| Common Buzzard | 1 |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | 4 |
| Green Woodpecker | 1 |
| Skylark | 10+ |
| Chiffchaff | 2 |
| Blackcap | 5 |
| Whitethroat | 5 |
| Nuthatch | 1 |
| Song Thrush | 1 |
| Linnet | 4 |
| Yellowhammer | 4 |
| Painted Lady | 2 |
| Speckled Wood | 2 |
| Meadow Brown | 2 |
| Small Heath | 3 |
Cinnabar Moth 1
29 May 2026: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman
27 May 2026: Banstead Woods - Paul Goodman
| Green Woodpecker | 1 |
| Chiffchaff | 8 |
| Long-tailed Tit | 1 |
| Blackcap | 18 |
| Whitethroat | 1 |
| Nuthatch | 2 |
| Song Thrush | 2 |
| Dingy Skipper | 1 |
| Grizzled Skipper | 2 |
| Large Skipper | 2 (earlier than normal this year) |
| Brimstone | 3 |
| Painted Lady | 1 |
| Red Admiral | 1 |
| Speckled Wood | 2 |
| Small Heath | 2 |
| Small Blue | 1 |
| Common Blue | 5 |
| Holly Blue | 2 |
| Small Copper | 1 |
| Bees: | Early, red tailed, buff tailed, white tailed and common carder bumblebees |
26 May 2026: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward
| Stock Dove | 7 singing |
| Red Kite | 1 |
| Common Buzzard | 2 |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | 3 |
| Green Woodpecker | 2 |
| Coal Tit | 2 |
| Chiffchaff | 10 singing |
| Long-tailed Tit | 2 |
| Blackcap | 23 singing |
| Nuthatch | 2 |
| Treecreeper | 1 |
| Song Thrush | 5 singing |
| Chaffinch | 2 singing |
| Peacock | 1 |
| Speckled Wood | 5 |
| Holly Blue | 3 |
| Beautiful Demoiselle | 1 m near post 2 |
| Broad-bodied Chaser | 1m in the woods |
25 May 2026: Canons Farm - Ian Ward
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| Barn Owl |
| General comments | Dusk visit; sunset 20:59 5 Bats 5 Roe Deer 1 Red Fox |
| Pheasant | 2 |
| Common Buzzard | 1 |
| Barn Owl | 1 carrying prey over Horse Pasture 20:47 |
| Little Owl | 2 calling: 1,Infront George field East, 1 North Horse Pasture |
| Green Woodpecker | 1 |
| Rose-ringed Parakeet | 1 |
| Skylark | 4 singing |
| Chiffchaff | 1 |
| Blackcap | 1 |
| Whitethroat | 3 singing |
| Song Thrush | 3 singing |
| House Sparrow | 6 |
| Chaffinch | 1 |
| Linnet | 4 |
| Yellowhammer | 1 singing by Canons Farmhouse |
| Meadow Brown | 1 |
| Emperor | 1 over Broadfield East |
24 May 2026: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward
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| Painted Lady - more numerous than usual this year |
| General comments | 1 SilverY in Fames Rough and Early Bumblebees on Common Comfrey in Scouts Car Park |
| Red Kite | 1 swooped down to attack Crows |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | Juveniles heard in a dead tree south of Fames Rough |
| Jay | 1 drinking in Piddly Pond |
| Coal Tit | 1 bathing in Piddly Pond |
| Blue Tit | several drinking in Piddly Pond |
| Great Tit | 1 drinking in Piddly Pond |
| Whitethroat | 6 singing |
| Blackbird | 4 males all chasing a female over Piddly Pond |
| Bullfinch | 2 ; 1 singing south of Fames Rough |
| Goldfinch | 1 |
| Dingy Skipper | 3 |
| Grizzled Skipper | 1 |
| Brimstone | 7 |
| Large White | 1 |
| Painted Lady | 2 on Hither field |
| Speckled Wood | 3 |
| Meadow Brown | possible 1 |
| Small Heath | c20+ |
| Common Blue | c20+ |
| Holly Blue | 3 |
| Small Copper | 2 |
| Brown Argus | 2 south Fames Rough |
| Green Hairstreak | 2 |
| Beautiful Demoiselle | 1 flew over Hillwood field into Harholt Plantation |
| Azure Damselfly | 2 by Piddly Pond |
| Large Red Damselfly | 5 by Piddly Pond ( some mating) |
| Broad-bodied Chaser | 1 fem Piddly Pond |
23 May 2026: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward
