Eastbourne cherry
I have driven for years past this old mixed hedge on Willingdon Drove that contains mature trees of oak and ash without realising that it contains Prunus cerasus (Dwarf Cherry). […]
Making Itself at Home?
On a visit to Eastbourne’s Sovereign Harbour just after Christmas I noticed plants of Polycarpon tetraphylla (Four-leaved Allseed), vibrantly green and in full growth in areas away from where it […]
The New Year Plant Hunt in Sussex
As 2018 inexorably turned into 2019 botanists from all over the country were out in force. It was the eighth BSBI New Year Plant Hunt and members of the society […]
Unexpected find of a rare, declining species
We (Judy Clark, Ellen Campbell and Jacqueline Rose) have spent literally hours hunting for and failing to find Scleranthus annuus (Annual Knawel) around Camber Castle at Rye Harbour. Helen Proctor […]
Edge of the rugby field
During the 2018 AGM, it was suggested that we should survey neighbourhood greens and pitches. I am doing some of my local green areas including Uckfield Rugby Club. This is […]
No major refind in a “missing” part of Wannock
It is not often, when you have lived in an area for as long as I have, that you discover sizeable parts of it which are not only untrodden by […]
A density of orchids
Wow! What can I say? I’ve long wanted to get to grips with the balance between the commoner Chalk Fragrant-orchid and the scarcer Marsh or Dense-flowered Fragrant-orchid (above) at Ditchling Beacon. […]
Treesome: Exhibition at the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens
Christina Hart-Davies is well known to members of the SBRS; not only did she paint the majority of the illustrations in David Streeter’s Wild Flower Guide, but she came to […]
Orobanche minor var. flava
This morning, as most mornings, I walked Barney around the clover fields at Goodwood. As it was quite hot at 6am Barney took a short cut over rather than around […]
Better than the Levels you know?
Most of you will know Evan Jones for the magnificent image which adorns the front cover of The Flora of Sussex (2018). However, he is not only a gifted photographer […]