29th April 2025: Banstead Woods - Duncan Jennings and Graham Harris

 

Stock Dove 3
Woodpigeon 5
Common Buzzard 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker 4
Green Woodpecker 1
Rose-ringed Parakeet 1
Magpie 4
Jackdaw 2
Carrion Crow 3
Coal Tit 1
Blue Tit 10
Great Tit 6
Chiffchaff 9
Willow Warbler 1
Long-tailed Tit 1
Blackcap 13
Goldcrest 1
Nuthatch 3
Wren 16
Song Thrush 1
Blackbird 16
Robin 12
Dunnock 2
Chaffinch 3
Brimstone 4
Green-veined White 2
Orange-tip 2
Red Admiral 1
Peacock 3
Speckled Wood 4
Holly Blue 1
Broad-bodied Chaser 1

29th April 2025: Canons Farm - Justin Bendig

 

Evening walk & dusk watch. Long spell of warm, dry weather.
Barn Owl 1 (Owl Meadow 19:50)
Little Owl 1 (Canons barns 19:40)
Green Woodpecker 2
Yellowhammer 3

27th April 2025: Canons Farm - Ian Ward

 

Yellowhammers

male Wheatear

Common Buzzard

Pheasant 6; 3m 3fem Buzzard field/Broadfield East
Sparrowhawk 1 fem
Common Buzzard 2 food passing in mid air
Wheatear 1 male: first observed by Grant Yeates 10:45 in Infront George East - still present 13:45
Chaffinch 1m by farmhouse, 1 singing Watchpoint, 1 singing Slangs
Goldfinch 2 Read Rest Cottages
Orange-tip 1m over Broadfield East
Red Admiral 1

27th April 2025: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 

Grizzled Skipper

Dingy Skipper c6
Grizzled Skipper 1 Coneyboro
Brimstone 5
Green-veined White 3
Small White 10
Large White 2
Orange-tip 1m
Comma 3
Peacock 5
Speckled Wood 7
Small Heath 4
Common Blue 1
Holly Blue 3

27th April 2025: Banstead Woods - Paul Goodman

 

Coal Tit 1
Chiffchaff 8+
Blackcap 6+
Whitethroat 2
Dingy Skipper 16+
Grizzled Skipper 1
Brimstone 8
Small White 5+
Peacock 2
Small Heath 7
Common Blue 2
Holly Blue 1
Green Hairstreak 4

27th April 2025: Canons Farm - Cuckoo - Paul Goodman

 

Common Buzzard 4
Green Woodpecker 4
Kestrel 1
Chiffchaff 8
Blackcap 6
Whitethroat 5
Chaffinch 4 Singing
Linnet 4
Cuckoo 1 singing in Ruffett Wood


Brimstone 4
Small White 14+
Peacock 2

26th April 2025: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 

Whitethroat

Small Copper

Moorhens mating

Rabbit

Moorhen 2 mating in Outwood Lane Pond
Common Buzzard 4
Kestrel 2
Whitethroat 1 pair in the Nuttery
Goldcrest 1 singing by Outwood Lane Pond
Mistle Thrush 1 singing near Elizabeth Drive
Pied Wagtail 1 Scout Hut area
Small Copper 1 in Chipstead Valley
Rabbit

25th April 2025: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

Pheasant 3
Great Spotted Woodpecker 3
Green Woodpecker 2
Swallow 3 Over, heading NW
Chiffchaff 10
Blackcap 7
Lesser Whitethroat 2. Singing, one in Slang, the other boundary of Stoney Nob, IFGF and Slang Slope
Whitethroat 6
Song Thrush 4
Linnet 6
Yellowhammer 4
Green-veined White 2
Small White 6
Peacock 1
Holly Blue 1

22nd April 2025: Canons Farm - Linda Mount and Ann Mason

 

4pm, sunny, cold wind
An hours stroll along lane from C farmhouse, round IFG Field back to C Farm house
Woodpigeon 5
Magpie 2
Carrion Crow 14
Blue Tit 1
House Martin 5
Starling 2 Skylark 6
Blackbird 2
Robin 1
Dunnock 2
Chaffinch 3
Linnet 5
Goldfinch 2
Yellowhammer 1

21st April 2025: Canons Farm via Surrey Bird Club

 Wheatear 2

21st April 2025: Canons Farm - Tony Blake

 

Short walk - quick circuit starting and finishing at the farmhouse.
Common Buzzard 1
Rose-ringed Parakeet 2
Jackdaw c10
Carrion Crow c10
Skylark 3
Whitethroat 2
Blackbird c10
Robin 1
Wheatear 2 - male and female in field opposite farm house. Quite a way out and picked up in scope.
Dunnock 3
Linnet 9
Yellowhammer 1 - heard only

20th April 2025: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

Buzzard pair

Common Buzzard 6 Two copulating
Kestrel 1
Skylark 10
Chiffchaff 6
Blackcap 5
Whitethroat 3
Song Thrush 4 Singing
Greenfinch 2 Regularly visiting feeder in Burgh Heath (according to local resident)
Linnet 9
Yellowhammer 1
Peacock 1

19th April 2025: Canons Farm - Ian Ward

 

