"The boys are back in town"
The annual ‘Murmuration’ of Mullet, at the Winterbourne stream outlet into the River Ouse in Railway Land Lewes, is in full swing. There...
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Feb 27, 20211 min read
A 'Sea Serpent' of Mullet
Last night as the sun went down and the full moon came over Seaford bay Sussex. I spotted thin blue line in the water half a mile out...
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Feb 25, 20211 min read
Frogspawn the Movie
Thanks to all who liked the stills I took of the frogs spawning. I thought you might like to see a short movie of them? Steve
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Feb 25, 20211 min read
The Frog Blog
The Common Frogs spawned yesterday in Railway land Lewes and I have to say I was tempted to entitle the blog ‘Frogs Porn’ It’s a once a...
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Feb 20, 20211 min read
"Who are you, to call yourself a Naturalist?"
Good question, as one doesn't acquire the title but you perhaps feel it a good description of yourself? With that in mind I thought I...
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Feb 19, 20211 min read
On a brighter note...
Today 19th Feb' Both a Green and Greater spotted Wood pecker returned to their favourite Willow tree in Railway Land Lewes. These...
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Feb 19, 20211 min read
The loneliness of a long distance cameraman
Just one more of the Heron, this time eating frogs in Railway Land today, to show just how difficult it is to get a good shot with just a...
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Feb 19, 20211 min read
Killers on the rampage.
Yesterday in a flooded meadow, between Railway Land and the chalk Cliffs of Lewes, I stretched my entry level camera to the limit to snap...
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Feb 17, 20211 min read
And the winner is...
Congratulations Fran Rawlinson. Here's a screenshot from Twitter to confirm that it is indeed a bacterial disease call Slime flux. (Sarah...
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Feb 16, 20211 min read
A secret in Railway Land! And a prize to be won!
Can anyone tell me what creature made this and what for? I found two this afternoon in Railway Land Nature Reserve, both on the ground at...
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Feb 15, 20211 min read
Town and Country...Spring is in the air!
Good morning all, warm weather has returned today so listen out for the happy birds, like this Wren at Newhaven Town Railway station,...
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Feb 14, 20211 min read
"The feet are back Daddy!"
I'm often asked about signs of Spring and when exactly is it spring again but of course it's a gradual transition and there are many...
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Feb 11, 20211 min read
Hello Heron, good bye Newt!
"Wow, look at the beautiful Heron!" Well, not so beautiful if you are a newt! A Beautifully designed/evolved killing machine and the poor...
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Feb 10, 20211 min read
A colourful Wagtail on a Grey day.
The Grey Wagtail is often thought to be a Yellow Wagtail because of it colourful plumage but it's Yellow relative is a summer visitor...
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Feb 9, 20211 min read
The Russians are coming!
It's a Redwing, of the Thrush family. Actually they have been here since Autumn from Russia and Scandinavian and it took me that long to...
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Feb 7, 20211 min read
Snow flakes, Snow drops.
It did at last snow today! At times rather hard but in the woods it was gentler and very nice to sit and watch for a while...
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Feb 4, 20211 min read
A chat with a Robin
Robins really do talk to you! If you walk slowly, gently and quietly through the woodland, or in your garden, you may notice a Robin...
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Feb 1, 20211 min read
Gorgeous Goldcrest
This cute little bird was looking for insects under the bramble leaves overhanging the flooded Winterbourne stream in Railway Land Nature...
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Jan 26, 20211 min read
Something fishy going on!
Chatting to a friend, I managed a short video of a beautiful little brown trout in the Winterbourne stream in Railway Land this afternoon...
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Jan 25, 20211 min read
Responsible, sustainable foraging
These are Velvet Shanks, an edible mushroom that grows on old rotten wood in the winter and can survive freezing conditions perfectly...
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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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