Eastbourne Group - May 2025 events

admin
, 28 May 2025
Eastbourne Group - May 2025 events
Adonis Blue Butterfly © Bob Eade

David Beer

Chiddingly Walk, Thursday 8 May

The Wealden countryside was at its best on a warm, sunny and calm spring morning. Many of the woodland flowers were in full bloom and the hedgerows were full of Hawthorn blossom. A group of Swallows were flying low over a pond close to Chiddingly Place and, as we approached the first woodland, we were treated to birdsong from Blackcaps, Chiffchaffs and Song Thrushes. 

Speckled Woods, Orange Tips and Brimstones were active in the sunny glades. As we approached the ponds at the far end of Belt Wood, the bells from Chiddingly Church sounded the start of the two minutes silence for VE Day. We were able to stand quietly on the bridge between the ponds observing Beautiful Demoiselle Damselflies flying between the willows before the bells marked the end of the two minutes. On our return to the car park along the Wealdway, we listened to the song of a Garden Warbler and observed a group of very fine Early Purple Orchids. We had excellent views of a pair of Buzzards and a hovering Kestrel was spotted at the end of our walk.

Beautiful Demoiselle Damselfly © Paul Marten

Thursday 15 May, Evening Talk

Ian Currie, a former BBC meteorologist, delivered a very entertaining talk on the life of Gilbert White and the contribution he made to meteorology and gardening in addition to his meticulous natural history observations. Ian used his encyclopaedic knowledge of weather records, together with detailed illustrations, to bring to life the diaries of this 18th century clergyman and naturalist.

Thursday 22 May, Whitbread Hollow Walk

Another warm and sunny day greeted a group of 14 walkers as we assembled outside Bede’s Prep School at the end of the South Downs. Horseshoe Vetch and Bird’s Foot Trefoil were amongst many of the Chalk Grassland flowers in full bloom and we set off confident of seeing a good number of butterflies. Common Blues, Speckled Woods and Small Heaths were active and two Dingy Skippers were seen sunning themselves on a bare patch of the footpath. Speckled Yellow moths were abundant and a stunning Cinnibar Moth was spotted on a patch of long grasses. The highlight, however, was a single male Adonis Blue with its brilliantly coloured blue wings. Whitethroats and Lesser Whitethroats sang from the shrubby vegetation and Blackcaps, Chiffchaffs and a Garden Warbler could be heard in the wooded areas.

