REPORTS OF RECENT SIGHTINGS IN THE AREA
Do let us know of any interesting sightings in the area. Just e-mail us at hnhs@talk21.com
All
sightings are posted in good faith, but have not necessarily been formally
authenticated
JULY 2010
|
SEEN |
WHERE |
| 1st - Baby pipistrelle bat rescued from bedroom | Wormley |
| 2nd - Small tortoiseshell butterfly | Cherry Tree Avenue garden |
| 3rd - Butterflies
seen on HNHS field trip: Purple emperor, 3 wood white + eggs, 22 white admiral, 2 red admiral, 31 meadow brown, 52 ringlet, 6 speckled wood, 27 large skipper, 9 small skipper, 40 silver-washed fritillary, 2 comma, 1 large white |
Botany Bay |
| 4th - Purple emperor high in tree canopy, 16 silver-washed fritillary, 10 white admiral | Wood near Plaistow |
| 5th - Brown long-eared bat road casualty | Witley Common |
| 7th - Pair of siskin on bird feeder | Cherry Tree Avenue |
| 9th - White admiral feeding on bramble flowers | Cherry Tree Avenue garden |
| 10th – Grounded female whiskered bat | Elstead garden |
| 11th - Pair of mating silverwashed fritillary. Also male common blue and gatekeeper | Jobson's Lane |
| 12th - Alarm calls from tawny owl at overhead buzzard. Possibly in defence of fledglings. | Branscombe estate |
| 18th - Silver-washed fritillary (female?) on buddleia, and another flying away | Ballsdown, Chiddingfold |
| 19th - Summer brood of wood white butterflies now flying | Wood near Plaistow |
| 23rd - Family of geen woodpeckers on the grass | Killinghurst Lane garden |
| 24th - Young great spotted woodpecker. and buzzard flying very low over the garden and calling | Killinghurst Lane garden |
| 24th - Family of goldcrests bathing in stream, then preening in trees. At least 6 and more in trees | Killinghurst Lane garden |
JUNE 2010
|
SEEN |
WHERE |
| 7th - Nightingale still singing by day | Copse at Plaistow |
| 7th - Roe deer with pair of youngsters | Petworth Road garden |
| 12th - Roe deer fawn found wandering on house drive adjacent to main road. Released in woodland at rear of property. | Petworth Road |
| 17th - Great spotted woodpecker teaching young to feed from birdfeeder | Petworth Road garden |
| 17th - Young grass snake attacked by two magpies | Petworth Road garden |
| 19th - Three cubs suckling simultaneously from vixen for about 15 minutes (3 of the 8 reported in May) | Petworth Road garden |
| 19th - Very weak common pipistrelle bat found trapped in woodburning stove. Released on 23rd after rehydration and feeding. | Longdene Road |
| 20th - White admiral butterfly, several large skipper and meadow brown | Wood near Plaistow |
| 22nd – Female glow-worm | Killinghurst Lane garden |
| 22nd – Sabre wasp (Rhyssa persuasoria) | Cherry Tree Avenue |
| 24th - Hobby catching a moth, then making use of the full moon to hunt bats. Also a nightjar displaying in clear view. | Thursley Common |
| 24th - Over 70 silver-studded blue butterflies | Witley Common |
| 28th - Large red and common blue damselflies mating, four-spotted chaser, broad-bodied chaser and emperor dragonflies. Also a field tiger beetle taking short flights. | Black Down |
| 28th - Golden-ringed dragonflies | By stream near Killinghurst Lane |
| 30th - Small tortoiseshell and meadow brown butterflies | Petworth Road garden |
MAY 2010
|
SEEN |
WHERE |
| 5th - Nightingale singing at 12:30 am | Jobson's Lane |
| 10th - Five tiny and very playful fox cubs exploring under vixen's supervision | Petworth Road garden |
| 10th - Several wood white, peacock and brimstone butterflies. Many speckled wood, grizzled skippers,orange tips, green-veined whites | Wood near Plaistow |
| 16th - Small copper butterfly | Cherry Tree Avenue |
| 17th - Green-veined white butterfly | Petworth Road garden |
| 17th - Fox cub catching and eating wood mouse | Petworth Road garden |
