Walker of lanes & gazer at views. Love & live among South Downs. Writer (blog), naturalist & gardener. Mostly on Instagram. Happily married October 2020
Joined October 2011
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Sussex Field Notes retweeted
10 Aug 2022
Very useful illustration, and another reason why we should be harvesting as much rainwater in our gardens as possible. If you can, focus now on setting up water butts, water storage tanks etc, to help reduce water racing into into sewers when the rain eventually comes...
10 Aug 2022
In this experiment Dr Rob Thompson of @UniRdg_Met shows just how long it takes water to soak into parched ground, illustrating why heavy rainfall after a #drought can be dangerous and might lead to flashfloods.
@R0b1et @UniRdg_water
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Sussex Field Notes retweeted
9 Aug 2022
β οΈ The @metoffice's Fire Severity Index is EXCEPTIONAL for most of #WestSussex this weekend. Please stay safe and:
π₯ Avoid open fires - including bonfires
π¬ Extinguish cigarettes properly
πΎ Take litter home, especially glass
π Call 999 if you see a fire
8 Aug 2022
Crews worked hard this afternoon to extinguish a large unattended bonfire. With help from @EGFireRescue we set up a water relay and worked really hard to prevent the fire spreading.
With such high temps and dry ground we strongly suggest you do not have even a small bonfire.
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Sussex Field Notes retweeted
24 Jul 2022
Summer is ok, but nothing beats a Sunday roast on a chilly Autumn day, followed by wrapping up in a coat and scarf for a brisk walk, ideally involving a dog, through rusty, crunchy leaves as the sky glows orange and purple, then home for apple crumble and good telly in the dark.
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Sussex Field Notes retweeted
18 Feb 2022
Please take care during #StormEunice:
π³ For highways issues, or if a tree is blocking the road, call 01243 642105
π‘For any electrical incidents call 105. Keep clear of fallen power lines
βStay indoors if possible
πDrive slowly and carefully
πIn an emergency, dial 999
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Sussex Field Notes retweeted
4 Jan 2022
The mornings are now getting lighter again and within 10 days sunrise will be before 8am βοΈ
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Sussex Field Notes retweeted
24 Dec 2021
If you feel overwhelmed, very low &/or are frightened by your thoughts please text βShoutβ to 85258. A trained crisis volunteer will text you back 24/7 & this service is free.
Here are some more numbers that will offer help if you need it in the next few days:
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Sussex Field Notes retweeted
21 Dec 2021
HAPPY WINTER SOLSTICE, TWITTER! The days get longer from now! ππππππππππ
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Sussex Field Notes retweeted
20 Dec 2021
I'm feeling a bit like badger from Wind in the Willows today. There are shadows knocking at the door and mice scrabbling in the walls. The midwinter hush has found us, snuck in under the fieldfare's wing. But there is comfort, magic even, in the year's darkest part. #midwinter
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Sussex Field Notes retweeted
31 Oct 2021
A garden hedge:
Filters wind (slows it down)
Absorbs water (prevents flooding)
Absorbs CO2 (fights climate change)
Houses wildlife (promotes biodiversity)
There are 22 million gardens in the UK. Many of them will lose a fence panel this weekend. Please replace with a hedge π³
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Sussex Field Notes retweeted
16 Oct 2021
How sad on this October day
To see our hedges shorn away
Small creatures would have liked to eat,
The hawthorn berries, rose hips sweet,
Blackberries and nuts and sloes,
But through the blades the banquet goes
Wonβt somebody heed our words,
And leave the berries for the birds.
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Sussex Field Notes retweeted
13 Oct 2021
Like a fine needle of frost tumbling down through the sky β¦ tseeeip.
R E D W I N G S!
Welcome winter thrushes, coming all this way with that radiator warm glow tucked under your wing pits; the colour of the berries youβve come for.
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Alone in the Forest.
He sits and thinks of the things they know,
He and the Forest alone together:
The springs that come and the summers that go,
Autumn dew on bracken and heather,
The drip of the Forest beneath the snow
~A.A.Milne #fridaymorning #October1st
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4 Sep 2021
Pphfft π¬ and away summer drifts
#seasonalhedgerow #seedheads #fluff #thistledown instagram.com/p/CTY50dZqAl8/β¦