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Friston Forest, Friston Gallops and Lullington Heath. Butterflies & Birds. 14.06.22
I travelled to Exceat (Seven Sisters Country Park) by 12 bus, see 12 - Eastbourne-Brighton | Brighton & Hove Buses. From there, I walked...
Sim Elliott
Jun 17, 20222 min read
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Castle Hill National Nature Reserve and the Rottingdean Undercliff. A GBC trip. 11.06.22
This trip to Castle Hill National Nature Reserve and the Rottingdean Undercliff was a South-East area Gay Birders Club outing. I made a...
Sim Elliott
Jun 12, 20221 min read
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Wild Plants, Insects and Birds. Birling Gap, Beachy Head and Lullington Heath NNR. 09.06.22
I visited the Downs to the west of Birling Gap, and the east, specifically the area around Horseshoe Plantation, and north of Shooter...
Sim Elliott
Jun 12, 20225 min read
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Butterflies, Moths, Birds and Wild Flowers in the Castle Hill National Nature Reserve. 06.06.22
Castle Hill National Nature Reserve is one of my favourite reserves in Sussex, the abundance and diversity of wildflowers and insects,...
Sim Elliott
Jun 7, 20224 min read
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Birds, Butterflies and Wild Flowers. The Devil's Dyke. 04.06.22
I visited the Devil's Dyke on Saturday 4th June 2022 in the morning. I caught the 77 Brighton and Hove bus at 9.52 (runs every 45...
Sim Elliott
Jun 5, 20223 min read
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Wild Flowers. Ditchling Beacon & Mount Caburn. 31.05.22
Ditchling Beacon The north-facing scrape of Ditchling Beacon is a very good location for wild flowers. This area is part of the Ditchling...
Sim Elliott
Jun 4, 20221 min read
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Butterflies. Mill Hill NR, Anchor Bottom NR & Many Adonis Blues, Cissbury NR, 28.05.22
On Saturday 28th February I took the 700 bus 700 Bus Route & Timetable: Brighton - Wick | Stagecoach (stagecoachbus.com) to Shoreham and...
Sim Elliott
May 30, 20226 min read
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Wild Flowers. Wolstonbury Hill NR, Ditchling Beacon NR & Mount Caburn NR. 25.05.22
On Wednesday 25th February the weather was overcast and very windy; not at all like late spring like weather. In such weather conditions...
Sim Elliott
May 29, 202211 min read
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Knepp Castle Estate: White Storks, Tamworth Pigs & Dragonflies. 24.05.22
Much has been written about rewilding and Knepp, so I will not rehearse these topics. If you wish to read about Knepp's vision see: Home...
Sim Elliott
May 26, 20221 min read
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Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve. Ancient Yews, Iron-Age Monuments & Butterflies. 21.05.22
This must be where the Ents live, where dryads play and fairies sleep under toadstools — yet it is only three miles from the coastal city...
Sim Elliott
May 25, 202212 min read
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Butterflies at High & Over and Kittiwakes at Splash Point, Seaford. 17.05.22
On Tuesday, I went to High and Over, situated on Cradle Hill, above the Cuckmere Valley, to the west, between Seaford and Alfriston. The...
Sim Elliott
May 18, 20224 min read
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Butterflies at Rowland Wood/Park Corner Heath butterfly reserve (Butterfly Conservation). 16.05.22
Rowland Woof/Park Corner Heath is a little way south of East Hoathly in East Sussex. It can be reached by public transport and walking. I...
Sim Elliott
May 18, 20226 min read
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RSPB Rye Meads & Amwell (Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust) Nature Reserves 13.05.22
RSPB Rye Meads and Amwell Nature Reserves are located in the northern part Lea Valley (in Herefordshire) Rye Meads is an RSPB-managed...
Sim Elliott
May 17, 20223 min read
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Butterflies in Caburn Bottom and The Coombe (Malling Down). 12.05.22
This was a mid afternoon/early evening walk. I took the bus to Lewes from Brighton, and then took the train to Glynde. From Glynde...
Sim Elliott
May 13, 20222 min read
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09.05.22/3. Lewes Railway Land Nature Reserve. Grey Wagtail and reed habitat.
After visiting Malling Down Nature Reserve (Sussex Wildlife Trust, I walked down the path by Lewes Golf club that ends further down...
Sim Elliott
May 11, 20225 min read
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09.05.22/2. Malling Down Nature Reserve. Dingy Skipper, other butterflies and Meadow Pipits.
After visiting Bevendean Down Nature Reserve first thing on 09.05.22, I walked over the top of Bevendean Down to Moulsecoomb, where I...
Sim Elliott
May 11, 20228 min read
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09.05.22/1. Bevendean Down Nature Reserve. Blue Adonis, other butterflies and House Martins.
Butterflies are in severe decline in the UK. ... [Richard Fox, Butterfly Conservation UK]: "Three-quarters of our 56 resident butterfly...
Sim Elliott
May 10, 202211 min read
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RSBP Pulborough Brooks. Nightingales and Lapwing and Avocet chicks. 07.05.22
I travelled to Pulborough Brooks by train from Brighton (change at Barnham) to Pulborough Station, then I followed the Wild Art Trail...
Sim Elliott
May 8, 20221 min read
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Ouse Estuary Nature Reserve; birds, insects & plants in greenfield & brownfield areas 05.05.22
The Ouse Estuary Nature Reserve is between the A259 and Newhaven. East Sussex County Council says :The Ouse Estuary Nature Reserve was...
Sim Elliott
May 8, 20228 min read
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Newhaven Port Nature Reserve/Tide Mills: birds & flowering plants seen on 03.05.22
On the afternoon of 03.05.22 I took the 12 Bus to Tide Mills, between Newhaven and Seaford and walked around the Tide Mills site, and the...
Sim Elliott
May 4, 20224 min read
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