| Common Buzzard | 2 |
| Blackcap | 3 |
| Whitethroat | 3 |
| Linnet | 2 |
| Essex Skipper | 10+ |
| Marbled White | 10+ |
| Small White | 10+ |
| Large White | 3 |
| Comma | 1 |
| Painted Lady | 1 |
| Red Admiral | 4 |
| Peacock | 2 |
| Meadow Brown | 50+ |
| Gatekeeper | 50+ |
| Ringlet | 1 |
| Small Copper | 1 |
8 July 2026: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman
7 July 2026: Canons Farm - Justin Bendig
Note, no barn owl 8:15 to 10:10 pm
| Little Owl | 1 |
| Whitethroat | 2 (one with food, & both ‘churring’ noisily) |
| Dunnock | 2 |
| Yellowhammer | 2 (male & female, the male likely to be the same individual that has been singing from the same tree branch on RR lane almost every summer evening I have visited this year) |
| Bats | 2 |
5 July 2026: Banstead Woods - Paul Goodmn
First 2nd brood Common Blue seen today
Moorhen 2
| Chiffchaff | 1 |
| Blackcap | 2 |
| Whitethroat | 1 |
| Essex Skipper | 10+ |
| Small Skipper | 1 |
| Marbled White | 20+ |
| Small White | 5+ |
| Red Admiral | 1 |
| Dark Green Fritillary | 1 |
| Speckled Wood | 1 |
| Meadow Brown | 20+ |
| Gatekeeper | 20+ |
| Ringlet | 4+ |
| Small Heath | 4 |
| Common Blue | 1 |
| Small Copper | 4 |
| Southern Hawker | 1 |
4 July 2026: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman
| Chiffchaff | 1 |
| Blackcap | 2 |
| Whitethroat | 2 Carrying food |
| Yellowhammer | 2 |
| Essex Skipper | 10+ |
| Small Skipper | 1+ |
| Large Skipper | 1 |
| Marbled White | 20+ |
| Green-veined White | 2 |
| Small White | 10+ |
| Large White | 3 |
| Comma | 1 |
| Painted Lady | 4 |
| Red Admiral | 3 |
| Peacock | 1 |
| Speckled Wood | 2 |
| Meadow Brown | 20+ |
| Gatekeeper | 20+ |
| Ringlet | 2+ |
| Small Copper | 4 |
3 July 2026: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward
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| Brimstone |
| General comments | 1 Scarlet Tiger over Park farm Orchard Coverage; mainly Park farm Orchard area |
| Herring Gull | 1 |
| Hobby | 2 circled very high over the woods 12:33 |
| Coal Tit | 2 singing |
| Marsh Tit | 1 by post 5 |
| Chiffchaff | 1 singing |
| Blackcap | 4 singing |
| Brimstone | 2 |
| Marbled White | 1 |
| Green-veined White | 1 |
| Small White | 4 |
| Large White | 9 |
| Comma | 6 |
| Red Admiral | 3 |
| Peacock | 2 |
| Silver-washed Fritillary | 1 |
| Meadow Brown | 5 |
| Ringlet | 3 |
| Holly Blue | 1 |
| Purple Hairstreak | 3 in Oak near to post 5 |
| White letter Hairstreak | 4 |
29 June 2026: Banstread Woods - Ian Ward
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| Male Roe Deer |
| Swift | 1 |
| Brimstone | P |
| Marbled White | P |
| Small White | P |
| Large White | P |
| Comma | 3 |
| Red Admiral | 3 |
| Peacock | 1 |
| Silver-washed Fritillary | 1 |
| Meadow Brown | P |
| Ringlet | 5 |
| Holly Blue | 2 |
| Other butterfly 1 (type species) | 5 White - letter Hairstreaks |
| Emperor | 1 fem over Scouts Car Park |
| Black-tailed Skimmer | 1 fem patrolling Park farm Orchard 12:20 |
| Other wildlife 1 (type species) | 2 Roe Deers |
29 June 2026: Banstead Woods - Paul Goodman
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| Hummingbird Hawk Moth |
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| Purple Hairstreak |
| General comments | 20 butterfly species including a White Admiral and several Purple Hairstreak |
| Moorhen | 2 adults |
| Common Buzzard | 2 |
| Raven | 1 |
| Chiffchaff | 3 |
| Blackcap | 6 |
| Whitethroat | 1 |
| Essex Skipper | 14+ |
| Small Skipper | 1+ |
| Small/Essex Skipper | 5+ |
| Large Skipper | 3 |
| Brimstone | 4 |
| Marbled White | 100+ |
| Small White | 1 |
| Large White | 4 |
| Comma | 2 |
| Painted Lady | 5 |
| Red Admiral | 1 |
| Peacock | 1 |
| Dark Green Fritillary | 3 |
| Speckled Wood | 1 |
| Meadow Brown | 100+ |
| Gatekeeper | 2 |
| Ringlet | 11+ |
| Small Heath | 6 |
| Small Copper | 4 |
| Purple Hairstreak | 5 |
| White Admiral | 1 |
| Hummingbird Hawk Moths | 2 |
| Azure Damselfly | 6 |
28 June 2026: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman
| Swift | 4 |
| Red Kite | 1 |
| Skylark | 6 |
| Chiffchaff | 3 |
| Blackcap | 2 |
| Whitethroat | 1 |
| Linnet | 3 |
