May 2023

*30th - South Norwood (Towpath Way): Great Spotted Woodpecker has been constantly feeding on my fat balls all day and insects on the side of the apple tree, may be feeding young locally as it is very active. (Rob Wyllie)
*29th - Selsdon Wood: Cuckoo still present - has been in the area since 6th May at least. (Admin)
*28th - Heathfield: 4 Moorhen (1 adult, 3 chicks), Mallard, Robin, Jackdaw, Crow, Chiffchaff. (L Offer)
*28th - South Norwood (Towpath Way): Great Spotted Woodpecker has been 3 times on the fat balls today, twice yesterday, Ring Necked Parakeet, 4 Starlings, Robin, 7 House Sparrows, Wood Pigeon, 2 Blue Tits also feeding in my garden.(Rob Wyllie)
*27th - South Norwood Country Park: Green Sandpiper across lake at 6.05am. (JAH)
*26th - Coombe Wood: Kestrel (sitting at top of tall conifer by cafe), 3 Swift, Coal Tit, 2 Blue Tit, Robin, Mallard, Chiffchaff, Dunnock, Parakeet, Magpie, Herring Gull. (L Offer)
*26th - Heathfield: 5 Swallows feeding around trees by walled garden (NH)
*26th - Shirley (The Wilderness): Great Spotted Woodpecker young begging at nest hole (NH) 
*25th - New Addington tram stop: 3 Swift flying overhead. (L Offer)
*25th - [[Coulsdon Area|Farthing Downs}}: c7-9.30 pm. Skylark, Linnet, Yellowhammer, Whitethroat. Latter two heard at least four birds each (RDHB).
*24th - South Norwood (Towpath Way) Great Spotted Woodpecker feeding on fatballs in garden along with the usual Starlings and Sparrows, 7 Swifts screeching around.( Rob Wyllie)
*23rd - Purley (Brighton Road, opposite Christchurch School): (12.30 pm getting off said bus) Grey wagtail on roof of house (surely not the same as seen further north) (NH)
*23rd - Brighton Road near St Augustines: (12.20pm, waiting for bus) 5 swift (?S. Croydon allotment swifts) 1 Grey wagtail on roof of MacNallys Antiques and then petrol station (NH)
*23rd - South Croydon (Haling Grove Park): Great Spotted Woodpecker (female) feeding young at nest; initially heard young calling from nest hole, Stock Dove calling, Chiffchaff, Blackcap (NH)
*23rd - Purley Way West : 5 Whitethroat, 4 Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest (NH)
*23rd - Addington Court GC: Cuckoo. (Jack Barnes)
*23rd - South Norwood;(Towpath Way) 2 Collared Doves landed in my Apple Tree before flying off East towards S N C P( Rob Wyllie)
*22nd - Chapel Bank: Garden Warbler singing from scrub area near path on second field (ET)
*21st - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Sparrowhawk; 2 House Sparrow; 2 Goldfinch nestbuilding. (KW)
*21st - South Norwood Lake: (06:45:08:45) 3 Greylag Goose, 16 Canada Goose (1 pair with 8 goslings/1 pair with 4 goslings), pair Egyptian Goose with 4 goslings, 12 Mallard, 14 Tufted Duck (7m/7f), pair Great Crested Grebe with 2 young, 11 Moorhen, 14 Coot + 5 young, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 4 Collared Dove, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Swift, 3 Dunnock, 2 Song Thrush, 6 Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest, 4 Long-Tailed Tit, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Nuthatch at nest feeding young, 1 Jay, 2 Jackdaw (over), 8 Starling, 10 House Sparrow, 2 Goldfinch (JW)
*21st - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (4am): a Tawny Owl briefly hooting along back gardens (GH)
*20th - South Norwood Country Park: 2 Mute Swan + 8 young, 7 Greylag Goose + 3 young, 2 Egyptian Goose + 3 young, 2 Canada Goose young, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Red Kite, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Swift, Kestrel, 2 Jackdaw, Cetti's Warbler, 10 Reed Warbler. (JAH) Peregrine over J. Shaub
*19th - Addiscombe Railway Park: 4 Swift, 2 Collared Dove, House Sparrow, Robin, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Pigeon, Wood Pigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow. (L Offer)
*17th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Great Spotted Woodpecker; flight of 3 Grey Heron over; 2 House Sparrow; Common Buzzard; 2 Swift. (KW)
*17th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (11.05am): Single Raven spiraling/soaring very high over rlwy land for 2-3 mins, then directly W with slow, regular wing beats (GH)
*17th - South Norwood Country Park: 2 Mute Swan + 8 young, 10 Greylag Goose + 4 young, 2 Egyptian Goose + 3 young, 2 Canada young, 2 Little Grebe, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Swift, Jackdaw, Cetti's Warbler, 6 Reed Warbler.(JAH)
*16th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Great Spotted Woodpecker; 5 Mistle Thrush in low pass over, calling loudly (a first for this species at this site - at least for me); 3 Swift over Bennetts Way. (KW)
*16th - South Croydon (Mitchley Hill Scrub field) Whitethroat singing 9.50 am (NH)
*15th - Millers Pond: 2 Greylag Goose; 2 Swift (possibly same birds as described below). (KW)
*15th - Shirley (Devonshire Way); Great Spotted Woodpecker; 3 Mallard (over); 2 Swift. (KW)
*15th - Purley (Lower Barn Road): Collared Dove in garden- rarely see these now. (NH)
*15th - Mitchley Wood: 16.45pm Tawny Owl seen sitting high in fork of tree, alerted by constant calling and mobbing by parakeets (NH)
*15th - Hutchinson's Bank: Lesser Whitethroat heard and seen and 1 whitethroat with another plus blackcap and chiffchaff on Featherbed Lane Road Verge (NH)
*14th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Red Kite; single Swift; 3 Goldfinch; Great Spotted Woodpecker; 4 Mallard (over). (KW)
*14th - South Croydon Allotments: 5 Swift screaming and flying low - they are back! 2 Whitethroat, 1 of which was chasing the sparrows out of it's territory (NH).
