I reached Tide Mills from by the 12 bus; which has a Tide Mills bus stop. Coaster 12 - Eastbourne - Brighton | Brighton & Hove Buses. I was tipped off that there were Adder's-Tongue Ferns by a fellow member of the Sussex Botanical Recording Society. I found 50+ spikes of this inconspicuous, small but fascinating fern. I have been looking for Ophioglossum vulgatum for a few years and hadn't found ii so it was quite a thrill to find it. I visit Tide Mills frequently; as it is h

Ashcombe Bottom, 4km west of Lewes, is one of the very few ancient woodlands left on the East Sussex Downs. Owen Johnson (1998) The...