Dates
shown above the images:
Lancing Ring Dewpond was restored in 1991 by the Friends of Lancing Ring in conjunction with Adur District Council, West Sussex County County Council, The Gambles Group, Blue Circle Cement, M. Langmead (Farmer) and local volunteers.
In the winter of 1999/2000 the pond was stripped out and relined.
15
August 2011
Lancing
Ring dewpond was dry, despite the recent rain.
There was a small area of damp (darker) mud.
20 February 2011
Photograph by Ray Hamblett
2 September 2010
There was a small amount of water in the dewpond after the recent rain.
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There was no sign of any water and the mud was caked hard and cracked.
8 July 2010
21 June 2010
5 November 2009
15 October 2009
The
water seems very low but it is comparable to 2007,
2005
&
2004.
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5 August
2009
One
large dragonfly with a bright blue abdomen
cruised over Lancing Ring dewpond without stopping
for at least 15 minutes and probably considerably longer. It did not seem
big enough for an Emperor Dragonfly but
this its most likely identity. The first red Common
Darter (dragonfly)
of the year was also seen whilst I was waiting for this large impressive
insect to settle so I could have a closer look.
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19
June 2009
Over
Lancing
Ring dewpond, I spent ten minutes or more
watching three pairs of Broad-bodied
Chasers
(dragonfly),
Libellula
depressa, chasing each other all over
the pond. Occasionally one of them would dip on the surface of the murky
water. On two occasions in-flight mating was observed for about ten seconds,
possibly longer on the first occasion. There was also a large Koi
Carp swimming in the shallow water.
7 April 2009
28 March 2009
Photograph by Andy
Brook (North Lancing Community
Web Pages)
14
September 2008
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The dewpond after the wettest August in my lifetime and four days of intermittent rain at the beginning of September.
22 May 2008
Yellow Flag Iris was flowering in the dewpond and a male Broad-bodied Chaser dragonfly dipped its head on to the surface of the water producing very small ripples. Note the Hawthorn in flower.
9 April 2008
Photograph
by Andy Horton
Photograph by John & Sue Wellfare on the North Lancing Snow Gallery
13 February 2008
After a lot of rain since last month.
9 January 2008
Photograph by Ray Hamblett on flickr Lancing Ring pool
23 November 2007
Photograph by Ray Hamblett on the flickr Lancing Ring pool
31 July 2007
18 July 2007
4 June 2007
1 May 2007
12 March 2007
24
January 2007
South-east
England woke after an overnight flurry
of snow and
Lancing Ring was no exception.
Photograph by Ray Hamblett
23 November 2006
There was no sign of any water.
28 June 2006
At least half a dozen attractive Broad-bodied Chasers (dragonflies) patrolled the reeds and shallow water of Lancing Ring Dewpond in the early afternoon sunshine. A couple of Small Heath Butterflies were seen around the grassy edge.
19 May 2006
Photograph by Ray Hamblett (Lancing Nature) on the Lancing Ring Blogspot
20 January 2006
The
dewpond
contained a fair anount of water with thick muddy margins. The level and
appearance was the same as 24 October 2005.
28 December 2005
Photograph by Ray Hamblett (Lancing Nature) on the Lancing Nature Blogspot
Dewpond
Gallery (by Ray Hamblett)
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10
October 2003
Photograph by Ray Hamblett (Lancing Nature)
Some
notes on Dewponds (1)
Some
notes on Dewponds (2)
Some
notes on Dewponds (3)
Some
notes on Dewponds (4)
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