June 2022

*30th - Sanderstead: 2 Swifts over Sanderstead Pond; an unusual sight here. Also 4 new Moorhen chicks with 2 juveniles and 2 adults, with a second pair of adults on the grass. (JB)
*29th - South Norwood Lake: 4 more baby Coots, (hatched a few days ago) and 4 more Egyptian Goslings, hatched yesterday or today to the same parents as all the broods over the last couple of years. This brings he total of this years baby lake birds to 49 (A Simpkins)
*27th - Sanderstead to Whyteleafe Countryside area: 15+ swift flying low over fields all morning (NH)
*27th - Wandle Park: Reed Warbler singing, 4 Swift, Grey Wagtail, 2 Stock Dove, Jay, Lesser Black-backed Gull circling, Moorhen and juv, 50+ Starling. (Sue Henning)
*27th - South Norwood Country Park: 2 Little Egret (JAH), Additional - c30 Swift at 20.30 (the largest congregation I have personally witnessed anywhere this year). (KW)
*26th - South Norwood Country Park: 2 Mute Swan + 1 young, 2 Egyptian Goose + 3 young, Cormorant, 4 Little Grebe with broods of 2 & 1, Great Crested Grebe, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 6 Swift, Kingfisher, 2 Kestrel, 3 Coal Tit, 26 Long-tailed Tit, Cetti's Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler. (JAH)
*25th - Addington Village: Male Kestrel perching on church building before taking off and briefly landing in tree in nearby garden. Took off from there and flew off behind houses. (Sam Davenport)
*23rd - Purley (Lower Barn Road): busy morning for juveniles- 2 robins, 1 dunnock, 5 great tit, 5 blue tit, 3 coal tit, begging greenfinch young being fed in apple tree and another on feeder, noisy goldfinches and juvenile great spotted woodpecker learning to feed on sycamore with male (NH).
*22nd - Millers Pond: 2 Egyptian Goose with 4 new goslings (second brood this year). (KW)
*21st - Millers Pond: 30 Mallard (one female occupying a Coot's nest with 6 new ducklings); c.40 Canada Goose; 9 Tufted Duck; 1 Egyptian Goose; 8 Coot; 2 Moorhen; c.40 Ring-necked Parakeet, briefly outdone in the noise department by 5 hyper-vocal Goldfinch; c. 30 Feral Pigeon; 20 Starling (over); House Sparrow; 4 Swift; Chiffchaff. (KW)
*21st - South Norwood Lake: Young birds on lake - 4 Mallard ( 2 broods of 2), 4 Tufted Duck (recently hatched), 16 Canada Geese ( 3 broods of 3, 6 and 7) 3 Egyptian Geese now flown. 5 Moorhens, 8/9 Coots, 1 Great Crested Grebe (2 hatched but 1 lost) and parents now back on nest (Alan Simpkins)
*20th - Riddlesdown Sanderstead to Whyteleafe Countryside Area: 2 Lesser Whitethroat singing, one Long Acres and one 20 Acres (P. Chasteauneuf and NH)
*20th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): 4 Mallard; 4 Egyptian Goose (over); mini-murmuration of c. 20 Starling; 5 extremely noisy Goldfinch, with at least two singing males competing over several hours. (KW)
*20th - South Norwood, Pittville Gdns: At least two garden warbler seen whilst unloading the van. Lifer for me :) J.Shaub
*19th - Wandle Park: 2 Grey Wagtails, one carrying food. (JB)
*19th - Waddon Ponds: First returning Black-headed Gull, Pair Mute Swans with 5 cygnets, Grey Wagtail over., Blackcap singing. (JB)
*18th - Waddon Ponds: 14:30-15:30: 2 Grey Herons inc. 1 juvenile, pair Little Grebes taking turns on nest with 2 tiny chicks and more eggs which may hatch, female Mallard with 10 small ducklings, Coot pair with 4 chicks, Mute Swan pair with 5 cygnets, 2 Moorhen inc. 1 juvenile, several Coots on nests, at least 30 Mallards (many moulting), 8+ Parakeets, 2 Crows, many Starlings (L Offer)
*18th - Wandle Park: 14:00: 2 Grey Wagtails inc. 1 juvenile (L Offer)
*17th - Park Hill Park: 10 swifts flying high overhead at 17:15 (L Offer)
*16th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): 5 Goldfinch; 3 Herring Gull; 4 Swift. (KW)
*16th - South Norwood Country Park: 2 Little Egret. (JAH)
*15th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Sparrowhawk over at 14:25. Garden Warbler singing nearby again. (JB)
*15th - Thornton Heath (Edeline Avenue and Trumble Gardens) - 3 swifts flying low at each site. (NH) 
*15th- Heaver's Meadow - Selhurst: Grey wagtail feeding in muddy pools. (NH)
