Archive
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20 August 2021
The flowering tree that smells like a decomposing corpse
Hawthorn. Beautiful but stinky when in flower
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20 August 2021
Snake in the grass
Michael Blencowe on the grass snake, which prefers swimming to grass and releases a pungent smell when threatened. .
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17 August 2021
My Kestrel Award by Isla
Nine year old Isla has won a Kestrel Award and tells us all about it
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16 August 2021
We can't say we weren't warned
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have published a new climate report. Henri Brocklebank, Director of Conservation Policy & Evidence, offers a thoughtful response
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16 August 2021
Giving the Discovery Centre a spin
We speak to Haiden Debley-Turner who gives the Discovery Centre a spin in his wheelchair and tells us how he finds it.
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13 August 2021
Meet our volunteers - Lewis Thornhill
We meet ex Wildlife Ranger and current volunteer Lewis Thornhill
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13 August 2021
How to identify birds of prey
Few birds inspire awe as often as birds of prey, those athletic aerial predators that rule the roost. We’ve put together a short introduction to five of the species you’re most likely to spot.
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11 August 2021
One for sorrow...
The chattering magpie is a bird steeped in magic and superstition. Charlotte Owen tells us more
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10 August 2021
Jenny wren
The tiny bird with the huge song. Charlotte Owen tells us about the wren and its role in folklore.
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10 August 2021
Meet our members - Christopher Passmore OBE
We speak to farmer and Sussex Wildlife Trust member Christopher Passmore
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08 August 2021
Folklore - fleabane
Fleabane is so-called for its apparent ability to ward off fleas and throughout history it was dried, strewn or burnt in an effort to keep them at bay.
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08 August 2021
Sussex dialect words for nature
In a fascinating blog, author E.K.J. Wright tells us about some Sussex dialect words for nature