29th June

Canons Farm
12+ Swallow (including 6 juveniles)

Observers: Ian Magness

26th June

Canons Farm

4 Whitethroat (1 with food so confirmed breeding)

1 Chiff Chaff

1 Blackcap

1 Buzzard

5 Skylark

3 Swallows (feeding around Canon’s Farmhouse)

4 Swift

Several Starlings carrying food (2nd broods)

Butterflies – 3 Ringlets (2 Circle field, 1 L&G), 8 Large Skippers, 2 Essex Skippers (1 Circle field, 1 L&G),  2 Brown Argus (L&G, rather tatty so must been here for several weeks), 5 Marbled Whites (L&G), 1 Small Tortoishell, 1 Peacock, 1 red Admiral and many Meadow Browns.

Other wildlife – young fox, “Chrysotoxum Bicinctum” (type of Hover Fly)

Observers: Paul Goodman

25th June

Canons Farm
Swallow
Common Swift
Skylark
20+ Starling
2 yellowhammer
Whitethroat
5 Rose-ringed Parakeet

Banstead Woods
2 Hobbies; Estate
1 Lesser Whitethroat; The Scrub
1 Garden Warbler; The Scrub
1 Willow Warbler; Woodpecker Mdws
c15 Blackcaps
c10 Chiffchaffs
3 Bullfinches; 1 The Scrub, 1 Scouts Hut area, 1 HLM
Common Whitethroats; pair + juvs The Scrub, singing in HLM & Valley Mdws
6 Stock Doves; all singing
5 Swifts
1 Sparrowhawk; The Scrub
2 Treecreepers

Butterflies
1 Dark Green Fritillary; HLM
4 Marbled Whites; Woodpecker Mdw
4 Large Skippers
2 Ringlets
4 Speckled Woods
1 Small Tortoiseshell; HLM
1 Small Heath; HLM
1 Large White
1 Red Admiral; The Scrub

Observers: Qasim Syed, Ian Ward

24th June

Canons Farm
NUTHATCH, CHIFFCHAFF (singing), LESSER WHITETHROAT (Slangs - singing), 3+ WHITETHROAT (inc 2 Juv's near R R Cottages), 3+ GOLDFINCH, LINNET, 2 YELLOWHAMMER, 4 SKYLARK, SWALLOW, 12+ SWIFT, HERRING GULL, KESTREL, BUZZARD, ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET, 1 LITTLE OWL

Butterflies - 6 MEADOW BROWN, 2 SMALL TORTOISESHELL, SPECKLED WOOD

Banstead Woods
4 CHIFFCHAFF (3 singing), 3 BLACKCAP, LESSER WHITETHROAT (singing at the Scrub), 2 GOLDFINCH, GREEN WOODPECKER, HERRING GULL, BUZZARD

Butterflies
4 COMMON BLUE, 7 MARBLED WHITE, SMALL TORTOISESHELL, 4 RINGLET, 2 SPECKLED WOOD, 2 LARGE SKIPPER, SMALL SKIPPER,  BROWN ARGUS, SMALL HEATH

Dragonflies
AZUREDAMSELFLY, LARGE RED DAMSELFLY, BROAD-BODIED CHASER (m - P Pond)

Observers: Paul Goodman, Duncan Jennings

21st June

Canons Farm
 1 HOBBY (Lunch Wood), 2 LONG-TAILED TIT (Circle f), 4 CHIFFCHAFF, 2+ BLACKCAP, 6 WHITETHROAT, 1 LESSER WHITETHROAT, ROBIN (newly fledged, Circle Field), 3+ GOLDFINCH, 2 LINNET, 2 YELLOWHAMMER, 5 SKYLARK, JAY, PHEASANT (male - Lunch Wood), LITTLE OWL (Bog Field), KESTREL, BUZZARD (over Death Pit), 3 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET

Banstead Woods
1 GARDEN WARBLER (Scrub)

Butterflies 
HOLLY BLUE, LARGE WHITE, 3+ SMALL TORTOISESHELL, 2 LARGE SKIPPER, SPECKLED WOOD, 4 MEADOW BROWN

Observers: Geoff Barter, Duncan Jennings

19th June

Canons Farm
RED KITE flew south, 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (1 displaying), STOCK DOVE, 5 COMMON SWIFTS, KESTREL, 3 SKYLARKS, 2 BLACKCAPS, 3 COMMON WHITETHROATS, 5 GOLDFINCHES, 2 YELLOWHAMMERS

