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Butterflies, Wild Flowers, Birds, Lichens and Bryophytes. Devil's Dyke and Newtimber Hill. 20.05.23

Sim Elliott

May 21
3 min

Butterflies, Wild Flowers, Birds, Lichens and Bryophytes. Devil's Dyke and Newtimber Hill. 20.05.23

The Devil's Dyke | Sussex | National Trust and Newtimber Hill Saddlescombe Farm and Newtimber Hill | National Trust are adjacent to each...

Scotland 5: Glasdrum Wood NNR; temperate rain forest, and Chequered Skippers. 12.05.23

Sim Elliott

May 19
5 min

Scotland 5: Glasdrum Wood NNR; temperate rain forest, and Chequered Skippers. 12.05.23

I got to Glasdrum from Oban by public transport. I took the West Coast Motors bus 405 to Creagan Bridge. There are on six services from...

Scotland 4: Puffins, Razorbills, Eider, Shags & Fulmars. Staffa & the Treshnish Isles, 11.05.23

Sim Elliott

May 18
4 min

Scotland 4: Puffins, Razorbills, Eider, Shags & Fulmars. Staffa & the Treshnish Isles, 11.05.23

I got to Tobermory from Oban by public transport. I took the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry from Oban to Craignure, from where I got a West...

Scotland 3: The Wildlife of Mull. 10.05.23

Sim Elliott

May 17
4 min

Scotland 3: The Wildlife of Mull. 10.05.23

I got to Tobermory from Oban by public transport. I took the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry from Oban to Craignure, from where I got a West...

Scotland 2: Temperate rain forest fragments around Tobermory, Mull 09.05.23 & 11.05.23

Sim Elliott

May 16
4 min

Scotland 2: Temperate rain forest fragments around Tobermory, Mull 09.05.23 & 11.05.23

I got to Tobermory from Oban by public transport. I took the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry from Oban to Craignure, from where I got a West...

Scotland 1: Dunollie Woods, Oban; temperate rain forest. 08.05.23 & 09.05.23

Sim Elliott

May 15
4 min

Scotland 1: Dunollie Woods, Oban; temperate rain forest. 08.05.23 & 09.05.23

I went to Oban for six days, to visit some of the west coast of Scotland's Temperate Rain Forests, and to watch birds on Mull and the...

Parham Park. Tress, Lichens & Bryophytes; Geology and Needlework Nature. 01.05.23

Sim Elliott

May 7
2 min

Parham Park. Tress, Lichens & Bryophytes; Geology and Needlework Nature. 01.05.23

To visit Parham House and Garden Parham House and Gardens | Elizabethan House | West Sussex : Parham House & Gardens...

Lichens, Bryophytes, Fungi and Wild Flowers at Ebernoe Common. 07.04.23

Sim Elliott

Apr 13
11 min

Lichens, Bryophytes, Fungi and Wild Flowers at Ebernoe Common. 07.04.23

Ebernoe Common is a low weald heath, ancient wood and wood pasture nature reserve managed by the Sussex Wildlife Trust reserve, north of...

Brede High Woods. Bryophytes, Lichen, Wild Flowers, Insects and a Brook Lamprey. 03.04.23

Sim Elliott

Apr 6
7 min

Brede High Woods. Bryophytes, Lichen, Wild Flowers, Insects and a Brook Lamprey. 03.04.23

Brede High Woods (Woodland Trust) is a wonderful collection of ghyll woods north of Hastings Brede High Woods is home to astonishingly...

Crowborough Country Park & Crowborough Ghyll. Frogs, Bryophytes & Dinosaurs. 24.02.23

Sim Elliott

Mar 3
5 min

Crowborough Country Park & Crowborough Ghyll. Frogs, Bryophytes & Dinosaurs. 24.02.23

Crowborough Country Park was previously a clay quarry and Crowborough Ghyll is a typical High Weald ghyll wood. Both nature reserves are...

