April 2024

*30th - Happy Valley: Garden Warbler and Lesser Whitethroat. (DH)
*30th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Sparrowhawk (f) soaring; 20 Starling. (KW)
*30th - Park Hill park: 2 Mistle Thrush gathering worms & chasing off a magpie & squirrels so I assume they have a nest. (L Offer)
*29th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): 2 Swallow (my first of the year); a lot of Mallard activity over. (KW)
*28th - Happy Valley: Highlights: 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Garden Warbler, (found by Stella Frost), Green Woodpecker, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Bullfinch, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Treecreeper, Mistle Thrush, (a pair, nesting attempt), found by Stella Frost. 1 Sparrowhawk flashed past, chest height. (DH)
*27th - Farthing Downs: 4 Skylark, 9 Linnet, 2 Yellowhammer. 
*26th - Addington Hills: Red Kite, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 2 Treecreeper (a pair), Blackcap (m), Chiffchaff, Mistle Thrush, Stock Dove, Jay. (L Offer)
*26th - Coombe Wood: Grey Heron (in tiny pool in rockery), 2 Mallard (mating), Moorhen, Goldcrest, Mistle Thrush, Jay, Great Spotted Woodpecker. (L Offer)
*25th - Hutchinson's Bank: 2 Sparrowhawk, Red Kite, Chaffinch. (L Offer)
*24th - Lloyd Park: Chiffchaff. (Lucinda Offer)
*24th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Tawny Owl heard at 10pm. (JB)
*24th - South Norwood Country Park: Lesser Whitethroat, pair Great Crested Grebe. (DMac)
*23rd - Wandle Park: 2 Egyptian Geese, Grey Wagtail, Blackcap singing. (Sue Henning)
*22nd - Long Lane Wood: Swallow over heading north. (JB)
*21st - Central Croydon: Red Kite flying south over Croydon flyover. (Lucinda Offer)
*22nd - New Hill/Happy Valley: Garden Warbler singing. (Stella Frost)
*20th - South Norwood Lake: 2 Sand Martins. (Linda Myers). 4 Great Crested Grebe (inc. 2 chicks getting big), 8 Egyptian Goose (6 goslings), Mallard (inc. 7 ducklings), Tufted Duck, Canada Goose, Coot, Moorhen, Blackcap, Goldfinch, Pied Wagtail, Starling. (L Offer)
*20th - Whitehorse Meadow: Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Goldfinch, Jay, Starling, House Sparrow. (L Offer)
*20th - Norwood Junction station: Sparrowhawk circling over adjacent gardens. (Derek Kelly)
*19th - Devilsden Woods Coulsdon: Willow Warbler singing (Stella Frost)
*19th - South Norwood Country Park: Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, male Shoveler. (JB)
*18th - South Norwood Country Park: Whitethroat, Reed Warbler. (JAH)
*18th - Central Croydon (Fairfield Halls area): 2 Peregrines circling at 9.15am (Mike Earp)
*16th - Millers Pond: 2 Egyptian geese with 5 goslings near the pond. 2 more Egyptian geese on the grass. Canada geese, moorhen, tufted duck, mallards. Coots sitting on 3 nests in pond. 1 shoveler. Fox present. (DOD)
*14th - South Norwood Country Park: Reed Warbler. (JAH)
*14th - Croham Hurst Golf Course. 2 x Raven. Willow Warbler (heard); bird in Croham Hurst itself.
