April 2021

*30th - Purley (Wyvern Road): Hoopoe apparently reported at 06:45. (Surrey VC Birders WhatsApp). May be worth checking the local area including Roundshaw Downs to see if it is still around. (Admin)
*29th - West Croydon Station: Blackcap singing at London end of platform 1. (John Boorman by email)
*29th - Duppas Hill: Green Woodpecker “yaffling” at 9.30am (Andrew Moncrieff)
*29th - Purley (Lower Barn Road): 1 male Siskin back on feeder. 07.15am (NH)
*28th - Hamsey Green: Swallow over garden. (Steve Fowles by email)
*28th - Purley (Lower Barn Road): 1 male Siskin on feeder, followed by 1 Goldfinch and 1 male Greenfinch. (NH)
*28th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Grey Heron (on roof being mobbed by crow); 2 Goldfinches singing; 2 House Sparrow; 4 Starling; Greater Spotted Woodpecker. (KW)
*28th - Beddington Farmlands: Two Arctic Skuas flew east this morning, potentially into Croydon. (Surrey VC Birders WhatsApp Group)
*28th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (10.30am): 1 Swift flying medium high over SN Lake area (GH)
*27th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Goldfinch singing loudly; Common Buzzard (over); 6 Starling foraging for prolonged period; 3 House Sparrow (2m, 1 f). (KW)
*27th - South Norwood Country Park: Willow Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler. (JAH)
*26th - Kings Wood: 3 Treecreeper (NH)
*26th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): 7 Starling (unusual at this site these days); Goldfinch singng; 4 Mallard; House Sparrow (m) (first seen here since 2020). (KW)
*26th - Wandle Park: 3 Mallards (1f, 2m) with 10 ducklings. (Sue Henning)
*26th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (3.20pm): male Kestrel circling/hovering high over rlwy land (GH)
*26th - Addiscombe (Greencourt Gdns). 1 Swift flying fast and low N. (Andy Bates)
*25th - Farthing Downs: Wheatear. (Stella Frost by email)
*25th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Sparrowhawk (m) in aerial melee with 2 Jackdaws & 8 Starlings; Goldfinch singing loudly from tree. (KW)
*25th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (2.30pm): Sparrowhawk briefly circling high, then E (GH)
*25th - Happy Valley: 1 Willow Warbler singing and seen 09.25 am. (NH)
*25th - Riddlesdown: Black Redstart briefly on horse field fence, Ring Ouzel by Riddlesdown School, 6 Skylark, 7 Chiffchaff, 7 Blackcap, 8 Song Thrush, 1 Linnet, 1 Kestrel. (JB)
*24th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Sparrowhawk (f) over; Goldfinch singing loudly from television aerial. (KW)
*24th - Riddlesdown 'Dobbin': 1 Whinchat (m), 2 Northern Wheatear (m, f), 2 Whitethroat, 1 Meadow Pipit, 8 Linnet, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Skylark, 2 Blackcap. 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Chaffinch (m), 1 Kestrel, 1 Blackcap grazing paddock area. (Derek Kelly)
*24th - Sanderstead: Breeding Bird Survey included 2 Greylag over, 16+ Song Thrush (9 in Selsdon Estate, 6 in Sanderstead Plantation), 6 Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap, 4 Nuthatch, 4 Stock Dove. (JB)
*24th - Sanderstead (Timberling Gardens): Stock Dove (Mike Earp)
*24th - South Norwood Country Park: Male Wheatear on Arena Field, Great Crested Grebe, Willow Warbler. (JAH); 1 Swallow , 3 Swift, 3 Sand Martin over, 1 Reed Warbler, 5 Whitethroat. (NGH)
*23rd - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Great Spotted Woodpecker; Common Buzzard (over). (KW)
*23rd - South Norwood Country Park: 4 Green Sandpiper. (JAH)
*23rd - Lloyd Park: 3 Linnets. (J.Kirby)
*22nd - Riddlesdown: 1 Swallow flying over 11.47 am, 8 Skylark (4 Dobbin/ Dipsley, 4 Long acres), 2 Linnet in Long Acres, 1 Whitethroat grazing paddock and 1 seen/ heard Warlingham Court Farm, 2 Buzzard (NH)
*22nd - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (2.30pm): female Kestrel perched briefly on rlwy lighting column (GH)
*22nd - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Siskin over. (JB)
*21st - Purley (Lower Barn Road): 8 Starling feeding on lawn, first for many years. (NH)
*21st - Wandle Park: Common Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, 2 Stock Doves. (Sue Henning)
*21st - Riddlesdown: Dobbin/Warlingham Court Farm 2 Common Whitethroat, 1 Linnet and 2 Skylark singing. 2 Treecreeper seen in wood near near Attwood school, 20+ Starling feeding in fields along Wentworth Way carrying food back in beaks presumably for chicks. (NH).
