Author: Pat Donovan
Etchingham and Robertsbridge
Meeting date: 3 May 2008 (Leader: Rachel Nicholson) On a warm sunny day in late spring eleven members met near Etchingham (TQ72C). We started recording by meandering slowly down Ludpit […]
Nymans
Meeting date: 19 April 2008 (Leader: Alan Knapp) Despite the weather, which was cold, damp and windy, 28 enthusiasts gathered in Nymans car park for the first meeting of the […]
Battle
Meeting date: 28 July 2007 (Leader: Alan Knapp) After gathering in the car park of Battle Great Wood, members were promptly despatched by Alan in groups to four different tetrads […]
Beech Estate
Meeting date: 2 June 2007 (Leader: Pat Donovan) Ashburnham Meadows, which form part of the Beech Estate, have been in Countryside Stewardship since 1994 and were last visited by the […]
Stonegate Station
Meeting date: 28 April 2007 (Leader: Rachel Nicholson) To the accompaniment of nightingales singing in the trees behind the up platform, 116 species were recorded in the space of half […]
Possingworth Park
Meeting date: 19 August 2006 (Leader: Rachel Nicholson) Nineteen members came to Possingworth to join in the search for Sibthorpia europaea (Cornish Moneywort), last seen in the 1970s in a […]
Iden
Meeting date: 12 August 2006 (Leader: Alan Knapp) On a day when rain was forecast by lunchtime, ten members met at Iden Church and proceeded to spread themselves among four […]
Sheffield Forest
Meeting date: 3 July 2006 An additional meeting took place in July with just six members on a day that promised to be very warm. Initially there was some shade […]
St Dunstan’s Farm
Meeting date: 28 May 2006 (Leader: Pat Donovan) After a gap of eleven years a return visit was made to David Hobden’s farm at Punnett’s Town. Being nearly a month […]
Herstmonceux
Meeting date: 6 May 2006 (Leader: Paul Harmes) Although ‘tetrad bashing’ may have its drawbacks, it certainly paid off at Herstmonceux when the sixteen members present split up in the […]