Sim Elliott
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...
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Sim Elliott
- Feb 10, 2022
- 3 min
Nature, volition, luck & well-being: 3 bird trips, 8 rare or hard-to-spot birds. 01-08.02.22
Engagement in nature is a significant driver of my well-being. But luck is a huge component of what you see. There is knowledge that can...
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Sim Elliott
- Sep 3, 2021
- 10 min
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);...
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Sim Elliott
- Aug 6, 2021
- 5 min
Curiosity, Beginners' Mind, Flow, Butterflies and Well-being. Friston Forrest 04.08.21
and a few Bumblebees, Hoverflies, and Moths Red Admiral butterfly, Vanessa atalanta, on Bramble Being curious opens the door to more than...
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Sim Elliott
- Apr 30, 2021
- 33 min
Arundel WWT & the Arun: a Grey Wagtail, a Sedge Warbler, a Red Kite, and a Marsh Harrier, 26.04.21
As I now feel confident about using public transport again, I decided on Monday to visit the Arundel Wetland Centre (Wildfowl and Wetland...
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Sim Elliott
- Apr 21, 2021
- 10 min
A Whimbrel & two Bar-tailed Godwits: a peak birding experience, Widewater Lagoon, Shoreham, 20.04.21
At 15.00 I had a coffee and an ice-cream with a friend at Carat's Café, just east of Shoreham and Widewater Lagoon. I had planned to go...
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Sim Elliott
- Mar 23, 2021
- 27 min
Citizen Science, the Love of Nature & the Birds of the Undercliff, from the Marina to Saltdean.
The focus of this post is considering what we can do to conserve diversity and abundance of species in our local area. Toward the end of...
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Sim Elliott
- Feb 22, 2021
- 23 min
A bird-focused walk from Craven Woods to Beacon Hill: historical & cultural resonances.
Friday 19.02.21. Like, I suspect, many people, after a year of covid-19, I often feel flat. Whilst the vaccination programme offers hope,...
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Sim Elliott
- Feb 21, 2021
- 11 min
Skylarks: photos & birdsong; poetry & music. Nature and art in troubling times.
Click here to hear a field recording of singing Skylarks recorded on 20.02.21 in Ovingdean. On Saturday (20/01/21) I spent nearly two...
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Sim Elliott
- Feb 16, 2021
- 5 min
Park Life, more than Pigeons: bird watching in Queen's Park, Preston Park and St Ann's Well Gardens
I feed the pigeons, I sometimes feed the sparrows too It gives me a sense of enormous well-being (Parklife) And then I'm happy for the...
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Sim Elliott
- Feb 12, 2021
- 26 min
Neighbourhood Nature: the importance or our local areas for well-being & pro-conservation motivation
This the record of a circular walk; and an exploration of the importance of attending to local nature to well-being and conversation. All...
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Sim Elliott
- Jan 30, 2021
- 9 min
Rocky the Rock Pipit: animal-human relations, well-being & conservation.
Whilst this post was written on 29/01/21, I will add photos of Rocky when I see him/her susequently. "Theodore Roszak identified loss of...
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Sim Elliott
- Jan 27, 2021
- 10 min
Birds as symbols in art.
Revised: 02/02.21 Birds are frequently used as symbols in art; to express human-animal connection; human hopes; spiritual beliefs; and...
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Sim Elliott
- Jan 11, 2021
- 15 min
Wanderer above the Sea of Fog: a walk in Hollingbury woods; and resilience in covid times.
Fog and sunlight When I stood on the ancient Hill Fort on Hollingbury Hill on Saturday afternoon, the sun shone on the hills and its...
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Sim Elliott
- Jan 6, 2021
- 5 min
On Photography: Pavement botany; savouring pleasures felt finding beauty in the built environment.
Photography is many things: a profession, a hobby, what you do on holiday, an art form, a form of activism, a way of making scientific...
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Sim Elliott
- Jan 2, 2021
- 9 min
A New Year's Eve Journey: Whitehawk Hill, Woodingdean, Castle Hill, Balsdean, Rottingdean, Ovingdean
On News Year's Eve I wanted to take a solitary walk in the countryside as I wanted to be able to sustain my attention on natural...
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Sim Elliott
- Dec 28, 2020
- 4 min
Awe and Attachment: our connection with nature.
I live not in myself, but I become Portion of that around me; and to me, High mountains are a feeling, but the hum Of human cities...
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Sim Elliott
- Dec 24, 2020
- 1 min
Up-lifting animal photos and videos for 2021 lock-down.
Baby albatross flies for the first time. Andrew Cotter narrates the nightly walk of the fairy penguins of Victoria's Phillip Island Olive...
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Sim Elliott
- Dec 23, 2020
- 12 min
Making the most of life despite the limitations of covid-19; a great day with the birds of Shoreham
On Monday (21st December, the Winter Solstice) I had planned to got to Arundel, to visit the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust site there;...
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Sim Elliott
- Dec 10, 2020
- 4 min
Shinrin-yoku: forest bathing in Stanmer Great Wood
The covid-19 pandemic has provoked much anxiety and stress for us all. The Japanese practice of Shinrin-yoko provides a way of reducing...
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