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Skylarks! A brief stroll round Beacon Hill Local Nature Reserve, Rottingdean. 23.06.22
At the moment I am staying at my other's house, following her having surgery, so it is not currently possible for me to make longer...

Sim Elliott
Jun 24, 20221 min read


Butterflies, Trees and Landscapes. Box Hill, Dorking, Surrey. 22.06.22
Box Hill is under the stewardship of the National Trust Box Hill | National Trust, and is an extraordinarily beautiful landscape of chalk...

Sim Elliott
Jun 23, 20226 min read


Mill Hill NR and Anchor Bottom (Beeding Hill). A profusion of Marbled White Butterflies. 20.06.22
I took the 2 bus from my home to Shoreham. I walked up the Adur and then up the footpath to Mill Hill that crosses on the road bridge the...

Sim Elliott
Jun 22, 20223 min read


Dark Green Fritillaries at the Devil's Dyke. 18.06.22
After seeing a couple of Dark Green Fritillary on Friday 17.06.22 on the path that leads into the bottom of the Devil's Dyke, I decided...

Sim Elliott
Jun 20, 20227 min read


Birds and Butterflies. Devil's Dyke & Castle Hill National Nature Reserve. 17.06.22
This is a record of the photos I took on two locations on 17.96.22. First I went to the bottom of the Devil's Dyke with friends, and got...

Sim Elliott
Jun 18, 20221 min read


Friston Forest, Friston Gallops and Lullington Heath. Butterflies & Birds. 14.06.22
I travelled to Exceat (Seven Sisters Country Park) by 12 bus, see 12 - Eastbourne-Brighton | Brighton & Hove Buses. From there, I walked...

Sim Elliott
Jun 17, 20222 min read


Butterflies in Stanmer Park & Malling Down NR. 13.06.22
I took the 25 bus to Stammer, which runs very frequently, see: 25 - Universities-Old Steine | Brighton & Hove Buses Stanmer Park Silver Y...

Sim Elliott
Jun 17, 20221 min read


Castle Hill National Nature Reserve and the Rottingdean Undercliff. A GBC trip. 11.06.22
This trip to Castle Hill National Nature Reserve and the Rottingdean Undercliff was a South-East area Gay Birders Club outing. I made a...

Sim Elliott
Jun 12, 20221 min read


Wild Plants, Insects and Birds. Birling Gap, Beachy Head and Lullington Heath NNR. 09.06.22
I visited the Downs to the west of Birling Gap, and the east, specifically the area around Horseshoe Plantation, and north of Shooter...

Sim Elliott
Jun 12, 20225 min read


Hayling Island Oyster Beds & Langstone Mill Pond. Common Terns and Little Egrets 07.06.22
I went to the Oyster Beds Hayling Island/Langstone Harbour on 07.06.22 to see the nesting terns for which the site is well known, see:...

Sim Elliott
Jun 8, 20222 min read


Southern Marsh Orchids. Sussex. June 2022.
The Southern Marsh-orchid is tolerant of a wide range of predominantly alkaline habitats, but occasionally it strays into mildly acidic...

Sim Elliott
Jun 7, 20221 min read


Butterflies, Moths, Birds and Wild Flowers in the Castle Hill National Nature Reserve. 06.06.22
Castle Hill National Nature Reserve is one of my favourite reserves in Sussex, the abundance and diversity of wildflowers and insects,...

Sim Elliott
Jun 7, 20224 min read


Birds, Butterflies and Wild Flowers. The Devil's Dyke. 04.06.22
I visited the Devil's Dyke on Saturday 4th June 2022 in the morning. I caught the 77 Brighton and Hove bus at 9.52 (runs every 45...

Sim Elliott
Jun 5, 20223 min read


Wild Flowers. Ditchling Beacon & Mount Caburn. 31.05.22
Ditchling Beacon The north-facing scrape of Ditchling Beacon is a very good location for wild flowers. This area is part of the Ditchling...

Sim Elliott
Jun 4, 20221 min read


Rye Harbour Nature Reserve. Avocet, Black-Headed Gull and Shelduck Chicks. 30.05.22
I went to Rye Harbour Nature Reserve on Monday 30th March as I wanted to see the Avocet chicks that had been born there this year. I took...

Sim Elliott
May 30, 20221 min read


Butterflies. Mill Hill NR, Anchor Bottom NR & Many Adonis Blues, Cissbury NR, 28.05.22
On Saturday 28th February I took the 700 bus 700 Bus Route & Timetable: Brighton - Wick | Stagecoach (stagecoachbus.com) to Shoreham and...

Sim Elliott
May 30, 20226 min read


Wild Flowers. Wolstonbury Hill NR, Ditchling Beacon NR & Mount Caburn NR. 25.05.22
On Wednesday 25th February the weather was overcast and very windy; not at all like late spring like weather. In such weather conditions...

Sim Elliott
May 29, 202211 min read


Knepp Castle Estate: White Storks, Tamworth Pigs & Dragonflies. 24.05.22
Much has been written about rewilding and Knepp, so I will not rehearse these topics. If you wish to read about Knepp's vision see: Home...

Sim Elliott
May 26, 20221 min read


Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve. Ancient Yews, Iron-Age Monuments & Butterflies. 21.05.22
This must be where the Ents live, where dryads play and fairies sleep under toadstools — yet it is only three miles from the coastal city...

Sim Elliott
May 25, 202212 min read


A Late Afternoon Afternoon Walk around The Coombe & Chalkpits of Malling Down LNR. 20.05.22
I took the 28 bus to Lewes, getting off at Lewes Waitrose, and walked into the reserve via Wheatsheaf Gardens (reserve not signposted)...

Sim Elliott
May 20, 20222 min read
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