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Dave Alston

@davea57

Keen on the countryside and wildlife, especially invertebrates and birds. Love live music. Bit of a geek.

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London E1, Wapping/Shadwell area-an Edward the 8th postbox. Not too many of these about. #postboxsaturday

07.03.2026 19:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Wood avens flowering in Friston Forest, Sussex this week.

01.03.2026 20:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#PostboxSaturday An 'anonymous', i.e. no cypher, postbox in Eastbourne, made by Handyside.

07.02.2026 18:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Devil's bit Scabious on the Eastbourne Downs on Saturday #wildflowerhour

09.11.2025 20:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 40 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Spotted a Platycheirus albimanus female and Episyrphus balteatus male, both on ivy in a sheltered sunny part of Butts Meadow, near Eastbourne. Three butterfly species as well, including Clouded yellow!

02.11.2025 09:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#wildflowerhour Dandelion on the downs near Eastbourne today

12.10.2025 20:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 16 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#wildflowerhour Two from the Eastbourne Downs today. Hogweed and Greater knapweed.

28.09.2025 19:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 15 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Yarrow flowering on the Knepp Estate, W Sussex this week. #wildflowerhour

22.06.2025 19:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 39 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Two butterflies seen today at Wolstonbury Hill, West Sussex. Meadow brown and Small blue.

30.05.2025 18:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Tormentil flowering at Broadwater Warren today #wildflowerhour

25.05.2025 19:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Yellow pimpernel in Broadwater Warren, E. Sussex today #wildflowerhour

25.05.2025 19:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Bramble flowering earlier this week in Park Corner Heath, Sussex. #wildflowerhour

18.05.2025 19:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Plenty of oak trees flowering in Sussex this week. This tree had several currant galls on both the blossom and the leaves! #wildflowerhour

04.05.2025 19:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 16 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Field Maple flowering this week near Hastings, Sussex. #wildflowerhour

04.05.2025 19:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 16 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Greater stitchwort flowering in East Sussex this week. #wildflowerhour

27.04.2025 19:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Red campion this week in East Sussex. #wildflowerhour

27.04.2025 19:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My first Grizzled skipper of the year spotted today on the South Downs near Horseshoe Plantation. @southdownsnp.bsky.social

22.04.2025 15:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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On the South Downs near Eastbourne. Blackthorn flowering with a Speckled wood butterfly thrown in for good measure. #treeflowers
#wildflowerhour

13.04.2025 19:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 42 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Still plenty of Lesser celandines around in flower. This one has a bonus pollinator, a Melanostoma sp. hoverfly. #wildflowerhour

13.04.2025 19:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 17 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Flowering Cow parsley is becoming more noticeable now. This one from near East Langdon, Kent. #wildflowerhour

13.04.2025 19:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 28 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Salix sp. flowering this week near Newhaven, East Sussex. #wildflowerhour
#Treeflowers

13.04.2025 19:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 15 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Seeing more dandelions flowering now in East Sussex. #wildflowerhour

06.04.2025 19:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Plenty of Wood Anemones out this week in East Sussex. #wildflowerhour

06.04.2025 19:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You'll probably see some this week!

31.03.2025 21:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Plenty of Bee-flies recently in East Sussex. Yesterday, (not great photos, but you can see the wing spots), I saw my first Dotted bee-fly at Lullington Heath. Today, a better photo of a Dark-edged bee-fly. These were in abundance in Abbots Wood.
@southdownsnp.bsky.social
@flygirlnhm.bsky.social

31.03.2025 19:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 32 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Some starting to flower around the Wilmington Long Man area yesterday. One or two yellowhammers singing as well!

31.03.2025 10:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Green alkanet in flower in East Sussex. #wildflowerhour

30.03.2025 19:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Blackthorn flowering today on the South Downs, East Sussex. #wildflowerhour

30.03.2025 19:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 31 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Partial solar eclipse today, using binoculars and a bit of paper to view it!

29.03.2025 11:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Lesser celandine in East Sussex Woodland last Thursday. #wildflowerhour

23.03.2025 20:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 21 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0