EVENTS
WILDLIFE
REPORTS
11
November 2016
Dunnock
2 November
2016
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Common
Blue
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Clouded
Yellow
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A wind
chill under the clear blue sky in the morning
but by midday the sun shone on
the steep embankment of Shoreham Harbour
opposite Shoreham Power Station. With the sun came some late butterflies,
at least three male Common Blues,
at least two of them fresh and intact amongst the longer grass. After
five minutes a Clouded Yellow
flew past and although I only saw one at a time, I thought there could
be at least three of them. Last but not least, a Peacock
Butterfly flew up the steep bank by the
steps as I was about to leave. At least I thought it would be the last
butterfly (possibly the last of the year?)
until another Clouded Yellow
fluttered by.
Adur
Butterfly List 2016
1 November
2016
Mill
Hill
Greater
Knapweed
Rose
Hips, Slow Worm, Carline Thistle
Hawkweed
Ox-tongue, Melilot
Nothing
much moved on Mill Hill, except for the
resident Blackbirds
and a few Magpies.
A couple of Slow Worms
were noted. On the upper southern part of Mill Hill there were occasional
flowers
of Greater Knapweed,
Hoary Ragwort, Bristly Ox-tongue, Hawkweed Ox-tongue, Wild Parsnip, Hogweed,
Oil Seed Rape, Creeping Thistle,
a few Red
Clover and at least one Rough
Hawkbit and one Smooth
Sow Thistle to be seen without searching.
A clump of Hemp Agrimony
was prominently in flower. On the steeper slopes I spotted a Great
Mullein and on the steps down to the lower
slopes a Wild Basil.
The lower slopes added occasional flowers of Melilot,
Lesser Hawkbit, at least one
Common Ragwort and the dead copper and
silver stage of the Carline Thistle.
November
2015 Reports
Wild
Flowers 2016
Shoreham
Weather 2016
EasyTide
(Shoreham)
Shoreham
Beach Weather Station
Adur
Nature Notes 2013 |