Banstead Woods
2 Bullfinches; 1 HLM, 1 Valley Mdws
1 Sparrowhawk; carrying food over HLM
2 Common Buzzard; BWds
c9 Blackcaps; all singing
c8 Chiffchaffs; all singing
8 Stock Doves
5 (including 3 juvs) Common Whitethroat
1 Pheasant; Hither
6 Common Swift
1 Mistle Thrush; Hither
1 Greenfinch; Valley Mdws

Butterflies
2 Dark Green Fritillaries; Fames Rough
3 Ringlets; 2 Sheep Brow, 1 FRough
1 Marbled White; Fames Rough
1 Green Hairstreak; Sheep Brow
1 Grizzled Skipper; Sheep Brow
1 Dingy Skipper; Fames Rough
1 Small Copper; Fames Rough
1 Brown Argus; Fames Rough
1 Painted Lady; Valley Mdws
5 Small Heaths; 4 Sheep Brow,1 Fames Rough
1 Peacock; Valley Mdws
1 Small Tortoiseshell; Vallwy Mdws
1 Speckled Wood
2 Brimstones
c10 Common Blues
c40+ Meadow Browns
5 Large Skipper
1 Orange-tip

Dragonflies
Emperor; Fames Rough

Observers: David Campbell, Paul Goodman, Ian Ward

18th June

Canons Farm
6 Mallards; 4 male, 2 females over Heathside field - landed in Burgh Heath Pond
c29 Swifts
6 Swallows
2 Yellowhammers; singing in Harrier  field & Horse Pasture
1 pair Common Whitethroats with juvs; North Horse Pasture
1 Sparrowhawk; Quail field
1 Common Buzzard; Broadfield
1 Stock Dove; singing in Quail field
8 Rose ringed Parakeets
10 Skylarks
2 Linnets; Bunting field
8 Goldfinches
130+ Starlings; In Quail/Heathside @ Bunting fields
1 Pheasant; Broadfield
1 Little Owl; calling North Horse Pasture.

Observers: Ian Ward

17th June

Canons Farm:

40+ Swift ( a big feeding flock)

2 Yellowhammers (singing)

3 Whitethroat

Green Woodpecker

Kestrel

6 Skylark

Observers: Paul Goodman

15th June

Canons Farm
1 RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Broadfield)
1 female KESTREL
1 BLACKCAP (L&G)
5 COMMON WHITETHROAT inc pair at probable nest
12 SWALLOWS
1 SWIFT

Observers: Andy Downing

11th June

(Canons Farm)
1 Red Kite; circled over Green Belt Field 14:09 then drifted West

1 Painted Lady; Poultry field

(Banstead Woods)
1 Lesser Whitethroat; singing The Scrub
1 Willow Warbler; singing The Scrub
c24 Blackcaps
c13 Chiffchaffs
4 Common Whitethroats
6 Bullfinches
5 Jay
8 GSWoodpeckers
2 Green Woodpeckers
5 Stock Doves
3 Coal Tit
1 Kestrel
1 Pheasant
1 Mistle Thrush

2 Large Skippers; HLM
4 Meadow Browns; 2 Hither, 2 Sheep Brow
1 Painted Lady; The Scrub
1 Small Heath; Hither
1 Orange Tip; Valley Mdws
1 Brown Argus; HLM
3 Speckled Woods
1 Holly Blue
5 Common Blues
2 Brimstones
1 Green veined White
1 Peacock

1 Silver Y moth; HLM

Observers: Ian Ward

8th June

Yellowhammer 3

Nuthatch -1 BW

Treecreeper -1 BW

Skylark 6

Whitethroat 6 - 2 slangs , 2 scrub 2 Woodpecker

Garden warbler 1 scrub

Swallow 2

Blackcap 4 BW

Willow wblr -scrub

Pheasant 1- Lunch

Green woodpecker -scrub

Observers: Geoff Barter

5th June

Canons Farm: Pied Wagtail; Tarts field, 2 Little Owls both calling; 1 Bog field, 1 North Horse Pasture, 5 Swallows, 3 Pheasants, 2 Kestrels; 1 CFm, 1 Stoney Nob, 1 RED KITE

