Wild Flowers

Worthlodge Forest is a relic of the former Royal hunting forest of Worth. Worth Forest has a more unified block of near-continuous...

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...

Coed Felenrhyd & Llennyrch is a rare, Atlantic oak woodland and one of our largest woods in Wales. It sits above the Vale of Ffestiniog...

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...

Visit one of the last surviving pieces of natural coastline in West Sussex. East Head is an example of the nationally rare and fragile,...

North West Sussex, just north of the South Downs, has an area of lowland Wealden greensand heathlands (all called commons). These heaths...

North West Sussex, just north of the South Downs, has an area of lowland Wealden heathlands (all called commons). Theses heaths are on...

Ditchling Common is an SSSI with a remarkable range of botanical and insect diversity. I travelled to Ditchling Common Country Park by...

I visited West Beach Nature Reserve by chance. West Beach NR is in the Climping Beech SSSI see: Magic Map Application (defra.gov.uk) I...

I walked from Southease Station (train from Brighton to Southease; 31 minute journey; 1 train an hour) to Beddingham Hill, via Itford...

Fore Wood is an RSPB nature reserve just outside Crowhurst. I reached Crowhurst by train from Brighton, via St Leonards Warrior Square....

250 spikes of Common Broomrape, Orobanche minor, at one site on the South Downs; very close to where I saw 25 Spikes on 14.06.23. I...

I visited Camley Street yesterday for the first time since 1989, when I used to take children there when I was a teacher Copenhagen...

46 photos of 25 spikes of Common Broomrape, Orobanche minor, at one site on the South Downs. The location of this cluster of O. elatior...

46 photos of 182 spikes of Knapweed Broomrape, Orobanche elatior, at one site on the South Downs. The location of this cluster of O....

I saw Burnt Tip Orchids in Sussex. I am not going to reveal where they were as last year there were some thefts of them. When I saw them...

Vegetated shingle is a UK Biodiversity Action Plan Priority Habitat. Shoreham Beach is an outstanding example of vegetated shingle....

Following attending a Sussex Botanical Recording Society Home - Sussex Botanical Recording Society (sussexflora.org.uk) field trip to St...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Every year, more than a million people travel to Ashdown Forest to find the North Pole. Ashdown Forest is 40 miles south of London, but...

Ebernoe Common is a low weald heath, ancient wood and wood pasture nature reserve managed by the Sussex Wildlife Trust reserve, north of...

Brede High Woods (Woodland Trust) is a wonderful collection of ghyll woods north of Hastings Brede High Woods is home to astonishingly...

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...

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;...

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...

In the afternoon of Thursday 01.09.22, I went to Steyning Downland Scheme as I had heard on social media that there were quite e few Pied...

Warnham Nature Reserve is relatively easy to get to by public transport, as long as you don't mind a one mile walk from Horsham Station;...

On Tuesday 23.08.22 I met with another member of the Gay Birders Club for a local GBC meet-up. We went to Newtimber Hill and the Devil's...

On Thursday 04.08.22 I visited the wonderful Steyning Downland Scheme. It is very easy to get there by public transport. I got the 2 bus,...

The walk from Seaford via Seaford Head Nature Reserve (Sussex Wildlife Trust) and Cuckmere Haven (Cuckmere Valley) (National Trust) to...

I went to Mill Hill, Shoreham for an evening walk. I got to the Shoreham on the 700 bus from central Brighton, and walked from the foot...

I went to the Devil's Dyke for an evening walk. I got to the Devil's Dyke on the 77 bus from central Brighton. The sun was low in the sky...

I went to the Devils Dyke and New Timber in the afternoon on the 77 bus, and spent four hours looking at butterflies, moths, other...

Bookham Commons, National Trust (Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) is a Site of Special Scientific Interest for its flora...

Box Hill is under the stewardship of the National Trust Box Hill | National Trust, and is an extraordinarily beautiful landscape of chalk...

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...

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...

I travelled to Exceat (Seven Sisters Country Park) by 12 bus, see 12 - Eastbourne-Brighton | Brighton & Hove Buses. From there, I walked...

I visited the Downs to the west of Birling Gap, and the east, specifically the area around Horseshoe Plantation, and north of Shooter...

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

Castle Hill National Nature Reserve is one of my favourite reserves in Sussex, the abundance and diversity of wildflowers and insects,...

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...

Ditchling Beacon The north-facing scrape of Ditchling Beacon is a very good location for wild flowers. This area is part of the Ditchling...

On Wednesday 25th February the weather was overcast and very windy; not at all like late spring like weather. In such weather conditions...

I took the 28 bus to Lewes, getting off at Lewes Waitrose, and walked into the reserve via Wheatsheaf Gardens (reserve not signposted)...