*20th - South Norwood Country Park: Wheatear (female) on Arena. (DMac & Sarah Woodcock)
*20th - Addington: Pair of Linnets feeding in garden. Two others also turned up. Also 2 Nuthatches in woodland (same as previous reports), 2 Buzzards circling, and Great Spotted Woodpecker in tree (Sam Davenport)
*20th - Sanderstead (junction of Southcote Road and The Ridge Way): 4 Greylag Geese low over going due North (Mike Earp)
*19th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (6pm): Buzzard flying low SW overhead & being mobbed by a Herring Gull (GH)
*19th - South Norwood Country Park: Male Wheatear on Arena running track, Little Egret, Willow Warbler, 5 Whitethroat. (JAH)
*17th - South Norwood Country Park: Skylark over, Lesser Whitethroat. (JAH)
*17th - Norbury (Pollards Hill South): Stock dove singing, pr Blackbird, Blackcap "tacking" (MJN)
*16th - Franklin Way (near Ikea): Blackcap singing in a small copse on the estate(MJN)
*16th - Norbury (Pollards Hill South): Song Thrush singing early a.m, Blackbird singing, Mistle Thrush singing on hilltop trees (MJN)
*17th - Addington Hills: Buzzard (Hugo Brailsford)
*15th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (4.30pm): Female Sparrowhawk circling/displaying over rlwy land (GH)
*15th - South Norwood Country Park: 2 Little Egret, Willow Warbler, Whitethroat. (JAH)
*14th - South Norwood Country Park: 2 Little Egrets, Wheatear (female) on Arena field. (DMac & Sarah Woodcock)
*14th - Shirley Hills ("wood pasture", 10am): Buzzard (perched), Kestrel (m), Treecreeper pair (courtship feeding). (J Kirby)
*13th - Shirley Hills: Treecreeper. (Lesley Gadsden by email)
*13th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (12.15pm): Green Woodpecker calling briefly in Gdns, plus Chiffchaff calling on rlwy land at 6.30pm (GH)
*13th - Norbury (Pollards Hill South): 6 Starling in garden, 2 Jay, 2 Coal Tit, 3 Blue tit chasing, 1 Stock Dove (MJN) 
*13th - Brickfields Meadow: pair Grey Wagtail, 3 pair Tufted Duck (Alice Stringer) If you have any other records from this site, could you email them to me please. Site is under-recorded in recent years. Admin
*12th - South Norwood Country Park: 4 Dunnock, 3 Blackcap, 2 Goldfinch, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Kestrel, 2 Egyptian Geese, Swallow (wheeling around over watermeadow), 4 Wren, 1 Blue Tit, 5+ Robin/Gt Tit (Hugo Brailsford)
*12th - South Norwood Country Park - 3 Chiffchaff singing (Alice Stringer)
*12th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (11.15am): Pair of Egyptian Geese calling/flying very low over Gdns (GH)
*11th - Farthing Downs: 2 Little Owls calling, 1 Blackcap singing, 3 Linnet. (DH) Wheatear. (Michael Bromley per Stella Frost)
*11th - Beaulieu Heights: (0730-0830) Under recorded so complete list follows, those marked * numerous (10+). Blackbird, Blackcap, Blue Tit*. Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Dunnock, Goldcrest, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Great Tit, Green Parakeet*, House Sparrow*, Jay, Long-tailed Tit, Magpie*, Robin, Tawny Owl, Treecreeper, Wood Pigeon*, Wren (Alan Simpkins)
*11th - Lloyd Park (3.40pm - 4.40 pm): Red Kite, Buzzard (Graeme Spinks)
*11th - Norbury (Pollards Hill South): 1 Stock Dove with Feral Pigeons, 1 Jackdaw over NE (MJN)
*10th - Purley: Lesser Redpoll in garden. (Derek Lea)
*10th - Waddon Ponds: Willow Warbler. (Sue Henning)
*10th - Millers Pond: 2 Egyptian Goose with 5 nearly fully grown goslings; Mallard with 11 ducklings. (KW)
*9th - Selsdon (Kingswood Way): Male Redstart in private garden. (Pam Holden per Peter Gunkel)
*9th - Lloyd Park (12.00pm - 1.45pm): Peregrine, 2 Buzzard, flyover Yellow Wagtail heading north (Graeme Spinks)
*9th - Wandle Park (8pm): 2 Canada Geese and a Grey Heron on the pond. (Sue Henning)
*9th - Riddlesdown area (late afternoon) Two Meadow Pipits. (RD) 
*9th - Duppas Hill (9.30am): 2 Jackdaw collecting nesting material (Andrew Moncrieff)
*9th - Waddon Ponds (10am): 1 Swan on nest, 3 Coot nests, 2 incubating eggs, 1 with 6 chicks (Andrew Moncrieff)
*8th - Lloyd Park: Albino Magpie seen with a group of ordinary ones, about halfway up the path with the allotments on the left. (Dianna Peschier per AJP)
*8th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (2.30pm): Grey Wagtail briefly inspecting roof gutters, presumably for insects or possibly for nesting material (GH)
*8th - South Croydon/Sanderstead: Update regarding the White-tailed Eagle from IoW release. Tracking showed it flew over South Croydon and one of the marker points was over the roundabout at Sanderstead. It would have been visible from my house, only a few hundred yards away!!!! (JB)
