Hazel & I were joined by John D, Tony F (our new newsletter editor – excellent first one, thanks Tony!), Sam H & her friend Ruth, Maureen, Tina and Hilary.  Along Stonepit Lane, we saw several folk returning from eclipse watching on the hill.  Hazel kindly gave us background information on St Hugh’s  monastery visible in the far distance (though we couldn’t see any peregrines on there!), and later on Chanctonbury Ring when we reached the river. The sunset was gorgeous and along the riverbank we spotted a Blood-vein moth, but sadly no Barn Owls put in an appearance yet again.  Too dark to see the lovely Purple Loosestrife bordering the river but it does look lovely in daylight!

We lingered at the bridge, seeing a few bats, which set off clicking on my & Maureen’s bat detectors, and Hazel explained about the meteor shower.  Just after we headed back I waved my arm to the side and said “sometimes the glow worms can be quite far back”, and amazingly we could see a bright green glow quite a way down the bank.  That was the only one, though we kept looking all the way back.

We stopped at the usual spot just south of the seat and started to look skywards for meteors, with varying success.  Hilary was delighted to see the first,  I saw one very bright one, and most of us caught a glimpse of one or two.

And that was about it – thanks to Hazel for all the information, and to everyone for coming.