This is the first published
Electronic Newspaper for
Shoreham-by-Sea and the
Adur Valley & District, West Sussex, England
22
December 2001: Volume 3 Issue 41
Local
News
The
Port Authority announce plans to build high density homes on the small
yachting park next to the Waterside
Inn on Shoreham
beach at the south end of the footbridge. I dare say the homes would
be the popular with the first class view illustrated below at high tide.
However,
it certainly puts a kybosh on the idea of developing the Ferry Road slipway
as an alternative to enable the the planned Ropetackle
development to obstruct the existing slipway at Ropetackle (Little
High Street).
The
West
Sussex Structure Plan 2001-2016
The
Structure Plan Deposit Draft
Once
the new West Sussex Structure Plan is published it will be known as the
"Deposit Draft" because the Plan will be "deposited" in the public domain
for a period of 6 weeks.
http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/PL/splan/sp2002/splan.htm
Remember
only representations received during the official period which runs
from
4th January to 15th February 2002 will be considered by the Inquiry Panel.
West Sussex Highways
& Transport
http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/HT/hthome.htm
South
Downs National Park : Proposed Area
On
27
November 2001, the Countryside Agency
will be starting a public consultation on the designation of a National
Park for the South Downs.
South
Downs National Park Proposals: Maps
http://www.countryside.gov.uk/proposednationalparks/sd_boundaryintro.asp
http://www.countryside.gov.uk/proposednationalparks/sd_boundaryintroEast.asp
(the
detailed maps do NOT seem to work)
Clearest
Map (but not detailed enough)
http://www.countryside.gov.uk/proposednationalparks/sd_draftboundary.htm
Worth
looking at:
South
Downs Landscape Character Area Map
http://www.countryside.gov.uk/proposednationalparks/sd_lca.htm
The Countryside Agency is
to hold a series of road shows to get feedback on the South Downs National
Park proposals. Provisional details are:
Mon
14th Jan, The Steyning Centre, Steyning 11.00 - 18.00
Sat
2nd Feb, The Shoreham Centre 11.30 - 15.30
Please consult the Countryside
Agency website http://www.countryside.gov.uk/proposednationalparks
for latest info
Click
on the URL for the complete map.
Weather
Forecast
Please
send any comments to: Andy Horton
Glaucus@hotmail.com
Wildlife
Notes
19
December 2001
The
Pied
Wagtails are back flitting around the
back streets of Shoreham for the winter. They seem a bit late this year.
One or twos had been seen in the preceding weeks and there were hundreds
in the countryside.
18
December 2001
A
few (at least three) Great Tits
were seen in the conifer tree, Monterey Pine, next to the twitten
to the east of the Health Centre in Pond Road, Shoreham, just north of
St. Mary de Haura churchyard. This bird is a tricky identification from
a fleeting glance as they can be mistaken for the locally rare Coal
Tits. The identification was made because
of their size, appearing bulkier than the Blue
Tit. These tits have frequently been seen
before in churchyards and on the Adur Levels (cycle
route from Old Shoreham to Bramber).
16
December 2001
A
cold dry breeze and temperatures just above freezing and all the leaves
already stripped from the deciduous trees enabled a Jay
to
be noticed in the large back garden adjoining the south-west corner of
Buckingham Park, Shoreham. Unless you are fortunate enough to have a large
garden with an Oak
tree, this colourful member of the crow family, Corvidae,
is unusual in Shoreham. My attention was drawn by commotion this bird caused
amongst the three perching Wood Pigeons.
10
December 2001
A
very late and battered Red
Admiral Butterfly settled on a Hebe shrub
in my Lancing garden (TQ 185 046).
Butterflies
of Lancing
A
Mistle
Thrush is reported from St. Mary de Haura
churchyard. Although, I thought of this as a bird that is regularly seen,
I have not recalled seeing this bird species this year. Song
Thrushes have been more prevalent in 2001.
The cats get them in the town, but they survive in the tree-lined fringes
of Buckingham Park.
8 December
2001
A
very small falcon flew rapidly parallel with the footbridge the full 150
metres width of the River Adur into the evergreen shrubbery by the bungalows
at the south end. It was probably a first year Kestrel.
It
appeared much smaller and drabber than the normal handsome tiercel,
possibly a tiercelet.
5
December 2001
Two
deer, probably Roe Deer,
are seen for the first time in Ricardo's Test Field (TQ 201 062) next to
the A27 trunk road and east of the Sussex Pad.
A Peregrine
Falcon is spotted again (first report on these pages) roosting
on Southwick Power Station in Shoreham harbour.
Edwardsia
ivelli
Professor
Richard Ivell has contacted the Friends
of Widewater Lagoon via vice chairman Derek Neate and recalls his pleasure
in the early 1970's when he and Dick Manuel, 'the authority on British
sea anemones' were able to locate and identify a very elusive sea anemone
He
mentions that he tried several times to get the Lagoon's ecological importance
recognised at a time when plans had been put forward to turn the lagoon
into a Boating Lake !
Further
information and a photograph can be found on the page below.:
http://www.lancing-nature.bn15.net//nature/Widewater/ivelli.htm
Edwardsia
ivelli is a very small anemone only reaching an expanded length of
20 mm and a diameter (excluding tentacles) of 1.25 mm.
Source:
British Anthozoa by R. L Manuel.
(Academic Press: Synopsis of British Fauna series) ISBN 0.12.470050.0 This
is the 1981 edition.
