April 2022

*30th - Waddon Ponds: (17:00) Mallard with brood of 13 (Rebecca Watson per John Watson)
*30th - New Hill: Several Linnet in full song (SF)
*30th - Farthing Downs Firstly very happy to meet expert DH. Secondly at least 8 Whitethroat, a couple displaying (SF)
*30th - Addington Hills (4pm): Pair of treecreepers nesting (L Offer)
*30th - Lloyd Park (3:30pm & 4:30pm): Buzzard circling overhead, spotted twice. (L Offer)
*30th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (12pm): pair of Swallows low W towards SN Lake, Chiffchaff & Blackcap singing at bottom of garden, (3.30pm): Buzzard circling med high, then rapidly low W (GH)
*30th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): 3 Swallow have just made a beautiful morning better; Kestrel (m) soaring, rather buzzard-like; Common Buzzard; 2 Goldfinch; 3 Herring Gull. (KW).
*29th - Coulsdon Common: Cuckoo heard again today. (Per Nicola Hunt)
*28th - Coulsdon Common: Cuckoo heard. (Per Nicola Hunt)
*28th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (3.45pm): female Kestrel perched on rlwy crane for at least 10 mins (GH)
*28th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Great Spotted Woodpecker; 3 Herring Gull; 2 Jay; 2 Goldfinch; 2 House Sparrow (male collecting feathers); 8 Starling; Blue Tit sitting on 7 eggs. (KW)
*28th - South Norwood Country Park: 3 Pochard (2m, 1f), Swallow. (JAH)
*27th - Happy Valley: At least 3 Bullfinch (SF)
*27th - Farthing Downs: PM. Dipped out on Wheatear...not bitter though, 1 Meadow Pipit over, 1 Mistle Thrush in song. 
*27th - New Hill: A Skylark, Few Linnets, Mistle Thrush and 1 Stock Dove (SF)
*27th - Farthing Downs In addition to below which I watched for ages, 3 Skylark, 3 Whitethroat, 1 Yellowhammer, 1 singing Mistle Thrush, 1 Stock Dove and several Linnet. Female Wheatear at 15:00. (SF)
*27th - South Norwood Country Park: Common Sandpiper, 18 Whitethroat. (JAH)
*26th - Farthing Downs: BBS highlights: 2 Skylark, 4 Yellowhammer, 6 Linnet, 2 Whitethroat, 9 Starling, 2 Swallow around Woodplace Farm, House Sparrow just about hanging on in Woodplace Lane but numbers down. (DH)
*26th - Farthing Downs: PM: 1 Lesser Black Backed Gull over. Nice to meet SF. Now two people watching the Downs and New Hill. Good times! (DH)
*26th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): House Sparrow; 9 Starling; 2 Goldfinch; Goldcrest; 3 Herring Gull; Grey Heron (over); virtual omnipresence of nesting Carrion Crow; Magpie and Jackdaw (what chance small garden birds this year?). (KW)
*26th - Addington: Nuthatch spotted in woodland, at the same site the species was nesting at for the previous two years. However it was not spotted on the same tree so it is unclear whether they are nesting again in this spot. (Sam Davenport)
*26th - South Norwood Lake: (07:15:09:15) 12 Canada Goose, 5 Egyptian Goose, 11 Mallard, 12 Tufted Duck (8m/4f), 3 pairs Great Crested Grebe, 1 Cormorant, 12 Moorhen, 14 Coot, 2ad Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 3 Collared Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Song Thrush, 6 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Jay, 6 Starling, 8 House Sparrow, 12 Goldfinch (JW)
*26th - South Norwood (Goat House Bridge) (9.25am): 2 Common Terns low N/NE (JW)
*25th - Purley (Woodcote Lane): Ring Ouzel (per Surrey Bird Club)
*25th - Thornton Heath (Iceland Car Park, next to the station) 13:00. 2 Yellow Wagtails landed from the W. (Rob Wyllie)
*25th - New Hill - Last weeks Mistle Thrush family located halfway down hill heard only.
