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Discovering Nature
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Steve Homewood

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A disaster on the Downs? Hopefully not!
A lot goes on up on the hills at this time of year above Lewes and as ever I started my Spring walks early in May to be sure to see the...

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Jun 222 min read


Making a Film
Good morning all, I've been rather busy of late, actually for the last seven years, attempting the impossible with only entry level...

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May 291 min read


Fighting for your wife
Good afternoon all, look at what I saw yesterday. Two cock Pheasants were acting very strangely on a hillside up on the Downs, when all...

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May 91 min read


A secret revealed
I've had a few comments re' my earlier blog this morning...so I will explain. One fellow said "Yet again you have made grammatical errors...

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Mar 71 min read


Life and Death in the Ouse valley
For the last few evenings I've been in the in and above the river Ouse valley between 4pm am 6pm with my camera trying to get photos of...

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Mar 71 min read


These birds must be 'Raven' mad, if you'll excuse the pun?
Ravens nest about now, generally the first of our native birds to do so and these two are trying to steal a rabbit from a Buzzard up on...

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Feb 232 min read


The Golden Crested Wren, or as we now know them, Gold Crests
Today I took a stroll in Railway Land nature reserve, Lewes to peek at the gold crest's. These delightful little birds are residents here...

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Feb 162 min read


Mullet predators, injuries and infections.
The thin lipped mullet are back in Lewes again after spawning at sea off of the coast of Holland and as always they have come home with...

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Feb 71 min read


Pied Wagtails, its Black & White
Well, and grey at this time of year at this time of day.

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Dec 2, 20241 min read


"What on earth are you doing with an egg collection" said a visitor.
"...and that book! I'm shocked, you surprize me Steve" Don't panic, remember my grandfather's favourite saying? Don't just look at...

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Oct 28, 20241 min read


"What's with all the Geese going back and forth over the town Steve?"
I'm asked that question every day at the moment, so here's the answer. The Geese in question are Canada geese, introduced to the UK about...

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Oct 5, 20241 min read


They're back, then gone and back again!
The agony and the ecstasy of wildlife filming, never work with animals or children, the saying goes. Only the fish know why they are...

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Sep 2, 20241 min read


Mackerel Madness
Each year in the Autumn thousands of Mackerel pass by our southern shores on their way to winter in the Atlantic and every now and then...

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Aug 25, 20242 min read


Walking Wounded
Hi everyone, wounded re' hip replacement yes, but on day10 since the operation I am able to walk just a little bit and am getting better...

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Jul 1, 20241 min read


Farewell my fine feathered friends.
I'm very sad to say that this female and her mate have deserted their nest site under the Winterbourne footpath bridge behind the...

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Jun 6, 20243 min read


Eggs everywhere but none to eat!
Good morning all, it's May and all of our natives birds and our migrants are laying eggs. I dont deliberately look for them but walking...

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May 15, 20242 min read


"Have you ever seen a Tree-creepers nest?" somebody asked me.
I've seen them being built but being able to see into one is highly unlikely. They are usually behind a sheet of bark that is for some...

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Apr 10, 20241 min read


What do Rooks and Herons have in common now? They are both breeding.
It's been a few years since I was granted permission to film these birds so I thought you all might like to see the results. At first I...

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Apr 2, 20241 min read


Down but not out...
Good afternoon all, some of you will perhaps know already about my recent predicament but for those who don't, I thought I should explain...

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Feb 19, 20242 min read


The scary and the dangerous part...
In last week's blog I took you all to the source of the Winterbourne stream that runs into the Ouse in Railway Land Nature Reserve via...

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Jan 15, 20242 min read
*By the way, I took the background photo on this page just minutes before I taught reporter Simon Jenkins how to catch a Mackerel from the beach and hot smoke it over fennel seeds, live on The Morning Show.
The Gulls sounds and actions told me just weher and what the fish were doing.
Excerpts from my book 'Source to Sea' were then serialised over a week, along with recorded interviews
on BBC Radio Sussex telling the listeners some of the background to the stories within.
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