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Walking in Sussex, Hampshire and Surrey.

Ebernoe Morning Walk 27th June 2018

Kate and Nigel led this morning walk in Ebernoe Common, a National Nature Reserve. A lot of nature was seen!  We heard and sometimes saw blackcaps, whitethroats, dunnocks, song thrush, chiffchaff, robin,  greenfinch, bullfinch, little grebe, muscovy (aka barbary) duck and a buzzard. When we weren't birding, we found time to spot silver washed fritillary, meadow browns, marbled whites, skippers, ringlets, large and small white and speckled wood butterflies. It was a hot day but we spent most of the time in the shade which was very pleasant. The reserve has a great variety of vegetation and animal life, carefully nurtured by Sussex Wildlife Trust. They hadn't had time to clear some rapidly growing ferns from the footpaths but nobody complained! At the end of our 5 mile flattish walk we had a look at an extraordinary tree/trees. Almost gowing with a single trunk was an oak and a beech and over a century or two neither had won the battle for life and both seemed very happy in each other's company. Excellent lunch in the nearby Stag Inn.

Ferns looked healthy

Beech oak embrace

Bridge over muddy water!

The Stag Inn

Blackwool Farm lake

Little grebe

Halfway

Four spotted chaser (dragon fly).

Muscovy trying a new diet

Buzzard

Marbled white

Meadow brown

Shady woods

Speckled wood

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