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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
Clubs and societies are invited to hold an evening Adur World Oceans Day event.
See below for the AWOD events pencilled in for the Adur Festival 2003.
Please send any comments to: Andy Horton
Glaucus@hotmail.com
Wildlife Notes
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23 December 2002
Six Brent Geese were feeding on the flooded airfield. Five of them had dark breasts, and a sixth one was lighter in colour. The sky was black with hundreds of Lapwings.22 December 2002
A brisk walk around Brooklands Lake, east Worthing, produced a single sighting of a Grey Wagtail as well as the usual collection of Pochard, Coots, Moorhen and Mallard Ducks.Report by Jan Hamblett via the Adur Valley EForum
20 December 2002
Widewater Lagoon water had risen at most an inch since last month. Using the same wide spectrum hydrometer used for the other readings, the specific gravity at the miniscus read 1.020 at 8° C. Using the method before correction this would give a salinity of 27‰. This is the same as last month. However, after deducting the hydrometer correction figure we arrive a salinity of 22‰ (ppt).
Widewater Salinity20 December 2002
Cycling east over the Toll Bridge I turned south at the downslink junction. At this point a pedestrian 50 metres in front of me flushed out a bird which flew up the path towards me in a low undulating fashion. Having time to focus my eyes as it flew past following the path northwards I recognised it to be a Kingfisher. The vivid turquoise shine on it's back as it travelled north was a glimmer of brightness on an otherwise overcast day. Continuing southward along the track nest to the river I spotted solitary diving duck. Further down in the shallows a Little Egret was fishing, it allowed me to come quite close to it but to my chagrin I did not have a camera with me.
Next stop was Widewater Lagoon, leaving the A259 coast road I crossed the footbridge over the lagoon to see another Little Egret fishing but this one was more timid and I could not get close.
A quick look over at the rock groynes I spied an Oystercatcher perched on the boulders. On an unusually deserted promenade I flushed out a group of beautiful Goldfinches and some very raucous Sparrows.Report by Jan Hamblett via the Adur Valley EForumThe Kingfisher was also spotted by Helen Swyer, who followed it as it came to rest on the remains of the rotting boat on the east side of the river.With the Adur on a high spring tide as still as a mill pond, a Red-breasted Merganser dived beneath the milky waters just south of the Toll Bridge. I noted that the Meadow Pipits on the cycle path and airport showed their tail underwing as a very distinctive bright white in contrast to their rich chocolate brown speckled breasts. As it was high tide the hundreds of Lapwings were on the airport grass.
On the edge of Widewater, a Feral Pigeon probed. This "townie" is locally uncommon, no longer even found regularly at the railway stations in the Adur urban district. On the sparsely vegetated artificial island of Widewater Lagoon, a Great Black-backed Gull was doing its best to further denude the vegetation with a large (rabbit-sized) clump of greenery in its beak, with which it flew off.
The Tamarisk provided shelter for a small chirm of a half dozen Goldfinches.
Pied Wagtails were common in the town on the roads and on the shingle beach.
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
- British
Web Sites
Dragonflies
of the Hampshire & Surrey Borders
Flight
Times (First Seen)
- Historical
Snippets
1209
A Charter of King John mentions a ferry at Shoreham. It was also mentioned
in a Court case of 1249, and again in papers of 1263. In 1302 this ferry
is identified from New Shoreham to Lancing and again identified as a passagium
in 1316 and a ferry in 1327and 1332.
1651 A ferry
boat carried travellers from Old Shoreham to the Sussex Pad. The ferry
service was unreliable and many travellers had to cross the river at the
Bramber bridge. The first mention of this ferry service is in the reign
of James I (1603-25) but it is likely that the ferry was in operation a
long time before this.
1781
The wooden bridge over the River
Adur at Old Shoreham was built, replacing a ferry. The evidence for
the date comes from an Act of Parliament. There does not appear to be any
evidence of any subsequent construction so it is probable that the same
bridge remained until 1916 when the bridge was rebuilt to its previous
design, with just a few minor modifications.
Adur Valley Book ListSussex Archaeological Society
http://www.sussexpast.co.uk
- Words
of the Week.
souter | sut | n. Now Sc. & north. [OE sutere corresp. to OHG sutari, ON sutari, f. L sutor, f. suere sew, stitch: see -ER1.] A shoemaker, a cobbler. Formerly also (derog.), a stupid or uneducated person
philodendron | fldendrn | n. Also -drum | -drm | . Pl. -drons, -dra | -dr | . L19. [mod.L (see below) f. Gk, neut. of philodendros fond of trees (f. as PHILO- + dendron tree), w. ref. to its climbing on trees.] Any of various tropical American climbing aroids constituting the genus Philodendron, some species of which are cultivated as house-plants.
telluric | tel(j)rk | a.2 M19. [f. L tellur-, tellus earth + -IC.] Of or belonging to the earth, terrestrial; spec. (a)designating or pertaining to natural electric currents in the upper layers of the earth; (b)pertaining to or involved in the effect of atmospheric absorption on astronomical spectra. Also, of or pertaining to earth or the soil.
eider
| Ld | n. L17. [Icel. aedur genit. aedar in aedarfugl eider duck
f. ON aedr. See also next.] 1 Any large northern sea-duck of the genera
Somateria and Polysticta; spec. S. mollissima, the male of which is largely
black and white and the female dull brown, and which is the source of eider-down.
