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Places: South Downs National Park, Devil's Dyke, Brighton and Hove, Seaford Head Nature Reserve & Seven Sisters Cliffs, Birling Gap.
Wildlife & flora: Common pheasant, Western jackdaw, Wood pigeon, Isabelline wheatear, Belted galloway cattle, Canada goose, European rabbit, House sparrow, Ring-billed Gull, Adonis Blue Butterfly, Mistle thrush, Common blue butterflies, Thymus polytrichus ssp brittanicus Wild Thyme, Magpie, Tree Mallow, Sheep, Chicken, Domestic duck.







⏳ May 28-29, 2018

The South Downs National Park is England's newest national park, having become fully operational on 1 April 2011. The park, covering an area of 1,627 square kilometers (628 sq mi) in southern England, stretches for 140 kilometers (87 mi) from Winchester in the west to Eastbourne in the east through the counties of Hampshire, West Sussex, and East Sussex. The national park covers the chalk hills of the South Downs (which on the English Channel coast form the white cliffs of the Seven Sisters and Beachy Head) and a substantial part of a separate physiographic region, the western Weald, with its heavily wooded sandstone and clay hills and vales. The South Downs Way spans the entire length of the park and is the only National Trail that lies wholly within a national park.
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Devil's Dyke, Sussex

Devil's Dyke is a 100m deep V-shaped valley on the South Downs Way in southern England, near Brighton and Hove. Devil's Dyke was a major local tourist attraction in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

South Downs National Park

South Downs National Park

South Downs National Park

South Downs National Park

South Downs National Park

South Downs National Park

South Downs National Park

South Downs National Park

South Downs National Park

South Downs National Park

South Downs National Park

South Downs National Park

South Downs National Park

South Downs National Park

South Downs National Park

South Downs National Park

South Downs National Park

South Downs National Park
Common pheasant


Brighton and Hove, Seaford Head Nature Reserve & Seven Sisters Cliffs


Brighton and Hove (/ˈbraɪtən ... ˈhoʊv/) is a city in East Sussex, in South East England. At the 2011 census, it was England's most populous seaside resort, with a population of 273,400.
Seaford Head is the best place to enjoy spectacular views of the Seven Sisters and Cuckmere Valley. A short walk from the car park at South Hill Barn takes you to one of the most spectacular views of the Seven Sisters, a wonderful undulating line of chalk cliffs. However the stunning views are not the only reason to visit this reserve.
The Seven Sisters is a series of chalk cliffs by the English Channel. They form part of the South Downs in East Sussex, between the towns of Seaford and Eastbourne in southern England. They are within the South Downs National Park which is bounded by the coast, the Cuckmere and the A259 road. They are the remnants of dry valleys in the chalk South Downs, which are gradually being eroded by the sea.
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South Downs National Park






Wood pigeon

Bird's-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)
Its seed pods look like bird feet. Appreciated by livestock due to its non bloating properties.
Its yellow and orange flowers have given it names such as "eggs and bacon" or "butter and eggs".


Belted galloway cattle



Seaford Head
Canada goose

Seaford Head






















European rabbit

House sparrow





Ring-billed Gull








Adonis Blue Butterfly (Lysandra bellargus), female
The populations in Britain are extremely localized. Find more here.




Mistle thrush









Common blue butterflies (Polyommatus icarus) - mating







Thymus polytrichus ssp brittanicus Wild Thyme









Magpie and European rabbit



Tree Mallow
Native shrubby plant, salt tolerant (expels salt through glands on its shiny leaves).
Evidence suggests that puffins cannot breed successfully and abandon their burrows on islands invaded by tree mallow - read more here.


















