OW2021

==December 2021==
*31st - South Norwood Country Park: Buff-tailed bumblebee. (NH)
*14th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Buff-tailed bumblebee on verandah. (JB)
*10th - Riddlesdown (Copthorne Rise): Buff-tailed bumblebee feeding from mahonia 15.15pm. (Nicola Hunt)
*6th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Buff-tailed bumblebee queen. (JB)
==November 2021==
*16th - Shirley (Freshfields) (am): 2 Red Admirals briefly feeding in garden (Sheila Mason per GH)
*16th - Purley (Lower Barn Road) - 2 buff-tailed bumblebees on strawberry tree in garden 9.00 am (Nicola Hunt)
*14th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Double-striped pug moth in the house and buff-tailed bumblebee in the garden. (JB)
*7th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Queen buff-tailed bumblebee nectaring on salvia 'hot lips'. (JB)
*5th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Red admiral and buff-tailed bumblebee in garden. (JB)
*2nd - South Norwood (Kings Road) Red admiral in front garden 11:15 (JW)
*1st - Riddlesdown: Small grazing paddock, SWCA. 1 brimstone and 1 red admiral (Nicola Hunt)
*1st - Purley (Lower Barn Road): Painted lady butterfly on snowberry bush and 5 stunning buff-tailed bumblebees sunning themselves on my fence 9.40am (Nicola Hunt).
==October 2021==
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*31st - Purley (Lower Barn Road): 2 large buff tailed bumble bees (? queens) in greenhouse- managed to get them out (Nicola Hunt) 
*30th - Purley (Lower Barn Road) : Red admiral in garden (Nicola Hunt)
*28th - Shirley (near Primrose Lane): Red Admiral flying fast across road (Nicola Hunt)
*26th - Heathfield: 4 ruddy darter flying around pond (Nicola Hunt)
*25th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Honey bees and buff-tailed bumblebees (inc a queen) feeding on salvia 'hot lips'. Harlequin ladybirds. (JB)
*22nd - South Croydon Allotments: Female Dark Bush Cricket (Nicola Hunt)
*16th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Still have baby newts in the garden pond. (JB)
*13th - Riddlesdown: Red admiral Whitgift Fields. (Nicola Hunt)
*12th - Addington Park: Bordered Straw moth (Nicola Hunt)
*7th - Norbury (Pollards Hill South): Red admiral. (MJN)
*5th - Farthing Downs: Red admiral. (JB)
*3rd - Kings Wood: Ruddy Darter on woodland ride, Brimstone, Comma, Speckled Wood. (Nicola Hunt)
*3rd - Selsdon Wood: Red Admiral (Nicola Hunt) 
==September 2021==
*30th - South Norwood (Kings Road): 10:50 male Field Grasshopper front garden. (JW)
*26th - Norbury (Pollards Hill South): Red admiral. (MJN)
*23rd - South Norwood Country Park: Ruddy darter, migrant hawker, blue tailed damselfly, elephant hawkmoth caterpillar, yellow tailed tussock moth caterpillar, several harlequin ladybirds and larva on stinging nettles. (NH)
*23rd - Long Lane Wood: Southern Hawker dragonfly taking great interest in me. (NH)
*19th - Croham Hurst: apparently there was a Long-tailed Blue butterfly present today. (Martinsbutterflies)
*19th - Hutchinsons Bank: A late Glow-worm larva (this should have pupated in July), Small Copper, Purple Hairstreak, and Brown Hairstreak. (Martinsbutterflies)
*18th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Common darter again. (JB) 
*17th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Speckled Wood, Small White. (KW)
*17th - Purley (Lower Barn Road): Brown Hairstreak in garden (Nicola Hunt)
*17th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Common darter in garden: (JB)
*16th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Pond skaters and tiny newts in garden pond. First for some years, probably because no dragonfly nymphs were in the pond this year. (JB)
*16th - Happy Valley: Small Heath, Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood, Common Blue, Brimstone. (NH)
*16th - South Croydon Allotments: Southern Green Shieldbug on my runner beans. (Nicola Hunt)
