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REPORTS
28
September 2017
Small
Copper on Hawkweed
Ox-tongue
Four
Wall
Brown Butterflies chased each other and
chased a Small Copper
off a Common Ragwort on
the lower slopes of Mill Hill. The smaller
butterfly
eventually settled for a spell on Hawkweed
Ox-tongue where I was able to photograph
it using my new 105
mm macro lens.
Mill
Hill Report
27
September 2017
River
Adur at Old Shoreham
26
September 2017
It
was time of the season (past the middle of autumn) when
any fluttering was more likely to be a falling leaf than a butterfly.
Sycamore
was turning brown and its leaves blown around in the breeze.
Meadow
Browns
were
disturbed all over Mill Hill on a hazy
humid afternoon. I spotted a Small Copper,
a third brood Wall Brown,
two flighty Clouded Yellows,
and mating Common Blue
Butterflies.
Two Red Admirals
were
on the Ivy, and I spotted ten butterfly
species in the afternoon.
Mill
Hill Report
Adur
Butterfly List 2017
18
September 2017
Hawkweed
Ox-tongue, Clouded Yellow on
Ragwort
Mill
Hill
Swallows
swooped
low over the upper plateau of Mill Hill
with changeable weather
prior to migration. Their forked tails were clear on a mainly
cloudy day. When the sun shone through the gaps in the clouds
a few butterflies
made some brief flights in search of nectar notably a Clouded
Yellow flitting from Hawkbit
to Ragwort
for a second on each. Eight species of butterfly
fluttered around in the afternoon.
Mill
Hill Report
14
September 2017
Cormorant at
Widewater
Lagoon
Photograph
by David Verrall
1 September
2017
I
made a brief sortie to the upper part of Mill
Hill as the weather
was pleasant and the white fluffy Cumulus
clouds on the blue sky made conditions conducive to photography in the
middle of the day. There was a Common
Lizard and a few plump Slow
Worms south of the Reservoir. Butterflies
of eight species were very frequently flying
around on the top of the hill, including occasional
Adonis
Blues
(8+),
more conspicuous than frequent with at least two chocolate brown
females in fine condition.
Small
White, Small Heath, Adonis
Blue
Peacock,
Meadow
Browns
Mill
Hill
On
the middle slopes, Hemp Agrimony
was an attractant for at least three Peacock
Butterflies, two Red
Admirals, a male Common
Blue and occasional Meadow
Browns.
Common Ragwort and
other flowers were visited by a big
Large
White and a handful of Small
Whites.
Adur
Butterfly Report
September
2016 Reports
Shoreham
Weather 2017
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(Shoreham)
Shoreham
Beach Weather Station
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