#Cuckmere Valley

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Meanders.

Cuckmere Valley. East Sussex. meandering adjective following a winding course.

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The Seven Sisters are a series of chalk sea cliffs on the English Channel coast, and are a stretch of the sea-eroded section of the South Downs range of hills, in the county of East Sussex, in south-east England. The Seven Sisters cliffs run between the mouth of the River Cuckmere near Seaford, and the chalk headland of Beachy Head outside of Eastbourne. The dips or swales that separate each of the seven crests from the next are the remnants of dry valleys in the chalk South Downs which are being gradually eroded by the sea.

Some of the cliffs and adjacent countryside make up the Seven Sisters Country Park, which is bounded on its inland side by the A259 road, and is itself a part of the larger South Downs National Park.

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Admiring the view!

The Seven Sisters cliffs from the fishermen’s cottages in the Cuckmere Valley near Eastbourne, Sussex, England. 

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Dissident Morphologies at the Cuckmere Valley #geomorphology #utopicecology

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 Seaford Head - in Sussex - is the best place to enjoy spectacular views of the Seven Sisters and Cuckmere Valley.

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 Seaford Head - in Sussex - is the best place to enjoy spectacular views of the Seven Sisters and Cuckmere Valley.

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Newhaven to Cuckmere Haven

Newhaven to Cuckmere Haven

Venturing out into an eerie uncertain future, starting at Newhaven, we were faced with open space and sea.

We Walked from Newhaven to Cuckmere Haven. Newhaven is an old port town, from there you can take a ferry which crosses the channel daily, over to  Dieppe in France.

As we got to Newhaven Port we came across some very serious looking building work and thought it must be something to do with…

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Day 1162 - the path in the Cuckmere Valley

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Saturday 9th January 2021

Birling Gap and The Seven Sisters, Sussex

Brrr it’s really chilly. The big block of ice that Crow tipped out of the bird bath first thing, didn’t give any all day .

We have been getting a touch of frost in the mornings too and some foggy days.

Below is the view at the front towards the next village and where we look for the weather.

I’d used the bed in that room to plonk all the Christmas decorations on as I wanted to sort through them before making the boxes up, so I was there a while and looking at the mist descending.

You can see how it drops over the fields.

As we’re under the level of lockdown where you leave your home only if absolutely necessary, I’ve dug out some more of Ms NW tY’s photos so we can have another virtual trip out. This time it’s down at the south coast - Birling Gap and The Seven Sisters.

The Seven Sisters could be a country and western group, but in this case the name refers to a series of cliffs and because of coastal erosion it’s more like seven sisters and a cousin.

The sequence starts just east of Cuckmere Haven. all the cliffs and peaks between are named separately.

 Listed below, the peaks are in italics. 

Haven Brow

Short Bottom

Short Brow

Limekiln Bottom

Rough Brow

Rough Bottom

Brass Point

Gap Bottom

Flagstaff Point (continuing into Flagstaff Brow)

Flagstaff Bottom

Flat Hill

Flathill Bottom

Baily's Hill

Michel Dean[citation needed]

Went Hill Brow (grid reference TV549963).

Just east of the last peak is Birling Gap. Beyond, on the top of the next hill, is Belle Tout Lighthouse and beyond that Beachy Head. A lighthouse in the sea marks the latter headland.

Wikipedia

The origins of the names remains obscure.

Because the Seven Sisters area is free of development, the area is used for filming as a stand-in for the White Cliffs of Dover. The famous white cliffs are no longer as white as they sound and are greening with vegetation whereas the Seven Sisters remain pristine. The Seven Sisters are left to erode naturally by the waves and tides of the sea.

The area is designated and protected as a 'Heritage Coast' and is the finest example of unprotected chalk cliffs in Britain. From Seaford towards Eastbourne, including the famed Beachy Head, it’s around 21K.

photo credit: Ms NW tY

Seaford is an original Victorian seaside town with an unspoiled coastline, stunning scenery and is surrounded by the Sussex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Seaford Head Nature Reserve is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and it is from here that you get the classic images of the 'Seven Sisters', looking from Hope Gap across the Cuckmere Valley. Areas of chalk, grassland, salt marsh and shingle spit give a diversity of habitats for wildlife, especially birds.

photo credit: Ms NW tY

photo credit: Ms MW tY

There used to be a sheep centre and you could go down there for lambing, which was lovely, but it’s closed now 

Seven Sisters Lambing

photo credit: National Trust

Bird watching

With a wide variety of different habitats packed into this special 280 hectare site, there are some great year round birding opportunities, weather and visitor pressures permitting!!

Early Spring sees the gradual departure of winter “whistling” wigeon, teal, little grebe, curlew, geese, oystercatcher, a mixed bag of gulls and regular kingfisher sightings as they head away to breed.

Their departure heralds the onset of the migrating season. Watch the wetlands for more unusual waders (such as black-tailed godwits) alongside the more familiar redshank, dunlin and ringed plover. The scrubby bushes along the valley, stunted by the salt spray and harsh onshore winds, are alive with warblers and linnets.