*14th - South Norwood Country Park: 2 Swift, Cetti's Warbler, 8 Reed Warbler. (JAH)
*14th - Happy Valley: Yellowhammer. (Simon Hills)
*14th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Finally heard a Swift screaming over the garden. (JB)
*14th - Addiscombe (Breeding Bird Survey square): 87 House Sparrow, 41 Starling, 15 Swift, 3 Mallard, singing Goldcrest.
*13th - SWCA (by quarry) Whitethroat singing (NH)
*13th - Purley (Lower Barn Road): 2 swift over garden (NH)
*13th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Grey Heron (over); Great Spotted Woodpecker; 2 Goldfinch; Swift.(KW)
*13th - Millers Pond: 26 Canada Goose with 6 goslings; 8 Mallard with 7 ducklings; 15 Coot (3 nest sitting), plus 3 young; 8 Tufted Duck; 4 Moorhen; Grey Heron; 17 Starling; constant Goldfinch chatter; 4 Magpie & 2 Carrion crow marauding songbirds; at least 8 male House Sparrow chirping from surrounding rooftops plus females present (good to see this species re-establishing itself locally); no evidence of any hirundine activity whatsoever, despite presence of House Martin and Swift colonies in surrounding roads in very recent past. (KW)
*13th - South Norwood Country Park: Common Sandpiper, Cetti's Warbler, 12 Greylag goslings. (JAH) Kingfisher, at least 22 swifts overhead 19.00 J.Shaub 
*12th - South Norwood Country Park; Cetti's warbler by lake (near recently erected barrier, moat field corner), 10 greylag goslings, 3 largish Egyptian goose goslings, 2 great crested grebe. (J Shaub)
*12th - Wandle Park: Reed Warbler, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Grey wagtail. (J East, A Moncrieff, M Tickner)
*11th - South Norwood Country Park: Brood of 16 Greylag goslings. (Dave MacMillan)
*11th - Addington Hills: Pair of Nuthatch nesting in woodland, same site as previously noted in 2020-21. Another pair of Nuthatch also spotted on tree trunk in woodland some way further along. (Sam Davenport)
*11th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Red Kite; Great Spotted Woodpecker; 4 House Sparrow; 3 Herring Gull; Swift; 3 Goldfinch; 2 Greylag Goose. (KW)
*11th - Hutchinson's Bank: Lesser Whitethroat (heard), Great Spotted Woodpecker feeding on the ground, Chiffchaff, Long-Tailed Tit, Robin, Blackbird, Parakeet. (L Offer)
*10th - Lloyd Park: 2 Swift, Song Thrush, Chiffchaff, Stock Dove, Jackdaw, Jay, Magpie, Starling, Blackbird, Wood Pigeon, Parakeet. (L Offer)
*10th - Coombe Wood: Dunnock, Robin, Wood Pigeon, Parakeet, Great Tit, Mallard, Coal Tit. (L Offer)
*10th - Addington Hills: Kestrel (hunting among trees), Buzzard (sitting in trees), Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Jay, 2 Stock Dove, Nuthatch, Robin, Blackbird, Magpie, Parakeet. (L Offer)
*10th - Bramley Bank: 2 Mallard, Crow, Pigeon, Parakeet, Chiffchaff, Magpie, Jackdaw, Robin, Blackbird. (L Offer)
*10th - Heathfield: Crow, Magpie, Robin, Parakeet, Jackdaw, Nuthatch, Moorhen, Blue Tit. (L Offer)
*10th - Waddon Ponds: Coot (3 families with chicks, more on nests), 2 Egyptian Goose, Moorhen (1 pair with about 6 chicks), Little Grebe, Tufted Duck, 2 Swan (sadly no sign of nesting), Mallard, Herring Gull, Starling, Grey Wagtail, Wood Pigeon, Feral Pigeon. (L Offer)
*10th - Wandle Park: Reed Warbler (heard clearly by river then by pond but not seen), Crow, Starling, Goldfinch, Sparrow, Lesser Black Backed Gull, Wren, Robin, Mallard, Magpie, Great Tit, Wood Pigeon, Moorhen. (L Offer)
