July 2022

*31st - South Norwood Country Park: Sparrowhawk, Swift, Kestrel. (JAH)
*31st - Upper Norwood (Westow St/Belvedere Rd): Red Kite seen out of the area by resident nesting LBBG (Nigel G Harris)
*30th - Norbury (Pollards Hill South): Solitary Swift going S (MJN)
*30th - South Norwood Country Park: Oystercatcher flew over heading NE at 07:55. Also: Little Egret, Reed Warbler (JAH)
*29th - South Norwood (Kings Road) (08:45) 1m 3f House Sparrows on feeder back garden (JW)
*28th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): 16 House Sparrow; 9 Goldfinch; Kestrel soaring; 2 Herring Gull; 2 flights of 18 Canada Goose (over); 2 Swift feeding very high. (KW)
*28th - Clifton Road (by Selhurst Park) Sparrowhawk being mobbed by a herring gull. Jon Shaub 
*27th - Devonshire Way (Shirley) c.20 House Sparrow; 4 Goldfinch; 6 Starling; Nuthatch; single Swift. (KW)
*27th - South Norwood (Cypress Road) : Blackcap (Alan Simpkins) 
*25th - South Norwood ( Towpath Way ) : 8/9 Swifts screaming around, Chiffchaff calling from apple tree, pair of Goldfinch, 12 House Sparrows, 20 Starlings. ( Rob Wyllie )
*25th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): group of 17 House Sparrow feeding in long grass. (KW)
*24th - Farthing Downs: 1 m Bullfinch plus juvenile, 6 Linnet including 3 juvenile, 1 Buzzard over, 1 Blackcap in song, a very elusive group of Whitethroat but definitely 1 juvenile seen, 3 singing Yellowhammer, several Chiffchaff calling, 1 Kestrel, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3/4 Wren, not one Skylark located. (DH)
*24th - South Norwood Lake: Correction to 21/7, there are three Moorhen chicks. (Alan Simpkins)
*24th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Chiffchaff calling in garden. (JB)
*23rd - Purley (Lower Barn Road): 12 Long-tailed tits on feeders and apple tree (NH).
*22nd - Croham Hurst Golf Course: Red Kite mobbed by a Sparrowhawk. (Derek Lea)
*22nd - South Croydon Allotments: 12 swifts flying low and feeding (NH).
*22nd - Foxley Wood: 2 family parties of goldcrests and 1 of 4-5 treecreepers (NH).
*21st - South Norwood: 2 Kestrels over Cypress Road at 0745.(Alan Simpkins)
*21st - South Norwood Lake (1300) Tufted Duck with one recently hatched duckling. Moorhen feeding 1 new chick and an older juvenile still pestering for food. 1 Cormorant and a Juvenile Common Sandpiper on dinghy club pontoon. Green Woodpecker feeding on cricket pitch, 2 Goldfinches on slender thistles. (Alan Simpkins)
*21st - Shirley (Devonshire Way): group of 6 House Sparrow (including 3 fledglings). (KW)
*21st - Hutchinson's Bank: Female Bullfinch (L Offer)
*20th - Millers Pond: Grey Heron, Tufted Duck with 4 new ducklings, single Swift high over. (KW)
*19th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Great Spotted Woodpecker; Common Buzzard; House Sparrow. (KW)
*18th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): 8 Herring Gull; 5 Swift (all very high over); 2 Goldfinch; Dunnock still breeding. (KW)
*17th - Hutchinsons Bank: Red Kite and Swift. (Moira O'Donnell tweet)
*17th - Waddon Ponds: Common Sandpiper. (Sue Henning)
*17th - Norbury (Pollards Hill South): Juv Green Woodpecker in garden (MJN)
*17th - Wandle Park: Common Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, Great-Spotted Woodpecker. (Sue Henning)
*17th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (7pm): Sparrowhawk seemingly hawking for flying insects medium high, plus 2 Swifts (GH)
*16th - South Norwood (Towpath Way ): 9 Swifts screeching around the garden.( Rob Wyllie)
*16th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Great Spotted Woodpecker; Common Buzzard; male Sparrowhawk being mobbed by parakeets; 4 Swift very high over; 2 Herring Gull. (KW)
*15th - South Croydon (Mayfield Road): Around 8 Swifts flying around just above roof level, could be breeding nearby (13:25) (L Offer)
*14th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Common Buzzard; single Swift. (KW)
