Friston Forest

A notable species and new for us.

A notable species and new for us.

Chalkhill Blue butterflies wrangle each other for a good spot on the poo, who said dog poo was useless?

Recently we decided to take a holiday..we went to Friston Forest which is near East Dean between Seaford and Eastbourne. (Seriously with the lovely wild areas so near us, who needs cruises?) Its a brilliant place for butterflies and moths, and flowers too. We never seem to get past the field called Gallop Hill, but we were determinded to do just that! We planned everything perfectly, train to Eastbourne, Bus to East Dean and its right at one of the entrances...perfect right? No we paniced and got off one stop too early, half a mile straight up hill...lol Thank goodness for this bench at just the right spot, nearly died before we even got started....lol

On Burdock

Last year we saw one of these at the end of July, and it was the earliest for us, this year 7 July!

A hay field we walked through to get to the Friston Forest Proper, was lovely gold.

Our second encounter with one of these guys, they are sooooo docile (or lethargic) not sure which. They will let you walk right up to them, we actually hand fed this little guy with crust from a sandwich. He was right in the middle of the footpath, I nearly stepped on him, good thing we are always looking. So cute hopping around on wobbly legs :D