25th August 2024: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 

Brown Hairstreak

Azure Damselfly

Herring Gull 1
Cormorant 1 circled Coneyboro Hill 14:21
Sparrowhawk 1
Common Buzzard 4; including 1 juvenile
Great Spotted Woodpecker 2
Green Woodpecker 2
Kestrel 2
Swallow c15 flew S
Chiffchaff c8
Blackcap 1
Mistle Thrush 1
Grey Wagtail 1 flew into Outwood Lane Pond briefly 12:07
[Spotted Flycatcher]
possible; 12:38 along hedgerows by Parsons Land.
Brimstone 1
Green-veined White 4
Small White 6
Speckled Wood 7
Meadow Brown P in smaller numbers
Gatekeeper 2
Small Heath 2
Common Blue c17
Chalkhill Blue 4; 3 m 1 fem in Stagbury field
Small Copper 1 in Holly Lane Meadows
Brown Argus 2
Brown Hairstreak 1 in hedgerow between Stagbury field/ Barn field
Silver-spotted Skipper
2: m & fem in Stagbury field
Azure Damselfly 1 in Outwood Lane Pond
Southern Hawker 5
Migrant Hawker 5
Common Darter At least 8 (mainly in Outwood Lane Pond where one pair was mating)