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| Adult Moorhen with chick |
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| Small Blue |
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| Broad bodied Chaser |
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| Moorhen chicks |
| Moorhen | 2 adults with 3 chicks ; Outwood Lane Lagoon |
| Long-tailed Tit | Juveniles in Banstead Woods |
| Whitethroat | now a ‘pair’ by the Lagoon |
| Small Blue | 5 by the Lagoon |
| Azure Damselfly | 3;lagoon |
| Large Red Damselfly | 1; almost taken by a Moorhen |
| Broad-bodied Chaser | 1 by the lagoon |
20 May 2026: Canons Farm and Banstead Woods - Ian Ward
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| Male Pheasant |
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| Red Admiral |
| Pheasant | 4 Green Belt field (3m 1 fem) |
| Swift | 7 |
| Moorhen | 1 |
| Herring Gull | 3 |
| Common Buzzard | 2 |
| Kestrel | 1 over Holly Lane Meadows |
| Jackdaw | 60+ roosting in Banstead Woods |
| House Martin | 3 flew S |
| Blackcap | still singing by Outwood Lane Lagoon |
| Whitethroat | still singing by Outwood Lane Lagoon |
| Mistle Thrush | 1 flew across Holly Lane Meadows |
| Chaffinch | 1 singing by the Orchard |
| Brimstone | 3 |
| Green-veined White | 1 |
| Painted Lady | 1 |
| Red Admiral | 1 |
| Speckled Wood | 3 |
| Small Heath | 2 |
| Common Blue | 10+ |
14 May 2026: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward
| Swift | 2 over Hillwood field |
| Red Kite | 1 |
| Common Buzzard | 2 |
| Green Woodpecker | 2 |
| Jay | 5 |
| Coal Tit | 1 singing in the Scouts Car Park |
| Marsh Tit | 1 calling near post 17 (back of Narnia wardrobe) |
| House Martin | 1 flew w |
| Whitethroat | 1 in north Hillwood field |
| Mistle Thrush | 2 together on ground near post 17 |
| Song Thrush | 2 (1 singing in Harholt) |
12 May 2026: Banstead Woods - Paul Goodman
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| Nuthatch feeding at Piddly Pond |
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| Nuthatch feeding at Piddly Pond |
| Chiffchaff | 6 |
| Blackcap | 7 |
| Nuthatch | 1 feeding at Piddly pond |
| Dingy Skipper | 6 |
| Brimstone | 4 |
| Small White | 1 |
| Comma | 1 |
| Speckled Wood | 2 |
| Small Heath | 1 |
| Common Blue | 1 |
| Holly Blue | 2 |
| Green Hairstreak | 3 |
12 May 2026: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman
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| White Helleborine (orchid) |
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| Malachite Beetle |
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| Dark winged blood Bee |
| Red Kite | 2 |
| Common Buzzard | 4 |
| Little Owl | 1 Near Perrots |
| Chiffchaff | 4 |
| Long-tailed Tit | 2 |
| Blackcap | 6 |
| Whitethroat | 5 |
| Yellowhammer | 1 |
| Small Heath | 2 |
White Helleborine 4+ Holly Wood
11 May 2026: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward
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| Red Kite at the Nuttery |
| Red Kite | 1 landed in the Nuttery |
| Common Buzzard | 1 |
| Green Woodpecker | 2 |
| Chiffchaff | 2 |
| Long-tailed Tit | 1 |
| Blackcap | 4 |
| Whitethroat | 2 singing in the Nuttery |
| Song Thrush | 2 singing in the Nuttery |
10 May 2026: Banstead Arts Festival walk - lead by Paul Goodman and Annie and Barry Griffin
Today was the annual Banstead Arts Festival guided bird walk. It was cool and breezy so not ideal for birding. An obliging Little Own showed well and reasonable numbers of Swallows, Swifts and a few House Martins passed through.
