August 2022

*31st - Location undisclosed: Hobby heard and seen at 11am. Had been calling for some time, so potentially a local breeder. (Admin)
*31st - South Norwood Country Park: Teal, Shoveler, Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, Snipe, 3 Lesser Black-backed, 2 Kestrel, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, Grey Wagtail. (JAH)
*30th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Common Buzzard, circling and mewing. (KW)
*30th - South Norwood Country Park: 2 Teal, 6 Shoveler, Little Egret, Kingfisher, Cetti's Warbler. (JAH)
*29th - South Norwood Country Park: 4 Shoveler, Kingfisher, Cetti's Warbler, Willow Warbler, 4 Whitethroat. (JAH)
*28th - South Norwood Country Park: Whinchat briefly perched up in Moat Field at 5..56am. Could not locate again later. (JAH)
*26th - Shirley Hills: 4 Sparrowhawk (2 juvs), 1 Buzzard. (Brian Thomas)
*26th - Shirley (Wilderness Garden): mixed tit flock over 25 birds, Long-Tailed, Coal, Great and Blue with 1 Nuthatch and 2 Treecreeper (NH)
*25th - South Norwood Country Park: Common Sandpiper, Pochard. (Jon Shaub)
*25th - Kenley aerodrome: Wheatear. (Jamie Parkinson per BirdTrack)
*24th - Farthing Downs: 2 Wheatear near the carpark feeding on the cut grass area, 1 Buzzard, several Linnet and Goldfinch, 2 maybe 3 Bullfinch, several Chiffchaff calling including one in full song, 3 Whitethroat calling from scrub, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Great Spotted and 2 Green Woodpecker, sadly no Skylark or Yellowhammer. (DH)
*24th - New Hill: 3 Bullfinch, 2 singing Blackcap. (Stella Frost)
*24th - South Norwood Country Park: 2 Mute Swan + 1 young, 29 Greylag Goose, 7 Egyptian Goose, Teal, 2 Shoveler, Cormorant, 2 Little Egret, Little Grebe, Sparrowhawk, Common Sandpiper, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Cetti's Warbler, Willow Warbler. (JAH)
*23rd - South Norwood Country Park: 40 Greylag Goose, Shoveler, 2 Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, Coal Tit, Cetti's Warbler. (JAH)
*22nd - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Common Buzzard. (KW)
*21st - Hamsey Green (Princes Avenue): Chiffchaff. (Steve Fowles)
*21st - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Chiffchaff calling. (JB)
*21st - Norbury (Pollards Hill South): male Sparrowhawk, Green Woodpecker, 7 Collared Dove together under feeders - most I have recorded here. (MJN)
*21st - Old Coulsdon (The Crossways): 7 Mistle Thrush over. (Stella Frost)
*20th - Betts Mead: Bullfinch, Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker (NH).
*20th - Farthing Down: 4 Wheatear (using benches in field beyond car park as lookouts), 1 Yellowhammer, 2 Raven, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Red Kite, 2 Swallow, 1 Skylark. (NH)
*20th - South Norwood Country Park: Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, Cetti's Warbler, Willow Warbler. (JAH) Voiciferous Tawny Owl in the evening. (Jon Shaub)
*20th - Kenley Aerodrome: 2-3 male Wheatear. (Derek Kelly)
*19th - Purley (Lower Barn Road): Chiffchaff calling in woods (NH).
*19th - Foxley Wood: 1 Juvenile Pied Flycatcher catching insects from trees and fence by meadow (NH).
*19th - Waddon Ponds: Kingfisher (Andrew Moncrieff)
*19th - Duppas Hill: Jay (Andrew Moncrieff)
*18th - South Norwood Country Park: Shoveler, Common Sandpiper, 19 Stock Dove, Cetti's Warbler, 5 Whitethroat. (JAH)
*17th - South Norwood Country Park: 2 Common Sandpiper, Cetti's Warbler. (Not seen/heard since 30/6/22). (JAH)
*17th - Farthing Downs: 3 Wheatear, 20-30 Goldfinch. (David Hayes)
*17th - Norbury (Pollards Hill South): 21 Goldfinch, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker. (MJN)
*15th - Coulsdon (St Andrews Rd): F Sparrowhawk over. (DH)
*15th - Farthing Downs: Very active 3 Whinchat and 2 Wheatear along fence by cattle grid (SF) 3 Wheatears seen later. (Jon Shaub)
*15th - Riddlesdown: Juvenile Sparrowhawk calling, 2+ Kestrels, 2 Bullfinch. Sadly no Skylarks or Meadow Pipits. (JB)
*15th - Farthing Downs: 1 Yellowhammer, 3 Whitethroat, Green Woodpecker, Buzzard, 2 Wheatear, 3 Whinchat and happy to see several Wrens, Robins and Tits following the hot weather (SF) 3 Wheatear, 2 Whinchat, Bullfinch. (Jon Shaub)
*15th - New Hill: Stock Dove and Green Woodpecker. (SF)
*14th - Location undisclosed: Hobby mobbing a Red Kite.
