
Debbie Alston
@debbie1alston
Experienced educator & ecologist with a passion for botany, birds, butterflies, mammals & poo. Retired ecology lecturer & freelancer. Now mostly on Bluesky
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09-04-2015 08:34:56
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Footpath clearing today on part of Seaford Head with the South Downs National Park volunteers


Our amazing committee member Emily (Emily Thrift) is giving a talk on protecting hedgehogs in Lewes this Saturday. Grab your ticket whilst you can! ๐ฆ๐๐ผ ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/east-โฆ

Our first visit to High woods near Bexhill today with the Twiglets. An ancient woodland with an old Sessile oak coppice area - identifying trees by twigs ( Rowan), veteran oak coppice stools, Butchers broom and my second only Firecrest. Sussex Botanical Recording Society


I may not have been there in person, but it was still important to me to watch the University of Derby graduation online today for students I taught. Congratulations everyone #derbygrad ๐๐๐๐๐๐


So wonderful to hear the fabulous Vote of thanks speech by MSc Conservation Biology student Leigh Peters at the University of Derby graduation today ๐๐







Surprised to see Tansy in flower today around Eastbourne, East Sussex Sussex Botanical Recording Society #wildflowerhour


Cow parsley in flower today around Eastbourne, East Sussex Sussex Botanical Recording Society #wildflowerhour


Winter Heliotrope in flower this week in East Sussex #wildflowerhour Sussex Botanical Recording Society


Big pre- Christmas South Downs National Park volunteer task today. Scrub clearing on part of Seven Sisters Country Park . Must have been about 20 volunteers out today!


Nine Purple sandpipers seen on the eastern marina arm in Newhaven, about an hour before high tide today Sussex Birding Sussex Ornithology


Great day out with the South Downs National Park volunteers today - scrub clearing on Lullington Heath NNR. Who knew that a leaf blower makes a fantastic flame fanner to get it going! ๐๐ฅ Natural England - Sussex and Kent Team


Our #NewYearPlantHunt today at Rye harbour, East Sussex. 21 species including Vipers bugloss BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland


Beachy Head: Humpback Whale breaching repeatedly off Beachy Head to the ESE 13:17 BirdGuides Sussex Dolphin Project ๐ฌ

