OUR AIM IS TO PROTECT OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE HABITAT IT PROVIDES FOR WILDLIFE ALONG THE RIVERSIDE
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Our scheduled meet for August took place on Sunday 20th August but there was more for us to do on Thursday 31st August. The weather on both days was autumnal, typically unpredictable, with no knowing how high or low the rivers might be running, making advanced planning difficult. On 31st two supermarket trolleys were hauled up from the river Arun. A bicycle and a traffic cone were added to the haul. The riverside was bright with some trees already showing autumnal colours and poplars already losing their leaves.
A late summer butterfly - the Comma (Polygonia c-album),
nectaring on the footbridge self-sown Buddleia, the only one.
The area provides a warm sunny patch popular with
bees, dragonflies and butterflies.
bees, dragonflies and butterflies.
Yet another trolley hauled out of the river Arun
where the river banks are steep and slippery.
where the river banks are steep and slippery.
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