Canons Farm & Banstead Woods Birds: September 2024

Common Buzzard	6
Kestrel	1 Male
Sand Martin	1
Swallow	100+
House Martin	80+
Chiffchaff	9
Whitethroat	1+
Nuthatch	2
Linnet	18
Yellowhammer	5
Green-veined White	1+
Small White	5+
Comma	1
Small Heath	1
Small Copper	1
Common Darter	2
Other wildlife 1 (type species)	Ivy bee
Other wildlife 1 number and details	1+

Common Darter

Red Kite entered over Tattenham Meadow from the north and flew onto Broadfield East being mobbed by crows continuously.
Woodpigeon	200+
Black-headed Gull	5
Red Kite	1
Common Buzzard	2
Green Woodpecker	1
Magpie	5
Jackdaw	50+
Carrion Crow	100+
Blue Tit	3
House Martin	23
Chiffchaff	4
Long-tailed Tit	4
Wren	1
Starling	1
Robin	3
Yellowhammer	1
Large White	3
Common Darter	1

House Martin 15 over The Knoll

videos of House Martins and Swallows

Gypsy moth caterpillar

Constant stream of housemartins and swallows arriving from the north to south feeding over Green Belt Field, Game Field and Poultry Field and remaining to feed. Showing well. Hobby travelled from north to south over greenbelt, mobbed by housemartins. Sunny, warm, humid, plenty of insects.
Stock Dove	2
Woodpigeon	200+
Herring Gull	2
Red Kite	1 on Horse Pasture
Common Buzzard	2
Green Woodpecker	1
Hobby	1 over Green Belt
Rose-ringed Parakeet	1
Jay	3
Magpie	5
Jackdaw	50++
Carrion Crow	50+
Blue Tit	6+
Great Tit	4+
Swallow	100+
House Martin	200+
Chiffchaff	6
Long-tailed Tit	1
Blackcap	1 m
Nuthatch	1
Starling	1
Blackbird	2
Robin	4
House Sparrow	8
Linnet	2
Large White	3

adult Red Kite

feral Rock Dove	P
Stock Dove	3+
Woodpigeon	1000+
Herring Gull	4
Red Kite	1 - 2
Common Buzzard	3
Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
Green Woodpecker	1
Kestrel	1
Rose-ringed Parakeet	P
Jay	P
Magpie	P
Jackdaw	P
Carrion Crow	500+
Blue Tit	P
Sand Martin	1
Swallow	400+ Feeding and over SW in many small and large flocks
House Martin	8+
Chiffchaff	8
Whitethroat	2 Reeds Cottages scrub
Nuthatch	3 In Banstead Woods
Wren	P
Starling	25+
Blackbird	P
Robin	P
Dunnock	P
House Sparrow	P
Chaffinch	3
Bullfinch	1 L&G (and another heard in Banstead Woods)
Linnet	2
Goldfinch	4
Yellowhammer	10 Including 1st year birds

Common Darter

Ravens

Whinchat

Common Buzzard	2
Great Spotted Woodpecker	2
Green Woodpecker	3
Kestrel	2
Rose-ringed Parakeet	3
Jay	4
Raven	2 together circled Hillwood field 12:28
Skylark	2 in lower Hither field
Swallow	10 low over Hither fields
Chiffchaff	11
Blackcap	4
Whinchat	2 on the south side of lower Hither field
Bullfinch	4; 2 in the Nuttery, 2 in Harholt
Linnet	3
Goldfinch	5
Brimstone	1
Green-veined White	2
Small White	c20+
Large White	4
Speckled Wood	2
Meadow Brown	P; widespread but in lower numbers
Small Heath	1
Small Blue	1 in the NE corner of Stagbury
Common Blue	6
Chalkhill Blue	3; 1 m 2 fem
Brown Hairstreak	1
Azure Damselfly	2
Southern Hawker	1
Migrant Hawker	2
Common Darter	7 including 2 fem

Pages