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Birds and Butterflies. Devil's Dyke & Castle Hill National Nature Reserve. 17.06.22

This is a record of the photos I took on two locations on 17.96.22. First I went to the bottom of the Devil's Dyke with friends, and got a lift there in a friends car. Later in the day I went for a short walk to Castle Hill, near Woodingdean. To get there I took the 2 bus, then walked up the Falmer Road to the entrance to Castle Hill off the track called Norton Drive, which runs parallel with Bexhill Road. I walked north to south through Castle Hill and continues along the footbath that runs past the ruins of Ballsdean, and then up over the down on the path than becomes Bazehill Road. I took the 2 bus back home from the Bazehill Road stop. 2 - Steyning-Rottingdean | Brighton & Hove Buses


Birds seen and photographed:


Devils Dyke: Stonechats, Buzzard


Castle Hill: Stonechats, Corn Bunting, Meadow Pipits, Buzzard


Butterflies seen and photographed:


Devils' Dyke: Large Skipper, Dark Green Fritillary, Common Blue


Castle Hill: Marbled Whites , Meadow Browns, Common Blues, Dingy Skipper, Small Tortoiseshell, Painted Lady


Devil's Dyke (National Trust)


Large Skipper


Dark Green Fritillary


Large Skipper


Female Stonechat


Male Stonechat


Common Blue


Common Spotted Orchids


Castle Hill National Nature Reserve (Nature England)


Meadow Brown


Marbled White


Common Blue


Dingy Skipper


Corn Bunting


Male Stonechat


Common Spotted Orchids


Meadow Brown


Buzzard


Chewing the Cud


Meadow Pipit


Small Tortoiseshell - Ballsdean


Painted Lady - Bazehill Road


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Unknown member
Jul 07, 2022

Hi Sim

Great article, heading to DD this weekend. Whereabouts roughly, were the DGF ? Was hoping for MW but Fritillaries would be a bonus 😃👍

all the best

Steve A in Norfolk

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