Vascular Plants

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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The Adder Who Came To Lunch and some vascular plants at Birling Gap. 01.05.24

Sim Elliott

May 34 min read

The Adder Who Came To Lunch and some vascular plants at Birling Gap. 01.05.24

We saw this Adder on a Sussex Botanical Recording Society field meeting at Birling Gap. For details of the Sussex Botanica; Recording...

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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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JNCC UK Biodiversity Action Plan UK Priority Species - seen in Sussex in 2023

Sim Elliott

Dec 31, 20231 min read

JNCC UK Biodiversity Action Plan UK Priority Species - seen in Sussex in 2023

These are the species I saw on the JNCC UK Biodiversity Action Plan UK lists (last updated 2007). These are the species conservation...

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