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This is the first published
Electronic Newspaper for
Shoreham-by-Sea and the
Adur Valley & District, West Sussex, England
Local News
7 March 2002
HMS Shoreham, minesweeper, sails into Shoreham Harbour for the first time about 4:15 pm.
It was built by Vosper Thornycroft (UK) Ltd was launched at Southampton on
9 April 2001.In 1693 a fifth rate Man o' War was built at Shoreham, called the "Shoreham" and engaged in cruising and convoy duties from 1694-97 and the Royal Navy was in existence then, as King Charles II came back in 1660.
9 March 2002
The Euromin wharfage catches fire and the inferno requires 20 Fire Engines and over 100 firefighters.
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Wildlife Notes
8 March 2002
A restless and very "loud" almost greeny yellow butterfly was seen near Shermanbury as we enjoyed the first fine sunny weather of the year. It was probably a Brimstone Butterfly. Butterflies of AdurOn Widewater Lagoon, a pair of Red-breasted Mergansers shook themselves and dived under the water. The Little Egret was still there fishing in the shallows.
5 March 2002
The spawn of the nudibranch (sea slug) Onchidoris bilamellata was recorded under Worthing pier.
Redshanks (x 8+) were noticeable amongst the energetic Dunlins (x 50+) and Grey Plovers with all of the common gulls on the mud north of the railway viaduct on the Adur estuary.4 March 2002
The 0.6 metre low tide revealed a single specimen of the sea anemone Sagartiogetun undatus, but as the area below the Tide Level Marker was still under water, there could be other sea anemones, as this is the best known location for this sea anemone that I know. A single specimen of the nudibranch (sea slug) Onchidoris bilamellata was also discovered under a barnacle encrusted rock. This species is common in spring when it comes into breed on the exposed shores at Ovingdean and Worthing but on this sheltered shore it is rare. Some Oysters were large enough for eating and one Whelk was buried at cockle-depth in the sand.
On the mud flats the most noticeable birds were three Oystercatchers which have been less seen than normal this winter. Some other birds were making a tremendous amount of noise, including one unseen Redshank that sent all the birds bar the gulls into flight. Their warning call was supplemented by a chippy call, more presistent and harsher, but it could be mistaken for the call of a Turnstone.
28 February 2002
There may be at least two Little Egrets regularly on the River Adur this year as one was seen in a field to the rear of the cottage near Cuckoo's Corner (first carpark from the south on the Coombes road) and another wading in the shallow pools surrounded by mussel beds underneath the Railway Viaduct. Of course, the bird may have flown from Cuckoo's Corner quicker than I could cycle.26 February 2002
Greenfinches are currently the second most predominant bird in my south Lancing garden (TQ 185 046) with the House Sparrow at number one.
Sparrows normally number 6 to 10 birds but often exceed that. There have been up to 12 Greenfinches about 3:1 females to males. A typical count would be around 6 birds.
The Wren is visiting regularly, flitting and hopping rather mouse-like through the shrubbery, picking out small grubs.
The Robin appears daily mostly feeding from the ground on small insects.
A female Chaffinch was seen once at the weekend on the ground in the garden.
A pair of Collared Doves are settling in to the Hawthorn tree. A pair appear every spring and begin nest building, I have not yet seen a successful brood produced.
ADUR VALLEY NATURE NOTES 2001 WINTER Nature Notes 2001 JANUARY - MARCH SPRING Nature Notes 2001 APRIL - JUNE SUMMER Nature Notes 2001 JULY - SEPTEMBER AUTUMN Nature Notes 2001 OCTOBER - DECEMBER
Lancing Nature & History - December 2001 Newsletter
Lancing Ring Photographic Gallery for October
Poem or LiteratureAnglo Saxon Chronicle AD 477 - 491
Sussex477
Her cuom Ælle on Bretenlond & his .iii. suna, Cymen & Wlencing & Cissa, mid .iii. scipum on þa stowe þe is nemned Cymenesora, & þær ofslogon monige Wealas & sume on fleame bedrifon on þone wudu þe is genemned Andredesleage.485
Her Ælle gefeaht wiþ Walas neah Mearcrædesburnan stæðe.491
Her Ælle & Cissa ymbsæton Andredescester & ofslogon alle þa þe þærinne eardedon; ne wearþ þær forþon an Bret to lafe.
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Watercolour
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Adur Valley Book ListSussex Archaeological Society
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- Words
of the Week
con
| kn | v.2t. & i. Also cann, US conn, cun. Infl.
-nn-. E17. [App. weakened form of COND.] Direct the steering of (a ship).
conn
I had assumed that our "conn" derives from the OE cunnan (as most
of our nautical terms come from the OE); but it comes from the Latin conducere
via French conduire -"to lead together." Ed
Tyler
conning-tower | knta | n. L19. [f. CON v.2 + -ING1 + TOWER n.1] The (armoured) pilot-house of a warship; the superstructure of a submarine from which the vessel may be directed when on or near the surface.
usufructuary | juzjfrLktjuri | n. & a. E17. [L usufructuarius, f. as prec.: see -ARY1.] A n. 1 Rom. & Sc. Law. A person who holds property in usufruct. E17. 2 gen. A person who has the use, enjoyment, or profitable possession of or of something. E17. B adj. Rom. & Sc. Law. Of or pertaining to usufruct; of the nature of usufruct. E18.
denarius | dners, dnrs | n. Pl. -rii | -rL, -ri | . LME. [L (ellipt. for denarius nummus coin containing ten [asses]), f. deni by tens, distrib. of decem ten. Cf DENIER n.2, DENAR.] Hist. 1 An ancient Roman silver coin, orig. of the value of ten asses. Also occas., an English or British penny (as the origin of the abbrev. d. in # s. d. etc.). LME. 2 A unit of weight equal to that of a Roman silver denarius. LME. 3 More fully golden denarius. An ancient Roman gold coin worth 25 silver denarii. M17.
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Adur at Stretham
at
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