December 2022

*30th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Sparrowhawk over at 15:40 being harassed by Crows, after I was alerted by squawking parakeets. (JB)
*30th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (am): male Blackcap briefly in garden sycamore (Hattie Forbes per GH)
*29th - Beaulieu Heights: Goldcrest. (David Rouse tweet)
*29th - South Norwood Country Park: 3 Mute Swan, Greylag Goose, 4 Egyptian Goose, Shoveler, Little Grebe, Water Rail, Snipe, Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Kestrel. (JAH)
*28th - Shirley (The Wilderness): Mistle Thrush seen and heard guarding large clump of mistletoe (NH). 
*26th - Central Croydon (12:30) Sparrowhawk flying over the town centre and East Croydon station area, scaring the pigeons. (L Offer)
*26th - SWCA (Whitgift Field) 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers drumming in competition with each other. (NH)
*25th - Purley (Lower Barn Road) : Song Thrush singing in garden, nice for Christmas Day (NH)
*21st - South Norwood ( Towpath Way) Chiffchaff calling locally, mixed Tit flock on feeders included 2 Coal Tits, 2 Ring Neck Parakeets on the fat balls, Magpie with its missing tail feathers again in the garden, 2 Wood Pigeons, 20 House Sparrows,1 Robin.(Rob Wyllie )
*21st - South Norwood Country Park: 2 Raven over south 9.30am, 4 Water Rail, Snipe. (JAH)
*20th - Farthing Downs: a total of 30 plus Redwing, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Starling and 3 Greenfinch and 7 Chaffinch on fields adjacent to the Downs. (DH)
*20th - South Norwood (Kings Road): Green Woodpecker (calling) railway embankment 12:05, (JW)
*19th - New Hill, Old Coulsdon: First Fieldfare of year, 2 Bullfinch and at least 4 Chaffinch (Stella Frost)
*19th - East Croydon: (22:00) 34 Pied Wagtail roosting in small trees next to bus station, opposite railway station. (Graeme Spinks).
*17th - Lloyd Park (11:25- 12:50): 3 Bullfinch (2 males and a female), 7+ Jay, Mistle Thrush. (Graeme Spinks)
*17th - East Croydon (Park Hill Rise) (10:50): 1 female Blackcap, 8 Greenfinch, 20 Redwing (Graeme Spinks)
*17th - Lloyd Park: Kestrel; 5 Long-Tailed Tit (L Offer)
*17th - Reynolds Way (off Park Hill Road): 6 Redwing (L Offer)
*17th - Park Hill Park: Goldcrest; 2 Goldfinch; 3 Redwing; 4 Long-Tailed Tit; 2 Blue Tit; 2 Great Tit; 5 Parakeet; 5 Magpie; 1 Blackbird; 2 Dunnock; 3 Robin; 4 Woodpigeon; 1 Feral Pigeon. (L Offer)
*17th - South Norwood Country Park: Snipe, Peregrine (JAH); 2+ Water Rail in culvert near & parallel to Elmers End Road; Chiffchaff (Nigel G Harris)
*16th - Lloyd Park (15:00- 16:00): 1 Lapwing, heading west, Common Buzzard. (Graeme Spinks)
*16th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): 1 Redwing; c. 80 Wood Pigeon leaving roost in morning before returning at 14.30; 19 House Sparrow; 5 Starling. (KW)
*16th - South Norwood Country Park: Sparrowhawk, 9 Water Rail (6 seen), Kingfisher, Chiffchaff, Redpoll. (JAH)
*15th - Millers Pond: 55 Canada Goose; 2 Egyptian Goose; c. 50 Mallard; 6 Moorhen; 22 Coot; c. 70 Black-headed Gull; 20 Ring-necked Parakeet; 9 Redwing; Grey Heron (over being mobbed by parakeets); 3 Carrion Crow taunting a ginger cat. (KW)
*15th - South Norwood Country Park: 3 Mute Swan, 2 Egyptian Goose, Teal, Shoveler, Little Grebe, Water Rail, 4 Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 19 Collared Dove, Kestrel, 11 Redwing. (JAH)
*14th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): 7 Redwing; 1 Chaffinch (f); 7 House Sparrow. (KW)
*14th - South Norwood Country Park: 1 Water Rail, 1 Kingfisher [Chaffinch Brook] (Simon Hills)
*14th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Fieldfare calling in nearby garden, 8 Redwing. (JB)
*14th - Lloyd Park (10:25- 12:25): 2 Raven flying north, calling, 5 Fieldfare, 20+ Redwing, 3 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Bullfinch, 6 Chaffinch (Graeme Spinks)
*14th - East Croydon (Park Hill Rise) (12:30): 2 Siskin, 10 Redwing, 1 Coal Tit (Graeme Spinks)
*14th - South Norwood (Warminster Rd) (2.30-40pm): several Collared Doves & Redwings calling, 1 Fieldfare "chuckling" at top of lime tree, 1 Pied Wagtail & 1 Starling (GH)
*13th - Wandle Park: Still 3 Snipe by river. (Sue H)
*13th - Waddon Ponds: 7 Shoveler. (Sue H)
*13th - South Norwood Country Park: 5 Water Rail (good views of one in Chaffinch Brook behind wetlands, and another in culvert next to platform 1), 4 Common Gull, 16 Collared Dove, mostly near Albert Road entrance. (JAH)
*13th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): garden has gone retro this morning with the cold weather bringing in what have become very infrequent visitors these days, including 3 Chaffinch (first male since 2018 and most seen at this site in several decades); 2 Collared Dove; 15 Redwing finishing off the last of the berries; 2 Goldfinch; 7 Black-headed Gull feeding on ground; 17 House Sparrow; Starling; Grey Heron; Cormorant (over). Just waiting for the Brambling, Siskin and Bullfinch to complete the full 1980s effect. (KW)
*12th - Shirley (Devonshire Way ): 6 Redwing feeding on rowan and holly berries; c. 100 Jackdaw circling over. (KW)
*12th - Waddon Ponds: 5 Shoveler. (Lucinda Offer)
*12th - Wandle Park: 4 Snipe this morning, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail. (Lucinda Offer)
*11th - East Croydon: 16:30 circa 20 Pied Wagtail roosting in small trees next to bus station, opposite railway station, with birds still flying in to join them. (Graeme Spinks).
