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Winter Fieldfares

December 27, 2017December 28, 2017 Simon VerrallLeave a comment

Fieldfare in a crab apple tree Bepton West Sussex

Caught red handed pinching crab apples

It’s been a busy year for Fieldfares. We’ve had flocks of 30-50 birds, chack-chacking around the hedgerows and squabbling over fruit in our neighbour’s crab apple tree.

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Boxing Day puzzle

December 26, 2017December 27, 2017 Simon VerrallLeave a comment

 

Monkey Puzzle Tree growing wild next to The South Downs Way in Sussex

Do Monkey Puzzle trees grow wild in the UK?

Now here’s an odd question. Are Monkey Puzzles an invasive species colonising the English countryside? Do they self seed or do they need someone to plant them to become established?

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Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house…

December 24, 2017December 22, 2017 Simon VerrallLeave a comment

Mottled Umber Moth December

… Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.

Well actually there was a Mottled Umber Moth! Flying around the house after I accidentally let it in when I opened the front door.

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Little Egret

December 16, 2017December 18, 2017 Simon VerrallLeave a comment

Little Egret The South Downs near Midhurst Bepton

I wasn’t expecting to see an Egret at the end of the garden!

We’re lucky enough to have a field at the end of our garden. And even luckier to have an Egret wandering around it too!

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Petersfield Lake

December 20, 2014November 7, 2017 Simon VerrallLeave a comment

Petersfield Boating Lake Hampshire

Long exposure at Petersfield Lake

I stopped off at Petersfield Lake on the way to work this week to grab this photo that I’ve been planning to take for a while.

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Counting tree rings in a Beech Tree

December 29, 2012December 27, 2017 Simon VerrallLeave a comment
South_downs_fallen_beech_tree_timeline

How old is our Beech Tree?

A while ago a beech tree blew over across the footpath on the way up to Linch Down. And a little while later someone came along and kindly chopped it up with a big saw!

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Christmas ham

December 27, 2010November 6, 2017 Simon VerrallLeave a comment

Christmas Gammon

This little piggy didn’t go to market…

Well this little piggy wasn’t invited in for Boxing Day lunch. He looked very pleased to see us as we walked through the yard at Church Farm though I suspect before long he’ll be destined for the table. Still snow on the ground! Oink!

Boxing Day on The South Downs

December 26, 2010November 1, 2017 Simon VerrallLeave a comment

Boxing Day Snow on The South Downs

And still we have snow!

Stunning Boxing Day views from the top of Linch Down. Cold yet brilliant. And we’ve now had snow since the beginning of December. 2010 has been a cold winter for sure. That’s The South Downs Way in the background, not many people up here today.

Christmas Day on Bepton Down

December 25, 2010October 31, 2017 Simon VerrallLeave a comment

White Christmas on the South Downs

Can you believe it! Snow on Christmas Day.

It’s a white out on the Downs! Not many people up here today, but a great way to walk off Christmas Lunch! To the right of the fence is The South Downs Way, but the view isn’t so great here at the top of Linch Down in the clouds. Happy Christmas y’all.

Twas the night before Christmas…

December 24, 2010November 9, 2017 Simon VerrallLeave a comment

Christmas Tree in the window with snow

Happy Christmas everybody!

Nobody’s stirring, not even a mouse because it’s a white Christmas and there’s snow everywhere! Whoo-hoo!

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