top of page
Search


Rye Harbour. Bumblebee Surveying and Bird Watching. 05.07.21
On Monday I travelled to Rye, in order to volunteer with the Bumblebee Conservation Trust's Shorthaired Reintroduction Project, bumblebee...

Sim Elliott
Jul 6, 20214 min read
Â
Â
Â


Sandwich Terns - from the Undercliff, Brighton. 02.07.21
When I was cycling back along the Undercliff between Saltdean and Brighton Marina, after observing the Fulmars between Saltdean and...

Sim Elliott
Jul 3, 20212 min read
Â
Â
Â


Fulmars - Observation 19 (02/07/2021)
16.45-17.15 Weather: Temp: 17 C; wind 5 mph S. Thick sea mist. From Rottingdean to Saltdean 4 singleton Fulmars in nest cavities and 1...

Sim Elliott
Jul 3, 20211 min read
Â
Â
Â


Cissbury Ring: Yellowhammers; Linnets; Goldfinches; Stonechats, 30.06.21
Cissbury Ring (Natural Trust) is just north of Worthing and east of Findon. How to get to Old Lodge by bike: I reached Cissbury Ring by...

Sim Elliott
Jul 1, 20216 min read
Â
Â
Â


Old Lodge NR, Ashdown Forest; heathland & woodland habitat: Redstarts & Spotted Flycatchers 29.06.21
Old Lodge (Sussex Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve) is in Ashdown Forest, west of Crowborough/ How to get to Old Lodge by public transport:...

Sim Elliott
Jun 30, 202110 min read
Â
Â
Â


Fulmars - Observation 18 (29/06/2021)
16.45-17.15 Weather: Temp: 18 C; wind 5 mph SW. Cloudy then heavy rain From Ovingdean to Rottingdean Initially I saw 1 singleton bird on...

Sim Elliott
Jun 28, 20211 min read
Â
Â
Â


Chichester Canal: a walk from Chichester to Birdham, 23.06.21
This was a new walk to me, and the walk was suggested by a friend as an opportunity to see Dragonflies & Damselflies (it was). It was...

Sim Elliott
Jun 25, 20215 min read
Â
Â
Â


Pett Level to Winchelsea, via Pett Pools, the Royal Military Canal & the Pannel Valley 17.06.21
I started this walk at Pett Level/Cliff End at 12.10 the end of the Fairlight Cliffs, just east of Hastings. (I got the train from...

Sim Elliott
Jun 17, 20219 min read
Â
Â
Â


Medmerry/Bracklesham Bay to East Head/West Wittering, 14.06.21 - Ringed Plover Chicks
On Monday 14.06.21 I walked between the east side of RSPB Medmerry to East Head at West Wittering, along the south coast of the Manhood...

Sim Elliott
Jun 17, 20212 min read
Â
Â
Â


Fulmars - Observation 17 (13/06/2021)
16.45-17.15 Weather: Temp: 21 C; wind 5 mph SW. Sunny I walked from Saltdean to Ovingdean From Saltdean to Rottingdean I saw 3 birds: 1...

Sim Elliott
Jun 13, 20211 min read
Â
Â
Â


Chichester to West Wittering (Chichester Harbour/The Manhood Peninsular) 11.06.21
The orange line shows the route I took. I started at Chichester Cathedral at 9.30 and walked down West Gate to Fishbourne. I walked...

Sim Elliott
Jun 13, 20219 min read
Â
Â
Â


RSPB Pagham Harbour & Medmerry Reserves 09.06.21: 11 Black-Tailed Godwits and Mediterranean Gulls
This was an organised RSPB Brighton and Hove group trip to Pagham Harbour. It was really enjoyable. After the organised visit was over, I...

Sim Elliott
Jun 12, 20213 min read
Â
Â
Â


07.06.21 Pannel Valley Reserve: A new location
On Monday 07.06.21 I visited the Pannel Valley in East Sussex with a friend who drove. The Pannel Valley Reserve is a private reserve,...

Sim Elliott
Jun 11, 20213 min read
Â
Â
Â


Rye Harbour Nature Reserve 05.06.21: Black-headed Gull Chicks and a Spotted Redshank
I caught two rains to Rye Harbour (Brighton to Eastbourne, Eastbourne to Rye) My photographs are presented in chronological order of my...

Sim Elliott
Jun 6, 20214 min read
Â
Â
Â


Fulmars - Observation 16 (03/06/2021)
14.10-15.45 Weather: Temp: 20 C; wind 8 mph SW. Sunny I walked from Ovingdean to Saltdean From Ovingdean to Rottingdean I saw 8 birds: 2...

Sim Elliott
Jun 4, 20211 min read
Â
Â
Â


RSPB Medmerry 26.05.21: Little Ringed Plovers; and the decline of Herring Gulls, Linnets and Cuckoos
This post, like most of my other bird posts, includes photographs of most of the species I saw on my visit, but the text concentrates on...

Sim Elliott
May 28, 202110 min read
Â
Â
Â


RSPB Medmerry 24.05.21: Avocet Chicks
This post, like most of my other bird posts, includes photographs and names of most of the species I saw on my visit, but the text...

Sim Elliott
May 27, 20214 min read
Â
Â
Â


RSPB Pagham Harbour 22.05.21: Ringed Plovers and Dunlins
On this visit I walked from the Visitors Centre to Sidlesham Quay, past Halsey's Farm to the North Wall then on to Salthouse, past...

Sim Elliott
May 24, 20215 min read
Â
Â
Â


A Long-Eared Owl
On one of recent birding trips I saw a Long-Eared Owl, Asio otus. I have not included its location, as it is a sensitive sighting. It is...

Sim Elliott
May 21, 20211 min read
Â
Â
Â


Swifts at RSPB Dungeness 15.05.21
On Saturday's visit to RSPB Dungeness I saw many Swifts; too many to count. I also saw ca. 8 Hobbies. Hobbies are high speed raptors,...

Sim Elliott
May 16, 20212 min read
Â
Â
Â
bottom of page