July 2021

*31st - South Norwood Lake: One Tufted Duckling. (Alan Simpkins)
*30th - Riddlesdown 'Dobbin': Barn Owl flew low over, west-east at 6.45pm, Kestrel, 3 Linnet, 1 Greenfinch, 2 Song Thrush, 4 Chiffchaff. (Derek Kelly)
*30th - Wandle Park: Sparrowhawk over. (Sue Henning)
*29th - South Norwood Lake: Young birds seen on lake: 5 Great Crested Grebe (2 broods 4+1), 3 Mallard (2 broods) 3 Moorhen. Young Wood Pigeons now flying. 7 Swifts over lake. (Alan Simpkins).
*29th - South Norwood Country Park: 2 pairs of Little Grebe with broods of 4 and 3; Kingfisher, 2 Reed Warbler. (JAH)
*28th - Addington Village: Kestrels have been perching on the church tower sporadically for the last few days (see previous reports earlier this month). (Sam Davenport)
*28th - West Croydon (Windmill Road): 2 sparrowhawks waiting for heavy rain to stop in top of tall tree (Sheila Andrews)
*28th - Old Lodge Lane: Wheatear, Swallow. (Jamie Parkinson - BirdTrack)
*28th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Red Kite over garden looking for food. (JB)
*28th - South Norwood Country Park: 4 Little Grebe + 4 young, Kingfisher, Hobby. (JAH)
*27th - Waddon Ponds: 9.30am Grey Heron (Andrew Moncrieff)
*26th - Wandle Park: Sedge Warbler, 2 adult, 5 juvenile Moorhens plus feet of young bird being swallowed by a Heron. Flock of c50 Swifts circling overhead. (JB and Sue Henning)
*26th - Waddon Ponds: Flock of 20+ Swifts circling over, Mute Swan family still has 7 cygnets, 1 Heron (not eating Moorhen chicks). (JB and Sue Henning)
*26th - South Norwood Country Park: 45 Greylag Goose, Little Egret. (JAH)
*25th - Norbury (Pollards Hill South): Female Sparrowhawk in failed hunting attempt. (MJN)
*25th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Green Woodpecker; Great Spotted Woodpecker; 8 House Sparrow; 3 Goldfinch; Herring Gull. (KW)
*25th - South Norwood Country Park: 2 Oystercatcher flew low around lake at 5.40am. (JAH)
*24th - Norbury (Pollards Hill South): 4 Swifts. (MJN)
*24th - South Norwood (Kings Road) (16:45) singing Blackcap, singing Song Thrush, (JW)
*23rd - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (8am): Small family party of Goldcrests calling/singing in gdn evergreen (1st record for over a year) (GH)
*23rd - South Norwood Country Park: 3 Kingfisher. (JAH)
*23rd - Purley (Lower Barn Road): 2 singing greenfinch, one on aerial (NH)
*22nd - Riddlesdown: 8.00pm. 4 skylark and 9 linnets at Dobbin, 3 skylark on rest of SWCA. (NH)
*22nd - South Norwood Country Park: Mute Swan + 6 young, 3 Greylag Goose, 3 Egyptian Goose, Cormorant, 3 Little Grebe + 4 young, 8 Swift, Kingfisher, 4 Reed Warbler, Mistle Thrush, Grey Wagtail. (JAH)
*21st - South Norwood Country Park: Common Sandpiper, Kingfisher. (JAH)
*20th - South Norwood Country Park: Kingfisher, Hobby. (JAH)
*19th - South Norwood (Kings Road) Song Thrush singing (18:30) (JW)
*18th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Great Spotted Woodpecker, 10 House Sparrow, 4 Goldfinch, 8 Mallard (over), Collared Dove, Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk (f) thermalling at 09.00 while catching flying insects, flock of 25 mixed fledgling Tits (Long-tailed, Blue & Great) that included 4 Goldcrest, 4 Herring Gull calling, evening spiral of 10 Black-headed Gull and 20 Swift (the largest number I have seen this year in this location). (KW)
*18th - Purley (Lower Barn Road): 20.55 Tawny Owl heard calling briefly. (NH)
*18th - South Norwood Country Park: Kingfisher, Swallow. (JAH)
*18th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (12pm): Common Gull flying low over Gdns (GH)
*17th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): 2 Sparrowhawks at 15:00 mobbed by some of the 20 Swifts that were around, Buzzard heard at 15:35, Black-headed Gull over. (JB)
*17th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Great Spotted Woodpecker, 7 House Sparrow, 5 Goldfinch, Mallard, Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk (M) spooking Woodpigeons, Collared Dove, thermalling spiral of c. 40 + mixed gulls (predominantly Black-headed) + several Swift. (KW)
*17th - South Norwood Lake: (07:30:09:00) 16 Canada Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, 12 Mallard, 14 Tufted Duck + 1 with brood of 3, 1 pair Great Created Grebe with 4 young, 2nd pair with 1 young, 10 Moorhen, 18 Coot, 1 Black-headed Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Stock Dove, 2 Collared Dove, c30 Swifts, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Song Thrush, 4 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 5 House Sparrows, Goldfinch, (JW)
