WILDLIFE
REPORTS
29
June 2022
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Cinnabar
Moth
at
Downs
Link near the Cement Works
Adur
Ragwort
28
June 2022
I
saw my first ever White-letter Hairstreak
on Lancing Ring, nectaring on Bramble in a glade at 3:30
pm. I think the nearest Elms
are about half a mile away, the few stragglers near the Lancing & Sompting
Cemetery, but I have never seen them there. Seventeen butterfly species
were identified and 2 Humming-bird Hawk-moths.
26 June
2022
I
recognised the lanquid flight of a handful of Ringlet
Butterflies amongst the orchids
over the southern verge of Buckingham Cutting,
north Shoreham. There was also an alien Box
Tree Moth, Cydalima
perspectalis.
Adur
Moths
Sussex
Moth Group
22
June 2022
Dark
Green Fritillary
Mill
Hill
21 June
2022
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A large
bird
of prey cruised leisurely in a low level flight
over the New Erringham pastures adjacent to the southern part of Mill
Hill. Unfortunately, it almost immediately disappeared from sight because
of a small undulation of the down. A few minutes later I saw it again as
the bird reversed its direction of flight to flying west, parallel with
the A27 and again
out of sight. This time I was able to recognise it as a Red
Kite from its definite forked tail.
The
bright
orange butterfly spotted yesterday
was spotted again, but it flew away so quickly from the meadow south of
the Reservoir, I was again unable to get a clear view of it. It was much
larger than the usual suspects and was most likely to have been a Dark
Green Fritillary. A Cinnabar
Moth was seen amongst the long grasses
in the afternoon, with restless Marbled
White Butterflies and Meadow
Browns.
Marbled
White Butterfly
20
June 2022
Over
fifty very fresh Marbled White Butterflies
fluttered
around over the lower slopes of Mill
Hill in the bright afternoon sunshine, They were accompanied by frequent
Red
Admirals and
Meadow
Browns, occasional Holly
Blues,
Large
Whites,
Small
Skippers, and Small
Heaths. an unconfirmed bright
orange butterfly and a Brown
Argus. The trip was truncated because
of poor health in about what amounted a cursory visit through a path overgrown
by Stinging Nettles.
16
June 2022
On
a sunny afternoon, with
a few Cumulus clouds, there were frequent
Small
Tortoiseshell Butterflies on
the Adur/Bramber levels pasture between Beeding Bridge and Steyning.
Orchids
15
June 2022
A
Skylark
was
singing out of the clear blue sky over Beeding Hill. My first Meadow
Brown
Butterflies and first Small
Skipper of the year were disturbed in
the area of Mill Hill south of the covered
reservoir in the afternoon sunshine.
12
- 15 June 2022
Bee
Orchid, Corn Cockle
Lesser
Knapweed
Downs
Link near Old Shoreham
10
June 2022
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Summer
has arrived with a new profusion of flowers
on the verges of the Downs Link between
Old Shoreham and the Cement Works. Hundreds of Ox-eye
Daisies were blown about on the breeze
(Force 5).
Dotted
Loosestrife, Pyramidal Orchid, Vipers
Bugloss
Downs
Link near the Cement Works
Adur
Orchids
6 June
2022
Greater
Knapweed, Knapweed Broomrape, Meadow
Cranesbill
Common
Blue Butterfly, Cowslips
Mill
Hill
A dozen
fresh male Common Blue Butterflies
flew
over the grassy area of Mill Hill south
of the covered reservoir in unfavourable breezy conditions.
Knapweed
Broomrape frequently appeared in contrasting
brown amongst the green.
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Red
Fox
In
the middle of the day, a Red Fox ambled
down Nicolson Drive, Shoreham, by the allotments
without one iota of worry about humans on bicycles.
3 June
2022
Dropwort,
Spotted
Orchid, Bladder Campion
Mill
Hill and nearby
Adur
Orchids
Adur
Campion
A
Common
Lizard, Lacerta
vivipara basked on some broken Chestnut
fencing on the Pixie
Path, north Shoreham.
Adur
Lizards
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