Bryophytes

Sim Elliott

May 21
3 min

Butterflies, Wild Flowers, Birds, Lichens and Bryophytes. Devil's Dyke and Newtimber Hill. 20.05.23

The Devil's Dyke | Sussex | National Trust and Newtimber Hill Saddlescombe Farm and Newtimber Hill | National Trust are adjacent to each...

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Scotland 5: Glasdrum Wood NNR; temperate rain forest, and Chequered Skippers. 12.05.23

Sim Elliott

May 19
5 min

Scotland 5: Glasdrum Wood NNR; temperate rain forest, and Chequered Skippers. 12.05.23

I got to Glasdrum from Oban by public transport. I took the West Coast Motors bus 405 to Creagan Bridge. There are on six services from...

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Scotland 3: The Wildlife of Mull. 10.05.23

Sim Elliott

May 17
4 min

Scotland 3: The Wildlife of Mull. 10.05.23

I got to Tobermory from Oban by public transport. I took the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry from Oban to Craignure, from where I got a West...

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Scotland 2: Temperate rain forest fragments around Tobermory, Mull 09.05.23 & 11.05.23

Sim Elliott

May 16
4 min

Scotland 2: Temperate rain forest fragments around Tobermory, Mull 09.05.23 & 11.05.23

I got to Tobermory from Oban by public transport. I took the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry from Oban to Craignure, from where I got a West...

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Scotland 1: Dunollie Woods, Oban; temperate rain forest. 08.05.23 & 09.05.23

Sim Elliott

May 15
4 min

Scotland 1: Dunollie Woods, Oban; temperate rain forest. 08.05.23 & 09.05.23

I went to Oban for six days, to visit some of the west coast of Scotland's Temperate Rain Forests, and to watch birds on Mull and the...

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Parham Park. Tress, Lichens & Bryophytes; Geology and Needlework Nature. 01.05.23

Sim Elliott

May 7
2 min

Parham Park. Tress, Lichens & Bryophytes; Geology and Needlework Nature. 01.05.23

To visit Parham House and Garden Parham House and Gardens | Elizabethan House | West Sussex : Parham House & Gardens...

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Lichens, Bryophytes, Fungi and Wild Flowers at Ebernoe Common. 07.04.23

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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Brede High Woods. Bryophytes, Lichen, Wild Flowers, Insects and a Brook Lamprey. 03.04.23

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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Crowborough Country Park & Crowborough Ghyll. Frogs, Bryophytes & Dinosaurs. 24.02.23

Sim Elliott

Mar 3
5 min

Crowborough Country Park & Crowborough Ghyll. Frogs, Bryophytes & Dinosaurs. 24.02.23

Crowborough Country Park was previously a clay quarry and Crowborough Ghyll is a typical High Weald ghyll wood. Both nature reserves are...

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The Mens Nature Reserve, West Sussex: Trees, Landscape, Bryophytes, Lichens and Fungi. 20.02.23

Sim Elliott

Feb 27
7 min

The Mens Nature Reserve, West Sussex: Trees, Landscape, Bryophytes, Lichens and Fungi. 20.02.23

The Mens is an extraordinary landscape; it is a nature reserve maintained by the Sussex Wildlife Trust. The unusual name ... comes from...

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Kingley Vale: Yews, Epiphytes, Fungi and The Devil's Humps. 11.02.23

Sim Elliott

Feb 16
7 min

Kingley Vale: Yews, Epiphytes, Fungi and The Devil's Humps. 11.02.23

Kingley Vale is a National Nature Reserve famous for its historic Yews. I visit Kingley Vale regularly. Its yews, other trees, and short...

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Fairlight Glen; a ghyll wood and its bryophytes. Hastings Country Park. 07 & 10.02.23

Sim Elliott

Feb 15
4 min

Fairlight Glen; a ghyll wood and its bryophytes. Hastings Country Park. 07 & 10.02.23

I visited Fairlight Glen twice in one week in order to explore it's bryophytes. My initial motivation was to see if I could find...

