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Southwick
Hill
including Slonk
Hill Farm,
Mossy Bottom,
New Erringham
and Thundersbarrow
On Southwick Hill behind the Marks & Spencer superstore, there is a tunnel, it is apparently there to allow small mammals to get under the A27 bypass.
TQ 235 067Report by Ray Hamblett on Lancing Nature Notes
WILDLIFE REPORTS
16 April 2007
A passage rather than a leisurely trip on the bridlepath from Slonk Hill Farm to New Erringham Farm yeilded just one Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly. A Swallow flew over the farm.
12 November 2005
Two spectacular male Ring Ouzels were seen on on Thundersbarrow Hill (TQ 227 091) at midday.Report by Helen Crabtree on the Sussex Ornithological Society News
11 September 2005
A large population of Red Star Thistle, Centaurea calcitrapa, was seen on Southwick Hill (TQ 2307).
Report by Rob Woodall on UK Botany (Yahoo Group)
11 August 2005
A hurried out of the way walk (mostly, it was slightly uphill and the terrain was bumpy) from Slonk Hill Farm to New Erringham Farm (north of Shoreham) produced 300+ male Common Blues, two Brown Argus Butterflies(mating flight 100 metres west of the stables), a single Small Tortoiseshell (the only butterfly by the Rock Rose), frequent Meadow Browns and the occasional Gatekeeper.
The interesting observation was the path by Mossy Bottom Barn had a puddle of mud and water and this attracted 150 of the Common Blues (all males seen). There was no dung so they must have been attracted for the moisture from the parched downs, next to grazing fields covered in Ragwort. The path sides had a continuous record of Common Blues. No Chalkhill Blues were observed.This is the area good for Wall Browns but none were seen on a sunny day. I did not have time to visit Mill Hill.
Adur Butterfly & Large Moth List 2005A bright blue Emperor Dragonfly flew over the New Erringham Farm fields.
29 July 2005
The first Painted Lady Butterflies, in the Adur area this year, were seen on the farm track (north of Shoreham-by-Sea) between New Erringham Farm and Southwick Hill.Report by Allen Pollard on UK-Leps (Yahoo Group)Adur Butterfly Flight Times
Adur Butterflies: First Dates
Butterfly List for the Day
Link to 2005 Southwick Hill Reports
LINK TO THE REPORTS UP TO 2004
History of Lancing (Ray Hamblett)
Nature Notes for Lancing Ring
Lancing (RH)
Local Wildlife Links (SE England)
Adur Valley
Adur Butterfly Page
Adur Nature Notes 2005
Adur Valley Wildlife
Chalk Rivers Biodiversity (JNCC)
Cornwall (Geomorphology, Eclipse etc.)
Dungeness, Kent, England
Findon Village
Lancing & Sompting
Orford Ness: Coastal Ecology of a Shingle Bank (excellent references)
Ralph Hollins Nature Pages (Chichester Harbour area)
Rye Harbour Nature Reserve
Rockpooling Page
Seashore Page
Shingle Coast (Coastal Fringe of Shoreham Beach)
Shoreham-by-Sea Wildlife Page
South Downs Way (by Allen Pollard)
Southwick
Sussex Archaeology & Folklore
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