Sussex Nature: July 2011

Saturday, 30 July 2011

Lodmoor RSPB - Dorset

A trip down to Lodmoor RSPB produced the adult Stilt Sandpiper, though views are terrible! VERY distant, hazy and obscured viewing made it all very frustrating. But could just make out the salient features. Also present 6 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper, 1 Dunlin and 3 Common Snipe.

Friday, 29 July 2011

Arlington Reservoir

1 Peregrine (Ad fem), 200+ Swallow, 160+ Sand Martin, 6 Little Egret, 6 Common Sandpiper

Thursday, 28 July 2011

26th ~ 28th July - New Forest

Southern Damselfly - Coenagrion mercuriale Southern Damselfly - Coenagrion mercuriale

Golden-ringed Dragonfly - Cordulegaster boltonii

Sunday, 24 July 2011

Ringing Demo at Warnham LNR

Grasshopper Warbler

Friday, 22 July 2011

Dungeness RSPB

A nice afternoon around the reserve with one Lesser Emperor on Long Pits, and lots of Blue-tailed Damsel. On the ARC Pit there were plenty of waders. Best of all was a nice Pectoral Sandpiper, others were Little Stint, Common Sandpiper, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Oystercatcher. Few Sandwich Terns dropped in but I couldnt find the Goosander which I wanted for a new earliest!

Thursday, 21 July 2011

Arlington Reservoir

2 Med Gulls (1 ad, 1 juv), 9 Common Sandpiper, 2 Lapwing, 2 Common Tern, 160+ Sand Martin, 80+ Swallow.

Whitbread Hollow

Chalkhill Blue - Male

Chalkhill Blue - Male

Chalkhill Blue - Female

Hummingbird Hawk-moth - Caterpillar

Sunday, 17 July 2011

Sandgate Park - Moth Trap

Evergestis limbata

Beautiful Snout

Slender Brindle

Scallop Shell

Kent Black Arches

Fantastic trapping session at Sandgate Park, Storrington with 112 species recorded with the obvious highlights being the rare migrant Evergestis limbata and a few other scarcities such as Beautiful Snout and Kent Black Arches.

Tuesday, 12 July 2011

Small Ranunculus - Horsham

Small Ranunculus - Hecatera dysodea

A fantastic suprise at work today when our recorder Jo brought in a few moths she had caught the previous night and couldn't identify in in amongst them was the pRDB Small Ranunculus. Fantastic looking moth and a new one for me! Well chuffed...thanks Jo and Dominic!!