WILDLIFE
REPORTS
23
November 2015
Gentle
waves
rolled across the submerged sand on a low neap tide.
The wind had dropped and
Widewater
Lagoon was mill calm with reflections
in the weak sunshine.
Calm
Seas
Shoreham
Beach
Two
Sun
Dogs* (=parhelia)
were seen through the Cirrus
clouds and over the sea in the afternoon as the Sun
fell lower in the sky in the middle of the afternoon.
*Sun
Dogs are a member
of a large family of halos, created by light interacting with ice crystals
in the atmosphere. Sun dogs typically appear as two subtly colored patches
of light to the left and right of the Sun, approximately 22° distant
and at the same elevation above the horizon as the Sun. They can be seen
anywhere in the world during any season, but they are not always obvious
or bright. Sun Dogs
are best seen and are most conspicuous when the Sun is close to the horizon.
Shoreham
Weather 2015
20
- 23 November 2015
Great
Northern Diver
Photograph
by Jan Charteris
A Great
Northern Diver, Gavia
immer, was seen by multiple
birdwatchers in Shoreham Harbour between Aldrington and Fishersgate.
It flew around and was spotted settled on the canal feeding on Greater
Pipefish.
Sussex
Ornithological Society Great Northern Diver News Reports
BMLSS
Pipefish
16
November 2015
My first large mushroom
recorded this winter was one of the Blewits,
Lepista
sp.It
was found on the towpath by Riverside Industrial Estate (north of Ropetackle)
right next to the River
Adur on a high spring tide.
Its size was estimated at 75 mm in diameter with a stem length of about
100 mm. My best guess is the species Lepista
sordida.
4 November
2015
On
a murky afternoon, with rain interspersed with small showers, there was
little moving and no colour or anything to see apart from seven Oystercatchers
on the mud at low tide by the Riverside Industrial
Centre (north of Ropetackle).
1 November
2015
A 45
cm diameter Barrel
Jellyfish, Rhizostoma
octopus was washed ashore on Southwick
Beach and discovered in the morning.
November
2014 Reports
Wild
Flowers 2015
Shoreham
Weather 2015
EasyTide
(Shoreham)
Shoreham
Beach Weather Station
Adur
Nature Notes 2013 |
