Canons Farm & Banstead Woods Birds

Chiffchaff at L&G

Clay moth

Swift	50 - 100+. Two flocks of 50+, one feeding around Green Barn then an hour later another (or same) 50+ near Perrots plus 2 at L&G
Green Woodpecker	1
Skylark	10+
Chiffchaff	5
Blackcap	3
Whitethroat	3
Nuthatch	1
Song Thrush	3
Blackbird	6+ Female carrying food at L&G
Robin	4+ Several juveniles at Holly Wood
Red Admiral	1
Speckled Wood	1
Meadow Brown	50+
Small Heath	1

Insects include: 8 Volucella Inanis, 1 Clay moth, 2+ Noon Flies, 1 Garden Chafer and 1 chrysotoxum festivium (hoverfly)

Small Skipper

General comments	Sightings reported in mainly Hillwood field
Swift	30+ over; presumably adults & juveniles
Common Buzzard	1
Great Spotted Woodpecker	Juveniles heard within a tree hole near post 17
Green Woodpecker	2
Coal Tit	1 singing
Skylark	1 singing Hither
Nuthatch	1 singing in Harholt
Mistle Thrush	1 from Scouts Car Park into the woods
Small Skipper	1
Large Skipper	8
Brimstone	1
Marbled White	2
Painted Lady	1
Red Admiral	1
Silver-washed Fritillary	1 possible near Harholt
Speckled Wood	1
Meadow Brown	c50*
Small Heath	3
Holly Blue	1
Emperor	4; 2m 1fem Hillwood field, 1m over the scouts car park

A White-tailed Bumblebee was observed in Hillwood field/Harholt

Collared Dove	1 singing S of Hither field copse 12:28
Swift	C25+
Herring Gull	8
Sparrowhawk	1 fem over Coneyboro
Common Buzzard	2
Jackdaw	Up to 40 over Hither fields
Skylark	2 singing Hither fields
Chiffchaff	3
Blackcap	2
Whitethroat	2
Goldfinch	3 together in the Nuttery ( 1 singing)
Meadow Brown	1
Roe Deer	1

General comments	Cloudy
Swift	30. Mostly over fields south of Outwood Lane, a few over the woods
Red Kite	1
Green Woodpecker	2
Coal Tit	1
Blue Tit	1+ With juveniles
Great Tit	10+ Families with juveniles
Skylark	1 Singing over Hither Field. Probably breeding, either in fields to south of Outwood Lane or possibly in Hither Field
Chiffchaff	15
Long-tailed Tit	6+ with juveniles
Blackcap	9
Whitethroat	3
Goldcrest	3+ family group with juveniles
Nuthatch	7
Song Thrush	3
Meadow Brown	1
Small Heath	5

Outwood Lane pond, 30th June

On 7th June after heavy rain

General comments	Outwood Lane Lagoon Update: Due to recent heavy downpour showers- the lagoon has once again restored to a high water level BUT so far ALL aquatic life (including Moorhens) now devoid. *NB- Still a healthy population of Water Boatman’s in the Holly Lane Cow Trough adjacent to Holly Lane Overflow Pond.
Mallard	2 over
Swift	2
Common Buzzard	2 ( no sign of any juveniles yet)
Kestrel	1
Treecreeper	Juveniles flew over Holly Lane from Park farm Orchard area into Park Downs