*10th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): morning walk through lower part of the road, covering several hundred yards, produced: Common Buzzard; Red Kite; 3 House Sparrow; Great Spotted Woodpecker; 5 Mallard (over); Herring Gull; constant Goldfinch and Starling activity throughout entire route; also corvids in abundance with evidence of multiple Jackdaw nests on roofs; Magpie nestbuilding in cherry tree immediately above dense conifer and shrub patch, heavily used by nesting songbirds (bit like a glutton buying a flat above an eat as much as you like buffet). No evidence of any Swift activity in former colonies around Bennetts Way, Shirley Way or The Grange. (KW)
*9th - Purley (Lower Barn Road): Seems that starlings have just fledged; chaos in the garden with over frantic 30 birds feeding and begging. (NH)
*8th - Happy Valley: Pair of Yellowhammer, 2 pairs Bullfinch all feeding close to each other in valley bottom plus Lesser Whitethroat and Whitethroat nearby. (NH)
*8th - Whitgift Pond: 4 Moorhen (2 chicks), Great Spotted Woodpecker, Blackbird, Goldfinch. (L Offer)
*8th - South Norwood Country Park: 2 Common Sandpiper. (JAH)
*7th - The Crossways, Old Coulsdon - 1 Swift (Stella Frost)
*7th - South Norwood (Towpath Way) 3 Swifts screeching overhead Sparrowhawk over east (Rob Wyllie)
*6th - Selsdon Wood: Cuckoo heard on dawn chorus walk. (Friends of Selsdon Wood website)
*6th - South Norwood (Towpath Way ) Great Spotted Woodpecker on bird feeders in my garden ( Rob Wyllie )
*5th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Common Buzzard; 2 Egyptian Goose (flew through garden). (KW)
*5th - South Norwood Lake: 4 Great Crested Grebe (pair with 2 chicks), Cormorant, 20 Starling, Herring Gull, Mallard, Canada Goose (1 pair with 6 chicks, 1 on nest, lots of adults), Egyptian Goose, Tufted Duck, Moorhen, Coot, Wren, Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Robin, Dunnock, Sparrow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-Tailed Tit, Blackcap, Pigeon, Wood Pigeon, Magpie, Crow. (L Offer)
*5th - Grangewood Park: Parakeet, Stock Dove, Pigeon, Wood Pigeon, Starling, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatch, Magpie, Robin, Blackcap. (L Offer)
*5th - Foxley Wood: 5 swift feeding overhead. (NH)
*5th - South Norwood (Kings Road) 12:45 3 screaming Swifts low above houses. (JW)
*4th - New Hill, Old Coulsdon: Lesser Whitethroat (Stella Frost) 
*4th - South Norwood Country Park: Common Sandpiper, Garden Warbler (singing at end of scrub path beyond big ash tree), Sedge Warbler (big reed bed), 7 Reed Warbler. (JAH)
*3rd - Croham Hurst: Treecreeper, Willow warbler singing heard at viewpoint (NH)
*3rd - Farthing Downs: Lesser Whitethroat (Stella Frost)
*3rd - South Norwood Country Park: Sparrowhawk (f), Common Sandpiper, Sedge Warbler. (JAH)
*2nd - Addiscombe (Grant Road): Swift circling for about 15 mins
*2nd - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Red Kite; 13 Starling feeding on lawn; Wren; Great Tit feeding young. (KW)
*2nd - Park Hill: 15 Starling feeding on grass, Kestrel flying over. (L Offer)
*2nd - Sanderstead to Whyteleafe Countryside Area: Lesser Whitethroat singing in hedgerow near Warlingham Court Farm field. (NH)
*1st - Farthing Downs: Female Wheatear. (Gill Flinn)
*1st - Wandle Park: Grey Heron on the pond, Lesser Black Backed Gull over. (Sue Henning) 
*1st - South Norwood Country Park: Yellow Wagtail flew from Ryelands Field, Sedge Warbler still in big reed bed. (JAH)