The Mens Nature Reserve, West Sussex: Trees, Landscape, Bryophytes, Lichens and Fungi. 20.02.23

Sim Elliott

Feb 27
7 min

The Mens Nature Reserve, West Sussex: Trees, Landscape, Bryophytes, Lichens and Fungi. 20.02.23

The Mens is an extraordinary landscape; it is a nature reserve maintained by the Sussex Wildlife Trust. The unusual name ... comes from...

Kingley Vale: Yews, Epiphytes, Fungi and The Devil's Humps. 11.02.23

Sim Elliott

Feb 16
7 min

Kingley Vale: Yews, Epiphytes, Fungi and The Devil's Humps. 11.02.23

Kingley Vale is a National Nature Reserve famous for its historic Yews. I visit Kingley Vale regularly. Its yews, other trees, and short...

Fairlight Glen; a ghyll wood and its bryophytes. Hastings Country Park. 07 & 10.02.23

Sim Elliott

Feb 15
4 min

Fairlight Glen; a ghyll wood and its bryophytes. Hastings Country Park. 07 & 10.02.23

I visited Fairlight Glen twice in one week in order to explore it's bryophytes. My initial motivation was to see if I could find...

Lichen, Bryophytes & Fungi. Marline Valley Nature Reserve, Hastings. 31.01.22

Sim Elliott

Jan 31
10 min

Lichen, Bryophytes & Fungi. Marline Valley Nature Reserve, Hastings. 31.01.22

Marline Valley is a wonderful mix of semi-natural ancient woodland, unimproved meadows and a classic Sussex ghyll stream situated on the...

Lichens, Bryophytes, Fungi and Birds. Waterhall Nature Reserve & The Devil's Dyke. 23.01.23

Sim Elliott

Jan 26
4 min

Lichens, Bryophytes, Fungi and Birds. Waterhall Nature Reserve & The Devil's Dyke. 23.01.23

Over the weekend a local lichenologist saw a String of Sausages, Usnea aticulata, following a fellow member of the British Lichen Society...

Eridge Rocks: A wonderland of lichen, fungi, moss, liverworts and slime moulds. 04.01.23

Sim Elliott

Jan 21
3 min

Eridge Rocks: A wonderland of lichen, fungi, moss, liverworts and slime moulds. 04.01.23

This was the second time I have visited Eridge Rocks. It is easy to get to by bus from Brighton; take the 29 29 - Brighton-Tunbridge...

Eridge Park (SSSI) East Sussex; Lichen, Bryophytes, Fungi and Landscape. 23.12.22

Sim Elliott

Jan 20
5 min

Eridge Park (SSSI) East Sussex; Lichen, Bryophytes, Fungi and Landscape. 23.12.22

Eridge Park is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, to the east of Eridge Green Rock, south of Tunbridge Wells. The landscape is shaped...

Winter Suite: the species and landscape of Seaford Head and Cuckmere Haven at dusk. 08.12.22

Sim Elliott

Dec 11, 2022
1 min

Winter Suite: the species and landscape of Seaford Head and Cuckmere Haven at dusk. 08.12.22

I took the 12 bus from Brighton to Seaford Library, then walked to the beach and walked over Seaford Head Seaford Head | Sussex Wildlife...

Markstakes Common & Chailey Commons. Tress, Fungi, Bryophytes, Lichen and Slime Molds. 06.12.22

Sim Elliott

Dec 9, 2022
3 min

Markstakes Common & Chailey Commons. Tress, Fungi, Bryophytes, Lichen and Slime Molds. 06.12.22

I visited Markstakes Common, South Chailey (a Woodland Trust site) (not one of the 5 Chailey Commons) for the first time on 06.11.22, I...

Church Wood LNR & Marline Valley NR, Hastings. Woods, Ghylls, Fungi, Lichen & Bryophytes. 05.12.22

Sim Elliott

Dec 7, 2022
8 min

Church Wood LNR & Marline Valley NR, Hastings. Woods, Ghylls, Fungi, Lichen & Bryophytes. 05.12.22

I reached Church Wood from Brighton by getting a train to Hasting Station and then the 20 bus to the bus stop on Tile Barn Road, close to...