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
JANUARY 2012
|
SEEN |
WHERE |
| 1st - Rhododendron starting to flower | Haslemere |
| 5th - Large mixed flock of tits and finches included a couple of goldfinch, a treecreeper, two bullfinchs, and ten redpoll | Cherry Tree Avenue garden |
| 7th - White, dome cap toadstool | Hammer |
| 7th - Grey wagtail and velvet shank toadstools | Wey stream in Hammer |
| 13th - Four male goosanders | Cutmill, Elstead |
| 13th - Pair of starlings - one on peanut feeder | Deep Dene |
| 22nd - Black redstart | Imbhams Farm |
| 23rd - Two long-eared bats hibernating in NT bat barn Click for photo | Chase Lane |
| 23rd - A single Natterer's bat hibernating in NT bat barn | Nutcombe Valley |
| 29th - Female parrot crossbill amongst a flock of common crossbills. Also woodlarks, stonechat, 30+ bramblings, redpoll, siskin, bullfinch and up to three ravens | Boarden Door Bottom, Black Down |
DECEMBER 2011
|
SEEN |
WHERE |
| 4th - Rhododendron Praecox in flower | Priors Wood, Shottermill |
| 19th - Two long-eared bats hibernating in NT bat barn | Chase Lane |
| 19th - Two Natterer's and two Daubenton's bats hibernating in NT bat barn | Nutcombe Valley |
NOVEMBER 2011
|
SEEN |
WHERE |
| 2nd - Flock of fieldfares in flight | Devil's Punchbowl |
| 9th - Uncommon earpick fungus Auriscalpium vulgare, | Lynchmere Common |
| 9th - Rare clustered brittlestem fungus Psathyrella multipedata Click for photo | Hammer recreation ground |
| 13th - Many trooping funnel Clitocybe geotropa fungi, including one about 10" in diameter Click for photo | Killinghurst Lane |
| 15th - Quite large flock of redwings eating holly berries | Killinghurst Lane garden |
| 15th - Saffrondrop bonnet Mycena crocata and aniseed cockleshell Lentinellus cochleatus | Polecat Woods |
| 19th - Daffodil in flower! | Priors Wood garden, Shottermill |
| 20th - Fresh droppings of serotine bat found in house loft | Holdfast Lane |
| 23rd - Brambling | Haslemere garden |
| 30th - Red admiral butterfly | Killinghurst Lane garden |
OCTOBER 2011
|
SEEN |
WHERE |
| 2nd - Hummingbird hawkmoth | Plaistow garden |
| 9th - Emperor dragonfly | Marley Common |
| 9th - Small flock (5 or 6) crossbill | Marley Common |
| 9th - Small copper butterfly | Plaistow garden |
| 21st - Dormouse found nesting in dormouse box on hazel tree. Another box on a beech tree was full of beech mast, presumably a winter store for woodmouse. | Petworth Road garden |
| 21st - Wood pigeon collecting and regurgitating sweet chestnut kernels for her youngster | Petworth Road garden |
| 23rd - Butterflies - a red admiral and a late speckled wood | Lanes near Plaistow |
| 29th - Nest of baby dormice found during hedgecutting work. Taken into care to overwinter ready for spring release. | Haste Hill |
| 31st - Small, very active common frog found hopping across kitchen floor after dark | Petworth Road |
| 31st - Daffodil in flower! Click for photo | Winkworth Arboretum |
SEPTEMBER 2011
|
SEEN |
WHERE |
| early in month - Muntjac deer browsing in garden | Dunsfold area |
| 2nd - A single swift flying southwards | Near Plaistow |
| 4th - Whitethroat and 3 or 4 chiff chaffs munching away on something on sweetpeas. Also some unidentified warblers | Headley garden |
| 15th - Large numbers of common and soprano pipistrelles, Daubenton's and other Myotis bats | Shillinglee Lake |
| 15th - Mass migration of swallows, with stragglers on following days. Some looked very small. | Jobsons Lane, Lurgashall |
