Sim Elliott
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
- Jun 1
- 7 min
Flowering plants, including grasses, sedges and rushes, on Wolstonbury & Newtimber Hills. 30.05.23
Following attending a Sussex Botanical Recording Society Home - Sussex Botanical Recording Society (sussexflora.org.uk) field trip to St...
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Sim Elliott
- Apr 13
- 11 min
Lichens, Bryophytes, Fungi and Wild Flowers at Ebernoe Common. 07.04.23
Ebernoe Common is a low weald heath, ancient wood and wood pasture nature reserve managed by the Sussex Wildlife Trust reserve, north of...
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Sim Elliott
- Apr 6
- 7 min
Brede High Woods. Bryophytes, Lichen, Wild Flowers, Insects and a Brook Lamprey. 03.04.23
Brede High Woods (Woodland Trust) is a wonderful collection of ghyll woods north of Hastings Brede High Woods is home to astonishingly...
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Sim Elliott
- Sep 30, 2022
- 2 min
Birds and Dragonflies. RSPB Pagham Harbour 24.09.22 (pm) & 26.09.22 (am)
I went to RSPB Pagham Harbour, a place I have visited many times before, by train and bus on the afternoon of Saturday 24.09.22 and the...
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Sim Elliott
- Sep 15, 2022
- 3 min
Autumn Colours: Wild flowers, Woods and Insects. Box Hill. 12.09.22
On Monday 12.09.22 I took the opportunity of a sunny day to visit Box Hill. I thought I may see a few September butterflies; but I only...
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Sim Elliott
- Sep 12, 2022
- 6 min
The Wriothesley Monuments at Titchfield. Green Sandpipers & a Whinchat at Titchfield Haven 10.09.22
I go to Titchfield Haven every few months; as it is such a great site for birds. Titchfield Haven is a National Nature Reserve manged by...
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Sim Elliott
- Aug 17, 2022
- 2 min
Butterflies at Friston Gallops, Friston Forest. 16.08.22
On Thursday I went on a trip with friends to Friston Gallops (above Butchershole Bottom) in the Friston Forest near Jevington; it is well...
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Sim Elliott
- Jun 7, 2022
- 4 min
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,...
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Sim Elliott
- May 20, 2022
- 2 min
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)...
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Sim Elliott
- May 18, 2022
- 6 min
Butterflies at Rowland Wood/Park Corner Heath butterfly reserve (Butterfly Conservation). 16.05.22
Rowland Woof/Park Corner Heath is a little way south of East Hoathly in East Sussex. It can be reached by public transport and walking. I...
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Sim Elliott
- May 17, 2022
- 3 min
RSPB Rye Meads & Amwell (Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust) Nature Reserves 13.05.22
RSPB Rye Meads and Amwell Nature Reserves are located in the northern part Lea Valley (in Herefordshire) Rye Meads is an RSPB-managed...
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Sim Elliott
- May 8, 2022
- 1 min
RSBP Pulborough Brooks. Nightingales and Lapwing and Avocet chicks. 07.05.22
I travelled to Pulborough Brooks by train from Brighton (change at Barnham) to Pulborough Station, then I followed the Wild Art Trail...
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Sim Elliott
- May 8, 2022
- 8 min
Ouse Estuary Nature Reserve; birds, insects & plants in greenfield & brownfield areas 05.05.22
The Ouse Estuary Nature Reserve is between the A259 and Newhaven. East Sussex County Council says :The Ouse Estuary Nature Reserve was...
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Sim Elliott
- May 3, 2022
- 4 min
Birds, Insects & Plants. Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve. 02.05.22
This is one of my more typical blog posts; it is a log of the birds, insects and plants that I saw at Titchfield Haven National Nature...
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Sim Elliott
- May 2, 2022
- 33 min
Conservation & Canvey Island. Brownfield (Canvey Wick) & Greenfield (West Canvey Marsh). 30.04.22
Typically my blog posts record what I have seen on my day nature trips, supplemented with some information on the species seen, and the...
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Sim Elliott
- Apr 17, 2022
- 5 min
RSPB The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire: heath and woodland birds. 16.04.22
I took the train from Brighton to Sandy; a Thameslink train to London Blackfriars, where I changed to a Thameslink train to Peterborough....
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Sim Elliott
- Mar 24, 2022
- 3 min
Birding close to home. Whitehawk Hill to Rottingdean, via Sheepcote Valley and Ovingdean. 23.03.22
I decided to do a walk that I did many times from January to April 20211, when the covid-19 lockdown regulations prohibited leaving your...
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Sim Elliott
- Mar 20, 2022
- 3 min
RSPB Medmerry & Fishbourne Channel (Chichester Harbour). Little Ringed Plovers & Avocets. 19.03.22
I went to RSPB Medmerry yesterday because I had read on the Birding the Selsey Peninsula (selseybirder.blogspot.com) blog that there were...
