This was a mid afternoon/early evening walk. I took the bus to Lewes from Brighton, and then took the train to Glynde. From Glynde...

After visiting Malling Down Nature Reserve (Sussex Wildlife Trust, I walked down the path by Lewes Golf club that ends further down...

After visiting Bevendean Down Nature Reserve first thing on 09.05.22, I walked over the top of Bevendean Down to Moulsecoomb, where I...

Butterflies are in severe decline in the UK. ... [Richard Fox, Butterfly Conservation UK]: "Three-quarters of our 56 resident butterfly...

I travelled to Pulborough Brooks by train from Brighton (change at Barnham) to Pulborough Station, then I followed the Wild Art Trail...

The Ouse Estuary Nature Reserve is between the A259 and Newhaven. East Sussex County Council says :The Ouse Estuary Nature Reserve was...

On the afternoon of 03.05.22 I took the 12 Bus to Tide Mills, between Newhaven and Seaford and walked around the Tide Mills site, and the...

This is one of my more typical blog posts; it is a log of the birds, insects and plants that I saw at Titchfield Haven National Nature...

Typically my blog posts record what I have seen on my day nature trips, supplemented with some information on the species seen, and the...

When I go for walks in nature, I try to be open to experience and enjoy every aspect of nature that presents itself, whether that be a...

My nature journey of Saturday 23.04.22 was of two parts: a walk around Birling Gap and Friston Forest and then a walk in Cuckmere Haven...

At the end of last year (2011) I wrote an article for the Shoreham and District Ornithological Society on my Fulmar observations during...

I went to RSPB Pulborough Brooks by train. I typically get the train from Brighton to Pulborough, changing at Barham, and walk across the...

This was my first. I reached it by train and bus. I took the train from Brighton to Crawley (changing at Three Bridges) and then took the...

I took the train from Brighton to Sandy; a Thameslink train to London Blackfriars, where I changed to a Thameslink train to Peterborough....

I travelled to RSPB Pagham Harbour by train (Brighton to Chichester) and bus (51 from Chichester). I went to Pagham as I went to Pagham...

On Saturday 09.04.22, I went to RSPB Dungeness in order to survey bumblebees as pat of a Bumblebee Conservation Trust's Short-haired...

I travelled to Swanage by the Purbeck Breezer bus from my hotel in Poole Swanage Bay Old Harry Rocks from Swanage I came to Swanage to...

I got to RSPB Arne from my hotel in Poole by train (to Wareham), by bus (to Stoborough Green ) and by foot (4 miles walk) to Arne is part...

To get to Brownsea Island, you need to get a Ferry from Poole Quay. Pool Quay is the historic part of Poole; most of Poole is post-wat...

I arrived in my Poole hotel, for my four day Dorset nature holiday at lunchtime. I got to Poole by train from Brighton. I had time in the...

I decided to do a walk that I did many times from January to April 20211, when the covid-19 lockdown regulations prohibited leaving your...

I went with a friend to Old Lodge Nature Reserve in Ashdown Forest. For details of the reserve see: Old Lodge | Sussex Wildlife Trust Old...

I went to RSPB Medmerry yesterday because I had read on the Birding the Selsey Peninsula (selseybirder.blogspot.com) blog that there were...

I went to the top part of Hayling Island yesterday, visiting the Langstone Harbour Oyster Beds nature reserve (aka West Hayling NR, owned...

Monday 13.03.22 was the first day of my 2022 trips Rye Harbour to survey bumblebees as part of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust's...

I went to Warnham Nature Reserve yesterday with a group from the Gay Birders Club. It was a lovely summer spring day. Map from:...

The last (and first) time I visited the London WWT Wetland Centre in Barnes was shortly after the second lockdown, and all the hides were...

Conservation, auto-rewilding and development Walthamstow Wetlands consists of a group of reservoirs in Walthamstow/South Tottenham, owned...

On Tuesday 1st March I returned to Arundel to go to the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust Wetland Centre; when I was in Arundel on Monday, we...

I went birding with a friend on Monday 28.02.21. I returned to Iford, to show him the Tundra Bean Geese, Russian White-Fronted Geese and...

When I visited Pagham Harbour on Tuesday I visited the full revere; walking first from the visitors centre to the Ferry Pool and then...

It was very windy today at Cuckmere Haven. I had planned to go to Pagham Harbour but the train track to Chichester was blocked all...

I went to Pett Level, and Rye Harbour Nature Reserve as a last-minute decision. On Wednesdays I normally visit my mother, but yesterday...

I visit the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust's Farlington Marshes (top of Langstone Harbour) Farlington Marshes Nature Reserve...

I reached Titchfield Haven by train (Brighton to Fareham) and bus. Last time I visited I took the Solent X5 bus from Farnham Train...

Engagement in nature is a significant driver of my well-being. But luck is a huge component of what you see. There is knowledge that can...

After I finished my walk form Iford to Newhaven on Tuesday 08.02.22, I hopped on an 12X bus, got off at the Seven Sisters Country Park...

After watching the geese at Iford, I walked down the Ouse Valley from Iford to Newhaven. This post is as much concerned with the...

This very unusual combination of geese had been sighted at Iford Brooks, just south of Lewes in the Ouse Valley, since 28.01.22 and...

I went to Burpham because I saw that Bewick's Swans had been reported on bird guides. I had only seen domesticated Bewick's Swans in...

I visit RSPB Pagham Harbour very frequently. My "patch" I see as being the Sussex harbours, estuaries and rivers; viz. - Chichester...

On Monday I caught the bus to Shoreham and walked around the RSPB Adur Estuary area Adur Estuary Nature Reserve, West Sussex - The RSPB ,...

I went to Pett Level, in part to see if I could see the Russian White-Fronted Geese that had been seen there of late; I didn't see them....

Unlike my trip to Langstone Harbour on Monday, see: Birds in Langstone Harbour: the old Oyster Beds & Kench Reserves. 17.01.22 when is...

I visited Langstone Harbour/Hayling Island on a beautiful, sunny and cold day; and saw a large range of overwintering birds; along with...

Titchfield Haven is located on the coast of the Solent, almost directly opposite Cowes on the Isle of White, and just to the north east...

A selection of photos from my trip to RSPB Rainham Marshes yesterday, where it rained continuously and was very dark. I got there for...

Friday 07.01.22 was extremely dark; because of road works at Peacehaven I didn't arrive at Exceat until 14.15.To took a 12 bus from...

I started this walk at Cliff End (where Fairlight meets Pett Level), and walked to Winchelsea Beach, into the Rye Harbour Nature Reserve...