29 May 2026: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

Common Buzzard	1
Great Spotted Woodpecker	4
Green Woodpecker	1
Skylark	10+
Chiffchaff	2
Blackcap	5
Whitethroat	5
Nuthatch	1
Song Thrush	1
Linnet	4
Yellowhammer	4
Painted Lady	2
Speckled Wood	2
Meadow Brown	2
Small Heath	3

 Cinnabar Moth                           1

27 May 2026: Banstead Woods - Paul Goodman

 

Green Woodpecker	1
Chiffchaff	8
Long-tailed Tit	1
Blackcap	18
Whitethroat	1
Nuthatch	2
Song Thrush	2
Dingy Skipper	1
Grizzled Skipper	2
Large Skipper	2 (earlier than normal this year)
Brimstone	3
Painted Lady	1
Red Admiral	1
Speckled Wood	2
Small Heath	2
Small Blue	1
Common Blue	5
Holly Blue	2
Small Copper	1
Bees:	Early, red tailed, buff tailed, white tailed and common carder bumblebees

 

26 May 2026: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 

Stock Dove	7 singing
Red Kite	1
Common Buzzard	2
Great Spotted Woodpecker	3
Green Woodpecker	2
Coal Tit	2
Chiffchaff	10 singing
Long-tailed Tit	2
Blackcap	23 singing
Nuthatch	2
Treecreeper	1
Song Thrush	5 singing
Chaffinch	2 singing
Peacock	1
Speckled Wood	5
Holly Blue	3
Beautiful Demoiselle	1 m near post 2
Broad-bodied Chaser	1m in the woods

25 May 2026: Canons Farm - Ian Ward

 

Barn Owl

General comments	Dusk visit; sunset 20:59 5 Bats 5 Roe Deer 1 Red Fox
Pheasant	2
Common Buzzard	1
Barn Owl	1 carrying prey over Horse Pasture 20:47
Little Owl	2 calling: 1,Infront George field East, 1 North Horse Pasture
Green Woodpecker	1
Rose-ringed Parakeet	1
Skylark	4 singing
Chiffchaff	1
Blackcap	1
Whitethroat	3 singing
Song Thrush	3 singing
House Sparrow	6
Chaffinch	1
Linnet	4
Yellowhammer	1 singing by Canons Farmhouse
Meadow Brown	1
Emperor	1 over Broadfield East

 

24 May 2026: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 

Painted Lady - more numerous than usual this year

General comments	1 SilverY in Fames Rough and Early Bumblebees on Common Comfrey in Scouts Car Park
Red Kite	1 swooped down to attack  Crows
Great Spotted Woodpecker	Juveniles heard in a dead tree south of Fames Rough
Jay	1 drinking in Piddly Pond
Coal Tit	1 bathing in Piddly Pond
Blue Tit	several drinking in Piddly Pond
Great Tit	1 drinking in Piddly Pond
Whitethroat	6 singing
Blackbird	4 males all chasing a female over Piddly Pond
Bullfinch	2 ; 1 singing south of Fames Rough
Goldfinch	1
Dingy Skipper	3
Grizzled Skipper	1
Brimstone	7
Large White	1
Painted Lady	2 on Hither field
Speckled Wood	3
Meadow Brown	possible 1
Small Heath	c20+
Common Blue	c20+
Holly Blue	3
Small Copper	2
Brown Argus	2 south Fames Rough
Green Hairstreak	2
Beautiful Demoiselle	1 flew over Hillwood field into Harholt Plantation
Azure Damselfly	2 by Piddly Pond
Large Red Damselfly	5 by Piddly Pond ( some mating)
Broad-bodied Chaser	1 fem Piddly Pond

 

23 May 2026: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 

Adult Moorhen with chick

Small Blue

Broad bodied Chaser

Moorhen chicks

Moorhen	2 adults with 3 chicks ; Outwood Lane Lagoon
Long-tailed Tit	Juveniles in Banstead Woods
Whitethroat	now a ‘pair’ by the Lagoon
Small Blue	5 by the Lagoon
Azure Damselfly	3;lagoon
Large Red Damselfly	1; almost taken by a Moorhen
Broad-bodied Chaser	1 by the lagoon

 

20 May 2026: Canons Farm and Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 

Male Pheasant

Red Admiral

Pheasant	4 Green Belt field (3m 1 fem)
Swift	7
Moorhen	1
Herring Gull	3
Common Buzzard	2
Kestrel	1 over Holly Lane Meadows
Jackdaw	60+ roosting in Banstead Woods
House Martin	3 flew S
Blackcap	still singing by Outwood Lane Lagoon
Whitethroat	still singing by Outwood Lane Lagoon
Mistle Thrush	1 flew across Holly Lane Meadows
Chaffinch	1 singing by the Orchard
Brimstone	3
Green-veined White	1
Painted Lady	1
Red Admiral	1
Speckled Wood	3
Small Heath	2
Common Blue	10+