OW2023

==December 2023==
*15th - South Norwood Lake (12pm): 1 queen & 2 worker Buff-tailed bumblebees feeding on various flowering mahonia bushes around the Lake (GH)
*10th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns): False Widow spider (Steotoda grossa) (photo per Hattie Forbes). One of 3 UK false widows (size-wise in between Common (bipunctata) & Noble (nobilis). All 3 species associated with buildings & doing well in UK, possibly as a result of climate change (GH per Hattie Forbes).
==November 2023==
* 30th - South Norwood Lake (12.45pm): Queen Buff-tailed Bumblebee feeding on mahonia (4°C) (GH)
* 23rd - Norwood Junction Station (12.20pm): Red Admiral on nettle (GH)
* 20th - Hutchinson Bank: Brimstone (m) probably disturbed while cutting the brash along path and top area of 'Slimming Down', Buff tailed Bumblebee, Plume moth spp (Ernest Thomason)
* 20th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Beautiful plume moth still present in the house. (JB)
* 10th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Buff-tailed bumblebee flying in rain. (JB)
* 6th - Purley (Lower Barn Road): At least 10 queen buff-tailed bumblebees and many other bumbles and 3 Red Admiral butterflies on strawberry tree. (NH)
* 3rd - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Queen buff-tailed bumblebee and harlequin ladybird in the garden. (JB)
==October 2023==
* 31st - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Red admiral. (JB)
* 30th - Wandle Park: Speckled Wood, Red Admiral, Small White Butterfly. (L Offer)
* 28th - Millers Pond: Small White butterfly. (L Offer)
* 15th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (2.30pm): a Red Admiral & Speckled Wood in the back garden (GH)
* 13th - Selsdon (Birdwood Close): Hummingbird Hawkmoth. (Roger Amer)
* 9th - Sanderstead Pond: Migrant hawker. (JB)
* 8th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): 5 red admiral flying purposefully through garden heading south. Common pipistrelle in evening. (JB)
* 7th - South Croydon Allotments: Brown Argus (NH)
* 5th - Hutchinson's Bank: 26 Common Lizard, Common Darter, Red Admiral, Speckled Wood, Comma Butterfly, Wasp Spider, Dark Bush Cricket. (L Offer)
* 5th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Hummingbird hawkmoth. Common pipistrelle. (JB)
* 3rd - Hutchinson's Bank: Red Admiral, Brown Hairstreak (Female) and eggs found, Large White (Ernest Thomason)
* 1st - Riddlesdown: Small Copper, Speckled Wood. (L Offer)
==September 2023==
*29th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Red Admiral; Small White. (KW)
*29th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Common pipistrelle still being detected at dusk. (JB)
*28th - Hutchinson's Bank: 2 Common Lizard, Common Darter, Red Admiral Butterfly, Comma Butterfly, Speckled Wood Butterfly, lots of Ivy Bees. (L Offer)
*25th - South Norwood Country Park: Willow Emerald Damselfly, Common Darter. (L Offer)
*25th - Sanderstead Cemetery: Dozens of Ivy Bees with honey bees, common carder bees and hoverflies on ivy in cemetery hedge. Presumably linked to ivy bees at nearby All Saints Church hall on 8th. (JB)
*21st - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Hummingbird Hawkmoth. (JB)
*17th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Common pipistrelle at 21:00; is it feeding up before the foul weather due later? (JB)
*14th - Hutchinson's Bank: Common Darter, 5 Common Lizard, Red Admiral, Speckled Wood. (L Offer)
*13th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Dead Forest (aka Red-legged) shieldbug found in house. Common pipistrelle. (JB)
*11th - Heathfield: 2 Emperor Dragonfly (male). (L Offer)
*10th - Purley (Lower Barn Road): Eared Froghopper (Ledra aurita) (NH)
*9th - Purley (Lower Barn Road near tennis courts): Large Aggregation of 200+ Ivy Mining Bees. (NH)
*9th - Waddon Ponds: Migrant Hawker. (L Offer)
*9th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Migrant hawker. Common pipistrelle at 11pm. (JB)
*8th - Sanderstead (All Saints Church): Aggregation Ivy Mining Bees in bank near entrance to hall (NH)
*8th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Common pipistrelle and several speckled bush-crickets. (JB)
*5th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Hummingbird hawkmoth again. (JB)
*4th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (9pm): Common Pipistrelle feeding through back gardens (GH)
*4th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Green shieldbugs, both early instar (found by my 3 year old grandson) and full imago. (JB)
*4th - Selsdon (Birdwood Close): Male golden-ringed dragonfly in a private garden. (Roger Amer)
*3rd - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Both common and soprano pipistrelles this evening. (JB)
*1st - South Croydon Allotments: Brown Hairstreak laying eggs on young cherry growth from an old stump (NH). 
