September 2021

*30th - Norbury (Pollards Hill South): Grey Wagtail flew west. (MJN)
*30th - South Norwood Lake: (1300) Egyptian Geese only have 5 goslings now, 3 Black-headed Gulls (Start of winter arrivals?) (Alan Simpkins)
*30th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Pied Wagtail over. (JB)
*29th - Norbury (Pollards Hill South): Chiffchaff in garden. (MJN)
*28th - Norbury (Pollards Hill South): Chiffchaff in garden. (MJN)
*28th - South Norwood Lake: (1300) 2 Jays (no acorns this year), Grey Wagtail by tennis Courts (Alan Simpkins) Interesting to see your comment about lack of acorns this year. I have also noticed that while going around in recent weeks. I am, however, seeing Jays regularly and perhaps some of them have migrated here only to find no food. (admin) I was on Wimbledon Common Sunday before last and the Oaks there were also bereft of acorns. Wasp galls are also very few and far between so I suspect the problem lay in the Oak flowering during the very dry April.(AS) From what I have read today, oaks are wind pollinated and, in June, the wet spring was predicted to cause a poor crop of acorns. (admin)
*28th - Hutchinson's Bank: 1 Buzzard, 1 Red Kite , 1 Kestrel (NH)
*28th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (7.30am): Egyptian Goose flying/calling low over Gdns (GH)
*28th - South Norwood Country Park: 10 Mute Swan. (JAH)
*27th - Sanderstead Plantation: Buzzard mobbed by Crows. (JB)
*27th - South Norwood Lake: (1300) Cormorant (Alan Simpkins)
*26th - Whitgift School - Female Pheasant by railings next to Brighton Road. Lucinda Offer tweet)
*25th - Croham Hurst: Firecrest, Nuthatch (Sue Henning)
*25th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (8.30am): Chiffchaff calling at bottom of garden (GH)
*24th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Both Chiffchaff and Blackcap singing during the morning. (JB)
*23rd - South Norwood Country Park: 1 Kestrel, Grey Wagtail heard by cemetery stream, Chiffchaff, Blackcap. (NH)
*23rd - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (10am): Sparrowhawk circling/spiraling very high, 1 or 2 Jackdaws calling low overhead (scarce here) (GH)
*23rd - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Couple of Tawny Owl feathers found in the garden this morning. (JB)
*22nd - Farthing Downs: 23 Jackdaw, flocks of 9 Linnet and 8 Goldfinch, 1 Kestrel over, 2 Stock Dove over, several Chiffchaff contact calling, 1 Blackcap, 2 or 3 Meadow Pipit, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker heard. (David Hayes by email)
*22nd - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Sparrowhawk landed briefly in garden. Chiffchaff around. (JB)
*22nd - South Norwood Lake: (1230) Egyptian Geese have an autumn brood again - 7 goslings, recently hatched. (Alan Simpkins)
*22nd - South Norwood Country Park: Gadwall (m), 2 Water Rail around wetlands pool, Tawny Owl (f). (JAH)
*20th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (2.30pm): Chiffchaff contact-calling at bottom of garden; (5.30pm): flock of 27 Canada Geese flying low overhead, presumably from SN Country Park to SN Lake (GH)
*19th - Riddlesdown Lower border large grazing paddock: "fall" of Chiffchaff and Blackcap feeding (NH)
*19th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Spotted Flycatcher and Blackcap calling early on. (JB)
*18th - Birch Wood/ Rowdown Wood (New Addington): 2 Buzzard, 1 Red Kite, 1 Kestrel, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Treecreeper (NH)
*18th - Riddlesdown 'Dobbin': 3 Stonechat (2m, 1f), 1 Whinchat (f), 2 Common Whitethroat, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, c.15 Meadow Pipits. A couple of other migrants around which I'm unable to identify unfortunately (Derek Kelly)
*17th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Peregrine over at 08:00, Blackcap calling. (JB)
*16th - Happy Valley: 1 Buzzard and 1 Red Kite flying over, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker and 1 Green Woodpecker (NH).