Butterflies: 10+ Small Whites, 2 Large Whites, 2 Small Tortoiseshells


Banstead Woods: Lesser Whitethroat singing at the scrub, 2 Common Whitethroat (Valley Meadow), 8+ Chiff Chaff (singing), 12+ Blackcap, 2 Bullfinch (Sheep Brow), 2 family flocks of Long Tail Tits, Goldcrest (Fames Rough)! Common Buzzard

Butterflies: Grizzled Skipper (Sheep Brow), 1 Dingy Skipper (Fames Rough), 3 Small Heath, 2 Holly Blue, 20+ Common Blues, Large White, Small White Green Veined White, Brimstone

Plants: 1 Bee Orchid in flower at Fames Rough


Observers: Paul Goodman, Ian Ward

4th June

(Banstead Woods)
2 Lesser Whitethroats; both singing in Hither field - 1 adjacent to Railway, 1 near Woodpecker Meadow
4 Bullfinches; 2 Sheep Brow, 1 The Scrub, 1 BWds
c18 Blackcaps; all singing
c13 Chiffchaffs; all singing
c6 Common Whitethroats; 1 pair HLM, 3 singing Valley Mdws, 1 singing in Sheep Brow.
7 Stock Doves; all singing
5 Treecreepers
7 GSWoodpeckers
3 Green Woodpeckers
4+ Long tailed Tits
1 Mistle Thrush; singing in Sheep Brow
1 Greenfinch; Sheep Brow

1 Hornet; S Woodpecker Mdws

3 Speckled Woods
4 Small Whites
2 Large Whites
1 Green veined White
Common Blues

(Canons Farm)
1 Silver Y moth ; Poultry field

Observers: Ian Ward




3rd June

Canons Farm

4 Chiff Chaff (2 in L&G wood)

3 Blackcap

3 Whitethroat

5 Buzzards

1 Kestrel

5 Swallow

1 Swift

1 Green Woodpacker (Bog Field)

2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers

2 Yellowhammers

8 Goldfinch

100+ Starlings (80% were juveniles, must have bred locally)

30+ House Sparrows (14+ breading pairs, one bird seen carrying food)

3 Song Thrush


Observers: Paul Goodman


David Campbell has set-up the Canons Farm Text Alert Service again, so if you want to go on the mailing list then please let him know.

May 30th

Canons Farm
2 Mallards over
1 Common Buzzard
1 Sparrowhawk
2 Pheasants
2 Little Owls calling; North Horse Pasture & Bog field
3 Common Swifts
8+ Skylark
12+ Swallows (mainly over Horse Pasture)
2 House Martins (Broadfield)
2 Whitethroat
4 Blackcap
2 Chiff Chaff
2 Linnets
4 Goldfinches
1 pair Linnets; Canons Farmhouse
2 Yellowhammers

Banstead Woods
1 Whitethroat (scrub)
6 Chiff Chaff

5 Blackcap

Ground Pine, Fames Rough, 30/05/16 (Ian Magness) 
Fly Orchid, Fames Rough, 30/05/16 (Ian Magness)
Observers: Paul Goodman, Ian Magness, Ian Ward

28th May

(Canons farm)
2 House Martins; over Canons Farm
7 Swallows
50 Common Swifts
7 Common Whitethroats
1 Lesser Whitethroat; Lunch Wood
5 Blackcaps
2 Chiffchaffs
1 Collared Dove; singing in Tawny Wd
2 Bullfinches; The Slangs
1 Greenfinch; Tawny Wd
1 Little Owl; calling from North Horse Pasture
1 Kestrel; Harrier field
4 GSWoodpeckers + juvs in Tawny Wd
2 Green Woodpeckers
3 Pheasants
1 Mistle Thrush; Chipstead Mdws
1 Treecreeper; Pages Acre
8 Skylarks
5 Rose ringed Parakeets
5 Goldfinch
6 Linnet
4 Yellowhammer

(Banstead Woods)
4 Rooks; over Fames Rough
2 Bulfinches; Sheep Brow
2 Lesser Whitethroat
1 Tawny Owl

