EVENTS
WILDLIFE
REPORTS
25
March 2015
The
first Cowslips
appeared in flower on the verges of the cyclepath
north of Old Shoreham together with one clump of Primroses,
white Sweet Violets,
Ground
Ivy,
Dandelions
and Lesser Celandine.
20
March 2015
A
partial Solar Eclipse
was viewable over the United Kingdom where the mostly hazy low cloud weather
allowed.
At Shoreham the clouds
parted for just 6 seconds at 9:21 am
|
The
constant cloud looked very unpromising but a gap appeared for just six
seconds at the peak 85% eclipse at 9:21.
The
gulls
were quiet and started clacking again at 10:20. |
 |
The
earlier 9:06 am partial
eclipse made for a better photograph by
Judith
Green. |
18
March 2015
The
tide
receded to end of Worthing Pier
and a small flock of Turnstones
probed amongst the rocks.
Daisy
Anemone
Cereus
pedunculatus
The
intertidal
fauna was unexceptional with nothing of note.
17
March 2015
Teals
I cycled
past Widewater Lagoon
on a passage trip from Worthing in the fading light, and spotted mostly
upturned Teals
in a raft of over a dozen, two Red-breasted
Mergansers,
a feeding Little Egret
and a Redshank.
A Black-headed Gull was
in summer plumage.
9 March
2015
No
signs of any adult Frogs
but two clumps of frog spawn
have appeared in my small front garden pond.
This did not happen last year. The last record of frog
spawn dates back to 2006.
(The pond was dug in 2004.)
7 March
2015
As
the sun made a brief and weak appearance I saw my first two butterflies
of the year. Alas, both of them flew away so rapidly, I did not have a
chance to identify either of them.
Flora
of Mill Hill
including
Carline
Thistle and Ploughmans's
Spikenard
I also
spotted the first two Sweet Violets
in flower this year on the upper part
of Mill Hill.
5 March
2015
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Spring
Flowers
Parish
Churchyard of St. Andrew, Steyning
An
Easter
Fox Spider, Alopecosa
barbipes, was seen on a gravestone
in St. Andrew's churchyard, Steyning.
Adur
Spiders
2 March
2015
A
dolphin
was discovered washed up dead on Shoreham Beach near the Burrells. It was
is a decrepit condition and most likely to be a Common
Dolphin, Delphinus delphis.
BMLSS
Whales & Dolphins (by Steve Savage)
1 March
2015
A
Little
Egret fishing in the shallows between
the mussel beds by Ropetackle at low tide
was the only thing of vague interest on a murky day before the rain.
March
2014 Reports
Wild
Flowers 2015
Shoreham
Weather 2015
EasyTide
(Shoreham)
Shoreham
Beach Weather Station
Adur
Nature Notes 2013 |
