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Bumblebees
Hoverflies
Butterflies
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Solitary Bees
Adur Bees, Wasps & Sawflies
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Damselflies & Dragonflies
Bugs
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29 April 2022
A White-tailed Eagle was spotted from my house (near the shore off Widewater). It was being mobbed by gulls and crows. 

Dappled sunlight filtered through the freshening green canopy of Tottington Wood to swathes of Bluebells, and clumps of Wood Anemones, Greater Stitchwort, Lesser Celandine, Primroses and occasional Dog Violets.  A Grey Wagtail wagged its tail on the fringes of the big pool, but it was too far away to be sure of its identity to bird species.

26 April 2022

Clambering around the lower slopes of Mill Hill was close to becoming physically impossible for me even in dry weather. Butterflies were frequently seen in the intermittent afternoon sunshine: a few Brimstones, two Small Tortoiseshells, one Peacock, a few Green-veined Whites, occasional first of the year Grizzled Skippers, a handful of Dingy Skippers, and lastly a few pristine male Common Blues for the first time this year. Another butterfly watcher reported a Green Hairstreak.
Adur Skippers

24 April 2022
In breezy conditions. too breezy to be inimical for butterflies I visited the relatively sheltered Waterworks Road, but it was still too blustery for photography. There was at least one male Orange-tip, 5+ Brimstone Butterflies, one Peacock, and most conspicuously about half a dozen smallish white butterflies, some of them recognised as Green-veined Whites. 

21 April 2022

Fluttering amongst the green canopy, a few Holly Blue Butterflies were my first of the year over the southern footpath section of the Waterworks Road, Old Shoreham.  Down much lower amongst the vegetation on the verges there was a Brimstone Butterfly on patrol, at least one smaller than normal dark brown Speckled Wood and a few restless Orange-tips and Green-veined Whites.

19 April 2022
My first Large White Butterfly of the year visited White Deadnettle near Waller's Pumphouse at the northern end of Pill Box Way and western end of the Toll Bridge.

17 April 2022
There were precious few flowers on the lower slopes of Mill Hill for a handful of Peacock Butterflies and two Dingy Skippers.
Adur Butterflies 2022

15 April 2022
In the afternoon on the Adur between the Toll Bridge and the cement works, nine White Storks appeared and circled overhead for quite a while.

A bright yellow Brimstone Butterfly fluttered over the earth bank at Cuckoo's Corner in the sunshine (16°C). I spotted my first fish of the year, a few 3-spined Sticklebacks in the nearby Ladywells Stream. Wayfaring Tree was in flower. English Elm, Goat Willow and Hawthorn were in leaf, but Sycamore was just beginning.

14 April 2022

With the weak sunshine (14°C), the flying insects visited the flowers on the verges of the Waterworks Road, Old Shoreham. Most of them including three species of butterfly were seen by me for the first time this year:  Orange-tip, Speckled Wood, and Green-veined White. Bumblebees, ladybirds, and hoverflies were frequent and active.
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12 April 2022
A White-tailed Eagle was forced to land in my Truleigh Hill garden by gulls and corvids harrying it.

Garlic Mustard was in flower alongside the Coombes Road near Cuckoo's Corner.  A Grey Heron lifted off from the pasture separated from Ladywells House by a stream. Nearby the first Bluebells showed and the early flowers of Cow Parsley. The new small flowers of Hawthorn were found near Cuckoo's Corner.

11 April 2022
On a cloudy day with an easterly breeze, a smattering of Dog Violets flowered on the sheltered lower slopes of Mill Hill. The first Milkwort was spotted. Blackthorn was starting to flower. An invisible bird warbled from inside the mostly bare thorny bush on the southern top part of Mill Hill Nature Reserve. The tinkling song was most likely that of a Willow Warbler. 

5 April 2022

My first Bee-fly of the year visited a clump of Cowslips that were very common on the verges of the Downs Link from Old Shoreham north to the Cement Works. The early Blackthorn showed off its spectacular blossom.
Cowslips Gallery

3 April 2022
With the wind veering to a prevailing south-westerly (Force 4) the blue sky was full of fluffy white Cumulus clouds. 

In addition to emerging Blackthorn flowers, I was surprised to come across my first Hawthorn flowers of the year on the airport side of the Toll Bridge. A young Rabbit looked out of place amongst the flowering Scentless Mayweed and ruderal ground vegetation on the land disturbed for the construction of Waller's Pumphouse and associated culverts and drainage. My first Small White Butterfly of 2022 settled in the afternoon.
Adur Thorn

1 April 2022
A chill breeze (Force 6) from the north felt below zero at midday. I got caught out in a sleet flurry in the afternoon. It was all over in three minutes. 
 
 

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