| Yellowhammer | 1 |
| Essex Skipper | 10+ |
| Small/Essex Skipper | 8+ |
| Large Skipper | 2 |
| Marbled White | 80+ |
| Green-veined White | 1 |
| Small White | 20+ |
| Large White | 3 |
| Comma | 2 |
| Painted Lady | 4 |
| Small Tortoiseshell | 1 |
| Peacock | 1 |
| Meadow Brown | 100+ |
| Ringlet | 5+ |
| Small Heath | 1 |
| Small Copper | 3 |
26 June 2026: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward - Firecrest juveniles
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| Painted Lady |
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| Ringlet |
| General comments | Scarlet Tiger; Scouts Car Park Vicinity; Park Downs: 200+ Marbled Whites 1 Silver-washed Fritillary 2 Purple Hairstreaks Firecrest with juveniles |
| Moorhen | 2 in the lagoon- one on a nest |
| Common Buzzard | 1 |
| Goldfinch | 1 singing in the Scouts Car Park |
| Painted Lady | 3 |
| Small Tortoiseshell | 1 in Scouts Car Park |
| Dark Green Fritillary | 2 Holly lane Meadows |
| Ringlet | 2 |
| Azure Damselfly | 4 in the lagoon |
22 June 2026: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman - Clouded Yellows & Lesser Whitethroat
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| Dark Green Fritillary |
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| One of two Clouded Yellows |
| Red Kite | 1 |
| Coal Tit | 2 |
| Blue Tit | 4+ Juveniles |
| Great Tit | 2+ Juveniles |
| Chiffchaff | 8 |
| Long-tailed Tit | 5+ Juveniles |
| Blackcap | 15 |
| Lesser Whitethroat | 1 Singing at Harholt |
| Goldcrest | 1 |
| Nuthatch | 3 |
| Song Thrush | 1 |
| Small/Essex Skipper | 4+ |
| Brimstone | 1 |
| Marbled White | 100+ |
| Small White | 6 |
| Comma | 1 |
| Silver-washed Fritillary | 1 -2 |
| Dark Green Fritillary | 1 - 2 |
| Speckled Wood | 5 |
| Meadow Brown | 50+ |
| Ringlet | 5 |
| Small Heath | 2 |
| Clouded Yellow | 2, one at each of Frames Rough and Hither Field |
21 June 2026: Canons Farm - Ian Ward
| General comments | Sunset 21:21 (longest day of year) Dusk Watch with a Bat detector: considered Common Pipistrelle (45kHz) over Reads Rest Cottages (22:30) & Canons farm barns although a (50kHz) stronger reading picked up over Canons farmhouse (23:00) could have been a Brown Long-eared bat but not seen. Fewer bats compared to a few weeks ago. No owls seen/heard although probably about. |
| Stock Dove | 1 singing in Lunch Wood prior to sunset |
| Herring Gull | 2 |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | 1 flew SE over Poultry field (21:03) |
| Skylark | 2 singing |
| Song Thrush | 2 singing |
| Chaffinch | 1 calling in North Horse Pasture |
| Roe Deer | 1 |
20 June 2026: Canons Farm - Justin Bendig
| General comments | Dusk visit. Sunny, warm evening. |
| Barn Owl | 1 (20:59) |
| Little Owl | 1 (20:14, on telegraph wire, in bright sunshine, relaxed in watching me walk past on RR Lane below it) |
| Blackbird | 2 |
| Yellowhammer | 1 |
| Rabbit | 2 |
| Roe Deer | 1 Buck |
19 June 2026: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward
| General comments | 1 Hummingbird Hawkmoth over Hillwood field |
| Stock Dove | 7 singing |
| Herring Gull | 1 |
| Sparrowhawk | 1 m over Holly Lane Meadows |
| Common Buzzard | 1 |
| Coal Tit | 6 singing |
| Marsh Tit | 1 near Park Farm Orchard |
| Swallow | 2 flew SW over Park Farm Orchard 11:57 |
| Chiffchaff | 8 singing |
| Long-tailed Tit | Adults with juveniles near post 10 |
| Blackcap | 28 singing |
| Firecrest | 1 singing |
| Nuthatch | 3 |
| Treecreeper | 3 |
| Essex Skipper | 8 |
| Small Skipper | 1 |
| Large Skipper | 8 |
| Brimstone | 3 |
| Marbled White | 40+ |
| Green-veined White | 1 |
| Small White | 10 |
| Large White | 12 |
| Comma | 10 |
| Painted Lady | 1 |
| Red Admiral | 5 |
| Purple Emperor | 1 mobile & flew around me ; 14:36 above south side of Fames Rough near the steps/cut logs area |
| Silver-washed Fritillary | 3 |
| Dark Green Fritillary | 6; 3 HLM, 2 Hillwood field, 1 Fames Rough |
| Speckled Wood | 6 |
| Meadow Brown | 200+; 100+ HLM, 100+ Hillwood field |
| Ringlet | 4; 3,Hillwood field, 1 Park farm Orchard |
| Small Heath | 5 |
| White Admirals; | 4 1 Narnia lion trail, 1 over Piddly Pond & landed on path, 2 over the path near the Pine Area |