*8th - Location undisclosed: Firecrest with small tit flock of coal and blue tits. Also just over border 2 Treecreepers (1 seen) singing. (Jo East & Martin Tickner)
*8th - Hutchinsons Bank: Male Kestrel and Male Sparrowhawk. Latter flew along path to first butterfly bank. (Jo East & Martin Tickner)
*8th - Near misses for Croydon today with a White-tailed Eagle heading south and 2 White Storks heading north over Beddington Farmlands!!!! Keep looking up, something special must fly over Croydon soon. Admin. And so it did - see above update about the eagle. Admin
*8th - Waddon Ponds (10.30am): Stock dove (Andrew Moncrieff)
*8th - Norbury (Pollards Hill South): Willow warbler singing in garden 08.15--midday, Blackcap singing, 10 Ring necked Parakeets, 2 Collared dove. (MJN)
*7th - Millers Pond: Mallard with c15 ducklings, still 5 Egyptian Goslings. (Margaret Harper by email)
*7th - Wandle Park: Goldcrest, Stock Dove, 2 Grey Wagtails, 2 Long-tailed Tits, Mistle Thrush on its nest. (Sue Henning)
*6th - Location undisclosed: 7pm - Buzzard attempting to roost (RD) Location has been removed as this may relate to a breeding bird. Please do report potential breeding by schedule 1 species to me by email rather than posting here. Admin
*6th - South Norwood (Pittvile Gdns) (12.30pm): Sparrowhawk circling/displaying very high (GH)
*6th - South Norwood Country Park: Little Egret, Willow Warbler, Redwing. (JAH)
*5th - Addiscombe (Greencourt Gdns). 1 Swallow flying North, low and fast. (Andy Bates)
*4th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): 5 Mallard (4 m, 1f) engaged in several bouts of ladies and gentleman in the vegetable patch and saw off vixen that was on the scene within moments of landing; Common Buzzard (over). (KW)
*4th - Farthing Downs and Devilsden Wood: 3 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Bullfinch, 3 Greenfinch, 1 Chaffinch in song, 1 Skylark in song, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Nuthatch, 2 Stock Dove heard, 2 Goldcrest in song, 2 Dunnock in song, Yellowhammer , 2 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Swallow (my heart leapt!), 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Linnet, 2 Goldfinch, at least 2 Blackcap in song. (David Hayes)
*4th - South Norwood Lake: (1230) Pair of Canada Geese on one of the fishing platforms breaking open an egg (no idea if it was theirs or another gooses) and eating the 'white'; even pecking up the drops which spilt. Lake now very quiet with only one Cormorant left and only two gulls today. In woods 5 Blackcaps, 2 Goldfinch, 2 Chaffinch and a Jay. Still larger than normal numbers of Blue Tit, House Sparrow and Magpie, the latter feeding with the Carrion Crows on the playing field. (Alan Simpkins)
*4th - Addington: 2 Nuthatches (same as previous reports), Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming on tree, Buzzard flying over. Later on Buzzard was spotted circling over village in the afternoon, then later a pair of Buzzards returned to the spot and flew in overlapping circles. Red Kite also spotted flying over village in afternoon. (Sam Davenport)
*4th - South Norwood Country Park: 6 Chiffchaff, 5 Dunnock, 4 Blackcap, Greenfinch, 2 Long Tailed Tit busy with nest material, 2 Kestrel (simultaneously), Greater Spotted Woodpecker, Buzzard (and 5+ Wren, Robin, Great Tit, Blue Tiit) (Hugo Brailsford)
*4th - Norbury (Pollards Hill South): 1 Willow warbler singing early a.m., Blckcap singing (MJN)
*3rd - Addington Hills: Red Kite, Chiffchaff (Hugo Brailsford)
*3rd - South Norwood Country Park: 2 Little Egret, Swallow, Willow Warbler, 2 Pied Wagtail (JAH). 2 house martins, Greenfinch, probably the same Willow Warbler calling and seen by the children's playground, 2 Lesser Black Backed Gulls eating a Goose's egg.(Rob Wyllie )
*2nd - Norbury (Pollards Hill South): 3 Canada Goose over SE, 4 Jackdaw over E, Stock dove singing, Blackcap singing (MJN)
*1st - Addington: Red Kite and Buzzard flying overhead. Buzzard (unsure if same one) also seen in woodland later on (Sam Davenport)
*1st - Shirley Hills:4 Siskins (PP)
*1st - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (1.30pm): female Kestrel hovering low over back gardens & Cormorant flying very high E at 4.30pm (GH)
*1st - South Norwood Country Park: Sand Martin, Swallow. (JAH)
*1st - Norbury (Pollards Hill South): 1 Cormorant over SE, 9 Herring Gull SE, Blackcap singing (MJN)