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| Little Owl at Canons Farmhouse |
Canons Farm
Herring Gull 1
Little Owl 1
Swift 12
House Martins 3
Swallows 14
Whitethroat 5
Blackcap 1
Kestrel 1 - 2 Probably a male and a female hunting, one seen carrying food as it flew over
Red Kite 1
Buzzard 2
Linnet 6
Skylark 10+
Yellowhammer 2 One carrying nest material
Goldfinch 5
Chaffinch 1
Greenfinch 1 Singing at Burgh Heath
House Sparrow 4
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Song Thrush 1
Banstead Woods
Nuthatch 1
Skylark 1 Singing over Hither Field
Chiffchaff 2
Blackcap 2
Green Woodpecker 2
Song Thrush 1
Photographs below are by Barry Griffin
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| Roe Deer |
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| Goldfinch |
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| Female Yellowhammer collecting nest material |
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| Goldfinches |
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| Song Thrush at Canons Farm |
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| Swallow |
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| Little Owl |
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| Male Kestrel |
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| Skylark |
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| House Sparrow |
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| Song Thrush in Banstead Woods |
8 May 2026: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward
| Mallard | 1 flew SW over the woods 18:55 |
| Swift | 3 high over Chipstead Car Park 18:24 |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | 1 flew NE with an imm Herring Gull 18:05 |
| Painted Lady | 2 |
6 May 2026: Banstead Woods Bird Count - Paul Goodman
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| Chiffchaff |
| General comments | Bird survey |
| Pheasant | 2 |
| Stock Dove | 11 |
| Woodpigeon | 7 |
| Common Buzzard | 1 |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | 8 |
| Green Woodpecker | 4 |
| Rose-ringed Parakeet | 2 |
| Jay | 4 |
| Magpie | 5 |
| Jackdaw | 23 |
| Coal Tit | 2 |
| Blue Tit | 11 |
| Great Tit | 8 |
| Chiffchaff | 23 |
| Blackcap | 31 |
| Whitethroat | 3 |
| Goldcrest | 1 |
| Firecrest | 1 |
| Nuthatch | 5 |
| Wren | 70 |
| Song Thrush | 4 |
| Blackbird | 46 |
| Robin | 64 |
| Dunnock | 3 |
| Chaffinch | 2 |
| Brimstone | 3 |
| Small White | 1 |
| Speckled Wood | 2 |
| Small Heath | 2 Perrots by Wood (Canons Farm) |
4 May 2026: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward
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Oak Processionary moth caterpillars |
| Moorhen | 1 |
| Herring Gull | 2 |
| Red Kite | 1 |
| Common Buzzard | 2 |
| Kestrel | 1 |
| Blackcap | 3 |
| Whitethroat | 2; both singing-1 by Outwood Lane Lagoon (new in), 1 in Stagbury |
| Song Thrush | 2 singing in Stagbury |
| Goldfinch | 1 singing by the Scouts Huts |
| Painted Lady | 1 |
| Rabbits | 30 in Holly Lane Meadow |
2 May 2026: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward
| Mallard | 3 flew N high over the woods towards Woodmansterne 16:50 |
| Swift | 2 circled prior to the rain belt 16:56 |
| Red Kite | 1 flew SW 17:16 |
2 May 2026: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman
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| Female Yellowhammer |
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| Wheatear in Broadfield |
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| White Helleborine |
| Pheasant | 3 |
| Swift | 4 Circling high at 8:30 am |
| Herring Gull | 14 over |
| Common Buzzard | 1 |
| Skylark | 14+ |
| Chiffchaff | 3 |
| Blackcap | 8 |
| Whitethroat | 10 |
| Starling | 20+ collecting food and which they take to nests in Burgh Heath and Banstead |
| Mistle Thrush | 1 called briefly near L&G |
| Song Thrush | 2 |
| Wheatear | 1 Broadfield |
| House Sparrow | 20 Seem to be fewer than in previous years |
| Chaffinch | 2 |
| Yellowhammer | 2 Pair. |
| White Helleborine (orchid) | 3 flower spikes in Holly Wood. Different location to previous sighting a few years ago |
30 April 2026: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward
| Red Kite | 1 |
| Firecrest | 1 singing in a new area |
| Small Copper | 2 in Holly lane Meadows |
29 April 2026: Canons Farm - Paul Goodman
| General comments | Very windy |
| Swallow | 1 |
| Chiffchaff | 1 |
| Blackcap | 3 |
| Whitethroat | 6 |
| Wheatear | 1 Broadfield |
| Green-veined White | 1 |
| Holly Blue | 2 |
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