I took the 12 bus from Brighton to Eastbourne. You can catch the 12, 12A (slower) or 12X (fastest) to Eastbourne. They run frequently every day; see: 12 - Eastbourne-Brighton | Brighton & Hove Buses. I got off on the East Dean Road, then walked through the Royal Eastbourne Golf Course (on the public footpath) and through the Meads area of Eastbourne to Holywell Café on the seafront. I walked along the beach, then up the steps, past the Holy Well, that joins Holywell Road. I walked up King Edward's Way onto the open downland of Beachy Head. I took the southernmost footpath through Cow Gap, then up to the South Downs Way by the From Beachy Head I walked on the path that runs to Birling Gap through Horseshoe Plantation. I got the 13X bus back from Beachy Head to Brighton. The 13X runs only on Sundays and bank holidays 13X - Eastbourne-Brighton | Brighton & Hove Buses If you are doing this walk on a day the 13X doesn't run you would need to walk from Birling Gap to East Dean and get a
Route shown in red
Eastbourne Beach - Hastings/Fairlight Cliffs in the distance
Hastings Country Park
Cormorants
Gull
Jackdaw on the cliffs
Rock Samphire
Eastbourne Pier
Holy Well Cliffs
The Holy Well fresh water spring. See Eastbourne's Holy Well: The stunning natural spring most people have never heard of - SussexLive for folk lore on the Spring
The beach east of Holy Well
The steps up to Holy Well Road
The beginning of the South Downs Way on Beachy Head
Oregano ?
Knapweed
Ronin's Pinchushion
Another Robin's Pincushion
House Martens over Cow Gap
Viper's Bugloss
Blackbirds at Cow Gap
Robin
Dunnock
Woodpigeon
Bird's-Foot Trefoil
Bramble
Rosebay Willow-Herb and Rose
The view east from Beachy Head
Another Robin's Pincushion
Stonechats, Beachy Head
The Path from the summit of Beachy Head down to Shooter Hill bottom
Common Blue
A fresh Common Blue on Hark Bit
Small White
Mullein
View west - Belle Tout Lighthouse and Seaford Head
Carline Thistle Heads
Common Carder on clematis (non native)
Wall Butterfly.
I saw ca. 5 Walls, all fresh, possibly a third brood
Small White
Small White on Hawkbit
Common Carden on Devil's Bit Scabious
Wall Brown
Stonechat
Bell Tout lighthouse
Common Toadflax
Small Copper
Clouded Yellow
I saw a lot of fresh Common Blues on the path just east of Horseshow Plantation
Common Blue
Female Common Blue
Brown Argus - underwings
Same Brown Argus
Common Blue
The lath to Horseshoe Plantation
Devil's Bit Scabious
Robin
Female Common Blue
Horseshoe Plantation
The Lookout (between Horseshoe Plantation and Birling Gap)
Stonechat
House Sparrows
Stonechat
After my walk at Beachy Head and Birling Gap I took the 13A to Rottingdean, where I walked along the undercliff to Brighton Marina
Little Egret
Oystercatcher
Oystercatcher and Little Egret
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