Pheasant 1m Buzzard field
Herring Gull 1
Grey Heron 1 flew N over Ballards field 08:55
Common Buzzard 2
Kestrel 1
Swallow 1 flew very low N over Ballards field 11:58
Chiffchaff 2
Long-tailed Tit 1
Blackcap 2
Whitethroat 2
Nuthatch 1
Mistle Thrush 1
Chaffinch 3 singing; 1 near the farmhouse, 1 Reads Rest Cottages, 1 near Doric Drive/ Infront George field West
Linnet 8 drinking from a puddle by Reads Rest Cottages
Goldfinch 2 Reads Rest Cottages
Yellowhammer 3
Red Admiral 1

18th April 2025: Canons Farm - Anne-Marie Griffin and Barry Griffin (photos by BG)

 

Gwynne's Mining Bee




Common Buzzard 2
Green Woodpecker 1
Kestrel 1m
Rose-ringed Parakeet 1
Jay 2
Magpie 6+
Carrion Crow 40+
Great Tit 5
Skylark 6
Blackcap 1 heard
Robin 2
Dunnock 2
Yellowhammer 1 heard
Red Admiral 1
Gwynne's Mining Bee 1

18th April 2025: Banstead Woods - Paul Goodman

 

Moorhen 2 adults

16th April 2025: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 

Pied Wagtail

Moorhen 1
Kestrel 1; Hither field
Skylark 4 Hither field - 2 singing
Whitethroat 1 singing in the Nuttery
Pied Wagtail 1 in Scouts Area
Goldfinch 2 singing; 1 near Scouts area, 1 the Nuttery
Small White 3
Red Admiral 1
Peacock 1
Rabbit

15th April 2025: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

Green Woodpecker 3
Skylark 20
Chiffchaff 6
Blackcap 5
Whitethroat 1
Nuthatch 2
Song Thrush 3
Blackbird 24
Yellowhammer 3

15th April 2025: Banstead Woods - Paul Goodman

 

Willow Warbler 1 singing near the Estate at similar location as last year

13th April 2025: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

Willow Warbler
 
Dingy Skipper

Peacock

Stock Dove 9 singing
Common Buzzard 2
Great Spotted Woodpecker 4
Green Woodpecker 5
Kestrel 1
Jay 5
Coal Tit 3
Marsh Tit 1
Skylark 1 pair Hither field
Chiffchaff c30 singing ( not all areas covered)
Willow Warbler 1 singing s of pine tree area
Long-tailed Tit 1
Blackcap c25 singing ( not all areas covered)
Nuthatch 6
Treecreeper 2 near post 13
Song Thrush 4 singing
Bullfinch 1 calling by Coneyboro
Dingy Skipper 1 in Fames Rough
Brimstone 1
Green-veined White 3
Small White 2
Large White 1
Orange-tip 4
Peacock c16+ (widespread)

13th April 2025: Canons Farm - Ian Ward

 

Little Owl

male Wheatear

Pheasant 5
Sparrowhawk 1
Red Kite 1; over George fields 14:07
Common Buzzard 1
Little Owl 1
Kestrel 1
Whitethroat 6; 2 together (1 singing) by the farmhouse, all other birds singing near Watchpoint, Reads Rest Cottages, Reads Bottom & near Rest lane cottage.
Mistle Thrush 1 singing by Heathside field
Wheatear 1 on Broadfield East 08:09
Pied Wagtail 1 flew between Poultry field/Broadfield East
Chaffinch 2 singing
Goldfinch 1 singing near Rest lane cottage
Yellowhammer 6

12th April 2025: Banstead Woods - Paul Goodman

 

Green Hairstreak

Toothwort

Raven 1 Calling and circling low over woods by Fames Rough
Chiffchaff 10+
Blackcap 5+
Nuthatch 4+
Dunnock 4
Brimstone 12
Green-veined White 1+
Orange-tip 1
Comma 1
Peacock 6
Green Hairstreak 1 Fames Rough

12th April 2025: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

Common Buzzard 2
Coal Tit 1
Chiffchaff 5
Blackcap 4
Whitethroat 2
Yellowhammer 4
Brimstone 6
Small White 1
Peacock 6

9th April 2025: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 

Moorhen Now a pair in Outwood Lane Pond
Herring Gull 5
Common Buzzard 2
Green Woodpecker 3
Blackcap c11 singing (not all areas covered)
Nuthatch 5
Mistle Thrush 1
Song Thrush 4
Bullfinch 1 in Harholt

5th April 2025: Canons Farm - Ian Ward

Skylarks

Yellowhammer

Canada Goose

 

Canada Goose 7 over from Burgh Heath Pond; 2 flew E 07:53, 5 flew S 07:55
Mallard 3 circled Doric 11:25
Pheasant 1
Herring Gull 1
Common Buzzard 2
Kestrel 1m Railway field
Jay 2
Rook Heard from Broadfield East
Chiffchaff 2
Blackcap 1
Greenfinch 1 singing by Doric field
Linnet 40+; 30+ Can Hatch field/ Bog field, 10 Doric
Yellowhammer 6
Small Tortoiseshell 1 ‘possible’ over hedgerows between Doric/ Infront George West
Peacock 1