*25th - South Norwood Country Park: 3 Greylag goslings. Of the previous six broods to leave the nest in the last three years, none have survived more than four days. Those present now have survived nine days. A long way to go yet. Little Egret. (JAH).
*24th - South Norwood Country Park: Kingfisher, Willow Warbler, 14 Whitethroat. (JAH)
*23rd - South Norwood Country Park: Cetti's Warbler & Willow Warbler (both singing); Great Crested Grebe (1); Little Grebe (2); Greylag Geese (still with 3 goslings) (Nigel G Harris) Also: Little Egret, 5 Black-headed Gull, 3 Reed Warbler + further pair of Little Grebe. (JAH)
*23rd - Beddington Farmlands: Whimbrel and Bar-tailed Godwits flying E or NE this morning. Part of a larger scale movement of these species in Surrey. (Admin via tweets)
*22nd - Location undisclosed: Black Redstart singing.
*22nd - South Norwood Country Park: 2 Mute Swan, 9 Greylag Goose + 3 goslings, 4 Egyptian Goose + 6 goslings, Little Egret, 4 Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Cetti's Warbler, 10 Whitethroat, 2 Reed Warbler. (JAH)
*21st - New Addington: Red Kite over tram terminus (per London Birders wiki)
*21st - Selsdon: Grey Wagtail at entrance to Sainsbury community hall. (Roger Amer)
*20th - Farthing Downs: A brief visit produced 2 Sparrowhawk overhead for a couple of minutes, 1 Whitethroat tentatively in song (no display flight yet), 1 Rook. My wife saw at least 5 Skylark north of the enclosure early this morning. (DH)
*20th - New Hill: At least two fluffy fledged Mistle Thrushes being fed well (SF)
*20th - South Norwood Country Park: Reed Warbler next to platform 2. (JAH)
*20th - Purley Way: Whitethoat singing on playing Fields at back of Haling Manor School.
*19th - Farthing Downs: Missed out on Wheatear sadly, 1 Skylark in song over enclosure, no activity within, 9 Linnet in loose flock. (DH) 1 Yellowhammer and 1 Skylark behind fence and several Linnet (SF)
*19th - New Hill: Mistle Thrush, 3 or 4 Linnet, 1 Willow Warbler in song from trees near Meadway, 2 Blackcap in song, 1 Garden Warbler in song brought to a shuddering halt by noisy person plus dog and not relocated, 1 Goldcrest in song. 4 Goldfinch.(DH). Mistle Thrush feeding now, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 G S Woodpecker, 6 Linnet.(SF)
*19th - Happy Valley: No Whitethroat found, plenty Chiffchaff, Blackcap and 2 Stock Dove. (SF) Little Owl calling across road behind pond and 2 Buzzard.
*18th - Bradmore Green Pond: 14 Mallards (3 adult male, 2 adult female, 9 ducklings), 6 Moorhens (2 adults, 4 chicks), Mistle Thrush, Wren, Red Kite overhead. 13:00 (L Offer)
*18th - Farthing Downs: Wheatear (m) (possibly 2, or saw same one twice) 14:00 (L Offer)
*18th - New Hill: Usual field held 14 Linnet and same pair Mistle Thrush now on nest.
