The underlying rock is mostly chalk, except for clay alluvium in the old river course. Tree fauna is sparse because the sea air restricts the native species and because 30% of the trees were decimated by the Dutch Elm Disease. A further 30% of the remaining large trees were destroyed in the Great Storm of 1987.
 
 

2002	ADUR NATURE NOTES
2001
2000
1999

Wildlife does not respect town boundaries. In a small area there are diverse habitats which can be conveniently divided into eight or more biogeographical areas:
 

Biodiversity
Butterflies of Adur
1)  Coastal Fringe
2)  Chalk Downs
European Bird List (Link)
3) Intertidal (Seashore)
Lancing Ring
4) River Adur Estuary
5) River Adur Flood Plain
6) Sea (off Sussex)
7) Town & Gardens
8) Widewater Lagoon

WILDLIFE BOOK HUNT
 

ADUR VALLEY EFORUM PAGE

THE ADUR ESTUARY
A SURVEY OF THE MARINE FLORA AND FAUNA
1960 TO 1992

Local Wildlife & Geological Links  (SE England)

Adur Biodiversity Exhibition 2001
Adur Nature Database
Adur Nature Notes 1999
Adur Nature Notes 2000
Adur Nature Notes 2001
Adur Nature Notes 2002
Adur Nature Notes 2003
Adur Nature Notes 2004
Adur Wildlife Gallery 
Adur World Oceans Day 2001
Birdguides
British Dragonfly Society
British Marine Life Study Society
Bungalow Town
Butterflies of Adur
Butterflies of Lancing
Butterflies in Hampshire
Butterfly Conservation Society
Chesil Beach
Coastal Flora List & Links
Dungeness, Kent, England
European Bird List (Link)
Flintman on Flint (Link)
Freshwater Life of North-western Europe Smart Group
Friends of Lancing Ring
Geology of the Dorset Coast
Lancing Nature & History
Marine Wildlife of the North-east Atlantic Ocean Group
Orford Ness:  Coastal Ecology of a Shingle Bank (excellent references)
Ralph Hollins Nature Pages  (Chichester Harbour area)
Rye Harbour Nature Reserve
Sea Birds Portfolio
Sea & Seashore Quiz
Southwick Hill
Strandline Quiz
Sussex Archaeological Society
Sussex Archaeological Society  EGroup
Sussex Archaeology & Folklore
Sussex Bat Group
Sussex Ornithological Society
Sussex Wildlife Trust
Sussex Wildlife Web Sites
Trees (British) External site
Wildlife & Conservation Links (West Sussex)
World Oceans Day
 
 
 
 

UK Environment and Planning EFORUM PAGE