1st October 2025: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 

Kestrel


Black-headed Gull4
Common Gull1 over Hither field - flew into Shabden Park
Herring Gull1
Sparrowhawk1 m low over Hither field hedgerows
Common Buzzard1 juvenile
Great Spotted Woodpecker3
Green Woodpecker1
Kestrel1m perched on the mobile tower by Hither field
Rose-ringed Parakeetc10
Jay5
Magpie12
Raven2 over Hither field calling & flew over Shabden Park 12:36
Marsh Tit1 feeding briefly on apples on path in Harholt
Blue Tit2 feeding on fallen apples
Great Tit2 feeding on fallen apples
Chiffchaff4
Willow Warbler1 in Hither field hedgerows
Long-tailed Tit7
Goldcrest1
Mistle Thrush1 flew onto mobile tower by Hither field 30 minutes after Kestrel flew away
Meadow Pipit1
Bullfinch6; 5 in Harholt together, 1 in the Nuttery
Greenfinchc11 in the Nuttery
Siskin1 flew over Harholt calling 13:29
Brown Hairstreak1 in the Nuttery
Other wildlife 1 (type species)1 Weasel ran across a path in Hillwood field
Other wildlife 1 number and details3 Grey Squirrels in the Nuttery