*13th - Millers Pond: 4 Elephant hawkmoth caterpillars. (Lucinda Offer tweet)
*13th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Small White, Speckled Wood. (KW)
*11th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (2pm): 3 Small Whites, 1 Red Admiral & 1 Painted Lady feeding on buddleia (GH)
*10th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (10.30pm): Common Pipistrelles actively feeding over back gdns (GH)
*8th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): 4 Small White, Speckled Wood. (KW)
*7th - Shirley (Freshfields) (2pm): 1 Small Heath feeding on dandelion for <30mins (Sheila Mason per GH)
*1st - Park Hill (Chepstow Rise): A late Great Oak Beauty (moth) spent all daylight hours roosting on brickwork immediately outside our front door. (John Parish by email)
==August 2021==
*29th - Sanderstead Allotments: Long-winged conehead Sanderstead Allotments (Nicola Hunt)
*29th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Holly Blue, 2 Small White, unidentified Dragonfly. (KW)
*26th - Coombe Wood Gardens:- Purple hairstreak. (Nicola Hunt)
*26th - Addington Hills: southern Oak Bush Cricket (Nicola Hunt)
*26th - Norbury (Pollards Hill South): Freshly emerged Red Admiral drying out on sunlit wall (MJN)
*25th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (1pm): several Field Grasshoppers heard "singing" in the Gdns area, plus a Jersey Tiger (orange variety) (GH)
*25th - Sanderstead: Hornet mimic hoverfly Volucella zonaria in a private garden. (Judith J Tweet)
*25th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Hornet mimic hoverfly Volucella inanis in garden. (JB)
*24th - Bradmore Green Pond: Brown China-Mark Moth sitting on lily pad (Nicola Hunt)
*24th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Using bat detector at 23:50 picked up one common pipstrelle and several speckled bush crickets. (JB)
*22nd - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Hornet mimic hoverfly Volucella inanis in garden. (JB
*21st - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Painted lady flying despite damp conditions. Still at least 2 beautiful plume moths in the house. (JB)
*20th - Chapel Bank: 3 Silver washed fritillary, 2 Peacock, Common Blue, Jersey Tiger Moth. Hutchinson's Bank - Oak Eggar Moth (Nicola Hunt)
*20th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (8.30pm): Common Pipistrelle feeding along back gardens (GH)
*19th - Purley (Lower Barn Road): Nut/Acorn weevil (Nicola Hunt)
*18th - St Peter’s churchyard, South Croydon, 11am: Jersey Tiger moth, orange form (Andrew Moncrieff)
*15th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Beautiful plume moth in kitchen. (JB)
*15th - Norbury (Pollards Hill South): 1 Small tortoiseshell, 1 Jersey Tiger Moth (Orange), 1 Emperor Dragonfly. (MJN)
*14th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Common pipistrelle at 23:40 and several speckled bush crickets. (JB)
*13th - Riddlesdown: 11 glow worms. (Nicola Hunt)
*13th - Sanderstead: 2 Jersey tigers (both orange form) - 1 flying, 1 squashed on pavement. (JB)
*13th - South Norwood (Kings Road) (10:45) 6 Jersey Tiger moths (all orange variety (JW)
*12th - Riddlesdown: 3 glow worms. (Nicola Hunt)
*12th - Thanescroft Gardens: Jersey Tiger, orange form. (Graham Guerin)
*12th - Hutchinsons Bank: 12+ lizards. (Lucinda Offer)
*11th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (1.30pm): 1 Jersey Tiger feeding on Buddleia & 1 resting on back wall of house (both orange variety) (GH)
*10th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (9.15pm): single Common Pipistrelle feeding along embankment (GH)
*10th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Common darter. Speckled bush crickets 'heard' with bat detector around 9pm. (JB)
*10th - Norbury (Pollards Hill South): 1 Speckled Wood, 1 Common Blue(MJN)
*9th - Purley (Lower Barn Road): Hummingbird Hawkmoth in garden feeding on rosebay willow herb (NH).
