July 2023

*31st - Shirley (Devonshire Way): 4 Goldfinch; Great Spotted Woodpecker; 12 House Sparrow; 8 Blue Tit; single Swift. (KW)
*31st - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Sparrowhawk mobbed by c10 Ring-necked Parakeets. (JB)
*31st - South Norwood Country Park: Sparrowhawk, 2 Lesser Whitethroat.(JAH)
*31st - Waddon: Swifts. (Steve Grayson)
*30th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Common Buzzard; juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker; 4 Goldfinch. (KW)
*30th - South Norwood Country Park: Sparrowhawk, Hobby. (JAH)
*29th - Happy Valley: Yellowhammer and Bullfinch families (Stella Frost)
*29th - New Hill: Blackcap and Bullfinch families. (Stella Frost)
*29th - South Norwood Country Park: Female Sparrowhawk. 2 Tufted Ducklings, possibly a new brood. (Jon Shaub)
*29th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): quite a scene today with 11 House Sparrow; 4 Goldfinch; 8 young Blue Tit; 2 Great Tit; 2 Coal Tit; 2 Dunnock; Robin; 2 juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker and a Ring-necked Parakeet, all gathering at the same time on the lawn and feeders. 2 Common Buzzard; single Swift; Carrion Crow family still present. (KW)
*28th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Common Buzzard; 2 Swift; 2 House Sparrow; Great Spotted Woodpecker; travelling group of c. 30+ mainly juvenile Goldfinch; Blue Tit; Coal Tit; Long-tailed Tit. (KW)
*28th - Millers Pond: 52 Mallard; 8 Tufted Duck (one appeared to be brooding/incubating. (KW)
*27th - Lloyd Park: Swifts. (Lucinda Offer)
*27th - Gravel Hill: Swifts. (Lucinda Offer)
*27th - Hutchinsons Bank: Swifts. (Lucinda Offer)
*27th - South Norwood (Portland Road): 2 Swifts. (JW)
*27th - Purley (Lower Barn Road): Very busy day at the feeders: 6 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Goldfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 1 Chaffinch, 4 Robin (1 adult , 3 juveniles at different stages of moult), 1 Dunnock, 4 Feral Pigeon, 1 Woodpigeon, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet (NH)
*27th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): 3 Swifts hawking around at 12:15. (JB)
*26th - Purley Way (Costco roof): Pied Wagtail. (L Offer)
*26th - Purley Way Playing Fields: 50+ Crow (feeding on grass & on Colonnades buildings), 20+ Jackdaw, 10 Herring Gull (flying overhead in a group, calling), 8 Swift, Blackcap, Wren, Jay, Wood Pigeon. (L Offer)
*25th - Farthing Downs: 13 Linnet including juveniles, Skylark carrying food. (DH)
*25th - Happy Valley: Yellowhammer singing. (Stella Frost)
*23rd - Farthing Downs: 15+ Swift feeding above the cattle. (NH)
*23rd - Farthing Downs: 1 Red Kite, 1 distant Buzzard, 3 Yellowhammer, 2 Skylark, 3 Goldfinch, 3 Swallow, 13 Linnet, 9 Starling. (DH)
*23rd - Wandle Park: Sparrowhawk and Buzzard over. (Lucinda Offer)
*23rd - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Sparrowhawk, Buzzard. (JB)
*23rd - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Common Buzzard; 3 Swift; 3 Goldfinch feeding on lawn. (KW)
*23rd - South Norwood Country Park: Little Egret, Cuckoo. (JAH)
*22nd - South Norwood Country Park: Hobby. (JAH)
*21st - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Common Buzzard; Great Spotted Woodpecker 3 House Sparrow; 9 Starling; 2 Swift high over. (KW)
*20th - South Norwood Country Park: Little Egret, Swallow. (JAH)
*20th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): 2 Common Buzzard; Great Spotted Woodpecker; 8 House Sparrow; Stock Dove; travelling spiral of 16 circling Herring and Black-headed Gull and 3 Swift, presumably feeding on high flying insects, that appeared twice during the day; Tawny Owl heard at 21.45. (KW)
*19th - Millers Pond: 46 Canada Goose; 4 Egyptian Goose (2 almost fully grown goslings); 1 Greylag Goose; 32 Mallard (including several almost fully grown ducklings); 6 Tufted Duck; 15 Coot (including 3 young); 12 Moorhen (7 youngsters at various stages of development); Swift heard but not seen (probably at height); House Sparrow. (KW)
*19th - Waddon Ponds: 4 Little Grebe (pair with 2 chicks), 5 Swift, 2 Collared Dove, Mallard, Mute Swan, Coot, Moorhen, House Sparrow, Goldfinch, 3 Black-Headed Gull, Pigeon, Wood Pigeon, Magpie, Crow. (L Offer)
*18th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Stock Dove; Great Spotted Woodpecker; Common Buzzard; travelling Group of 12 House Sparrow (including fledglings still being fed by parent) and 3 Goldfinch; 6 Swift very active in the early morning then nothing for the rest of the day (what few local birds there were, may have departed). (KW)
*17th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): 2 Common Buzzard; Great Spotted Woodpecker; 2 Swift. (KW)
*16th - Farthing Downs: 1 Red Kite, 1 Sparrowhawk, Song Thrush, 2 Swallow, 6 Swift over, Whitethroat in song, 3 Goldfinch, 4 Linnet, 4 Skylark, a flock of 80+ Jackdaw, 7 Carrion Crow, 1 Dunnock, 3 Starling, 7 Long Tailed Tit, 1 Green Woodpecker, only 1 Chiffchaff heard, low numbers of Blue Tit and Great Tit. (DH)
*16th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Common Buzzard; Herring gull activity overhead all day; 16 Goldfinch; 2 House Sparrow; 2 Swift. (KW)
*15th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (1.30pm): (Probable female) Sparrowhawk flying medium high W, then dropped rapidly to tree height & out of sight (GH)
*14th - Purley (Lower Barn Road): 2 Tawny Owls in Yew tree in garden one of which was a calling juvenile. (NH).
