Sussex Scrapbook
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Nature walks in Sussex throughout the year
Sunday 10th August 2009
Mount Caburn
A busy weekend left us with only a few hours on Sunday afternoon for a walk. The
sun was beaming down and before it changed its mind we sped off to Lewes and
walked a few miles around Mount Caburn. This little bit of the South Downs,
stuck out by itself to the east of Lewes, is a real favourite of ours and a real
Sussex treasure. Today there were flowers blooming everywhere, with sheep
nibbling the grass between them. Up at the mount itself there were Kestrels and
Sparrowhawks having dogfights above the trees. We were able to sit for over an hour
and look down on them as the Sparrowhawks tried to attack the
kestrels. There were Buzzards there too, perched on the edge of the cliffs, as
well as Wheaters, Linnets and Skylarks.
