June 2014

* 30th - South Norwood Country Park: Kestrel, 3 Black-headed Gull, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Collared Dove, 27 Swift, Reed Warbler, Coal Tit, Reed Bunting. (JAH)
* 30th - Lloyd Park (10:45): Buzzard over to east. (John Parish) Didn't look quite right for a Common Buzzard: wings looked too long and a little too narrow, neck looked too long, and when it went into a final fast descending glide with tail closed the tail looked too long. Hi John, this was a post on London Birders from the same morning as your sighting "Buzzard sized raptor circling on flat wings heading high towards Leytonstone, so if anyone nails a Honey B..." Possible Honey Buzzard?
* 28th - South Norwood Lake (08:15-09:45) 20 Tufted Duck + 1 brood of 3, 1 Cormorant, pair Great Crested Grebe with 3 juv, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Swift, 1 Song Thrush, 4 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 4 House Sparrow, 3 Greenfinch (JW)
* 27th - South Croydon: Several Herring Gulls around roof of South Croydon bus garage. Nesting here? (JB) I regularly see Herring Gulls around the bus garage and recently saw a Herring Gull viciously see off a Lesser Black-backed Gull almost causing them both to get hit by a car, so I would think they are nesting. (J. Barnes)
* 27th - Farthing Downs: Yellowhammer singing, family party of Skylarks. (JB)
* 26th - South Norwood Lake (08:00-10:00hrs) 15 Tufted Duck, 1 Cormorant, Great Crested Grebe with 3 juv, Stock Dove, 6 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Swift, 1 Song Thrush, 5 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Coal Tit, 6 House Sparrow, 2 Greenfinch (JW)
* 26th - South Norwood Country Park: 3 Black-headed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Common Tern, 2 Stock Dove, 16 Swift, 4 Mistle Thrush, 2 Reed Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Reed Bunting. (JAH)
* 25th - South Norwood Lake (08:15-10:00hrs) 23 Tufted Duck, Great Crested Grebe +3 juv, 1 m Sparrowhawk, Stock Dove (calling), 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker, C10 Swift, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Coal Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 3 House Sparrow (JW)
* 24th - Waddon Ponds: 2 Grey Herons (1 Juv), again becoming regular visitors (Ernie Thomason)
* 24th - South Norwood Lake (08:10-09:45hrs) 22 Tufted Duck, pair Great Crested Grebe with 3 juv, 1 Cormorant, 1 Stock Dove (calling), 10 Swift, 1 Green Woodpecker, 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Song Thrush, 6 Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 3 Coal Tit, 2 Nuthatch, 4 House Sparrow, pair Greenfinch (JW)
* 23rd - Waddon Ponds: 12.30-13.30 and 16.00. 89 Canada Geese (including BTO5251108,5260388,5261277,5256454), 29 Mallard (3 young), 6 Tufted Duck, Grey Heron, 5 Little Grebe, 4 Moorhen, 26 Coot, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull (including blue N+8), 3 Herring Gull, 4 Woodpigeon, 2 Carrion Crow, 7 Starling. (Bird Arrivals at Waddon Ponds) The gull was ringed in Bristol in 2010 and is actually Blue B+N, not N+8. The ringer believes it will be breeding somewhere nearby. Could it be one of the town centre birds? Admin) 2 Grey Herons (1 Juv), 3 Lesser Black- backed Gull (1 with Blue ring) (Ernie Thomason) Presumably also B+N (admin)
* 23rd - South Norwood Country Park: 2 Black-headed Gull, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Great Black-backed Gull (over), Common Tern, 4 Stock Dove, 3 Collared Dove, 7 Swift, first Green Woodpecker in many weeks, 3 Reed Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Jackdaw, 186 Starling, Reed Bunting. (JAH)
* 22nd - Sanderstead, Briton Hill Road: Tawny Owl heard at 23:45. (JB)
* 22nd - South Norwood (Pittville Gns) 10pm: Tawny Owl calling along rlwy embankment (GH)
* 22nd - South Norwood Country Park: Kestrel, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Common Tern, 8 Stock Dove, Collared Dove, 7 Swift, 5 Mistle Thrush, Reed Warbler, Coal Tit, Reed Bunting. (JAH)
* 21st - South Norwood Country Park: Little Grebe, Sparrowhawk, Black-headed Gull, 5 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Stock Dove, 2 Collared Dove, 12 Swift, 4 Mistle Thrush, 2 Reed Warbler, Reed Bunting. (JB)
* 20th - South Norwood Country Park: Little Grebe, 4 Grey Heron, Kestrel, Black-headed Gull, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Common Tern, 5 Stock Dove, 2 Collared Dove, 14 Swift, 2 Mistle Thrush, 4 Reed Warbler, Reed Bunting. (JAH)
