Canons Farm & Banstead Woods Birds

Moorhen	no sign of any moorhens in Outwood Lane Pond
Herring Gull	3
Red Kite	2; 1 high over Hither field, 1 Stagbury
Common Buzzard	2
Kestrel	1 fem
Whitethroat	2
Brimstone	1
Red Admiral	1
Peacock	2
Small Heath	c15; Hither field
Holly Blue	1
Chalkhill Blue	7; 6m 1 fem Stagbury
Brown Argus	2
Azure Damselfly	4
Emperor	2;,m & fem Outwood Lane Pond
Common Darter	c10
Other odonata 1	1 fem Willow Emerald- Outwood Lane Pond
Other wildlife 1	1 Common Lizard; The Nuttery

Female Willow Emerald

Swift	4
Green-veined White	1
Red Admiral	1
Other butterfly 1	Nearby vicinity; 2 Silver-spotted skippers on Park Downs
Azure Damselfly	7; Outwood Lane Pond
Southern Hawker	4; Banstead Woods
Migrant Hawker	1m; Outwood Lane Pond
Emperor	1 fem; Outwood Lane Pond
Common Darter	5; Outwood Lane Pond
Other odonata 1	1 fem Willow Emerald; Outwood Lane Pond

Male Chalkhill Blue

Hornet paralysing a wasp

Raven

Ravens and crows mobbing a common buzzard

Shaded Broad-bar (scotopteryx-chenopodiata)

Wheatear

2 Shaded broad-bar moths in the Nuttery

Collared Dove	1 singing in Outwood Lane residential, south of Hither field
Herring Gull	1
Common Buzzard	2 over Hither field - one being mobbed by Ravens & Crows
Great Spotted Woodpecker	3
Green Woodpecker	3
Raven	2+ over Hither field mobbing a buzzard with crows
Chiffchaff	1
Long-tailed Tit	5
Blackcap	3
Whitethroat	3
Wheatear	1 on a hedgerow by Hither field
Bullfinch	1 m in the Nuttery
Goldfinch	2
Marbled White	1 in Hither field
Small White	P
Large White	P
Comma	7
Meadow Brown	P
Gatekeeper	At least 500+ in lower Hither field
Small Heath	4
Small Blue	( the Kidney vetch with small blue eggs by Outwood Lane Pond has been totally cleared)
Common Blue	P
Holly Blue	1
Chalkhill Blue	c12 Stagbury
Migrant Hawker	2 over Outwood Lane Pond

Herring Gull	1
Sparrowhawk	1 Female flew out of Lunch Wood
Common Buzzard	2
Great Spotted Woodpecker	3
Green Woodpecker	2
Blue Tit	25+ One flock in Tawny Wood with 20+
Skylark	1
Swallow	1
Chiffchaff	7+ At least six together in Round Field
Long-tailed Tit	6 Including several juveniles in Tawny Wood
Whitethroat	7 Four Round Field, 3 Reeds Cottages
Firecrest	3. Confirmed breeding.1 male, 1 female and 1 juvenile
Nuthatch	2
Linnet	8
Green-veined White	1
Small White	3+
Large White	8
Comma	1
Red Admiral	1
Speckled Wood	1
Meadow Brown	Present
Gatekeeper	Present
Other wildlife 1 (type species)	Ornate tailed digger wasp
Other wildlife 1 number and details	7+

Heavy drizzly thundery showers

Grey Heron

2 flew S over George fields 11:16

Purple Hairstreak

Robber Fly

Long Hoverfly

Brown Argus

Speckled Wood

Woodpigeon	300+ flock feeding in Green Belt Field / Park Downs
Swift	40+ flew East
Red Kite	1 over Tattenham Meadow
Common Buzzard	2
Willow Warbler	1 in Reads Rest Cott
Goldfinch	4
Silver-washed Fritillary	1 in HollyvWood
Holly Blue	1
Brown Argus	2 in Ruffett Meadow
Purple Hairstreak	1 on hedgerows Broadfield West/Bog field
Emperor	1m Round field

Swift	20+
Common Buzzard	3
Chiffchaff	2
Blackcap	1
Linnet	4
Goldfinch	6+ Including several juveniles
Yellowhammer	2
Small Skipper	1
Green-veined White	4
Small White	Present
Large White	3
Comma	2
Red Admiral	3
Speckled Wood	4
Meadow Brown	Present
Gatekeeper	Present
Small Heath	1
Small Copper	1

Male Emperor

White Tailed Bumblebee

Common Batman Hoverfly

Red Kite

Six Spot Burnet

1 White-tailed Bumblebee; NE Hillwood field, 1 Common Batman Hoverfly; Hillwood field

Red Kite	1 flew low over the Nuttery 12:42
Comma	c10+
Red Admiral	3
Peacock	1
Dark Green Fritillary	3
Speckled Wood	2
Gatekeeper	100+
Chalkhill Blue	c7 males; Stagbury/ Hillwood field
Purple Hairstreak	3 along the Narnia trail
Azure Damselfly	c10; Outwood lane Pond
Blue-tailed Damselfly	2 mating; Outwood Lane Pond
Emperor	1 m Outwood Lane Pond being attacked by patrolling Darters
Common Darter	5; Outwood Lane Pond

Big mixed flock in Round Field including an early returning migrant Willow Warbler

Woodpigeon	500+. About 400 in Chipstead Meadow, rest elsewhere
Green Woodpecker	2
Blue Tit	30+
Great Tit	15+
Chiffchaff	10+
Willow Warbler	1
Long-tailed Tit	12+
Blackcap	2
Whitethroat	3 Reeds Cottages scrub
Nuthatch	1
Linnet	8
Goldfinch	6+
Yellowhammer	2
Small White	5+
Meadow Brown	Present
Gatekeeper	Present
Holly Blue	2
Small Copper	1

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