Woolly Thistle – I think!
We discovered these giant thistles on the Goodwood Estate. Standing...
Silver Birches
Even in the depths of winter groups of silver birch trees look so...
Aspice, Respice, Prospice
I have just finished a fantastic 10 week online course run by Oxford...
Bug Hotel at West Dean
What a great idea! A huge cable bobbin used as the skeleton for a bug...
Hibernaculum!
There are quite a few piles of rubble in the graveyard and instead of...
Hope!
Looks like we'll soon be going into another lockdown. But the natural...
SDNP Support
This morning we were delighted to meet Sophie Brown from the South Downs...
Extend the area?
After our discussion with Nick and Liz Sturt, we have decided that we...
West Dean Graveyard
Despite the graveyard having been mown recently it still looked soft and...
Needs Must!
Like everywhere else, the grass at West Dean Gardens does not look very...
ID Parade
These are the wildflowers and grasses that we have recorded this spring...
Frilly Fungus
I've trawled through loads of picture of fungus on decaying wood, but as...
Teeming with Wildlife
Great pic of our master photographer going to ground with the wildlife at...
Slindon Meadow
On a walk through the fields and wood near Slindon the other day, we came...
Devil’s Ditch
The Lavant History Group - or more correctly James McInnes - has been...














