29th June

Canons Farm
12+ Swallow (including 6 juveniles)

Observers: Ian Magness

26th June

Canons Farm

4 Whitethroat (1 with food so confirmed breeding)

1 Chiff Chaff

1 Blackcap

1 Buzzard

5 Skylark

3 Swallows (feeding around Canon’s Farmhouse)

4 Swift

Several Starlings carrying food (2nd broods)

Butterflies – 3 Ringlets (2 Circle field, 1 L&G), 8 Large Skippers, 2 Essex Skippers (1 Circle field, 1 L&G),  2 Brown Argus (L&G, rather tatty so must been here for several weeks), 5 Marbled Whites (L&G), 1 Small Tortoishell, 1 Peacock, 1 red Admiral and many Meadow Browns.

Other wildlife – young fox, “Chrysotoxum Bicinctum” (type of Hover Fly)

Observers: Paul Goodman

25th June

Canons Farm
Swallow
Common Swift
Skylark
20+ Starling
yellowhammer
Whitethroat
5 Rose-ringed Parakeet

Banstead Woods

2 Hobbies; Estate
1 Lesser Whitethroat; The Scrub
1 Garden Warbler; The Scrub
1 Willow Warbler; Woodpecker Mdws
c15 Blackcaps
c10 Chiffchaffs
3 Bullfinches; 1 The Scrub, 1 Scouts Hut area, 1 HLM
Common Whitethroats; pair + juvs The Scrub, singing in HLM & Valley Mdws
6 Stock Doves; all singing
5 Swifts
1 Sparrowhawk; The Scrub
2 Treecreepers

Butterflies
1 Dark Green Fritillary; HLM
4 Marbled Whites; Woodpecker Mdw
4 Large Skippers
2 Ringlets
4 Speckled Woods
1 Small Tortoiseshell; HLM
1 Small Heath; HLM
1 Large White
1 Red Admiral; The Scrub

Observers: Qasim Syed, Ian Ward

24th June

Canons Farm
NUTHATCH, CHIFFCHAFF (singing), LESSER WHITETHROAT (Slangs - singing), 3+ WHITETHROAT (inc 2 Juv's near R R Cottages), 3+ GOLDFINCH, LINNET, 2 YELLOWHAMMER, 4 SKYLARK, SWALLOW, 12+ SWIFT, HERRING GULL, KESTREL, BUZZARD, ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET, 1 LITTLE OWL

Butterflies - 6 MEADOW BROWN, 2 SMALL TORTOISESHELL, SPECKLED WOOD

Banstead Woods
4 CHIFFCHAFF (3 singing), 3 BLACKCAP, LESSER WHITETHROAT (singing at the Scrub), 2 GOLDFINCH, GREEN WOODPECKER, HERRING GULL, BUZZARD

Butterflies
4 COMMON BLUE, 7 MARBLED WHITE, SMALL TORTOISESHELL, 4 RINGLET, 2 SPECKLED WOOD, 2 LARGE SKIPPER, SMALL SKIPPER,  BROWN ARGUS, SMALL HEATH

Dragonflies
AZUREDAMSELFLY, LARGE RED DAMSELFLY, BROAD-BODIED CHASER (m - P Pond)

Observers: Paul Goodman, Duncan Jennings

21st June

Canons Farm
 1 HOBBY (Lunch Wood), 2 LONG-TAILED TIT (Circle f), 4 CHIFFCHAFF, 2+ BLACKCAP, 6 WHITETHROAT, 1 LESSER WHITETHROAT, ROBIN (newly fledged, Circle Field), 3+ GOLDFINCH, 2 LINNET, 2 YELLOWHAMMER, 5 SKYLARK, JAY, PHEASANT (male - Lunch Wood), LITTLE OWL (Bog Field), KESTREL, BUZZARD (over Death Pit), 3 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET

Banstead Woods
1 GARDEN WARBLER (Scrub)

Butterflies 
HOLLY BLUE, LARGE WHITE, 3+ SMALL TORTOISESHELL, 2 LARGE SKIPPER, SPECKLED WOOD, 4 MEADOW BROWN

Observers: Geoff Barter, Duncan Jennings

19th June

Canons Farm
RED KITE flew south, 2 COMMON BUZZARDS (1 displaying), STOCK DOVE, 5 COMMON SWIFTS, KESTREL, 3 SKYLARKS, 2 BLACKCAPS, 3 COMMON WHITETHROATS, 5 GOLDFINCHES, 2 YELLOWHAMMERS

Banstead Woods

2 Bullfinches; 1 HLM, 1 Valley Mdws
1 Sparrowhawk; carrying food over HLM
2 Common Buzzard; BWds
c9 Blackcaps; all singing
c8 Chiffchaffs; all singing
8 Stock Doves
5 (including 3 juvs) Common Whitethroat
1 Pheasant; Hither
6 Common Swift
1 Mistle Thrush; Hither
1 Greenfinch; Valley Mdws

Butterflies
2 Dark Green Fritillaries; Fames Rough
3 Ringlets; 2 Sheep Brow, 1 FRough
1 Marbled White; Fames Rough
1 Green Hairstreak; Sheep Brow
1 Grizzled Skipper; Sheep Brow
1 Dingy Skipper; Fames Rough
1 Small Copper; Fames Rough
1 Brown Argus; Fames Rough
1 Painted Lady; Valley Mdws
5 Small Heaths; 4 Sheep Brow,1 Fames Rough
1 Peacock; Valley Mdws
1 Small Tortoiseshell; Vallwy Mdws
1 Speckled Wood
2 Brimstones
c10 Common Blues
c40+ Meadow Browns
5 Large Skipper
1 Orange-tip

