BUTTERFLIES
 DRAGONFLIES
 HOVERFLIES
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Bumblebees
Hoverflies
Butterflies
Skippers
Solitary Bees
Adur Bees, Wasps & Sawflies
Flies
Ladybirds
Beetles
Moths
Burnet Moths
Hawk-moths
Grasshoppers & Crickets
Damselflies & Dragonflies
Bugs
Spiders

29 August 2021
A large Grass Snake slithered across the Downs Link where it crosses the stream at Botolphs near the River Adur. It quickly disappeared.

26 August 2021
A Kestrel hovered over Mill Hill until after a few minutes a dog appeared and it flew off. Scores of butterflies were disturbed over the lower slopes and for a few minutes when the sun shined this rose to nearly two hundred: 80+ Meadow Browns, 30+ Adonis Blues, 25+ Chalkhill Blues, occasional Common Blues, a few Large Whites, Small Heaths, at least one each of Clouded Yellow, Small Copper, Brown Argus. 

22 August 2021

Hundreds of Small Scabious were scattered over the conservation pasture at Anchor Bottom, Upper Beeding.
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16 August 2021
Fourteen species of butterfly were spotted on a cloudy day including a bright Clouded Yellow and the first of the second brood Adonis Blues on Mill Hill.
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10 August 2021
Occasional Comma Butterflies appeared by the Teville Stream, Brooklands, along with a fresh Speckled Wood, occasional Small Whites, and three Southern Hawkers (dragonfly).

Late in the afternoon, a brief visit to the top of Mill Hill hosted frequent Meadow Browns, Common Blues, Red Admirals, and occasional Peacock Butterflies and Small Tortoiseshells. 

9 August 2021
After the torrential downpour in the morning, the precipitation stopped under a cloudy sky in the afternoon. Two Southern Hawkers (dragonfly) patrolled the hedges of the Downs Link near the Cement Works.

5 August 2021
Rain stopped play again in the afternoon, but not before I counted 40 restless male Chalkhill Blues on a quarter transect of the lower slopes of Mill Hill, plus a notable 20+ Peacock Butterflies attracted to the Buddleia in flower with a few Red Admirals and Painted Ladies and the usual gamut of Gatekeepers, Meadow Browns,  Brimstones, Common Blues. Large Whites and 6-spotted Burnet Moths.
 
 
 

4 August 2021
Twelve species of butterfly showed on the top of Mill Hill on a surprise sunny afternoon led by the very frequent Chalkhill Blues.. A Hornet Robber Fly, Asilus crabroniformis landed in front of me.

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3 August 2021

Butterflies fluttered over the lower slopes of Mill Hill under a cloudy sky in the afternoon. Frequent 25+ Gatekeepers, 25+ Meadow Browns, 30+ Chalkhill Blues, including a mating pair, were joined by occasional Large Whites and at least one each of a Marbled White, female Common Blue, Peacock, and Small Tortoiseshell. Treble-bar Moths, Yellow Shell Moths and 6-spotted Burnet Moths were seen. A Kite-tailed Robberfly, Tolmerus atricapillus, waited in ambush. There was one large brown Oak Eggar Moth caterpillar crawling over the path. On the top part south of the reservoir, I added a Brimstone Butterfly. Painted Lady and Small Heath.
 
 

August 2020 Reports
 

Adur 2019 Reports

Shoreham Weather 2020

EasyTide (Shoreham)
 

Adur Nature Notes 2013