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| Silver Spotted Skipper |
| Common Buzzard | 4 |
| Kestrel | 1 |
| Chiffchaff | 3 |
| Clouded Yellow | 3 |
| Small White | 15+ |
| Meadow Brown | 100+ |
| Small Heath | 10+ |
| Common Blue | 14 |
| Chalkhill Blue | 30 |
Silver Spotted Skipper 1
9 August 2026: Banstead Woods - Paul Goodman
8 August 2026: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman
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| Migrant Wheatear with prey - a grasshopper |
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| Common Darter |
General comments |
Returning migrants including Wheatear |
| Stock Dove | 2 |
| Herring Gull | 5 |
| Grey Heron | 1 |
| Sparrowhawk | 2 |
| Red Kite | 3 |
| Common Buzzard | 6 |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | 1 |
| Green Woodpecker | 1 |
| Skylark | 1 |
| Sand Martin | 1 |
| Swallow | 20+ |
| House Martin | 25+ |
| Chiffchaff | 4 Family group in Round Field including 2+ juveniles |
| Willow Warbler | 1 Round Field |
| Blackcap | 1 |
| Whitethroat | 4 Watchpoint |
| Wheatear | 1 Reeds Bottom |
| Yellowhammer | 4 Family group with 2+ juveniles |
| Green-veined White | 1 |
| Small White | 1 |
| Painted Lady | 1 |
| Meadow Brown | 20+ |
| Small Heath | 5 |
| Common Blue | 1 |
| Purple Hairstreak | 1 |
| Common Darter | 2 |
| Hornet hoverfly (Volucella zonaria) | 1 |
7 August 2026: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward
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| Common Darter (female) |
| General comments | Vicinity-Park Downs Silver spotted skippers / Chalkhill Blues still on the wing. Also c12 Clouded Yellows, 1 Painted Lady, 1 Dingy Skipper |
| Red Kite | 2 together over Banstead Woods/Park Downs |
| Common Buzzard | 4; 2 adults with 2 Juveniles (calling) |
| Marsh Tit | 1 by x- paths S of the Scouts Huts |
| Red Admiral | 1 |
| Southern Hawker | 1 fem over the Scouts Car Park |
| Migrant Hawker | 2 |
| Common Darter | 1 |
1 August 2026: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman
| General comments | Also, Blackcap, Chiffchaff and Nuthatch at Banstead Woods |
| Red Kite | 1 |
| Common Buzzard | 1 |
| Green Woodpecker | 1 |
| Whitethroat | 6 |
| Small White | 10+ |
| Painted Lady | 1 |
| Meadow Brown | 20+ |
| Gatekeeper | 20+ |
| Small Heath | 3 |
| Common Blue | 10 |
| Small Copper | 1 |
| Brown Argus | 3 |
31 July 2026: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward
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| Clouded Yellow |
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| Silver spotted skipper |
| General comments | Brief afternoon visit to Stagbury/Chipstead Valley |
| Clouded Yellow | 3: all males |
| Comma | 2 |
| Chalkhill Blue | 6; all males |
| Small Copper | 2 |
| Other butterfly 1 (type species) | Silver- spotted Skipper; 12+ , very mobile - a lot mating over Stagbury |
28 July 2026: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward
| General comments | Brief late afternoon visit; (Vicinity; Park Downs Silver-spotted skippers & Chalkhill Blues still present. At least 5 Clouded Yellows Female Southern Hawker Holly Lane Meadows (HLM - all west side) 1 Hummingbird Hawkmoth |
| Painted Lady | 1 HLM |
| Meadow Brown | P |
| Gatekeeper | P |
| Small Heath | 20+ HLM |
| Small Copper | 1 HLM |
| Emperor | 1 m over HLM |
26 July 2026: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward
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| Gatekeeper |
| General comments | 2 Hummingbird Hawkmoths ; 1 SW Harholt, 1 E Harholt/Hillwood field |
| Stock Dove | 3 singing |
| Common Buzzard | Possibly 2 juveniles calling over the Pine Area |
| Green Woodpecker | 1 |
| Chiffchaff | 3 calling |
| Nuthatch | 1 calling |
| Treecreeper | Juveniles near post 12 cross paths |
| Brimstone | 1 |
| Painted Lady | 2 |
| Red Admiral | 3 |
| Meadow Brown | P |
| Gatekeeper | P |
| Small Heath | 2 |
| Common Blue | 3 |
| Emperor | 1 |
| Common Darter | 2 |
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