| 20th - Brown long-eared bat found roosting in house loft | Killinghurst Lane |
| 21st - Several common pipistrelle bats and a single long-eared bat foraging | Milland |
| 22nd - Flock of martins flying south west | Over Holy Cross Hospital, Shottermill |
| 22nd - Three earth star fungi growing on very old heap of stones at bottom of garden Click for photo | Grayshott garden |
| 24th - Buzzard and sparrow hawk briefly sharing the same airspace | Over Holy Cross Hospital, Shottermill |
| 24th - Wasps flying low over house lawn, possibly hunting emerging cranefly | Priors Wood, Shottermill |
| 24th - Large raptor, probably a red kite, clutching a magpie and flying off with it, harrassed by another magpie | Keffolds Farm |
AUGUST 2011
|
SEEN |
WHERE |
| 2nd - Pair of hobbies | Witley Common |
|
11th - Huge Prionus coriarius beetle in flight amongst flowers Click for photo |
Killinghurst Lane garden |
| 16th - Juvenile grass snake found beneath garden waste pile, evidently feasting on large numbers of insects and slugs | Petworth Road garden |
| 19th - Red kite perched in tree | Cowdray Park entrance, Easebourne |
| 21st - Sharp-leaved fluellen and round-leaved fluellen, with many-seeded goosefoot and spear-leaved orache | Arable field edge at Killinghurst |
| 27th - Medium sized grass snake making its way purposefully across freshly cut lawn | Three Gates Lane garden |
| 28th - Sparrowhawk flying off with bloodied prey (squirrel ?) |
Holy Cross Hospital, Shottermill |
JULY 2011
|
SEEN |
WHERE |
| early in month - Wasp beetle | Grayshott garden |
| 2nd - Male purple emperor butterfly found in green house. Mineralling from hand before release Click for photo | Killinghurst Lane garden |
| 2nd - Woodmouse trapped in hanging bird feeder, safely released | Meadway garden |
| 2nd - Redstart nest in bag of logs | Ironhill timberyard, Hollycombe |
| 5th - Blackcaps feeding regularly on Mahonia | Petworth Road garden |
| 5th - Red kite snatching unidentified live creature from ground | Friday's Hill garden |
| 5th - One wood white butterfly - first of summer brood | Wood near Plaistow |
| 7th - Glow worm glowing | Plaistow garden |
| 12th - Silver washed fritillary butterfly nectaring on bramble | Petworth Road garden |
| 16th/17th - Roe deer accompanied by a single youngster Click for photo | Petworth Road garden |
| mid-month - Family of buzzards making a lot of noise | Woods off KIllinghurst Lane |
| mid-month - Family of green woodpeckers | Killinghurst Lane garden |
| mid-month - Heron watching water in swimming pool - in vain! | Killinghurst Lane garden |
| mid-month - Roe deer and quite tiny fawn | Field off KIllinghurst Lane |
| 18th - Family of blackcaps foraging in garden shrubs | Petworth Road |
| 19th - Grass snake Click for photo | Killinghurst Lane garden |
| 20th - Red kite circling a tree and perching briefly | Friday's Hill garden |
| 20th - Four green-veined white butterflies | Killinghurst Lane garden |
| 21st - Very aggressive male blackbird pursuing wood pigeon | Petworth Road garden |
JUNE 2011
|
SEEN |
WHERE |
| Early in month - Patch of heath bedstraw Galium saxatile in flower on garden lawn | Petworth Road |
| Early in month - One-legged robin | Haslemere garden |
| Early in month - caterpillars of the mullein moth Cucullia verbasci | Inval garden |
| 1st - Painted lady butterfly at 7:30 am | Garden at Plaistow |
| 2nd - A very fresh small tortoiseshell butterfly on scabious | Cherry Tree Avenue |
| 3rd - Good selection
