WILDLIFE
REPORTS
Link
to the January 2007 Wildlife Reports
25
December 2006
Christmas
Day was overcast, with an air temperature
of 6.7 ºC and a Light Breeze (Force 2)
at midday.
21
December 2006
At
dusk a smallish, probably a male, Sparrowhawk
was seen in the Hawthorn
tree at the bottom of my south Lancing back garden (TQ
185 046).
Female
Sighting
17
December 2006
A
Red
Admiral Butterfly and large
bumblebee
were disturbed in Corbyn Crescent, Shoreham.
Report
by Andy Thorne
Adur
Butterfly List 2006
12
December 2006
A
Great
Northern Diver and three Red-breasted
Mergansers swam in Shoreham
Harbour in the canal at the eastern end by the fish merchants and Hove
Lagoon.
Report
by June Brown
Great
Northern Diver image on the Birds
of Sussex web page
Birds
of Sussex News
A lump
of Tertiary Lignite (sea coal)
was washed up on Southwick beach.
11
December 2006
There
was a Spotted
Woodpecker in or north Shoreham garden
(a large garden in
Downside,
near the Slonk Hill embankment, north of Buckingham
Park, Shoreham-by-Sea), after an absence of several months.
NB:
This bird was never recorded in a garden bird survey
in a garden to the west of Buckingham Park.
Shoreham
Town & Gardens 2006
9 December
2006
A
Great
Northern Diver was photographed in Shoreham
Harbour canal at Southwick.
Link
to the image by Ian Barnard (Birds
of Sussex)
8 December
2006
A
small Goldcrest flitted
around the ground shrubbery in my south Lancing back garden (TQ
185 046).
7
December 2006
At
3:37
pm it felt like being hit by a mini-tornado
as the wind gust was measured at 61 mph (Light
Tornado Intensity 1).
Shoreham
Weather 2006
6
December 2006
This
female Sparrowhawk
spent several minutes just before 2:00 pm
on a branch of the Hawthorn
at the bottom of my south Lancing back garden (TQ
185 046).
A Red-legged
Partridge was seen wandering around the
tiny paved gardens in Emerald Quay on Shoreham
Beach. This bird wandered around and did not fly off immediately.
Report
and Photograph by David Roberts (Shoreham Beach)
| Wood
Blewit, Lepista nuda,
mushrooms
grow on the leaf litter and not in the soil as written in some of the books.
These mushrooms were still frequently seen in the the
Maple Spinney between the Steyning Road and the Waterworks
Road. The older mushrooms had lost their
bluish tinge and were beginning to turn brownish. |
 |
3 December
2006
At
4:12
am a gust of 59 mph (Storm Force
10) was recorded by the
. No obvious damage
was seen in Shoreham, although people were reported awoken by the noise
of the wind.
Shoreham
Weather Reports 2006
Beaufort
Scale
AIR
TEMPERATURE
°
C
|
MEAN
|
HIGH
|
LOW
|
| 1st |
12.3 |
13.3 |
10.7 |
| 2nd |
12.2 |
13.2 |
11.6 |
| 3rd |
11.2 |
12.2 |
9.7 |
| 4th |
12.1 |
13.4 |
10.7 |
| 5th |
12.7 |
13.7 |
11.4 |
This
year has been the warmest autumn on record. These early December
temperatures were the warmest recorded.
Shoreham
Beach Weather History
Garden
Bird Database 2006
Adur
Nature Notes December 2005 Reports |
