Mistle thrush
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15th May 2025: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman
12th May 2025: Banstead Woods - Paul Goodman
Early morning bird count
| Pheasant | 1 |
| Stock Dove | 6 Territories |
| Woodpigeon | 14 |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | 8 |
| Green Woodpecker | 2 |
| Rose-ringed Parakeet | 3 |
| Magpie | 18 Twelve together in Woodpecker Meadow |
| Jackdaw | 8 |
| Carrion Crow | 18 |
| Coal Tit | 1 |
| Blue Tit | 15 |
| Great Tit | 9 |
| Chiffchaff | 18 |
| Willow Warbler | 1 Territory, singing near the Estate at similar location as a few weeks ago |
| Blackcap | 29 |
| Whitethroat | 1 |
| Goldcrest | 5 |
| Nuthatch | 6 |
| Treecreeper | 1 |
| Wren | 61 |
| Song Thrush | 9 |
| Blackbird | 53 |
| Robin | 50 |
| Dunnock | 4 |
| Chaffinch | 3 |
| Brimstone | 1 |
| Speckled Wood | 1 |
10th May 2025: Banstead Woods - Paul Goodman
| Moorhen | 1 |
| Grey Heron | 1 Feeding in Holly Lane carpark pond |
| Chiffchaff | P |
| Blackcap | P |
| Brimstone | 1 |
| Peacock | 2 |
| Common Blue | 4 At Holly Lane carpark pond |
| Small Copper | 1 |
10th May 2025: Canons Farm - Reigate and Banstead Councillors Farm Tour
Cllr Cooper, Cllr Parnall, Cllr Dwight
Common Whitethroat
Common Whitethroat
Common Whitethroat
| Stock Dove | 1 |
| Woodpigeon | 5 |
| Common Buzzard | 1 |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | 1 |
| Magpie | 4 |
| Carrion Crow | 6 |
| Great Tit | 2 |
| Skylark | 3 |
| Long-tailed Tit | 2 |
| Whitethroat | 1 |
| Starling | 8 |
| Blackbird | 5 |
| Robin | 1 |
| Dunnock | 3 |
| Goldfinch | 3 |
| Yellowhammer | 3 heard |
10th May 2025: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman
| General comments | Tawny Owls are heard fairly regularly heard from my garden in Banstead, they call from Canons Farm, at least one in Tawny Wood. |
| Tawny Owl | 2 |
9th May 2025: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward
| Mallard | 1 m flew into Piddly Pond 14:00 |
| Moorhen | 1 showing in Outwood Lane Pond |
| Goldcrest | 4 singing |
| Treecreeper | 1 near post 9 |
| Comma | 2 |
| Red Admiral | 1 |
5th May 2025: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward
| Swift | 8 |
| Jackdaw | 400+ flew W over the woods 12:30 |
| Willow Warbler | (1 singing in Park Downs only 100m from the Scouts Car Park) |
4th May 2025: Banstead Woods - Banstead Arts Festival walk led by Paul Goodman, Annie and Barry Griffin
| Red Kite | 1 Probably same as at CF |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | 2 Pair at nest |
| Other bird 1 (type species) | Cuckoo |
| Other bird 1 number and details | 1 |
4th May 2025: Canons Farm - Banstead Arts Festival Walk - led by Paul Goodman, Anne-Marie Griffin and Barry Griffin
Emerging Buff Tip Moth
Goldfinch
Roe Deer. M,F J
Red Kite
Little Owl
Pheasant, M.
