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Steve Homewood

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stevehomewood.com
Jun 3, 20232 min read
"Extra, extra, read all about it"
The famous old time call of the newspaper sellers. I thought you might like to know what extra sights the select few that I took up to...
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stevehomewood.com
May 22, 20231 min read
Butterflies and Orchids, a Walk & Talk
It's almost 'that' time of year again. I know, I'm saying that all year haha! Each season and sometimes each month, there is something...
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stevehomewood.com
Apr 27, 20231 min read
...and now for something completely different.
Firstly, welcome to new subscribers, I hope you like my website and enjoy my blogs and, if you live in Lewes might have noticed I am now...
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stevehomewood.com
Apr 23, 20231 min read
Limited Walks & Talks. Small windows of opportunity.
Good morning everyone, It's a damp rainy day today in Lewes but two chattering swallows just flew past my window, back safely from...
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stevehomewood.com
Apr 14, 20231 min read
The first Cuckoo of Spring.
The iconic call of the Cuckoo is somehow a quintessential part of Spring in the UK and it is this fellow who seems to herald in the good...
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stevehomewood.com
Apr 4, 20232 min read
Spring has sprung and new Walks & Talks will soon follow.
The Grass snakes came out of hibernation in Railway Land Lewes yesterday and to me that is the sign that spring really is here. Any day...
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stevehomewood.com
Mar 17, 20231 min read
Up, over, under and away...
"Morning, it's 3am and I'm too excited to sleep so I thought I'd post a blog of what's keeping me awake." This weekend, 18th & 19th March...
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stevehomewood.com
Mar 4, 20231 min read
New 'walks & talks and Regular Magazine Articles
This month I am very please to have been asked to take out 4 Walks & Talks for 'Walk this Way' Two of the walks are in Railway Land and...
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stevehomewood.com
Feb 16, 20232 min read
There's a very early Snake in the Grass!
On the local news yesterday there was a report that somebody had seen and photographed a large Adder (or Viper as they are also known)...
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stevehomewood.com
Jan 4, 20232 min read
"Happy New Year"
I trust you all survived the festive season? I had Covid and then Flu, proper Man flu it was! but now, like a Greyhound in the starting...
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stevehomewood.com
Dec 1, 20222 min read
One more for the Sea Trout
The recent floods are receding, the water is fining down and the Sea trout in the Ouse system are way upstream preparing to spawn. They...
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stevehomewood.com
Nov 16, 20222 min read
Jackdaws, Rooks, Butterflies & Mites. Rainy day projects.
It's raining again so today I'm putting videos and stills together to make a movie of a project I worked on last year in and around Lewes...
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stevehomewood.com
Nov 10, 20222 min read
"Sea trout in the Ouse? I don't think so" ...said the passer by
These spectacular fish are in the river Ouse at certain times, and they are the largest sea trout in English rivers! They average about...
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stevehomewood.com
Sep 26, 20221 min read
The King of Fishers
Yesterday at the 'Love our Ouse' festival in Railway Land Nature Reserve, Lewes I was invited to take out three groups on Walks & Talks...
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stevehomewood.com
Jul 4, 20222 min read
Fleas, Ticks, Mites & Parasites!
It's that time of year I'm afraid but don't be put off, nothing ghastly to see here. This is something I see quite often, and it's not...
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stevehomewood.com
Jun 28, 20221 min read
'Sleeping Butterflies of the South Downs'
A Walk & Talk is booked for Monday evening up behind the Lewes Golf club in the flower rich meadows. Read on and follow the link to book...
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stevehomewood.com
Jun 8, 20221 min read
Something fishy happened in Lewes today...
You will by now I'm sure, be aware of the famous Thin lipped grey Mullet phenomena that I discovered in 2016 (See my BBC Springwatch...
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stevehomewood.com
May 29, 20221 min read
'A Fox climbs down a Cliff '
As a complete contrast to the Carp running up the rapids like a Salmon last week; Here's a fox that walked straight over the cliff edge...
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stevehomewood.com
May 23, 20221 min read
A Carp ran the Rapids
Quite a surprize today as the the bit of rag I saw flapping about in the rapids in Lewes turned out to be a big wild Carp trying to get...
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stevehomewood.com
May 21, 20221 min read
Overlooked & Underrated The humble Blue Tit
In with the food and out with the poo... Such a sweet thing to see. I'm watching this nest box and chicks you can just about hear, on a...
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*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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