23rd August 2025: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

Swallow

Lesser Whitethroat

Swift	250+
Sparrowhawk	1
Red Kite	3
Common Buzzard	6
Swallow	100+
House Martin	2+
Chiffchaff	10
Lesser Whitethroat	1
Whitethroat	3
Nuthatch	1
Song Thrush	1
House Sparrow	6 Reeds Cottages including one young juvenile
Chaffinch	1
Linnet	1
Yellowhammer	1
Green-veined White	1
Small White	8
Large White	1
Silver-washed Fritillary	1 probably, large frit, bit worn
Speckled Wood	2
Meadow Brown	Present
Small Heath	2
Holly Blue	1
Southern Hawker	1
Other wildlife 1	Hornets
Other wildlife 1 number	2

22nd August 2025: Canons Farm - Annie Griffin

Jersey Tiger Moth

Swift and Hobby

Warm, sunny intervals.

Harvesting of beans.
Mass migration of swifts, housemartins and swallows heading south, but feeding over the fields being harvested.

Hobby persistently present above the hirundines, in pursuit of a single swift at one point.
Plenty of ladybirds on growth in Round Meadow.

Woodpigeon	500+
Swift	300
Cormorant	2
Sparrowhawk	1
Red Kite	1
Common Buzzard	12
Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
Hobby	1
Kestrel	1
Magpie	2
Carrion Crow	11
Swallow	150
House Martin	200
Chiffchaff	2
Long-tailed Tit	3
Wren	1
Robin	1
Dunnock	1
Linnet	8
Goldfinch	4
Yellowhammer	2
Large White	2
Gatekeeper	1
Other butterfly 1	Jersey Tiger Moth
Other butterfly 1	1

20th August 2025: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 

Juvenile Bullfinch

Middle area of Fames Rough only now electric fenced -herded with Sheep

Herring Gull	3
Red Kite	1
Common Buzzard	2 juveniles
Great Spotted Woodpecker	2
Green Woodpecker	1
Kestrel	1
Chiffchaff	1
Blackcap	2; 1 singing in the Nuttery
Bullfinch	1+ in the Nuttery- others heard

17th August 2025: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 

Raven	3 drifted west together 10:45
Marsh Tit	1 calling by Piddly Pond 11:27
House Martin	1 observed flying N
Blackcap	1
Southern Hawker	2
Migrant Hawker	2
Common Darter	3

16th August 2025: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

Common Buzzard	1
Kestrel	1
Chiffchaff	2
Whitethroat	4
Linnet	4

14th August 2025: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

Impressive numbers of hirundines flying south and feeding at the farm today. Also a mixed flock of passerines, at least 50 birds in Round Field.

Swift	200
Herring Gull	1
Red Kite	2
Common Buzzard	9 including some migrants
Great Spotted Woodpecker	2
Green Woodpecker	1
Coal Tit	2
Sand Martin	1+
Swallow	400+ Feeding and flying over South
House Martin	150
Chiffchaff	25 Most in Round Field
Willow Warbler	1
Long-tailed Tit	15
Blackcap	1
Whitethroat	6 Including a family group at Reeds Cottages
Nuthatch	1
Linnet	12
Small White	5
Large White	1
Red Admiral	1
Speckled Wood	1
Meadow Brown	10
Gatekeeper	1
Holly Blue	1

13th August 2025: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 Short late afternoon walk

Woodpigeon	200
Swift	40+
Lesser Black-backed Gull	1
Kestrel	1 Female
Carrion Crow	200
Swallow	6
Chiffchaff	2
Whitethroat	6 Including several juveniles
Linnet	4
Goldfinch	21
Yellowhammer	5 Including 2+ juveniles

13th August 2025: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 

Underground Wasp Nest

Whinchat

Small Copper

Common Buzzard	2 juveniles calling above Outwood Lane adjacent to the Nuttery
Blue Tit	30+ flock near the Nuttery (with small no.s of Long-tailed Tits)
Whinchat	2; 1 in lower Hither field 13:35, joined by a 2nd bird from the mobile tower area 13:42
Goldfinch	4 in the Nuttery
Small Copper	2 in Hither field

11th August 2025: Canons Farm - Mark Hugo

visited mid afternoon.

