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Autumn Landscapes and Colours: Hastings Country Park NR; Hastings to Fairlight. 03.11.21

Sim Elliott

Nov 3, 20213 min read

Autumn Landscapes and Colours: Hastings Country Park NR; Hastings to Fairlight. 03.11.21

This post records, in images only, the walk I made from Hastings to Fairlight through the Hastings Country Park Nature Reserve. The...

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A second trip to RSPB Pagham Harbour: the glory of Cattle Egrets and some Yellow Wagtails 25.09.21

Sim Elliott

Sep 26, 20214 min read

A second trip to RSPB Pagham Harbour: the glory of Cattle Egrets and some Yellow Wagtails 25.09.21

On Saturday 25.09.21 I returned to Pagham Harbour as I so enjoyed seeing the Cattle Egrets on Tuesday 22.09.21. This time I took my...

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Tring Natural History Museum & College Lake NR: Taxidermy, Ivy Bees & a Red Kite 22.09.21

Sim Elliott

Sep 26, 20218 min read

Tring Natural History Museum & College Lake NR: Taxidermy, Ivy Bees & a Red Kite 22.09.21

On Tuesday 22nd September I visited Tring National History Museum, after reading The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson On a cool...

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Sim Elliott

Sep 13, 20214 min read

Birds. Cuckmere Haven. 10.09.21.

After searching for Sea Aster Bees on Friday (click here t read about the Sea Asters I found) I had a look around for birds. I walked...

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Pollinators and Wild Flowers. Seaford Head and Cuckmere Haven. 08.09.21. A Clouded Yellow

Sim Elliott

Sep 11, 202115 min read

Pollinators and Wild Flowers. Seaford Head and Cuckmere Haven. 08.09.21. A Clouded Yellow

This post is a record of a walk from Seaford Head to Cuckmere Haven (with a detour up the path at Hope Bottom, as Hope Bottom is well...

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Butterflies (and a family of Spotted Flycatchers) on Chantry Hill, West Sussex. 06.09.21

Sim Elliott

Sep 9, 20218 min read

Butterflies (and a family of Spotted Flycatchers) on Chantry Hill, West Sussex. 06.09.21

I went for a walk with my friend to Chantry Hill, near Storrington; with the intention of spotting Butterflies, as it is highlight in The...

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On Bumblebee Surveying: values, meaning, purpose and pleasure. Dungeness 01.09.21.

Sim Elliott

Sep 3, 202110 min read

On Bumblebee Surveying: values, meaning, purpose and pleasure. Dungeness 01.09.21.

I experienced a high sense of well-being on Wednesday when I spent the day bumblebee surveying (and doing a little bit of bird watching);...

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Balsdean & Castle Hill: a Raven, many autumnal wild flowers, and a juvenile Buzzard. 30.08.21

Sim Elliott

Sep 2, 20219 min read

Balsdean & Castle Hill: a Raven, many autumnal wild flowers, and a juvenile Buzzard. 30.08.21

On Monday 30.08.21 I walked from Rottingdean (up the path next to the Whiteway Centre). via Balsdean, Castle Hill, the South Downs Way to...

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A walk from Holywell to Beachy Head. 25.08.21. Wild Flowers, Butterflies, LandArt and Winchats.

Sim Elliott

Aug 26, 202111 min read

A walk from Holywell to Beachy Head. 25.08.21. Wild Flowers, Butterflies, LandArt and Winchats.

On Wednesday 25.08.21, after visiting the Towner Gallery in Eastbourne, I walked to Beachy Head via Holywell (The Kiosk on map below),...

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RSPB Pagham Harbour. 23.08.21 Juvenile Cattle Egrets and an Osprey

Sim Elliott

Aug 24, 20213 min read

RSPB Pagham Harbour. 23.08.21 Juvenile Cattle Egrets and an Osprey

I started my walk at the Ferry Pool. I then walked on the north side of the Ferry Channel; then along the path to Sidelsham Quay; then...