*1st - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Female common darter. (JB)
==August 2023==
*31st - South Norwood Country Park: Hornet (European) (JAH)
*30th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Soprano pipistrelle. (JB)
*29th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): More visits from Hummingbird Hawk Moth and Jersey Tiger Moth (always orange form) today.
*26th - Shirley (Bridle Road): Bat (sorry don't know what sort, flying around at 20:20. (L Offer) (Almost certainly a pipistrelle, probably common - Admin)
*23rd - Purley (Lower Barn Road): Jersey Tiger yellow form ( f. lutescans) coming to light (NH)
*20th - Waddon Ponds: Brown hawker. (JB)
*17th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Silver Y and hummingbird hawk moths during the day. Common pipistrelle, dark and speckled bush-crickets all detected at 21:00. (JB)
*14th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Hummingbird hawk moth present again. (JB)
*9th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): A good insect day. Southern hawker, hummingbird hawk moth, Jersey tiger moth, comma, 3 red admiral, gatekeeper, holly blue, meadow brown, small white, large white, brimstone, speckled wood. Hoverflies v zonaria and v inanis. (JB)
*8th - South Norwood (kings Road) c5 common field Grasshopper, 1 Jersey Tiger, 2 Gatekeeper (JW)
*6th - Riddlesdown Common (Bull Pen): 30 Meadow Brown, 8 Gatekeeper, 15 Chalkhill Blue, 2 Common. Blue, 1 Large White, 2 Small White (NH)
*4th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Hummingbird hawk moth, holly blue, 3 gatekeeper, small white, large white, red admiral, volucella zonaria. Common pipistrelle and speckled bush cricket after dark. (JB)
*3rd - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): 2 Jersey tiger moth in laurel hedge. Holly blue, gatekeeper, peacock, large white, small white and 2 red admiral, plus volucella zonaria around hebe and buddleias. (JB)
*3rd - Norwood (Sylvan Road): Hummingbird hawk moth between South Norwood Lake and Stambourne Woods. (Jon Shaub)
==July 2023==
*29th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Brimstone; Peacock; Gatekeeper; Meadow Brown; Small White. (KW)
*28th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): 2 Holly Blue procreating; Meadow Brown doing the same; Small White; numerous Gatekeeper; male Common Blue; Peacock. (KW) 
*26th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): A day for invertebrates. Butterflies - 3 red admiral, 3 large white, 4 gatekeeper, 1 comma, 2 small white, 1 very worn peacock, 2 brimstone, 1 holly blue, 1 green-veined white. Hoverflies - 2 volucella zonaria, 3 volucella inanis, leucozona lucorum, sphaerophoria scripta, episyrphus baleatus, eristalis arbustorum, eristalis tenax plus others I couldn't identify. Bees - buff-tailed bumblebee, white-tailed bumblebee, common carder. Mint moth. all on or around buddleia and hebes. (JB)
*23rd - Park Hill Park: Painted lady, red admiral, peacock butterflies. Jersey tiger moth. (Lucinda Offer)
*23rd - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Family of five foxes, Roesel's bush-cricket (a first for me), dark bush-cricket stridulating late evening, hoverfly Volucella inanis, common carder bee, buff-tailed bumblebee, brimstone, large white, meadow brown, painted lady, gatekeeper, mint moth. (JB)
*21st - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Volucella inanis hoverfly in garden. (JB)
*20th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): very good day for butterflies; female Common Blue; Holly Blue; Meadow Brown; Gatekeeper; Small White; Red Admiral; Essex Skipper; Hummingbird hawk moth. (KW)
*20th - South Norwood:(Towpath Way) Lime Hawk Moth Caterpillar in front garden.(Rob Wyllie)
