Williamson's Weekly Nature Notes

I TOOK this picture from the cockpit of a Harvard flying out of Goodwood as a passenger.

By The Newsroom

Published 23rd Jun 2008, 17:53 BST

Updated 8th Jun 2018, 04:10 BST

The white circle just below the centre is the famous old hill fort built during the early Iron Age about 2,500 years ago and now called The Trundle.

For many readers it will be a familiar summer walk or a high platform from which to view the annual firework show or the free grandstand view over the finishing line of the horseracing course. It is also one of the best places in Sussex to see glowworms on a fine June night.

There is a strong colony of various species of land snail '“ especially banded snails '“ and the glowworm beetle larvae feed on these.

I once saw the best flight of maybugs there years ago too. These are also beetles and are not nearly so common as they used to be. They were also known as cockchafers.

For full feature see West Sussex Gazette June 25