*16th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Goldfinch, 7 House Sparrow, 7 Starling, large mixed group of 16 thermalling gulls including Black-headed and Herring + Sparrowhawk (m) and 9 Swift. (KW)
*16th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (6.15pm): Group of 6 Black-headed Gulls hawking medium high for flying ants (GH)
*16th - South Norwood Country Park: Common Sandpiper. (JAH)
*15th - South Norwood Country Park: 2 Mute Swan and 6 cygnets, 2 Little Grebe + 4 young (grebelings?), 2 Little Egrets (DMac)
*14th - Purley (Lower Barn Road): 40+ swift feeding in series of groups 6.30pm. 1 juvenile goldfinch on feeder and two noisy insistent great tit young. (NH)
*14th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Great Spotted Woodpecker; 20 Starling; 7 House Sparrow; 3 Goldfinch (including 1 juvenile); flock of 16 mixed tits (Blue; Great; Long-tailed and a single Coal); 2 Herring Gull; 4 Swift. (KW)
*14th - South Norwood Country Park: 3 Little Grebe + 4 young, 2 Kingfisher. (JAH)
*13th - Norbury (Pollards Hill South): 2 Blackcaps calling. (MJN)
*13th - Millers Pond: 47 Canada Goose; 2 Egyptian Goose; 1 Greylag Goose; 37 Mallard (including 1 new lone duckling); 14 Tufted Duck; 11 Coot (7 young at various stages of development); 2 Moorhen; 30 Feral Pigeon; 4 Wood Pigeon; 5 Goldfinch; 4 Swift; 4 Ring-necked Parakeet; 1 House Sparrow; Grey Wagtail; Common Buzzard (over). (KW)
*13th - Waddon Ponds: Little Grebe chick being fed. (Lucinda Offer tweet)
*13th - South Norwood Lake: (1200-1230) 7 Tufted Duck chicks. Cormorant flew in at 1227 from NE. (Alan Simpkins)
*13th - South Norwood Country Park: Little Egret. (JAH)
*12th - Norbury (Pollards Hill South) Blackcap singing for first time since 6th June, Song Thrush alarm calling. (MJN)
*12th - Purley (Lower Barn Road): It must be fledgling day. 2 Great Tits being fed at feeder, 1 Dunnock with lovely yellow gape waiting for food in pyracanthas and 1 very demanding Ring-necked Parakeet being fed a beak full of seeds at feeder. Riddlesdown School - Treecreepers heard calling by school and Woodpecker Field. (NH)
*12th - South Norwood Lake: (1200) 2 young Coots. (Alan Simpkins)
*12th - South Norwood Country Park: Kingfisher, Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe. (JB)
*11th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Green Woodpecker (juvenile), 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Swift, c.14 House Sparrow, 16 Starling; 2 Goldfinch; Sparrowhawk (m). (KW)
*11th - Farthing Downs: Ragwort pulling several hours and heard at least 5 singing Yellowhammer, 3 Common Whitethroat, 1 Skylark. (NH)
*11th - Addington Village: One of the Kestrels (see earlier report from the 9th) was perching on various parts of the church this morning. What is presumed to be the same bird was also seen resting on the spire on Saturday afternoon. It is probable that this is a juvenile one. (Sam Davenport)
*11th - South Norwood Country Park: 2 Mute Swan + 6 large young, 2 Egyptian Goose, Cormorant, 2 Little Grebe + 4 young, Great Crested Grebe, 2 Black-headed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 11 Swift, 2 Kingfisher, 4 Reed Warbler, Grey Wagtail. (JAH)
*10th - South Norwood Country Park: Great Crested Grebe, Grey Wagtail. (JAH)
*9th - Threehalfpenny Wood: 2245: Barn Owl. (Steve Johnson) Steve, could you please email me with a bit more info about this. (Admin)
*9th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Great Spotted Woodpecker, 9 House Sparrow (one fledgling rendered unconscious by a fat ball while feeding in squirrel resistant feeder), 4 Goldfinch (omnipresent), new families of Blue, Long-tailed & Great Tit + Robin, Jackdaw, Woodpigeon, 2 Black-headed Gull, 4 Herring Gull, 7 Swift, Red Kite, Common Buzzard. (KW)
*9th - Addington Village: Several Kestrels have been perching on and flying around the vicinity of the church tower for a few days. Normally one Kestrel can be seen sitting on the spire surveying the area, but recently they have also taken to perching at the apex of the windows on the tower's N and E sides. The main point of interest is at least 3 and possibly 4 Kestrels at a time have been seen flying around the tower; today one bird perching on the spire was disturbed by the arrival of another two, one of whom then also flew off. The calls of the birds could be heard fairly clearly. It is possible that this is a family of Kestrels and if so the young birds are probably at the point of achieving full independence. Whether these are the same Kestrels that were seen flying around the local area in the spring (and in one instance mating) is unclear. Additionally a Buzzard was also spotted circling over the village recently. (Sam Davenport)
