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The woodland of Bedelands Farm Local Nature Reserve, Burgess Hill. 09.02.24
I reached Bedelands Farm by train from Brighton. I got the train to Wivelsfield (direct trains, two an hour, journey time 18mins, or...

Sim Elliott
Feb 24, 20247 min read
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Devon Bryophytes, Lichen, Vascular Plants & Fungi: Dawlish Warren 28 & 31.02.24
I stayed in Newton Abbot for a few days to visit nature reserves in South Devon. I reachrd Newton Abbott by train from Brighton (via...

Sim Elliott
Feb 3, 20245 min read
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JNCC UK Biodiversity Action Plan UK Priority Species - seen in Sussex in 2023
These are the species I saw on the JNCC UK Biodiversity Action Plan UK lists (last updated 2007). These are the species conservation...

Sim Elliott
Dec 31, 20231 min read
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Tree Lungwort & Tunbridge Filmy-fern, High Weald, Sussex. 20.11.23
I am not going to reveal where we found these species as the lichen Tree Lungwort, Lobaria pulmonaria, and Tunbridge Filmy-fern,...

Sim Elliott
Nov 21, 20232 min read
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Evergreen Trees and Fungi at Box Hill Surrey. 17.11.23
I reached Box Hill be taking the train from Brighton to Box Hill and Westhumble station (hourly service, 90 minute journey time). It is a...

Sim Elliott
Nov 19, 20236 min read
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Autumn Fungi at Friston Forest, Forestry England, East Sussex. 10.11.23
We reached Friston Forest by bus from Brighton. The 12 bus runs frequently. Friston Forest is behind the Seven Sisters Country Park at...

Sim Elliott
Nov 12, 20233 min read
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Autumn Fungi at The Mens Nature Reserve, Sussex Wildlife Trust, West Sussex. 06.11.23
I received a lift in a friend's car to the Mens from Brighton. It is possible to reach the Mens by train, bus and foot. by taking the...

Sim Elliott
Nov 9, 20236 min read
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Autumn Fungi at Ebernoe Common National Nature Reserve, Sussex Wildlife Trust, West Sussex. 31.10.23
I reached Ebernoe from Brighton by train, bus and foot. Details of how to get to Ebernoe is given here: Lichens, Bryophytes, Fungi and...

Sim Elliott
Nov 2, 20234 min read
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Cladonia species lichens and fungi at Broadwater Warren. 23.10.23
I reached Broadwater Warren by taking the 29 bus from Brighton to Eridge Green and walking through the Sussex Wildlife Trust's Eridge...

Sim Elliott
Oct 27, 20234 min read
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Sheepwash Gill, St Leonard's Forest; relic Atlantic period bryophytes of 5000 years ago. 19.10.23
St. Leonard’s Forest SSSI (84.5 ha) supports remnants of a formerly more extensive deciduous forest on the Tunbridge Wells Sands...

Sim Elliott
Oct 20, 20238 min read
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Two special finds: Dumortier's Liverwort & Epiphytic Polypody Ferns at Fairlight Glen. 14.10.23
I visited Fairlight Glen on 14.10.23 to enjoy its amazing bryophytes and ferns; I was hoping to find Dumortier's Liverwort Dumortiera...

Sim Elliott
Oct 15, 20235 min read
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Rock Wood SSSI, Heron's Ghyll, East Sussex: Bryophytes, Lichen, Ferns & Fungi. 13.10.23
Rock Wood is an SSSI noted for its oceanic bryophytes and it can be reached by the 29 Bus from Brighton; alight at Hendall Gate Farm...

Sim Elliott
Oct 15, 20236 min read
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Wakehurst Woods SSSI, West Sussex: Lichens, Bryophytes & Ferns. 04.10.23
The Wakehurst Woods are part of a larger SSSI: The Wakehurst & Chiddingly Woods SSSI; Wakehurst Woods are to the west of Kew's Wakehurst...

Sim Elliott
Oct 6, 20239 min read
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A Tale of Two Ferns: Royal Fern & Tunbridge Filmy Fern in Sussex. 23 & 26.09.23
The exact locations of these ferns has not been included in this account; to protect them should there be fern collectors still around....

Sim Elliott
Sep 27, 20234 min read
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Northpark Copse, West Sussex. Ancient Chestnut stools & their many Bryophytes 08.09.23.
Northpark Copse is an SSSI but it is not a nature reserve; however there are public footpaths which run through the copse. It is located...

Sim Elliott
Sep 11, 20238 min read
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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...

Sim Elliott
Sep 3, 20236 min read
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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...

Sim Elliott
Aug 31, 202310 min read
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Coed Lletywalter, Coed Aber Artro, Coed Cymerau Isaf & Coed Garth 16-18.08.23
From the 16th to the 18th of August, whilst on holiday in Porthmadog, I visited four smaller Oak Woodlands. This post contains the...

Sim Elliott
Aug 24, 20239 min read
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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...

Sim Elliott
Aug 23, 202310 min read
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A lichen that fruits like a mushroom. Lichenomphalia umbellifera at Eridge Rocks. 30.07.23
I reached Eridge Rocks by the 29 bus from Brighton. For details of how to get to Eridge Rocks by bus see: Eridge Rocks: A wonderland of...

Sim Elliott
Aug 2, 20234 min read
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