WILDLIFE
REPORTS
21
September 2020
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There
were well over a hundred Common Blue Butterflies
on
a sunny Mill Hill. more on the top than
the lower slopes. Over 70% were the bright blue males, with females having
a blue tinge and some were mating in flight. Other butterfles
included occasional
Wall Browns, at
least two very
bright yellow and restless Clouded Yellows,
a few Large Whites,
and at least one Meadow Brown.
Devil's
Bit Scabious was in flower
on the lower slopes but it was only an occasional magnet for butterflies
in the early afternoon.
20
September 2020
Clouded
Yellow on Mill Hill
Photograph
by Glynis Pierson
18
September 2020
Common
Blue Butterflies
Photograph
by Jo Parsons
Hundreds
of Common Blue Butterflies decorated
the long grasses on the path (adjacent to the road) to Truleigh Hill.
17
September 2020
The
high spring tide condensed the waders, including
27 Lapwing,
and also 13 Little Egrets
on to the vegetated mud flats by the houseboats, River
Adur estuary as it runs through Shoreham
town.
15-16
September 2020
Fifteen
species of butterfly were seen on
Mill
Hill including several Wall Browns
and a Clouded Yellow.
14 September
2020
Small
Copper on Hoary Ragwort
Mill
Hill
Report
& Photograph by Keith
Wells
Adur
Valley & Downs facebook
4 September
2020
A
Holly Blue Butterfly fluttered
over the greenery on the north side of Worthing
Hospital
2 September
2020
A
Brimstone
Butterfly fluttered over the greenery
on the north side of Worthing
Hospital.
LINKS
Adur
2019 Reports
Shoreham
Weather 2020
EasyTide
(Shoreham)
Adur
Nature Notes 2013 |
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