Butterflies only on Fames Rough/ Sheep Brow/ Woodpecker Mdw
3 Green Hairstreaks; 2 Sheep Brow, 1 Woodpecker Mdw
5 Dingy Skippers
4 Brown Argus
1 Small Heath
1 Orange Tip
1 Holly Blue
1 Peacock
1 Speckled Wood
5 Large Whites
5 Small Whites
10+ Brimstones
25+ Common Blues

Observers: Geoff Barter, Ian Magness, Ian Ward

26th May

The following request has come from Sophie:

I’m organizing a Family Nature Day on the 23rd July at Chipstead Downs, (meeting at Holly Lane Car Park and then doing hourly walks between 10am and 3pm in the Valley Meadows).  I was hoping that ‘The Listers’ might be able to help me, as I’m wanting to create a nature table with all sorts of things including feathers, snail shells, dead insects such as butterflies, stag beetles, dragonfly nymph cases etc. absolutely anything that’s nature related that could be seen locally.  The idea is that parents and children can have a go at identifying the dead things before they go on a walk and then put into practice their new identifying skills.



I live in Purely, so I’m happy to collect any donations for the nature table.

Thank you.

From Sophie

If you can help in any way, please contact Sophie on:

davepettit23@btinternet.com

25th May

Canons Farm - 4 L T TIT, NUTHATCH, CHIFFCHAFF, 3 BLACKCAP, LESSER WHITETHROAT (Slangs), 2 WHITETHROAT, 5 SWALLOW (inc 2 possibly starting to nest at Perrots), 2 GOLDFINCH, 5 LINNET, 2 YELLOWHAMMER, 5+ SKYLARK, 4 SWIFT, S DOVE, PHEASANT, 40+ H GULL, KESTREL (m), BUZZARD, R N PARAKEET

Banstead Woods - L T TIT, NUTHATCH, 3 CHIFFCHAFF, 3 BLACKCAP, LESSER WHITETHROAT (Scrub), WHITETHROAT (Scrub), GARDEN WARBLER, BULLFINCH, 2 SWIFT, S THRUSH, G S WOODPECKER, 2 GREEN WOODPECKER (Scrub), 2 MALLARD (m&f - P Pond), 30+ H GULL, KESTREL, BUZZARD

Butterflies  (Fames Rough except where stated)
3+ C BLUE, 4 GREEN HAIRSTREAK (1 WPM), ORANGE TIP, 6 BRIMSTONE (4 Sheep B (3m & 1 f mating)), PEACOCK, 5 S HEATH  (3 SB), 3 GRIZZLED SKIPPER (1 Scrub, 2 SB), 2 DINGY SKIPPER, B ARGUS   

Observers: Duncan Jennings

23rd May

3 yellowhammer singing
10 linnet
1 Kestrel
5 Whitethroat
7 Skylark
23 Swifts
7 Swallows north plus  we now appear to have a pair prospecting Canons fm out buildings so 9 total
Red-legged Partridge was calling from Horse pasture but not seen.

Observers: Geoff Barter

22nd May

Canons Farm
3 Blackcap
2 Chiff Chaff
4 Common Whitethroat
1 Yellowhammer (singing)
5 Linnets
8 Goldfinch
1 Buzzard
1 Green Woodpecker (Lunch Wood)
2 Long tail tits
About 7 breeding pairs of House Sparrows at Canons Farm and Reeds Cottages (probably more at Burgh Heath).

Banstead Woods (area between Perrotts and the scrub and Fames Rough (FR))
1 Garden Warbler still singing at the scrub (nice view)
1 Lesser Whitethroat singing at the scrub
7 Chiff Chaff
6 Blackcap
1 Goldcrest
2 Nuthatch
4 Green Woodpecker
2 Long tail tits
1 Buzzard


Other wildlife:  8 Common Blue (6 Sheep Brow and 2 FR), 3 Dingy Skipper (FR), 3 Green Hairstreak (1 FR and 2 Woodpecker Meadow), 3 Brown Argus (FR), 2 Large White (FR), 2 Orange tip (FR), 1 Green Veined White, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, several Small White and several Brimstone. Also Burnet Companion and Mint Moths at FR.

Observers: Paul Goodman
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