High Weald Ghyll Woodland

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

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...

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Exploring the diversity of vascular plants, bryophytes, and lichens in Sussex Wildlife Trust's Selwyns Wood. 07.05.24

Sim Elliott

May 126 min read

Exploring the diversity of vascular plants, bryophytes, and lichens in Sussex Wildlife Trust's Selwyns Wood. 07.05.24

Selwyns Wood is a small nature reserve south of Cross-in-Hand, near Heathfield, East Sussex. It can be reached by the 29A Brighton & Hove...

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Handsome Woollywort and other bryophytes in a High Weald ghyll wood, East Sussex, 25.03.24

Sim Elliott

Mar 284 min read

Handsome Woollywort and other bryophytes in a High Weald ghyll wood, East Sussex, 25.03.24

This post focusses on the bryophytes of a ghyll wood in the High Weald National Landscape. Common Tamarisk-Moss; Endive Pellia and...

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Tree Lungwort & Tunbridge Filmy-fern, High Weald, Sussex. 20.11.23

Sim Elliott

Nov 21, 20232 min read

Tree Lungwort & Tunbridge Filmy-fern, High Weald, Sussex. 20.11.23

I am not going to reveal where we found these species as the lichen Tree Lungwort, Lobaria pulmonaria, and Tunbridge Filmy-fern,...

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Sheepwash Gill, St Leonard's Forest; relic Atlantic period bryophytes of 5000 years ago. 19.10.23

Sim Elliott

Oct 20, 20238 min read

Sheepwash Gill, St Leonard's Forest; relic Atlantic period bryophytes of 5000 years ago. 19.10.23

St. Leonard’s Forest SSSI (84.5 ha) supports remnants of a formerly more extensive deciduous forest on the Tunbridge Wells Sands...

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Two special finds: Dumortier's Liverwort & Epiphytic Polypody Ferns at Fairlight Glen. 14.10.23

Sim Elliott

Oct 14, 20235 min read

Two special finds: Dumortier's Liverwort & Epiphytic Polypody Ferns at Fairlight Glen. 14.10.23

I visited Fairlight Glen on 14.10.23 to enjoy its amazing bryophytes and ferns; I was hoping to find Dumortier's Liverwort Dumortiera...

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Rock Wood SSSI, Heron's Ghyll, East Sussex: Bryophytes, Lichen, Ferns & Fungi. 13.10.23

Sim Elliott

Oct 14, 20236 min read

Rock Wood SSSI, Heron's Ghyll, East Sussex: Bryophytes, Lichen, Ferns & Fungi. 13.10.23

Rock Wood is an SSSI noted for its oceanic bryophytes and it can be reached by the 29 Bus from Brighton; alight at Hendall Gate Farm...

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Wakehurst Woods SSSI, West Sussex: Lichens, Bryophytes & Ferns. 04.10.23

Sim Elliott

Oct 5, 20239 min read

Wakehurst Woods SSSI, West Sussex: Lichens, Bryophytes & Ferns. 04.10.23

The Wakehurst Woods are part of a larger SSSI: The Wakehurst & Chiddingly Woods SSSI; Wakehurst Woods are to the west of Kew's Wakehurst...

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A Tale of Two Ferns: Royal Fern & Tunbridge Filmy Fern in Sussex. 23 & 26.09.23

Sim Elliott

Sep 27, 20234 min read

A Tale of Two Ferns: Royal Fern & Tunbridge Filmy Fern in Sussex. 23 & 26.09.23

The exact locations of these ferns has not been included in this account; to protect them should there be fern collectors still around....

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Worth Church & Worthlodge Forest; a relic of the former Worth royal hunting forest. 01.09.23

Sim Elliott

Sep 2, 20236 min read

Worth Church & Worthlodge Forest; a relic of the former Worth royal hunting forest. 01.09.23

Worthlodge Forest is a relic of the former Royal hunting forest of Worth. Worth Forest has a more unified block of near-continuous...

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A lichen that fruits like a mushroom. Lichenomphalia umbellifera at Eridge Rocks. 30.07.23

Sim Elliott

Aug 2, 20234 min read

A lichen that fruits like a mushroom. Lichenomphalia umbellifera at Eridge Rocks. 30.07.23

I reached Eridge Rocks by the 29 bus from Brighton. For details of how to get to Eridge Rocks by bus see: Eridge Rocks: A wonderland of...

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Nap Wood; a High Weald Ghyll Wood, East Sussex. Trees, Fungi, Bryophytes & Lichen. 31.07.23

Sim Elliott

Jul 31, 20233 min read

Nap Wood; a High Weald Ghyll Wood, East Sussex. Trees, Fungi, Bryophytes & Lichen. 31.07.23

A wonderful opportunity to walk along an ancient sunken drovers pathway through woodland. The one mile circuitous route takes the walker...

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Botanical finds at Leonardslee Gardens. A Sussex Botanical Recording Society field meeting. 26.07.23

Sim Elliott

Jul 28, 20234 min read

Botanical finds at Leonardslee Gardens. A Sussex Botanical Recording Society field meeting. 26.07.23

This trip to Leonardslee Gardens was a wonderful experience, as I learnt a great deal, and saw many new-to-me species. As a novice...

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Fore Wood, Crowhurst, East Sussex, and its butterflies, flowers, bryophytes and ferns. 30.06.23

Sim Elliott

Jul 1, 20233 min read

Fore Wood, Crowhurst, East Sussex, and its butterflies, flowers, bryophytes and ferns. 30.06.23

Fore Wood is an RSPB nature reserve just outside Crowhurst. I reached Crowhurst by train from Brighton, via St Leonards Warrior Square....

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Fairlight Glen; from the Dripping Well to the Beach. Ferns, Bryophytes and Lichen. 19.06.23

Sim Elliott

Jun 23, 20237 min read

Fairlight Glen; from the Dripping Well to the Beach. Ferns, Bryophytes and Lichen. 19.06.23

I visited Fairlight Glen again on 19.06.23. It is in the Hastings County Park, where the High Weald Wealden sandstone meet the sea. It is...

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