 17

Mike also found a recently deceased Common Shrew.

Chesworth Farm - Bird Survey

Mike Ayling: Carrion Crow 3, Goldfinch 2, Greenfinch 2, Linnet 1, Magpie 6, Starling 1, Wren 3, Bullfinch 2, Chaffinch 4, Herring Gull 10, Long-tailed Tit 2, Song Thrush 3

Eddie Bew: Robin 8, Chiffchaff 13, Wren 14, Blackbird 15, Blue Tit 11, House Sparrow 4, Woodpigeon 15, Great Tit 10, Moorhen 7, Green Woodpecker 3, Jay 2, Dunnock 6, Jackdaw 6, Canada Goose 2 (fly over), Great Spotted Woodpecker 5, Nuthatch 3, Common Buzzard 2, Goldcrest 1, Blackcap 3, Mallard 1

Rabbit 2

Chesworth Farm - Bird Survey

Eddie Bew was down on the Farm today and recorded the following species:

Robin 6, Woodpigeon 22, Magpie 12, Greenfinch 3, Blackbird 10, Goldfinch 30+, Long-tailed Tit 4, Blue Tit 6, Great Spotted Woodpecker 2, Dunnock 10, Moorhen 2, Song Thrush 6, Bullfinch 4, Great Tit 2, Wren 2, Nuthatch 1, Redwing 10, Jay 1, Chaffinch 2, Jackdaw 6, House Sparrow 2, Canada Goose 2 (fly over Riverside Field), Mallard 2, Carrion Crow 7, Common Buzzard 1, Green Woodpecker 1

Grey Squirrel 1 and several Common Frogs croaking on Platt Pond

Chesworth Farm - Bird Survey

Mike Ayling carried out his weekly bird survey of the Farm which produced the following:

Blackbird 7, Bullfinch 5, Chaffinch 7, Goldcrest 2, Great Spotted Woodpecker 2, Green Woodpecker 1, Grey Heron 1, House Sparrow 2, Jay 2, Magpie 3, Moorhen 1, Robin 4, Song Thrush 4, Wren 2, Blue Tit 5, Carrion Crow 4, Dunnock 8, Goldfinch 8, Great Tit 5, Greenfinch 5, Herring Gull 5, Jackdaw 5, Long-tailed Tit 2, Mallard 5, Nuthatch 1, Skylark 1, Woodpigeon 26

Chesworth Farm - Bird Survey

Mike Ayling carried out his weekly bird count shich produced the following:

Barn Owl 1, Blue Tit 4, Carrion Crow 4, Dunnock 1, Great Tit 3, Greenfinch 2, House Sparrow 2, Magpie 7, Nuthatch 1, Pied Wagtail 1, Song Thrush 7, Wren 1, Blackbird 13, Bullfinch 3, Chaffinch 4, Goldfinch 4, Green Woodpecker 1, Herring Gull 12, Jackdaw 20, Mallard 2, Pheasant 1, Robin 4, Woodpigeon 27

Chesworth Farm - Bird Survey

Mike Ayling carried out his weekly bird count which produced the following:

Blackbird 6, Common Buzzard 1, Carrion Crow 1, Dunnock 3, Great Spotted Woodpecker 1, Green Woodpecker 1, Herring Gull 20, Jackdaw 11, Magpie 5, Pheasant 1, Song Thrush 6, Wren 1, Blue Tit 3, Canada Goose 3, Chaffinch 3, Goldfinch 8, Great Tit 2, Greenfinch 1, House Sparrow 1, Linnet 28, Moorhen 1, Robin 6, Woodpigeon 24

Friends of Chesworth Farm - Litter Pick & Chat

Chesworth Farm - Bird Survey

Mike Ayling carried out his weely bird survey of the Farm which produced the following birds:

Blackbird 8, Bullfinch 4, Chaffinch 2, Fieldfare 1, Goldfinch 52, Green Woodpecker 1, Herring Gull 18, Jay 1, Nuthatch 1, Robin 9, Woodpigeon 11, Blue Tit 6, Carrion Crow 3, Dunnock 3, Goldcrest 2, Great Tit 2, Greenfinch 4, Jackdaw 12, Magpie 5, Redwing 1,Song Thrush 2 and Wren 8

Chesworth Farm - Bird Survey

Recent Culvert Repair by the Friends of Chesworth Farm

Mike Ayling carried out his weekly bird survey on the Farm which produced the following birds:

Black-headed Gull 3
Blue Tit 2
Buzzard 1
Chaffinch 1
Fieldfare 2
Goldfinch 7
Great Tit 3
House Sparrow 2
Long-tailed Tit 5
Moorhen 1
Redwing 4
Song Thrush 2
Wren 3
Blackbird 13
Bullfinch 3
Carrion Crow 4
Dunnock 1
Goldcrest 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Herring Gull 17
Jackdaw 4
Magpie 7
Pheasant 1
Robin 9
Woodpigeon 44

Just a quick thanks to the merry band of volunteers from the Friends of Chesworth Farm who finished off the repairs to the newly laid culvert pipe on the Farm. A very nice job done indeed!

Chesworth Farm - Bird Survey

Mike Ayling carried out his weekly bird survey at the Farm. There were good numbers of winter thrushes around the Farm which is nice to see. Most of them were using the hedgerows feeding on the bounty of winter fruits. The whole walk around the site produced the following:

Blackbird 13
Bullfinch 4
Chaffinch 2
Fieldfare 4
Goldfinch 8
Great Tit 5
House Sparrow 2
Magpie 4
Moorhen 1
Robin 8
Woodpigeon 9
Blue Tit 8
Carrion Crow 2
Dunnock 6
Goldcrest 2
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Herring Gull 1
Jackdaw 16
Mallard 2
Redwing 7
Song Thrush 9
Wren 3