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July 2022
It was the driest July on record in Sussex, according to the Met Office.
Less than three millimetres (2.5 mm) of rainfall was recorded in East Sussex in July, just 4% of the expected monthly average of 55.71 mm, making it the driest since records began in 1836 and breaking a previous record set in 1847.
Shoreham Weather Reports 2022
 
29 July 2022
In the energy sapping heat I was not fit enough to make it down to the lower slopes of Mill Hill much past the Holly Tree beyond the southern steps, Nevertheless, butterflies were very frequent and restless in the hazy afternoon sunshine, including frequent Chalkhill Blues, frequent Gatekeepers, occasional Meadow Browns, a few Brimstone Butterflies. a Clouded Yellow, a pair of my first of the year Silver-spotted Skippers, and occasional Common Blues, Speckled Woods and White butterflies all in a space about the size of a suburban garden.
Adur Skippers

24 July 2022
There were hundreds of Common Blue Butterflies in the parched long grass verges of the Downs Link between Old Shoreham and the Cement Works, with a Comma and a Brimstone.
 

23 July 2022

At least two Kestrels hovered and dived over a parched Mill Hill, silhouetted in the northern blue sky on a breezy afternoon. About thirty male Chalkhill Blue Butterflies were restless in the hazy sunshine over the lower slopes. A mating pair blundered into a spider's web and the female Wasp Spider was startlingly quick, subduing the unfortunate female butterfly in a second, before wrapping it up in a silken parcel. The male butterfly escaped. 
A fresh second brood Dingy Skipper is spotted on the lower slopes of Mill Hill.
Full Report

20 July 2022
My first of the year Clouded Yellow Butterfly fluttered over the top part of Mill Hill in the sunshine in the late afternoon.

19 July 2022
It was a record breaking heatwave, the Met Office (Shoreham) shade air temperature attained  32°C at 1 pm., the highest recorded temperature this century, beating the previous record in 2020 by 1°C.
The air temperature reached 33°C at 5 pm.

18 July 2022
It was sunny and warm, the Met Office (Shoreham) shade air temperature attained  26°C at 3 pm.

Shoreham Weather Reports
 
 

13 July 2022 An almost unprecedented late afternoon summer visit to the top meadow of Mill Hill (north of the upper car park). to catch some roosting butterflies unawares, was worthwhile for variety, although very difficult to photograph them in the long grass. A Ringlet Butterfly hid amongst the brambles. A Brown Argus fluttered in the long grass meadow amongst scores of Marbled Whites. There were a few male Common Blues, Peacocks, Small Heaths, Small Skippers. frequent Gatekeepers and Meadow Browns over the top meadow, one Wall Brown and a handful of Green-veined Whites elsewhere on the top part of the hill dominated by Melilot meadows,

Adur Burnet Moths

6 July 2022

5 July 2022

The first of the year of forty plus fresh Gatekeeper Butterflies were seen on the southern steps and lower slopes of Mill Hill on a cloudy afternoon.
 
 

July Reports 2021

Adur Butterflies 2022

Shoreham Weather 2022

EasyTide (Shoreham)
 

Adur Nature Notes 2013