Dragonflies
Emperor; Fames Rough

Observers: David Campbell, Paul Goodman, Ian Ward

18th June

Canons Farm
6 Mallards; 4 male, 2 females over Heathside field - landed in Burgh Heath Pond
c29 Swifts
6 Swallows
2 Yellowhammers; singing in Harrier  field & Horse Pasture
1 pair Common Whitethroats with juvs; North Horse Pasture
1 Sparrowhawk; Quail field
1 Common Buzzard; Broadfield
1 Stock Dove; singing in Quail field
8 Rose ringed Parakeets
10 Skylarks
2 Linnets; Bunting field
8 Goldfinches
130+ Starlings; In Quail/Heathside @ Bunting fields
1 Pheasant; Broadfield
1 Little Owl; calling North Horse Pasture.


Observers: Ian Ward

17th June

Canons Farm:

40+ Swift ( a big feeding flock)

2 Yellowhammers (singing)

3 Whitethroat

Green Woodpecker

Kestrel

6 Skylark

Observers: Paul Goodman

15th June

Canons Farm
1 RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Broadfield)
1 female KESTREL
1 BLACKCAP (L&G)
5 COMMON WHITETHROAT inc pair at probable nest
12 SWALLOWS
1 SWIFT


Observers: Andy Downing

11th June

(Canons Farm)
1 Red Kite; circled over Green Belt Field 14:09 then drifted West

1 Painted Lady; Poultry field

(Banstead Woods)
1 Lesser Whitethroat; singing The Scrub
1 Willow Warbler; singing The Scrub
c24 Blackcaps
c13 Chiffchaffs
4 Common Whitethroats
6 Bullfinches
5 Jay
8 GSWoodpeckers
2 Green Woodpeckers
5 Stock Doves
3 Coal Tit
1 Kestrel
1 Pheasant
1 Mistle Thrush

2 Large Skippers; HLM
4 Meadow Browns; 2 Hither, 2 Sheep Brow
1 Painted Lady; The Scrub
1 Small Heath; Hither
1 Orange Tip; Valley Mdws
1 Brown Argus; HLM
3 Speckled Woods
1 Holly Blue
5 Common Blues
2 Brimstones
1 Green veined White
1 Peacock

1 Silver Y moth; HLM

Observers: Ian Ward

8th June

Yellowhammer 3

Nuthatch -1 BW

Treecreeper -1 BW

Skylark 6

Whitethroat 6 - 2 slangs , 2 scrub 2 Woodpecker

Garden warbler 1 scrub

Swallow 2

Blackcap 4 BW

Willow wblr -scrub

Pheasant 1- Lunch

Green woodpecker -scrub

Observers: Geoff Barter

5th June

Canons Farm: Pied Wagtail; Tarts field, 2 Little Owls both calling; 1 Bog field, 1 North Horse Pasture, 5 Swallows, 3 Pheasants, 2 Kestrels; 1 CFm, 1 Stoney Nob, 1 RED KITE

Butterflies: 10+ Small Whites, 2 Large Whites, 2 Small Tortoiseshells


Banstead WoodsLesser Whitethroat singing at the scrub, 2 Common Whitethroat (Valley Meadow), 8+ Chiff Chaff (singing)12+ Blackcap, 2 Bullfinch (Sheep Brow), 2 family flocks of Long Tail Tits, Goldcrest (Fames Rough)! Common Buzzard

Butterflies: Grizzled Skipper (Sheep Brow), 1 Dingy Skipper (Fames Rough), 3 Small Heath2 Holly Blue, 20+ Common BluesLarge White, Small White Green Veined White, Brimstone

Plants: 1 Bee Orchid in flower at Fames Rough


Observers: Paul Goodman, Ian Ward

4th June

(Banstead Woods)
2 Lesser Whitethroats; both singing in Hither field - 1 adjacent to Railway, 1 near Woodpecker Meadow
4 Bullfinches; 2 Sheep Brow, 1 The Scrub, 1 BWds
c18 Blackcaps; all singing
c13 Chiffchaffs; all singing
c6 Common Whitethroats; 1 pair HLM, 3 singing Valley Mdws, 1 singing in Sheep Brow.
7 Stock Doves; all singing
5 Treecreepers
7 GSWoodpeckers
3 Green Woodpeckers
4+ Long tailed Tits
1 Mistle Thrush; singing in Sheep Brow
1 Greenfinch; Sheep Brow

1 Hornet; S Woodpecker Mdws

3 Speckled Woods
4 Small Whites
2 Large Whites
1 Green veined White
Common Blues

(Canons Farm)
1 Silver Y moth ; Poultry field

Observers: Ian Ward




3rd June

Canons Farm

4 Chiff Chaff (2 in L&G wood)

3 Blackcap

3 Whitethroat

5 Buzzards

1 Kestrel

5 Swallow

1 Swift

1 Green Woodpacker (Bog Field)

2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers

2 Yellowhammers

8 Goldfinch

100+ Starlings (80% were juveniles, must have bred locally)

30+ House Sparrows (14+ breading pairs, one bird seen carrying food)

3 Song Thrush


Observers: Paul Goodman


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