*8th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Instar male and female oak bush crickets, harlequin ladybird, green shieldbug. (JB)
*7th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Migrant hawker in garden. (JB)
*6th - Riddlesdown (CoL): 2 Chalkhill blue along main track towards bridge, small heath. (Nicola Hunt)
*6th - Kenley Common: Common Blues, small copper, marbled white, small white, meadow brown, gatekeeper, red admiral (Nicola Hunt)
*6th - Coulsdon Common: 3 peacock, 2 red admiral, 1 comma feeding on buddleia, 1 burnet companion (Nicola Hunt) 
*5th - Shirley (Freshfields) (2pm): Common Blue butterfly on Birdsfoot Trefoil in front garden (Sheila Mason per GH)
*5th - Norbury (Pollards Hill South): 1 Gatekeeper, 2 Meadow Brown (MJN)
*5th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (10am): Jersey Tiger (orange form) in garden (Hattie Forbes per GH)
*4th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Small white, large white, meadow brown, gatekeeper, painted lady and red admiral butterflies. Buff-tailed, white-tailed and red-tailed bumblebees. (JB)
*4th - Riddlesdown: Silver-washed Fritillary, 4 peacock and several brimstone in Whitgift Field. 9 Chalkhill blue on City of London section near Eskdale Gardens. (NH).
*3rd - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): BBC - 2 small white, 2 large white, male brimstone, 1 gatekeeper, 1 painted lady. (JB)
*3rd - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (2pm): 15 mins' Big Butterfly Count - Large White (1), Small White (3), Holly Blue (2), Red Admiral (1), Peacock (3), Speckled Wood (1) (GH)
*2nd - Sanderstead: Grass snake in compost heap in a private garden. (Admin)
*1st - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Painted lady on buddleia and froglets around pond. (JB)
==July 2021==
*31st - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Painted lady briefly. Lots of froglets in and by garden pond - probably down to a lack of southern hawker nymphs in the pond this year. (JB)
*27th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Green shieldbug nymph. Black lacewing Nothochrysa capitata. (JB)
*26th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): 2 Meadow Brown; Gatekeeper; 4 Small White; 4 Honey Bee; several Grasshopper. (KW)
*26th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Common darter through the garden. (JB)
*22nd - Hamsey Green: Brown hairstreak in garden near Riddlesdown. (Steve Fowles)
*22nd - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): First 2 gatekeepers of the year, large white, small white. Tadpoles now developing legs. (JB)
*21st - Hamsey Green: Azure damselfly in garden. (Steve Fowles)
*20th - Purley (Lower Barn Road}; Dor beetle. (Nicola Hunt)
*20th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Unidentified insect in verandah. It is a robber fly, possibly Machimus atricapillus - thanks, Jovita. (JB).
*20th - Norbury (Pollards Hill South): 2 Marbled White, 2 Meadow Brown(MJN)
*19th - South Norwood Country Park: Hornet on path near Elmers End entrance. (JAH)
*19th - East Croydon: Hedgehog and frog near East Croydon station. (Kasper Seward by tweet)
*19th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Female speckled bush cricket on neighbour's back door. (JB)
*19th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (12pm): Jersey Tiger (orange form) in garden (GH)
*18th - South Norwood (Kings Road) Jersey Tiger (orange form) in front garden (JW)
*18th - Wandle Park: Emperor dragonfly. (Lucinda Offer)
*18th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Marbled White; numerous Small White; Meadow Brown; Red Admiral. (KW)
*18th - Purley (Lower Barn Road): 1 Emperor dragonfly, 1 small skipper, 1 ringlet, 1 meadow brown, 1 marbled white, 4 small white, 1 brimstone, 1 gatekeeper, 1 red admiral, 1 comma. (Nicola Hunt)
*17th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Marbled White, 4 Small White, Comma, 3 Meadow Brown, Small Tortoiseshell, unidentified Dragonfly (KW)
*17th - South Norwood (Cypress Road) Field Mouse . Flying Ants swarming at 1230.(Alan Simpkins)
*16th - Wandle Park (in hedge by tram stop opposite path through flats towards the Purley Way): Jersey Tiger moth, with orange underwings (Andrew Moncrieff)
*16th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): 3 Small White, Comma, Meadow Brown (first seen this year). (KW)
*16th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): 1 ringlet, 1 meadow brown, 2 small white, 1 large white. Also 2 different forms of harlequin ladybird and flying ants emerging. (JB)