*13th - Hutchinson's Bank: 2 Buzzard, Kestrel, 4 Swallow, Whitethroat, Goldcrest, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Chiffchaff, House Sparrow, Goldfinch, Blackbird, Robin, Magpie, Kestrel, Jackdaw, Herring Gull, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove. (L Offer)
*12th - Farthing Downs: Female Wheatear. (DH)
*12th - South Norwood Country Park: Little Egret, 4 Kestrel. (JAH)
*11th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): 20:10-20:20. Well in excess of 250 Ring-necked Parakeets headed NW in squadrons (one of 50+ birds) presumably going to roost at Mitcham Common. (JB)
*10th - New Hill/Happy Valley: Another dozen or so Sand Martins. (Stella Frost)
*10th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (6pm): Sparrowhawk (prob female) flying rapidly high W (occasionally turning back on itself) (GH)
*10th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Sparrowhawk patrolling overhead. (JB)
*10th - South Norwood (Kings Road) (11:50) 2 juv Mistle Thrush. (JW)
*9th - South Norwood Lake: (06:55-08:40) 15 Canada Goose, 1 Egyptian Goose, 13 Mallard (+1 with brood of 6), 17 Tufted Duck (9m 8f), 3ad/3juv Great Crested Grebe, 1 Kestrel, 12 Moorhen, 17 Coot, 2 Black-headed Gull, 3 Herring Gull (over), 2 Stock Dove, 5 Collared Dove, 6 Swift, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Pied Wagtail (over), 2 Song Thrush, 4 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest, 6 Long-Tailed Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 3 Nuthatch, 15 Starling, 12 House Sparrow, 3 Goldfinch (JW)
*8th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Common Buzzard; Carrion Crow family now fledged. (KW)
*8th - Thornton Heath (outside station & Tesco): Pied Wagtail, 3 Swift (L Offer)
*8th - Thornton Heath Library community garden: 30+ House Sparrow, Jay, 5 Swift. (L Offer)
*7th - Woodside: Raven flew approx north to south, calling. (Jill Rogers, email)
*7th - South Norwood Country Park: Hobby, Goldcrest. (JAH)
*7th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Common Buzzard; Sparrowhawk (f); 6 Herring Gull (over); mixed flock of House Sparrow and Goldfinch feeding on lawn; single Swift. (KW)
*7th - South Norwood Lake: 25+ Swift, 2 Shoveler, 6 Great Crested Grebe (2 adults, 3 chicks, 1 older chick from first brood), 7 Egyptian Goose (2 adults, 5 goslings), Mallard, Tufted Duck, Canada Goose, Coot, Moorhen, Chiffchaff, Robin, Blackcap, Wren, House Sparrow, Blackbird, Parakeet, Feral Pigeon, Wood Pigeon, Crow, Magpie. (L Offer)
*7th - Stambourne Woods: Juvenile Sparrowhawk. (David Rouse tweet)
*7th - South Norwood Country Park: Little Egret, Red Kite, Black-headed Gull, 6 Reed Warbler. (JAH)
*6th - Hutchinson's Bank: 2 Common Whitethroat (1 poss. fledgling), Buzzard. (L Offer)
*6th - Happy Valley: 20 Sand Martin moving South (Stella Frost)
*2nd - Croydon (Lansdowne Road): Two Lesser Black-backed Gulls with an adult on chimney stack. (Ian Young)
*2nd - Stambourne Woodland Walk: Two Tawny Owls. (David Rouse tweet)
*1st - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Raven flew low over garden at 10:08. (JB)