Knepp

Pete, ,

During our trip to Sussex we visited the Knepp Estate, one of the largest and most famous rewilding sites in The UK.

On our walk we saw a number of White Stork nests.

White Stork

Other interesting sightings included a Yellowhammer, once a common bird of the countryside, but sadly now in decline. So it was good to see this one.

Yellowhammer

The best sighting of the day, however, was a Purple Hairstreak butterfly.

Purple Hairstreak (photo by Tim Alps [https://www.flickr.com/photos/128124096@N08/])

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I am semi-retired after a career in medical sciences. I now work from home doing independent research and consultancy amongst other things. One advantage of this is that I do have time to indulge my interests including birdwatching, natural history, steam trains and history particularly ancient history.

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