Seven Sisters Cliffs

Seven Sisters Cliffs

Seven Sisters Cliffs

Seven Sisters Cliffs

Seven Sisters Cliffs

Seven Sisters Cliffs

Seven Sisters Cliffs

Seven Sisters Cliffs

Seven Sisters Cliffs

Seven Sisters Cliffs

Seven Sisters Cliffs

Seven Sisters Cliffs

Seven Sisters Cliffs

Seven Sisters Cliffs
Sheep

Seven Sisters Cliffs
Domestic duck

Seven Sisters Cliffs
Chicken

Seven Sisters Cliffs









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A rizona popcorn flower Acacia Adélie penguin Adonis Blue Butterfly Agave Alaska moose Alaska rabbit Alaska Shasta Daisies Albino alligator Allenrolfea occidentalis Alligator Allionia Allium hollandicum Alpaca Alpine columbine Amanita bisporigera American alligator American antelope American coot American crow American Holly American kestrel American Pekin American pipit American robin American rosefinch American white ibis American white pelican American wigeon Andean ibis Angelica lucida Anhinga Anole lizard Antarctic shag Antarctic Tern Appias drusilla Apricot mallow Araucaria araucana Archey's frog Arctic ground squirrel Arctic tern Arizona Bladderpod Armadillo Ashy-headed goose Astragalus canadensis Atlantic sand fiddler Audubon's warbler Austral thrush Azalea Bald eagle Banana spider Banded watersnake Barn swallow Barnacle goose Barometer earthstar Barrel cactus Bat house Bauhinia tree Beach rose Beaver Beavertail cactus Begonia boliviensis Begonia fimbriata Belding's ground squirrel Belted galloway cattle Belted kingfisher Bewick's wren Bidens ferulifolia Bidens laevis Bighorn sheep Bird vetch Bird's-foot trefoil Bison Black bear Black Guillemot Black Phoebe Black skimmer Black Swallowtail Black vulture Black-and-white warbler Black-bellied Plover Black-bellied whistling duck Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Black-billed magpie Black-browed albatross Black-capped chickadee Black-capped Siskin Black-chinned Siskin Black-crowned Night-Heron Black-headed grosbeak Black-headed Gull Black-legged kittiwake Black-necked grebe Black-necked Stilt Black-necked Swan Black-tailed gnatcatcher Black-tailed gull Black-tailed jackrabbit Black-throated sparrow Blackbird Blackbrush Bladdersage Blazing star Bloody cranesbill Blue columbine Blue jay Blue mussel Blue-gray gnatcatcher Blue-winged teal Boat-tailed grackle Boreal woodland caribou Boschniakia rossica Bottlenose dolphin bougainvillea red Brazilian dwarf morning-glory also named Hawaiian Blue Eyes 'Blue Daze' (Evolvulus glomeratus) Brewer's blackbird Bristle thistle Bronze-winged duck Brown anole Brown pelican Brown skua Brown Thrasher Brown-backed Whistler Brown-crested flycatcher Brown-headed cowbird Buff-tailed bumblebee Bufflehead Bugleherb Bullock's oriole Bumblebee Cactus Cactus(Night-blooming cereus) Caesalpinia gilliesii California fan palm California gull California mule deer California sea lion Calliandra Calliandra haematocephala Camellia Campsis radicans Canada goose Canadian dogwood Candelabra aloe Canyon wren Cape honeysuckle Cape marigold Cape petrel Cardinal Cardinal climber Cardinal female bird Carolina chickadee Carolina locust Carolina satyr Carolina Wren Carrion crow Cat Catclaw mesquite Caterpillar Cellar beetle Chain ferns Chalk-browed mockingbird Chandelier Plant Checkered White Cheesebush Cherokee bean Cherry tree Chesapeake blue crab Chilean Sheep Chilean skua Chilean Swallow Chimango Caracara Chinstrap penguin Chitalpa-Pink Dawn Chocolate (black) lily Cholla cactus Chukar partridge Cinnamon Fern Cipres macrocarpa Clematis 'Markham's Pink' Cliff chipmunk Cliffrose Cnidoscolus stimulosus Cocoa Thrush Cocoi heron Coconut Coigue Cold-desert Phlox Columbian Ground Squirrel Common buckeye Common Chaffinch Common columbine Common daisy Common Eider Common evening-primrose Common gallinule Common grackle Common green darner Common ground dove Common guillemot Common gull Common loon Common merganser Common moorhen Common Murre Common pheasant Common raven Common Redshank Common Redstart Common rosefinch Common sandpiper Common shelduck Common side-blotched lizard Common starling Common stork's-bill Common tern Conozoa Coontie Coot Coscoroba swan Cottongrass Cottontop barrel cactus Cottonwood Cottonwood tree Cow Coyote Crab Crabeater seal Crassula cultrata Creeping indigo Creosote bush Crescent milkvetch Crested duck Crimson Anemone Crinum latifolium Crowded parchment Culpeo Cypress tree Daisy Dall Sheep Dama Dark-bellied Cinclodes Dark-eyed Junco Darkling beetle Decorated Warbonnet Deer Delphinium parryi Desert almond Desert evening-primrose Desert marigold Desert onion Desert willow Desmodium incanum Dianthus Dicranum scoparium Dieteria canescens Dog violet Domestic rabbit Donkey Double Crested Cormorant Double-crested cormorant Douglas-fir Dragonfly dune sunflower Dung beetle Dungeness crab Dusky dolphin Dusky Rockfish Duskywing Dwarf chamaesaracha Dwarf fireweed Eared dove Eastern Bluebird Eastern gray squirrel Eastern Phoebe Eastern tiger swallowtail Eastern Towhee Echinomastus johnsonii Egyptian goose Elk Emilia fosbergii Emilia sonchifolia Emu Ephedra torreyana Eristalis arbustorum Eurasian collared dove Eurasian coot Eurasian magpie Eurasian oystercatcher Eurasian siskin European black slug European herring gull European rabbit European Robin European stonechat Evening Primrose Falkland steamer duck Feathertop Fernbush Fiddler crab Fire ant Fireweed Fish Fish crow Florida box turtle Florida gar Florida mud turtle Florida Panther Florida pusley Florida softshell turtle Flying steamer duck Footstool palm Forked bluecurls Forster's Tern foxglove Foxtail barley Franklin's gull Fry Fulmar Gadwall Galápagos giant tortoise Gambel oak Gambel's quail Garden grape-hyacinth Gardenia Gentoo penguin Geranium erianthum Giant leaf-footed bug Giant Sequoia Glaucous Gull Glaucous-winged Gull Globe mallow Glossy ibis Goat Golden barrel cactus Golden silk spider Gopher tortoise Gosling Grass duck Grasshopper Grasshopper skin Grassland Yellow-Finch Gray catbird Gray whale Gray-hooded Sierra-Finch Graylag Goose Great basin fence lizard Great black-backed gull Great blue heron Great cormorant Great crested flycatcher Great Crested Grebe Great Egret (Ardea alba) Great horned owl Great white egret Greater scaup Green Anole Green grasshopper Green Heron Green lichen Green-tailed towhee Grey heron Grey seal Grey-backed storm petrel Greylag Goose Grizzly bear Guanaco Guillemot Guira Cuckoo Gulf fritillary Gulf Fritillary Butterfly Gull Gull-billed tern Hackberry emperor Hairy cowpea Hairy daisy Harbor seal Hartlaub's gull Hen Hermit Crabs Hermit Thrush Hesperaloe parviflora Hexagonia hydnoides High plateau coconut palm Highland Cattle Highland Cattle. Himalayan blue poppy Holstein Friesian cattle Honey bee Honey bee nest Hooded crow Hooded merganser Horned grebe Horned lark Horned puffin Horseshoe crab House Sparrow Hover flies Huckleberry