of insects on a small patch of flowers: male early bumblebee, worker buff-tailed bumblebee, male and worker tree bumblebee, worker small garden bumblebee worker red-tailed bumblebee, worker common carder bee, the leafcutter bee Megachile willbughbiella and the mining bee Osmia sp., together with male and female forest cuckoo bee, and the parasitic fly Conops sp. |
Cherry Tree Avenue garden |
| 3rd - Barn owl | Dockenfield |
| 4th - Marsh tit at bird feeder | Petworth Road garden |
| 8th - 7 white admiral, 4 silver-washed fritillary, 2 wood white (last of spring brood), red admiral, 10 large skipper, 24 meadow brown | Wood near Plaistow |
| 9th - Bee orchid in flower Click for photo | Shottermill |
| 10th - Broad-leaved helleborine in bud | Two sites adjacent to Hammer Hill estate |
| 12th - Bullfinch feeding young | Cherry Tree Avenue |
| 13th - Great spotted woodpecker and young foraging on lawn, dead tree stump and bird feeder | Petworth Road garden |
| 16th - Caterpillars of the mullein moth Cucullia verbasci on Verbascum | Killinghurst Lane garden |
| 27th - Unusually 3 marbled white butterflies | Wood near Plaistow |
| 27th - Adder basking in middle of path | Ludshott Common |
| 27th - Marbled white butterfly (first time seen at this site) | |
| 28th - Fungus Suillius bovinus - large patch | Grayshott |
| 29th - Hummingbird hawk moth | Killinghurst Lane garden |
| 29th - Apricot mole (a rare colour variation) brought in by cat - later released apparently unharmed Click for photo | Woolmer Hill |
| 29th - Several marbled white butterflies | Woods near Plaistow |
| 29th - Marbled white butterfly | Plaistow village centre |
| 29th - Purple emperor butterfly (the first recorded at this site since 1983) | Swan Barn Farm |
| 29th - Grass snake (mature male) in garden pond | Grayshott |
| 30th - Hummingbird hawkmoth | Grayshott garden |
| 30th - Many common and soprano pipistrelles and two serotine bats foraging | Swan Barn Farm |
| 30th - Large hummingbird hawk moth Macroglossum stellatarum released after being found trapped under verandah | Stedham |
| Last week in month - 12 southern hawker dragonflies emerging from larval cases in pond. Also 4 glowworms seen and a large grass snake in compost heap | Garden at Inval |
MAY 2011
|
SEEN |
WHERE |
| 2nd - Small copper butterfly | Jobsons Lane, Lurgashall |
| 5th - Heard - and saw! - cuckoo | Iron Hill, Liphook |
| 6th - Four-spotted chaser dragonfly | Killinghurst Lane garden |
| 6th - Cluster of bumble bees Bombus hypnorum using wings desperately to ventilate their bird box nest whilst in direct sunlight | Petworth Road |
| 6th - Badger and two foxes foraging on grass just after dark | Petworth Road garden |
| 6th - Red admiral butterfly | Jobsons Lane, Lurgashall |
| 7th - Swifts | Over Lion Lane |
|
8th - Slow worm
|
Black Down |
| 8th - Cuckoo heard | Shulbrede Priory |
| 9th - Two spotted flycatchers seen | Shulbrede Priory |
| 9th - Several grizzled skipper butterflies, 2 green hairstreak, 3 common blue, 2 small heath, a speckled wood, brimstone and holly blue | Witley Common |
| 9th - Adder | Witley Common |
| 9th - Underweight male common pipistrelle bat found grounded in empty bath (released after care on 18th May) | Arford |
| 11th - Marsh tit pair, one with beak full of food | Barfold Copse |
| 12th - 2 grizzled skipper, 3 wood white and a single female brimstone butterfly. Also a female glowworm and an orange footman moth | Wood near Chiddingfold |
| 13th - Turtle dove calling. First of common blue butterflies and good number of wood whites | Wood near Plaistow |
