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* = bird flying past the recording area, viewed from it.Tuesday 30th
- Banstead Woods: SISKIN flew over (Butterflies: 1,760+ Marbled Whites, 2,270+ Meadow Browns. Plants: 3,500+ Pyramidal Orchids) - SG
Monday 29th
- no reported sightings
Sunday 28th
- Fames Rough: HOBBY - IGM
- Canons Farm: YELLOWHAMMER (Slangs), 2 LINNETS (R.R.Cottages), 4+ SKYLARKS, 4 BLACKCAPS (Butterflies: 15+ Marbled Whites (8+ Legal & General), 6 Small Tortoiseshells, 6 Large Skippers (2 Legal & General), 8+ Ringlets (3+ Legal & General), Small White, many Meadow Browns) - PGo
- Banstead Woods: 2 HOBBIES mobbing COMMON BUZZARD (Butterflies: Red Admiral) - IPW
Saturday 27th
- Canons Farm: c16 COMMON SWIFTS, YELLOWHAMMER (Poultry Field), BULLFINCH (Tawny Wood), PHEASANT (Green Belt Field), COMMON BUZZARD (Ruffett Wood), KESTREL (caravan site), 6 BLACKCAPS, CHIFFCHAFF (Tawny Wood), COMMON WHITETHROAT (Poultry Field), GREENFINCH (Tawny Wood), 2 LINNETS (Perrotts by Wood) (Butterflies: Red Admiral, Large Skipper, Green-veined White, 7 Small Tortoiseshells, 3 Ringlets, Speckled Wood, 10+ Meadow Browns) - IPW
- Banstead Woods: 4 BULLFINCHES (2 The Scrub, 1 Fames Rough, 1 Piddly Pond), COMMON BUZZARD (Fames Rough), GREENFINCH (The Scrub), 3 BLACKCAPS (1 juv) (bathing Piddly Pond) (Odonata, Piddly Pond: Large Red Damselflies, Azure Damselflies. Butterflies: Gatekeeper (Sheep Brow), Essex Skipper (Woodpecker Meadow), 3 Small Skippers (Woodpecker Meadow), c19 Large Skippers, 70+ Marbled Whites, 70+ Meadow Browns, 20+ Ringlets, 2 Small Tortoiseshells, c8 Small Heaths, 2 Common Blues, Brimstone, 4 Speckled Woods, 2 Red Admirals (Sheep Brow), Holly Blue (Sheep Brow), Comma (Woodpecker Meadow), Painted Lady (The Scrub). Moths: 3 Silver-Ys (Sheep Brow)) - IPW
Friday 26th
- Banstead Woods 06:30-11:20/17:30-18:45: 3 COMMON BUZZARDS (1 over The Scrub, 2 around potential used nest site), 5 STOCK DOVES (3 singing), 36 COMMON SWIFTS (movement), 4 GREEN WOODPECKERS, 4 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (1+ juv), KESTREL, 2 GOLDCRESTS singing, 3 COAL TITS, SWALLOW flew high NNW, 8 CHIFFCHAFFS, WILLOW WARBLER singing (The Scrub), 6 BLACKCAPS, 2 COMMON WHITETHROATS (1 The Scrub, 1 singing Valley Meadows), 4 NUTHATCHES, 4 TREECREEPERS, 5 SONG THRUSHES (4 singing), 3+ BULLFINCHES (2+ The Scrub, 1+ north of estate)), 2 GREENFINCHES, 4 LINNETS (1 same as CF), 2 GOLDFINCHES, 1+ SISKIN flew over (Butterflies: Ringlets, Marbled Whites, Small Heath, Large Skippers, Meadow Browns) - DKC/DJ/RR/DR/LB/GNR
- Canons Farm 15:55-17:30/18:45-19:10: COMMON BUZZARD (over Death Pit), STOCK DOVE, 70+ COMMON SWIFTS, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 2 KESTRELS, ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET, 7 SKYLARKS, 4 SWALLOWS (2 pairs), 2 BLACKCAPS singing, 3 COMMON WHITETHROATS (1 with food C.Farmyard, 2 singing), SONG THRUSH singing (C.Farmyard), 4 LINNETS (1 same as BW), 4 GOLDFINCHES (Butterflies: Small Tortoiseshells, Meadow Browns, Large Skipper) - DKC
Thursday 25th
