"Take a walk on the wild side"
Lou Reed-1972 (definition...to take risks, to live dangerously, to speculate) The unusual photo on my poster for this walk is a Swan...
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Discovering Nature
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Steve Homewood
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Mar 5, 20222 min read
Kingfishers at Dawn
What a morning, a very lucky morning! Kingfishers are hard enough to photograph but in the Winterbourne stream on the Railway Land Lewes...
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Feb 17, 20221 min read
"Roll up, roll up, read all about it" The Mullet and I are in the news again.
Photographer Film maker Jack Perks (right) and Drone pilot/Cameraman Russ arrived to make a video for Jack's new wildlife film project!...
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Feb 10, 20222 min read
Unseen underwater, the unsavoury truth about nature...
When I was a child I used to thank the Lord that I was large enough to tread on spiders, I was scared of them and dreaded the thought of...
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Feb 5, 20222 min read
Ailments, injuries and enemies of the long lived and long suffering Mullet.
I've recently been asked by several folk, passing by the Mullet at the Winterbourne stream sluice gate in Railway Land Nature reserve,...
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Jan 31, 20222 min read
The boys are back in town...
Two weeks earlier than last year, the Thin lipped Mullet have returned to Lewes from spawning at sea to heal their wounds and salt water...
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Jan 23, 20221 min read
Froggy went a courting, and will again in about three weeks from now!
Last year I got a few shots of just exactly what goes on on the woods near my home when the the common frogs spawn in February. I've...
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Jan 11, 20222 min read
Mackerel Madness, the Movie.
Good morning all. I thought you might like to see a movie I have just made to cheer up this dark morning. It's 4.30am and I can't sleep...
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Jan 5, 20222 min read
Swift action by Lewes Swift Supporters Saved the day...and the Swifts!
These fantastic birds arrive back, from south of the Sahara in Africa, to breed in Lewes late spring. Here's a closer view of a pair that...
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Jan 3, 20221 min read
"Morning" said the passer-by. "Another grey day " ...not for me it isn't!
I you look hard and not with a heavy heart and a 'grey day' mindset, you will see that these dried flowers of the wild Marjoram have...
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stevehomewood.com
Dec 24, 20212 min read
I Went Gambling Today..
Looking for Sea trout spawning is like gambling, some you win, mostly you lose! A couple of hours walking the banks for a couple of days...
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Dec 24, 20212 min read
Merry Christmas & a Happy Newyear Sea Trout report...I hope?
These rare and beautiful creatures face all sorts of perils; from humans to habitat loss, predators to pollution and, like us at the...
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Dec 19, 20213 min read
Dawn & Dusk, Spawn they must...
Good afternoon all, apologies for the break in blogs, I was dealing with a health issue, successfully by the way, and yesterday when...
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Oct 21, 20211 min read
A fungi thing happened on the way to the forum...
Actually I was on my way to nowhere in particular, my wife abd I just took a walk on the spur of the moment and it was one of those...
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Oct 20, 20211 min read
"Just popping out to get the groceries dear..."
Would anyone like to go out on a foraging walk and talk in November? Several people have asked so I am making plans today. I do...
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Oct 18, 20211 min read
Something old, something new...
I'm very flattered and very pleased to say that I have been asked to present a slideshow and talk of my photos and knowledge of this...
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Oct 16, 20211 min read
The last of the Summer wine.
Yesterday I spent the day on the beach taking photographs of the Mackerel jumping. This annual spectacle is almost over, two weeks ago a...
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Oct 8, 20211 min read
Not mush...room for error here!
It's that time of year again and if you listen to the video you will hear what, when and how to forage wild mushrooms and more...
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Oct 7, 20212 min read
"It's not over yet...
During the past few weeks I was very lucky to have been at the right place at the right time and managed to get photos that I have been...
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Sep 21, 20211 min read
Oct 2nd & 3rd Walks & Talks
http://www.homewardboundfestival.com/family-friendly/the-living-shoreline/ The Brighton Homeward Bound sponsored Walks & Talks on the 2nd...
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*By the way, I took the background photo on this page just minutes before I taught reporter Simon Jenkins how to catch a Mackerel from the beach and hot smoke it over fennel seeds, live on The Morning Show.
The Gulls sounds and actions told me just weher and what the fish were doing.
Excerpts from my book 'Source to Sea' were then serialised over a week, along with recorded interviews
on BBC Radio Sussex telling the listeners some of the background to the stories within.
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