*16th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (2pm): 15 mins Big Butterfly Count - Large White (2), Small White (11), Holly Blue (1) & Speckled Wood (1) (GH)
*16th - Purley (Lower Barn Road): meadow brown sunning itself lawn 08.40 (NH) 
*15th - Purley (Lower Barn Road): marbled white (NH)
*15th - Addington Hills lower triangle (north of Oaks Road), (09:00): Butterflies - White-letter Hairstreaks (at least two sunning on bracken in usual place for this sp), also in same vicinity at same time, several Purple Hairstreaks sunning, Large Skippers, Comma, Speckled Wood and Meadow Browns. (John Parish)
*14th - Purley (Lower Barn Road): 25+ hoverfly (episyrphus balteatus) feeding on hebe and more elsewhere in garden. Comma, red admiral, brimstone, small white, ringlet and meadow brown in garden. (Nicola Hunt)
*13th - South Norwood Lake: Comma butterfly (Alan Simpkins)
*13th-Norbury (Pollards Hill South)-2 Speckled Wood.4 Ringlet. 2 Large White. (MJN)
*12th - South Norwood Country Park: Red admiral, large white, holly blue, comma and meadow brown butterflies. Several dragonflies incl broad-bodied chasers. (JB)
*12th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (early pm): Large White (2), Small White (3), Holly Blue (1), Marbled White (1), Meadow Brown (1) & Red Admiral (2) (GH)
*11th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Red admiral, large white, unidentified blue damselfly, 2 different forms of harlequin ladybird plus a harlequin larva. (JB)
*10th - Riddlesdown: Purple Hairstreak seen on low vegetation later afternoon. (Nicola Hunt)
*10th - South Norwood Country Park: Marsh frog has moved back to its original south west corner of the lake and was in fine voice this morning. (JAH)
*9th - Farthing Downs: Overnight moth trapping included large emerald and privet hawk moths. (CoL Coulsdon Commons Newsletter)
*9th - New Hill, Coulsdon (City of London) 2 Rossel's bush cricket (Nicola Hunt). 
*9th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Small White. (KW)
*5th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Speckled Wood. (KW)
*2nd - Purley (Lower Barn Road): male stag beetle (Nicola Hunt)
*2nd - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Red Admiral; Small White; Holly Blue. (KW)
*2nd - Wandle Park (1.30pm): Southern Hawker and Black-tailed Skimmer in pond. Gatekeeper and Large White (Andrew Moncrieff)
==June 2021==
*27th - Hutchinsons & Chapel Banks (11:00 - 15:00): The weather forecast, for persistent cloud cover with some light rain, was accurate but this proved beneficial, since newly-emergent Marbled White, Ringlet and Meadow Brown butterflies were relatively inactive as a result, allowing close-up photography. Dark Green Fritillaries were quite plentiful in a field of rough grass towards the northern end of Chapel Bank and were also amenable to close approach for photos, a rare experience with this butterfly. (John Parish by email)
*26th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Summer chafer. (JB)
*25th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Harlequin ladybird larva. (JB)
*25th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Black-tailed Skimmer (f); Tube Web Spider. (KW)
*25th - South Norwood Country Park: Quite a number of colourful brown-lipped snails decorating paths.Marsh frog still giving it large early morning from south east corner of lake. (JAH)
*23rd - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (10pm): 1 or 2 Common Pipistrelles foraging through the back gardens (19C) (GH)
*16th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (1.45pm): Queen Tree bumblebee in back garden (GH)
*15th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Vixen stalking squirrel; Holly Blue. (KW)
*14th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Vixen made multiple unsuccessful attempts to stalk Woodpigeons over an hour; Holly Blue. (KW)
*11th - Selsdon Wood: A twilight walk during which 4 species of bat were detected - Common Pipistrelles, Soprano Pipistrelles, a Leisler and a Brown Long-Eared Bat. (Friends of Selsdon Wood)
*9th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Vixen successfully stalked, caught and killed a grey squirrel at 08.30. (KW)
*8th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Holly Blue; various bumble bees in large numbers, attracted to large ornamental cheery tree, despite not being in bloom. (KW)
