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Spoonbills

Author Ronnie Reed To the bemusement of some of the children out with us down here at the Seven Sisters last week, the small group from the education team who were leading them got rather excited at the sight of … Continue reading

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A Helping Hand

Author Ronnie Reed Volunteers come in all shapes and sizes! They come from different backgrounds and with different reasons for wanting to volunteer. For some it is work experience; in today’s desperate struggle to get a foot on the bottom … Continue reading

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First Visit

Author Ronnie Reed It was raining as I drove eastwards to work; fine misty stuff that shrouded the Downs and turned the fields grey. The wind was picking up white horses on the sea as I came down the hill … Continue reading

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The Call of Winter

Author Ronnie ReedThe season is over. The tourists have got into their cars and all returned home, the schools have retreated to the warmth of their classrooms and I have put my feet up. The empty park is holding its … Continue reading

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Tales of the Unexpected

Author Ronnie Reed What is three centimetres long, pale yellow, hairy and can stop a group of 14 children in their tracks? The answer; a pale tussock moth caterpillar. When we run children’s events down here at the Seven Sisters … Continue reading

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Weekend with a View

Author Ronnie Reed Take twelve people, a youth hostel, a clear blue sky, a hint of autumn colours across Friston Forest, the Seven Sisters bathed in soft September sunlight and what do you have? A Weekend with a View’; a … Continue reading

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In Holiday Mood

Author Ronnie Reed It is the end of the school term and here at the Seven Sisters Country Park, as we wave the last school group good-bye on the coach and sneak off to the ice cream van for a … Continue reading

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Putting on a Show

Author Ronnie Reed Seven Sisters Country Park has opened up her wardrobe, taken out her best clothes and gone out on the town. She has danced beneath a clear blue sky alive with the song of skylarks and scattered flowers … Continue reading

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Twilight

Author Ronnie Reed There is something very special about a wood as night falls. As the sun beds down for the night, shadows lengthen and the corners of the wood fill up with darkness. The breeze stills and the trees … Continue reading

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Twinkle

Author Ronnie Reed Don’t let on to anyone but there moments in this job when I can’t believe I am actually being paid for what I do. Special moments that bring home why I do what I do. Such a … Continue reading

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