| 21st - Cockchafers on wing during day, three bats flying at dusk | Cherry Tree Avenue |
| 23rd - Female large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula - melanotum colour form | Petworth Road garden |
| 24th - Broad-bodied chaser dragonfly Libellula depressa. Holly blue and small copper butterflies | Petworth Road garden |
| 26th - Buzzard hunting | Over woods behind Cherry Tree Avenue |
| 26th - Greenfinch feeding three fledglings; woodmouse active in daylight by bird table | Cherry Tree Avenue |
| 28th - Pygmy shrew hunting spiders in domestic garage - in close proximity to welding activities! | Petworth Road |
| 30th - Vixen now with EIGHT cubs, all playing boisterously in sunshine | Petworth Road garden |
APRIL 2010
|
SEEN |
WHERE |
| Early in month - Plenty of birdsong, all the usual (skylarks, yellowhammers, songthush, mistlethrush, goldfinch, wren, longtailed tits, chiffchaff etc). Frogs and toads squashed in road.... frogspawn in ponds | Jobson's Lane |
| 1st - Nightjar put up at 9:30 pm | A272 east of Benbow Ponds |
| 2nd - Blackcap singing | Hammer |
| 3rd - Flock of 13 crossbills | Marley Common |
| 3rd/4th - Redpoll on Niger seed feeder | Church Lane |
| 4th - Barn owl in flight at 5:30 p.m. | Plaistow village |
| 4th - Pair of ravens | Black Down |
| 6th - Male brimstone and peacock butterflies on wing, | Petworth Road garden |
| 6th - Three crossbills | Marley Wood |
| 6th - Peacock butterfly on wing | Church Lane |
| 8th - Butterflies: brimstone, peacock and comma on wing. Also 10+ orange underwing moths | Wood near Plaistow |
| 8th - Red admiral butterfly | Garden at Plaistow |
| 9th - Swallow | Farmyard near Plaistow |
| 9th - Orange-tip butterfly in flight | Petworth Road garden |
| 9th - Swallow | Near Gospel Green |
| 9th - Pair of grey wagtail | Shottermill Ponds |
| 11th - Woodcock roding | Over Marley Lane NT car park |
| 11th - Cuckoo calling | Shulbrede Priory, Lynchmere |
| 12th - Two bee-flies around primroses | Cherry Tree Avenue |
| 12th - Large slowworm | Grayshott garden |
| 15th - Orange tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) and bee fly (Bombylius major) | Meadway, Shottermill garden |
| 17th - Orange-tip, holly blue and speckled wood butterflies | Wood near Plaistow |
| 18th - Cuckoo heard | Jobsons Lane |
| 18th - Lesser spotted woodpecker flying | Gospel Green |
| 19th - 7 buzzards circling in thermals | Over Black Down |
| 19th - Common lizard sunbathing | Meadway, Shottermill garden |
| 19th - Blackcaps in garden hedge | Jobsons Lane |
| 21st - Speckled wood and orange-tip butterflies on wing | Petworth Road garden |
| 22nd - Hobby flying over marshy ground | Kingsley Green |
| 22nd - Orange-tip butterfly on wing | Church Lane |
| 23rd - Firecrest seen calling | Marley Common |
| 24th - Lesser spotted woodpecker drumming | Woods near Cherry Tree Avenue |
| 26th - Nightingale singing loudly from 11:00 pm on in newly growing woodland or surrounding hedge. First time here for 30 years | Jobsons Lane |
| 28th - Woodcock roding, two flying alongside one another at one point. Also nightjar churring. | Hindhead Common |
| 29th - Four nightingales singing by day | Wood near Plaistow |
MARCH 2010
|
SEEN |
WHERE |
| Early in month - Frog with 3" goldfish half swallowed | Hindhead garden pond |
| 2nd - 4 buzzards soaring and calling overhead (around most days now) | Killinghurst Lane |
| 2nd
- Sleepy buff tailed bumble bee, 2 honey bees, one nectaring on purple
crocus - 2 active palmate newts in small garden pond |
Killinghurst Lane garden |
| 2nd - Pair of brimstone butterflies on wing | Godalming |
| 6th - Brown long-eared bat found sleeping on cornice in living room (cared for and released after 10 days) | Woolmer Hill |
| 10th - Treecreeper | Shottermill |
| 11th - Flock of at least 8 redwings foraging in dead leaves | Killinghurst Lane garden |
