Sim Elliott
Worth Church & Worthlodge Forest; a relic of the former Worth royal hunting forest. 01.09.23
Worthlodge Forest is a relic of the former Royal hunting forest of Worth. Worth Forest has a more unified block of near-continuous...
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Sim Elliott
Aug 31, 202310 min read
Chailey Commons: Marsh Gentians and other flowers, bryophytes, fungi, lichens & insects 25.08.23
We always seem to see something special when we visit the Chailey Commons. Dave Bangs, The Land of the Brighton Line: A field guide to...
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Sim Elliott
Aug 23, 202310 min read
Coed Felenrhyd and Llennyrch, Maentwrog, Wales. Wild flowers, ferns, bryophytes & lichens. 15.08.23
Coed Felenrhyd & Llennyrch is a rare, Atlantic oak woodland and one of our largest woods in Wales. It sits above the Vale of Ffestiniog...
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Sim Elliott
Jul 28, 20234 min read
Botanical finds at Leonardslee Gardens. A Sussex Botanical Recording Society field meeting. 26.07.23
This trip to Leonardslee Gardens was a wonderful experience, as I learnt a great deal, and saw many new-to-me species. As a novice...
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Sim Elliott
Jul 25, 20235 min read
East Head, West Sussex. Flowering Plants, especially glassworts, Bryophytes and Lichens 24.07.23
Visit one of the last surviving pieces of natural coastline in West Sussex. East Head is an example of the nationally rare and fragile,...
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Sim Elliott
Jul 25, 20238 min read
Eerie Nature. Parasitic & insectivorous plants. Hesworth & Lavington Commons. West Sussex. 17.07.23
North West Sussex, just north of the South Downs, has an area of lowland Wealden greensand heathlands (all called commons). These heaths...
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Sim Elliott
Jul 10, 202312 min read
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 8, 20236 min read
Ditchling Common. Wild flowers, lichen, bryophytes and butterflies 08.07.23
Ditchling Common is an SSSI with a remarkable range of botanical and insect diversity. I travelled to Ditchling Common Country Park by...
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Sim Elliott
Jul 5, 20234 min read
The flowers, bryophytes, lichen & birds of West Beech Nature Reserve, Littlehampton. 02.07.23
I visited West Beach Nature Reserve by chance. West Beach NR is in the Climping Beech SSSI see: Magic Map Application (defra.gov.uk) I...
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Sim Elliott
Jul 4, 20234 min read
Wildflowers, Birds & Butterflies. Southease, Itford Meadow & Beddingham Hill, South Downs. 02.07.23
I walked from Southease Station (train from Brighton to Southease; 31 minute journey; 1 train an hour) to Beddingham Hill, via Itford...
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Sim Elliott
Jul 1, 20233 min read
Fore Wood, Crowhurst, East Sussex, and its butterflies, flowers, bryophytes and ferns. 30.06.23
Fore Wood is an RSPB nature reserve just outside Crowhurst. I reached Crowhurst by train from Brighton, via St Leonards Warrior Square....
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Sim Elliott
Jun 28, 20231 min read
250+ spikes of Common Broomrape, Orebanche minor at a South Downs Site. 28.06.23
250 spikes of Common Broomrape, Orobanche minor, at one site on the South Downs; very close to where I saw 25 Spikes on 14.06.23. I...
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Sim Elliott
Jun 27, 20233 min read
Camley Street Nature Garden. London. Butterflies & Birds & 100s of spikes of Ivy Broomrape. 26.06.23
I visited Camley Street yesterday for the first time since 1989, when I used to take children there when I was a teacher Copenhagen...
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Sim Elliott
Jun 14, 202310 min read
25 spikes of Common Broomrape, Orobanche minor, at a South Downs site. 14.06.23
46 photos of 25 spikes of Common Broomrape, Orobanche minor, at one site on the South Downs. The location of this cluster of O. elatior...
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Sim Elliott
Jun 13, 20237 min read
182 spikes of Knapweed Broomrape, Orobanche elatior, at a South Downs site. 13.06.23
46 photos of 182 spikes of Knapweed Broomrape, Orobanche elatior, at one site on the South Downs. The location of this cluster of O....
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Sim Elliott
Jun 8, 20234 min read
Burnt Tip Orchids, Sussex & Man Orchids, Darland Banks, Kent. 06 & 07.06.23
I saw Burnt Tip Orchids in Sussex. I am not going to reveal where they were as last year there were some thefts of them. When I saw them...
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Sim Elliott
Jun 6, 20234 min read
Wild Flowers and a Bryophyte on the vegetated shingle of Shoreham Beach. 05.06.23
Vegetated shingle is a UK Biodiversity Action Plan Priority Habitat. Shoreham Beach is an outstanding example of vegetated shingle....
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Sim Elliott
Jun 1, 20237 min read
Flowering plants, including grasses, sedges and rushes, on Wolstonbury & Newtimber Hills. 30.05.23
Following attending a Sussex Botanical Recording Society Home - Sussex Botanical Recording Society (sussexflora.org.uk) field trip to St...
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Sim Elliott
May 20, 20233 min read
Butterflies, Wild Flowers, Birds, Lichens and Bryophytes. Devil's Dyke and Newtimber Hill. 20.05.23
The Devil's Dyke | Sussex | National Trust and Newtimber Hill Saddlescombe Farm and Newtimber Hill | National Trust are adjacent to each...
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Sim Elliott
May 18, 20235 min read
Scotland 5: Glasdrum Wood NNR; temperate rain forest, and Chequered Skippers. 12.05.23
I got to Glasdrum from Oban by public transport. I took the West Coast Motors bus 405 to Creagan Bridge. There are on six services from...
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