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Contents 1 Croydon sightings for 2009 2 March 3 February 4 January

Croydon sightings for 2009

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March

• 6th 10:00am -South Norwood Lake- 6 Pied wagtail, 4 Song thrush, 2 Nuthatch,3 Great Spotted Woodpecker,4 Goldcrest,(John Watson)
• 6th - Markfield - Male Siskin eating sunflower hearts (Ted Forsyth)
• 5th - Redwing singing, junction of Stanhope Road and Chichester Road, Park Hill (Alan Pearson)
• 5th - Markfield - Lesser Redpoll nibbling buds on Spindle bush (Ted Forsyth)
• 4th - Biggin Wood (15:00 hrs) - Sparrowhawk, 2 pairs of Goldcrests, 2 pairs of GS Woodpeckers (1 drumming),Green Woodpecker, Great, Blue , Coal & Long Tailed Tits, c20 Ring Necked Parakeets, c60 Wood Pigeons (this is a favoured roostings site for this species and Carrion Crows).(Linda & Terry Osborn)
• 4th - Markfield - Buzzard soaring over Baker Boy Lane 11.00am, 2 Canada Geese flew over (Ted Forsyth)
• 2nd - Shirley Park Golf Club : 1 Firecrest, 1 Goldcrest, mixed flock of 4 Golfinches, 5+ Lesser Redpolls and 4+ Siskins, 1 Fieldfare, 6 Redwings, 2 Moorhens, 23 Robins, 21 Blackbirds, 5 GS Woodpeckers, 3 Green Woodpeckers. (John Parish).
• 2nd - 2 Goldcrest, Wren (singing) and Coal Tit in Duppas Hill Road. (Simon Harris)
• 1st - Lesser Redpoll in Briton Hill Road, Sanderstead. (John Birkett)
• 1st - South Norwood Lake (10:00hrs) - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (female feeding in willow tree) 4 Nuthatch, 3 Greylag Goose, (John Watson, Gavin Hawgood)

February

• 28th - Whitehorse Meadow - (12:00hrs) 1 Green Woodpecker,1 Nuthatch,(John Watson Gavin Hawgood)

• 28th - Norbury. Grey wagtail male seen for third time this week in damp basement area.Green wood feeding on lawn next door. Grey Heron over (Mike Netherwood)

• 28th - Selsdon Park - Tawny Owl heard briefly, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Pheasant, 1 Goldcrest singing. (John Birkett)

• 28th - Sanderstead Plantation - 30+ Redwing, 2 Goldcrests (one singing), 2 Coal Tits, 1 Stock Dove. (John Birkett)

• 28th - Sparrowhawk over Briton Hill Road, Sanderstead. (John Birkett)

• 27th - Waddon Ponds (13:00) - c75 Coots, 20 Tufted Duck, 8 Moorhens, 6 Little Grebes [a good count for Croydon - JB], 2 Mistle Thrushes, 1 Redwing, 2 Goldcrests, 3 House Sparrows, Long-tailed Tits, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, c100 Black-headed Gulls, 40 Canada Geese. (Linda & Terry Osborn)

• 27th - South Norwood Lake - pair Great Crested Grebe, 20 Black-headed Gull, 2 Lesser Redpoll, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Pied Wagtail,(John Watson)

• 27th - Puplet Wood - Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Marsh Tit (Ted Forsyth)

• 27th - Selsdon Wood - 7 Lesser Redpolls , 2 Ring-necked Parakeet, 4 Nuthatch, 4 Redwing, Skylark, 2 Mistle Thrush, 4 Song Thrush, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Marsh Tit (Ted Forsyth)

• 27th - Mossyhill Shaw - 3 singing Redwing, Stock Dove, 14 Magpie (Ted Forsyth)

• 27th - Kingswood - 2 Treecreeper, 3 Coal Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Song Thrush (Ted Forsyth)

• 26th - South Norwood Lake- pair Great Crested Grebe, 2f Pochard 1 Greylag Goose, 14 Tufted Duck 2 Cormorant, 30 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Gull, 1 Hering Gull, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Nuthatch, 3 Goldcrest, 9 Ring-necked Parakeet, 1 Siskin,(John Wason Gavin Hawgood)

• 26th - Littleheath Woods - 4 singing Redwing, 6 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 60 Starling, 24 Robin, 6 Blackbird, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet (Ted Forsyth)

• 26th - Bramley Bank - Moorhen, 2 Mallard, Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 22 Magpie (mostly one flock) (Ted Forsyth)

• 26th - Heathfield - 12 Robin, 2 Stock Dove, Ring-necked Parakeet, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Marsh Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 12 Carrion Crow (Ted Forsyth)

• 26th - Hutchinson's Bank - 7 Greenfinch, 4 Jay, 7 Siskin (in Three Corner Grove) (Ted Forsyth)

• 26th - Chapel Bank - 4 Redwing, Woodcock , 5 Magpie, 2 Pheasant (Ted Forsyth)

• 25th - 8 Siskins, 4 Bullfinches, 7 Goldcrests, 1 Treecreeper, 3 Nuthatches, 5 Song Thrushes, 3 Stock Doves on Addington Hills. (John Parish)

• 25th - Lesser Redpoll in Deepdene Avenue. (John Parish)