*19th - Selsdon: Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Marbled White, Painted Lady, Red Admiral, Large White, Small Skipper (Andrew Moncrieff)
*Shirley (Devonshire Way): Meadow Brown; Small White; Gatekeeper (very numerous); Red Admiral. (KW)
*16th - Farthing Downs: Meadow Brown and Marbled White in good numbers, several Small Skippers, 1 Gatekeeper, 1 Holly Blue, several blue Damselfly which I was unable to identify (DH)
*14th - South Croydon Allotments: Rose Chafer on blackberries (NH).
*13th - Addiscombe (Morland Road): Hedgehog has been in a private garden regularly for several nights. Also fox cub. (Lesley Gadsden)
*13th - Central Croydon (Chatsworth Road): Jersey Tiger Moth. (L Offer)
*11th - South Norwood (Kings Rd): Roesel's bush cricket in front garden, away from its usual habitat (dense grass & bramble) (JW)
*11th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): 7-spot ladybird. (JB)
*10th - South Norwood (by foot tunnel, Croydon end at TQ347687): Silver Y, September thorn, angle-striped sallow and riband wave. (Ashley Haworth-Roberts)
*10th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Green lacewing, first flying ant of the year, small white, large white, meadow brown, holly blue. (JB)
*10th - Norbury (Pollards Hill South): Roesel's bush cricket on garden balcony. (MJN)
*8th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Red Admiral active at 08.00. (KW)
*7th - Selsdon (Birdwood Close): Jersey tiger moth, marbled white. (Roger Amer)
*7th - Happy Valley: Silver Washed Fritillary
*7th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): My first southern hawker of the year just along the road from my house (hawking over the tarmac roadway), marbled white butterfly, common carder bee and hornet mimic hoverfly in the garden. (JB)
*7th - Sanderstead Pond: Emperor dragonfly. (JB)
*3rd - Queens Road Cemetery, Thornton Heath (12-1pm): 1 White-letter Hairstreak (feeding on bramble), plus Large Skipper (1), Small White (5), Holly Blue (1), Comma (3), Speckled Wood (2), Gatekeeper (c5), Meadow Brown (c50) (GH)
*5th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Gatekeeper (first of the year for me). (KW)
*2nd - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Summer chafer found dead on our verandah. My first ringlet and azure damselfly of the year in the garden. (JB)
==June 2023==
Someone has got their wires crossed! I don't think Epping Forest is in Croydon!!! Interesting though they are, I have removed the two posts by RSa (for 17th and 18th) from this site. I think they may have been intended for the LNHS. (Admin)
*28th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (6-6.30pm): Large Skipper (1), Large White (1), Comma (1), Small Heath (1), Meadow Brown (2) - all on bramble (GH)
*28th - New Hill and Farthing Downs: fifty plus Marbled White (Stella Frost)
*27th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Large White; 4 Meadow Brown; 3 Essex Skipper; Holly Blue. (KW)
*27th - Chapel Bank (just outside boundary): Small Tortoiseshell, Sliver-washed Fritillary, Small heath, Meadow brown, Ringlet, Brimstone, Marbled White, Large White, Small/Essex skipper (Ernie Thomason)
*26th - Chapel Bank (just outside boundary): Marbled White, Small Blue, (Ernie Thomason)
*26th - Purley (Lower Bern Road): Hedgehog in garden, very rarely see them (NH)
*26th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (2pm): 2x 7-spot ladybirds on nettle (GH)
*25th - Hutchinson’s Bank (2pm): pair of White Admiral (Andrew Moncrieff and Nick Morgan)
*24th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Meadow Brown; Holly Blue; grasshopper. (KW)
*24th - Riddlesdown SWCA Skylark Field and paddocks: (Dusk) hundreds of Summer chafer flying around hawthorns (NH).