Swallows, martins and swifts means late spring has arrived and the Park settles down to summer residents of heron, little egret, shelduck, mallard, Canada geese, redshank and dunlin on the wetlands.

Fulmars, kittiwakes and jackdaws nest precariously on the cliffs, and amongst the Downland; please keep those dogs (and children!) under control to enable the ground nesting skylark, meadow pipits, and wheatear to breed.

The bushes throng with the song of robin, blackbird, various tits and dunnock, and the more unusual whitethroats. Along the valley yellowhammers sing ‘little bit of bread and cheeeeeeeeese’, and several pairs of stonechat parade on bramble perches. Watch out for raptors including sparrowhawks and hovering kestrels.

Late summer migration almost mirrors the spring version – though the birds often stay longer now the haste to breed is over and there is a chance to feed up on the abundant fruits and berries.

Maps and a bird list available in the Visitor Centre.

Male Black Redstart. Photo credit National Trust

I’d not come across Black Redstart before doing a bit of research for this Blog, what a lovely little bird. I found a couple of other Blogs which have more information and photos and are well worth a read

Martin’s Birding

and

Wild Hastings

♦ All the information today is from a combination of the National Trust, the Seven Sisters org and Visit Southern England.

What I Learned Today

The black redstart is a small robin-sized bird that has adapted to live at the heart of industrial and urban centres. Its name comes from the plumage of the male, which is grey-black in colour with a red tail.

With fewer than 100 breeding pairs in the UK, the black redstart is on the Red List of Birds of Conservation Concern. Is is also listed as a Schedule 1 species on The Wildlife and Countryside Act.

What they eat:  Insects, spiders, worms, berries and seeds.

Measurements:  Length:14.5cm  Wingspan:23-26cm  Weight:14-20g

Population:  UK breeding:19-44 pairs  UK wintering:400 birds

Notes from the Kitchen:

Today’s breakfast was omelettes. Crow had some chestnut mushrooms in his and I had cheese and tomato. I souffléd them by separating the eggs and whisking up the yolks and whites independently before combining gently to keep as much 

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2009年頃、ランドスケープデザインの勉強のために英国内を放浪旅していた時に訪れたセブンシスターズの写真がててきたので掲載します。この後、日本に帰って瀬戸内で暮らすとはまだ知らない。 The Seven Sisters are a series of chalk cliffs by the English Channel. They form part of the South Downs in East Sussex, between the towns of Seaford and Eastbourne in southern England. They are within the South Downs National Park which is bounded by the coast, the Cuckmere and the A259 road. They are the remnants of dry valleys in the chalk South Downs, which are gradually being eroded by the sea. (Seven Sisters Cliffs) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKeRss2AfcR/?igshid=1c42pbd1okckl

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Cuckmere Valley to Birling Gap.

Last Sunday saw us walking another stretch of the South Downs from the Cuckmere Valley to Birling Gap. Cuckmere Valley is a civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England. As its name suggests, the parish consists of a number of small settlements in the lower reaches of the River Cuckmere. Birling Gap is an idyllic coastal hamlet nestled between the Seven Sisters and Beachy Head.…

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The Cuckmere Valley, East Sussex

Eric Hesketh Hubbard (1892–1957)

Brighton and Hove Museums and Art Galleries

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Pleased to report a successful outing to Cuckmere to capture a dawn chorus at 4AM. We arrived at the crest of a hill overlooking the Ouse river. There was a trail and around the bend, a break in the foliage with a clear view of the valley. It felt like a John Constable landscape painting. It was absolutely amazing and really looking forward to listening back to the hours of recordings. I cannot describe the feeling I get when fully immersed like this... experience a heightened sense of place through the microphones. Once again I had the thought that the practice itself, no matter what is happening in "real life", is so grounding and life affirming. I truly feel alive doing this... like nothing else. I don't meditate so this is quite possibly the closest I can get. Thanks to Bob Smith, my classmate/colleague who was kind enough to drive us out.

The highlights for me: as we spotted cattle way down the valley from atop the ridge, and they let out some loud bellowing... the reverb on it was superb. We also crept up on some cadian geese in-fighting, territorial squakings... the cattle then actually charged up the hill. As I look over, Bob is enveloped by a bovine feeding frenzy. We mic'd up close and about 5 feet away recording the cows delicately rippign the fresh geen shoots up... you could hear the squeak of the clean grass... the breath of the cows and the chewing... the chewing. This is something I will never forget.

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My journey from Brighton to Eastbourne driving through Cuckmere Valley & Beachy Head on a No: 12X Brighton & Hove bus photos taken during late afternoon as the sun was setting on Thursday 10th September 2020

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Cuckmere Valley Dawn East Sussex

Managed to drag myself out of bed at 4am for a dawn shoot over the Cuckmere valley in east Sussex from the vantage point of High and Over on the South Downs.

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Seven Sisters - Cuckmere Valley, UK

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