The
Edwardsia
genus
of sea anemones are a burrowing species, whereas most sea anemones have
a base (basal disc) to which they attach themselves to hard substrates.
For this reason they are usually discovered by sifting through samples
of mud. One common species Edwardsia claparedii can reach 12 cm
long so this species can be seen with its long tentacles expanded above
the surface of the mud in which it lives. This species is common in the
English Channel in shallow waters, but because of its unobtrusive nature
it is rarely recorded. Even when this anemones are collected in mud samples,
there anemone appearance is not noticeable immediately as they need to
settle out and be allowed to expand. Most sea anemones retract when disturbed
or poked.
Edwardsia
sea anemones, if damaged, can still remain alive and grow with a reduced
number of tentacles. This presents are problem when identifying new species
as they could be damaged versions of a commoner species.
Lancing
Nature & History - November 2001 Newsletter
Lancing
Ring Photographic Gallery for October
Poem
or Literature
SANTA
CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN
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Haven
Gillespie and J. Fred Coots
You
better watch out, you better not cry
Better
not pout, I'm telling you why:
Santa
Claus is comin' to town
He's
making a list and checking it twice
Gonna
find out who's naughty and nice
Santa
Claus is comin' to town
He
sees you when you're sleepin'
He
knows when you're awake
He
knows if you've been bad or good
So
be good for goodness sake
Oh!
You better watch out, you better not cry
Better
not pout, I'm telling you why:
Santa
Claus is comin' to town
Christmas
Carol Index
High
Street, Shoreham-by-Sea, looking westwards
in
the Great Snow Storm near the end of the 19th century (1881)
Sussex
History PASTFINDERS
Sussex
Archaeological Society
http://www.sussexpast.co.uk
SUSSEX
PAST
Sussex
Archaeological Society EGroup
Words
of the Week
glyph
| lf | n. L18. [Fr. glyphe f. Gk gluphe carving, rel. to gluphein
carve.] 1 Archit. An ornamental groove or channel, usu. vertical. L18.
2 A sculptured character or symbol. E19. glyphic n. & a. (a)n. (rare)
an illustration, a glyph; (b)adj. carved, sculptured: E18.
tiercel
| ts()l | n. Also tercel | ts()l | . ME. [OFr. tercel, tercuel
(mod. tiercel) f. Proto-Romance dim. of L tertius THIRD a. etc.; perh.
so named f. the belief that the third egg of a clutch produced a male,
or f. the male being a third smaller than the female. Spelling and pronunc.
infl. by mod.Fr. or TIERCE n.1] Falconry. The male of any kind of falcon;
esp. that of the peregrine falcon (in full tiercel-gentle) or of the goshawk.Also
tiercelet | -lt | n. LME.
venerable
| ven()rb()l | a. & n. LME. [(O)Fr. venerable or L venerabilis,
f. venerari VENERATE: see -ABLE.] A adj. 1 (Of a person) worthy of being
venerated or highly respected on account of character, position, achievements,
etc.; (of a person, a person's features, attributes, etc.) commanding veneration
due to a combination of age, personal qualities, and dignity of appearance.
LME. b Chr. Ch. Used as a title; now spec. (a)as the title of an archdeacon
in the Church of England; (b)RC Ch. as the title of a deceased person who
has attained the first degree of canonization. LME. 2 Of a thing:
worthy of veneration; deserving respect on account of distinguished qualities
or associations; to be regarded with religious reverence. LME. b Likely
to inspire feelings of veneration; impressive, august. Now rare. E17. 3
Worthy of veneration on account of age or antiquity; made impressive by
the appearance of age. E17. b Ancient, old. L18. 4 Giving evidence
of veneration; reverent, reverential. E17-E18.
1
SIR W. SCOTT He wore a breast-plate, over which descended a grey beard
of venerable length. Literary Review A venerable Columbia philosopherwho
also happens to be arabbi. C. WARWICK This robust characterlived to the
venerable age of 108. 2 E. H. JONES Hardyhad not intended in Jude the Obscure
to attack venerable institutions. 3 DICKENS The nuns' house, a venerable
brick edifice. b C. BRONTe Rows of venerable chairs, high-backed and narrow.
B
n. A venerable person; an ecclesiastic with the title 'Venerable'. M18.venerability
n. M17. venerableness n. venerability L17. venerably adv. E17
popinjay
| ppnde | n. & a. ME. [AN papeiaye, OFr. papegay, papingay (mod.
papegai) f. Sp. papagayo f. Arab. babbaga, babga. The final syll. is assim.
to JAY.] A n. 1 A parrot. arch. ME. 2 fig. a A beautiful or
praiseworthy person (w. allus. to the beauty and rarity of the bird). rare.
Only in ME. b A type of vanity or empty conceit, a vain or conceited person
(w. allus. to the bird's gaudy plumage or its empty repetition of words
and phrases). E16. 3 A representation of a parrot, esp. as a heraldic charge
or an inn-sign, or (formerly) in tapestry. LME. 4 Archery. A shooting target
consisting of bunches of plumage set at different heights on a perched
pole. M16. 5 The prevailing colour of the green parrot; a shade of
green. L16-E18. 6 The green woodpecker, Picus viridis. local. M19.
1
J. OWEN An empty insignificant word like the speech of parrots and popinjays.
2b J. HELLER A vain and convivial popinjay who feels he has already come
into his estate.
B attrib. or as adj. Of the colour or shade of a green parrot. M16-M19.
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