*24th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): male common darter in garden. (JB)
*24th - Happy Valley: numerous Marbled White in the meadows. (NH)
*23rd - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Common pipistrelle at 22:25. (JB)
*23rd - Park Hill: Roe deer behind the fence by the railway line, Marbled White, Speckled Wood. (L Offer)
*22nd - Happy Valley: Marbled Whites, Common Blue, Holly Blue, Meadow Brown. Speckled Wood, Red Admiral, Brimstone, Small Skipper, Small Heath, Comma. (NH)
*21st - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Southern cuckoo bumblebee, meadow brown, yellow shell moth. (JB)
*20th - Purley (Lower Barn Road): 3 southern cuckoobumblebee feeding on catmint. (NH)
*16th - Sanderstead Pond: Terrapin. (JB)
*15th - Sanderstead: My first meadow brown of the year in the cemetery. (JB)
*14th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Fox cub in garden. Unexpected. (JB)
*14th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Banded Demoiselle; unidentified Dragonfly. (KW)
*12th - Sanderstead to Whyteleafe Countryside Area: Common Blue, Meadow Browns and Painted Lady plus Mother Shipton and Cinnabar moths (NH)
*12th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Holly Blue; Speckled Wood; White Ermine moth. (KW)
*11th - Addiscombe (Morland Road): Lime hawk moth at 11.30pm. (Lesley Gadsden)
*11th - South Norwood (Towpath Way): Holly Blue, Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Cabbage White, Red Admiral. (Rob Wyllie)
*10th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Brimstone moth; Speckled Wood; Common Blue. (KW)
*5th - Hutchinsons Bank: Small Blue, Brimstone, Speckled Wood (Ernest Thomason)
*4th - Hutchinson Bank: Black-veined white butterfly reported. This species has not been seen in the UK since 1925 - story covered by the BBC and The Guardian. Please be responsible and use public transport if possible New Addington Tram stop 10 mins away or park in one of the nearby roads in New Addington. Please try and not park in Farleigh Dean Crescent to inconvenience the residents. (Ernest Thomason) Further to Ernie's report here, it has been suggested that this was from an unofficial release and not a genuine vagrant. If you do go to Hutchinsons Bank, please be mindful of the fact that it is home to many other species of butterfly, some of which are scarce in their own right. (Admin)
* 4th - Purley (Lower Barn Road): Early Bumblebee worker and male on azalea, Red-tailed Bumblebee, Common Blue Damselfly male, Small Heath Butterfly, Brimstone, Mint Moths, Thick-legged Flower beetles, nymph of Green Bush Cricket. (NH)
* 2nd - Foxley Wood, Purley: Variable Longhorn Beetle on nettles (NH)
==May 2023==
*29th - South Croydon Allotments: Green Hairstreak (NH). 