Red Kite	2
Common Buzzard	2
Hobby	2
Kestrel	1
Magpie	5
Goldfinch	1

10th August 2025: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

Common Buzzard	2
Green Woodpecker	2
Chiffchaff	11
Blackcap	1
Whitethroat	9
Nuthatch	1
Tree Pipit	1 Watchpoint
Linnet	3
Yellowhammer	2
Other bird 1	Grasshopper Warbler
Other bird 1	1 Watchpoint
Other bird 2	Reed Warbler
Other bird 2	1 Watchpoint
Small White	4
Large White	1
Meadow Brown	Present
Holly Blue	2

9th August 2025: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 

Jersey Tiger

Blue Tailed Damselfly

Mating Willow Emeralds

Sparrowhawk

Common Buzzard

Sparrowhawk	1 over Holly Lane Meadows
Common Buzzard	2; 1 adult with 1 calling juvenile- Holly Lane Meadows
Azure Damselfly	6 -Outwood Lane Pond
Blue-tailed Damselfly	1m -Outwood Lane Pond
Southern Hawker	1m -Outwood Lane Pond
Migrant Hawker	2; Banstead Woods
Emperor	2 fem- Outwood Lane Pond
Common Darter	8; Outwood Lane Pond
Other odonata 1 (type species)	4; Willow Emerald- 2m 2fem mating- Outwood Lane Pond

6th August 2025: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

Moorhen	no sign of any moorhens in Outwood Lane Pond
Herring Gull	3
Red Kite	2; 1 high over Hither field, 1 Stagbury
Common Buzzard	2
Kestrel	1 fem
Whitethroat	2
Brimstone	1
Red Admiral	1
Peacock	2
Small Heath	c15; Hither field
Holly Blue	1
Chalkhill Blue	7; 6m 1 fem Stagbury
Brown Argus	2
Azure Damselfly	4
Emperor	2;,m & fem Outwood Lane Pond
Common Darter	c10
Other odonata 1	1 fem Willow Emerald- Outwood Lane Pond
Other wildlife 1	1 Common Lizard; The Nuttery

5th August 2025: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

Swift	25+
Red Kite	1
Green Woodpecker	2
Kestrel	1
Swallow	50+
Chiffchaff	15 Most in Round Field
Willow Warbler	2 - 3
Long-tailed Tit	25
Blackcap	1
Whitethroat	1
Linnet	50 Most feeding in IFGF
Goldfinch	6
Small White	6
Speckled Wood	2
Meadow Brown	Present
Gatekeeper	Present
Small Heath	2

3rd August 2025: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 

Female Willow Emerald

Swift	4
Green-veined White	1
Red Admiral	1
Other butterfly 1	Nearby vicinity; 2 Silver-spotted skippers on Park Downs
Azure Damselfly	7; Outwood Lane Pond
Southern Hawker	4; Banstead Woods
Migrant Hawker	1m; Outwood Lane Pond
Emperor	1 fem; Outwood Lane Pond
Common Darter	5; Outwood Lane Pond
Other odonata 1	1 fem Willow Emerald; Outwood Lane Pond

2nd August 2025: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

Male Chalkhill Blue

Hornet paralysing a wasp

Raven

Ravens and crows mobbing a common buzzard

Shaded Broad-bar (scotopteryx-chenopodiata)

Wheatear

 2 Shaded broad-bar moths in the Nuttery

Collared Dove	1 singing in Outwood Lane residential, south of Hither field
Herring Gull	1
Common Buzzard	2 over Hither field - one being mobbed by Ravens & Crows
Great Spotted Woodpecker	3
Green Woodpecker	3
Raven	2+ over Hither field mobbing a buzzard with crows
Chiffchaff	1
Long-tailed Tit	5
Blackcap	3
Whitethroat	3
Wheatear	1 on a hedgerow by Hither field
Bullfinch	1 m in the Nuttery
Goldfinch	2
Marbled White	1 in Hither field
Small White	P
Large White	P
Comma	7
Meadow Brown	P
Gatekeeper	At least 500+ in lower Hither field
Small Heath	4
Small Blue	( the Kidney vetch with small blue eggs by Outwood Lane Pond has been totally cleared)
Common Blue	P
Holly Blue	1
Chalkhill Blue	c12 Stagbury
Migrant Hawker	2 over Outwood Lane Pond

1st August 2025: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

Herring Gull	1
Sparrowhawk	1 Female flew out of Lunch Wood
Common Buzzard	2
Great Spotted Woodpecker	3
Green Woodpecker	2
Blue Tit	25+ One flock in Tawny Wood with 20+
Skylark	1
Swallow	1
Chiffchaff	7+ At least six together in Round Field
Long-tailed Tit	6 Including several juveniles in Tawny Wood
Whitethroat	7 Four Round Field, 3 Reeds Cottages
Firecrest	3. Confirmed breeding.1 male, 1 female and 1 juvenile
Nuthatch	2
Linnet	8
Green-veined White	1
Small White	3+
Large White	8
Comma	1
Red Admiral	1
Speckled Wood	1
Meadow Brown	Present
Gatekeeper	Present
Other wildlife 1 (type species)	Ornate tailed digger wasp
Other wildlife 1 number and details	7+

