The Natural History of Sussex

<img src="https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/19/a1/cb/thenaturalhistoryofsussex/3000x3000_6502161.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />We grab our bucket and spade and head to Rye Harbour where we meet Barry Yates and Chris Bentley who take us on a tour of this fantastic nature reserve. We find Mediterranean Gulls, Little Terns, Sea Pea, Pale Grass Eggar, Bombadier Beetle and fall in love with a spider.

<img src="https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/19/a1/cb/thenaturalhistoryofsussex/3000x3000_6238531.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />With spring in the air we talk incoming March migrants and emerging butterflies and go hiking on the South Downs in search of long-eared owls with guests Penny & Dave Green. Graeme brings his new friend to the podcast, Mat finds his own red kite, Michael rants about twitchers and we do our first (and last) film review.

<img src="https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/19/a1/cb/thenaturalhistoryofsussex/3000x3000_5965310.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />We break the first & second rules of Bryophyte Club and talk Big Shaggy Moss, Paddyfield Warbler, Bittersweet Smudge, Black Panthers and Mittens. With special guest Bruce Middleton.

<img src="https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/19/a1/cb/thenaturalhistoryofsussex/3000x3000_5634843.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />Graeme, Mat and Michael take to the road and compete in the Sussex Ornithological Society's annual New Year Bird Race. Get ready for some crazy almond-fuelled action as the boys put their eyes to the skies and the pedal to the metal.

<img src="https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/19/a1/cb/thenaturalhistoryofsussex/3000x3000_5478345.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />Hey you guys! Graeme, Mat and Michael talk fungi, fern thieves, sharks, seals and short-eared owls and go underground in search of bats, moths and spiders with special guest Tony Hutson.

<img src="https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/19/a1/cb/thenaturalhistoryofsussex/3000x3000_5280253.png" alt="itunes pic" /><br />Michael, Graeme & Mat talk moth media madness, mawkish mice & magical mushrooms. Special guest star Howard Matcham joins us on a hunt for the Bearded Tooth fungus in the dark wild woods of West Sussex.

<img src="https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/19/a1/cb/thenaturalhistoryofsussex/3000x3000_5216806.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />Graeme, Mat and Michael talk Hoopoe, Pallid Harrier, Crimson Speckled and Rootless Duckweed, go in search of the Death's Head Hawk-moth and find a whole bunch of something totally unexpected instead.