hawthorn Hummingbird Humpback Whale Humpback Whales Iceberg rose Iceland poppy Icelandic horse Icelandic sheep Imperial shag Inca Tern Indian blanket Iris setosa Ironweed Borer Isabelline wheatear Isocoma Jacob sheep Jellyfish Jimsonweed Jojoba Joshua tree Kashmiri goat Katydid Kelp goose Kelp Gull Kestrel Killdeer Killer whale (orca) King Eider King Penguin Kingcup cactus Kittiwake Krameria erecta Laccaria laccata Langloisia setosissima Lark sparrow Lasiandra Laughing Gull Lazuli bunting Leaf-footed pine seed bug Least chipmunk Least sandpiper Lichens Licorice fern Light-mantled albatross Lilac Limpkin Lion's ear Little auk Little Blue Heron Lizard's tail Llama Loblolly pine Lodgepole chipmunk Loggerhead shrike Long-leaf phlox Long-tailed duck Lu the Hippo Lupinus argenteus Lupinus nootkatensis Lyreleaf sage Lysimachia europaea Mabel orchard orb-weaver Macaw Magellanic cormorant Magellanic oystercatcher Magellanic penguin Magic of the Salt Marsh Malacothrix incana (Dunedelion) Mallard Maple tree Marbled godwit Marsh crab Marsh rabbit Marsh snail Marsh wren Meadow pipit Meligethes aeneus Merremia dissecta Mesa pepperwort Milkvetch Millipede Moapa bladderpod Mockingbird Mojave indigo bush Mojave mound cactus Mojave Popcorn Flower Mojave yucca Monk Parakeet Moorhen moose with calf Morning glory Moss Mountain bluebird Mountain goat Mountain gum Mourning dove Moustached Turca Mule Deer Muscovy duck Musk ox Mussel Mute swan Myrtle warbler Mythic Illanda Narcissus anemone Nasturtium Natal plum Neoregelia coriacea Neotropic cormorant Night heron Night-blooming cereus Nootka rose North American river otter Northern Fulmar Northern gannet Northern geranium Northern groundcone Northern mockingbird Northern paper wasp Northern pintail Northern rough-winged swallow Northern shoveler Northern wheatear Notch-leaved phacelia Oak Toad Oasis hummingbird Oenothera pallida Opuntia cochenillifera Opuntia oricola Orchard orb weaver Orchard spider Osprey Osprey Chick Ostrich Otter Ovenbird Owl calls Oxeye Daisy Oyster Catcher Oystercatcher Ozello Pale-breasted thrush Palm warbler Palo Verde tree Panicled aster Papaver alpinum Parmotrema perlatum Peacock Pectis Penstemon palmeri Penstemon parryi Penstemon secundiflorus (One-sided penstemon) Peruvian Booby Peruvian Pelican Peruvian Pipit Petrochelidon Phacelia coerulea (Skyblue Phacelia) Phainopepla Phellinus igniarius Phlox Physaria Pica Pica Pickerelweed Pied-billed Grebe Pig Pigeon Guillemot Pigeon guillemots Pileated Woodpecker Pine Siskin Pink purslane Plateau fence lizard Pluchea sericea Plummera Pomegranate Pond snail Ponderosa pine Pope's phacelia Porcupine Possum Prickly pear Prickly wild rose Primula meadia Prince's plume Pronghorn Antelope Pronghorn Fawn Providence Petrel Pterophylla camellifolia Ptilostemon puffin Purple finch Purple kale Purple mustard Purple Sandpiper Purshia stansburiana Queen butterfly racoon Razorbill Red Admiral Butterfly Red columbine Red Crossbill Red elderberry Red grouse Red maple Red Shoveler Red Spider red squirrel Red-bellied Woodpecker Red-breasted merganser Red-legged Kittiwake Red-shouldered hawk Red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus) Red-tailed hawk Red-throated Loon Redwing Reindeer Reindeer lichen Ring-billed gull Ring-necked duck Rock Pigeon Rock ptarmigan Rock shag Rock squirrel Rock wren Rosa moschata Rosa Rugosa Alba Rose Rose mallow Roseate spoonbill Roundleaf Bluet Royal tern Ruby-throated