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This is the first published
Electronic Newspaper for
Shoreham-by-Sea and the
Adur Valley & District, West Sussex, England
Local NewsSHOREHAM FOOD AND DRINK FESTIVAL
14-15 June 2003
Coronation Green, Shoreham-by-Sea
Wildlife Notes -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
WILDLIFE REPORTS3 June 2003
The famous Boar Fish, Capros aper, died after its aquarium sprung a leak in the middle of the night.(It was caught in November 2002). Estimates are being obtained for a mould to be a casting of the fish by a professional taxidermist.
Vital Statistics
Fishbase MorphologyThe best spectacle from Mill Hill was left to last as a bird with a very bright yellow breast flew out of the bushes by the reservoir. It looked like an exotic bird and it must be a maleYellowhammer, that can look as yellow as a canary during the summer.
Yellowhammer (Birdguides)
Full ReportThe Mute Swans on Widewater Lagoon have seven cygnets this year.
Red Admiral Butterflies and faded Painted Lady Butterflies appeared with a breeze from the south. I only saw a couple of each in ten minutes, but they behaved like immigrants and later more of both species were seen near Old Shoreham Toll Bridge.
31 May 2003
Shoreham bathed in a heatwave up to 24° C for the opening of the Adur Festival and Adur World Oceans Day 2003 on Coronation Green, Shoreham-by-Sea. About 3000 people attended the event that was steady and busy throughout.
Adur World Oceans Day 2003
10:00 am - 4:00 pmPopular Information File on Adur World Oceans Day 2003
Acrobat Information File on Adur World Oceans Day 2003
The Adonis Blue Butterflies have disappeared from the lower slopes of Mill Hill and the vast expanse of Horseshoe Vetch has now receded.
Butterfly Report by Jan Hamblett (Lancing Nature)
27 May 2003
The Environment Agency are trying to implement measures to protect what they believe to be the only remaining Water Vole population in Sussex on New Monks Farm, Lancing. The habitat is under threat both from the airport expansion plans and legal spoil dumping on the 120 acres of unused farmland between Shoreham Airport and Lancing.Report by Mark Elliott (Environment Agency)
26 May 2003
After some rainy and dull days, the sun came out again on the Bank Holiday Monday afternoon. On the on the lower slopes of Mill Hill both male and female Adonis Blue Butterflies flew from one Horseshoe Vetch flower to another, and occasionally settled on some bare earth patches.
Full Report23 May 2003
Sheila Wright and David (Sussex Bat Group) led the evening walk in the dark up Lancing Ring in overcast damp conditions, unfavourable for bats as their prey food of insects were not flying about. On the edge of the woodland the bat detector picked up the sound of two Pipistrelle Bats in flight. The bats emit noises from their echo location system, which cannot be heard by the human ear, but can be picked up and identified by the bat detector. These bats were seen flying across the path shortly afterwards. Later a Noctule Bat was also detected.
Bat Conservation Trust: Bat Information
Full Report
21 May 2003
A Glaucous Gull (1st or 2nd summer), Larus hyperboreas, is seen again at Widewater, Lancing at 10.15 am and again at 11.30 am, when it flew towards the River Adur. The Glaucous Gull is an Arctic species and a rare visitor to southern England. It is a large species only exceeded in size by the Great Black-backed Gull, one of which has been resident at Widewater since the beginning of 2003.
Image (Link to)Report by Bernie Forbes and Russell Tofts via Sussex Ornithological Society NewsSussex Birder Web Site17 May 2003
The Living Churchyard
Wildlife Walk
St. Mary de Haura Church, Shoreham-by-Sea 10:30 am
Wildlife in the churchyard with Brianne Reeve (Birds) and Betty Bishop and Beryl Clough (Flora) Steve Davey (Lichens) and Peter Hodges (Insects).
The Ash trees were heavy with keys
On an overcast day the rain held off for a wildlife survey of the churchyard, with its collection of park trees and common ground flora of grasses, medicks, dandelions, buttercups etc. Several species of ladybird beetle were discovered
Shoreham Herald Report11 May 2003
Brianne Reeve (Shoreham & District Ornithological Society) led the walk on Lancing Ring and meadows on behalf of the Friends of Lancing Ring. We were greeted by a screaming pair of Swifts, but otherwise it was more of an audio show, the birds calling from the bushes. An exception was a Yellowhammer on the top of a Gorse bush.
Full Report9 May 2003
A pair of Stonechats showed and sang well, north of Mossy Bottom (near Southwick Hill).
Full Report
A Small Copper Butterfly was my first from Mill Hill as the Adonis Blue Butterflies copulated.
Full Report7 May 2003
A Willow Tit made its distinctive call from a tree on the cycle path from Old Shoreham Footbridge south to Ropetackle (TQ 210 054). The plain coloured bird could be seen, but not clearly because of the sun.
Earlier Report6 May 2003
Afternoon
As the River Adur turns on the approach from the sea north of the A27 Flyover, the unmistakable downturned long beaks identified either a couple of Whimbrels or a pair of Curlews that seemed to be resting or feeding in the lee of the west bank at mid-tide. This was the first time I had seen these waders on the river estuary and they came as a bit of a surprise. Alas I did not have experience to differentiate the two species. It seemed that the shorter more downturned beak was nearer the Whimbrel, but I failed to observe the differences in the head markings between the two species of wading birds with downturned beaks.
Full Report LinkMorning
On the lower Vetch Trail slopes of Mill Hill at least 30 Adonis Blue Butterflies fluttered around. There was one Orange Tip Butterfly as well as the first Wall Browns of the year.
Full Report Link5 May 2003
I followed the Vetch Trail on the lower slopes of Mill Hill towards Old Erringham on a sunny 17° C May Bank Holiday Monday. Several acres of the steep slopes were graced by the yellow flowers of the Horseshoe Vetch (the food plant of the Chalkhill Blue and other butterflies).
A narrow path winds it way through the lower
Horseshoe Vetch covered lower slopes of Mill HillThe sun had brought out the butterflies and day-flying moths there was an exceptional variety:
Dingy Skipper 25+
Grizzled Skipper 5 +
Small Heath 10 +
Painted Lady one
Cinnabar Moth one
Adonis Blue oneThe Small Heath and Adonis Blue are my first confirmed identifications from Mill Hill for these butterflies.
Link for Butterfly Images
Dingy Skipper
The trail climbs up a steep stepped incline through dense scrub and the following species were added:Speckled Wood 5 +
Red Admiral one, possibly threeIn Shoreham town and gardens, a few specimens of the following butterflies were noted:
Small White 5+
Holly Blue 3+4 May 2003
A Large Red Damselfly, Pyrrhosoma nymphula, visited my south Lancing garden pond. (TQ 186 044).Report by Ray Hamblett (Lancing Nature)
29 April 2003
A Green Hairstreak Butterfly was a notable observation near Pepperscombe (near where the South Downs Way passes west of Steyning). (TQ 160 110)
- British
Web Sites
Dragonflies
of the Hampshire & Surrey Borders
Flight
Times (First Seen)
Adur Valley Book ListSussex Archaeological Society
http://www.sussexpast.co.uk
- Words
of the Week.
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Adur World Oceans Day 2003
Photographs by Andy Horton
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Census 2001 Profile
Religion in the Adur District (Churches)
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