Leave a comment
Time Δ Debug Message - Perch Runway 3.2
1782581283.76580 [906] SELECT p.pagePath, pr.routePattern, pr.routeRegExp, p.pageTemplate, pr.routeOrder, s.settingValue AS siteOffline FROM swt_pages_staging p LEFT JOIN swt_page_routes pr ON p.pageID=pr.pageID LEFT JOIN swt_settings s ON s.settingID='siteOffline' UNION SELECT NULL AS pagePath, pr2.routePattern, pr2.routeRegExp, pr2.templatePath AS pageTemplate, pr2.routeOrder, NULL AS siteOffline FROM swt_page_routes pr2 WHERE templateID!=0 ORDER BY routeOrder ASC, pagePath ASC
1782581283.79180.0261Matched route: news/[slug:s]
1782581283.7920.0001Server address: 216.73.216.31
1782581283.7920Using master page: /templates/pages/blog/post.php
1782581283.7920Page arguments: 
Array
(
    [0] => /news/eastbourne-group-may-2025-events
    [s] => eastbourne-group-may-2025-events
    [1] => eastbourne-group-may-2025-events
)
1782581283.79230.0003 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/news/post' LIMIT 1
1782581283.79340.001 [86] SELECT DISTINCT settingID, settingValue FROM swt_settings WHERE userID=0
1782581283.79520.0019 [1] SELECT locationID FROM swt_shop_tax_locations WHERE locationIsHome=1 LIMIT 1
1782581283.79580.0006INSERT INTO swt_shop_cart(memberID,locationID,currencyID,cartPricing,cartProperties) VALUES(NULL,'1',47,'standard','[]')
1782581283.79760.0018 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_shop_cart WHERE cartID=22356298
1782581283.79810.0005 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_shop_cart WHERE cartID=22356298
1782581283.79860.0005 [nil] SELECT * FROM swt_shop_sales WHERE saleFrom<='2026-06-27 17:28:00' AND saleTo>'2026-06-27 17:28:00' AND saleActive=1 AND saleDeleted IS NULL ORDER BY saleOrder ASC
1782581283.80.0013 [1] SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS DISTINCT tbl.* FROM ( SELECT idx.itemID, main.*, idx2.indexValue as sortval FROM swt_blog_index idx JOIN swt_blog_posts main ON idx.itemID=main.postID AND idx.itemKey='postID' JOIN swt_blog_index idx2 ON idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemKey='postID' AND idx2.indexKey='_id' WHERE 1=1 AND ((idx.indexKey='postSlug' AND idx.indexValue='eastbourne-group-may-2025-events')) AND idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemKey=idx2.itemKey GROUP BY idx.itemID, idx2.indexValue, postID ) as tbl WHERE (postStatus='Published' AND postDateTime<='2026-06-27 17:28:00' ) GROUP BY itemID, sortval ORDER BY sortval ASC LIMIT 0, 10
1782581283.80210.0021 [1] SELECT FOUND_ROWS() AS `count`
1782581283.80270.0006 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_blog_posts WHERE postID=3709 AND postStatus='Published' AND postDateTime<='2026-06-27 17:28:00'
1782581283.80370.001 [13] SELECT * FROM swt_blog_sections ORDER BY sectionTitle ASC
1782581283.80440.0007 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_blogs ORDER BY blogTitle ASC
1782581283.80510.0007 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_categories WHERE catID=204 LIMIT 1
1782581283.80580.0007Using template: /templates/blog/post.html
1782581283.80610.0003 [162] SELECT catID, catPath FROM swt_categories
1782581283.8070.0009 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_blog_posts WHERE postStatus='Published' AND postDateTime<='2026-06-27 17:28:00' AND postSlug='eastbourne-group-may-2025-events'
1782581283.8280.021Using template: /templates/blog/post.html
1782581283.82850.0005 [250] SELECT country, countryID FROM swt_shop_countries WHERE countryActive=1 ORDER BY country ASC
1782581283.830.0015Using template: /templates/pages/attributes/seo.html
1782581283.83020.0002 [1] SELECT regionID, regionTemplate, regionPage, regionRev AS rev FROM swt_content_regions WHERE regionKey='Banner image' AND (regionPage='/news/post' OR regionPage='*')
1782581283.8310.0008 [nil] SELECT * FROM ( SELECT idx.itemID, c.regionID, idx.pageID, c.itemJSON, idx2.indexValue as sortval FROM swt_content_index idx JOIN swt_content_items c ON idx.itemID=c.itemID AND idx.itemRev=c.itemRev AND idx.regionID=c.regionID JOIN swt_content_index idx2 ON idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemRev=idx2.itemRev AND idx2.indexKey='_order' WHERE ((idx.regionID=104 AND idx.itemRev=0)) AND idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemRev=idx2.itemRev ) as tbl GROUP BY itemID, pageID, itemJSON, sortval, regionID ORDER BY sortval ASC
1782581283.83220.0011 [82] SELECT * FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageNew=0 AND pageHidden=0 AND pageDepth >=0 AND pageDepth<=2 ORDER BY pageTreePosition ASC
1782581283.83610.0039 [1] SELECT pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/news/post' LIMIT 1
1782581283.83680.0007 [2] SELECT pageID FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageTreePosition IN ('000-006-001', '000-006', '000') ORDER BY pageTreePosition DESC
1782581283.8390.0021Using template: /templates/navigation/ps_nav_template.html
1782581283.8390.0001 [6] Using template: /templates/navigation/ps_nav_template_children.html
1782581283.83990.0008 [4] Using template: /templates/navigation/ps_nav_template_children.html
1782581283.84040.0005 [29] Using template: /templates/navigation/ps_nav_template_children.html
1782581283.84350.0031 [10] Using template: /templates/navigation/ps_nav_template_children.html
1782581283.84450.001 [7] Using template: /templates/navigation/ps_nav_template_children.html
1782581283.84520.0007 [9] Using template: /templates/navigation/ps_nav_template_children.html
1782581283.84780.0026 [1] SELECT pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/news/post' OR pageSortPath='/news/post' LIMIT 1
