January 2023

*31st - South Norwood (Pittville Gardens): Raven over. (Gavin Hawgood)
*31st - SE19 (Sylvan Road): Goldcrest singing, Raven heard (potentially same one as Pittville Gardens). (Jon Shaub)
*31st - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Chaffinch (f). (KW)
*31st - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Red Kite over at 14:55. (JB)
*30th - South Norwood Country Park: 2 Mute Swan, Cormorant, 1 Shoveler (m), 2 Kestrel, 4 Great Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 10+ Redwing, 5 Long-Tailed Tit, 2 Jay, 2 Blackbird, 4 Goldfinch, 2 Goldcrest, Song Thrush (L Offer)
*30th - Purley (Lower Barn Road) : 2 Black-headed Gulls flying very low around houses. (NH)
*30th - Whyteleafe and Riddlesdown: 2 Buzzard, 4 Skylark in top fields- 2 gave brief song- 30+ Redwing by school/Dunmail Drive (NH)
*29th - South Norwood Country Park: 2 Mute Swan, Greylag Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Teal, Shoveler, Cormorant, Sparrowhawk, Water Rail, 2 Snipe, 2 Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Kestrel, 3 Redwing. (JAH)
*28th - Lloyd Park: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Long-Tailed Tit, 20+ Parakeet, Robin, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit (L Offer)
*28th - Addington Hills: 4 Crow, 4 Parakeet, 2 Jay, 2 Robin, 2 Nuthatch, 6 Long-Tailed Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 1 Blackbird, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (L Offer)
*28th - Addington Village: 5 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Dunnock, 20 Jackdaw, 2 Black-Headed Gull, 5 Crow, 3 Feral Pigeon, 6 Woodpigeon, 5 Long-Tailed Tit, 6 Pheasant (F), 1 Pied Wagtail, 12 Starling, 1 Blackbird, 1 Red Kite. (L Offer)
*28th - Purley (Lower Barn Road)- 3 Tawny Owls calling in early hours (NH)
*27th - Happy Valley: 1 Yellowhammer, 1 Buzzard. (Stella Frost)
*27th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Common Buzzard being mobbed by Crow (09.15); 3 Herring Gull; Lesser Black-backed Gull; 4 Redwing over. (KW)
*27th - South Croydon Allotments: 1 Green Woodpecker feeding (NH)
*27th - Purley (Lower Barn Road) 1 Red Kite flying low over house 10.15 am (NH)
*27th - Church Street near Surrey Street: Grey Wagtail flying between buildings singing 4:15pm (L Offer)
*27th - Wandle Park: Large number of Redwing (30+), 60+ Starling, 2 Wren, 15+ Goldfinch, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Robin, 2 Mallard, 5 Moorhen, 5 Crow, 3 Magpie, 4 Parakeet, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Feral Pigeon, 2 Black-Headed Gull, at 3:15-4pm. (L Offer)
*27th - Selsdon: 3 Red Kite and Buzzard drifting west at 11:45. (Roger Amer)
*27th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Red Kite drifted low west over garden at 12:10, then one being mobbed by a dozen or so Crows in direction of Purley Downs GC about 12:20, then a Buzzard thermalling(?) in same area with a third Red Kite drifting east at 12:25! (JB)
*26th - South Norwood (Towpath Way) Chiffchaff singing locally again, 20 House Sparrows feeding in my garden, Robin feeding on meal worms, 3 Ring Necked Parakeets on fat balls.( Rob Wyllie)
*26th - South Norwood Country Park: 5 Teal, 2 Water Rail, Snipe, Kestrel, Mistle Thrush. (JAH)
*25th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Grey Heron (on roof); Herring Gull moving between rooftops. (KW)
*25th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): 5 Siskins (4f,1m) feeding on alder cones, male Blackcap. (JB)
*25th - Farthing Downs: 2 Little Owls (DH), Raven 4pm (Stella Frost)
*25th - South Norwood Country Park: Jack Snipe. (JAH)
*24th - Purley (Buttermere Gardens): Four Red Kites circling together for about 45 minutes from 12:30. (Gill Flinn)
*24th - Sanderstead: Red Kite over Waitrose. (CE Birkett)
*24th - Dollypers Hill: 2 Raven flew over. Goldcrest, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Coal tit, Nuthatch, Stock Dove (NH)
*24th - Coulsdon Common: 2 Goldcrest, Great Spotted Woodpecker calling. (L Offer) Two Tawny Owls calling near The Fox.
