Canons Farm & Banstead Woods Birds

Sparrowhawk	2 A male chasing a small bird, could be a Swallow. Later a large female over Broadfield
Common Buzzard	2
Sand Martin	1
Swallow	80
House Martin	3
Chiffchaff	8
Whinchat	1 Reeds Bottom
Linnet	35
Small White	2
Red Admiral	1
Speckled Wood	1
Meadow Brown	1

Common Lizard

Red Kite	1 with Common Buzzards using thermals
Common Buzzard	3
Kestrel	1m over the Nuttery
Swallow	9 flew S
House Martin	2
Chiffchaff	c9
Bullfinch	2 in the Nuttery
Goldfinch	3
Peacock	1
Small Copper	2
Other wildlife 1	2 Common Lizards; in the Nuttery

Stock Dove	1
Red Kite	1
Common Buzzard	1
Great Spotted Woodpecker	2
Green Woodpecker	1 - heard
Kestrel	1
Rose-ringed Parakeet	6
Magpie	3
Jackdaw	c30
Carrion Crow	c30
Coal Tit	1
Marsh Tit	1 - heard calls from trees alongside Game Field, near Ruffett Wood.
Skylark	3
Swallow	c10
Chiffchaff	9+
Long-tailed Tit	c10
Nuthatch	1
Redstart	1 - female type in hedge to east of Poultry Field. Quite mobile.
Dunnock	3
Meadow Pipit	3
Linnet	c50
Yellowhammer	1

Highlights were many hundreds of House Martins, a Firecrest and a female Redstart

Red Kite	2
Common Buzzard	1
Great Spotted Woodpecker	2
Rose-ringed Parakeet	3
Coal Tit	1 Tawny Wood
Swallow	45 At least, passing through with House Martins
House Martin	450 At least, feeding over most of the fields at the farm and migrating SW. One was chased and appeared to be caught by a Crow
Chiffchaff	12 Most in mixed flock at North side of Round Field
Willow Warbler	1
Long-tailed Tit	25 At least in big mixed flock at the North side of Round Field
Firecrest	1 With mixed flock at North side of Round Field. Similar location to previous sighting
Nuthatch	1
Redstart	1 Female at edge of IFGF. Chased off by a Robin
Linnet	40
Green-veined White	1
Speckled Wood	1

Tony Blake reported seeing a Common Redstart to Surrey Bird Club

Fames Rough to Perrots

Raven

Spotted Flycatcher

Common Buzzard	1
Kestrel	1
Chiffchaff	2+
Nuthatch	1
Other bird 1	Spotted Flycatcher
Other bird 1 number and details	1 Feeding at Harholt
Speckled Wood	3
Meadow Brown	1

Autumn guided walk

Red legged shield bug - Holly Lane Car Park

Hummingbird Hawkmoth - Hillwood Field

Grass swarms of Ivy Bees on lower Hither field

Red Kite	1
Common Buzzard	2 Juveniles
Kestrel	1
Raven	1
Swallow	5 flew SE
Bullfinch	2 calling in the Nuttery
Large White	3
Red Admiral	1
Peacock	3
Purple Emperor	re; Brian Gardner (Woodchips), 2 reported about a month ago in Hillwood field boundaries
Common Blue	2
Chalkhill Blue	2m
Small Copper	2
Brown Hairstreak	3; 1 by Outwood lane pond, 1 Parsons Land, 1 the Nuttery
Other butterfly 1 (type species)	re; Silver-spotted Skippers (Brian Gardner) Butterfly Conservation saw 2 about a month ago in Stagbury & located c18 eggs
Azure Damselfly	1
Southern Hawker	1
Migrant Hawker	c11
Common Darter	c18
Other odonata	4 Willow Emeralds (2 pairs mating) Hummingbird Hawkmoth, 1 Red legged shield bug, 1

Herring Gull	1
Red Kite	2
Common Buzzard	3
Swallow	50
House Martin	15
Chiffchaff	4
Linnet	8
Small White	1
Meadow Brown	1
Other wildlife 1	Turnip Sawfly
Other wildlife 1 number and details	1

Possible’ Spotted Flycatcher seen briefly in the Nuttery 09:20 but unable to relocate.

Whinchat

Rush Veneer moth (Nomophilia noctuella)

A migrant moth from Southern Europe

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