*14th - Farthing Downs: Several Wheatears, Whinchats and Stonechat this evening. (Steve Grayson)
*14th - Wandle Park: WeBS day. 7 Moorhen including one building a nest, 1 Chiffchaff, c40 Starling. (JB and Sue Henning)
*14th - Waddon Ponds: Mute Swans still have 5 cygnets, 51 Canada Geese (one with lots of white on head), 5 adult Little Grebe with broods of 1 and 4 young, 2 Egyptian Geese, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 30+ House Sparrows. (JB and Sue Henning)
*13th - South Norwood Country Park: 2 Shoveler, 2 Little Egret, 2 Sparrowhawk. (JAH)
*13th - Kings Wood: 2 Buzzard. (Steve Fowles)
*12th - South Norwood Country Park: Teal, 2 Sparrowhawk, Reed Warbler. (JAH) 
*12th - Waddon Ponds: Kingfisher, LBB Gull, Grey Heron (Andrew Moncrieff)
*12th - Norbury (Pollards Hill South): Sparrowhawk flew into a flock of 12 Goldfinches and missed them all. (MJN)
*12th - Selsdon: Red Kite. (Roger Amer)
*11th - Hamsey Green (Princes Ave): Red Kite heading towards Selsdon. (Steve Fowles)
*11th - Selsdon: Red Kite over shortly after seen heading from Hamsey Green (Roger Amer)
*11th - South Norwood Country Park: 39 Greylag Goose, 183 Canada Goose, 3 Egyptian Goose, Shoveler, 10 Whitethroat. (JAH)
*10th - South Norwood Lake: Thistle seeds attracting finches. 10-12 Goldfinches, 2 Greenfinches and 2 Linnet. Also a Chaffinch (my first for some months) and 2 Green Woodpeckers, one feeding on cricket pitch. Blue Tits which have been absent since breeding season are returning. (Alan Simpkins)
*10th - Norbury (Pollards Hill South): 2 Nuthatch, many juvenile Goldfinch. (MJN)
*9th - Hamsey Green (Princes Avenue): Great Black-back Gull. (Steve Fowles)
*9th - South Norwood Country Park: 2 Little Egret, 2 juv. Willow Warbler. (JAH)
*8th - Farthing Downs: A loose flock of Goldfinch and Linnet including juveniles, 1 f Sparrowhawk overhead briefly, 1 f Kestrel swooped down for a successful kill, 2 Green Woodpecker, Chiffchaff calling, 1 Blackcap. 2 Yellowhammer calling. (DH)
*8th - Selsdon Rec: Very pale Red Kite over. (Roger Amer)
*7th - Lloyd Park: (09.30- 11.20): 1 Common Redstart (fem/imm), 2+ Kestrel (inc 1+ juv), 3+ Coal Tit, 1 Bullfinch. (Graeme Spinks).
*7th - South Norwood Country Park: Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, 4 Swallow, 9 Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler. (JAH)
*6th - Wandle Park: Grey Wagtail feeding juv, Moorhen with five chicks, 3 Stock Doves. (Sue Henning)
*5th - Location undisclosed: 2 (poss 3) Hobby. (J. Kirby)
*5th - South Norwood Country Park: 2 Mute Swan + 1 young, 34 Greylag Goose, 120 Canada Goose, 10 Egyptian Goose, 2 Shoveler, 4 Cormorant, juv. Little Grebe, 51 Black-headed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Swift, Willow Warbler, 5 Whitethroat, 3 Reed Warbler. (JAH)
*5th - Hamsey Green (Princes Ave): Tawny Owl calling at 00:30. (Steve Fowles)
*2nd - South Norwood Country Park: juvenile Willow Warbler, 3 Whitethroat, 2 Reed Warbler. (JAH)
*2nd - Norbury (Pollards Hill South): Juv Male Sparrowhawk created havoc amid Crows & ring-necked Parakeets (MJN)
*1st - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): 14:00-14:10. First a fem Sparrowhawk patrolling over gardens before thermalling up and drifting north, then a Peregrine doing the same before heading west. (JB)
*1st - South Norwood Country Park: Little Egret, Red Kite, 4 Reed Warbler. (JAH)
*1st - Millers Pond: Tufted Duck with 4 young ducklings; 4 Egyptian Goose (including 2 young); Grey Heron; Chiffchaff; 2 Herring Gull (over); innumerable parakeets; young fox patrolling pond perimeter causing c. 12 Canada Geese to take flight. (KW)