Lichen

Sim Elliott

Jul 97 min read

East Head, West Wittering, West Sussex. Vascular Plants (12 Sussex RPR species), Lichens & Birds 28.05.24, 01.06.24 and 01.07.24.

East Head is one of the most captivating biological assemblages in Sussex; with fascinating geomorphological. I have visited it three...

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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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Uncovering the secrets of Tide Mills, Newhaven: Adder's-Tongue Fern, Sedge Warblers & Reed Warblers singing, and a Cunning Fox on Thursday 03.05.24

Sim Elliott

May 63 min read

Uncovering the secrets of Tide Mills, Newhaven: Adder's-Tongue Fern, Sedge Warblers & Reed Warblers singing, and a Cunning Fox on Thursday 03.05.24

I reached Tide Mills from by the 12 bus; which has a Tide Mills bus stop. Coaster 12 - Eastbourne - Brighton | Brighton & Hove Buses. I...

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12 Golden-Eye Lichens on one Hawthorn. The resurgence of the once-thought-extinct Teloschistes chrysophthalmus on the South Downs. 06.04.24

Sim Elliott

Apr 78 min read

12 Golden-Eye Lichens on one Hawthorn. The resurgence of the once-thought-extinct Teloschistes chrysophthalmus on the South Downs. 06.04.24

Distribution map from Teloschistes chrysophthalmos | The British Lichen Society I travelled by the 29 bus to reach Lewes. I am not going...

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Ashcombe Bottom, East Sussex. Relict ancient woodland on the South Downs. Birds, vascular plants, bryophytes, lichen & fungi. 01.04.21

Sim Elliott

Apr 36 min read

Ashcombe Bottom, East Sussex. Relict ancient woodland on the South Downs. Birds, vascular plants, bryophytes, lichen & fungi. 01.04.21

Ashcombe Bottom, 4km west of Lewes, is one of the very few ancient woodlands left on the East Sussex Downs. Owen Johnson (1998) The...

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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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Butt's Meadow and Babylon Down, Eastbourne. 17.02.24

Sim Elliott

Mar 44 min read

Butt's Meadow and Babylon Down, Eastbourne. 17.02.24

I reached Butt's Meadow by train and bus from Brighton. I got the train from Brighton to Polegate (4 trains and hour, 2 direct, 2 change...

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Castle Hill Local Nature Reserve, Newhaven. 16.02.24

Sim Elliott

Feb 256 min read

Castle Hill Local Nature Reserve, Newhaven. 16.02.24

I reached Castle Hill by bus from Brighton. I got the 12X bus to Newhaven Lower Place (journey time ca. 30 mins; 12: bus; 40 mins; 12A...

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The woodland of Bedelands Farm Local Nature Reserve, Burgess Hill. 09.02.24

Sim Elliott

Feb 247 min read

The woodland of Bedelands Farm Local Nature Reserve, Burgess Hill. 09.02.24

I reached Bedelands Farm by train from Brighton. I got the train to Wivelsfield (direct trains, two an hour, journey time 18mins, or...

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Devon Bryophytes, Lichen, Vascular Plants & Fungi: Dawlish Warren 28 & 31.02.24

Sim Elliott

Feb 35 min read

Devon Bryophytes, Lichen, Vascular Plants & Fungi: Dawlish Warren 28 & 31.02.24

I stayed in Newton Abbot for a few days to visit nature reserves in South Devon. I reachrd Newton Abbott by train from Brighton (via...

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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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Cladonia species lichens and fungi at Broadwater Warren. 23.10.23

Sim Elliott

Oct 27, 20234 min read

Cladonia species lichens and fungi at Broadwater Warren. 23.10.23

I reached Broadwater Warren by taking the 29 bus from Brighton to Eridge Green and walking through the Sussex Wildlife Trust's Eridge...

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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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Northpark Copse, West Sussex. Ancient Chestnut stools & their many Bryophytes 08.09.23.

Sim Elliott

Sep 10, 20238 min read

Northpark Copse, West Sussex. Ancient Chestnut stools & their many Bryophytes 08.09.23.

Northpark Copse is an SSSI but it is not a nature reserve; however there are public footpaths which run through the copse. It is located...

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Chailey Commons: Marsh Gentians and other flowers, bryophytes, fungi, lichens & insects 25.08.23

Sim Elliott

Aug 31, 202310 min read

Chailey Commons: Marsh Gentians and other flowers, bryophytes, fungi, lichens & insects 25.08.23

We always seem to see something special when we visit the Chailey Commons. Dave Bangs, The Land of the Brighton Line: A field guide to...

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Coed Lletywalter, Coed Aber Artro, Coed Cymerau Isaf & Coed Garth 16-18.08.23

Sim Elliott

Aug 23, 20239 min read

Coed Lletywalter, Coed Aber Artro, Coed Cymerau Isaf & Coed Garth 16-18.08.23

From the 16th to the 18th of August, whilst on holiday in Porthmadog, I visited four smaller Oak Woodlands. This post contains the...

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Coed Felenrhyd and Llennyrch, Maentwrog, Wales. Wild flowers, ferns, bryophytes & lichens. 15.08.23

Sim Elliott

Aug 23, 202310 min read

Coed Felenrhyd and Llennyrch, Maentwrog, Wales. Wild flowers, ferns, bryophytes & lichens. 15.08.23

Coed Felenrhyd & Llennyrch is a rare, Atlantic oak woodland and one of our largest woods in Wales. It sits above the Vale of Ffestiniog...

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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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