The Quest For England - In Which I Visit The South Downs Near Falmer

[@laviniagray5637]

Hi Richard, as always never get old to see, The South Downs and a nice sunny day lots of shade. So beautiful thanks. wild flowers and butterflies glad you stopped.

[@stupot98]

Thanks for this one Richard. I particularly liked the fact that while you were sitting at the end, a butterfly was just behind your right shoulder and you had no idea.

[@PortsladeBySea]

A green and pleasant land! Lovely to see so many wild flowers, moths, butterfly’s and bees, which hopefully is an indication that Sussex farmers are reducing their use of herbicide and insecticide. These insects are essential for birds to thrive and survive 💚🐝🦉🦋🐜🦇🍄🌺🌱💚

[@RichardVobes]

I hope so!

[@claire76leach]

Lovely! Cheered me up on a gloomy, wet day. Like that your venturing more into East Sussex 🙂

[@RichardVobes]

I am moving along the downs slowly eastwards, yes.

[@kezzaba1]

Gatekeepers on the yellow plant I think and a marbled white behind you when you were sat down. Butterflies galore! Lovely!

[@RichardVobes]

Yes! Thank you!

[@stevewindermere7334]

@@RichardVobes The yellow plant is Ragwort and the butterfly is indeed a Marbled White which are nationally scarce but locally common

[@annosborne7365]

Thank you Richard, that was an absolute joy to watch..

[@RichardVobes]

It was a lovely day too! Thanks, Ann.

[@kdean9537]

Hi Richard, what a wonderful walk...so nice and relaxing! Thank you so much, take really good care, stay safe!

[@RichardVobes]

Thanks, you too!

[@nandrews10000]

Nice selection of panoramas and closeups in this video. Very good photography.

[@welshmanjasonpatrick8607]

Look nice walk south downs way woods nice cows look different nice to see country side

[@fastsetinthewest]

Those cows were very comfortable with you. I noticed many of the cows were lying down and chewing their cuds. Cud chewing is a good indicator of very healthy cows. Those cows looked exceptional. Eaglegards from 🇺🇸...

[@stevesmith3990]

Thanks for reminding me Richard, will walk from there down to Ashcombe Mill very soon!

[@RichardVobes]

Have fun!

[@CharlieCooper3101]

This was a lovely video Richard thankyou. You have a great presenting skill, what amazing clear images you got of the flowers and insects absolutely stunning. Also I don't know if you noticed but towards the end when you were talking behind you was a big butterfly was so beautiful. Thanks for a great video.

[@RichardVobes]

Hi Charlie, I only spotted the butterfly behind me in the edit! :)

[@Stringtrees]

There were some beautiful views- I keep saying this but I really must follow in your footsteps-things are a bit hectic at the moment so I have to make do with enjoying it vicariously. I liked the butterfly over your right shoulder enjoying a flower just at around 9m 59s on cue.

[@stevewindermere7334]

It was a Marbled White

[@MrGreatplum]

I think this year seems to have been a bumper one for butterflies or maybe I’m just noticing them more! Some great views in this film :)

[@ramibu239]

That was a very lovely stroll through the countryside. Such gentle rolling hills & a nice little woodlands. Loved the view of the windmill. Though it would be nice for natural plant life to be able to come back & the farmers to be able to coincide w/ it; there is one plant I see they would have to erradicate 1st. That being ragwort (or better known as tansy to farmers) as it is toxic to livestock. I saw quite a bit of it on your walk today. Btw...speaking of livestock, I think that one cow in particular was really hoping for a nice pet!😆🐮

[@RichardVobes]

Cheers, Lisa.

[@alansandell804]

As a kid, loved to run through tall grass and send up a shower of white and blue butterflies.

[@RichardVobes]

How smashing!

[@nagram503917]

The blue butterflies were uncommon by the 1980's with changes to farming and sprays etc. In the 60,s I walked in clouds of them. I hope they come back with changes to farming in 2020,s Another great video thanks for all your hard work.

[@RichardVobes]

Yes, I hope so too.

[@WiltshireMan]

Nice video Richard and idyllic countryside to walk through. I think this perspective of video gives the viewer a better understanding than the POV gopro's which also have their place. Sandy

[@RichardVobes]

I do prefer using a pucker camera over an action camera, but sometimes, the action camera is more discreet.

[@imranzazai7404]

Very nice video.

[@RichardVobes]

Thank you very much!

[@simontay4851]

9:09 Yes, ticks are nasty little buggers. What brand are your shorts and where did you buy them. I like them. They are a nice fit.

[@RichardVobes]

I got them from Amazon - here you go: amzn.to/2BRBLRD

[@simontay4851]

@@RichardVobes They look like they fit quite high at the waist.

[@wattck]

Another gem, very enjoyable, thanks for making and posting. Who is Media Offline at 8:36? ^-) BTW Flies around Cows and livestock, there's been a lot of Horse flies recently and they're nasty. I felt one bite me over a week ago (strong mouth, bit through thick skin on left hand, a sharp bite, often you don't feel the bite). I smashed it to bits but blood was already drawn and I squeezed what I could out. Itched a little for a day but didn't swell up as normally happens with me. Bite still evident and not fully healed. Good seeing all the cabbage whites around that meadow.

[@RichardVobes]

It was a glitch that happened curing the encoding - I didn't spot it until after the video was posted. Please forgive me.

[@wattck]

@@RichardVobes Nothing to forgive. I just noted it. To be honest it took some finding on our normal KZbin playback but I'm a disciple of Percy Veerance! ^-)

[@martincannon1078]

Hey Richard! You're becoming a proper little lepidopterist!

[@RichardVobes]

Can you get pills for that? :)

[@martincannon1078]

@@RichardVobes Butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) I see that the Butterfly Conservation Society is in East Lulworth, Dorset. The president is Sir David Attenborough.

[@wattck]

You talked of difficulty filming butterfies and your audience was a Cabbage White on a flower behind you, an inadvertent Star.

[@wattck]

Not Cabbage White, a Marbled White, a species that is found on the South Downs in particular.

[@RichardVobes]

And very lovely it was too! :)

[@Elfwald]

Can you go back to that farm you used to play on as a child? That would be interesting, maybe it's been built on now.

[@RichardVobes]

It's a dreadful housing estate now.

[@Elfwald]

@@RichardVobes Was that the awful one you went to last year? What a shame.

[@10wanderer]

Access ? do you mean that because of what is on the land prohibits you from entering or a Farmer owns it so you can,t ?

[@RichardVobes]

Both. It's fenced off and marked private.

[@sisyphus9252]

What kind of trouser's are you wearing? They look like cargo/culottes. I have never seen pants like them before.

[@RichardVobes]

I think they are extended shorts :)

[@sisyphus9252]

@@RichardVobes Thank you Richard, I am thinking into buying a pair.

[@andyalder7910]

To be pedantic they're bullocks, not cows.

[@martincannon1078]

Don't tell him that just when he seems to be getting his confidence back!

[@RichardVobes]

I know.

[@leecooper7290]

indescriminate!

[@RichardVobes]

Eh?