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East Suffolk Nature Reserves Part 2: 15.07.21-17.07.21: Hazelwood Marsh, Snape, Dunwich, Warberswick

Sim Elliott

Jul 19, 202113 min read

East Suffolk Nature Reserves Part 2: 15.07.21-17.07.21: Hazelwood Marsh, Snape, Dunwich, Warberswick

Click here to view Part 1 Wednesday 14.07.21 Aldeburgh to Saxmundham via Hazelwood Marsh Nature Reserve (Suffolk Wildlife Trust) and...

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East Suffolk Nature Reserves Part 1: 12.07.21-13.07.21 North Warren, Minsmere

Sim Elliott

Jul 18, 20215 min read

East Suffolk Nature Reserves Part 1: 12.07.21-13.07.21 North Warren, Minsmere

Click here to view Part 2 From Monday 12.07.21 to Saturday 17.07.21 I visited a series of bird and natures sanctuaries in the Suffolk...

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Cissbury Ring: Yellowhammers; Linnets; Goldfinches; Stonechats, 30.06.21

Sim Elliott

Jul 1, 20216 min read

Cissbury Ring: Yellowhammers; Linnets; Goldfinches; Stonechats, 30.06.21

Cissbury Ring (Natural Trust) is just north of Worthing and east of Findon. How to get to Old Lodge by bike: I reached Cissbury Ring by...

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Old Lodge NR, Ashdown Forest; heathland & woodland habitat: Redstarts & Spotted Flycatchers 29.06.21

Sim Elliott

Jun 30, 202110 min read

Old Lodge NR, Ashdown Forest; heathland & woodland habitat: Redstarts & Spotted Flycatchers 29.06.21

Old Lodge (Sussex Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve) is in Ashdown Forest, west of Crowborough/ How to get to Old Lodge by public transport:...

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Chichester Canal: a walk from Chichester to Birdham, 23.06.21

Sim Elliott

Jun 25, 20215 min read

Chichester Canal: a walk from Chichester to Birdham, 23.06.21

This was a new walk to me, and the walk was suggested by a friend as an opportunity to see Dragonflies & Damselflies (it was). It was...

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Pett Level to Winchelsea, via Pett Pools, the Royal Military Canal & the Pannel Valley 17.06.21

Sim Elliott

Jun 17, 20219 min read

Pett Level to Winchelsea, via Pett Pools, the Royal Military Canal & the Pannel Valley 17.06.21

I started this walk at Pett Level/Cliff End at 12.10 the end of the Fairlight Cliffs, just east of Hastings. (I got the train from...

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Medmerry/Bracklesham Bay to East Head/West Wittering, 14.06.21 - Ringed Plover Chicks

Sim Elliott

Jun 17, 20212 min read

Medmerry/Bracklesham Bay to East Head/West Wittering, 14.06.21 - Ringed Plover Chicks

On Monday 14.06.21 I walked between the east side of RSPB Medmerry to East Head at West Wittering, along the south coast of the Manhood...

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Chichester to West Wittering (Chichester Harbour/The Manhood Peninsular) 11.06.21

Sim Elliott

Jun 13, 20219 min read

Chichester to West Wittering (Chichester Harbour/The Manhood Peninsular) 11.06.21

The orange line shows the route I took. I started at Chichester Cathedral at 9.30 and walked down West Gate to Fishbourne. I walked...

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RSPB Pagham Harbour 22.05.21: Ringed Plovers and Dunlins

Sim Elliott

May 24, 20215 min read

RSPB Pagham Harbour 22.05.21: Ringed Plovers and Dunlins

On this visit I walked from the Visitors Centre to Sidlesham Quay, past Halsey's Farm to the North Wall then on to Salthouse, past...

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Sim Elliott

May 21, 20213 min read

25 View of Dungeness

I have always loved Dungeness because of it's geometrical panoramas; for the horizontality and verticality that flat seascapes afford....

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