6 April 2026: Banstead Woods Bird Count - Paul Goodman

 

General comments Bird survey
Pheasant 2
Stock Dove 11
Woodpigeon 7
Common Buzzard 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker 8
Green Woodpecker 4
Rose-ringed Parakeet 2
Jay 4
Magpie 5
Jackdaw 23
Coal Tit 2
Blue Tit 11
Great Tit 8
Chiffchaff 23
Blackcap 31
Whitethroat 3
Goldcrest 1
Firecrest 1
Nuthatch 5
Wren 70
Song Thrush 4
Blackbird 46
Robin 64
Dunnock 3
Chaffinch 2
Brimstone 3
Small White 1
Speckled Wood 2
Small Heath 2 Perrots by Wood (Canons Farm)

 

4 April 2026: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 

Oak Processionary moth caterpillars


Moorhen 1
Herring Gull 2
Red Kite 1
Common Buzzard 2
Kestrel 1
Blackcap 3
Whitethroat 2; both singing-1 by Outwood Lane Lagoon (new in), 1 in Stagbury
Song Thrush 2 singing in Stagbury
Goldfinch 1 singing by the Scouts Huts
Painted Lady 1
Rabbits 30 in Holly Lane Meadow

 

2 April 2026: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 

Mallard 3 flew N high over the woods towards Woodmansterne 16:50
Swift 2 circled prior to the rain belt 16:56
Red Kite 1 flew SW 17:16

 

2 May 2026: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 



Female Yellowhammer

Wheatear in Broadfield

White Helleborine

 

Pheasant 3
Swift 4 Circling high at 8:30 am
Herring Gull 14 over
Common Buzzard 1
Skylark 14+
Chiffchaff 3
Blackcap 8
Whitethroat 10
Starling 20+ collecting food and which they take to nests in Burgh Heath and Banstead
Mistle Thrush 1 called briefly near L&G
Song Thrush 2
Wheatear 1 Broadfield
House Sparrow 20 Seem to be fewer than in previous years
Chaffinch 2
Yellowhammer 2 Pair.
White Helleborine (orchid) 3 flower spikes in Holly Wood. Different location to previous sighting a few years ago

 

30 April 2026: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 

Red Kite 1
Firecrest 1 singing in a new area
Small Copper 2 in Holly lane Meadows

29 April 2026: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

General comments Very windy
Swallow 1
Chiffchaff 1
Blackcap 3
Whitethroat 6
Wheatear 1 Broadfield
Green-veined White 1
Holly Blue 2

26 April 2026: Canons Farm - Tony Blake

 

General comments A quick 55 minute visit where interesting and unexpected sightings piled up!
Little Owl 1 - hunting around the farmhouse at dusk.
Green Woodpecker 1 - heard
Skylark 3
Whitethroat 3
Song Thrush 2
Blackbird 1
Wheatear 1 - in field at Reeds Bottom.
Chaffinch 1
Linnet 1
Goldfinch 3
Yellowhammer 2
Cuckoo Heard distantly at 19.58 and again at 20.25.
Roe Deer 1

 

Badger 1 - opposite farm house. Heard an intense scratching and a badger scuttled out from the hedge and across the track in front of me at 20.25.

Canons Farm - Hobby and Cuckoo

 A Hobby flew over Canons farm yesterday (25th reported by Tony Blake) and a Cuckoo was heard at the farm this morning (26th reported by Grant) near the horses paddock.

25 April 2026: Canons Farm Whinchats - Paul Goodman

 A male and a female were at Reeds Bottom today. Later, the male was heard singing. Spring Whinchat have become quite scarce in our area in recent years. Also, one of the Partridge has reappeared.

Chiffchaff 4
Blackcap 3
Whitethroat 6
Whinchat 2 Male and Female at Reed's Bottom
Yellowhammer 1
Other bird 1 (type species) Red legged partridge
Other bird 1 number and details 1 Pheasant Field
Brimstone 4
Small White 5+
Orange-tip 2
Red Admiral 1
Peacock 2

24 April 2026: Banstead Woods - Paul Goodman

 

Green Hairstreak

Dingy Skipper

General comments Marsh tit pair and 7 butterfly species
Kestrel 1 Male
Marsh Tit 2. A pair together, female wing shivering and male feeding female so likely to breed. Different location to pair seen in March
Chiffchaff 14+
Blackcap 14+
Whitethroat 2
Chaffinch 1
Dingy Skipper 14
Brimstone 6
Small White 3+
Orange-tip 2
Red Admiral 1
Speckled Wood 1
Common Blue 2
Green Hairstreak 4

 

24 April 2026: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

Mallard 2 Over, from Burgh Heath towards Banstead Woods
Common Buzzard 1
Kestrel 1
House Martin 2
Chiffchaff 5
Blackcap 5
Whitethroat 4
Starling 10+ collecting food which they carry to nests at Burgh Heath
Robin 1+ carrying food
Brimstone 6
Small White 6
Orange-tip 1
Peacock 2
Holly Blue 6+

 

24 April 2026: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 

Green Carpet Moth

Grizzled Skipper - Fames Rough Field

Green Hairstreak - Hither Field

 

Red Kite 2 flew over towards Shabden Park
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 drumming
Green Woodpecker 1
Kestrel 1 m- lots of pellets on the paths
Whitethroat 1 singing
Bullfinch 1 fem
Dingy Skipper c15-20
Grizzled Skipper 2
Brimstone c20-30 mainly males
Orange-tip 3
Comma 1
Red Admiral 2
Peacock 3
Speckled Wood 1
Small Heath 2
Holly Blue 5
Small Copper 1
Green Hairstreak 3; 2,FR , 1 Hither field

