On Friday evening (30/05/21) I received a message that a Hoopoe had been seen in a sheep field off Bazehill Road, in Rottingdean. I know...

To get to Pulborough Brooks RSPB Reserve from Brighton by public transport I find it easiest to get the train to Pulborough (via...

As I now feel confident about using public transport again, I decided on Monday to visit the Arundel Wetland Centre (Wildfowl and Wetland...

This post contains photographs of the landscape and built environment of Rye Harbour; the birds of the Harbour Nature Reserve are...

This was a very special day, as it was the first time I travelled on a train and bus for seven months, due to anxiety about covid-19 (and...

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...

The Plantation is a thin belt of trees created in the nineteenth century to connect Goring Hall to the sea and it runs in a straight line...

On the way to Brooklands I made a detour to Bramber Brooks to see what was there, via the Downs Link bicycle path along the Adur Estuary....

I love Worthing; as a Brightonian I have visited Worthing 100s and 100s of times. Worthing has always been a little staid in comparison...

On the way back from my Mum's in Rottingdean I stopped at the pond to see how the two Moorhen chicks were doing. At first I couldn't find...

Two Moorhen chicks and their parents; Gallinula chloropus, Rottingdean Pond. I think the chick are only a few days old. They stayed in...

I visited Brooklands from 15.10 to16.20 on a cold and drizzly Saturday; the last time I had been there was on 30.11.20. This is what I...

16.15-17.12 Weather: Temp: 8 C; wind 8 mph N. Some sun, but much cloud cover I walked from Saltdean (café) to Ovingdean (café) and saw...

Tide Mills is a collection of archaeological remains situated in the Newhaven Port area between Newhaven and Seaford. The main feature is...

On Wednesday 07.04.21 I cycled and walked to Cuckmere Haven, via Tide Mills and Beachy Head. I parked my bike at the Martello Tower and...

This post replaces an earlier version, "32 Views of Cuckmere Haven and the Seven Sisters". I have added a few more photographs, and...

On Thursday 01.04.21 I made my first visit - a brief afternoon trip to Shoreham Beach, Widewater Lagoon and the Adur Estuary to the...

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...

13.55-14.30 Weather: Temp: 10 C; wind 8 mph NW. Sunny, with partial clod cover I walked from Saltdean (café) to Ovingdean (café) and saw...

15.20-16.14 Weather: Temp: 6 C; wind 8 mph NE. Cloudy Thus was my first observation for just over a month as the undercliff path was...