Author Jess Price Last month I blogged about wild daffodils, and whilst I did see some in flower in March, it seems that the cold weather did delay things somewhat. However once we hit April the daffodils really got going. … Continue reading
Author Barry Yates Bird migration does not just happen during the spring and autumn. All year round there are birds flying great distances to survive in their own very specialised worlds. During freezing December weather lapwing and skylarks may fly … Continue reading
Auther Ronnie Reed It wasn’t the A27 or the low bank of rain cloud squatting on the top of the Downs or the radio report on the economy that depressed me driving into work the other morning. It was a … Continue reading
Author Barry Yates It’s like this every year at Rye Harbour. We get a lovely spring day like last Thursday and we feel like spring has arrived. . . Skylarks singing invisibly up high Lapwings tumbling and peewitting Redshank yodelling … Continue reading
Author Jess Price Last week I saw my first dragonfly of the year. It was a beautiful male broad bodied chaser that was darting about in the sun hunting and looking for a mate. On hearing the word dragonfly most … Continue reading
Author Neil Fletcher April 25th, which as we all know is St. Mark’s Day, saw the emergence of thousands, well millions probably, of St. Mark’s Flies. Actually they turned up the day before, silently drifting about in their nuptial swarms … Continue reading
Author Kathy Green We have just returned from holiday and part of it was an overnight camp in the Wadi Rum desert in Jordan. To say it was a magical experience does not do it justice. The stillness and the … Continue reading
Author Jess Price The clocks have gone forward and the weather is well and truly warming up. This is the perfect time to get out into the sunshine and go hunting for one of Britain’s more elusive residents, the adder. … Continue reading
Author Ronnie Reed Standing on the edge of Seven Sisters Country Park looking down towards the sea, it is impossible to see the coastline, the curve of Cuckmere Haven or the coastguard cottages perched precariously on the top of Seaford … Continue reading