| 18th - Over 100 hibernating harlequin ladybirds beginning to stir in warmer weather | Killinghurst Lane garage window frame |
| mid-month - Pair of buzzards and pair of red kites on wing | Shillinglee Lake |
| 25th - Brimstone butterfly on wing | Petworth Road garden |
| 25th - Chiffchaff calling | Black Down |
| 26th - Pair of great spotted woodpeckers courting | Petworth Road garden |
| 26th - Red kite in flight | Chiddingfold |
FEBRUARY 2010
|
SEEN |
WHERE |
| Early in month - Little egret | Bell Road |
| 2nd - Hedgehog exploring. Now hibernating in a box in a shed. | Plaistow garden |
| 11th - Buzzard on tree, very low down | Killinghurst Lane |
| 14th - Harvest mouse scampering along bank | Kingsley Green |
| 14th - Five long-tailed tits together on peanut feeder. Also blue tits, great tits, coal tits, blackbirds, chaffinches, house sparrows, jay, wood pigeons, greenfinches, goldfinches, great spotted woodpecker, 2 grey squirrels | Plaistow garden |
| 15th - Natterer's bat and two long-eared sp. bats hibernating in NT bat barns | Haslemere |
| 24th - Sparrowhawk catching a wood pigeon, plucking and eating it. | Killinghurst Lane garden |
JANUARY 2010
|
SEEN |
WHERE |
| 11th - Pair of foxes courting. Dancing together on hind legs and serenading one another, but ultimately did not mate. | Petworth Road garden |
| 11th - Female brambling under bird feeding station | Killinghurst Lane garden |
| 13th - Afternoon sighting of a barn owl in flight | Killinghurst Lane |
| Mid-month, after heavy snow fall - Dunnock inhabiting space behind log pile and emerging to eat beneath bird feeders | Killinghurst Lane garden |
| Mid-month, after heavy snow fall - Tits at bird feeder: great, blue, coal, marsh and long-tailed, plus an opportunistic bank vole feeding beneath throughout the day. Bullfinches taking Buddleia seeds. | Petworth Road garden |
| 20th - Natterer's bat and two long-eared sp. bats hibernating in NT bat barns | Haslemere |
| 29th - 12 redwing | Lion Green |
| 31st - Field vole nibbling grass at edge of frosty lawn | Petworth Road garden |
DECEMBER 2009
|
SEEN |
WHERE |
| 17th - One each of Daubenton's, Natterer's and long-eared sp. bats hibernating in National Trust bat barns | Haslemere |
| 23rd - Flock of about 35 lapwing flying rapidly southward | Lion Lane |
| 31st - Red-throated diver (later reported as taken by a fox) | Frensham Little Pond |
NOVEMBER 2009
|
SEEN |
WHERE |
| 12th - Fine stand of trooping funnel-cap (Clitocybe geotropa) | Lynchmere |
| 12th - 50 earthstars (Geastrum triplex) on a roadside bank under pine | Danley Farm, near Lynchmere |
| 12th - Huge cauliflower fungus (Sparassis crispa) 60cm across | Stanley Common, near Lynchmere |
| 13th - Moorhen eating windfall apples | Sussex border, south of Haslemere |
| 13th - Upright coral fungus (Ramaria stricta) | Lynchmere Common |
| 17th - Field vole | Petworth Road garden |
| 21st - Very many fungi species including an unidentified (so possibly rare?) white earth tongue, scarlet caterpillar fungus (Cordyceps militaris), Hygrophorus hypothejus, waxcaps (including Hygrocybe psittacina, the parrot waxcap), yellow brain fungus (Tremella mesenterica), Suillus bovinus. Also an earthstar (Geaster triplex), butter caps Collybia butyracea, decievers (Laccaria laccata and amethystea), the blusher (Amanita rubescens) and many Russula and Lactarius sp. | Hind Head |
| 24th & 25th - Red admiral butterfly nectaring on Mahonia on successive wet and windy days | Petworth Road garden |
OCTOBER 2009
|
SEEN |
WHERE |
| 4th - Raven mobbed and chased off by pair of carrion crows | Petworth Road garden |
| 7th - Female wheatear | Field off Jobson's Lane, Lurgashall |
| 8th - Small tortoiseshell butterfly | Garden near Plaistow |
| 10th - Painted lady butterfly | Lodsworth garden |
