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Winter Suite: the species and landscape of Seaford Head and Cuckmere Haven at dusk. 08.12.22
I took the 12 bus from Brighton to Seaford Library, then walked to the beach and walked over Seaford Head Seaford Head | Sussex Wildlife...

Sim Elliott
Dec 11, 20221 min read
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Markstakes Common & Chailey Commons. Tress, Fungi, Bryophytes, Lichen and Slime Molds. 06.12.22
I visited Markstakes Common, South Chailey (a Woodland Trust site) (not one of the 5 Chailey Commons) for the first time on 06.11.22, I...

Sim Elliott
Dec 9, 20223 min read
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Church Wood LNR & Marline Valley NR, Hastings. Woods, Ghylls, Fungi, Lichen & Bryophytes. 05.12.22
I reached Church Wood from Brighton by getting a train to Hasting Station and then the 20 bus to the bus stop on Tile Barn Road, close to...

Sim Elliott
Dec 7, 20228 min read
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Golden Eye Lichen, Teloschistes chrysophthalmus. Malling Down. 29.11.22
I saw this beautiful lichen today in a Hawthorne tree at Malling Down Nature Reserve, Sussex Wildlife Trust Malling Down | Sussex...

Sim Elliott
Nov 30, 20223 min read
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Hargate Forest & Tunbridge Wells Common: Rocks, Fungi, Lichen & Bryophytes 28.11.22
Hargate Forest is just south of Tunbridge Wells. I reached the forest by the 29 bus from Brighton. Alight the bus at the Broadwater Down...

Sim Elliott
Nov 29, 20225 min read
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Harrison Rocks/Birchden Wood. Fungi, Lichen, Moss, Liverworts & Slime Mold. 26.11.22
Harrison Rocks (British Mountaineering Council are the western edge of Birchden Wood (Forestry England); which is west of Eridge (East...

Sim Elliott
Nov 27, 20223 min read
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Lake Wood, Uckfield. A "Picturesque" landscape. Trees, Rocks, Lichen & Bryophytes. 22.11.22 (and revised 26.01.26)
Lake Wood, a Woodlands Trust wood Lake Wood - Visiting Woods - Woodland Trust , is a short walk from the centre of Uckfield. It is an extraordinary landscape; unlike anywhere I have been to in Sussex, although it's Ardingly Sandstone rocks are the same rocks as those of Eridge Rocks. What makes Lake Wood special is the human shaping of the landscape to make a picturesque landscape, including sculpting caves and steps in the rocks, shaping the lake and planting non-native tree

Sim Elliott
Nov 27, 20228 min read
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Rocks, Trees, Fungi, Lichen, Bryophytes & Slime Molds. Eridge Rocks NR & Broadwater Warren. 19.11.22
I visited Eridge Rocks Nature Reserve (Sussex Wildlife Trust), because I knew it was a site of special scientific interest for lichen and...

Sim Elliott
Nov 21, 202216 min read
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Fungi, Lichen & Bryophytes at Tilgate Park and Tilgate Forest. 11.11.22
Tilgate Park I know quite well; it has marvellous collection of non-native trees, as well as native broadleaf tress. Tilgate Forest I had...

Sim Elliott
Nov 15, 20226 min read
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Fungi at Leonardslee Lakes and Gardens. 08.11.22
I visited Leornardslee Lakes and Garden to see the wallabies, deer, the beautiful colours of its autumn trees, and its fungi....

Sim Elliott
Nov 10, 202211 min read
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Fungi, Lichen, Bryophytes & Birds. Park Wood. Hellingly. 05.11.22
Park Wood is a wood of mixed ancient trees owned by the Environment Agency, with Hornbeam, Oak, Birch and Ash and some coniferous trees...

Sim Elliott
Nov 6, 20223 min read
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Fungi, Lichen & Bryophytes. Stanmer Great Wood. 31.10.22
I returned to Stanmer Great Wood on Monday, after my journey there on Friday 28.10.22 Stanmer Great Wood is on the north-east of...

Sim Elliott
Nov 1, 20226 min read
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A community of fungi and bryophytes in a dead Beech tree, Stanmer Great Wood, 31.10.22
I found this dead Beech, Fagus sylvatica (?) yesterday in Stanmer Great Wood, Brighton; just south of the Upper Lodges car park (although...

Sim Elliott
Nov 1, 20224 min read
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Fungi in Stanmer Great Wood. 28.10.22
Stanmer Great Wood is on the north-east of Brighton. It can be reached very easily by the 25 bus which is very frequent.; see: 25 -...

Sim Elliott
Oct 31, 20224 min read
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24.10.22/2. A Crimson-Speckled Moth & Fungi, Lullington Heath National Nature Reserve.
I visited Friston Forest and Lullington Heath National Nature Reserve with a focus on observing fungi. Since starting reading Merlin...

Sim Elliott
Oct 26, 20227 min read
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24.10.22/1. Birds, Wildflowers, Fungi and a Bumblebee, Friston Forest.
I decided to walk though Friston Forest to see what Fungi were fruiting, as the autumn is one of the best times to see fruiting fungi;...

Sim Elliott
Oct 25, 20223 min read
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Fungi in the Forest; The Vanguard Way, Ashdown Forest, Forest Row. 22.10.22
I reached Forest Row by train and bus. I took the train from Brighton to Three Bridges (35 minutes, frequent trains). From outside Three...

Sim Elliott
Oct 22, 20221 min read
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RSPB Rye Meads, Hertfordshire. A Snipe and a Kingfisher. 15.10.22
I took the train to Rye House railway station (from London Liverpool Street Station, a 36 minute trip, trains every 30 minutes. I took...

Sim Elliott
Oct 16, 20222 min read
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Birds at Farlington Marshes NR, Langstone Harbour. Brent Geeses and winter Ducks & Waders. 12.10.22
Farlington Marshes, at the top of Langstone Harbour, is a reserve I like to visit in Winter as it is a superb place to see overwintering...

Sim Elliott
Oct 16, 20223 min read
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Birds at RSPB Pagham Harbour. 03.10.22
I went to RSPB Pagham Harbour again, as I love Pagham Harbour. As usual I travelled to the reserve by train and bus. I took the train...

Sim Elliott
Oct 7, 20222 min read
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