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| Treecreeper, Certhia familiaris |
This morning Mark suggested we visit Park Corner Heath near Lewes. This is the woodland owned by Butterfly Conservation who purchased the adjacent woodland, Rowland Wood two years ago. BC Sussex volunteers have been busy the past two winters creating wide rides so that the food plants of the Small Pearl-bordered Fritillaries can flourish and increase the range of both this endangered butterfly and its larger cousin, the Pearl-bordered Fritillary.
There was cloud cover all day so no butterflies appeared but I saw plenty of wildlife. A buzzard soared overhead and a Tree Creeper posed on a tree. I found a shrew under a piece of corrugated iron, and a female toad between a pair of corrugated sheets. After Mark arrived we saw 7 pairs of toads in amplexus in the large pond in Park Corner Heath, plus toad spawn wrapped around the submerged reeds.
late note: we also saw two roe deer on the edge of Park Corner Heath.
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| Treecreeper, Certhia familiaris |
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| Common Shrew, Sorex Arenaeus |
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| Common Buzzard |
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| Common toad, Bufo bufo |
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| Common toad, Bufo bufo |
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| Common toad, Bufo bufo |
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| Common toad, Bufo bufo in Amplexus |
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| Common toad, Bufo bufo in Amplexus - 3 pairs |
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| Common toad, Bufo bufo spawn |
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| Long-tailed tit |
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| lichen covered tree |
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| Nursery Web Spider, Pisaura mirabilis |
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| White-lipped snail, Cepaea hortensis |
The rides that have been widened:
Mill Hill:
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| Adder, Vipera berus |
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| Pheasant |
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| Pheasant in flight |
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| Daffodils |
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| Dog violet, Viola riviniana |
These are out on the bottom of the hill.
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