PaulOfHorsham's photos
Escaped calf
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A revisit to Knepp, and a wander around the "Middle Block", without a guide this time. I encountered this calf which had managed to get out of its field
Stork flying past
Speckled Wood
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Knepp also hosts many species of butterflies and moths.
I used the Butterfly Conservation website to identify them (possibly not correctly)
Marbled White
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Large Skipper
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It's quite likely I've not identified this brown butterfly correctly (there's a lot of brown ones to choose from)
Knepp Wilderness
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I went on a walking "safari" around the Southern Block, which has mostly become scrubland such as this. The animals (deer, cattle, pigs and ponies) roam freely through here.
Feeding the young
Dead tree
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A bright sunny afternoon. New tress are emerging in various parts, while others die off. The ground is slowly recovering from the various pesticides and insecticides used when the land was farmed
Stork on the ground
Stork nest
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The main attraction on the estate is storks which were reintroduced and are now breeding
Stork in flight
Stork wings outstretched
Richmond Hill Viewpoint
Terrace Field
Glover's Island
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Glover's Island, formerly called Petersham Ait (or Eyot) in an area of the Thames apparently known as Horse Reach
John Beer Laburnum Walk
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Found on the walk back from King Henry's Mound. Named after one of the former charge-hands at Pembroke Lodge Gardens, which is an area of the park just to the south.
Balcombe Viaduct Arches
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A handy footpath allows you to get up close to these amazing arches which seem to carry on into infinity (in fact there are 37 of them). Approximately 11 million bricks were used in the construction of the viaduct.
Balcombe Viaduct
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Correctly known as the Ouse Valley Viaduct, this carries the London - Brighton main line over the Sussex Ouse. It was built between 1839 & 1842 and continues in daily use seeing around 20 trains pass over every hour.