- Banstead Woods 12:50-15:00: COMMON BUZZARD, 2 STOCK DOVES, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, ♂ KESTREL, GOLDCREST, 2 COAL TITS, 10+ LONG-TAILED TITS, 4 CHIFFCHAFFS singing, 5 BLACKCAPS, 2 COMMON WHITETHROATS, 3 NUTHATCHES, TREECREEPER, 4 SONG THRUSHES, MISTLE THRUSH, 2 BULLFINCHES, GREENFINCH, 3 GOLDFINCHES, SISKIN flew over (Butterflies: Meadow Browns, Brimstones, Marbled Whites, Small Heaths, Large Skippers, Speckled Woods) - DKC/DCu
Wednesday 24th
- no reported sightings
Tuesday 23rd
- no reported sightings
Monday 22nd
- no reported sightings
Sunday 21st
- Canons Farm: 2 PHEASANTS (1♂) (Green Belt Field), 3 COMMON WHITETHROATS (1 juv) (Poultry Field) (Butterflies: Small Tortoiseshell (Pipit Meadow)) - IPW
- Banstead Woods: 5 BULLFINCHES (2 The Scrub, 2 Sheep Brow, 1 Fames Rough) (Butterflies: 9 Marbled Whites (6 Sheep Brow, 3 Fames Rough), Green Hairstreak (Fames Rough), 2 Large Skippers (Fames Rough), 2 Small Heaths (Fames Rough), 2 Painted Ladies (Sheep Brow), 2 Common Blues (1 Sheep Brow, 1 Fames Rough), 19 Meadow Browns) - IPW
Saturday 20th
- RED KITE at 12:00 (flew low SW over Buzzard Field), COMMON BUZZARD (Buzzard Field), SPARROWHAWK (Tawny Wood), LITTLE OWL (Horse Pasture), 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS flew west, 3 YELLOWHAMMERS (2♂), 3 PHEASANTS, 3 SONG THRUSHES (Tawny Wood), 4 BLACKCAPS (3 Tawny Wood, 1 Pages Acre), 3 CHIFFCHAFFS (1 Tawny Wood, 1 Pages Acre, 1 Circle Field), 4+ GOLDFINCHES (2+ juvs), LINNET, 2 SWALLOWS (R.R.Cottages) (Butterflies: 2 Meadow Browns) - IPW
Friday 19th
- Banstead Woods: 3 CHIFFCHAFFS singing, 2 BLACKCAPS singing, NUTHATCH, SONG THRUSH, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, GREEN WOODPECKER - DJ
- Canons Farm: BLACKCAP singing (Lunch Wood), 5 COMMON WHITETHROATS, 3 GOLDFINCHES, 4 LINNETS, YELLOWHAMMER singing (by R.R.Cottages), 3 SKYLARKS (Quail Field), SWALLOW, 2 COMMON SWIFTS, PHEASANT (Stoney Nob), LITTLE OWL (Bog Field), COMMON BUZZARD (over Death Pit) - DJ
Thursday 18th
- no reported sightings
Wednesday 17th
- Canons Farm: 2 YELLOWHAMMERS singing - DCu
- Slangs, evening: GARDEN WARBLER singing - IGM
Tuesday 16th
- Canons Farm: GOLDCREST singing (Pages Acre), BLACKCAP with food (Chipstead Meadow), juv GREAT TITS - PGo
Monday 15th
- no reported sightings
Sunday 14th
- Canons Farm 14:30-15:30: YELLOWHAMMER (by derelict barns), 10+ GOLDFINCHES (by R.R.Cottages), 2 SWALLOWS (by R.R.Cottages), COMMON BUZZARD (over Broadfield) - TP
Saturday 13th
- Canons Farm: 7 COMMON WHITETHROATS, 2 juv GOLDFINCHES (R.R.Cottages), SWALLOW, 14 COMMON SWIFTS, KESTREL, COMMON BUZZARD with prey, 3 juv MAGPIES (Butterflies: Painted Lady (Lunch Wood)) - PGo
- Canons Farm: 7 COMMON SWIFTS, 3 SWALLOWS, COMMON BUZZARD, SPARROWHAWK, GREENFINCH, YELLOWHAMMERS, 2 LINNETS, PHEASANT - IPW
- Banstead Woods: 4 COMMON SWIFTS, COMMON BUZZARD - PGo
- Woodpecker Meadow: COMMON BUZZARD - TP
Friday 12th
- The Scrub: ♂ CUCKOO heard singing briefly, BLACK-HEADED GULL flew over - DKC/RR et al
- Valley Meadows, 16:02: RED KITE flew low over - MSt
- Banstead Woods: LITTLE OWL (near caravan site, same as CF), ♂ MALLARD (Piddly Pond) - IPW