Goldfinches
Roe Deer
Roe Deer, F
Red kite
| Pheasant | 2 |
| feral Rock Dove | P |
| Woodpigeon | P |
| Swift | 2 |
| Herring Gull | 1 |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | 3 |
| Red Kite | 1 |
| Common Buzzard | 3 |
| Little Owl | 1 |
| Green Woodpecker | 1 |
| Magpie | P |
| Jackdaw | P |
| Carrion Crow | P |
| Blue Tit | P |
| Skylark | 20 |
| Swallow | 10+ |
| House Martin | 22 One flock of 20 feeding over Horse Pasture |
| Chiffchaff | 1 |
| Long-tailed Tit | 1 |
| Blackcap | 2 |
| Whitethroat | 3 |
| Wren | P |
| Starling | 20 |
| Song Thrush | 1 |
| Blackbird | 10 Adult feeding two juveniles |
| Robin | P |
| Dunnock | P |
| House Sparrow | P |
| Chaffinch | 3 |
| Linnet | 1+ |
| Goldfinch | 3 |
| Yellowhammer | 4 |
| Small White | 1 |
| Roe Deer | 3 |
| Buff-tip moth | 1 |
3rd May 2025: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward
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| Broad-bodied Chaser |
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| Moorhen |
| Mallard | 1 m flew over Banstead Woods |
| Moorhen | 1 showing - Outwood Lane Pond |
| Herring Gull | 6 flew N |
| Common Buzzard | 2 |
| Swallow | 1 flew E over Outwood Lane Pond |
| Chiffchaff | 7 |
| Willow Warbler | 1 |
| Blackcap | 12 |
| Whitethroat | 3 singing in Chipstead Valley |
| Mistle Thrush | 1 in Banstead Wood spooked by a Magpie near its nest |
| Dingy Skipper | 2 together in Holly Lane Meadows |
| Brimstone | 30+ |
| Green-veined White | 3 |
| Small White | 4 |
| Large White | 5 |
| Orange-tip | 4 |
| Comma | 1 |
| Red Admiral | 1 |
| Peacock | 2 |
| Speckled Wood | 4 |
| Small Heath | 2 |
| Common Blue | 3 |
| Holly Blue | 1 |
| Broad-bodied Chaser | Male & female mating over Outwood Lane Pond |
2nd May 2025: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward
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29th April 2025: Banstead Woods - Duncan Jennings and Graham Harris
| Stock Dove | 3 |
| Woodpigeon | 5 |
| Common Buzzard | 1 |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | 4 |
| Green Woodpecker | 1 |
| Rose-ringed Parakeet | 1 |
| Magpie | 4 |
| Jackdaw | 2 |
| Carrion Crow | 3 |
| Coal Tit | 1 |
| Blue Tit | 10 |
| Great Tit | 6 |
| Chiffchaff | 9 |
| Willow Warbler | 1 |
| Long-tailed Tit | 1 |
| Blackcap | 13 |
| Goldcrest | 1 |
| Nuthatch | 3 |
| Wren | 16 |
| Song Thrush | 1 |
| Blackbird | 16 |
| Robin | 12 |
| Dunnock | 2 |
| Chaffinch | 3 |
| Brimstone | 4 |
| Green-veined White | 2 |
| Orange-tip | 2 |
| Red Admiral | 1 |
| Peacock | 3 |
| Speckled Wood | 4 |
| Holly Blue | 1 |
| Broad-bodied Chaser | 1 |
29th April 2025: Canons Farm - Justin Bendig
| Evening walk & dusk watch. Long spell of warm, dry weather. | |
| Barn Owl | 1 (Owl Meadow 19:50) |
| Little Owl | 1 (Canons barns 19:40) |
| Green Woodpecker | 2 |
| Yellowhammer | 3 |
27th April 2025: Canons Farm - Ian Ward
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| Yellowhammers |
.JPG) |
| male Wheatear |
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| Common Buzzard |
| Pheasant | 6; 3m 3fem Buzzard field/Broadfield East |
| Sparrowhawk | 1 fem |
| Common Buzzard | 2 food passing in mid air |
| Wheatear | 1 male: first observed by Grant Yeates 10:45 in Infront George East - still present 13:45 |
| Chaffinch | 1m by farmhouse, 1 singing Watchpoint, 1 singing Slangs |
| Goldfinch | 2 Read Rest Cottages |
| Orange-tip | 1m over Broadfield East |
| Red Admiral | 1 |
27th April 2025: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward
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| Grizzled Skipper |
| Dingy Skipper | c6 |
| Grizzled Skipper | 1 Coneyboro |
| Brimstone | 5 |
| Green-veined White | 3 |
| Small White | 10 |
| Large White | 2 |
| Orange-tip | 1m |
| Comma | 3 |
| Peacock | 5 |
| Speckled Wood | 7 |
| Small Heath | 4 |
| Common Blue | 1 |
| Holly Blue | 3 |
27th April 2025: Banstead Woods - Paul Goodman
| Coal Tit | 1 |
| Chiffchaff | 8+ |
| Blackcap | 6+ |
| Whitethroat | 2 |
| Dingy Skipper | 16+ |
| Grizzled Skipper | 1 |
| Brimstone | 8 |
| Small White | 5+ |
| Peacock | 2 |
| Small Heath | 7 |
| Common Blue | 2 |
| Holly Blue | 1 |
| Green Hairstreak | 4 |
27th April 2025: Canons Farm - Cuckoo - Paul Goodman
| Common Buzzard | 4 |
| Green Woodpecker | 4 |
| Kestrel | 1 |
| Chiffchaff | 8 |
| Blackcap | 6 |
| Whitethroat | 5 |
| Chaffinch | 4 Singing |
| Linnet | 4 |
| Cuckoo | 1 singing in Ruffett Wood |
| Brimstone | 4 |
| Small White | 14+ |
| Peacock | 2 |
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