*15th - Grangewood Park - Norwood: Green Woodpecker feeding in meadow area by house ruins. (NH)
*15th - Farthing Downs: Lengthy early morning search for Skylark produced 3 in song, no sign of female or juveniles though any young may still be unable to fly and maybe the females are earthbound looking after the brood. My wife saw 6 or 7 on 13th all singing, therefore all males with territory. As Skylark can have up to 4 broods per season I remain cautiously hopeful. 3 Yellowhammer in song, parties of Linnet with juveniles. (DH)
*15th - Millers Pond: 26 Mallard; 13 Tufted Duck; 33 Canada Goose; 6 Egyptian Goose; 2 Moorhen; at least 6 Coot, including 1 chick; Grey Heron; House Sparrow; Great Spotted Woodpecker; 4 Goldfinch; 3 Swift very high over; also single Swift leaving House in Bennetts Way, a former stronghold. (KW)
*14th - South Norwood (Station Road) 7 Swifts low over houses (10:45) (JW)
*14th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Great Spotted Woodpecker; 2 Goldfinch; 5 Swift; Common Buzzard being mobbed by Kestrel. (KW)
*14th - South Croydon (near bus garage): 17:00. 8 swifts circling overhead at varying heights, briefly joined by 2 buzzards flying south to north. (L Offer)
*14th - Selhurst: Wood Warbler singing in trees opposite railway depot at 09:15 then flew off. (Rob Wyllie)
*13th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Grey Heron on roof; 2 Swift feeding high over. (KW)
*13th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (3pm): female Kestrel perched briefly on railway lighting column (GH)
*13th - South Norwood Country Park: Garden Warbler (JAH)
*13th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Garden Warbler singing nearby. (JB)
*12th - Hartley Down Allotments: 15+ Swift feeding quite high (NH). 
*11th - South Croydon Allotments: 20+ swift feeding flying low at times around the nearby houses. (NH)
*11th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Common Buzzard hovering over; 12 Swift. (KW)
*11th - Purley (Lower Barn Road): Sparrowhawk over garden 17.45 (NH)
*11th - South Norwood Country Park: 2 Mute Swan + 1 young, 2 Egyptian Goose + 3 young, Cormorant, 4 Little Grebe + 2 young, Great Crested Grebe, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 11 Swift, 2 Kestrel + 4 young, Jackdaw, Cetti's Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler. (JAH)
*11th - St Peter’s churchyard, South Croydon: Goldcrest (Andrew Moncrieff)
*10th - South Croydon (near bus garage): 10+ swifts flying over repeatedly, some quite low, around 8pm (L Offer)
*10th - Happy Valley: 2 singing Yellowhammer (SF)
*9th - Hutchinson's Bank: fledgling crow with parents, 3 swifts over Fishers Farm, around 2pm (L Offer)
*7th - Wandle Park: Blackcap, 2 Stock Dove, 3 Moorhen + 1 juv, 2 Grey Wagtail, Dunnock. (Sue Henning)
*7th - Farthing Downs in raIn: 3 singing Yellowhammer, 1 singing Skylark, group of 23 Linnet. (SF)
*7th - Happy Valley: 1 Yellowhammer, Stock Dove and several Song thrush singing in woods. (SF)
*7th - New Hill: Stock Dove and Mistle Thrush nest still secure with second brood (SF) 
*6th - Heathfield: 3.30pm. 3 swallows flying quite low feeding around trees, juvenile crow being fed by parent, 2 bullfinch (1 male), juvenile blue tits and adults feeding. (NH). 
*6th - Farthing Downs: 4 Skylark in song, 3 Yellowhammer in song, Linnet present including juveniles, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, family of Long Tailed Tit, male Kestrel over, 1 Dunnock in song, at least 1 Whitethroat, Chiffchaff in song, Chaffinch in song, 1 Swift, 2 Bullfinch being typically elusive. (DH)
*5th - Croham Hurst Golf Course: Cuckoo heard on from Royal Russell area c 09:30. (RDHB)
*5th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (11.30am): female Kestrel & adult Lesser Black-backed Gull perched on railway lighting column for 15 mins (GH)
*5th - Beddington Farmlands: Purple Heron then flew approx SSE (into Croydon) at 11:05. (Steve Gale on Surrey VC WhatsApp)
*3rd - South Norwood (Kings Road): 09:00, 3 screaming Swifts low over. (JW)
*2nd - Addington Village: Kestrel flying overhead in the early afternoon. (Sam Davenport)