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Lichen, Bryophytes & Fungi. Marline Valley Nature Reserve, Hastings. 31.01.22

Sim Elliott

Jan 31
10 min

Lichen, Bryophytes & Fungi. Marline Valley Nature Reserve, Hastings. 31.01.22

Marline Valley is a wonderful mix of semi-natural ancient woodland, unimproved meadows and a classic Sussex ghyll stream situated on the...

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Lichens, Bryophytes, Fungi and Birds. Waterhall Nature Reserve & The Devil's Dyke. 23.01.23

Sim Elliott

Jan 26
4 min

Lichens, Bryophytes, Fungi and Birds. Waterhall Nature Reserve & The Devil's Dyke. 23.01.23

Over the weekend a local lichenologist saw a String of Sausages, Usnea aticulata, following a fellow member of the British Lichen Society...

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Eridge Rocks: A wonderland of lichen, fungi, moss, liverworts and slime moulds. 04.01.23

Sim Elliott

Jan 21
3 min

Eridge Rocks: A wonderland of lichen, fungi, moss, liverworts and slime moulds. 04.01.23

This was the second time I have visited Eridge Rocks. It is easy to get to by bus from Brighton; take the 29 29 - Brighton-Tunbridge...

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Eridge Park (SSSI) East Sussex; Lichen, Bryophytes, Fungi and Landscape. 23.12.22

Sim Elliott

Jan 20
5 min

Eridge Park (SSSI) East Sussex; Lichen, Bryophytes, Fungi and Landscape. 23.12.22

Eridge Park is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, to the east of Eridge Green Rock, south of Tunbridge Wells. The landscape is shaped...

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Markstakes Common & Chailey Commons. Tress, Fungi, Bryophytes, Lichen and Slime Molds. 06.12.22

Sim Elliott

Dec 9, 2022
3 min

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...

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Church Wood LNR & Marline Valley NR, Hastings. Woods, Ghylls, Fungi, Lichen & Bryophytes. 05.12.22

Sim Elliott

Dec 7, 2022
8 min

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...

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Hargate Forest & Tunbridge Wells Common: Rocks, Fungi, Lichen & Bryophytes 28.11.22

Sim Elliott

Nov 29, 2022
5 min

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...

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Harrison Rocks/Birchden Wood. Fungi, Lichen, Moss, Liverworts & Slime Mold. 26.11.22

Sim Elliott

Nov 27, 2022
3 min

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...

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Lake Wood, Uckfield. A "Picturesque" landscape. Trees, Rocks, Lichen & Bryophytes. 22.11.22

Sim Elliott

Nov 27, 2022
7 min

Lake Wood, Uckfield. A "Picturesque" landscape. Trees, Rocks, Lichen & Bryophytes. 22.11.22

Lake Wood, a Woodlands Trust wood Lake Wood - Visiting Woods - Woodland Trust, is a short walk from the centre of Uckfield. It is an...

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Rocks, Trees, Fungi, Lichen, Bryophytes & Slime Molds. Eridge Rocks NR & Broadwater Warren. 19.11.22

Sim Elliott

Nov 21, 2022
16 min

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...

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Fungi, Lichen & Bryophytes at Tilgate Park and Tilgate Forest. 11.11.22

Sim Elliott

Nov 15, 2022
6 min

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...

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Fungi at Leonardslee Lakes and Gardens. 08.11.22

Sim Elliott

Nov 10, 2022
11 min

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....

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Fungi, Lichen, Bryophytes & Birds. Park Wood. Hellingly. 05.11.22

Sim Elliott

Nov 6, 2022
3 min

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...

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Fungi, Lichen & Bryophytes. Stanmer Great Wood. 31.10.22

Sim Elliott

Nov 1, 2022
6 min

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...

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A community of fungi and bryophytes in a dead Beech tree, Stanmer Great Wood, 31.10.22

Sim Elliott

Nov 1, 2022
4 min

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...

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