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Dorset 4 - Durlston Nature Reserve, Swanage: Stonechats and Wheatears. 01.04.22

Sim Elliott

Apr 2, 20222 min read

Dorset 4 - Durlston Nature Reserve, Swanage: Stonechats and Wheatears. 01.04.22

I travelled to Swanage by the Purbeck Breezer bus from my hotel in Poole Swanage Bay Old Harry Rocks from Swanage I came to Swanage to...

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Dorset 3 - RSPB Arne: waders & the landscapes of the Purbeck Heaths National Nature Reserve 31.03.21

Sim Elliott

Apr 1, 20222 min read

Dorset 3 - RSPB Arne: waders & the landscapes of the Purbeck Heaths National Nature Reserve 31.03.21

I got to RSPB Arne from my hotel in Poole by train (to Wareham), by bus (to Stoborough Green ) and by foot (4 miles walk) to Arne is part...

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Dorset 1 - RSPB Radipole Lake & RSPB Lodmoor, Weymouth. 29.03.22

Sim Elliott

Mar 30, 20221 min read

Dorset 1 - RSPB Radipole Lake & RSPB Lodmoor, Weymouth. 29.03.22

I arrived in my Poole hotel, for my four day Dorset nature holiday at lunchtime. I got to Poole by train from Brighton. I had time in the...

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RSPB Medmerry & Fishbourne Channel (Chichester Harbour). Little Ringed Plovers & Avocets. 19.03.22

Sim Elliott

Mar 20, 20223 min read

RSPB Medmerry & Fishbourne Channel (Chichester Harbour). Little Ringed Plovers & Avocets. 19.03.22

I went to RSPB Medmerry yesterday because I had read on the Birding the Selsey Peninsula (selseybirder.blogspot.com) blog that there were...

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Urban Birding: Walthamstow Wetlands. Cormorants, Kingfishers, Tufted Ducks & Golden Eyes. 05.03.21

Sim Elliott

Mar 7, 202213 min read

Urban Birding: Walthamstow Wetlands. Cormorants, Kingfishers, Tufted Ducks & Golden Eyes. 05.03.21

Conservation, auto-rewilding and development Walthamstow Wetlands consists of a group of reservoirs in Walthamstow/South Tottenham, owned...

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Iford Brooks, Lewes & The Burgh, Burpham. Geese, Grey Partridges and raptors. 28.02.21

Sim Elliott

Mar 1, 20222 min read

Iford Brooks, Lewes & The Burgh, Burpham. Geese, Grey Partridges and raptors. 28.02.21

I went birding with a friend on Monday 28.02.21. I returned to Iford, to show him the Tundra Bean Geese, Russian White-Fronted Geese and...

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RSPB Pagham Harbour. The female Kingfisher, again. 22.02.22

Sim Elliott

Feb 24, 20222 min read

RSPB Pagham Harbour. The female Kingfisher, again. 22.02.22

When I visited Pagham Harbour on Tuesday I visited the full revere; walking first from the visitors centre to the Ferry Pool and then...

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A sufficiency of Brent Geese & Pintails in Langstone Harbour on a dark, rainy February day. 15.02.22

Sim Elliott

Feb 16, 20227 min read

A sufficiency of Brent Geese & Pintails in Langstone Harbour on a dark, rainy February day. 15.02.22

I visit the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust's Farlington Marshes (top of Langstone Harbour) Farlington Marshes Nature Reserve...

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08.02.22/2 Birds, Landscape, Architecture & Industrial Archaeology. Ouse Valley, Iford-Newhaven.

Sim Elliott

Feb 9, 202211 min read

08.02.22/2 Birds, Landscape, Architecture & Industrial Archaeology. Ouse Valley, Iford-Newhaven.

After watching the geese at Iford, I walked down the Ouse Valley from Iford to Newhaven. This post is as much concerned with the...

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08.02.22/1 Tundra Bean Geese, Russian White-Fronted Geese & a Pink-Footed Goose, Iford Brooks.

Sim Elliott

Feb 9, 20226 min read

08.02.22/1 Tundra Bean Geese, Russian White-Fronted Geese & a Pink-Footed Goose, Iford Brooks.