* 20th - Riddlesdown: 14+ Skylarks, 2 Linnets, 13 Blackcaps, 8 Chiffchaffs, 7 Song Thrushes, 1 Whitethroat, 5 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, 2 Green Woodpeckers, 2 Nuthatches, 3 Swifts. (JB)
* 19th - South Norwood Country Park: Little Grebe, Kestrel, Black-headed Gull low over lake, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Common Tern (one arrived at 6.56, then a pair at 8.12am), 5 Stock Dove, 2 Collared Dove, 8 Swift, 2 young Grey Wagtail, 5 Mistle Thrush, 2 Reed Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Jackdaw, Reed Bunting. (JAH)
* 19th - South Norwood Lake: (08:15:09:45) 18 Tufted Duck, pair Great Crested Grebe with 3 young, c20 Swift, 6 Great Spotted Woodpecker (+3 juv), 1 Song Thrush, 1 Common Whitethroat (railway embankment), 8 Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff + family party of 4, 3 Jay, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 6 House Sparrow (JW)
* 18th - South Norwood Country Park: Little Grebe, Kestrel, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Common Tern, 6 Stock Dove, Collared Dove, 10 Swift, Reed Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Reed Bunting. (JAH)
* 18th - Kings Road SE25 (14:05hrs) singing Common Whitethroat (Railway embankment) (JW)
* 18th - South Norwood Lake: (08:15:09:45hrs) 20 Tufted Duck, pair Great Crested Grebe with 3 visible young, 11 imm Herring Gull (on playing fields), c20 Swift, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Song Thrush, 5 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Jackdaw (over S/SE), 2 Jay, c40 Starling (on playing fields), 3 House Sparrow (JW)
* 17th - South Norwood Lake: (08:15:10:00hrs) 18 Tufted Duck, pair great Crested Grebe with 4 young, c20 Swift, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker +2 Juv, 1 Song Thrush, 6 Blackcap, 6 Chiffchaff, Coal Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Jay 3 House Sparrow (JW)
* 17th - South Norwood Country Park: Kestrel, Peregrine, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 5 Stock Dove, 22 Swift, Reed Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Reed Bunting. (JAH)
* 16th - South Norwood Country Park: Little Grebe, Kestrel, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 4 Collared Dove, 15 Swift, Mistle Thrush, 3 Reed Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Reed Bunting. (JAH)
* 16th - Waddon Ponds: 2 Grey herons (1 Juv) (Ernie Thomason)
* 16th - South Norwood Lake: (08:00:09:30hrs) 20 Tufted Duck, pair Great Crested Grebe with 4 young, c12 Swift, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Song Thrush, 7 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Jay, 4 House Sparrow, (JW)
* 15th - Hutchinsons Bank: 3 Common Buzzards over Frylands at 1300 (John Parish)
* 15th - South Norwood Country Park: Kestrel, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Stock Dove, 8 Swift, 2 Pied Wagtail, 3 Mistle Thrush, 2 Reed Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Coal Tit, Jackdaw, Reed Bunting. (JAH)
* 15th - Waddon Ponds: 70+Canada Geese, including two with BTO rings and a family of 3 goslings, 5+ Little Grebes, 2 Swifts.(JB)
* 15th - Wandle Park: 3 Grey Wagtails (2 adults and a juv). (JB)
* 15th - Central Croydon: Herring Gull nest with 3 well grown chicks, another 2 Herring Gulls carrying food to a different rooftop and a Lesser Black-back Gull apparently carrying nest material. If anyone has further evidence of gulls breeding in the town centre or elsewhere in Croydon please let us know. Also Grey Wagtail. (JB)
* 14th - South Norwood Lake: 15 Tufted Duck, pair Great Crested Grebe with 3 young, pair Collared Dove, Stock Dove Wood Pigeon, 6 Swift, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Song Thrush, 6 Blackcap, 1 Common Whitethroat, 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Coal Tit, 4 Jay, 6 House Sparrow, (JW)
* 14th - Melville Avenue, South Croydon: male Pheasant in back garden for at least half an hour from around 12.20 (AJP)
* 14th - South Norwood Country Park: Little Grebe, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Stock Dove, Collared Dove, 8 Swift, Pied Wagtail, 3 Mistle Thrush, 2 Reed Warbler, Jackdaw, 98 Starling, 2 Reed Bunting. (JAH)
* 13th - Lloyd Park: Cuckoo (my first at this site since April 2006!). Also pair of Bullfinches, 14 Blackcaps, 7 Chiffchaffs. (John Parish)
* 13th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) 11am: 3 Jackdaw flying low E calling/displaying(?), also C Whitethroat & Blackcap still singing as vigorously as ever (GH)
* 13th - South Norwood Lake: 2 Great Crested Grebes with 4 young (CC)
* 13th - South Norwood Country Park: Common Tern fishing around lake 7 – 7.10am. (JAH)