Also eider duck. L17. 2 = EIDERDOWN 1. M18.
1
king-eider an Arctic eider, Somateria spectabilis, distinguished by the
orange bill and frontal shield of the male.
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Excerpted
from The Oxford Interactive Encyclopedia
Developed
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QUICK SCREEN CAPTURE
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all subjects (a
few have been recommended before in these bulletins) are an important way
in which the Internet
will change the world.
A list of recommended eFora
are shown in the left hand column. Please make any suggestions.
Smart
Groups
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present almost all groups are receiving sustained attacks by spam mail
(junk mail) which is a serious nuisance.
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LiteratureWhite Christmas
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten
and children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow.I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white.I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white.Irving Berlin, 1942
Image Gallery
Fungi on a Mossy Log (at Lancing Clump)
Photograph by Ray Hamblett
Religion in the Adur District (Churches)
Archaeology in Sussex to AD 1500 ****
WSCC
LIBRARY *****
Excellent
and essential service with a full catalogue of books, CDs, videos, on-line
renewals, book ordering.
- The
Glaucus 2000 CD-ROM includes the complete Shoreham-by-Sea
and Adur Valley web sites, as well as shareware
and free programs
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ADUR VALLEY EFORUM PAGE |
Events
Boxing Day: Chanctonbury Ring Morris Dancers at the White Lion, Steyning
Second Saturday every month.
** December 2002: (date to be confirmed)
Farmer's Market
Fresh
produce
East
Street, Shoreham-by-Sea
ADVANCE
NOTICE
Adur
World Oceans Day 2003
ADUR FESTIVAL ENTRIES
Shoreham and the River Adur's seafaring traditions stretch back for over a millenium. In the days of sailing ships the public hards each side of the Coronation Green were important for loading and unloading cargo and Shoreham has a history of seafaring and fishing that stretches back centuries to the beginning of written records and before.
The
Adur Festival celebrates this tradition and the local connection with the
sea with the opening procession from St. Mary de Haura church down East
Street (known as Oriental Street in the 18th century) down to River Adur
to Coronation Green (Legal Quay in medieval times) in the centre of Shoreham-by-Sea.
31
May 2003
ADUR
WORLD OCEANS DAY
Coronation
Green, Shoreham-by-Sea
10:00
am - 4:00 pm
Admission:
Free
Open
air celebration of the wildlife of the oceans with exhibitions of live
marine creatures, marine aquaria, nets and fishing gear, colouring competitions
and other interactive activities for children, whales and dolphins exhibits,
films and video shows, sea food tasting, all designed for a family day
out. Allow at least one hour, preferably more, to wander around the marquees,
with experts on hand to answer questions about life in the sea and on the
seashore.
Organised
by the Adur World Oceans Day group
3
June 2003 - 7 June 2003
10
June 1993 - 14 June 2003
ADUR
VALLEY BIODIVERSITY EXHIBITION
Adur
Civic Centre Foyer
9:00
am - 4:00 pm
Admission:
Free
In
June 1992, over 150 Heads of States signed the Convention on Biological
Diversity at Rio de Janeiro. They did so to express a shared belief that
action must be taken to halt the worldwide loss of animal and plant species
and genetic resources.
The
Adur Exhibition will celebrate the varied wildlife of the lower Adur valley
including the whole of the Adur District. It will contain photographs and
information from local wildlife groups.
Organised
by Adur Valley
Biodiversity Network
NEW EVENT
Date
to be decided
ADUR
WORLD OCEANS DAY
Indoor
venue to be decided
Evening
session
Admission:
Free
The Masked Crab, Corystes cassilaunus, buries under the sand.
BMLSS
Intertidal Crabs Web Page
A
series of short illustrated talks and documentary video films about the
undersea world around the British Isles: a unique opportunity to see the
fascinating marine wildlife both above and below the waves with original
presentations. This educational series is designed for the older age group,
over 11 years old, and should appeal to both the novice and the experienced
naturalist and marine biologist.
Organised
by the Adur World Oceans Day group
- Adur
On-line Events page
- http://appspace.nexus-solutions.net/arc/asp/diary/diaryoutput.asp
- Please send in any details of local events.
- Web
Sites
American
Heritage Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth
Edition *****
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There remains sponsorship opportunities on the BMLSS (England) web site and other publications, including Torpedo.
Sponsorship is also available for the Adur Torpedo Electronic News Bulletin and the Shoreham-by-Sea web pages (which preceded the Adur Resource Centre web site), which would be more suitable for a local firm(s).
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