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RSPB Pagham Harbour; first Terns of the year. 12.04.22
I travelled to RSPB Pagham Harbour by train (Brighton to Chichester) and bus (51 from Chichester). I went to Pagham as I went to Pagham...

Sim Elliott
Apr 13, 20224 min read
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RSPB Dungeness. Glossy Ibis. 09.04.22
On Saturday 09.04.22, I went to RSPB Dungeness in order to survey bumblebees as pat of a Bumblebee Conservation Trust's Short-haired...

Sim Elliott
Apr 10, 20222 min read
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Dorset 4 - Durlston Nature Reserve, Swanage: Stonechats and Wheatears. 01.04.22
I travelled to Swanage by the Purbeck Breezer bus from my hotel in Poole Swanage Bay Old Harry Rocks from Swanage I came to Swanage to...

Sim Elliott
Apr 2, 20222 min read
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Dorset 3 - RSPB Arne: waders & the landscapes of the Purbeck Heaths National Nature Reserve 31.03.21
I got to RSPB Arne from my hotel in Poole by train (to Wareham), by bus (to Stoborough Green ) and by foot (4 miles walk) to Arne is part...

Sim Elliott
Apr 1, 20222 min read
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Dorset 2 - Brownsea Island (National Trust & Dorset Wildlife Trust NR): Red Squirrels. 30.03.21
To get to Brownsea Island, you need to get a Ferry from Poole Quay. Pool Quay is the historic part of Poole; most of Poole is post-wat...

Sim Elliott
Mar 31, 20221 min read
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Dorset 1 - RSPB Radipole Lake & RSPB Lodmoor, Weymouth. 29.03.22
I arrived in my Poole hotel, for my four day Dorset nature holiday at lunchtime. I got to Poole by train from Brighton. I had time in the...

Sim Elliott
Mar 30, 20221 min read
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Birding close to home. Whitehawk Hill to Rottingdean, via Sheepcote Valley and Ovingdean. 23.03.22
I decided to do a walk that I did many times from January to April 20211, when the covid-19 lockdown regulations prohibited leaving your...

Sim Elliott
Mar 24, 20223 min read
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Old Lodge Nature Reserve, Ashdown Forest. Nuthatch. 21.03.22
I went with a friend to Old Lodge Nature Reserve in Ashdown Forest. For details of the reserve see: Old Lodge | Sussex Wildlife Trust Old...

Sim Elliott
Mar 22, 20221 min read
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RSPB Medmerry & Fishbourne Channel (Chichester Harbour). Little Ringed Plovers & Avocets. 19.03.22
I went to RSPB Medmerry yesterday because I had read on the Birding the Selsey Peninsula (selseybirder.blogspot.com) blog that there were...

Sim Elliott
Mar 20, 20223 min read
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Mediterranean Gulls at the Oyster Beds Nature Reserve, Langstone Harbour. 15.03.22
I went to the top part of Hayling Island yesterday, visiting the Langstone Harbour Oyster Beds nature reserve (aka West Hayling NR, owned...

Sim Elliott
Mar 17, 202211 min read
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Rye Harbour Nature Reserve. The Avocets are back. 14.03.22
Monday 13.03.22 was the first day of my 2022 trips Rye Harbour to survey bumblebees as part of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust's...

Sim Elliott
Mar 15, 20221 min read
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Multitudinous finches at Warnham Nature Reserve. 12.03.22
I went to Warnham Nature Reserve yesterday with a group from the Gay Birders Club. It was a lovely summer spring day. Map from:...

Sim Elliott
Mar 13, 20222 min read
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A Bittern in Barnes. London Wetland Centre. 08.03.22
The last (and first) time I visited the London WWT Wetland Centre in Barnes was shortly after the second lockdown, and all the hides were...

Sim Elliott
Mar 9, 20221 min read
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Urban Birding: Walthamstow Wetlands. Cormorants, Kingfishers, Tufted Ducks & Golden Eyes. 05.03.21
Conservation, auto-rewilding and development Walthamstow Wetlands consists of a group of reservoirs in Walthamstow/South Tottenham, owned...

Sim Elliott
Mar 7, 202213 min read
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In and around the WWT Arundel Wild Wetland Centre. Mandarin Ducks and Water Rail. 01.03.22
On Tuesday 1st March I returned to Arundel to go to the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust Wetland Centre; when I was in Arundel on Monday, we...

Sim Elliott
Mar 2, 20221 min read
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Iford Brooks, Lewes & The Burgh, Burpham. Geese, Grey Partridges and raptors. 28.02.21
I went birding with a friend on Monday 28.02.21. I returned to Iford, to show him the Tundra Bean Geese, Russian White-Fronted Geese and...

Sim Elliott
Mar 1, 20222 min read
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RSPB Pagham Harbour. The female Kingfisher, again. 22.02.22
When I visited Pagham Harbour on Tuesday I visited the full revere; walking first from the visitors centre to the Ferry Pool and then...

Sim Elliott
Feb 24, 20222 min read
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Cuckmere Haven, the day after Storm Eunice, and the importance of Saltmarshes. 19.02.22
It was very windy today at Cuckmere Haven. I had planned to go to Pagham Harbour but the train track to Chichester was blocked all...

Sim Elliott
Feb 20, 20225 min read
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Pett Level and Rye Harbour Nature Reserve. The Spoonbill is still there! 16.02.22
I went to Pett Level, and Rye Harbour Nature Reserve as a last-minute decision. On Wednesdays I normally visit my mother, but yesterday...

Sim Elliott
Feb 17, 20223 min read
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A sufficiency of Brent Geese & Pintails in Langstone Harbour on a dark, rainy February day. 15.02.22
I visit the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust's Farlington Marshes (top of Langstone Harbour) Farlington Marshes Nature Reserve...

Sim Elliott
Feb 16, 20227 min read
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