This very unusual combination of geese had been sighted at Iford Brooks, just south of Lewes in the Ouse Valley, since 28.01.22 and...

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Pett Level and Rye Harbour Nature Reserve: a Black-Necked Grebe & a Spoonbill. 25.01.22

Sim Elliott

Jan 26, 20225 min read

Pett Level and Rye Harbour Nature Reserve: a Black-Necked Grebe & a Spoonbill. 25.01.22

I went to Pett Level, in part to see if I could see the Russian White-Fronted Geese that had been seen there of late; I didn't see them....

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Birds in Langstone Harbour: the old Oyster Beds & Farlington Marshes Reserves. 23.01.22

Sim Elliott

Jan 23, 20222 min read

Birds in Langstone Harbour: the old Oyster Beds & Farlington Marshes Reserves. 23.01.22

Unlike my trip to Langstone Harbour on Monday, see: Birds in Langstone Harbour: the old Oyster Beds & Kench Reserves. 17.01.22 when is...

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Birds in Langstone Harbour: the old Oyster Beds & Kench Reserves. 17.01.22

Sim Elliott

Jan 18, 20223 min read

Birds in Langstone Harbour: the old Oyster Beds & Kench Reserves. 17.01.22

I visited Langstone Harbour/Hayling Island on a beautiful, sunny and cold day; and saw a large range of overwintering birds; along with...

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A first visit to Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve, on the Solent, Hampshire. 15.01.22

Sim Elliott

Jan 16, 20224 min read

A first visit to Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve, on the Solent, Hampshire. 15.01.22

Titchfield Haven is located on the coast of the Solent, almost directly opposite Cowes on the Isle of White, and just to the north east...

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Pett Level and Rye Harbour Nature Reserve: a Great White Egret & a Spoonbill. 04.01.22

Sim Elliott

Jan 7, 20228 min read

Pett Level and Rye Harbour Nature Reserve: a Great White Egret & a Spoonbill. 04.01.22

I started this walk at Cliff End (where Fairlight meets Pett Level), and walked to Winchelsea Beach, into the Rye Harbour Nature Reserve...

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A Spoonbill, a Goldeneye, Lapwings, Redshanks and Snipe. Rye Harbour. 21.12.21

Sim Elliott

Dec 22, 20217 min read

A Spoonbill, a Goldeneye, Lapwings, Redshanks and Snipe. Rye Harbour. 21.12.21

I have travelled hopefully, looking for reported-on-by-Bird-Guide's Spoonbills, on four occasions over the last few weeks; twice at...

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Farlington Marshes; Barnacle Geese and overwintering ducks, geese and waders. 29.11.21

Sim Elliott

Nov 30, 20219 min read

Farlington Marshes; Barnacle Geese and overwintering ducks, geese and waders. 29.11.21

For more information about the history and landscape of the Farlington Marshes reserve see my post Farlington Marshes; a winter home for...

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A chilly afternoon at Cuckmere Haven. 26.11.26

Sim Elliott

Nov 27, 20212 min read

A chilly afternoon at Cuckmere Haven. 26.11.26

On Friday 26,11,21 I made my now usual trip to Cuckmere Haven, getting the 12X from Brighton to Exceat. It was a very chilly afternoon,...

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Amberley Wildbrooks: Fieldfare & Redwing and Autumn Scenes. 22.11.21

Sim Elliott

Nov 23, 20216 min read

Amberley Wildbrooks: Fieldfare & Redwing and Autumn Scenes. 22.11.21

Amberley Wildbrooks is a wonderful joint RSPB/Sussex Wildlife Trust reserve; but is not so easy to find! At the end of this post is a map...

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Birding in the Thames Estuary on the site of a former Rifle Range: RSPB Rainham Marshes. 20.11.21

Sim Elliott

Nov 22, 202120 min read

Birding in the Thames Estuary on the site of a former Rifle Range: RSPB Rainham Marshes. 20.11.21

I travelled to RSPB Rainham Marshes by train on Saturday 21.11.21, from Brighton to Purfleet; (for full details of how to get to RSPB...

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