| White-letter Hairstreaks | 2 near post 5 |
| Azure Damselfly | 2 Piddly Pond |
| Large Red Damselfly | 1 Piddly Pond |
| Emperor | 1m over HLM |
18 June 2026: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman
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| One of five Painted Ladies |
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| Dark Green Fritillary. Only the second record at Canons Farm |
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| Mistle Thrush with caterpillar food |
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| An uncommon Golden Bloomed Grey Longhorn Beetle |
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| Small Tortoiseshell. Sadly now quite scarce in SE England |
| Swift | 50 |
| Herring Gull | 4 |
| Common Buzzard | 2 |
| Skylark | 10+ |
| Chiffchaff | 3 |
| Blackcap | 3 |
| Whitethroat | 6 |
| Nuthatch | 2 |
| Starling | 100+ feeding around Canons Farmhouse. Many juveniles |
| Mistle Thrush | 1 At Perrots, carrying food which it carried into Banstead Woods |
| Chaffinch | 1 |
| Yellowhammer | 2 |
| Essex Skipper | 1 |
| Small/Essex Skipper | 2 |
| Marbled White | 9 |
| Small White | 10 |
| Large White | 2 |
| Comma | 4 |
| Painted Lady | 5 |
| Small Tortoiseshell | 2 Along path by Broadfield |
| Dark Green Fritillary | 3 Ruffet Meadow |
| Meadow Brown | 60+ |
| Golden Bloomed Grey Longhorn Beetl | 1 |
16 June 2026: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward
| General comments | Vicinity; Park Downs 3 Dark-green Fritillaries 2 Emperors 1 Hummingbird Moth 1 Marsh Tit |
| Small Tortoiseshell | CFBW sector: 1 Small Tortoiseshell in the perimeter of the Scouts Car Park 50-60+ Marbled Whites |
15 June 2026: Canons Farm - Justin Bendig
| General comments | Dusk visit. |
| Barn Owl | 1 (21:15) |
| Little Owl | 1 (21:45) |
| Yellowhammer | 2 |
15 June 2026: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward
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| White Admiral |
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| Red Admiral |
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| Silver Washed Fritillary |
| Common Buzzard | 2 |
| Treecreeper | 4; 1 near post 8, 3 together (adults feeding a juvenile on a beech at back of Alan Collis bench) |
| Brimstone | 3 |
| Small White | 4 |
| Comma | 4 |
| Red Admiral | 1 |
| Silver-washed Fritillary | 1 |
| Speckled Wood | 2 |
| White Admiral | 1 near post 16 (Narnia wardrobe footpath |
14 June 2026: Banstead Woods - Paul Goodman
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| Male Common Whitethroat |
| Moorhen | 1 |
| Coal Tit | 1 |
| Blackcap | 2 |
| Whitethroat | 2 Pair near carpark |
| Comma | 1 |
| Azure Damselfly | 1 |
Large Red Damselfly Small Blue Butterfly |
1 1 |
13 June 2026: Canons Farm - Jay Alexander
| Pheasant | 1 Heard Only |
| Woodpigeon | 6 |
| Swift | 2 |
| Cormorant | 1 seen from owl meadow |
| Barn Owl | 1 Caught a rodent in owl meadow, later seen in Horse Pasture where it caught another rodent. Later seen carrying prey high over Banstead Woods from near Perrots by-wood |
| Tawny Owl | 2 calling near Perrotts farm |
| Rose-ringed Parakeet | 2 |
| Carrion Crow | 3 |
| Skylark | 2 |
| Blackbird | 2 |
| Yellowhammer | 2 |
| Roe Deer | 2 |
| Fox | 1 |
10 June 2026: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman
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| Chiffchaff at L&G |
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| Clay moth |
| Swift | 50 - 100+. Two flocks of 50+, one feeding around Green Barn then an hour later another (or same) 50+ near Perrots plus 2 at L&G |
| Green Woodpecker | 1 |
| Skylark | 10+ |
| Chiffchaff | 5 |
| Blackcap | 3 |
| Whitethroat | 3 |
| Nuthatch | 1 |
| Song Thrush | 3 |
| Blackbird | 6+ Female carrying food at L&G |
| Robin | 4+ Several juveniles at Holly Wood |
| Red Admiral | 1 |
| Speckled Wood | 1 |
| Meadow Brown | 50+ |
| Small Heath | 1 |
Insects include: 8 Volucella Inanis, 1 Clay moth, 2+ Noon Flies, 1 Garden Chafer and 1 chrysotoxum festivium (hoverfly)
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