Archive
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23 August 2021
Moon Carrot at Seaford Head
Members of Seaford Natural History Society carried out the annual Moon Carrot survey at Seaford Head last week. Controlling scrub on this slope seems to be having a positive effect.
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23 August 2021
The Pongtastic Mr Fox
Scent is probably too delicate a word for the pungent, musky tang of fox. Charlotte Owen tells us more
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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