Sussex Scrapbook
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Nature walks throughout the year
Saturday 5th
July 2008
Ifield - Lamb's Green - Rusper - Ifield
7.5 miles
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With no money left for
trains we decided to do the
Rusper walk that I did the other day, this time
together. We didn't get to see the Little Owl properly this time, although I did
get a short glimpse of one as it disappeared over a hedge.
The rest of the country had been suffering from gales and heavy rain today, but in
this part of Sussex we only got some very welcome winds that stopped us from
baking in the hot sun. Everything is so lush and green right now, it's a real
pleasure to be out in the country. There are a multitude, nay, a plethora, of different grasses in
the meadows; interspersed with purple vetch, buttercups and thistles. Many of
the fields were growing oats but there were also some growing wheat.
We stopped in at
The Star at Rusper for a half-time,
Stowford
Press cider, after
which, Gill decided to play on a swing for a while and then get sleepy. No more
dinnertime drinks for you young lady!
Gill walking through Ifield golf Club
Stumbleholm Farm
The Lamb Inn at Lamb's Green
While we were stopped for a sandwich, this
fellow came running towards us.
We were downwind of him and he didn't notice us until the last moment
Common Blue Damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum)
Rusper church was open today and its stained glass window contained views
of Rusper
and pictures of
all the birds and animals found in the parish.
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Large Skipper (Ochlodes venatus)
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Recently shorn alpacas