WILDLIFE
REPORTS
31
October 2007
A
Kingfisher
fanned its attractive turquoise wings in a semi-circular flight at the
eastern end of the
Toll Bridge.
26
October 2007
A
seal,
probably a Common (or Harbour) Seal,
Phoca
vitulina, was spotted off Lancing Beach
in the sea a 100 metres or so offshore at 8:00
am. Its whole body was seen and there could
be no doubt about its identity.
Report
by Andrew Smith (Lancing)
An
Earlier Report from 2002
7-22
October 2007
Butterfly
species seen in the Shoreham area including the downs
were frequent Red Admiral,
occasional
Large
White,
Speckled
Wood,
Meadow
Brown, a few Comma
and Peacock,
two Brimstone Butterflies
and one each of the Common Blue
(male), Small White, Holly
Blue,
Clouded
Yellow and Adonis
Blue (male).
12
species
Adur
Butterfly List 2007
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19
October 2007
The
caterpillar of the Pale Tussock Moth, Calliteara
pudibunda, crawled across the pavement on the approaches to Lancing
Clump (eastern car park). I put it on the grass verge for the photograph. |
 15
October 2007
The
attractive Wheatley Elm Trees in Gordon Avenue, Shoreham,
have been cut back and there large leafy branches removed. One of the workman
said they had been diagnosed with Dutch Elm
Disease but it looks like they have just been
pruned. I have known these trees for 50 years as I lived my early life
in adjacent Rosslyn Road. I did not see any signs of disease
when I last cycled past these trees. The fading of the leaves was assumed
to be because of the autumn season.
The
trees will grow back OK (Dave Stringer, landscape
gardener).
The
trees have been confirmed of having Dutch
Elm Disease. In the old days the trees would
have been felled.
Shoreham
Town & Gardens
Elm
Species
Full
Story
11
October 2007
Seven
species of butterfly
seen during the day included a Holly Blue
by the Toll
Bridge and a Brimstone
Butterfly on Mill
Hill.
Full
Butterfly List
5 October
2007
Twelve
species of butterfly
seen on Mill Hill included nine Wall
Browns, three Clouded
Yellows and one female Adonis
Blue.
Full
Report
3
October 2007
A
covey of five
Partridges
whirred from the lower slopes of Mill
Hill. A mixed flock of Long-tailed
Tits, Blue
Tits, at least one Great
Tit and some Greenfinches were
a welcome and attractive sight amongst the small bushes on the Mill
Hill Cutting next to the Pixie Path.
There were about thirty birds seen in a few minutes.
2 October
2007
A
bright yellow Clouded Yellow Butterfly
fluttering over the grassy bit of the towpath by Adur Riverside Industrial
Estate (north of Ropetackle, Shoreham), was the only definite butterfly
on a cloudy day.
1 October
2007
A
Shelduck
swam
in the Adur estuary south of the Toll
Bridge at medium low tide.
Adur
Moths
Adur
Butterfly List 2007
Sussex
Butterflies
October
2006
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