*18th - Waddon Ponds: Herring Gull (Andrew Moncrieff)
*17th - Wandle Park: 3 Grey Wagtail, 2 singing Blackcap. (JB & Sue Henning)
*17th - Waddon Ponds: Pair Mute Swan on nest, 21 Coot (2 on nest), 4 pairs Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 singing Blackcap, but no Canada Geese! (JB & Sue Henning)
*17th - Lloyd Park: 2 Wheatear (m) 18:40pm. (J Kirby)
*17th - Queen's Rd Cemetery (Thornton Heath) (12.30-2.30pm): 20 species, Buzzard calling overhead for c3 mins (GH)
*17th - South Norwood Lake: (07:20:09:15): 15 Canada Goose, 5 Egyptian Goose, 9 Mallard, 15 Tufted Duck (10m/5f), 5 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron (over), 12 Moorhen, 14 Coot, 1 Black-headed Gull, 5 Herring Gull (over), 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 5 Collared Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Pied Wagtail (bowling green), 3 Song Thrush, 3 Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff, 4 Long-tailed Tit (1 at nest feeding young), 2 Coal Tit, 2 Jay, 12 Starling (cricket pitch), 10 House Sparrow, 3 Chaffinch (singing), 12 Goldfinch (JW)
*16th - Farthing Downs: 2 m Skylark foraging in the enclosure for c10 minutes before display flight and 1 further north, 3 maybe more Yellowhammer, up to 5 Linnet including 2 females, 3 Whitethroat in song, a pair of Buzzard soaring overhead, 1 Kestrel swooping down for successful kill (thrilling!), 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Chaffinch in song, at least 3 Greenfinch, 3 Goldfinch, 1 Meadow Pipit. (DH)
*16th - Happy Valley: 1 Treecreeper in song, 2 Whitethroat in song, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, several Chiffchaff and Blackcap in song, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Long Tailed Tit, 2 Collared Dove in song. (DH)
*16th - Farthing Downs: Whitethroat in bush near fench.
*16th - South Norwood Country Park: Whitethroat (3); Little Egret (2 over) (Nigel G Harris)
*16th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (6.15am): Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming briefly in the garden sycamore; Song Thrush, Blackcap (2), Chiffchaff & Greenfinch singing incessantly (GH)
*15th - Waddon Ponds: Cormorant (Andrew Moncrieff)
*15th - Lloyd Park: Kestrel (NH)
*15th - Foxley Wood: 2 Bullfinch, 2 Green woodpeckers, 1 Treecreeper, Chiffchaffs and Blackcaps (NH).
*15th - South Norwood Lake: (07:30:09:15): 18 Canada Goose, 2ad Egyptian Goose + 3 well-grown goslings, 12 Mallard, 17 Tufted Duck (10m/7f), 2 pair Great Crested Grebe (1 on nest, 2nd pair nest-building), 2 Cormorant (1 over), 15 Moorhen, 17 Coot, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 4 Collared Dove, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Pied Wagtail (cricket pitch), 3 Song Thrush (2 singing), 1 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Jay, 12 Starling, 8 House Sparrow, 9 Goldfinch (JW)
*15th - Kings Wood: 05:30-06:45. Tawny Owl flew across ride in front of me, Marsh Tit singing, 8+ Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush collecting food. (JB)
*15th - Riddlesdown: 06:55-08:20. 19+ Skylarks, 2 singing Whitethroat, Meadow Pipit singing, Song Thrushes collecting food, 2 pairs of Linnet, 2 Bullfinch. (JB)
*14th - New Hill: Linnets.
*14th - Happy Valley: Lost count of singing Song Thrush and Blackcap.
*14th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Red Kite over, mobbed by crows. (JB)
*13th - Park Hill (Chepstow Rise): (15:15) Red Kite in steady flight over from north to depart south (John Parish)
*13th - Hamsey Green: Just before midnight, three Tawny Owls calling - one from Riddlesdown, one towards Warlingham and one from Selsdon/Farleigh direction (King's Wood?). (Steve Fowles)
*13th - Farthing Downs: 3 Linnet, 2 Skylark singing and landing north of the enclosure, 4 Buzzard briefly overhead, 2 Red Kite briefly overhead, 1 Green Woodpecker, several Greenfinch in song from street adjacent to the Downs, 2 Yellowhammer calling, several Chiffchaff in song, no Whitethroat as yet. (DH)
*13th - Heaver's Meadow: 1 Blackcap and 1 Chiffchaff. (NH)
*13th - Whitehorse Meadow: 4 Blackcap, 3 chiffchaff, 1 Whitethroat and 3 mallard. (NH)
*13th - Grangewood Park: 4 Nuthatch, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Stock Dove (NH).
*13th - Ditches Lane Pond: Meadow Pipit calling, 3 Mistle Thrush.