*14th - Norbury (Pollards Hill South): Juv Male Sparrowhawk attempted to catch a goldfinch which was inside a caged feeder. Got his talons stuck, hung upside down flapping furiously, finally disentangled dropped to the ground looking stupidly confused. Flew off and goldfinch O.K. (MJN)
*14th - Riddlesdown: Buzzard flying over (NH)
*13th - Millers Pond: Grey Heron; flight of 7 Goldfinch; 3 Mallard ducklings still surviving; no sign of any Swift activity in brief tour of surrounding Shirley/Bennetts Way area, which normally has a few breeding birds. (KW)
*13th - Kenley station: Sparrowhawk over. (Purley Birds tweet)
*13th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Sparrowhawk over. (JB)*
*12th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): flock of c. 35 Jackdaw wheeling around houses; 5 Herring Gull; single Swift. (KW)
*11th - Ballards Farm: Cuckoo. (BirdTrack, Andrew Knight)
*11th - Coulsdon (The Vale): 8-10 Swifts screaming around low. (Steve Grayson)
*11th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): 3 Swift, 25 Herring Gull (22 in one evening flight), 2 Goldfinch, Sparrowhawk (f) soaring, before folding wings and launching into a steep, near vertical dive. (KW)
*10th - Lloyd Park: Young kestrel just coming from nest. Sitting on branch waiting for parent. Both making contact sounds.
*10th – Hamsey Green (Princes Ave): 2 Red Kites and Peregrine over, Linnets visiting water in garden. Estimated 300+ Jackdaws from SSE to NMW direction for about 10 mins either side of 9.00pm. (Steve Fowles)
*9th - Addington Village: Kestrel perching on church building. (Sam Davenport)
*8th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): 2 hour morning skywatch (06.30-08.30) produced Goldfinch; 2 Herring Gull; 2 Swift feeding very high; 3 House Sparrow and a Dunnock carrying droppings, so presumably still breeding. Numerous pigeons, young jackdaws and parakeets. (KW)
*7th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): lengthy evening skywatch produced very little. 8 Herring Gull; 4 Mallard; 2 Swift; 2 House Sparrow; 3 Goldfinch feeding on flowering grass seed in the lawn were the most watchable thing all day. (KW)
*6th - Sanderstead (Limpsfield Road): Red Kite. (Carol Birkett)
*6th - Purley (Lower Barn Road): Pied Wagtail feeding at kerb/verges outside house- first ever seen here. (NH)
*6th - Croham Hurst: Treecreepers, Nuthatch, several Goldcrest, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush. (NH).
*5th - New Hill: 2 Buzzard overhead, 1 Kestrel overhead, 1 Skylark, 2 Bullfinch heard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Stock Dove, Chiffchaff in song, 2 Blackcap, 1 Treecreeper heard but not located, frustratingly, 1 Rook, 1 Goldcrest in song. (DH)
*5th - Hutchinson's Bank: 2 Swift, 1 Kestrel, 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 1 Mistle Thrush (NH).
*4th – Shirley (The Grange): Buzzard and Red Kite over. (Margaret Harper)
*4th - Millers Pond: 4 Swift mostly high over but coming close to pond a couple of times; 5 Egyptian geese (2 adults & 3 young chicks); 2 Grey Herons (1 likely juvenile); 6 Tufted Ducks; 40+ Canada Geese (Inc 9 almost grown from 1 family, 1 still fluffy); 12+ coots inc 2 chicks; pair of Moorhens nesting in a tree with at least 1 chick; 20+ Mallards (many mid moult) & many pigeons; 4 Parakeets, 4 Crows. (L Offer)
*3rd - Shirley (Devonshire Way): 8 Swift high over; 2 Grey Heron (over); 5 Herring Gull; 4 Goldfinch. (KW)
*3rd - Coulsdon Common: Family group of Treecreepers, 4 Song Thrush singing, 1 Mistle Thrush feeding on path by Merlewood depot, 1 Sparrowhawk, Goldcrest (NH).
*3rd - South Norwood (Kings Road): 2m 1f House Sparrows on feeder back garden 08:45 (JW)
*2nd - Shirley (Devonshire Way): 3 Swift. (KW)
*2nd - South Norwood (Cypress Road) Flock of 9 Long-tailed Tits (Alan Simpkins)
*1st - Farthing Down: 3 Bullfinch [male & 2 juvs], 2 Collared Dove, 7 Skylark, Kestrel (London Bird Club, Michael Mac)