Author: Pat Donovan
Ditchling Country Park
Meeting date: 30 June 2002 (Leader: Paul Harmes) The aim of this meeting was to search for Carex hostiana (Tawny Sedge) which was last seen in 1989. Since then, scrub […]
Barklye Farm, Broad Oak
Meeting date: 1 June 2002 (Leader: Lyn Haines) In order for there to be plants left to record, SBRS member Lyn Haines had very kindly removed her sheep from an […]
Bellhurst Wood, Hurst Green
Meeting date: 4 May 2002 (Leader: Rachel Nicholson) On a bright but fresh morning 19 members found their way down the track to Bellhurst Farm for the first meeting of […]
Hankham
Meeting date: 21 July 2001 (Leader: Paul Maurice) Thanks to a chance encounter last summer between Paul Maurice and Martin Hole of Montague Farm, members were invited to carry out […]
Wellhurst Wood
Meeting date: 30 June 2001 (Leader: Margaret Hanton) Adjoining Staplecross village, Wellhurst Wood is a mixed woodland with damp rides, marshy areas and acid heath. Oreopteris limbosperma (Lemon-scented Fern) was […]
Wootton Manor
Meeting date: 16 June 2001 (Leader: Helen Proctor) It was possible to hold the meeting at Wootton Manor as there was no stock on the farm and the fields were […]
Robertsbridge
Meeting date: 5 May 2001 (Leader: Rachel Nicholson) As a result of the foot and mouth crisis the meeting arranged at Bellhurst Farm was postponed and instead a visit was […]
Sedlescombe
Meeting date: 2 July 2000 (Leader: Pat Donovan, Rebecca Barrett) The Pestalozzi Village now has a resident ecologist, Rebecca Barrett, and in order to help her form a management plan […]
Wilmington
Meeting date: 17 June 2000 (Leader: Paul Harmes) The weather on June 17th could not have been more perfect for a walk on the Downs: a cloudless sky, little wind, […]
Dallington Forest
Meeting date: 20 May 2000 (Leader: Pat Donovan, Margaret Hanton) Those members who braved the track to the meeting-place down in the forest were rewarded with mugs of coffee or […]