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| Buff-tip larva, Phalera bucephala |
On September 3rd I joined a tour of Heyshott Common led by Paul
Stevens. We were looking for reptiles but the weather was against us and we
only saw Common Lizards and Slow-worms. I watched a late instar Buff-tip larva eating a silver birch leaf and saw Small Heath, Meadow Brown, Red Admiral, Speckled Wood and Silver Y.
Afterwards I called at Fairmile Bottom where
I saw a Clouded Yellow, Meadow Browns, Small Heath, Small Tortoiseshell, Small Whites, Common Blues and Common Carpets.
On 4th September I joined a metal detecting dig and found a 13th century buckle, a coin of the Roman Emperor Decentius, a complete crotal (animal) bell and a James I coin weight for a gold half angel (worth 6s 8d to 11 shillings at the time).
Heyshott Common:
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| dead Dor Beetle, Geotrupid species |
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| someone's heath sandcastle |
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| mating Black Slugs, Arion ater agg. |
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| Sand Lizard burrow, Lacerta agilis |
Fairmile Bottom:
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| Common Carpet, Epirrhoe alternata |
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| Meadow Brown in spider web with with Red Mite, Trombidium breei |
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| Meadow Brown, Maniola jurtina |
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| Meadow Brown, Maniola jurtina with Red Mite, Trombidium breei |
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| Small White, Pieris rapae |
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| Wild Carrot, Daucus carota |
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| Wild Carrot |
detecting finds:
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| Buckle type1B, 1250-1350AD |
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| coin of Decentius 351-353AD |
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| coin weight - James I - half angel |
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| crotal bell 17-18thC |
information about crotal bells:
http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/pages/crotal-bells.html
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