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  • Leave space for nature this autumn

    20 October 2025

    Leave space for nature this autumn

    Leaving nature to do its thing can make a huge difference to your local wildlife, especially those who are looking to hibernate.

     
  • A New Home for Wart-biters

    17 October 2025

    A New Home for Wart-biters

    The Wart-biter Bush-cricket is one of Britain’s most endangered insects, but efforts to spread them to new sites in Sussex are underway.

     
  • 30 years of moth trapping at Woods Mill

    17 October 2025

    30 years of moth trapping at Woods Mill

    Bob Foreman and Millie Brand of the Sussex Biodiversity Records Centre talk about moth trapping at Woods Mill Nature Reserve to celebrate a milestone of this amazing monitoring.

     
  • Two minutes of peace with the fungi of Woods Mill

    15 October 2025

    Two minutes of peace with the fungi of Woods Mill

    Watch young filmmaker Amy King’s beautiful short film, narrated by Clare Blencowe.

     
  • Paul Parsons - Sussex wildlife selection, on land & sea

    14 October 2025

    Paul Parsons - Sussex wildlife selection, on land & sea

    Paul Parsons is a fantastic Sussex diver and photographer and we are lucky enough that he shares his images with us. We asked him to share some of his favourites from this year

     
  • False Accusations - our false widow spiders

    13 October 2025

    False Accusations - our false widow spiders

    The shift into autumn often reignites a focus on indoor spider sightings, and with it a renewed batch of clickbait fearmongering. Some of those getting the worst of it are the false widows.

     
  • First it was newts, then bats… now it’s snails.

    09 October 2025

    First it was newts, then bats… now it’s snails.

    How did these species become the unlikely poster children of an anti-growth narrative?

     
  • Species of the day: Hedgehog

    08 October 2025

    Species of the day: Hedgehog

    Roaming the countryside far and wide, the much-loved Hedgehog was once considered an exceedingly numerous species, one we very much took for granted

     
  • Behind the Lens with Kutub Uddin

    07 October 2025

    Behind the Lens with Kutub Uddin

    Local wildlife photographer Kutub Uddin’s photo of a slime mould was Highly Commended in the Natural History Museum Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. We asked him about it

     
  • 40 Years of Rye Harbour Magic

    07 October 2025

    40 Years of Rye Harbour Magic

    Forty years after first visiting Rye Harbour, Charlie Peverett recalls the day that hooked him on birds.

     
  • Sussex Wildlife Trust 2026 Calendars on sale

    07 October 2025

    Sussex Wildlife Trust 2026 Calendars on sale

    Our two 2026 calendars - Wildlife of Sussex and Rye Harbour Nature Reserve are now available from our online shop.

     
  • International Geodiversity Day

    06 October 2025

    International Geodiversity Day

    Monday 6th October is International Geodiversity Day - a celebration of geology and it’s place in the natural world. We spoke to the experts, the Sussex Geodiversity Partnership, to find out more.

     

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