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  • 01 March 2015

    Fifty shades of grey (and brown)

    The suburban scandal of the dunnock.

     

  • 21 December 2014

    Naked (Christmas) Lunch

    Author Michael BlencoweLewes Community Wildlife OfficerMichael Blencowe looks at the un-natural history of a bird that will temporarily be one of the commonest species in Sussex this Christmas. This article originally appeared in the 'Christmas Feast' themed issue of Viva Lewes.

     

  • 30 November 2014

    Sussex Badger Vaccination

    Dr Tony Whitbread, Chief Executive of the Sussex Wildlife Trust, discusses badger vaccination on the Trust's nature reserves within the Sussex bovine TB hotspot with BBC South East.Please help the Sussex Wildlife Trust to vaccinate badgers against bovine TB by donating

     

  • 07 November 2014

    A27 plans damage the environment AND the economy

     

  • 05 November 2014

    Bovine TB is bad news for nature conservation

    Viable grazing is therefore central to nature conservation, not just on nature reserves but throughout the farmed landscape. Bovine TB in cattle threatens this

     

  • 24 October 2014

    Ivy

    Ivy - The all-in-one nature reserve, kebab shop and goblin scarer.

     

  • 13 May 2014

    Ravens

    TODAY IS 750 YEARS SINCE THE BATTLE OF LEWES. THE BATTLE, FOUGHT ON THE DOWNS ABOVE LEWES

     

  • 20 March 2014

    Wheatear: The arrival of the white-arsed vanguard of summer

    Author Michael Blencowe Lewes Community Wildlife Officer There�s nothing that can lift my spirits more than learning that the first wheatears have started to arrive on the Sussex coast. After enduring the worst winter ever, I greeted the news of the first wheatear of 2014 with mild euphoria and I wanted to

     

  • 04 March 2014

    Nettle Pancake Day

    Try something different this Pancake Day. Nettle pancakes are one of the spring wildfoods that we prepare during Sussex Wildlife Trust’s Forest School events & training

     

  • 19 December 2013

    Everyone's favourite festive psychopath - the robin

    Author Michael BlencoweLewes Community Wildlife OfficerAmericans have chosen to align themselves with a mighty eagle. India have elected the elegant peacock. But we've voted an antisocial, murderous ball of anger as our national bird. So what is it about the robin that us Brits find so endearing?

     

  • 11 February 2013

    Wax on, wax off

    Author Michael Blencowe waxwings / Mark GrecoWaxwings are still causing quite a stir on their winter tour of the berry bushes of Sussex. There once was a time when people believed that the

     

  • 28 November 2012

    Redwing: Incoming transmissions

    Author Michael BlencoweTseeep. For centuries we have looked to the stars above hoping for a sign. An answer to all our problems. Tseeep. And each November we get one. But we're just too wrapped up in our little lives to notice. Tseeep. Stand anywhere on a clear November night and

     

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