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A Visit to Alciston - 16th April 2012

roundhillrob wrote 1 year ago: I spend (far too little time) walking the South Downs within Brighton and Hove checking the conditio … more →

Tags: My Travels, Real ale, environmental concerns, South Downs Society, "Access Land", rights of way, Rose Cottage Inn

Walking in Sussex

June wrote 3 years ago: Alfriston Have you discovered Alfriston, a beautiful downland village nestling in a fold in the Suss … more →

Tags: Walking in Sussex, Alfriston, Dean's Place Hotel, Dacres, Seven Sisters, cuckmere valley, south downs way, Jevington Firle Beacon, Charleston Farmhouse

Confessions of a Morris Dancer13 comments

bigmikeydread wrote 3 years ago: Introduction . . . Most people think that Morris dancing is,… to coin an American phrase … more →

Tags: Folk (is such a bad name for a genre), Music, folk, Morris, dancing, Bampton, South Downs, South, downs

Short-eared Owl at Bo Peep

Charlie Peverett wrote 3 years ago: A Short-eared Owl reported today by Barrie Norman at Bo Peep, Alciston (from Firle Birds). Yesterday … more →

Tags: Sightings, short eared owl, firecrest, bo peep, woodcock, Frog Firle

Snipe + buntings at Alciston

Charlie Peverett wrote 3 years ago: A late-afternoon visit to my old patch at Alciston made me happy – in the tiny reedbed I used … more →

Tags: Sightings, Photographs, yellowhammer, sparrowhawk, reed bunting, Common Snipe, common gull, woodpigeon

Migrants at Alciston

Charlie Peverett wrote 3 years ago: A brief wander up to my favourite piece of the escarpment at Alciston revealed: Swallow 2 Yellowhamm … more →

Tags: Sightings, Photographs, swallow, yellowhammer, blackbird, lesser redpoll, Song Thrush

Alciston 12.10.082 comments

Charlie Peverett wrote 4 years ago: A warm misty morning, with the prospect of the sun burning through at any moment. In the end, it did … more →

Tags: Sightings, redwing, linnet, skylark, yellowhammer, dunnock, House Sparrow, goldfinch, blackbird

Quail near Bopeep

Charlie Peverett wrote 4 years ago: The closest yet… A Quail in the valley just south of Bo-Peep (Alciston) today, heard by Matt E … more →

Tags: Local sightings, bopeep, buzzard, arlington reservoir, green sandpiper, quail, grasshopper warbler, Sedge Warbler, wood sandpiper

Time for a Quail?

Charlie Peverett wrote 4 years ago: Still daydreaming. There aren’t so many birds around in July (hence the daydreaming) but it … more →

Tags: daydreaming, firle, quail

Ouse valley bird surge

Charlie Peverett wrote 5 years ago: The Cattle Egret apparently remains by the Ouse, and it’s interesting to see the number of oth … more →

Tags: Local sightings, cattle egret, short eared owl, rodmell, lewes brooks, marsh harrier, great white egret, bird surge, berwick


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