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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