| 13th - Common blue butterfly | Jobsons Lane, Lurgashall |
| 14th - Yellow-necked mouse feeding on spilt grain in broad daylight | Cherry Tree Avenue |
| 19th - Small copper butterfly | Petworth Road garden |
| 20th - Hedgehog scurrying across the road during the evening | Easebourne |
| 24th - Two large skipper butterflies | Wood near Plaistow |
| 28th - Tree bumblebee Bombus hypnorum - first sighting in this garden | Cherry Tree Avenue |
| 28th - Yellow-necked mouse in bird feeder | Cherry Tree Avenue |
| 29th - Two slow worms | Cherry Tree Avenue garden |
| 31st - Three wood white butterflies (last of spring brood) | Wood near Plaistow |
| 31st - Many long-horned moths Nemophora degeerella | Wood near Plaistow |
| Late in month - carrion crow dunking discarded chips in bird bath before eating | Midhurst garden |
APRIL 2011
|
SEEN |
WHERE |
| 3rd - Slow worm basking in sunshine. Also a bank vole nibbling newly formed leaf buds | Petworth Road garden |
| 5th - Brown long-eared bat cat victim taken into care (released on 18th) | Near Liphook golf course |
| 7th - Butterflies: brimstones 22, orange-tip 4, holly blue 1 and 1 green-veined white (rather early) | Wood near Plaistow |
| 7th - Pair of swallows on wires, male yellowhammer, treecreeper, bullfinch. Chiffchaff and blackcap heard | Jobsons Lane, Lurgashall |
| 7th - Orange-tip, peacock, brimstone and small tortoiseshell butterflies | Jobsons Lane, Lurgashall |
| 7th - Orange-tip and green-veined white butterflies | Cherry Tree Avenue garden |
| 7th - Blackcap singing | Cherry Tree Avenue garden |
| 7th - Dog violets in full bloom | Cherry Tree Avenue garden |
| 8th - Cuckoo heard | Winkworth Arboretum |
| 8th - House martin | Hascombe village |
| 8th - Peacock butterfly | Killinghurst Lane |
| 8th - Two swallows | Jobsons Lane, Lurgashall |
| 10th - Singing firecrest, pair of marsh tits carrying nesting material, treecreeper and a blackcap singing | Barfold Copse |
| 11th - Palmate newts in garden pond | Inval |
| 15th - Orange-tip butterfly | Petworth Road garden |
| 15th - Blackbird with half-white collar | Lion Lane |
| 15th and 16th - Nightingale in full song from 10:45 pm onwards | Jobsons Lane, Lurgashall |
| 16th - Serotine bat in flight | Petworth Road garden |
| 17th - Cuckoo calling | Jobsons Lane, Lurgashall |
| 17th - Several hundred male green-longhorn moths (Adela reaumurella) dancing, comma butterfly | Cherry Tree Avenue |
| 17th - Nightingale singing by day | Wood near Plaistow |
| 17th to 22nd - Masses of Adela reaumurella longhorn moths dancing above trees and bushes | Gardens in Plaistow and woods nearby |
| 18th - Serotine bat in flight | Near Liphook golf course |
| 18th - Male wood white butterfly (very early!!) | Wood near Plaistow |
| 21st - Holly blue butterfly | Cherry Tree Avenue |
| 22nd - Cuckooo heard | Cherry Tree Avenue |
| 22nd - Pink purslane in bloom | Marley Common |
| 22nd - King Solomon's Seal in bloom, many speckled wood butterflies | Lynchmere |
| 22nd -Eyelash fungus | Cognor Wood |
| 24th - Male pearl-bordered fritillary butterfly | Verdley Wood |
| 24th - Red admiral and green-veined white butterflies. Many Adela reaumurella longhorn moths on yellow Azalea flowers | Petworth Road garden |
| 24th - True oak apple - one month early | Shulbrede Priory |
| 25th - Explosion of longhorn moths around several oak trees | Jobsons Lane, Lurgashall |
| 27th - Hundreds of St Mark's Fly Bibio marci | Wood near Plaistow |
| 28th - A dozy hornet resting on shelf in a plastic growhouse, flew off eventually | Shottermill garden |