*24th - Kenley Common and Aerodrome: Peregrine, Kestrel, 30 Magpie, 3 Redwing, Robin, 3 Collared Dove, 2 Goldcrest, Sparrow (L Offer)
*23rd - South Norwood Lake: (08:00:09:15) 80% of Lake frozen, 3 Mute Swan, 31 Canada Goose, 18 Mallard, 32 Tufted Duck, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Sparrowhawk, 19 Moorhen, 22 Coot, 28 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Gull, 3 ad/4 imm Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black Backed Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Pied Wagtail, 5 Dunnock (1 singing), 1 Song Thrush (singing), 11 Redwing, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 15 Starling, 4 House Sparrow, 10 Goldfinch (JW)
*22nd - Wandle Park: WeBS count, despite cold and misty conditions; pond fully frozen, river free flowing. Snipe in the river, 1 Grey Wagtail. Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, 3+ Stock Doves, Song Thrush singing, 1 Redwing. (JB and Sue Henning.
*22nd - Waddon Ponds: WeBS count; amazingly the ponds were ice free. 12 Tufted Duck, 4 Little Grebes. (JB and Sue Henning)
*22nd - Shirley (Devonshire Way): small flock of 16 Fieldfare over. (KW)
*21st - Millers Pond: nothing of interest as usual but c. 100 Black-headed Gull perhaps worth noting. (KW)
*21st - Lloyd Park: Kestrel (L Offer) 2 Raven west and 1 north. (Peter Phillips)
*21st - Addington Hills: Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker (L Offer)
*21st - Heathfield: 2 Moorhen, 2 Mallard, 1 Dunnock, 1 Robin, 1 Wren, 5 Pheasants (f) in adjoining field, 1 Blackbird, 6 Parakeets (L Offer)
*21st - Bramley Bank: 20 Crow, 3 Magpie, 1 Robin, 1 Blackbird, 2 Great Tit, 1 Heron (flying over) (L Offer)
*21st - Littleheath Wood: 2 Jay, 1 Wren, 2 Crow, 2 Parakeet, 4 Blue Tit, 4 Long Tailed Tit, 1 Blackbird (L Offer)
*21st - Monks Hill: 4 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Wren, 4 Robin, 20 Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 2 Blackbird, 40 Starling, 6 Redwing, 12 Crow, 10 Magpie, c.40 Jackdaw in field with sheep by Gravel Hill. (L Offer)
*21st - South Norwood (Towpath Way) Chiffchaff calling from tree in garden behind mine (Rob Wyllie)
*20th - East Croydon (Park Hill Rise) (10:30): 5 Siskin, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Coal Tit. (Graeme Spinks)
*20th - Selsdon Wood: Red Kite flying over (L Offer)
*20th - South Norwood Country Park; 2 Mute Swan, 2 Greylag Goose, 5 Egyptian Goose, 3 Teal, Little Grebe, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Water Rail, Snipe, 2 Common Gull, Coal Tit, Fieldfare, 9 Redwing. (JAH)
*19th - Lloyd Park (11:15 - 13:10): 4 Siskin (2 pairs), 1 Bulfinch (female), 7 Greenfinch, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Blackcap (male), 2 Coal Tit, 30+ Redwing (some giving brief snatches of song), 30+ Goldfinch, with the finches in the trees around the small pond close to the Deepdene Avenue entrance. (Graeme Spinks)
*19th - Hutchinson's Bank: 2 Red Kite, 2 Jackdaw, 8 Blue Tit, 1 Buzzard, 40+ Feral Pigeon, 12 Wood Pigeon, 14 Magpie, 1 Jay, 5 Crow, 12 House Sparrow. (L Offer)
*19th - Addington Village Tram Stop: Red Kite being mobbed by 2 Crow, 40 Black-Headed Gulls feeding in a field, 3+ Common Gulls. (L Offer)
*18th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Sparrowhawk (f) soaring; 2 House Sparrow; Grey Heron (on roof); 2 Goldfinch; 4 Redwing; Great Spotted Woodpecker. (KW)
*18th - Sanderstead Plantation: 5+ Nuthatch, 4+ Stock Dove (2 'singing'), 1 Redwing, 1 Goldcrest. (JB)
