8 April 2026: Canons Farm - Jay Alexander

 

Woodpigeon 3
Common Buzzard 2
Green Woodpecker 1
Rose-ringed Parakeet 4
Magpie 4
Jackdaw 10
Carrion Crow 8
Blue Tit 2
Great Tit 1
Skylark 4
Chiffchaff 2
Willow Warbler 1
Blackcap 1
Whitethroat 1
Wren 1
Song Thrush 1
Blackbird 4
Robin 2
Dunnock 2
House Sparrow 4
Chaffinch 1
Brimstone 3
Peacock 4
Holly Blue 1

8 April 2026: Banstead Woods - Paul Goodman

 Singing Willow Warbler

Coal Tit 1
Chiffchaff 8
Willow Warbler 1 Singing top of Harholt
Long-tailed Tit 2
Blackcap 6
Nuthatch 5
Brimstone 8+
Orange-tip 1
Peacock 2
Speckled Wood 1

 

8 April 2026: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 First Whitethroat of the year have arrived

Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Common Buzzard 2
Skylark 10+
Chiffchaff 7
Long-tailed Tit 2
Blackcap 6
Whitethroat 3
Nuthatch 1
Dunnock 11 Three juveniles at Reeds Cottages
Chaffinch 1
Linnet 4
Brimstone 6
Small White 1
Small Tortoiseshell 1 Ruffet Meadow
Speckled Wood 1

Painted Nomad Bees                   2 These parasitise Yelleow Legged Mining Bees which were also present 

6 April 2026: Canons Farm - Justin Bendig

 


General comments Dawn patrol
Jackdaw 2
Carrion Crow c20
Blue Tit c10
Skylark 2
Long-tailed Tit 2
Wren 1
Mistle Thrush 2
Blackbird c10
Robin c10
Dunnock c10
Red-legged Partridge 2 (a pair together, as seen previously, Poultry Field)
Roe Deer 2 (Does in Stoney Nob)

 

6 April 2026: Canons Farm - Barry & Annie Griffin

 

Woodpigeon 20+
Red Kite 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker 2
Rose-ringed Parakeet 1
Magpie 5
Carrion Crow 40+
Blue Tit 2
Great Tit 4
Skylark 7
Chiffchaff 2
Blackcap 3
Wren 1
Blackbird 5
Robin 3
Dunnock 4
Yellowhammer 2
Brimstone 1
Large White 1
Peacock 4

5 April 2026: Banstead Woods - Paul Goodman

 

Common Buzzard 1
Green Woodpecker 4
Coal Tit 3
Chiffchaff Ca. 20
Blackcap 1
Nuthatch 14

3 April 2026: Canons Farm - Ian Ward

 



Pheasant 2
Stock Dove c22 Broadfield East
Herring Gull 13; 7 were tractor following on Broadfield
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 over Broadfield West
Grey Heron 1 flew SW over Broadfields towards Kingswood 17:00
Red Kite 2
Common Buzzard 3
Kestrel 1 fem
Skylark 9
Long-tailed Tit 1
Fieldfare c10
Chaffinch 1 singing Reads Rest Bottom
Linnet 2 Lunch Wood
Goldfinch 3 Lunch Wood
Yellowhammer 2
Red-legged Partridge 2 Red-legged Partridges now in Poultry field 16:00

3 April 2026: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 


 

 Mallard

1 duck on Outwood Lane embankment

3 April 2026: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Red Kite 2
Coal Tit 1
Chiffchaff 4
Nuthatch 1
Yellowhammer 1

1 April 2026: Banstead Woods - Anonymous

 Siskins    3  heard Three Siskins along the footpath near the Pine Area

1 April 2026: Canons Farm - Justin Bendig

 

General comments Dawn patrol
Little Owl 1
Kestrel 1
Jay 2
Blue Tit 3
Great Tit 1
Skylark 4
Chiffchaff 1
Long-tailed Tit 2
Yellowhammer 1
Red Legged Partridge 2, a pair together in Broadfield East
Roe Deer Buck and Doe, Lunch Banks


29 March 2026: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 

Moorhen 1
Common Buzzard 5

Green Woodpecker 

Rabbits 

4

18 

26 March 2026: Canons Farm - Ian Ward

 There was an unusual Stonechat at Reeds Rest Bottom resembling a Whinchat, which had an unusually bold pale supercillium

 


Pheasant 2; 1m Green Belt field , 1m Lunch Wood
Red Kite 2 together
Green Woodpecker 1
Kestrel 1m by Poultry field
Rook Between 20-30 on Green Belt field
Carrion Crow c100+ on Green Belt field
Skylark 3 on Green Belt field
Mistle Thrush 1 Broadfield East
Stonechat 2 on posts Reads Rest Bottom
Chaffinch 5 Green Belt field
Yellowhammer 2 Green Belt field

Red Legged Partridge                2 Green Belt Field 

26 March 2026: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 

Pheasant 1 calling near the Caravan site
Red Kite 2 together over the Woods
Blackcap 1 singing by the caravan site
Firecrest 1

26 March 2026: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

                                                Red Legged Partridge

 General comments

Migrant Willow Warbler
Pheasant 5
Common Buzzard 2
Kestrel 2 one male and one female
Chiffchaff 3
Willow Warbler 1 Canons Wood
Long-tailed Tit 2
Blackcap 1
Nuthatch 2
Stonechat 1 Female at Reed's Bottom
House Sparrow 18
Greenfinch 1 Burgh Heath singing
Linnet 35+.  Six singing males and a flock of about 30 migrants at Canons Wood

 Red Legged Partridge                2 Green Belt Field, Perrots end still

26 March 2026: Banstead Woods - Ian Pratley

 

Pheasant 6
Stock Dove 1
Woodpigeon 22
Red Kite 1
Common Buzzard 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker 4
Green Woodpecker 5
Kestrel 1 Fames Rough
Rose-ringed Parakeet 12
Magpie 7
Jackdaw 28
Carrion Crow 4
Coal Tit 1
Blue Tit 4
Great Tit 10
Skylark 2 Hither Field, display flight
Chiffchaff 17
Long-tailed Tit 2
Blackcap 2
Nuthatch 4
Wren 19
Song Thrush 2
Blackbird 8
Robin 27
Dunnock 9
Chaffinch 1
Siskin 1 between Perrots and estate
Rabbit 3
Grey Squirrel 3