WILDLIFE
REPORTS
23
July 2021
At
last, a handful of male Chalkhill Blue
Butterflies fluttered restlessly over
the lower slopes of Mill Hill.
18
July 2021
On
a virtually cloudless day the sun (25º
C) burned anybody who ventured out of the
shade. I still visited the upper part of Mill
Hill in the mid-afternoon where two dozen butterflies
fluttered around the attractive selection of chalkhill flowers
amongst the long grasses south and west of the top car park. Marbled
Whites. Large Whites,
and
Meadow
Browns
were
all restless. There was at least one Small
Heath, a probable Wall
Brown and my first Painted
Lady of the year on the middle slopes
south of the copse,
Round-headed
Rampion, Small Scabious, Pyramidal
Orchid
Mill
Hill
14
July 2021
Positively
the largest dragonfly I have ever
seen flew over the top of Chanctonbury Drive,
north Shoreham. It was probably an Emperor Dragonfly, Anax
imperator .
It patrolled to and fro under the shelter of the trees above the lawn/meadow
and disturbed a Speckled Wood Butterfly,
but would not settle.
July
2021
Downs
Link south of the Cement Works
Marbled White Butterfly
Downs
Link
2 July
2021
Adur
Estuary Shoreham Beach
Hare's
Foot Clover, Black
Horehound
Childing
Pink, Little
Egret and Poppies
Reports
have been omitted and truncated because of a serious illness
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new reports go to
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Sussex
Ornithological Society Sightings
LINKS
July
2020 Reports
Shoreham
Weather 2020
EasyTide
(Shoreham)
Adur
Nature Notes 2013 |
