North from Africa, Across the Saharan Desert, a Singing Sedge Warbler arrived in Sussex today.
This little fellow was at Southease this morning. They nest down low near water in Sedges, but of course! *The sedge warbler is an Old...
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Apr 15, 20211 min read
Hair today, gone tomorrow...
"The Hairdressers are open again" Cattle are put out to graze in the water meadows at this time of year and there is a symbiotic...
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Apr 13, 20211 min read
" Don't just look, 'see' things, don't just listen, 'hear' things "
I go out every morning with an open mind as well as eyes and ears, and this morning I saw and heard something new and most extraordinary!...
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Apr 12, 20211 min read
Heartbreak Hotel
It was a cold, grey, wet and sad day in Railway Land Lewes... The Long tailed tits that I have been filming are heart broken. Their...
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Apr 10, 20211 min read
The illusive Cetti's Warbler
Many of you will have heard the sometimes explosive call of this shy bird as you walk past one hidden in the undergrowth next to water....
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Apr 7, 20211 min read
The Kings new clothes
"Haven't the Kingfishers for a while" ...said a passer by yesterday. The one who catches flat fish and prawns opposite Railway Land after...
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Mar 30, 20211 min read
Sorry to drone on... but this may be unique?
With all relevant permissions and legalities, myself and a professional drone pilot, got this video and several still shots of a Heronry...
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Mar 27, 20211 min read
A sight for sore eyes...
With Easter in mind I thought you might like to see some of the eggs of British birds I have stumbled across over the years. Staring from...
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stevehomewood.com
Mar 21, 20211 min read
Flight into fantasy (part 2)
Meet the pilot, read the report. This guy is so cool, and he got the shots I asked for in minutes. He flew over the rookery at...
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Mar 21, 20211 min read
Flight into fantasy..
...and now for something completely different! Part 2 of this blog will reveal all.
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Mar 21, 20211 min read
A tale of two Tities (part3)
Now the final touch, the addition of a feather lining. An old nest examined contained 2000 feathers from various birds, collected in the...
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Mar 21, 20211 min read
A tale of two Tities (part 2)
Now you'll see what I meant about the entrance hole evolving. Now the nest is 2/3rd built.
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Mar 21, 20211 min read
A tale of two Tities (part1)
I have 3 little movies of the pair of Longtailed Tits building their nest, taken over 10 days. I will post all three today. Here is the...
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stevehomewood.com
Mar 20, 20211 min read
Yesterday's mystery object...
Yesterday’s mystery object was the base platform of a Long tailed tit’s nest. The fabulous structure of green moss, blue lichen and a...
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Mar 19, 20211 min read
UFO in Railway Land Lewes!
I knew exactly what this was when I saw it. I emailed the photo to a friend to see if he knew and he said... " It's a UFO, an...
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Mar 13, 20211 min read
Another one bites the dust...
A Heron kills another Frog this morning on Railway Land Lewes. Difficult photo through the undergrowth and to get it I had to stand as...
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Mar 12, 20211 min read
"Tickets please, I'll punch the holes in them"
A Great spotted Woodpecker at Lewes station this morning as the 8.02 leave for Seaford.
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Mar 11, 20211 min read
Now who is this with a pointy nose and big brown eyes?
At first I thought a weasel was inside this fallen nesting box in Railway Land Lewes this morning but it could be a wood mouse? Whichever...
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Mar 10, 20211 min read
Patients at the Winterbourne 'Spa'
"They look OK from up here" said the man on the riverbank in Lewes yesterday. But take a look from my underwater camera and one of the...
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Mar 8, 20211 min read
Grey day, golden birds
Goldfinches today in Railway Land Lewes, pulling seeds from last years Teasel flowers. There are enoght seeds hre to keep this flock af...
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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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