hummingbird Ruddy Turnstone Ruddy-headed goose Rufous-collared sparrow Russula emetica Rutidosis Sagebrush lizard Sagittaria lancifolia Saguaro cactus Salix lutea Salmonberry Salsola Salt Heliotrope Sand crab Sand dollar Sand martin Sanderling Sandhill Crane Sandpiper Sauco Say's phoebe Scarlet gilia Scarlet globemallow Sconx sea clown Sea lavender Sea otter sea parrot Sea purslane Seagrape Seagull Sealion Sego lily Semipalmated plover Semipalmated sandpiper Serdang palm Shark carcass Short-beaked common dolphin Shorthorn Shrimp plant Shrubby cinquefoil Silver cholla Single-leaf ash Sitka deer Slander Woodoats Slug Small tortoiseshell Smoketree Snail Snail shell Snakehead Snapdragon Snow bunting Snowball Sand Verbena Snowshoe hare Snowy egret Snowy-crowned tern Solitary sandpiper South American sea lion South polar skua Southern black racer.Banana tree Southern Caracara Southern dewberry Southern Fulmar Southern giant petrel Southern Giant-Petrel Southern Lapwing Southern Sea Lion Spanish Moss Sparkleberry Spencer's Midden Spicebush Spiderwort Spiderwort blue Spiny phlox Sponge gourd Spotted beebalm Spotted sandpiper Spotted towhee Spotty Toad Lily Spreading dayflower Spreading Fleabane Sprenger's asparagus Spring azure Spurred butterfly pea Stansbury's cliffrose Starfish Steller sea lion Steller's jay Stilt sandpiper Stink bug Stone crabs Strawberry hedgehog cactus Super king ixora Svalbard reindeer Swainson's thrush Swallow-tailed kite Swallowtail butterfly Swamp rose Sweet pea Symphyotrichum subulatum Tall bluebells Tall whitetop Teddy-bear cholla Tepu Tetragnatha extensa Texas sabal palm The bull nettle Thick-billed Murre Tick mite Timucuan Toad Toad tadpole Townsend’s Daisy Trametes hirsuta Tree tobacco Trichodes apiarius Trichonephila clavata Tricolored heron Trout True crabs Trumpet vine Trumpeter swan Tufted duck Tufted evening-primrose Tufted Puffin Tufted Tit-Tyrant Tufted titmouse Tulip pricklypear Tulipa humilis Tumbleweed Turkey Vulture Turpentine bush Turtle Two-needle pinyon Upland goose Utah juniper Vahlodea atropurpurea Verbascum phoeniceum Verbesina hastata Vermilion flycatcher Viburnum edule Victory white camelia Vinca Violet-green swallow Viscacha Wahlenbergia Wandering Albatross Warbling vireo Wasatch beardtongue Wasp Water hyacinth Weddell seal Welsh black cattle Welsh mountain sheep Western bluebird Western Columbine Western gull Western jackdaw Western kingbird Western meadowlark Western sandpiper Western sycamore Western tanager Western tiger swallowtail Western whiptail Western wood pewee Westringia whale Whales Whimbrel Whirligig beetle White clover White evening primrose White lichen White prickly poppy White snakeroot White Stem Evening Primrose White Wagtail White-Beaked Dolphin White-chinned petrel White-crowned sparrow White-tailed antelope squirrel White-tailed deer White-tailed Hawk White-throated dipper Whitest evening primrose Wilcox's Woollystar Wild horse Wild mustang Wild petunia Wild potato vine Wild turkey Willet Willow Warbler Wilson's phalarope Wood alligator Wood bison Wood Pigeon Wood stork Woodland false buttonweed Wyeth's lupine Yaupon Yaupon holly Yellow toadflax Yellow Warbler Yellow-bellied marmot Yellow-bellied sapsucker Yellow-bellied slider Yellow-billed Teal Yellow-crowned night-heron Yellow-legged gull Yellow-rumped warbler Yellow-spotted millipede Yellow-throated warbler Yerba mansa Yucca Zamia pumila Zebra longwing butterfly