Lichen

Sim Elliott

Dec 103 min read

Cladonia lichens at Ambersham Common. 03.12.24

On Tuesday I saw a magnificent selection of Cladonia species lichen (mostly pixies cups) at Ambesham Common; I noted 12 species. You can...

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Hatfield Forest: Wood Pasture Oaks and Pollarded Hornbeam. 23.11.24

Sim Elliott

Dec 55 min read

Hatfield Forest: Wood Pasture Oaks and Pollarded Hornbeam. 23.11.24

Hatfield is of supreme interest in that all the elements of a medieval Forest survive: deer, cattle, coppice woods, pollards, scrub,...

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Low Weald ancient pasture woodland: trees and lichens at Ebernoe Common. 18.11.24

Sim Elliott

Nov 209 min read

Low Weald ancient pasture woodland: trees and lichens at Ebernoe Common. 18.11.24

Ebernoe is dominated by old wood pasture where Commoners would have turned out their cattle or pigs to graze and browse on young trees...

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Ancient Woodland in the Surrey Hills: Banstead Wood. 19.11.24

Sim Elliott

Nov 203 min read

Ancient Woodland in the Surrey Hills: Banstead Wood. 19.11.24

The ancient Banstead Woods were fabulously beautiful today with their array of autumn colours (even in 4ºC and pouring rain). They are...

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Ancient Woodland of the Surrey Low Weald: Honesland Wood and Staffhurst Wood. 16.11.24

Sim Elliott

Nov 197 min read

Ancient Woodland of the Surrey Low Weald: Honesland Wood and Staffhurst Wood. 16.11.24

The lure for visiting Staffhurst Wood was reading its SSSI specification which says: The old oak trees support a rich lichen flora...

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

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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