WILDLIFE
REPORTS
20
August 2012
A
Buzzard
flew over Southwick Hill and another sighting was reported from nearby
Thundersbarrow (on
the downs north of Shoreham).
7
November 2007
I
disturbed a handful of male and female Pheasants
near Slonk Hill Farm (north Shoreham). A medium-sized bird of prey glided
over a large field (in pasture) to the east of the bridlepath north to
Southwick Hill viewed from Stonechat Junction where Rock
Rose was still in flower. The raptor was
probably a female Kestrel,
but it showed no signs of hovering and dived down in a curved flight (unlike
the direct descent usual with Kestrels).
On
Southwick Hill, Red Star Thistle (a
Knapweed) was still in flower.
Adur
Wild Flowers 2007
13
July 2007
I
crossed the bridge over the A27
to take the footpath to New Erringham and Mill
Hill passing by Slonk Hill Farm. The route past the farm was gated,
so I saw my first Marbled White Butterfly
of the day on the vegetation shorn detour (it is usually too overgrown).
The bridlepath up to Stonechat Junction produced occasional Gatekeepers,
Peacocks,
and
a few Large Whites, Meadow
Browns
and
Small
Tortoiseshells and one
Comma Butterfly. By the time I had got
to New Erringham Farm I had added Red Admirals
and Small Skippers with
anotherMarbled Whiteon
a Creeping Thistle
on the side of the top road by New Erringham Farm.
Full
Butterfly Report
24
April 2007
A
dog
discovered a large Adder
basking in the sun on Southwick Hill.
Hearsay
Report
16
April 2007
A
passage rather than a leisurely trip on the bridlepath from Slonk Hill
Farm to New Erringham Farm yielded just one Small
Tortoiseshell Butterfly. A Swallow
flew over the farm.
Link
to 2005 Southwick Hill Reports
LINK
TO THE REPORTS UP TO 2004
Mill
Hill (Link)
History
of Lancing (Ray Hamblett)
Nature
Notes for Lancing Ring
Lancing
(RH)