EVENTS
WILDLIFE
REPORTS
26
December 2013
A noisy
cacophony
of a few thousand gulls congregated at the east end of Shoreham
Beach, a thousand of so resting on the calm sea and even more feeding
on the wreck
washed up on the strandline after the recent
storm,
or wheeling about in flight in the late afternoon. The wreck included dead
Common
Starfish and the empty egg cases of the
Common
Whelk.
22
December 2013
A
flock of six Red-breasted
Mergansers
floated
on the surface of Widewater Lagoon. |
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11 December
2013
A
Kingfisher
arrowed its way over the River
Adur by Coronation
Green at dusk. It was recognised by its
flight, as it flew like an arrow in the fading light over the large expanse
of water towards the new Adur Ferry Bridge
on the high flood tide. It
was the first Kingfisher
I have spotted this year.
6 December
2013
A
Storm
Surge put extra height on a high spring
tide
of 6.5 metres which
flooded the lower Brighton Road and part of Coronation
Greenat midnight.
Shoreham
Weather Report
1 December
2013
A
brief cycle ride to Old Shoreham was predictably dull. As it was December
I noted Common Toadflax, Sow Thistle,
Yarrow
and a Common Hogweed
still in flower.
I
looked into my outside shed and the Small
Tortoiseshell Butterfly was still there,
wings folded in diapause.
This was my first record of this butterfly
for December.
I
have not included in the flight times worksheet
because it has remained stationary.
Adur
Butterfly Flight Times
Adur
Butterfly List 2013
December
2012 Reports
Shoreham
Weather 2013
Adur
Nature Notes 2012 |