*18th - Selsdon/Sanderstead: House Sparrows seem to be doing ok with 4 colonies in Norfolk Avenue, 2 in Queenhill Road and one opposite Sainsbury's. (JB)
*17th - Coulsdon Common: Raven heard, Blackbird singing despite cold weather. (DH)
*17th - Norbury (Pollards Hill South): Female Sparrowhawk. (MJN)
*17th - South Norwood Country Park: Last year's cygnet appears to have finally departed. (DMac)
*13th - South Norwood Lake: (08:05-09:15) 3 Mute Swan, 32 Canada Goose, 4 Egyptian Goose, 12 Mallard, 1m Shoveler, 7m 1f Tufted Duck, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Cormorant, 10 Moorhen, 13 Coot, 12 Black-headed Gull, 1 Common Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Stock Dove, 2 Collared Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 singing Dunnock, 1 Song Thrush, 12 Redwing, 4 Long-Tailed Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 15 Starling on playing field, 3 House Sparrow, 8 Goldfinch (JW)
*11th - South Norwood Country Park: 4 Meadow Pipit. (JAH)
*10th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Grey Heron on roof being mobbed by Crow. (KW)
*9th - East Croydon: c30 Pied Wagtails roosting in trees at bus station. (Ashley Haworth-Roberts)
*9th - New Hill and Happy Valley: 1 Red Kite, up to 9 Redwing, 8 Long Tailed Tit foraging with other Tits, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Goldfinch, several Songthrush in song, and 1 Wren with a brief rendition, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Chaffinch. (DH)
*8th - Central Croydon: 2 Peregrine Falcon, a likely female quite high and then a low close male (both in view at the same time). (Graeme Spinks)
*6th - South Norwood Country Park: Sparrowhawk, 4 Water Rail, 2 Snipe, 2 Fieldfare. (JAH)
*6th - Lloyd Park (near tram stop): 35+ Starling (roosting in trees), 2 Jackdaw, 5 Crow, 1 Sparrow, 3 Magpie, 2 Parakeet, 1 Blue Tit. (L 0ffer)
*5th - Hutchinson's Bank: Peregrine, Red Kite, Great Spotted Woodpecker (female), 8 Long-Tailed Tit, 2 Jay, 3 Blue Tit, 2 Blackbird. (L Offer)
*5th - Croydon (Wellesley Road, outside Whitgift Centre): Grey Wagtail sitting on a car park building at 10:45am. (L Offer)
*4th - Addington Village tramstop: A couple of Rooks in the fields nearby. (SH)
*3rd - South Norwood (Towpath Way): Lesser Redpoll, on bird feeders, came in singularly when the usual Sparrows or Tits were not feeding stayed for about 5 mins before flying off.( Rob Wyllie )
*2nd - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Male Blackcap still visiting the feeders. Blackbird and Redwing now reduced to eating ivy berries or searching leaf litter, having eaten everything else. (JB)
*2nd - South Norwood Country Park: 3 Mute Swan, 10 Egyptian Goose, 9 Teal, Shoveler, 2 Cormorant, Little Grebe, 3 Water Rail, Kestrel, Fieldfare, 21 Redwing, Mistle Thrush. (JAH)
*2nd - Wandle Park: flock of c.10 redwing (Andrew Moncrieff)
*1st - East Croydon: (16:30) 50+ Pied Wagtail roosting in small trees next to bus station, opposite railway station. (Graeme Spinks) 
*1st - Beaulieu Heights: Great Spotted Woodpecker (L Offer)
*1st - South Norwood Lake: 2 Shoveler (male), 4 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Cormorant, 20 Goldfinch, 2 Chaffinch, 4 Redwing, 10+ Sparrow, 2 Robin, 1 Wren, 8 Long-Tailed Tit, 10 Tufted Duck, 1 Great Tit, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Nuthatch (L Offer)
*1st - Old Coulsdon: Raven at 11:55 flying towards Coulsdon. (Stella Frost)