*8th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Large red damselfly, speckled wood, honey bee, buff-tailed bumblebee, red-tailed bumblebee, tree bumblebee, hairy-footed flower bee. (JB)
*7th - Heathfield: Male broad-bodied chasers, large red and azure damselflies. (JB)
*6th - South Norwood Country Park: Marsh frog still in residence but has moved from south west corner of the lake to the south east corner in the last four days.(JAH)
*6th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Cockchafer still on verandah this morning (on its back, but still alive), blue-tailed damselfly. (JB)
*5th - Lloyd Park: Broad-bodied chaser. Frog tadpoles at different stages of development. (Lucinda Offer - Tweets)
*5th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (11am): 2-spot ladybird on nettles in front gdn (GH)
*5th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Brimstone; Holly Blue. (KW)
*5th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Cockchafer (aka May bug) flying into door on verandah. (JB)
*3rd - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Azure damselfly by garden pond. (JB)
==May 2021==
*31st - South Norwood Lake (Woodland Path) 1015 Painted Lady (Alan Simpkins) 
*30th - Hutchinsons Bank Marsh Fritillary, Glanville Fritillary, Small Blue, Grizzled Skipper, Green Hairstreak, Dingy Skipper (Martin Wills)
*30th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Large red damselfly, brimstone, orange tip, holly blue. (JB)
*29th - Shirley (Freshfields): Small White & Holly Blue butterflies (Sheila Mason per GH)
*28th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Holly Blue. (KW)
*28th - South Norwood Country Park: Marsh frog calling - a potential first for Croydon. (John Hughes by email)
*27th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Early bumblebee, buff-tailed bumblebee, honey bee, 3+ frogs, 2+ smooth newts. (JB)
*26th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (9pm): a deal of Common Pipistrelle movement along back gardens, but little feeding activity (GH)
*25th - Shirley (Freshfields): good numbers of Early Bumblebee feeding on Dusky Cranesbill (Sheila Mason per GH)
*25th - Hutchinsons Bank Glanville Fritillary, the first UK mainland one this year (Martin Wills)
*19th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road). Large white in garden. Large Longhorn Moth (Nematopogon swammerdamella) at dusk. (JB)
*12th - Hutchinsons Bank: Large tortoiseshell photographed by Liz Burgess. (Martin Wills tweet)
*12th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Brimstone, Small White. (KW)
*12th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Green shieldbug in garden. Frog(s) croaking in pond. (JB)
*11th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (3pm): Small White (1) & Holly Blue (1) (GH)
*7th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Holly Blue. (KW)
*8th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Queen buff-tailed bumblebee, several newts in pond, frog croaking at dusk. (JB)
*7th - Chapel Bank NR: Duke of Burgundy (Martin Wills)
==April 2021==
*27th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Comma; Brimstone; Small White; Holly Blue. (KW)
*25th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Male orange tip in garden, 3+ smooth newts in garden pond. (JB)
*25th - South Norwood Country Park: Orange Tip (Andrew Moncrieff)
*23rd - Hutchinson's Bank: Grizzled Skipper, Green Hairstreak, Speckled Wood, Large White. (J.Kirby)
*22nd - Lloyd Park: Orange Tip, Green-veined white. (J.Kirby)
*20th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Brimstone, several holly blues, hairy-footed flower bees. (JB)
*19th - South Norwood Rec: White Squirrel. (Andrew Male - Tweet)
*19th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (11am): Small White (2), Brimstone (1m) & Peacock (1) (GH)
*19th - Norbury (Pollards Hill South): Holly Blue, f.Brimstone, 1 Small White (MJN)
*18th - Shirley (Freshfields) (12pm): adult Lime Hawk-moth resting in front garden for 1+ hours (Sheila Mason per GH)
*17th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): 2 newts caught in flagrante in garden pond. (JB)
*17th - Norbury (Pollards Hill South): Peacock, 2 Orange tip.(MJN)
*12th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Brimstone (m). (KW)
*10th - Location undisclosed: stroll by view of badger collecting bedding material. (KW)
*8th - Hutchinsons Bank: Small lizards. (Lucinda Offer by email)