*28th - Hutchinsons Bank: Small heath. (Moira O'Donnell tweet)
*28th - Bramley Bank: Common Blue Damselfly (huge numbers), Tadpole (huge numbers), Newt, Speckled Wood Butterfly. (L Offer)
*28th - Heathfield: 3 Broad-Bodied Chaser Dragonfly (all male), Large Red Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly. (L Offer)
*27th - South Norwood Lake: White squirrel. (David Rouse tweet)
*27th - Hutchinson's Bank: Marbled White, Garden chafer (NH)
*26th - Heathfield: Broad-bodied Chaser Dragonfly, several Large Red Damselfly, unidentified blue damselflies, weevil on a lily pad(NH)
*25th - Purley (Lower Barn Road): Red-Headed Cardinal Beetle (NH)
*24th - Pollards Hill - Small Copper (NH)
*24th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (early pm): 2 Small White & 2 Holly Blue in back garden (GH)
*23rd - South Croydon Allotments: 15+ Garden Bumblebees feeding on comfrey (NH)
*22nd - Chapel Bank (Tandridge) Brimstone. (Ernie Thomason)
*22nd - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Scarlet Lily Beetle (on one of our lilies). (J & CE B)
*20th - South Croydon Allotments: Jersey tiger moth caterpillar. (NH)
*20th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (3.15pm): a single Speckled Wood disturbed by a dog fox along rlwy embankment (GH)
*19th - Addiscombe: Hummingbird Hawk Moth (L Offer)
*18th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Orange Tip; Red Admiral; Holly Blue. (KW)
*17th - Coombe Wood Gardens (around water feature): Large Red Damselfly, Nomad Bee Species, Garden, Tree and Common Carder Bumblebees (NH). 
*17th - Shirley Park Estate : Red Admiral, Holly Blue, Small White, Speckled Wood, Orange Tip. (NH)
*17th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Large White; Red Admiral; Holly Blue (several very active, all day). (KW)
*16th - Chapel Bank (Tanridge): Brimstone, Holly Blue, Orange tip. (Ernie Thomason)
*16th - Purley (Lower Barn Road) : Humming Bird Hawkmoth feeding on scented azalea for a few minutes then flew at great speed away and over the roof top. (NH).
*13th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Damselfly exuviae on pond vegetation, probably large red damsels. Common pipistrelle watched hunting over garden 20:50-20:55. (JB)
*12th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Common pipistrelle at 9pm. (JB)
*11th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Holly Blue; Speckled Wood; Brimstone; Small White. (KW)
*10th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Holly Blue; Speckled Wood. (KW)
*9th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): 2 Holly Blue active despite poor weather. (KW)
*7th - South Norwood (Towpath Way) Carder Bee in garden, Hover Fly's hunting for aphids, 2 Common Blue Butterflies (Rob Wyllie)
*6th - Shirley (The Wilderness) and Riddlesdown : Early Bumblebees both foraging on gorse. (NH)
*5th - Foxley Wood : Red admiral (NH)
*5th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Holly blue, brimstone, common pipistrelle. (JB)
*4th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Common pipistrelle at 9pm. (JB)
*4th - Hutchinson's Bank: Slow worm, 4 Common Lizard. (L Offer)
*1st - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Holly Blue; Brimstone. (KW)
==April 2023==
*30th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Holly blue in garden. (JB)
*30th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (9.30pm): Common Pipistrelles foraging along rlwy embankment & back gardens (GH)
*29th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): At last, a male orange tip in the garden. (JB)
*25th - Sanderstead: Roe deer walking up Church Way around 7am. (JB)
*22nd - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (11.45am): male Orange Tip through back gardens (GH)
*20th - Hutchinson's Bank: Common Lizard, butterflies: 3 Speckled Wood, 3 Peacock, 5 Brimstone, 2 Orange Tip, 1 Comma (L Offer)
*20th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (2pm): male Brimstone through back gardens (GH)
*19th - Purley (Lower Barn Road): Common Carder Bee (NH).