* 13th - New Addington: Several House Martins visiting nests near Headley Drive. Pair of Grey Wagtails near Vulcan Way Industrial Estate. Treecreeper in Rowdown Wood. 10 Rooks, Yellowhammer singing and 15 Skylarks (10+ territories) at Layhams Farm (just into Bromley). (John Birkett & Sheila Mason)
* 12th - Sanderstead: 2 House Martins around nest site - I was worried that they were not going to return or had been displaced by a House Sparrow colony that has relocated from another site. First returning Black-headed Gull at Sanderstead Pond after breeding season.(JB)
* 12th - South Norwood Lake: 2 Great Crested Grebes with 3 young (CC)
* 12th - South Norwood Country Park: Kestrel, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Stock Dove, 10 Swift, 2 Mistle Thrush, Reed Warbler, 3 Lesser Whitethroat (adult + 2 young) around Compound, 2 Coal Tit, Reed Bunting (JAH)
* 11th - South Norwood Lake: 18 Tufted Duck, Great Crested Grebe with 3 young, 2 Cormorant, 1 ad Lesser Black-backed Gull (took a total of 3 juv coots in a period of about 15/20mins), 1 Stock Dove (calling), c20 Swifts, 7 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 8 Blackcap, 7 Chiffchaff, 3 Jay,6 House Sparrow, 4 singing Chaffinch, 20+ Goldfinch (JW). 2 Great Crested Grebes with 4 young (Czech Conroy)
* 10th - South Norwood Country Park: Kestrel, 5 Stock Dove, 2 Collared Dove, 6 Swift, 5 Mistle Thrush, Reed Warbler, 2 singing Reed Bunting (JAH)
* 10th - South Norwood Lake (08:15: 09:45) 20 Tufted Duck, Great Crested Grebe with 3 young, c10 Swift, Stock Dove (calling), 6 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Song Thrush, 6 Blackcap, 7 Chiffchaff (+ family party of 5), 1 Nuthatch, 2 Jay, 3 House Sparrow, Chaffinch, c15 Goldfinch (JW)
* 9th - South Norwood Lake: (08:00:10:00hrs) 18 Tufted Duck, Great Crested Grebe with 2/3young on back, 1 imm Herring Gull, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Song Thrush, 4 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Jay, 83 Carrion Crow (on playing fields), c30 Starling (on playing fields), 4 House Sparrow, Chaffinch, Goldfinch (JW)
* 8th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) 11pm: Tawny Owl calling/flying low S over area; also, singing Whitethroat & Blackcap earlier (GH)
* 8th - South Norwood Lake: (08:15:10:00hrs) 12 Tufted Duck, Great Crested Grebe on nest with 3 young, 12 Swifts, 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 7 Blackcap, 6 Chiffchaff, c20 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Jay, 2 House Sparrow, Chaffinch, c20 Goldfinch, (JW)
* 8th - South Norwood Country Park: 2 Greylag Goose, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Collared Dove, 17 Swift, 4 Mistle Thrush, Reed Warbler, family of 4 Coal Tit, Jackdaw, Reed Bunting. Kestrel reported (JAH)
* 7th - Location undisclosed: Black Redstart singing at 13.45 (D Benton). Thanks for posting this, but I have removed the exact location in line with our policy regarding schedule 1 species. Admin
* 6th - Norbury SW16 14.00: Sparrowhawk swooped into garden and picked up and flew off with a Dunnock/sparrow (to quick to confirm which) (SEC)
* 6th - Kings Wood: Nuthatch family group, pair of Treecreepers, Jay family group, 4 Song Thrushes, 1 Marsh Tit, 2 Coal Tits. (JB)
* 6th - Sanderstead Plantation: Treecreeper, Nuthatch, Stock Dove, 3 Chiffchaffs, 2 Blackcaps, Coal Tit. (JB)
* 5th - Melville Avenue, South Croydon, 17.45: 3 Red Kites flew west over garden (AJP)
* 3rd - Croham Hurst: 3 Red Kites low over woods 16:00, also 3 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Song Thrush, 1 Juv Tawny Owl, 4 GS Woodpeckers, 3 Green Woodpeckers. (J.Barnes)
* 2nd - South Norwood Lake:(08:15:10:00hrs) 22 Tufted Duck, Great Crested Grebe (on nest), 1 Cormorant, Stock Dove (calling), 10 Swift, 6 Great Spotted Woodpecker (4 juv), 1 Song Thrush, 4 Blackcap, 6 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest, c12 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 3 Jay, 4 House Sparrow, Chaffinch, pair Greenfinch, Goldfinch (JW)
* 2nd - South Norwood Country Park: 2 Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Collared Dove, 3 Stock Dove, 5 Swift, Swallow, 2 Mistle Thrush, 3 Reed Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Jackdaw, Reed Bunting. (JAH)
* 2nd - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) - 4pm: Common Whitethroat singing at bottom of garden (GH)
* 2nd - Location undisclosed: Black Redstart singing. (Ted Forsyth)
* 1st - Waddon Ponds: 4 little Grebes; drake Mandarin Duck, 1 Lesser Black-backed and 3 Herring Gulls; 10 Canada Geese.(AJP and JE).