*13th - South Norwood Country Park: Whitethroat in cemetery field. (JAH)
*12th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): 4 House Sparrow; 2 Starling; 3 Mallard; 3 Goldfinch; 3 Grey Heron flew across gardens. (KW)
*12th - Happy Valley (New Hill); 11 Linnet, 1 Mistle Thrush. Several Song Thrush, Chiffchaff and Blackcap. *12th - *12th - Farthing Downs: 10 Linnet, 3 Yellowhammer, 1 Skylark, 1 Bullfinch.
*12th - Upper Norwood/Norwood Grove area (12.30-13.45): 21 species, including Green Woodpecker, Nuthatch, Song Thrush, Chiffchaff & Blackcap (GH)
*12th - South Norwood Country Park: 2 Mute Swan, 7 Greylag Goose, 4 Egyptian Goose, 2 Shoveler, 4 Little Grebe, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Kingfisher, Kestrel, Goldcrest, Cetti's Warbler, Willow Warbler, 18 Blackcap. (JAH)
*12th - Norbury (Pollards Hill South): Blackcap (local?} singing in usual area (MJN)
*11th - Happy Valley (New Hill) 4.30pm: Singing Linnet, Bullfinch, Chiffchaff and Blackcap at same tIme and same field and 2 GS Woodpeckers in trees at top (Stella)
*11th - Farthing Downs: 1 Yellow Wagtail over. The first sighting here for years! (DH)
*11th - Millers Pond: pair of Egyptian Goose with 7 almost fully grown young; at least 3 active Coot nests, 1 with newly hatched chick; 9 Tufted Duck (2 f). (KW)
*11th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Great Spotted Woodpecker; 4 House Sparrow; Common Buzzard; 3 Goldfinch; constant Mallard activity overhead. (KW)
*11th - Riddlesdown: 15:35-16:55. 1 Kestrel, 1 Buzzard, 9 Chiffchaff singing, 6 Skylark singing, 1 Meadow Pipit displaying, 4+ Linnets, 3 Bullfinch, 2 pairs of Long-tailed Tits. (JB)
*11th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Buzzard over mobbed by a Crow at 14:45. (JB)
*11th - South Norwood Lake: (1200) Coots and GC Grebes nest building. One Moorhen has hatced 4 or 5 chicks, probably in the last day or so, still very small but active and mostly hiding under the bank. Also 1 Heron and 4 Herring gulls flew over. (Alan Simpkins)
*11th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns): (8am) Sparrowhawk being mobbed by crow high W; (6.15pm) pair of Mallards flying low towards SN Lake (GH)
*10th - Happy Valley (New Hill): 6.45pm: 6 Linnet, 1 Kestrel, 1 Bullfinch and 1 Mistle Thrush in field down from dog bin where I saw the Linnet yesterday. (Stella)
*10th - Riddlesdown: 1 Wheatear (f), 5 Meadow Pipit, 4 Skylark, 3 Bullfinch, 5 Pheasant (1m, 4f), 3 Greenfinch, 1 Kestrel, 3 Chaffinch, 1 Swallow over. (Derek Kelly)
*10th -South Norwood Lake: (07:20:09:15) 15 Canada Goose, pair Egyptian Goose + 4 goslings, 14 Mallard, 13 Tufted Duck (7m/6f), 2 pair Great Crested Grebe, 1 Cormorant, 12 Moorhen, 15 Coot, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Stock Dove, 4 Collared Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Swallow, 1 Pied Wagtail (on bowling green), 2 Song Thrush, 2 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler singing, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 8 House Sparrow, 6 Goldfinch (JW)
*9th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (1.30-40pm): Common Buzzard soaring very high W, being mobbed initially by 4 Herring Gulls, then by 2 crows; plus female Kestrel & 3/4 Stock Doves feeding together on rlwy land (GH)
*9th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): 4 House Sparrow; 2 Goldfinch; 3 Common Buzzard soaring at 11.33 (KW)
*9th - Happy Valley (New Hill) 4.15pm: At least 3 Linnet. Three flew over and then two but not sure if different birds. (Stella)
*8th - Farthing Down: 7pm: Skylark ascend and descend in fenced area, Yellowhammer, Linnet and Sparrowhawk.
