Sim Elliott
Markstakes Common & Chailey Commons. Tress, Fungi, Bryophytes, Lichen and Slime Molds. 06.12.22
I visited Markstakes Common, South Chailey (a Woodland Trust site) (not one of the 5 Chailey Commons) for the first time on 06.11.22, I...
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Sim Elliott
Dec 7, 20228 min read
Church Wood LNR & Marline Valley NR, Hastings. Woods, Ghylls, Fungi, Lichen & Bryophytes. 05.12.22
I reached Church Wood from Brighton by getting a train to Hasting Station and then the 20 bus to the bus stop on Tile Barn Road, close to...
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Sim Elliott
Nov 29, 20225 min read
Hargate Forest & Tunbridge Wells Common: Rocks, Fungi, Lichen & Bryophytes 28.11.22
Hargate Forest is just south of Tunbridge Wells. I reached the forest by the 29 bus from Brighton. Alight the bus at the Broadwater Down...
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Sim Elliott
Nov 27, 20223 min read
Harrison Rocks/Birchden Wood. Fungi, Lichen, Moss, Liverworts & Slime Mold. 26.11.22
Harrison Rocks (British Mountaineering Council are the western edge of Birchden Wood (Forestry England); which is west of Eridge (East...
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Sim Elliott
Nov 27, 20227 min read
Lake Wood, Uckfield. A "Picturesque" landscape. Trees, Rocks, Lichen & Bryophytes. 22.11.22
Lake Wood, a Woodlands Trust wood Lake Wood - Visiting Woods - Woodland Trust, is a short walk from the centre of Uckfield. It is an...
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Sim Elliott
Nov 21, 202216 min read
Rocks, Trees, Fungi, Lichen, Bryophytes & Slime Molds. Eridge Rocks NR & Broadwater Warren. 19.11.22
I visited Eridge Rocks Nature Reserve (Sussex Wildlife Trust), because I knew it was a site of special scientific interest for lichen and...
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Sim Elliott
Nov 15, 20226 min read
Fungi, Lichen & Bryophytes at Tilgate Park and Tilgate Forest. 11.11.22
Tilgate Park I know quite well; it has marvellous collection of non-native trees, as well as native broadleaf tress. Tilgate Forest I had...
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Sim Elliott
Nov 10, 202211 min read
Fungi at Leonardslee Lakes and Gardens. 08.11.22
I visited Leornardslee Lakes and Garden to see the wallabies, deer, the beautiful colours of its autumn trees, and its fungi....
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Sim Elliott
Nov 6, 20223 min read
Fungi, Lichen, Bryophytes & Birds. Park Wood. Hellingly. 05.11.22
Park Wood is a wood of mixed ancient trees owned by the Environment Agency, with Hornbeam, Oak, Birch and Ash and some coniferous trees...
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Sim Elliott
Nov 1, 20226 min read
Fungi, Lichen & Bryophytes. Stanmer Great Wood. 31.10.22
I returned to Stanmer Great Wood on Monday, after my journey there on Friday 28.10.22 Stanmer Great Wood is on the north-east of...
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Sim Elliott
Nov 1, 20224 min read
A community of fungi and bryophytes in a dead Beech tree, Stanmer Great Wood, 31.10.22
I found this dead Beech, Fagus sylvatica (?) yesterday in Stanmer Great Wood, Brighton; just south of the Upper Lodges car park (although...
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Sim Elliott
Oct 31, 20224 min read
Fungi in Stanmer Great Wood. 28.10.22
Stanmer Great Wood is on the north-east of Brighton. It can be reached very easily by the 25 bus which is very frequent.; see: 25 -...
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Sim Elliott
Oct 26, 20227 min read
24.10.22/2. A Crimson-Speckled Moth & Fungi, Lullington Heath National Nature Reserve.
I visited Friston Forest and Lullington Heath National Nature Reserve with a focus on observing fungi. Since starting reading Merlin...
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Sim Elliott
Oct 25, 20223 min read
24.10.22/1. Birds, Wildflowers, Fungi and a Bumblebee, Friston Forest.
I decided to walk though Friston Forest to see what Fungi were fruiting, as the autumn is one of the best times to see fruiting fungi;...
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Sim Elliott
Oct 22, 20221 min read
Fungi in the Forest; The Vanguard Way, Ashdown Forest, Forest Row. 22.10.22
I reached Forest Row by train and bus. I took the train from Brighton to Three Bridges (35 minutes, frequent trains). From outside Three...
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