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A second trip to RSPB Pagham Harbour: the glory of Cattle Egrets and some Yellow Wagtails 25.09.21
On Saturday 25.09.21 I returned to Pagham Harbour as I so enjoyed seeing the Cattle Egrets on Tuesday 22.09.21. This time I took my...

Sim Elliott
Sep 26, 20214 min read
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Tring Natural History Museum & College Lake NR: Taxidermy, Ivy Bees & a Red Kite 22.09.21
On Tuesday 22nd September I visited Tring National History Museum, after reading The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson On a cool...

Sim Elliott
Sep 26, 20218 min read
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RSPB Pagham Harbour; Cattle Egret, Black Tailed Godwits & Wigeon 21.09.21
Aside the path to the Ferry Pool there were bramble bushes still in flower; whereas nearly everywhere at the moment the brambles are in...

Sim Elliott
Sep 26, 20212 min read
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Seaford Head and Cuckmere Haven: Insects, a Kestrel and Knots 17.12.21
This post focusses on insects at Seaford Head; but there some birds too, particularly at Cuckmere Haven. I walked this route from 15.00...

Sim Elliott
Sep 25, 20211 min read
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Corn Buntings on Bullock Hill and Wheatear & Stonechats in the Castle Hill Nature Reserve 12.09.21
On Sunday (13.09.21) I walked around Caste Hill Nature Reserve with a friend. In a field next to the reserve, on Bullock Hill, in a field...

Sim Elliott
Sep 13, 20213 min read
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Birds. Cuckmere Haven. 10.09.21.
After searching for Sea Aster Bees on Friday (click here t read about the Sea Asters I found) I had a look around for birds. I walked...

Sim Elliott
Sep 13, 20214 min read
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Pollinators and Wild Flowers. Seaford Head and Cuckmere Haven. 08.09.21. A Clouded Yellow
This post is a record of a walk from Seaford Head to Cuckmere Haven (with a detour up the path at Hope Bottom, as Hope Bottom is well...

Sim Elliott
Sep 11, 202115 min read
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Red-Crested Pochards and a Pintail. Rottingdean Pond. 05.09.21 & 07.09.21
I saw a Facebook post saying that there were Red-Crested Pochards on Rottingdean Pond. There were, and a Pintail. Red-Crested Pochards...

Sim Elliott
Sep 9, 20213 min read
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Birds & Butterflies at Cissbury: 2 trips; 2 birding groups; one day. 04.09.21. A Pied Flycatcher
On Saturday I went for a walk to Cissbury Ring with the Shoreham and District Ornithology Society (SDOS) (8.00-10.00) and the Gay...

Sim Elliott
Sep 9, 20212 min read
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On Bumblebee Surveying: values, meaning, purpose and pleasure. Dungeness 01.09.21.
I experienced a high sense of well-being on Wednesday when I spent the day bumblebee surveying (and doing a little bit of bird watching);...

Sim Elliott
Sep 3, 202110 min read
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The Adur Estuary SSSI & Shoreham Fort: Ringed Plovers, a Peregrine Falcon & Wall Lizards. 31.08.21
On Tuesday I walked with a friend from Coronation Green in Shoreham, where the Adur Estuary RSPB Nature Reserve (part of the Adur Estuary...

Sim Elliott
Sep 3, 20214 min read
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Balsdean & Castle Hill: a Raven, many autumnal wild flowers, and a juvenile Buzzard. 30.08.21
On Monday 30.08.21 I walked from Rottingdean (up the path next to the Whiteway Centre). via Balsdean, Castle Hill, the South Downs Way to...

Sim Elliott
Sep 2, 20219 min read
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Rye Harbour Nature Reserve. 24.08.21. A Ruff!
I went with a friend to Rye Harbour Nature Reserve (Sussex Wildlife Trust) on Tuesday 24.08.21; we both know the reserve well. My friend...

Sim Elliott
Aug 26, 20213 min read
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RSPB Pagham Harbour. 23.08.21 Juvenile Cattle Egrets and an Osprey
I started my walk at the Ferry Pool. I then walked on the north side of the Ferry Channel; then along the path to Sidelsham Quay; then...

Sim Elliott
Aug 24, 20213 min read
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Rye Harbour. Bumblebee Surveying and Bird Watching. 18.08.21
I went to Rye Harbour Nature Reserve to take part in the fortnightly bumblebee surveying that I undertake with the Bumblebee Conservation...

Sim Elliott
Aug 18, 20211 min read
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Fulmars - Observation 21 (13/08/2021)
16.40-17.45 Weather: Temp: 17 C; moderate breeze; cloudy From Rottingdean to Saltdean 4 Fulmars in flight From Rottingdean to Ovingdean...

Sim Elliott
Aug 12, 20211 min read
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Bumblebee Surveying and A bit of Bird Watching - Dungeness 02.08.21
The primary purpose of this visit to Dungeness was bumblebee surveying, aa part of my role as a volunteer with the Bumblebee Conservation...

Sim Elliott
Aug 3, 20214 min read
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Fulmars - Observation 20 (19/07/2021)
16.00-17.15 Weather: Temp: 24 C; wind still; Sunny From Saltdean to Rottingdean 1 Fulmar heard but not seen From Rottingdean to...

Sim Elliott
Jul 19, 20211 min read
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East Suffolk Nature Reserves Part 2: 15.07.21-17.07.21: Hazelwood Marsh, Snape, Dunwich, Warberswick
Click here to view Part 1 Wednesday 14.07.21 Aldeburgh to Saxmundham via Hazelwood Marsh Nature Reserve (Suffolk Wildlife Trust) and...

Sim Elliott
Jul 19, 202113 min read
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East Suffolk Nature Reserves Part 1: 12.07.21-13.07.21 North Warren, Minsmere
Click here to view Part 2 From Monday 12.07.21 to Saturday 17.07.21 I visited a series of bird and natures sanctuaries in the Suffolk...

Sim Elliott
Jul 18, 20215 min read
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