Sim Elliott
Heyshott, Ambersham & Graffam Commons; Sussex Lowland Heath and Climate Change. 10.07.23
North West Sussex, just north of the South Downs, has an area of lowland Wealden heathlands (all called commons). Theses heaths are on...
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Sim Elliott
Jul 2, 20225 min read
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...
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Sim Elliott
Sep 26, 20218 min read
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...
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Sim Elliott
Sep 25, 20211 min read
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...
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Sim Elliott
Sep 16, 20216 min read
Agglomerations of Ivy Bees (Pett Level) and Sea Aster Bees (Rye Harbour) 13.09.21
Whist surveying Pett Level for the Bumble Bee Conservation Trust's Short Haired Bumblebee Reintroduction Project on Monday 13.08.32 we...
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Sim Elliott
Sep 12, 20216 min read
Sea Asters and Sea Aster Bees. Cuckmere Haven. 10.09.21
All text in Italics is taken from primary or on-line sources; citations given. I returned to Cuckmere Haven on 10.09.21 because I wanted...
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Sim Elliott
Aug 18, 20211 min read
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...
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Sim Elliott
Jul 29, 20211 min read
Gardening for wild bees (bumblebees and solitary bees), a fact sheet from Dr Nikki Gammons FRES
This is a really great fact sheet on gardening for wild bees (bumble bees and solitary bees) including annual and perennial wildflowers...
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Sim Elliott
Jul 6, 20214 min read
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...
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