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Park Corner Heath/Roland Wood & Lewes Railway Land NRs. The hottest UK day on record. 19.07.22
On what was predicted to be the hottest day on reduced, and was, I decided to visit two reserves that were mostly woodland so that I...

Sim Elliott
Jul 20, 20223 min read
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Friston Forest, Friston Gallops and Lullington Heath. Butterflies. 18.09.22
As on Monday the weather forecast was for extremely hot weather, I decided to make a nature journey that was mostly in the woods; to...

Sim Elliott
Jul 20, 20224 min read
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Ranmore Common, Polesden Lacey & Denbies Hillside (Surrey Hills AONB). 16.07.22
I returned to Ranmore Common and Denbies common, which I had visited the Saturday before, see Butterflies at Denbies Hillside and Ranmore...

Sim Elliott
Jul 17, 20229 min read
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Headley Heath (Surrey Hills AONB). Landscape and Butterflies. 15.07.22
Headley Heath is next to Box Hill near Dorking. It Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) with a large variety of invertebrates and...

Sim Elliott
Jul 16, 20222 min read
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Birds and Butterflies at Arlington Reservoir and Abbot's Wood. 12.07.22
I hadn't visited Arlington Reservoir for a long time, and I had never visited Abbot's Wood nearby, so I decide to visit both on Tuesday...

Sim Elliott
Jul 13, 20226 min read
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Lancing Ring Nature Reserve. Butterflies & Birds. 11.07.22
Lancing Ring Nature Reserve, is north of Lancing. I reached it by catching a bus to Shoreham, and then walking up the Adur estuary,...

Sim Elliott
Jul 12, 20221 min read
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Butterflies at Denbies Hillside and Ranmore Common (Surrey Hills AONB). 09.07.22
I caught the train to Box Hill and Westhumble Station from Brighton (changing at Gatwick Airport and Horsham), a journey of 90 minutes,...

Sim Elliott
Jul 11, 20227 min read
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Steyning Downland Scheme: a Marsh Tit, a Dingy Skipper and a Grey Wagtail. 05.07.22
I had wanted to visit the Steyning Downland Scheme for some time; and it was easy to reach by bus number 2 from Brighton (an hourly...

Sim Elliott
Jul 5, 20225 min read
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A short walk at the Coombe, Malling Down NR. Butterflies & the first Rampion of 2022. 04.07.22
I was working (as a volunteer) most of the day in Brighton on Monday 04.07.22, but I finished at 15.00 so I took the opportunity of the...

Sim Elliott
Jul 4, 20222 min read
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The "usual" Birds and Butterflies and well-being. Cissbury Ring. 02.07.22
I did a morning walk to Cissbury Ring on Saturday 02.07.22. I reached Cissbury by train and bus (Brighton to Worthing by train and bus 1...

Sim Elliott
Jul 3, 20223 min read
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Into the Woods! Stedham Common and The Severals. 01.07.22.
After visiting Iping Common on 01.07.22, I visited Stedham Common, just to the east of Iping Common, forming part of a wider area of...

Sim Elliott
Jul 3, 20222 min read
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Silver-Studded Blue Butterflies, Birds & Bees at Iping Common. 01.07.22
I went to Iping Common especially to see Silver-Studded Blues, and I was not disappointed, I saw ca. 50. Iping Common is an area of...

Sim Elliott
Jul 2, 20225 min read
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Butterflies and Birds at the Devil's Dyke and Newtimber Hill. 29.06.22
I went to the Devils Dyke and New Timber in the afternoon on the 77 bus, and spent four hours looking at butterflies, moths, other...

Sim Elliott
Jun 30, 20222 min read
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Colour, Form, Flora and Fauna on the South Downs on a June Afternoon: a Visual Poem. 29.06.22
I visual poem. A chronological sequence of photographs from my walk this afternoon: down the Devil's Dyke, through the woods, round...

Sim Elliott
Jun 29, 20221 min read
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Bookham Commons. Birds, Wild Plants & Butterflies. White Admiral. 27.06.22
Bookham Commons, National Trust (Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) is a Site of Special Scientific Interest for its flora...

Sim Elliott
Jun 28, 20229 min read
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Skippers! Another brief stroll round Beacon Hill Local Nature Reserve, Rottingdean. 26.06.22
At the moment I am staying at my mother's house, following her having surgery, so it is not currently possible for me to make longer...

Sim Elliott
Jun 26, 20223 min read
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Skylarks! A brief stroll round Beacon Hill Local Nature Reserve, Rottingdean. 23.06.22
At the moment I am staying at my other's house, following her having surgery, so it is not currently possible for me to make longer...

Sim Elliott
Jun 24, 20221 min read
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Butterflies, Trees and Landscapes. Box Hill, Dorking, Surrey. 22.06.22
Box Hill is under the stewardship of the National Trust Box Hill | National Trust, and is an extraordinarily beautiful landscape of chalk...

Sim Elliott
Jun 23, 20226 min read
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Mill Hill NR and Anchor Bottom (Beeding Hill). A profusion of Marbled White Butterflies. 20.06.22
I took the 2 bus from my home to Shoreham. I walked up the Adur and then up the footpath to Mill Hill that crosses on the road bridge the...

Sim Elliott
Jun 22, 20223 min read
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Birds and Butterflies. Devil's Dyke & Castle Hill National Nature Reserve. 17.06.22
This is a record of the photos I took on two locations on 17.96.22. First I went to the bottom of the Devil's Dyke with friends, and got...

Sim Elliott
Jun 18, 20221 min read
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