*13th - Croydon Town Centre: Peregrine. (KW)
*11th - Millers Pond: 1 Egyptian goose sitting on a Coot's nest with 5 goslings watched by the other adult on the bank. 2 Egyptian geese sleeping on the grass. 1 x shoveler. Fox seen strolling around. Coots, mallards, moorhen and Canada geese.(DOD)
*10th - Chatsworth Road (near Park Hill) female Pheasant (photo taken)
*10th - South Norwood Country Park: Sedge Warbler (not seen, recorded), Willow Warbler. (DMac)
*9th - Coulsdon (St Andrews Rd): 2 Buzzard overhead. (DH)
*9th - Farthing Downs: c250 Corvid in field adjacent to the Downs, 1 Swallow over, 2 Skylark, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 poss Willow Warbler, heard calling but not found for definitive identification...very frustrating. (DH)
*8th - Lloyd Park: Crow, Magpie, Jackdaw, Chiffchaff, Blackcap (m&f), Blue Tit, Great Tit, Goldfinch, Greenfinch (m&f), House Sparrow, Dunnock, Robin, Song Thrush, Starling, Wood Pigeon (Kim Mitchell)
*8th - Bramley Bank: Raven cronking for about 10 minutes, Buzzard, Heron, Jackdaw, Nuthatch, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Stock Dove, 2 Moorhen. (L Offer)
*8th - Heathfield: Red Kite, Jackdaw, Goldcrest, Blackcap, Goldfinch. (L Offer)
*8th - Littleheath Woods: Green Woodpecker, Jackdaw, Stock Dove, Collared Dove, Chiffchaff, Blackcap. (L Offer)
*8th - Millers Pond: Usual suspects and 1 shoveler. Pair of Egyptian geese walking with 7 goslings on path. A second pair of Egyptian geese on grass with no goslings. (DOD)
*8th - South Norwood Country Park: Female Water rail still singing within big reed bed at 7am, male Shoveler. (JAH)
*7th - Miller's Pond: 2 Egyptian Geese walking with 10 goslings on the path. On the other side of the park 2 Egyptian Geese sleeping on the grass! 1 shoveler, 2 greylag, Canada geese, moorhen and coot. (DOD)
*7th - South Norwood Country Park 2 Mute Swan, 6 Greylag Goose, 2 Egyptian with three young, Little Grebe, Water Rail in full song (never witnessed before on this site) in the big reed bed. Singing continued foe several minutes. witnessed by D.Mac who recorded the song, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Stock Dove, 5 Collared Dove, Kestrel, Jay, Coal Tit, 7 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap. (JAH). (Additionallly, Pheasant; 3 Stock Dove; Wren particularly numerous across site). (KW)
*6th - Millers Pond: somewhat livelier than usual. Male Shoveler attempting to get amorous with a female Mallard (1st sighting of this species for me at this location in 48 years of visiting); 22 Mallard; 6 Tufted Duck; 4 Khaki Campbell; 16 Coot; single Moorhen; Greylag Goose; 20+ Canada Goose; 4 adult Egyptian Goose with 2 broods, each of 7 goslings. 2 of the adults involved in prolonged, noisy, very violent conflict; 6 Starling; 3 House Sparrow; large number of Feral Pigeon. (KW)
*6th - South Norwood Country Park: Willow Warbler (DMac)
*5th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Sparrowhawk; 3 Mallard. (KW)
*5th - Waddon Ponds: Cormorant (juvenile), 2 Mute Swan (1 nest building), 2 Egyptian Goose, Canada Goose, Little Grebe, Coot (4 nests, 1 with 6 chicks), Moorhen, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Herring Gull, Goldfinch, House Sparrow, Starling, Collared Dove, Crow (nesting in tree). (L Offer)
*5th - Wandle Park: 1 Moorhen, 25 Starling, Chiffchaff, Goldfinch, Sparrow, Dunnock, Herring Gull. (L Offer)
*4th - Hutchinson's Bank: 2 Buzzard, 2 Red Kite, 1 Sparrowhawk, Green Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Goldfinch, Collared Dove, Jackdaw. (L Offer)
*3rd - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Red Kite being mobbed by Jackdaws in rear garden area; 5 Mallard. (KW)
*3rd - South Norwood Country Park: Pair of Egyptian geese with 3 goslings, Great Crested Grebe, 2 Greylag Geese, Canada Geese, Tufted Duck, Mallard, Chiffchaff. (DOD)
*2nd - South Norwood Lake: 4 Great Crested Grebe (2 chicks), 8 Egyptian Goose (6 chicks), Cormorant, Canada Goose, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Coot, Moorhen, Pied Wagtail, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Starling, Nuthatch, Blackcap, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Dunnock, House Sparrow, Jay. (L Offer)
*2nd - Coulsdon (Bramley Avenue): Up to 20 Waxwings in trees at east end at various times during the morning. Flighty and seen going towards gardens on north side of the road. (JB, JS, DH)
*2nd - South Norwood Country Park: Willow Warbler singing. (JB)
*1st - Wandle Park: Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail. (Sue Henning)
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