*16th - Riddlesdown 'Dobbin': Group of 9 Jays flew over E towards Warlingham School playing fields, 2 Common Whitethroat, 5 Meadow Pipits, 4 Skylarks, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Swift over S. (Derek Kelly)
*16th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Blackcap and Chiffchaff heard calling. (JB)
*16th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (8am): Blackcap alarm-calling at bottom of garden (GH)
*15th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (11am): Chiffchaff contact-calling in Gdns (GH)
*14th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): 5 Mallard (over), Grey Heron, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 House Sparrow (good to see some of them sticking around following a successful breeding season and the most sustained presence for many, many years). (KW)
*13th - Wandle Park: 2 Grey Wagtail 3 Chiffchaff, Goldcrest. (JB & Sue Henning)
*13th - Waddon Ponds: Kingfisher, 3 Chiffchaff. (JB & Sue Henning)
*12th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Common Buzzard (heard mewing), 17 Canada Goose (over). (KW)
*12th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Chiffchaff calling late morning. (JB)
*11th - South Norwood (Kings Road): 15:35. Mistle Thrush, 2 Jackdaw (over) (JW)
*11th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): A noisy Crow alerted me to a Sparrowhawk, then 3 Ring-necked Parakeets joined the cacophony. 23:25 Tawny Owl kewicking. (JB)
*11th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns): 7.45am - Chiffchaff calling on rlwy land, 11.30am - female Kestrel alarm-calling & being mobbed by 2 Magpies on rlwy depot crane, 1.20pm - Sparrowhawk circling high E (GH)
*11th - South Norwood Country Park: 3 Teal, 2 Shoveler, Water Rail, Hobby. (JAH)
*9th - Addington Village: Kestrel sitting on church tower in the late afternoon/early evening. (Sam Davenport)
*7th - South Norwood Lake: (07:45-09:00), 18 Canada Goose, 1 Egyptian Goose, 10 Mallard, 8 Tufted Duck, 4ad/4juv Great Crested Grebe, 10 Moorhen, 14 Coot, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Collared Dove, single Swift, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Blackcap, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Coal Tit, flock of c20 Goldfinch N/NW (JW)
*6th - Millers Pond: 52 Mallard; 7 Canada Goose; 4 Egyptian Goose; 15 Coot; 3 Moorhen (no sign of Tufted Duck, though they bred at the site late last year). (KW)
*6th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (9am): Kestrel alarm-calling in rlwy sycamore & being mobbed by all sorts (1st sighting for 6 weeks); Blackcap still present (GH)
*5th - South Norwood Country Park: Mandarin, Shoveler, 2 Sparrowhawk, Water Rail, Willow Warbler, Whitethroat. (JAH by email)
*5th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (2pm): Group of c15 House Martins straight through very high E (GH)
*4th - South Norwood (Kings Road) (15:40): 2 Pied Wagtail (feeding on pavement); 1 Mistle Thrush (JW)
*4th - South Norwood Country Park: Kingfisher (1); Chiffchaff (7+2 juveniles being fed); Willow Warbler (1); Blackcap (3); Whitethroat (2); Swallow (10 over); (Nigel G Harris)
*3rd - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (7am): Blackcap still alarm-calling at bottom of garden (GH)
*2nd - South Norwood: Juvenile Cuckoo perched on a wall at the junction of Portland Road and Harrington Road. (South Norwood facebook page per Hattie Forbes)
*2nd - Sanderstead: Buzzard over. (JB)
*2nd - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Blackcap takking away. (JB)
*2nd - South Norwood Country Park: 4 Teal, Shoveler, Water Rail, Kingfisher. (JAH by email)
*1st - Lloyd Park: Kestrel seen hunting and watching for prey from top of a tall monolith tree (NH)