Our Species Recovery Officer Matt Phelps has co-written a great new book called 'Where to Watch Birds in Surrey & Sussex'. Aimed at anyone, at any level. Great gift! You can now buy it on our shop
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Highly recommend the excellent new book by Matt Phelps and Ed Stubbs 👍lots of new local places to explore!!

The new Where to Watch Birds in Surrey and Sussex book by Matt Phelps and Ed Stubbs is out now bloomsbury.com/uk/where-to-wa…

this fine tome landed on the mat this morning, a credit to the authors Ed Stubbs Matt Phelps having just retired I shall be endeavouring to visit mote local sites this year
#Surreybirds #Sussexbirds

New book just arrived, plenty of info on the Selsey/Medmerry/Pagham areas and a good read throughout Matt Phelps Ed Stubbs @sussexbirding Sussex Ornithology

Relationships in nature are complex & fascinating. The connection between blue butterflies & ants for example. Find out more about what 'species recovery' might mean in this blog by Matt Phelps
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📷Nick Upton & Graeme Lyons

Happy Valen-pine’s day! 💚

Find out more about this cute and charismatic mustelid, and how we’re investigating whether the South East is suitable for their return > sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/pine-martens

Out now: Where to Watch #Birds in Surrey & Sussex nhbs.com/where-to-watch… Bloomsbury Wildlife Bloomsbury Books UK BTO RSPB Science RSPB Birdwatch Bird Watching #birdwatching

Congratulations to Matt Phelps and Ed Stubbs - a superb guide. AND born from chat between us on Twitter. J

Matt Matt Phelps recently led a short private walk around the flooded Arun Valley at Pulborough — check out what he saw with Sylva and Charlie: wildstarts.com/post/onto-the-…

Jack Snipe lurking in a ditch near Hastings today #BirdsSeenin2024 #birding

Rather than gather dust on the shelf i'd like to pass my first edition micro-moth guide (left) on to a young naturalist. I'll pay the postage of course.

Surrey Bird Club members are entitled to a 30% pre-order discount on the new, upcoming Where to Watch Birds in Surrey and Sussex book, published by Bloomsbury.

More information here: surreybirdclub.org.uk/news/where-to-…

Matt Phelps Ed Stubbs Bloomsbury Wildlife

I’m spending less and less time on here these days.

If you’re still keen to follow my birding and other wildlife posts, you’ll find me on Threads and Instagram using the same handle, or my blog where I’ve resumed regular updates 👋

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Thorn is the mother of the oak.

A ~35 yr old Oak emerging from the protection of Hawthorns that have kept the browsers off it. It will now develop into a tree canopy above the Hawthorns that will become the understory. This is how woodlands spread naturally.

My response to the backlash from cleb gardeners about rewilding. I do hope they listen. It's not about abandoning your garden. It's about thinking about nature first.

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The latest Birdwatch is out!

Including Aquatic Warbler ID by Shaun Robson, Amy W Schwartz talking birds' skulls, Matt Phelps on the history of reintroduction schemes, a Frampton Marsh guide by Toby Collett & birding legacies by David Callahan: bit.ly/3NZv1Cm

Spot the Purple Emperor!

Having struggled to find many this week as we rapidly approach the end of the season it was amazing to arrive at the Knepp Wilding Operation Wallacea camp today just as this female gave a particularly showy performance, flying about and feeding on this low roof.

White-tailed Eagle has nested in England for the first time in 240 years, with a pair raising one chick at an undisclosed location thought to be in West Sussex: bit.ly/3QjuYnN