| 10th - Many harlequin ladybirds making their way in warm sunshine to a wooden building searching for a hibernation roost | Lodsworth garden |
| 20th - Flock of 30 redwing | Field near Ebernoe |
| 23rd - Ttwo earthballs (Scleroderma citrinum) hosting the rare fungus Boletus parasiticus | Woods adjacent to northern end of Cherry Tree Avenue |
| 24th - Flock of about 20 redwings | Cherry Tree Avenue |
| 25th - A large growth of the tooth fungus Creolophus cirrhatus | Hind Head, nr Hindhead |
| Latter part of month - many harlequin ladybirds | Killinghurst Lane garden |
SEPTEMBER 2009
|
SEEN |
WHERE |
| 8th - Humming bird hawk moth on pink pelargoniums | Church Lane |
| 8th - Chiffchaff heard singing | Plaistow garden |
| 16th - Honey coloured ferret exploring verge by main road | Near Lythe Hill Hotel |
| 17th - Shrew scurrying about in garage | Petworth Road |
| 20th - Xylaria polymorpha (dead man's fingers) fungus on a fallen tree | Bramshott Common |
| 25th - Very large comma butterfly nectaring on heather | Petworth Road garden |
| 26th - Badger road casualty | Petworth Road |
AUGUST 2009
|
SEEN |
WHERE |
| 4th - Female brown long-eared bat rescued from bedroom | Woolmer Hill |
| 5th - Small tortoiseshell nectaring together with many more common species of butterfly | Petworth Road garden |
| 5th - Grass snake, about 2' long | Grounds of Holy Cross Hospital |
| 9th - Small tortoiseshell, small copper, red admiral, comma, meadow brown, gatekeeper, small and large white, peacock and painted lady butterflies | Cherry Tree Avenue garden |
| 9th - Grayling butterfly | Frensham Great Pond |
| 10th - Two small tortoiseshell butterflies and a male holly blue | Sunbrow, Haslemere |
| 10th - Clouded yellow butterfly, probably a male | Camelsdale recreation ground |
| 11th - Roe deer with half grown youngster | Petworth Road garden |
| 17th - Second roadkill, erythristic badger, also report of dead youngster near the sett. (maybe the mother roadkilled) | Jobson's Lane, Lurgashall |
| 18th - Young pygmy shrew in the house, crouching on carpet. Put outside and set free , and at least two more seen around on the the drive, must have been newly shoved out their nest? | Jobson's Lane, Lurgashall |
| 27th - Between 20 and 30 blue tits flying in and out of bushes for 15 minutes before leaving garden | Kingsley Green |
| 29th - Wood white butterfly | Chiddingfold Forest |
JULY 2009
|
SEEN |
WHERE |
| First three weeks of month - Female wood pigeon sitting on nest near back door, but phantom brooding | Kingsley Green |
| 1st - Hornet flying in and out of bedroom just after sunrise | Petworth Road |
| 2nd - Common and soprano pipistrelles, a few Myotis sp. and serotine bats | NT Swan Barn Farm woodland |
| 5th - Broad-leaved helleborine photographed in flower. First spotted at the end of May. | Stedham Common, |
| 8th - Yellow and black longhorn beetle Strangalia maculata resting on a sweet chestnut blossom. | Ludshott Common |
| 9th - White admiral butterfly | Cherry Tree Avenue garden |
| 10th - White admiral butterfly aberration var.nigrina | Wood near Plaistow |
| 12th - Female Montagu's harrier in flight | Over Ebernoe Common cricket ground |
| 14th - Southern hawker dragonfly | Petworth Road garden |
| 14th - Three pristine looking painted lady butterflies, possibly the second brood emerging from a batch that bred on Echinops (globe thistle) this year | Cherry Tree Avenue garden |
| 15th - Silver-washed fritillary butterfly feeding on Sedum bloom | Cherry Tree Avenue garden |
| 16th - Meadow brown, gatekeeper, speckled wood, ringlet, large white, comma, painted lady and silver-washed fritillary butterflies flitting around | Cherry Tree Avenue garden |
| 18th - Comma, large white, peacock, silver-washed fritillary, meadow brown, red admiral, painted lady, speckled wood and gatekeeper butterflies all seen in space of half an hour | Petworth Road garden |
