The wet heath at Sullington starting to fill up with rain.

Spending time at Washington Chalk Pits, always giddy with the diversity on show. Adding some adhoc records to #irecord and relishing the tension between shrub, tree and grassland. Burnet Rose in profusion and the reat of the small in scale but big in delight chalk herbs.

The Wood Ants (presuming Formica rufa) enjoying the light and warmth in the regrowing Sweet Chestnut coppice. They follow the coppicing rotation through the woods. #coppice

Not really at work today but fancied a bit of a stroll this evening and hung out amongst the Bluebells and Cowslip in one of our glades.

If you can make it in the next few days the dawn chorus at Knepp is in full voice, the Nightingales are sounding especially wonderful. Thank you @kneppwilding.bsky.social @kneppwildlandfdn.bsky.social

I missed the dancing as had to leave to do the school run and get ready for work. Heres a picture from just after sunrise there this morning.

An early morning walk to Chanctonbury Ring with Cuckoo, Yellowhammer and Whitethroat for company (amongst many others). @southdownsnp.bsky.social #wistonestate @sussexornitholo.bsky.social #dawnchorus

An early evening walk along a golden Sussex Green Lane. Ancient Oaks, massive Ash Coppice stools, Bluebells and Wood Anemone before coming to the Blackthorn scrub hoping to hear Nightingale and within 2mins as the sun set, 2 signing along with Song Thrush, Blackbird and Robin. What a choir!

Cuckoo flower in fine fettle, 6am too early for the Orange Tip in Sussex this morning @savebutterflies.bsky.social

A glorious dawn chorus at Ashcombe Bottom near Lewes, a wonderful wood of veteran oaks, hazel coppice diverse scrub and chalk grassland. In the summer you can experience Adonis Blue flying with White Admiral and Silver-washed Fritillaries if you are lucky #woodpasture #chalkgrassland

The sun peering through the early morning mist at Amberley Wild Brooks, many Fallow Deer amongst the bird song. First Cuckoo, 2 Swallow, reeling Grasshopper Warbler and my favourite of the morning 8 delightful Sedge Warblers. A big thanks too @sussexwildlifeand.bsky.social and @rspb.bsky.social

Some of the disturbance interventions carried out at Sullington Warren recently. Scraping to create pools, creating hoverly lagoons courtesy of @buzzclub.bsky.social fantastic resources and willing volunteers from @sussexwilldlife.bsky.social and Wilder Horsham make space for the Sullington Cranefly

Preparing for a talk this week in recording Ancient and Veteran trees for @sussexwildlife.bsky.social Arun Valley supporters group and Lost Woods of the Weald Project. These guys are not particularly old but sit on an old Manorial boundary bank in Warren Hill, Washington @nationaltrust.bsky.social

One of the Junipers at Washington Chalk Pits. A joy of living on the scrape slope of the South Downs is that the snow and ice cling on longer.

It was good to see Sussex Red cattle grazing a lovely chalk grassland site near Washington, West Sussex. Very interesting watching them feed in the snow. This place is a fantastic Local Wildlife Site of Juniper, Wayfaring tree, Round-headed Rampion and Duke of Burgundy amongst many others.