Geology

Sim Elliott

Jul 814 min read

Nature & architecture. Bateman's, Brightling's Follies & Dallington Forest SSSI. High Weald, East Sussex. 28.06.24

My walk through Bateman's, Brightling and Dallington Forest started at Burwash. I reached Burwash by getting the 29A bus from Brighton to...

Sim Elliott

Mar 3, 20235 min read

Crowborough Country Park & Crowborough Ghyll. Frogs, Bryophytes & Dinosaurs. 24.02.23

Crowborough Country Park was previously a clay quarry and Crowborough Ghyll is a typical High Weald ghyll wood. Both nature reserves are...

Sim Elliott

Feb 26, 20237 min read

The Mens Nature Reserve, West Sussex: Trees, Landscape, Bryophytes, Lichens and Fungi. 20.02.23

The Mens is an extraordinary landscape; it is a nature reserve maintained by the Sussex Wildlife Trust. The unusual name ... comes from...

Sim Elliott

Feb 15, 20234 min read

Fairlight Glen; a ghyll wood and its bryophytes. Hastings Country Park. 07 & 10.02.23

I visited Fairlight Glen twice in one week in order to explore it's bryophytes. My initial motivation was to see if I could find...

Sim Elliott

Jan 21, 20233 min read

Eridge Rocks: A wonderland of lichen, fungi, moss, liverworts and slime moulds. 04.01.23

This was the second time I have visited Eridge Rocks. It is easy to get to by bus from Brighton; take the 29 29 - Brighton-Tunbridge...

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...

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...