| 20th - Hummingbird hawk moth | Killinghurst Lane garden |
| 20th onwards - Family of green woodpeckers, parents feeding young who are almost as big as their parents. Also pied wagtail parents with a single youngster | Killinghurst Lane garden |
| 23rd - Large red,
small red, blue-tailed and azure damselflies. Black darter, emperor,
southern hawker, broad bodied chaser, four-spotted chaser and common darter
dragonflies. Also great diving beetle, green tiger beetle and some crossbills |
Black Down |
| 27th - Young soprano pipistrelle rescued from house and released | Hammer Vale |
| 28th - Buzzard mobbed by crows | Over Cherry Tree Avenue |
| 29th - Emperor dragonfly emerging from garden pond | Sunbrow, Haslemere |
| 31st - Small tortoiseshell butterfly and caterpillars of same species | Shottermill garden |
| 31st - Clouded yellow butterfly | Wood near Plaistow |
| 31st - Flock of 40+ swifts flying high | Over Lion Green |
| late in month - Family of sparrowhawks | Killinghurst Lane garden |
| late in month - Wood white butterfly, encouraging increase in summer brood number | Chiddingfold Woods |
JUNE 2009
|
SEEN |
WHERE |
| early in month - pair of crossbills | Marley Common |
| 1st - About 30 Eucera longicornis bees - mating (or fighting?!) on mown lawn, around several solitary holes. They have very long antennae and yellow face, furry thorax and dull dark abdomen. (later, sadly, all devoured by magpies). | Jobson's Lane, Lurgashall |
| 2nd - Common and soprano pipistrelles, a few Myotis sp., single brown long-eared and serotine bats - all in flight | NT Swan Barn Farm woodland |
| 3rd - Many painted lady butterflies seen over past fortnight | Jobson's Lane, Lurgashall |
| 4th - Meadow brown butterfly | Field at Ebernoe |
| 4th - Swift | Over field at Ebernoe |
| 4th and 5th - Fox cub investigating rabbit activity on garden lawn, without success | Petworth Road |
| 14th - Red kite swooping to about 8 feet above ground then soaring up to altitude | Shottermill |
| 16th - Silver-washed fritillary and several large skipper butterflies | Wood near Plaistow |
| 22nd - Vixen and two cubs | Petworth Road garden |
| 29th - Brightly
coloured beetle Strangalia maculata flying down into beech hedge and
secreting itself away. Also red admiral, comma, meadow brown and large white butterflies on wing |
Petworth Road garden |
| 30th - Male purple emperor butterfly on the ground at 9.30am. Also 15 silver-washed fritillary and 10 white admiral. | Wood near Plaistow |
MAY 2009
|
SEEN |
WHERE |
| 1st - Newly hatched female broad-bodied chaser dragonfly | Plaistow garden pond |
| 4th - Several clumps of summer snowflake (not the wild form) | Bramshott Common |
| 12th - Red kite flying directly along the road at about 50 feet | Brook, near Dog and Pheasant (seen later near A3) |
| 14th - Two cockchafers nestling in long grass | Grayshott garden |
| 16th - High flying peregrine falcon and great spotted woodpecker feeding young at nest hole | Witley Common |
| 17th - Three nightingales singing | Ebernoe Common |
| 17th - Three nightingales singing | River Common, Lurgashall |
| 18th - Yellow-necked mouse feeding on forget-me-not seed heads in the evening | Cherry Tree Avenue |
| 18th onwards - Painted lady butterflies | Cherry Tree Avenue |
| 25th - At least six painted lady butterflies nectaring on Dame's violet | Plaistow garden |
| 25th - Pair of linnets | Jobson's Lane, Lurgashall |
| 27th - Swifts hawking at dusk. Later, common and soprano pipistrelles, noctule and Daubenton's bats all seen clearly. | Winkworth Arboretum |
| 30th - Turtle dove heard purring | Wood near Plaistow |
| End of month - Steady stream of painted lady butterflies tumbling out of the sky from the south nectaring in the garden and flying on northward | Haslemere |