Canons Farm & Banstead Woods Birds

Rufous Grasshopper

Brown Hairstreak

Unconfirmed Spotted Flycatcher flew over the Hither fields late afternoon towards the mobile tower/Shabden Park

Juvenile Greenfinch

Whinchat

Brown Hairstreak

Common Buzzard	2 Juveniles from Shabden Park over Hither field- calling
Chiffchaff	4
Blackcap	3
Whitethroat	1
Whinchat	2 in Hither field
Greenfinch	2 Juveniles in Stagbury
Green-veined White	1
Small White	2
Large White	c9
Speckled Wood	4
Meadow Brown	Widespread but now low numbers
Gatekeeper	Widespread but now very low numbers
Small Heath	c11 in Hither field
Common Blue	4
Chalkhill Blue	8; 5m,3 fem in Stagbury
Small Copper	c14; mainly Hither & Stagbury fields
Brown Argus	2 in Hither field
Brown Hairstreak	1 in Hither field near the Nuttery
Azure Damselfly	1
Southern Hawker	2; m&fem Outwood Lane Pond
Common Darter	c8

Warm, dry weather continues.. Watched dusty harvest of field beans.

Pheasant	5 (family group successfully escaping the combine harvester).
Swift	50 (circling above the bean filed being harvested)
Red Kite	2
Common Buzzard	2
Hobby	1 (flying high above the swallows)
Carrion Crow	40+

Swallow

Lesser Whitethroat

Swift	250+
Sparrowhawk	1
Red Kite	3
Common Buzzard	6
Swallow	100+
House Martin	2+
Chiffchaff	10
Lesser Whitethroat	1
Whitethroat	3
Nuthatch	1
Song Thrush	1
House Sparrow	6 Reeds Cottages including one young juvenile
Chaffinch	1
Linnet	1
Yellowhammer	1
Green-veined White	1
Small White	8
Large White	1
Silver-washed Fritillary	1 probably, large frit, bit worn
Speckled Wood	2
Meadow Brown	Present
Small Heath	2
Holly Blue	1
Southern Hawker	1
Other wildlife 1	Hornets
Other wildlife 1 number	2

Jersey Tiger Moth

Swift and Hobby

Warm, sunny intervals.

Harvesting of beans.
Mass migration of swifts, housemartins and swallows heading south, but feeding over the fields being harvested.

Hobby persistently present above the hirundines, in pursuit of a single swift at one point.
Plenty of ladybirds on growth in Round Meadow.

Juvenile Bullfinch

Middle area of Fames Rough only now electric fenced -herded with Sheep

Impressive numbers of hirundines flying south and feeding at the farm today. Also a mixed flock of passerines, at least 50 birds in Round Field.

Swift	200
Herring Gull	1
Red Kite	2
Common Buzzard	9 including some migrants
Great Spotted Woodpecker	2
Green Woodpecker	1
Coal Tit	2
Sand Martin	1+
Swallow	400+ Feeding and flying over South
House Martin	150
Chiffchaff	25 Most in Round Field
Willow Warbler	1
Long-tailed Tit	15
Blackcap	1
Whitethroat	6 Including a family group at Reeds Cottages
Nuthatch	1
Linnet	12
Small White	5
Large White	1
Red Admiral	1
Speckled Wood	1
Meadow Brown	10
Gatekeeper	1
Holly Blue	1

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