19th September 2024: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

male Migrant Hawker

Brown Hairstreak

female Common Darter

Herring Gull 4 Hobby 1 flew NE over Hillwood Field 16:36 Kestrel 2 Raven 2 Coal Tit 1 Treecreeper 1 Whinchat 1 along hedgerows by Hither Field Small White 2 Meadow Brown 30+ Small Heath 5 Common Blue 1 Small Copper 1 near The Nuttery Brown Hairstreak 1 in Harholt Plantation Southern Hawker 3 over Piddly Pond Migrant Hawker 4 all in Hillwood Field Common Darter 4

 

 

Thousands of Ivy Bees along lower Hither Field paths