A diary of wildlife on Banstead Downs

Explore the diverse flora and fauna on the Downs from season to season through personal observations and photographs

honey bee, bumblebees, solitary bees, etc.

Red-tailed Bumblebee [Bombus lapidarius]

Red-tailed Bumblebee [Bombus lapidarius]

Female collecting pollen from Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 02 Aug 2020

Red-tailed Bumblebee [Bombus lapidarius]

Red-tailed Bumblebee [Bombus lapidarius]

Female on Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 01 Aug 2025

Red-tailed Bumblebee [Bombus lapidarius]

Red-tailed Bumblebee [Bombus lapidarius]

Worn and faded male on Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 10 Aug 2025

Red-tailed Bumblebee [Bombus lapidarius]

Red-tailed Bumblebee [Bombus lapidarius]

Male on Small Scabious (Scabiosa columbaria) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 07 Aug 2015

Red-tailed Bumblebee [Bombus lapidarius]

Red-tailed Bumblebee [Bombus lapidarius]

Male landing on Small Scabious (Scabiosa columbaria) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 07 Aug 2015

White-tailed Bumblebee [Bombus lucorum]

White-tailed Bumblebee [Bombus lucorum]

B. lucorum queen – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 22 Oct 2025

Common Carder Bee [Bombus pascuorum]

Common Carder Bee [Bombus pascuorum]

Female on Small Scabious (Scabiosa columbaria) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 12 Sep 2021

Common Carder Bee [Bombus pascuorum]

Common Carder Bee [Bombus pascuorum]

Adult on Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 03 Sep 2021

Common Carder Bee [Bombus pascuorum]

Common Carder Bee [Bombus pascuorum]

Adult on Musk Thistle (Carduus nutans) – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 11 Oct 2025

Common Carder Bee [Bombus pascuorum]

Common Carder Bee [Bombus pascuorum]

Adult Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum) on Common Comfrey (Symphytum officinale) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 08 May 2025

Common Carder Bee [Bombus pascuorum]

Common Carder Bee [Bombus pascuorum]

Female on Perforate St John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 02 Aug 2021

Common Carder Bee [Bombus pascuorum]

Common Carder Bee [Bombus pascuorum]

Female collecting pollen from Buddleja sp. - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 21 Jul 2015

Early Bumblebee [Bombus pratorum]

Early Bumblebee [Bombus pratorum]

Male - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 04 Jun 2025

Early Bumblebee [Bombus pratorum]

Early Bumblebee [Bombus pratorum]

Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 28 May 2025

Buff-tailed Bumblebee [Bombus terrestris]

Buff-tailed Bumblebee [Bombus terrestris]

B. terrestris queen – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 09 Feb 2026

Fabricius' Nomad Bee [Nomada fabriciana]

Fabricius' Nomad Bee [Nomada fabriciana]

Female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 7 Jun 2025

Flavous Nomad Bee [Nomada flava]

Flavous Nomad Bee [Nomada flava]

Adult on English Oak leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 03 May 2025

Flavous Nomad Bee [Nomada flava]

Flavous Nomad Bee [Nomada flava]

female N. flava on a Sycamore leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 16 Apr 2026

Flavous Nomad Bee [Nomada flava]

Flavous Nomad Bee [Nomada flava]

Female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 08 May 2025

Gooden's Nomad Bee [Nomada goodeniana]

Gooden's Nomad Bee [Nomada goodeniana]

Male Male on Tilia sp. leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 22 Apr 2025