*9th - New Hill: Several Treecreepers. (NH)
*9th - Norbury: 18 House Sparrows in garden during day and eating a large full bird feeder of seed. Also have had record number of young Blue, Great and Coal tits. One Marsh Tit appeared on and off during day. (SEC)
*9th - South Norwood Lake: (07:45:09:00) 18 Canada Goose, 4 Egyptian Goose, 11 Mallard + 1 brood of 4, 16 Tufted Duck, pair Great Crested Grebe with 4 young, 2nd pair GCG with 1 young, 12 Moorhen, 15 Coot, 1 Black-headed Gull, 2 Stock Dove 3 Collared Dove, 12 Swifts, 1 Green Woodpecker + 2juv, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Song Thrush singing, 4 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Jay, 18 Starlings, 6 House Sparrows, 12 Goldfinch,(JW)
*9th - South Norwood Country Park: Male Reed Bunting. (JAH)
*8th - Norbury (Pollards Hill South): 1 Song Thrush singing, 1 Swift, Collared Doves mating on fence. (MJN)
*8th - South Norwood Lake (1315) Kestrel, being mobbed by three Carrion Crows over playing field (Alan Simpkins)
*8th - Riddlesdown: 2.30-4.00pm. 9 Skylark, 3 Swift, 2 Common Whitethroat, 1 Kestrel, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Meadow Pipit, 3 Stock Dove, 4 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Song Thrush (one mimicking parts of skylark song), 1 Greenfinch, 1 Chaffinch. (NH)
*8th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Quail heard flying over at 22:38!!! (JB)
*8th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (1 juvenile), 6 House Sparrow, 2 Swift, 5 Goldfinch (incessant chatter and presence from dawn until dusk). (KW)
*7th - Croydon (Cornwall Road, overlooking Wandle Park): Nuthatch seen on neighbour's feeder (first sighting since February 2020 when the resident/breeding pair in the park disappeared). Also a Great Spotted Woodpecker on the feeder. (Sue Henning)
*7th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Goldfinch, 12 House Sparrow, including at least 4 fledglings (this is the largest number seen at this location for at least 2 decades), Red Kite, Common Buzzard. (KW)
*7th - Addington Court Golf Course (Falconwood) 4 House Martins flying around c2.00pm. Probably breeding nearby. (Brian Russell) Hi, Brian. Presumably they were not likely to be flying over towards New Addington (Fieldway) area? I am desperately hoping they haven't deserted the breeding site there. Please feel free to email me with your thoughts. (Admin)
*7th - Addington Hills: 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, mixed tit flock of over 40 birds including Long-tailed Tits, Goldcrests, Coal Tits and Blue Tit. Goldcrests and Coal Tits calling during visit separate to flock. (NH)
*6th - South Norwood (Pittvile Gdns) (5pm): Green Woodpecker calling and Blackcap & Whitethroat singing at bottom of garden (GH)
*5th - South Norwood Lake: (1300) Great Crested Grebe now have four youngsters, 3 on parents back at one point. (Alan Simpkins)
*5th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Collared Dove, 2 Swift, 3 House Sparrow, 5 Goldfinch, Kestrel, Red Kite, Common Buzzard. (KW)
*5th - South Norwood Country Park: 2 Little Egret, Kingfisher. (JAH)
*4th -Norbury (Pollards Hill South): 1 Female & 1 Juv. Great Spotted Woodpecker. (MJN)
*4th - South Norwood Lake: (1230) 6 Collard Doves on playing field eating recently spread grass seed. On Lake, Mallard with 5 ducklings, Moorhen with 3 recently hatched young and Great Crested Grebe with one youngster riding on parents back. 4 Young Canada Geese now almost fully grown and fledged. Missed from last list of young are a number of Magpies. (Alan Simpkins)
*3rd - South Croydon (Montpellier Road): Red Kite over. (Robert Butlin)
*2nd - Norbury (Pollards Hill South): 3 Collared Dove, 9 Swift. (MJN)
*2nd - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Stock Dove, Collared Dove, 4 Goldfinch, 4 Swift, Mallard, Herring Gull, 2 Whitethroat sunbathing (first I've ever seen at this suburban location or surrounds). (KW)
*2nd - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (12.15pm): Whitethroat singing on rlwy land (GH)
*2nd - Wandle Park (1.30pm): Grey Heron in pond, Reed Warbler in reeds, Stock Dove in trees (Andrew Moncrieff)
*1st - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Goldfinch, single Swift, c130 Ring-necked Parakeets in 6 flights. (KW)