A Tale of Two Ferns: Royal Fern & Tunbridge Filmy Fern in Sussex. 23 & 26.09.23
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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 11, 2023
- 8 min
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...
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Sim Elliott
- Sep 3, 2023
- 6 min
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, 2023
- 10 min
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 24, 2023
- 9 min
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...
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Sim Elliott
- Aug 23, 2023
- 10 min
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
- Aug 2, 2023
- 4 min
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...
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Sim Elliott
- Aug 1, 2023
- 3 min
Nap Wood; a High Weald Ghyll Wood, East Sussex. Trees, Fungi, Bryophytes & Lichen. 31.07.23
A wonderful opportunity to walk along an ancient sunken drovers pathway through woodland. The one mile circuitous route takes the walker...
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Sim Elliott
- Jul 28, 2023
- 4 min
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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