31st July 2025: Canons Farm - Ian Ward

 Heavy drizzly thundery showers

Grey Heron

2 flew S over George fields 11:16

27th July 2025: Canons Farm - Ian Ward

 

Purple Hairstreak

Purple Hairstreak

Robber Fly

Long Hoverfly

Brown Argus

Speckled Wood

Woodpigeon	300+ flock feeding in Green Belt Field / Park Downs
Swift	40+ flew East
Red Kite	1 over Tattenham Meadow
Common Buzzard	2
Willow Warbler	1 in Reads Rest Cott
Goldfinch	4
Silver-washed Fritillary	1 in HollyvWood
Holly Blue	1
Brown Argus	2 in Ruffett Meadow
Purple Hairstreak	1 on hedgerows Broadfield West/Bog field
Emperor	1m Round field

27th July 2025: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

Swift	20+
Common Buzzard	3
Chiffchaff	2
Blackcap	1
Linnet	4
Goldfinch	6+ Including several juveniles
Yellowhammer	2
Small Skipper	1
Green-veined White	4
Small White	Present
Large White	3
Comma	2
Red Admiral	3
Speckled Wood	4
Meadow Brown	Present
Gatekeeper	Present
Small Heath	1
Small Copper	1

25th July 2025: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 Male Emperor

White Tailed Bumblebee 

Common Batman Hoverfly

Red Kite 

Six Spot Burnet

1 White-tailed Bumblebee; NE Hillwood field, 1 Common Batman Hoverfly; Hillwood field

Red Kite	1 flew low over the Nuttery 12:42
Comma	c10+
Red Admiral	3
Peacock	1
Dark Green Fritillary	3
Speckled Wood	2
Gatekeeper	100+
Chalkhill Blue	c7 males; Stagbury/ Hillwood field
Purple Hairstreak	3 along the Narnia trail
Azure Damselfly	c10; Outwood lane Pond
Blue-tailed Damselfly	2 mating; Outwood Lane Pond
Emperor	1 m Outwood Lane Pond being attacked by patrolling Darters
Common Darter	5; Outwood Lane Pond

25th July 2025: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

Big mixed flock in Round Field including an early returning migrant Willow Warbler

Woodpigeon	500+. About 400 in Chipstead Meadow, rest elsewhere
Green Woodpecker	2
Blue Tit	30+
Great Tit	15+
Chiffchaff	10+
Willow Warbler	1
Long-tailed Tit	12+
Blackcap	2
Whitethroat	3 Reeds Cottages scrub
Nuthatch	1
Linnet	8
Goldfinch	6+
Yellowhammer	2
Small White	5+
Meadow Brown	Present
Gatekeeper	Present
Holly Blue	2
Small Copper	1

23 July 2025: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

Swift	1
Green Woodpecker	3
Kestrel	1
Chiffchaff	3
Whitethroat	2 One juvenile
House Sparrow	4
Linnet	8
Goldfinch	3
Yellowhammer	4 One juvenile
Comma	1
Speckled Wood	1
Meadow Brown	Present
Gatekeeper	Present
Common Blue	1
Small Copper	1

21 July 2025: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

Woodpigeon	200
Swift	10+
Green Woodpecker	2
Chiffchaff	2
Essex Skipper	1
Green-veined White	2
Small White	3+
Large White	4
Comma	1
Red Admiral	1
Speckled Wood	1
Meadow Brown	Present
Gatekeeper	Present
Small Heath	4
Common Blue	4
Holly Blue	1
Small Copper	4
Brown Argus	6

20th July 2025: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward

 

Juvenile Robin

Female migrant hawker

1 mobile Hummingbird Hawkmoth near Holly Lane Car Park, 1 (Red) Jersey Tiger moth by Outwood Lane Pond

Swift	1
Herring Gull	1
Red Kite	1 over Holly Lane Car Park
Common Buzzard	1
Green Woodpecker	1 juvenile in Holly Lane Meadows
Dark Green Fritillary	1 faded specimen in Stagbury
Azure Damselfly	2
Migrant Hawker	1 fem near Holly Lane Car Park
Emperor	1 fem Outwood Lane Pond
Common Darter	1

16th July 2025: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman

 

Southern Green Shieldbug (3rd Instar)

Green Woodpecker	2
Kestrel	1 Male
Chiffchaff	2
Blackcap	1
Song Thrush	1
Linnet	2
Yellowhammer	1
Essex Skipper	2+
Small Skipper	2+
Green-veined White	2
Small White	Present
Large White	Present
Comma	4
Red Admiral	1
Meadow Brown	Present
Gatekeeper	Present
Small Heath	1
Common Blue	1
Small Copper	2
Brown Argus	1
Other wildlife 1	Jersey Tiger moth
Other wildlife	1
Other wildlife 2	Southern green shield big
Other wildlife 2	1 third instar