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Sim Elliott
- Sep 26, 2021
- 2 min
RSPB Pagham Harbour; Cattle Egret, Black Tailed Godwits & Wigeon 21.09.21
Aside the path to the Ferry Pool there were bramble bushes still in flower; whereas nearly everywhere at the moment the brambles are in...
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Sim Elliott
- Sep 25, 2021
- 1 min
Seaford Head and Cuckmere Haven: Insects, a Kestrel and Knots 17.12.21
This post focusses on insects at Seaford Head; but there some birds too, particularly at Cuckmere Haven. I walked this route from 15.00...
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Sim Elliott
- Sep 16, 2021
- 6 min
Agglomerations of Ivy Bees (Pett Level) and Sea Aster Bees (Rye Harbour) 13.09.21
Whist surveying Pett Level for the Bumble Bee Conservation Trust's Short Haired Bumblebee Reintroduction Project on Monday 13.08.32 we...
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Sim Elliott
- Sep 12, 2021
- 6 min
Sea Asters and Sea Aster Bees. Cuckmere Haven. 10.09.21
All text in Italics is taken from primary or on-line sources; citations given. I returned to Cuckmere Haven on 10.09.21 because I wanted...
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Sim Elliott
- Sep 11, 2021
- 15 min
Pollinators and Wild Flowers. Seaford Head and Cuckmere Haven. 08.09.21. A Clouded Yellow
This post is a record of a walk from Seaford Head to Cuckmere Haven (with a detour up the path at Hope Bottom, as Hope Bottom is well...
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Sim Elliott
- Sep 3, 2021
- 10 min
On Bumblebee Surveying: values, meaning, purpose and pleasure. Dungeness 01.09.21.
I experienced a high sense of well-being on Wednesday when I spent the day bumblebee surveying (and doing a little bit of bird watching);...
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Sim Elliott
- Sep 3, 2021
- 4 min
The Adur Estuary SSSI & Shoreham Fort: Ringed Plovers, a Peregrine Falcon & Wall Lizards. 31.08.21
On Tuesday I walked with a friend from Coronation Green in Shoreham, where the Adur Estuary RSPB Nature Reserve (part of the Adur Estuary...
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Sim Elliott
- Sep 2, 2021
- 9 min
Balsdean & Castle Hill: a Raven, many autumnal wild flowers, and a juvenile Buzzard. 30.08.21
On Monday 30.08.21 I walked from Rottingdean (up the path next to the Whiteway Centre). via Balsdean, Castle Hill, the South Downs Way to...
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Sim Elliott
- Aug 26, 2021
- 11 min
A walk from Holywell to Beachy Head. 25.08.21. Wild Flowers, Butterflies, LandArt and Winchats.
On Wednesday 25.08.21, after visiting the Towner Gallery in Eastbourne, I walked to Beachy Head via Holywell (The Kiosk on map below),...
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Sim Elliott
- Aug 24, 2021
- 3 min
RSPB Pagham Harbour. 23.08.21 Juvenile Cattle Egrets and an Osprey
I started my walk at the Ferry Pool. I then walked on the north side of the Ferry Channel; then along the path to Sidelsham Quay; then...
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Sim Elliott
- Aug 18, 2021
- 1 min
Rye Harbour. Bumblebee Surveying and Bird Watching. 18.08.21
I went to Rye Harbour Nature Reserve to take part in the fortnightly bumblebee surveying that I undertake with the Bumblebee Conservation...
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Sim Elliott
- Aug 6, 2021
- 5 min
Curiosity, Beginners' Mind, Flow, Butterflies and Well-being. Friston Forrest 04.08.21
and a few Bumblebees, Hoverflies, and Moths Red Admiral butterfly, Vanessa atalanta, on Bramble Being curious opens the door to more than...
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Sim Elliott
- Aug 3, 2021
- 4 min
Bumblebee Surveying and A bit of Bird Watching - Dungeness 02.08.21
The primary purpose of this visit to Dungeness was bumblebee surveying, aa part of my role as a volunteer with the Bumblebee Conservation...
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Sim Elliott
- Jul 29, 2021
- 1 min
Gardening for wild bees (bumblebees and solitary bees), a fact sheet from Dr Nikki Gammons FRES
This is a really great fact sheet on gardening for wild bees (bumble bees and solitary bees) including annual and perennial wildflowers...
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Sim Elliott
- Jul 6, 2021
- 4 min
Rye Harbour. Bumblebee Surveying and Bird Watching. 05.07.21
On Monday I travelled to Rye, in order to volunteer with the Bumblebee Conservation Trust's Shorthaired Reintroduction Project, bumblebee...
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Sim Elliott
- Jun 17, 2021
- 9 min
Pett Level to Winchelsea, via Pett Pools, the Royal Military Canal & the Pannel Valley 17.06.21
I started this walk at Pett Level/Cliff End at 12.10 the end of the Fairlight Cliffs, just east of Hastings. (I got the train from...
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