Rufous Grasshopper
| Red Kite | 1 flew S 13:00 |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | 4 |
| Green Woodpecker | 1 |
| Kestrel | 1 |
| Swallow | 1 flew S |
| Chiffchaff | up to 30 calling |
| Blackcap | 1 |
| Brown Hairstreak | 1 in W Hillwood field |
| Common Darter | 2 |
27th August 2025: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward
25th August 2025: Banstead Woods - Paul Goodman
| Herring Gull | 1 |
| Kestrel | 1 |
| Chiffchaff | 1 |
| Blackcap | 1 |
| Nuthatch | 1 |
| Small White | 2 |
| Large White | 1 |
| Speckled Wood | 2 |
| Meadow Brown | 10+ |
| Small Blue | 1 |
| Common Blue | 2 |
| Small Copper | 2 |
| Brown Argus | 1 |
25th August 2025: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman
| Swift | 150+ heading SW |
| Red Kite | 1 |
| Common Buzzard | 3 |
| Kestrel | 1 Male |
| Sand Martin | 1 |
| Swallow | 25 |
| Chiffchaff | 6 |
| Blackcap | 1 |
| Garden Warbler | 1 Lunch Wood scrub |
| Lesser Whitethroat | 1 Reeds Cottages scrub |
| Whitethroat | 2 |
| Nuthatch | 2 |
| Wheatear | 1 Near Canons Farmhouse |
| Dunnock | 4 family group |
| Small White | 6 |
| Large White | 4 |
| Speckled Wood | 1 |
| Meadow Brown | 8 |
| Small Heath | 2 |
| Southern Hawker | 1 |
24th August 2025: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward
Unconfirmed Spotted Flycatcher flew over the Hither fields late afternoon towards the mobile tower/Shabden Park
24th August 2025: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward
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 |
23rd August 2025: Canons Farm - Justin Bendig
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+ |
23rd August 2025: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman
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 |
22nd August 2025: Canons Farm - Annie Griffin
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.
Plenty of ladybirds on growth in Round Meadow.
| Woodpigeon | 500+ |
| Swift | 300 |
| Cormorant | 2 |
| Sparrowhawk | 1 |
| Red Kite | 1 |
| Common Buzzard | 12 |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | 1 |
| Hobby | 1 |
| Kestrel | 1 |
| Magpie | 2 |
| Carrion Crow | 11 |
| Swallow | 150 |
| House Martin | 200 |
| Chiffchaff | 2 |
| Long-tailed Tit | 3 |
| Wren | 1 |
| Robin | 1 |
| Dunnock | 1 |
| Linnet | 8 |
| Goldfinch | 4 |
| Yellowhammer | 2 |
| Large White | 2 |
| Gatekeeper | 1 |
| Other butterfly 1 | Jersey Tiger Moth |
| Other butterfly 1 | 1 |
20th August 2025: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward
Juvenile Bullfinch
Middle area of Fames Rough only now electric fenced -herded with Sheep
| Herring Gull | 3 |
| Red Kite | 1 |
| Common Buzzard | 2 juveniles |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | 2 |
| Green Woodpecker | 1 |
| Kestrel | 1 |
| Chiffchaff | 1 |
| Blackcap | 2; 1 singing in the Nuttery |
| Bullfinch | 1+ in the Nuttery- others heard |
17th August 2025: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward
| Raven | 3 drifted west together 10:45 |
| Marsh Tit | 1 calling by Piddly Pond 11:27 |
| House Martin | 1 observed flying N |
| Blackcap | 1 |
| Southern Hawker | 2 |
| Migrant Hawker | 2 |
| Common Darter | 3 |
14th August 2025: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman
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 |
13th August 2025: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman
Short late afternoon walk
| Woodpigeon | 200 |
| Swift | 40+ |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | 1 |
| Kestrel | 1 Female |
| Carrion Crow | 200 |
| Swallow | 6 |
| Chiffchaff | 2 |
| Whitethroat | 6 Including several juveniles |
| Linnet | 4 |
| Goldfinch | 21 |
| Yellowhammer | 5 Including 2+ juveniles |
13th August 2025: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward
Underground Wasp Nest
Whinchat
Small Copper
| Common Buzzard | 2 juveniles calling above Outwood Lane adjacent to the Nuttery |
| Blue Tit | 30+ flock near the Nuttery (with small no.s of Long-tailed Tits) |
| Whinchat | 2; 1 in lower Hither field 13:35, joined by a 2nd bird from the mobile tower area 13:42 |
| Goldfinch | 4 in the Nuttery |
| Small Copper | 2 in Hither field |
11th August 2025: Canons Farm - Mark Hugo
visited mid afternoon.
| Red Kite | 2 |
| Common Buzzard | 2 |
| Hobby | 2 |
| Kestrel | 1 |
| Magpie | 5 |
| Goldfinch | 1 |
10th August 2025: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman
| Common Buzzard | 2 |
| Green Woodpecker | 2 |
| Chiffchaff | 11 |
| Blackcap | 1 |
| Whitethroat | 9 |
| Nuthatch | 1 |
| Tree Pipit | 1 Watchpoint |
| Linnet | 3 |
| Yellowhammer | 2 |
| Other bird 1 | Grasshopper Warbler |
| Other bird 1 | 1 Watchpoint |
| Other bird 2 | Reed Warbler |
| Other bird 2 | 1 Watchpoint |
| Small White | 4 |
| Large White | 1 |
| Meadow Brown | Present |
| Holly Blue | 2 |
9th August 2025: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward
Jersey Tiger
Sparrowhawk
Common Buzzard
| Sparrowhawk | 1 over Holly Lane Meadows |
| Common Buzzard | 2; 1 adult with 1 calling juvenile- Holly Lane Meadows |
| Azure Damselfly | 6 -Outwood Lane Pond |
| Blue-tailed Damselfly | 1m -Outwood Lane Pond |
| Southern Hawker | 1m -Outwood Lane Pond |
| Migrant Hawker | 2; Banstead Woods |
| Emperor | 2 fem- Outwood Lane Pond |
| Common Darter | 8; Outwood Lane Pond |
| Other odonata 1 (type species) | 4; Willow Emerald- 2m 2fem mating- Outwood Lane Pond |
6th August 2025: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward
| 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 |
5th August 2025: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman
| Swift | 25+ |
| Red Kite | 1 |
| Green Woodpecker | 2 |
| Kestrel | 1 |
| Swallow | 50+ |
| Chiffchaff | 15 Most in Round Field |
| Willow Warbler | 2 - 3 |
| Long-tailed Tit | 25 |
| Blackcap | 1 |
| Whitethroat | 1 |
| Linnet | 50 Most feeding in IFGF |
| Goldfinch | 6 |
| Small White | 6 |
| Speckled Wood | 2 |
| Meadow Brown | Present |
| Gatekeeper | Present |
| Small Heath | 2 |
3rd August 2025: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward
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 |
2nd August 2025: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward
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 |
1st August 2025: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman
| 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+ |
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