*11th - Wandle Park: WeBS. Pond completely frozen, but 6 Mallard and 5 Moorhen on the river with a brief Kingfisher. Also Kestrel, 2 Fieldfare, 5 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush and many small birds around the feeder. (JB and Sue H)
*11th - Waddon Ponds: WeBS. Ponds heavily frozen. 13 Shoveler were a surprise - 2 together and a flock of 11. The 11 flew off about 09:20. (JB and Sue H) Possible Yellow-browed Warbler heard calling around 9:30, but never seen despite two of us searching, until it went quiet.
*10th - Purley (Lower Barn Road) : 4 Starlings back, 1 male Blackcap eyeing the fat feeder, 1 Crow and 1 adult Herring Gull taking food from ground feeder (first time that has happened) 4 Redwing demolished all holly berries and now pyracanthas (NH).
*10th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Mixed tit flock with 6+ Long-tailed Tit, 2 Coal Tit plus great and Blue Tits. Also a male Blackcap and 4 Redwing. (JB)
*10th - SWCA (main track Riddlesdown School to Hamsey Green): many Robins, Blackbirds, Crows, Great tits and Dunnocks feeding on the ground amongst the fallen leaves. By quarry 2 Kestrel (M&F), 1 Red Kite, Jays, 2 Bullfinch. (NH)
*10th - Central Croydon (Fairfield Halls) (14:30) 10 Starling feeding in trees, perching on roof of Fairfield Halls and Croydon College & flying across Park Lane to Queens Gardens & back. (L Offer)
*9th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (11.15pm): male Tawny Owl calling briefly in sycamore along railway embankment (GH)
*9th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Male and female Blackcap in garden. 4 Redwing have now eaten most of the berries; the waxwings had better get here quickly. (JB)
*9th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (12.15pm): female Kestrel being chased low over rooftops by crow, plus c12 Magpies assembled briefly in the garden's one sycamore tree (GH)
*8th - South Norwood Country Park: 3 Mute Swan, 22 Greylag Goose, 3 Egyptian Goose, 6 Teal, 3 Shoveler, 2 Little Grebe, 4 Water Rail, Snipe, Common Gull, Goldcrest, Chiffchaff, 3 Redwing. (JAH)
*7th - Purley (Lower Barn Road): Raven flew low over garden heading towards Riddlesdown 08.40 (NH)
*6th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Munching berries in garden this morning - female Blackcap, 4 Redwing, 2 Blackbird. (JB)
*5th - Farthing Downs: Little Owl heard. (DH)
* 5th - Croydon (North End): Approx 10 Magpies possibly thinking of roosting in trees. (Ashley Haworth-Roberts)
*5th - South Norwood Lake 1230: 3 Mute Swans (2 adult, 1 cygnet), 4 Redwings on playing field (Alan Simpkins)
*4th - South Norwood (Station Rd) (1pm): Group of c6 Redwings flying very low E (GH)
*4th - South Norwood (Kings Road): 11:35 2 Shoveler over towards CP. (JW)
*4th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): First garden Fieldfare of the year, Also, 3+ Redwings and a Blackbird have found the berries. 7 Stock Dove on lawn. Blackcap 'takking' away later on. (JB)
*4th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (10.25am): Grey Heron flying very low over Gdns towards SN Lake (GH)
*4th - South Norwood Country Park: Jack Snipe in wetlands. (JAH)
*3rd - Farthing Downs: A sprinkling of Redwing and an eruption of 30 plus Jackdaw brightened a grey day, also 4 Yellowhammer, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Greenfinch over, 3 Chaffinch over, 1 Pied Wagtail. (DH)
*3rd - St Andrews Rd, Coulsdon: A flock of 16 Goldfinch in our neighbour's garden. (DH)
*3rd - Coulsdon Bypass: 1 Peregrine over. (DH)
*3rd - Shirley (Devonshire Way): 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker. (Amelia Williams)
*2nd - South Norwood Lake: 3 Greenfinch, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Cormorant, approx 10 Redwing, 2 Goldfinch, 1 Blackbird (male), 20+ Sparrow, 4 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 2 Robin, 2 Dunnock, 50+ Feral Pigeon, 2 Black-Headed Gull, 8 Tufted Duck, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Egyptian Geese. (L Offer)
*2nd - South Norwood Country Park: 5 Teal, 3 Water Rail, Snipe. (JAH)
*1st - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Great Spotted Wooodpecker; c. 40 Canada Goose (over); 8 Ring-necked Parakeets on wall pf house checking out Swift boxes; 12 Redwing; 6 House Sparrow; 12 Starling (both species now appear to have re-established permanent colonies after many years of absence).
*1st - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Female Blackcap in garden again. (JB)