Addenda 2022
And Heaven in a wild flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour
William Blake
Adur Nature 2022
September 2022
Mouse-eared
Hawkweed, Black Horehound*, Sea Campion
Glasswort
Widewater
Flood Plain
(*Shoreham
Beach near Soldiers Point)
29
August 2022
Rock
Samphire
Marsh
Woundwort*. Peverelweed, Meadowsweet
Castle
Lane Park Bramber
(*Annington
Sewer)
1 August 2022
Fleabane,
Carline Thistle, Lesser Knapweed
Dwarf
Thistle, Ploughman's Spikenard
Mill
Hill
14 July 2022
Red
Star Thistle
Anchor
Bottom
6 July 2022
Dyers
Greenweed
Ditchling
Common
25 June 2022
Meadow
Vetchling
Lathyrus
pratensis
Mill
Hill (south)
Orchids
Bee
Orchid, Fragrant Orchid
Downs
Link at Old Shoreham, Beeding Hill
12 June 2022
Corn
Cockles
Park
Avenue, Shoreham
10 June 2022
Dotted
Loosestrife, Pyramidal Orchid, Vipers
Bugloss
Downs
Link near the Cement Works.
Summer
has arrived with a new profusion of flowers
on the verges of the Downs Link between Old Shoreham and the Cement Works.
Hundreds of Ox-eye Daisies
were blown about on the breeze (Force
5). On a
cloudy afternoon, there were two Small
Tortoiseshell Butterflies, a faded one
at the first river
meander north of Old Shoreham, and a fresher one just south of the Cement
Works.
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Daisies
6 June 2022
Meadow
Cranesbill, Knapweed Broomrape, Wild
Mignonette
Greater
Knapweed
Mill
Hill (south)
5 June 2022
Tufted
Vetch
Airport
Riverbank
Slender
Thistle
Airport
NE
4 June 2022
Yellow-horned
Poppy, Common Poppies, Tree
Mallow
Red
Valerian, Viper's
Bugloss
Old
Fort, Shoreham
Beach
3 June 2022
Dropwort,
Spotted
Orchid, Bladder Campion
Mill
Hill and nearby
Adur Campion
Mid May 2022
Wood
Sorrel
Residential
Shoreham
Crosswort
Downs
Link at Old Shoreham
9 May 2022
Beaked
Hawksbeard (ID
??)
Crepis
vesicaria
The
hairiness of this plant could mean it is the first local record of the
Rough
Hawksbeard,
Crepis
biennis
Mill
Hill
Subsequent
observations point to Beaked Hawksbeard
Crepis
vesicaria. The plant frequently
seen on Shoreham
Beach is probably Smooth Hawksbeard.
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The
shoots of a dozen or so Green-winged Orchids
rose above the short turf of the conservation pastures at Anchor
Bottom.
The verges of the Downs Link from Old Shoreham to the old Cement Works were lined with swathes of Cowslips, Crosswort, Germander Speedwell, and clumps of Spanish Bluebells and Ground Ivy. Three-cornered Leek bordered the Cement Works. Cow Parsley grew by the river. Hawthorn was budding and beginning to flower. Wayfaring Tree was blossoming in the hedgerows. Dandelion clocks were very common on the road verges. |
29 April 2022
Bluebells at Tottington Wood
Dappled
sunlight filtered through the freshening green canopy of Tottington
Wood
to swathes of Bluebells, and
clumps of Wood Anemones, Greater Stitchwort,
Lesser Celandine, Primroses and occasional
Dog
Violets.
24 April 2022
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Ramsons
White Deadnettle
12 April 2022
Garlic Mustard, Green
Alkanet, Poppy
White
Deadnettle
Garlic Mustard
Garlic Mustard was
in flower alongside the Coombes Road
near Cuckoo's Corner. The first Bluebells
showed and the early flowers of Cow Parsley
and early small flowers of Hawthorn
near Cuckoo's Corner.
5 April 2022
Lesser Celandine
Ground
Ivy, Ivy-leaved Toadflax
Common
Daisy
Mayweed
Tripleurospermum
inodorum - Scentless Mayweed
Query
over correct species? Chamomile?
Shoreham
Airport Towpath
24
March 2022
It
was pleasant as the afternoon sun cast long shadows under a clear blue
sky. 16°C.
Cowslips
The post-equinoctial flora graced us with clumps of Cowslips on the verges of the Downs Link from Old Shoreham to the old Cement Works. Pussy Willow was now prominent as part of the hedgerows.
Pennycress,
Green
Alkanet, Marsh Marigold
Cowslips
15 March 2022
Sweet Violet
12 March 2022
Cow Parsley, Lesser Celandine, Red Deadnettle, Field Speedwell
10 March 2022
Lesser Celandine
28 February 2022
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Primrose
Coltsfoot
Winter Heliotrope
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Alexanders
Buttercups
Campion
Childing
Pink
Cichorioid
Daisies
Daisies
Dandelions
Geraniums
Glassworts
Grasses
Hawkbits
& Hawkweeds
Hogweeds
Horseshoe
Vetch
Knapweeds
Mallows
Milkwort
Mistletoe
Orache
Orchids
Ox-tongues
Primula
Ragworts
Scabious
Speedwells
Stonecrops
Teasels
Thistles
Umbellifers
Violets