| 29th - Maybugs | Killinghurst |
| 29th - Cinnabar moth | Off Lion Lane |
| 30th - Large numbers of common and soprano pipistrelle and Daubenton's bats feeding around and over water. Also a few distant noctule and serotine bat calls | Frensham Little Pond |
| 30th - Grey lag goose in flight at dusk | Frensham Little Pond |
MARCH 2011
|
SEEN |
WHERE |
| Early in month - Goldcrest and two pairs of bramblings regularly seen at bird feeders | Polecat |
| 11th - Flock of about a dozen long-tailed tits | Killinghurst Lane |
| 12th - Brimstone butterfly | Plaistow |
| 14th - Patches of wood sorrel in flower by stream | Killinghurst Lane |
| 14th - Chiffchaff calling | Northchapel |
| 15th - Three carrion crows mobbing buzzard | Over NT Swan Barn Farm |
| 15th - Chiffchaff calling, 3 male brimstone and one comma butterfly | Field near Ebernoe |
| 17th - Female brambling accompanying chaffinches at feeding station | Cherry Tree Avenue |
| 19th - Still at least four redwing feeding early in morning | Lion Green |
| 19th - 11 magpies in a field | Jobsons Lane, Lurgashall |
| 21st - Seven buzzards in thermal | Over Plaistow village |
| 23rd - Several singing chiffchaff | Lynchmere Common, Stanley Common and Lynchmere Marsh |
| 23rd - Plenty of wood sorrel and opposite-leaved golden saxifrage in bloom | Near Lynchmere Marsh |
| 23rd - Wood rush in flower | Near Lynchmere Common |
| 23rd - Noisy flock of siskin feeding on opening pine cones | Stanley Common |
| 23rd - Early pond skaters | Pools at Lower Brookham |
| 24th - Dozens of lacewings and harlequin ladybirds emerging from garage hibernation into sunshine | Petworth Road |
| 24th - Pair of ravens | Cherry Tree Avenue |
| 24th - First bee-fly of the year | Cherry Tree Avenue garden |
| 26th - Nine great crested newts | Plaistow |
| 30th - False puffball slime mould Enteridium lycoperdon on gatepost | Jobsons Lane |
| 31st - Two swallows | Over Plaistow village |
FEBRUARY 2011
|
SEEN |
WHERE |
| 7th - First sight of honey bee | Cherry Tree Avenue |
| 8th - Red admiral butterfly | Black Down |
| 10th - Pair of grey wagtails | Killinghurst Lane garden |
| 12th - Harlequin ladybird on the move | Cherry Tree Avenue |
| 12th - Large toad | Killinghurst Lane garden |
| 12th - Hover fly in lounge | Killinghurst Lane house |
| 13th - Red kite | Shottermill |
| 16th - 30 goldfinches | Shottermill |
| 21st - Small patch of primroses in flower at woodland edge | Killinghurst Lane |
| 21st/22nd - One, then two lesser redpoll on niger seed bird feeder | Headley garden |
| 23rd - Flock of siskins | Headley garden |
| 24th - Male brimstone butterfly | Plaistow |
| 24th - Two male brimstone and a red admiral, a queen buff-tailed bumblebee and the odd female hoverfly (marmalade fly and Eristalix sp) | Cherry Tree Avenue |
| 24th - First frog spawn this year appeared in my garden pond | Headley |
| 24th - Four brimstone butterflies | Godalming garden |
| late in month - Male siskin regularly at bird feeder | Derby Road |
JANUARY 2011
|
SEEN |
WHERE |
| 7th - Winter aconites in flower | Shulbrede Priory |
| 11th - Woodcock | Bramshott Common |
| 20th - Single Daubenton's bat hibernating in NT bat barn | Chase Lane |
| 20th - Pygmy shrew scurrying about and a single Natterer's bat hibernating in NT bat barn. | Nutcombe |
| 28th - Female blackcap | Courts Hill Road |
| 29th - Treecreeper | Killinghurst Lane |
| 30th - Two buzzards feasting off pheasant carcass and chasing off carrion crows | Killinghurst Lane garden |