Unconfirmed Spotted Flycatcher flew over the Hither fields late afternoon towards the mobile tower/Shabden Park
24th August 2025: Banstead Woods - Ian Ward
Juvenile Greenfinch
Whinchat
Brown Hairstreak
| Common Buzzard | 2 Juveniles from Shabden Park over Hither field- calling |
| Chiffchaff | 4 |
| Blackcap | 3 |
| Whitethroat | 1 |
| Whinchat | 2 in Hither field |
| Greenfinch | 2 Juveniles in Stagbury |
| Green-veined White | 1 |
| Small White | 2 |
| Large White | c9 |
| Speckled Wood | 4 |
| Meadow Brown | Widespread but now low numbers |
| Gatekeeper | Widespread but now very low numbers |
| Small Heath | c11 in Hither field |
| Common Blue | 4 |
| Chalkhill Blue | 8; 5m,3 fem in Stagbury |
| Small Copper | c14; mainly Hither & Stagbury fields |
| Brown Argus | 2 in Hither field |
| Brown Hairstreak | 1 in Hither field near the Nuttery |
| Azure Damselfly | 1 |
| Southern Hawker | 2; m&fem Outwood Lane Pond |
| Common Darter | c8 |
23rd August 2025: Canons Farm - Justin Bendig
Warm, dry weather continues.. Watched dusty harvest of field beans.
| Pheasant | 5 (family group successfully escaping the combine harvester). |
| Swift | 50 (circling above the bean filed being harvested) |
| Red Kite | 2 |
| Common Buzzard | 2 |
| Hobby | 1 (flying high above the swallows) |
| Carrion Crow | 40+ |
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.
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 |
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
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 |
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