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Shoreham & the Adur: a pair of Kingfishers and Cormorant-Little Egret collaboration. 02.11.21
I had a very enjoyable walk from Coronation Green to the Toll Bridge and back today; the first time I had done that walk for quite a few...

Sim Elliott
Nov 2, 20212 min read
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RSPB Pagham Harbour. A Water Rail. 01.11.21
Last Monday I walked on my own from the visitor centre to Church Norton beach; this Monday (01.11.21), I walked with a friend from the...

Sim Elliott
Nov 2, 20214 min read
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Arundel WWT & RSPB Pulborough Brooks. Cattle, Great and Little Egrets. 30.10.21
I took the train to Arundel (changing at Ford). As I walked up Mill Road toward the Arundel Wetland and Wildlife Trust I saw four Cattle...

Sim Elliott
Oct 31, 20215 min read
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RSPB Pagham Harbour. Black Tailed Godwits, Curlew, Stonechats and a Juvenile Gannet. 25.10.21
I walked from the visitors centre, visiting the Ferry Pool Hide, then walked down the path to Church Norton; visiting the beach at Church...

Sim Elliott
Oct 26, 20212 min read
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Langstone Harbour & Hayling Island: Brent Geese 23.10.21
I went to Hayling Island to visit RSPB Langstone Harbour; On Hayling Island, the RSPB manages the old oyster bed lagoons at the West...

Sim Elliott
Oct 24, 20217 min read
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North Norfolk 04.10.21 to 07.10.21
I had planned to stay in Hunstanton from Monday 04.10.21 to Saturday 09.10.21; however on the morning of 07.10.21 I took a Lateral Flow...

Sim Elliott
Oct 17, 20219 min read
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A second trip to RSPB Pagham Harbour: the glory of Cattle Egrets and some Yellow Wagtails 25.09.21
On Saturday 25.09.21 I returned to Pagham Harbour as I so enjoyed seeing the Cattle Egrets on Tuesday 22.09.21. This time I took my...

Sim Elliott
Sep 26, 20214 min read
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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...

Sim Elliott
Sep 26, 20218 min read
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RSPB Pagham Harbour; Cattle Egret, Black Tailed Godwits & Wigeon 21.09.21
Aside the path to the Ferry Pool there were bramble bushes still in flower; whereas nearly everywhere at the moment the brambles are in...

Sim Elliott
Sep 26, 20212 min read
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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...

Sim Elliott
Sep 25, 20211 min read
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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...

Sim Elliott
Sep 16, 20216 min read
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Corn Buntings on Bullock Hill and Wheatear & Stonechats in the Castle Hill Nature Reserve 12.09.21
On Sunday (13.09.21) I walked around Caste Hill Nature Reserve with a friend. In a field next to the reserve, on Bullock Hill, in a field...

Sim Elliott
Sep 13, 20213 min read
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Birds. Cuckmere Haven. 10.09.21.
After searching for Sea Aster Bees on Friday (click here t read about the Sea Asters I found) I had a look around for birds. I walked...

Sim Elliott
Sep 13, 20214 min read
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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...

Sim Elliott
Sep 12, 20216 min read
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Pollinators and Wild Flowers. Seaford Head and Cuckmere Haven. 08.09.21. A Clouded Yellow
This post is a record of a walk from Seaford Head to Cuckmere Haven (with a detour up the path at Hope Bottom, as Hope Bottom is well...

Sim Elliott
Sep 11, 202115 min read
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Red-Crested Pochards and a Pintail. Rottingdean Pond. 05.09.21 & 07.09.21
I saw a Facebook post saying that there were Red-Crested Pochards on Rottingdean Pond. There were, and a Pintail. Red-Crested Pochards...

Sim Elliott
Sep 9, 20213 min read
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Butterflies (and a family of Spotted Flycatchers) on Chantry Hill, West Sussex. 06.09.21
I went for a walk with my friend to Chantry Hill, near Storrington; with the intention of spotting Butterflies, as it is highlight in The...

Sim Elliott
Sep 9, 20218 min read
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Birds & Butterflies at Cissbury: 2 trips; 2 birding groups; one day. 04.09.21. A Pied Flycatcher
On Saturday I went for a walk to Cissbury Ring with the Shoreham and District Ornithology Society (SDOS) (8.00-10.00) and the Gay...

Sim Elliott
Sep 9, 20212 min read
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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);...

Sim Elliott
Sep 3, 202110 min read
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The Adur Estuary SSSI & Shoreham Fort: Ringed Plovers, a Peregrine Falcon & Wall Lizards. 31.08.21
On Tuesday I walked with a friend from Coronation Green in Shoreham, where the Adur Estuary RSPB Nature Reserve (part of the Adur Estuary...

Sim Elliott
Sep 3, 20214 min read
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