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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

8 April 2026: Banstead Woods - Paul Goodman

 Singing Willow Warbler

Coal Tit 1
Chiffchaff 8
Willow Warbler 1 Singing top of Harholt
Long-tailed Tit 2
Blackcap 6
Nuthatch 5
Brimstone 8+
Orange-tip 1
Peacock 2
Speckled Wood 1

 

8 April 2026: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 First Whitethroat of the year have arrived

Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Common Buzzard 2
Skylark 10+
Chiffchaff 7
Long-tailed Tit 2
Blackcap 6
Whitethroat 3
Nuthatch 1
Dunnock 11 Three juveniles at Reeds Cottages
Chaffinch 1
Linnet 4
Brimstone 6
Small White 1
Small Tortoiseshell 1 Ruffet Meadow
Speckled Wood 1

Painted Nomad Bees                   2 These parasitise Yelleow Legged Mining Bees which were also present 

8 April 2026: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 

Red Kite 1
Common Buzzard 2
Blackcap c13 + singing in the Woods
Brimstone 20+
Green-veined White 1
Small White 1
Large White 1
Orange-tip c5; 4m 1fem along the Woods footpaths
Comma 3
Red Admiral 1
Peacock 16
Holly Blue 2

 

8 April 2026: Canons Farm - Ian ward

 1 Common Lizard in rough grass S of Green Belt field

6 April 2026: Canons Farm - Justin Bendig

 


General comments Dawn patrol
Jackdaw 2
Carrion Crow c20
Blue Tit c10
Skylark 2
Long-tailed Tit 2
Wren 1
Mistle Thrush 2
Blackbird c10
Robin c10
Dunnock c10
Red-legged Partridge 2 (a pair together, as seen previously, Poultry Field)
Roe Deer 2 (Does in Stoney Nob)

 

6 April 2026: Canons Farm - Barry & Annie Griffin

 

Woodpigeon 20+
Red Kite 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker 2
Rose-ringed Parakeet 1
Magpie 5
Carrion Crow 40+
Blue Tit 2
Great Tit 4
Skylark 7
Chiffchaff 2
Blackcap 3
Wren 1
Blackbird 5
Robin 3
Dunnock 4
Yellowhammer 2
Brimstone 1
Large White 1
Peacock 4

5 April 2026: Banstead Woods - Paul Goodman

 

Common Buzzard 1
Green Woodpecker 4
Coal Tit 3
Chiffchaff Ca. 20
Blackcap 1
Nuthatch 14

3 April 2026: Canons Farm - Ian Ward

 



Pheasant 2
Stock Dove c22 Broadfield East
Herring Gull 13; 7 were tractor following on Broadfield
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 over Broadfield West
Grey Heron 1 flew SW over Broadfields towards Kingswood 17:00
Red Kite 2
Common Buzzard 3
Kestrel 1 fem
Skylark 9
Long-tailed Tit 1
Fieldfare c10
Chaffinch 1 singing Reads Rest Bottom
Linnet 2 Lunch Wood
Goldfinch 3 Lunch Wood
Yellowhammer 2
Red-legged Partridge 2 Red-legged Partridges now in Poultry field 16:00

3 April 2026: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 


 

 Mallard

1 duck on Outwood Lane embankment

3 April 2026: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Red Kite 2
Coal Tit 1
Chiffchaff 4
Nuthatch 1
Yellowhammer 1

1 April 2026: Banstead Woods - Anonymous

 Siskins    3  heard Three Siskins along the footpath near the Pine Area

1 April 2026: Canons Farm - Justin Bendig

 

General comments Dawn patrol
Little Owl 1
Kestrel 1
Jay 2
Blue Tit 3
Great Tit 1
Skylark 4
Chiffchaff 1
Long-tailed Tit 2
Yellowhammer 1
Red Legged Partridge 2, a pair together in Broadfield East
Roe Deer Buck and Doe, Lunch Banks


29 March 2026: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 

Moorhen 1
Common Buzzard 5

Green Woodpecker 

Rabbits 

4

18 

26 March 2026: Canons Farm - Ian Ward

 There was an unusual Stonechat at Reeds Rest Bottom resembling a Whinchat, which had an unusually bold pale supercillium

 


Pheasant 2; 1m Green Belt field , 1m Lunch Wood
Red Kite 2 together
Green Woodpecker 1
Kestrel 1m by Poultry field
Rook Between 20-30 on Green Belt field
Carrion Crow c100+ on Green Belt field
Skylark 3 on Green Belt field
Mistle Thrush 1 Broadfield East
Stonechat 2 on posts Reads Rest Bottom
Chaffinch 5 Green Belt field
Yellowhammer 2 Green Belt field

Red Legged Partridge                2 Green Belt Field 

26 March 2026: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 

Pheasant 1 calling near the Caravan site
Red Kite 2 together over the Woods
Blackcap 1 singing by the caravan site
Firecrest 1

26 March 2026: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

                                                Red Legged Partridge

 General comments

Migrant Willow Warbler
Pheasant 5
Common Buzzard 2
Kestrel 2 one male and one female
Chiffchaff 3
Willow Warbler 1 Canons Wood
Long-tailed Tit 2
Blackcap 1
Nuthatch 2
Stonechat 1 Female at Reed's Bottom
House Sparrow 18
Greenfinch 1 Burgh Heath singing
Linnet 35+.  Six singing males and a flock of about 30 migrants at Canons Wood

 Red Legged Partridge                2 Green Belt Field, Perrots end still

26 March 2026: Banstead Woods - Ian Pratley

 

Pheasant 6
Stock Dove 1
Woodpigeon 22
Red Kite 1
Common Buzzard 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker 4
Green Woodpecker 5
Kestrel 1 Fames Rough
Rose-ringed Parakeet 12
Magpie 7
Jackdaw 28
Carrion Crow 4
Coal Tit 1
Blue Tit 4
Great Tit 10
Skylark 2 Hither Field, display flight
Chiffchaff 17
Long-tailed Tit 2
Blackcap 2
Nuthatch 4
Wren 19
Song Thrush 2
Blackbird 8
Robin 27
Dunnock 9
Chaffinch 1
Siskin 1 between Perrots and estate
Rabbit 3
Grey Squirrel 3




24 March 2026: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

General comments 35 species including Firecrest, Blackcap, Cormorant and Fieldfare
Canada Goose 2
Pheasant 3
Herring Gull 4
Cormorant 1 - 2 One over heading North, the another or the same South, 20 minutes later

Tawny Owl 

Red Kite

 1 Calling from Ruffet Wood

1

Common Buzzard 6
Jackdaw 150+
Rook 2
Carrion Crow 200
Skylark 12+
Chiffchaff 2
Long-tailed Tit 1
Blackcap 1 Singing L&G
Firecrest 1 singing Holly Wood
Nuthatch 1
Fieldfare 10
Linnet 30+ Including one flock of about 20 passage migrants
Goldfinch 8
Yellowhammer

22 March 2026: Banstead Woods - Ian Pratley

 

Pheasant 2
feral Rock Dove 4
Woodpigeon 19
Moorhen 1
Common Buzzard 2
Great Spotted Woodpecker 2
Green Woodpecker 9
Rose-ringed Parakeet 6
Magpie 7
Jackdaw 9
Carrion Crow 5
Coal Tit 1
Blue Tit 3
Great Tit 16
Skylark 1
Chiffchaff 10
Long-tailed Tit 3
Blackcap 1
Goldcrest 1
Nuthatch 3
Wren 11
Song Thrush 1
Blackbird 8
Robin 27
Dunnock 5
Linnet 1