- Canons Farm: LITTLE OWL (near caravan site, same as BW), BULLFINCH (Tawny Wood), 2 COMMON SWIFTS - IPW
Thursday 11th
- Legal & General: juv LITTLE OWL - IGM
- Banstead Woods: 4 BULLFINCHES (2 Sheep Brow, 2 The Scrub), COMMON BUZZARD (Fames Rough), COMMON WHITETHROAT (Valley Meadows), 2 TREECREEPERS (near Piddly Pond) (Butterflies: 4 Large Skippers, 3 Meadow Browns, Grizzled Skipper (Sheep Brow), 4 Dingy Skippers (2 Sheep Brow, 2 Fames Rough), Green Hairstreak (Fames Rough), Brown Argus (Fames Rough), 3 Painted Ladies (2 Sheep Brow, 1 Fames Rough), 3 Small Heaths (Fames Rough), Large White, Speckled Wood, 9 Brimstones, 27 Common Blues. Moths: 2 Silver-Ys. Odonata: Large Red Damselfly (Piddly Pond)) - IPW
Wednesday 10th
- Canons Farm: YELLOWHAMMER singing - DCu
Tuesday 9th
- no reported sightings
Monday 8th
- Canons Farm: SKYLARK, GOLDFINCH, SWALLOW, LINNET, ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET, KESTREL, 2 COMMON BUZZARDS, GREEN WOODPECKER, 4 COMMON WHITETHROATS - DCu
- Banstead Woods: GARDEN WARBLER (The Scrub), GOLDCREST, NUTHATCH, BLACKCAP, CHIFFCHAFF, COMMON SWIFT - DCu
- Legal & General: LITTLE OWL on field - IGM
Sunday 7th
- Banstead Woods: WILLOW WARBLER singing (The Scrub), 2 CHIFFCHAFFS, 6 BLACKCAPS (Butterflies: Dingy Skipper (Fames Rough), 2 Green Hairstreaks (Fames Rough), 33 Common Blues. Plants: White Helleborine, Common Spotted Orchid, many Fly Orchids and Commmon Twayblades) - PGo
- Canons Farm: 2 CHIFFCHAFFS, BLACKCAP (Butterflies: Common Blue) - PGo
- Canons Farm: (Butterflies: Dingy Skipper, Common Blue, Brimstone, several Painted Ladies, Peacock, Large White, Small Tortoiseshell, Small White, Small Heath. Moths: Silver-Y) - IGM
Saturday 6th
- Canons Farm: BULLFINCH (Tawny Wood), TREECREEPER (Tawny Wood), COMMON SWIFT, 2 PHEASANTS (1 Poultry Field, 1 Ruffett Wood), 3 SKYLARKS (2 Green Belt Field, 1 Poultry Field), GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Tawny Wood +juvs), 2+ NUTHATCHES, 2+ COAL TITS - IPW
- Banstead Woods: 2 GARDEN WARBLERS singing (The Scrub), 2 ROOKS (Hither Field), 3 COMMON BUZZARDS (The Scrub), SPARROWHAWK (Fames Rough), 3 BULLFINCHES (2 The Scrub, 1 Hither Field), COMMON WHITETHROAT (Woodpecker Meadow), 4 COMMON SWIFTS (Odonata: Black-tailed Skimmer (Fames Rough). Mammals: Weasel (Woodpecker Meadow). Moths: 2 Silver-Ys, Cinnabar (Hither Field). Butterflies: Meadow Brown (Hither Field), Brown Argus (Hither Field), 2 Green Hairstreaks, Holly Blue (Hither Field), 3 Small Heaths (2 The Scrub, 1 Fames Rough), Dingy Skipper (Sheep Brow), Peacock, 2 Speckled Woods, Large White, 30+ Common Blues) - IPW
- Banstead Woods: KESTREL (near Fames Rough) - TP
Friday 5th
- The Scrub: LESSER WHITETHROAT trapped and ringed - DR et al
Thursday 4th
- Canons Farm: 4+ SWALLOWS, 2 COMMON WHITETHOATS - IGM
Wednesday 3rd
- Canons Farm: SKYLARK, 2 GOLDFINCHES - TP
- Banstead Woods: 2 NUTHATCHES (near Piddly Pond), 2 SONG THRUSHES (near Piddly Pond), 10+ LONG-TAILED TITS (incl' juvs) (near R.R.Lane entrance) - TP
Tuesday 2nd
- no reported sightings
Monday 1st
- no reported sightings