 

24 April 2026: Canons Farm - Ian Ward

 

Juvenile Blackbird

Pheasant 1
Common Buzzard 1
Blackcap 5
Whitethroat 5
Blackbird Juveniles in the Slangs
Goldfinch 1
Yellowhammer 2

 

20 April 2026: Banstead Woodds - Ian Ward

 

Male Orange Tip Butterfly

General comments c13 Longhorn Beetle species high in the Nuttery canopy.
(nearby vicinity; 2 Green Hairstreaks on Park Downs)
Moorhen Pair in Outwood Lane ‘Lagoon’
Herring Gull 1
Red Kite 1
Common Buzzard 3
Green Woodpecker 2
Raven 1 heard cronking over Harholt 15:11
Swallow 1 flew low N over Hither fields 13:42
Chiffchaff c6
Long-tailed Tit 1
Blackcap c10
Whitethroat 2 singing in the Nuttery
Brimstone 9+
Large White 1
Orange-tip 2
Comma 1
Red Admiral 1
Peacock 7
Speckled Wood 5
Holly Blue 4

 

19 April 2026: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

Red Kite 1
Common Buzzard 1
Kestrel 1
Chiffchaff 2
Blackcap 6
Whitethroat 9
Wheatear 1 Broadfield
Brimstone 1
Green-veined White 1
Small White 8
Peacock 4
Speckled Wood 1
Holly Blue 1

 

17 April 2026: Canons Farm - Wheatears - Paul Goodman

 

Two migrant Wheatear at Reeds Bottom

 

Common Buzzard 2
Coal Tit 1
Skylark 10+
Blackcap 5
Whitethroat 7
Starling 4+ carrying food towards Burgh Heath
Song Thrush 4
Wheatear 2 Broadfield
Chaffinch 1
Linnet 8
Yellowhammer 3
Green-veined White 1
Orange-tip 1

 

15 April 2026: Banstead Woods - Rob

 Evening Walk in Banstead Woods-open field  

Great Spotted Woodpecker        1

Green Woodpecker                    

14 April 2026: Banstead Woods - Ian Pratley

 

Pheasant 2
feral Rock Dove 1
Woodpigeon 4
Moorhen 1 Lagoon
Sparrowhawk 1 in woods near Perrots Farm
Red Kite 1 flew over lagoon
Common Buzzard 1 flew over Park Farm
Great Spotted Woodpecker 2
Green Woodpecker 5
Kestrel 1 hunting over Fames Rough then flew into woods
Rose-ringed Parakeet 2
Magpie 10
Jackdaw 27
Carrion Crow 7
Blue Tit 2
Great Tit 17
Chiffchaff 19
Long-tailed Tit 1
Blackcap 13
Firecrest 1 singing between estate and Perrots Farm
Nuthatch 7
Treecreeper 1 orchard
Wren 20
Song Thrush 2
Blackbird 10
Robin 28
Goldfinch 1
Brimstone 14, 13 male, 1 female
Rabbit 1

12 April 2026: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 

Hairy Footed Flower Bee on Alkanet

Male Orange Tip

Moorhen pair

Jackdaw

General comments Sightings around Outwood Lane Pond.
Hairy footed Flower Bees on Green Alkanet flowers
Mallard no sign of the recent duck
Moorhen Pair courting
Red Kite 2
Common Buzzard 3
Kestrel 1
Blackcap 2 singing nearby
Orange-tip male observed by the embankment

 

12 April 2026: Canons Farm/Banstead Woods - Jay Alexander

 



                                       Lesser Redpoll drinking at Piddly Pond, Banstead Woods

Woodpigeon 2
Common Buzzard 2
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Green Woodpecker 1
Rose-ringed Parakeet 2
Magpie 4
Jackdaw 10
Carrion Crow 16
Coal Tit 1
Blue Tit 2
Great Tit 1
Skylark 8
Swallow 1
Chiffchaff 1
Long-tailed Tit 1
Blackcap 1
Whitethroat 2
Nuthatch 1
Wren 2
Starling 4
Blackbird 1
Robin 2
Dunnock 2
Linnet 4
Lesser Redpoll 1
Goldfinch 3
Yellowhammer 1

 

9 April 2026: Canons Farm - Annie Griffin

 

Pheasant 1
Stock Dove 10
Woodpigeon 50+
Red Kite 4
Common Buzzard 2
Green Woodpecker 1
Peregrine 1
Rose-ringed Parakeet 2
Magpie 6
Carrion Crow 100+
Blue Tit 2
Great Tit 6
Skylark 5
Chiffchaff 1
Blackcap 2
Whitethroat 4
Blackbird 1
Robin 2
Dunnock 2
Chaffinch 1
Linnet 2
Large White 2
Small Tortoiseshell 3
Peacock 6

 

8 April 2026: Canons Farm - Jay Alexander

 

Woodpigeon 3
Common Buzzard 2
Green Woodpecker 1
Rose-ringed Parakeet 4
Magpie 4
Jackdaw 10
Carrion Crow 8
Blue Tit 2
Great Tit 1
Skylark 4
Chiffchaff 2
Willow Warbler 1
Blackcap 1
Whitethroat 1
Wren 1
Song Thrush 1
Blackbird 4
Robin 2
Dunnock 2
House Sparrow 4
Chaffinch 1
Brimstone 3
Peacock 4
Holly Blue 1