• 25th - South Norwood CP. Red-legged Partridge [apparently this has been present for some time and tends to be found around the hedge separating Croydon Arena from Tramlink at the Rylands Field end], 1 Snipe around the lake, 6 Stock Doves including one 'singing', Goldcrest singing, 9+ Shovelers, 2 Pochards, 20+ Tufted Ducks, 200+ Black-headed Gulls, 30-40 Fieldfares, a few Redwings, 3 Kestrels. (John Birkett)

• 24th - Blackcap singing in Park Hill. (Romney Tansley)

• 24th - Grey Heron flying over Duppas Hill Park towards Waddon Ponds. (Simon Harris)

• 23rd - Siskin singing in garden in Sanderstead. (John Birkett)

• 23rd - Markfield - 5 Lesser Redpolls feeding on Buddleia, Niger seed and sunflower hearts, 2 Marsh Tits, female Blackcap, 2 Long-tailed Tits, Coal Tit

• 22nd - Goldcrest singing near Sanderstead Library. (John Birkett)

• 22nd - Duppas Hill - female Sparrowhawk mobbed by a Crow, flew over the park scattering a large number of Starlings and Pigeons. (Simon Harris)

• 21st - Park Hill Park - 2 Firecrests at Coombe Road end. (John Parish, per John Birkett)

• 20th - Riddlesdown - 10 Stock Doves, 15+ Linnets, 10+ Long-tailed Tits, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Pheasant, 10+ Jackdaws, 1 Skylark singing, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming. (John Birkett)

• 20th - South Norwood Lake - 1 Great Crested Grebe, 8 Cormorant, 2 Common Gull, 10 Redwing, 2 Siskin (John Watson)

• 18th - 3 Redwings including one singing bird outside Park Hill Junior School, Stanhope Road. (Alan Pearson)

• 17th - Selsdon Wood - 14 singing Song Thrush, 4 Mistle Thrush, 2 Redwing, 58 Woodpigeon, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Bullfinch, Tawny Owl, 3 singing Skylark (Ted Forsyth)

• 17th - Markfield - 2 Lesser Redpoll on feeders, flock of 20 Goldfinches nearby, female Blackcap (Ted Forsyth)

• 16th - 5 Redwings including 2 singing birds outside Park Hill Junior School, Stanhope Road. (Alan Pearson)

• 15th - Hutchinson's Bank - Sparrowhawk mobbed by BHGull, One Buzzard mobbed by Crow flew over New Addington, second Buzzard flew high over the site avoiding three model planes (Ted Forsyth)

• 14th - Chapel Bank, Featherbed Lane - Buzzard flew over (Ted Forsyth)

• 12th - Purley Way - 1 cock Pheasant near the main road (Derek Lea)

• 12th - Markfield - Marsh Tit, Coal Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 6 Great Tit, 20 Blue Tit, 2 Lesser Redpoll, female Blackcap (Ted Forsyth )

• 11th - 5 Redwings feeding on Duppas Hill Park opposite Warrington Road. (Simon Harris)

• 11th - Markfield - Goldcrest, female Blackcap, 4 Long-tailed Tit, male Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Jay (Ted Forsyth)

• 8th - Farleigh Dean Crescent, Featherbed Lane - Sparrowhawk flew over (Ted Forsyth)

• 3rd - Green Sandpiper flew over Norbury Park about 13:05 flying towards Norbury Brook. (Terry and Linda Osborn)

• 2nd - 15+ Blackbirds eating apples in a Sanderstead garden after heavy snow. Also 30 Greenfinches, 20 Chaffinches and 3 Goldfinches on feeders. Fieldfare heard. (John Birkett)

January

• 31st - New Addington (Rowdown area) - 1 Sparrowhawk, 40 Fieldfares, 10 Redwings, 1 Siskin, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Stonechat, 4 Skylarks, 2 Bullfinches (John Birkett & Simon Harris)

• 29th - 60-70 Pied Wagtails roosting near Tesco in Purley this week. (John Wood)

• 29th - Selsdon Wood - 4 Redwing, 3 Fieldfare, 2 Mistle Thrush, Goldcrest, Tawny Owl (Ted Forsyth)

• 23rd - South Norwood CP - one Lesser Redpoll flew over, 1 Kestrel (John Birkett)

• 21st - Selsdon Wood - Treecreeper, Goldcrest, 8 Nuthatch, Bullfinch, 4 Redwing, Tawny Owl (Ted Forsyth)

• 20th - South Norwood CP - Red-legged Partridge, Water Rail. (London Birders)

• 19th - Waxwing - Calling loudly from one of the ornamental alders outside Debenhams in the pedestrianised area of the main high street. Watched for about a minute before it took off and flew north up the High Street still calling. (Alan Pearson)

• 17th - South Norwood CP - Kingfisher, Snipe, Stonechat, Sparrowhawk. (London Birders)

• 8th - Selsdon Wood - Tawny Owl at roost (Ted Forsyth)

• 8th - Top of Baker Boy Lane - Little Owl (Ted Forsyth)

• 8th - Valley between Old Farleigh Road and Kingswood - Buzzard perched on fence post (Ted Forsyth)

• 4th - Riddlesdown - male Sparrowhawk, 1 Yellowhammer, 5 Stock Doves (John Birkett)

• 4th - Sanderstead Plantation - two Great Spotted Woodpeckers drumming (John Birkett)

• 3rd - one Woodcock in Lloyd Park.