*8th - Hutchinsons Bank: Brimstone and along Featherbed Lane 2 Small Tortoiseshells (Jo East & Martin Tickner)
*5th - South Norwood (Cypress School Lower Site, 1300) Albino Squirrel. I have heard of people seeing this for the last couple of years, but it is the first time I have seen it. (Alan Simpkins)
*4th - Fryston Ave.Holly Blue Orange Tip Brimstone Peacock (PP)
*4th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (3pm): Small White through back garden (GH)
*1st - Riddlesdown: 2 Slow worms. (NH by email)
*1st - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Smooth newt in garden pond. (JB)
==March 2021==
*31st - Shirley (Freshfields) (mid am): male Brimstone & Dark-edged Bee Fly through garden (Sheila Mason per GH)
*31st - Selsdon Wood: Frog spawn. (Ruth Budd)
*31st - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Hairy-footed flower bee. (JB)
*31st - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (10.15am): queen Buff-tailed bumblebee foraging in garden (GH)
*30th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Brimstone and peacock butterflies in garden. (KW by email)
*30th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Male brimstone, small tortoiseshell, peacock. (JB)
*29th - Coulsdon/Woodcote: Painted lady butterfly. (Steve Grayson by email)
*29th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Male brimstone, small tortoiseshell, 2+ newts in pond, dead frog. (JB)
*29th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (11.15am): 1 female Hairy-footed Flower Bee on red dead-nettle & 1 Small Tortoiseshell on dandelion (GH)
*27th - Selsdon Wood: Dark-edged bee fly. (Ruth Budd)
*24th - Selsdon Wood: Common pipistrelle. (Steven Budd)
*20th - Selsdon Wood: Buff-tailed bumblebee, 7-spot ladybird. (Ruth Budd)
*19th - Selsdon Wood: Brimstone butterfly (Ruth Budd)
*15th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (6.30pm): a Common Pipistrelle foraging along rlwy embankment (GH)
*15th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Buff-tailed bumblebee
*12th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Buff-tailed bumblebee in the garden again. (JB)
*10th - Selsdon Wood: White squirrel (Heather Govier)
*9th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Buff-tailed bumblebee. (JB)
*9th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (6.10pm): lots of Common Pipistrelle bats foraging/feeding activity along back gardens (9C) (GH)
*2nd - Selsdon Wood - Roe deer. (Ruth Budd) White squirrel (Kim Bright)
==February 2021==
*27th - Shirley (Devonshire Way): Buff-tailed bumblebee; honeybee. (KW)
*27th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Male brimstone again. (JB)
*26th - Millers Pond: Terrapin sunning itself on a bird's nest. (Lucinda Offer - Tweet)
*26th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Male brimstone along laurel hedge opposite garden; usual first place I see them, honey bee. (JB)
*24th - Selsdon (Birdwood Close): 3 bumblebees in garden. (Roger Amer by email)
*24th - South Norwood Pittville Gdns) (6.15pm): as per 23rd below, occasional Common Pipistrelle hunting (but not feeding) along rlwy embankment (12C)
*23rd - South Norwood (Pittville Gardens): Bats flying at 17:30. (Hattie Forbes by email)
*23rd - Heathfield: Frogs and common newts. (Lucinda Offer - Tweet)
*21st - Littleheath Woods: Frogs mating. (Lucinda Offer - Tweet)
*21st - Addington Hills (lower triangle). (12:20hrs): Male Brimstone in flight. (John Parish)
*21st - Lloyd Park (13:15hrs): Small Tortoiseshell in flight. (John Parish) 
*21st - Addiscombe (Greencourt Gdns). Male Brimstone butterfly. 12.50pm. (Andy Bates)
*21st - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Smooth newt and frog in garden pond. Queen buff-tailed bumblebee. (J&CEB)
*20th - Shirley (Devonshire Way}: 2 large frogs; Buff-tailed bumblebee feeding on crocus. (KW)
*20th - South Norwood (Pittville Gdns) (6.15pm): Common Pipistrelle foraging along rlwy embankment (GH)
*5th - Hutchinsons Bank: Glanville Fritillary caterpillars awake and active. Martin Wills - Tweet)
*5th - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Honey bee on verandah - my first of the year. (JB)
*2nd - Thanescroft Gardens: At least two common newts in breeding regalia in garden pond. (Graham Guerin by email)
*2nd - Sanderstead (Briton Hill Road): Activity in garden pond suggested presence of at least two newts. (JB)
==January 2021==
*22nd - Hutchinsons Bank: Peacock butterfly and Glanville fritillary caterpillars. (Martin Wills Tweets)