Hello, 5 July 2010 The first Chalkhill Blue Butterfly of the year was recorded at 11.06 am on the lower slopes of Mill Hill, north of Old Shoreham, Sussex, nearer the old parish of Erringham. Adur Butterflies http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Butterflies.htm Adur Butterfly Flight Times http://www.glaucus.or...

Hello, 10 July 2010 Southwater is on clay just about on the head waters of the western River Adur, and really outside the remit of this web page. However, Southwater Woods is famous for the Purple Emperor, Apatura iris, so in the warm of the north Sussex sunshine we visited this private wood. The id...

Hello, It is so humid and energy sapping, I have just put my latest sightings on my web page: Adur Butterfly & Large Moth List http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Butterfly-list2010.html This includes my first Chalkhill Blue and unsuccessful attempts to see a Purple Emperor. I am downs person really and w...

Hello, 5 July 2010 Shoreham, Sussex , 17 butterfly species in two hours Chalkhill Blue 1 Marbled White 36+ Meadow Brown 33+ Peacock 1 Small Heath 9 Gatekeeper 9+ Ringlet 7 Small Blue 2+ Small Skipper 2 Large Skipper 1 Comma 3 Speckled Wood 3 Large White 3+ Small White 3+ Green-veined White 1 Small T...

Hello, 5 July 2010 The first Chalkhill Blue Butterfly of the year was recorded at 11.06 am on the lower slopes of Mill Hill. Adur Butterfly & Large Moth List http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Butterfly-list2010.html Cheers Andy Horton glaucus@hotmail.com Adur Valley Nature Notes http://www.glaucus.org.u...

Hello, 4 July 2010 Like a falling leaf a Swallow-tailed Moth, Ourapteryx sambucaria, dropped out of the tree canopy on to the meadow on the verges of the Coastal-Downs Link Cyclepath midway between Old Shoreham and the Cement Works at Upper Beeding. Nine species of butterfly were seen on the Adur Le...

Hello, 2 July 2010 Gatekeeper Butterflies were seen frequently along the Coastal-Downs Link Cyclepath by the Cement Works at Upper Beeding where in the tall meadow verges of Hardheads and Melilot, a few Ringlet Butterflies were seen; both species for the first time this year. A first of the year Sou...

Two each of Large Tortoiseshell Butterflies and Large Skippers were seen in the path to the meadows by the Cemetery on the southern part of the Nature Reserve. Hi Perseus, Are your tortoiseshells definitely of the Large persuasion, and any pics??? Cheers Gibster. Its a typos. Sorry Andy Horton

Hello, 22 June 2010 Two new impressive first of the years on a sunny midday with at least one Marbled White Butterfly fluttering energetically over the Spotted Orchid and Ox-eye Daisy meadow of the southern bank of the Slonk Hill Cutting, north Shoreham, and a Beautiful Demoiselle, Calopteryx virgo ...

Hello, 21 June 2010 From a distance McIntyre's Field (north of Lancing Manor and the eastern part of Lancing Ring Nature Reserve) was covered in the yellow of Bird's Foot Trefoil, and close-up hundreds of of small moths and butterflies could be disturbed in the long grass meadow. The numbers were ex...

Hello, 22 June 2010 Two new impressive first of the years on a sunny midday with at least one Marbled White Butterfly fluttering energetically over the Spotted Orchid and Ox-eye Daisy meadow of the southern bank of the Slonk Hill Cutting, north Shoreham, and a Beautiful Demoiselle, Calopteryx virgo,...

Hello, 18 June 2010 Almost immediately I parked by bicycle on the southern part of Mill Hill, north Shoreham, two Small Heath Butterflies and my first Meadow Brown of the year put in an appearance. At least a dozen worn Common Blues were seen on the lower slopes included two females, plus at least f...

Hello, 20 June 2010 On the open part of the path that runs parallel with the dual carriageway at the top of the southern embankment of the the Slonk Hill Cutting, north Shoreham, the first Six-spotted Burnet Moth settled on the first Tufted Vetch noted in flower this year. http://www.glaucus.org.uk/...

Hello, 8 June 2010 My first Cinnabar Moth of the year flitted amongst the grasses and herbs on the southern bank of Buckingham Cutting, north Shoreham, where about fifty Small Blue Butterflies were immediately seen in an area of five square metres in just two minutes. Adur Butterfly & Large Moth...

Hello, 2 June 2010 Small White Butterflies and Holly Blues were both frequently seen around Shoreham town, plus about half a dozen Small Blue Butterflies on the southern part of Buckingham Cutting in the late afternoon. There was no sign yet of the Kidney Vetch flowering. Adur Butterfly & Large ...

Looks like a regular Adonis Blue to me. Cheers, - Pete You are, of course, right. But in the field, the size was the best indicator. The bright colours help as well. And because it was shagging (or being shagged) by a conventional female. http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Adonis-fem-pair1934.jpg[img]http:/...

What species? I know the answer but it benefitted from a double-take.

It is clear in the photograph, but in the wild on a breezy day, it was not so clear, or mostly because I am always having ID doubts.

Hello, 30 May 2010 Two more notable firsts of the year were three Silver Y Moths, Burnet Companion Moths and a Purple Bar (a carpet moth) on Mill Hill. On the transect 1.2 acres of the lower slopes the count in a timed 11 minutes was 122 male Adonis Blues and nine females, including a mating pair. T...

Hello, 23 May 2010 With the sun coming out, so were the butterflies. From the southern steps leading down to the lower slopes of Mill Hill, the Horseshoe Vetch, Hippocrepis comosa, was visible but a few days away from its peak. Venturing down to the lower slopes, there were sufficient butterflies ar...

Hello, 14 May 2010 At this time of year the St. Mark's Flies, Biblio, make a bit of a nuisance of themselves and they were common on and around the Buckingham Cutting (at the top of The Drive, Shoreham) although not so common on Mill Hill. Twelve species of butterfly were seen in a couple of hours o...