*19th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (11am): female hairy-footed flower bee feeding on red dead-nettle (GH)
*17th - SWCA on Dobbin facing Whyteleafe Rec: Speckled Wood, Common Lizard (NH)
*17th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Comma; Brimstone (m)
*16th - Purley (Lower Barn Road): Queen White-tailed bumblebee (NH)
*16th - South Norwood ( Towpath Way Buff Tailed Bumble Bee, Small White Butterfly. (Rob Wyllie) 
*16th - Addiscombe Railway Park. Tadpoles and Pond Skaters on man made pond, Brimstone and Small White (Rob Wyllie )
*15th - Sanderstead Plantation: 2 Brimstone butterfly, 1 Red Admiral butterfly. (L Offer)
*15th - Sanderstead Pond: Tadpoles (L Offer)
*15th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (9.30pm): Common Pipistrelle foraging along rlwy embankment & back gardens (first site record this year) (GH)
*11th - South Norwood Hill near junction with Whitehorse Lane: Hedgehog (sadly roadkill) (L Offer)
*10th - Lloyd Park: Roe Deer (L Offer)
*9th - Dollypers Hill : 6 Brimstone, 1 Peacock butterfly (NH). 
*9th- Betts Mead Kenley: 4 Peacock , 3 Small Tortoiseshell and 6 Brimstone butterflies (NH)
*9th-Norbury (Pollards Hill South):Small White .Holly Blue. Small Tortoiseshell .(MJN)
*9th - South Croydon Allotments - Small tortoiseshell butterfly, female hairy-footed flower bee and bee fly (NH)
*9th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (1pm): male Brimstone butterfly in Gdns, plus Small White in back gdn (GH)
*8th-Norbury (Pollards Hill South):Fem .Brimstone .Small White (MJN)
*8th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Hairy-footed flower bee. (JB)
*7th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): First butterflies of the year; brimstone and peacock. Also bee-fly. (JB)
*5th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Bee-fly. (KW)
*4th - Waddon Ponds: Brimstone (Andrew Moncrieff)
*4th - Purley (Lower Barn Road): 2 Bee-fly in garden, Queen Buff-tailed bumblebee, Queen Wasp, 7-spot ladybirds, 1 Peacock butterfly, 2 Brimstone (NH)
*2nd - Wandle Park: Peacock butterfly, brimstone (f). (L Offer)
==March 2023==
*29th - South Norwood Lake (5pm): male Hairy-footed flower bee on the wing (GH)
*27th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Tree bee, buff-tailed bumblebee and several smooth newts in garden. (JB)
*26th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Comma butterfly; Buff-tailed bumble bee. (KW)
*24th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Brimstone (f); Buff-tailed bumble bee. (KW)
*23rd - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): At least one smooth newt in garden pond, buff-tailed bumblebee and a daddy long-legs - don't recall seeing them this early in the year before. (JB)
*21st - Shirley (Devonshire Way): further deposit of frogspawn. (KW)
*18th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): fresh frogspawn in pond. (KW)
*16th - Hutchinson's Bank: Common Lizard, Brimstone butterfly. (L Offer)
*14th - Whitehorse Meadow: 2 Common Frog mating and frogspawn in pond. (L Offer)
*11th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Buff-tailed bumble bee
==February 2023==
*21st - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Buff-tailed bumble bee. (KW)
*19th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Comma butterfly; Buff-tailed bumble bee; Bluebottle and numerous small flies on the wing. (KW)
*19th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): 2 frogs and probably smooth newts in garden pond. (JB)
*19th - Park Hill Rec: Buff-tailed bumblebee. (JB)
*18th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Buff-tailed bumble bee. (KW)
*17th - Park Hill Rec: Buff-tailed bumblebees foraging on winter honeysuckle. (NH)
*15th - South Norwood Country Park: Red Admiral Butterfly (NH)
*14th - Central Croydon (Coombe Rd) (12pm): male Brimstone butterfly in grounds of Ruskin House (Sheila Mason per GH)
*14th - Dollypers Hill : 3 Brimstone butterflies and 1 Common Frog jumping downhill from edge of meadow heading towards the pond. (NH) 
*13th - Bramley Bank: Red Admiral butterfly (L Offer)
*13th - Heathfield: 3 Common Frogs in a pond (L Offer)
*6th - Park Hill Rec: Honey bees and first bumblebee of year. (Lucinda Offer)
*5th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Common Toad. (KW)
==January 2023==
* awaits records