NOVEMBER 2014
5th November started with a cold and frosty morning just right for the annual Lewes Bonfire Night celebrations. It was fine and cold and I had a very enjoyable evening in Lewes. Earlier I had watched for Sea Trout running up through the Mills and saw several and more on the Uck at Isfield Sluice. There was a lot of heavy rain the next day but no fish showing at the Mills although I saw six of various sizes at the sluice in Isfield where there is a large fish pass to the upper river. On the 11th I walked to the Mills in a small flood where I saw five Sea Trout at the big weir and the Anchor gates
![Anchor Sluice open for the winter](https://www.oart.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/20141031_142004-300x225.jpg)
Anchor Sluice open for the winter
were chained wide open for the winter. Fish had been seen at Red Bridge as part of the annual spawning run. I saw a Red Kite that morning and two Herons on a pool in a field. I checked the pool but there were no fish stranded there and the Herons squawked at me in protest at being disturbed. I saw nothing two days later at the usual spawning sites; the river was quite coloured and heavy rain was forecasted. The rain came in over night and throughout the morning. We had a successful Bonfire Night in Isfield with a huge bonfire and a firework display. A credit to all I felt. Sunday, 16th. was very mild. I could see Blackcap in a mist. I went to look at the Bevern and other tributaries which all looked high and coloured. When I got to Sharp