1782581283.84870.0009 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageHidden=0 AND pageNew=0 AND pageTreePosition IN ('000-006-001', '000-006', '000') ORDER BY pageTreePosition
1782581283.85070.002 [1] Using template: /templates/navigation/breadcrumbs.html
1782581283.85110.0004Using template: /templates/blog/post.html
1782581283.85150.0004 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_blog_authors WHERE authorID='1' LIMIT 1
1782581283.85220.0007Using template: /templates/blog/author.html
1782581283.85250.0004 [1] SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS DISTINCT tbl.* FROM ( SELECT idx.itemID, main.*, idx2.indexValue as sortval FROM swt_blog_index idx JOIN swt_blog_posts main ON idx.itemID=main.postID AND idx.itemKey='postID' JOIN swt_blog_index idx2 ON idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemKey='postID' AND idx2.indexKey='_id' WHERE 1=1 AND ((idx.indexKey='postSlug' AND idx.indexValue='eastbourne-group-may-2025-events')) AND idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemKey=idx2.itemKey GROUP BY idx.itemID, idx2.indexValue, postID ) as tbl WHERE (postStatus='Published' AND postDateTime<='2026-06-27 17:28:00' ) GROUP BY itemID, sortval ORDER BY sortval ASC LIMIT 0, 1
1782581283.85490.0024 [1] SELECT FOUND_ROWS() AS `count`
1782581283.85540.0005 [1] Using template: /templates/blog/post.html
1782581283.85840.003Using template: /templates/blog/comment_form.html
1782581283.85940.001 [nil] SELECT * FROM swt_blog_comments WHERE 1=1 AND postID=3709 AND commentStatus='LIVE' ORDER BY FIELD(webmentionType, 'like', 'repost', 'comment', NULL) ASC, commentDateTime ASC
1782581283.91180.0524 [0] Using template: /templates/blog/comment.html
1782581283.9120.0002Using template: /templates/blog/post.html
1782581283.91230.0002 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_blog_authors WHERE authorID='1' LIMIT 1
1782581283.91310.0008 [1] SELECT pageID, pageParentID, pageDepth, pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/what-we-do' OR pageSortPath='/what-we-do' LIMIT 1
1782581283.91370.0007 [1] SELECT pageID, pageParentID, pageDepth, pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageTreePosition='000-002' LIMIT 1
1782581283.91420.0005 [7] SELECT * FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageNew=0 AND pageHidden=0 AND pageTreePosition LIKE '000-002%' AND pageDepth >=1 AND pageDepth<=2 ORDER BY pageTreePosition ASC
1782581283.91660.0023 [1] SELECT pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/news/post' LIMIT 1
1782581283.9170.0004 [2] SELECT pageID FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageTreePosition IN ('000-006-001', '000-006', '000') ORDER BY pageTreePosition DESC
1782581283.91870.0017 [6] Using template: /templates/navigation/footer-nav.html
1782581283.91950.0008 [1] SELECT pageID, pageParentID, pageDepth, pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/make-a-difference' OR pageSortPath='/make-a-difference' LIMIT 1
1782581283.92010.0005 [1] SELECT pageID, pageParentID, pageDepth, pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageTreePosition='000-005' LIMIT 1
1782581283.92050.0005 [38] SELECT * FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageNew=0 AND pageHidden=0 AND pageTreePosition LIKE '000-005%' ORDER BY pageTreePosition ASC
1782581283.92270.0022 [1] SELECT pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/news/post' LIMIT 1
1782581283.92330.0006 [2] SELECT pageID FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageTreePosition IN ('000-006-001', '000-006', '000') ORDER BY pageTreePosition DESC
1782581283.92530.002 [10] Using template: /templates/navigation/footer-nav.html
1782581283.92880.0035 [1] SELECT pageID, pageParentID, pageDepth, pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/visit' OR pageSortPath='/visit' LIMIT 1
1782581283.92940.0006 [1] SELECT pageID, pageParentID, pageDepth, pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageTreePosition='000-004' LIMIT 1
1782581283.92980.0004 [30] SELECT * FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageNew=0 AND pageHidden=0 AND pageTreePosition LIKE '000-004%' AND pageDepth >=1 AND pageDepth<=2 ORDER BY pageTreePosition ASC
1782581283.93230.0024 [1] SELECT pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/news/post' LIMIT 1
1782581283.93280.0005 [2] SELECT pageID FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageTreePosition IN ('000-006-001', '000-006', '000') ORDER BY pageTreePosition DESC
1782581283.93450.0018 [29] Using template: /templates/navigation/footer-nav.html
1782581283.93710.0026 [1] SELECT pageID, pageParentID, pageDepth, pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/make-a-difference' OR pageSortPath='/make-a-difference' LIMIT 1
1782581283.93790.0008 [1] SELECT pageID, pageParentID, pageDepth, pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageTreePosition='000-005' LIMIT 1
1782581283.93830.0004 [11] SELECT * FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageNew=0 AND pageHidden=0 AND pageTreePosition LIKE '000-005%' AND pageDepth >=1 AND pageDepth<=2 ORDER BY pageTreePosition ASC
1782581283.94050.0021 [1] SELECT pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/news/post' LIMIT 1
1782581283.94090.0005 [2] SELECT pageID FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageTreePosition IN ('000-006-001', '000-006', '000') ORDER BY pageTreePosition DESC
1782581283.94270.0017 [10] Using template: /templates/navigation/footer-nav.html
1782581283.94370.001Request time: 0.1811
1782581283.94370Process time: 0.1809
1782581283.94370Memory: 1.6218