*8th - Shirley (Freshfields) (2.30pm): Red Kite flying NE at tree height (Sheila Mason per GH)
*8th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Red Kite circling low-ish (12.29), Common Buzzard soaring (13.00) , House Sparrrow. (KW)
*8th - South Norwood Country Park: 2 Willow Warbler. (JAH)
*8th - Riddlesdown: 07:30-08:30. Brambling heard, 7 Skylark singing, 10 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, Bullfinch. (JB)
*7th - Coombe Wood Gardens: Goldcrest, Coal Tits and 2 Treecreeper over towards Ballards Plantation (NH).
*7th - South Norwood Lake: (1145) 18 Starlings on playing field (Alan Simpkins)
*6th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (4.45pm): Grey Heron flying low W towards SN Lake (GH)
*6th - Addington Village: The pair of Kestrels (see earlier reports) were back on the church tower today. The male briefly mated with the female (or appeared to do so) before flying off. Over the last couple of months the Kestrels have been noticed less frequently on the tower and usually sightings have been of just one Kestrel perching on it; today was the first occasion for some time that both of them have been spotted. (Sam Davenport)
*6th - South Norwood Country Park: Cetti's Warbler, 12 Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, 11 Blackcap. (JAH)
*5th - Farthing Downs: PM. 3 Skylark seen, 2 in song, 1 taking off from the enclosure and one North of the area. Also present nearby, 1 persistent Meadow Pipit and 3 Yellowhammer, 2 magnificent males and 1 female. Only 3 Linnet detected so far. Goldfinch numbers have plummeted in recent weeks. (DH) 4 Skylark with 1 near the fenced area but still no Linnets.
*4th - Selsdon Rec: Mixed flock of c15 Brambling and 15 Chaffinch, 1 Goldcrest. (Drew Young)
*3rd - Foxley Wood: Buzzard over. (Purley Birds tweet)
*3rd - Farthing Downs: 1 Skylark, (nowhere near the fenced area), 1 Red Kite over, a pair of Buzzard, 3 Chiffchaff in song, 1 Yellowhammer calling, 1 Chaffinch in song, no Linnet detected. (DH)
*3rd - Devilsden Wood: A pair of Bullfinch, 1 Treecreeper, several Nuthatch in song, 3 Stock Dove in song, 2 Long Tailed Tit. (DH)
*3rd - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (3pm): female Kestrel perched on rlwy crane for 5 mins; 3 Stock Doves on lighting column (GH)
*2nd - South Norwood Country Park: 2 Mute Swan, 3 Greylag Goose, 3 Egyptian Goose, 2 Teal, 4 Shoveler, 4 Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, 5 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Kestrel, Cetti's Warbler, 4 Blackcap. (JAH)
*2nd - above Blenheim Park Road, Buzzard soaring.
*2nd - East Croydon: pair of Peregrines over. (Alice Stringer)
*1st - Sanderstead Plantation 09.15 to 10.00am 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Dunnock, 5 Nuthatch, 3 Crow, 6 Blackbird, 8 Blue tit, 8 Wren, 3 Coal tit, 1 Redwing, 3 robin, 1 Goldfinch, 9 Great tit, 1 Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Green Woodpecker heard, 1 Jay, 2 Bullfinch (near Selsdon Road) (NH).
*1st - Foxley Wood (Purley) - 2 Treecreeper, 3 Redwing, 1 Green Woodpecker, 5 Blackbird, 1 blackcap singing. (NH)
*1st - Riddlesdown: 1 Brambling, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Meadow Pipit, 4 Skylark and 4 Herring Gulls NW. (Brian Thomas)
*1st - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Tawny Owl hooting at 21:00. (JB)
*1st - Purley (Lower Barn Road): Grey Heron flying over 08.20am (NH)