News

  • Mammal mysteries

    15 December 2021

    Mammal mysteries

    Have you spotted any mysterious tracks or unexplained droppings? Solve the case with some tips from Darren Tansley, the Mammal Detective.

     
  • Reedbed Mice

    14 December 2021

    Reedbed Mice

    This tiny mouse lives in our reedbeds and perhaps this is its original habitat.

     
  • Art Wall goes up in the Discovery Centre

    10 December 2021

    Art Wall goes up in the Discovery Centre

    The Discovery Centre has a new Art Wall to celebrate local artists

     
  • Swapseas! Five Christmas swaps you can make for our seas

    08 December 2021

    Swapseas! Five Christmas swaps you can make for our seas

    Wild Coast Sussex swapseas – five top Christmas swaps you can make for our seas

     
  • Robot chores

    04 December 2021

    Robot chores

    Sam Roberts find out how effective a robotic tractor mower is at managing scrub on the steep slopes at Levin Down

     
  • Marsh Helleborine

    03 December 2021

    Marsh Helleborine

    Marsh Helleborine is a rare plant in Britain and in Sussex it has been lost from all of its historic sites

     
  • Ashdown Forest Car Parking Charging Consultation

    02 December 2021

    Ashdown Forest Car Parking Charging Consultation

    The Ashdown Forest Conservators are holding a public consultation on possible introduction of car parking charges across 47 car parks under their management of One of these car parks serves Sussex Wildlife Trust Old Lodge Nature Reserve.

     
  • November 2021 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings

    01 December 2021

    November 2021 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings

    Bird highlights this month were probably several sightings of Snow Bunting on the Beach reserve, with two present on the 12th and 18th.

     
  • David King wins the David Streeter Award

    29 November 2021

    David King wins the David Streeter Award

    The David Streeter Award is given annually to a young person who has made an outstanding contribution to nature conservation. This year the winner is David King. He tells us a bit about himself.

     

Around Sussex

  • February 2016: Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings

    01 March 2016

    February 2016: Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings

    One sign of the approaching spring is the appearance of cream-spot tiger caterpillars on the reserve.

     
  • January 2016: Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings

    01 February 2016

    January 2016: Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings

    Highlight during January was a Lapland bunting which was present on Harbour Farm on the 28th.

     
  • Lund Trust

    27 January 2016

    Lund Trust

    We are grateful to Lund Trust, a charitable fund of Peter Baldwin and Lisbet Rausing for the recent generous donation towards the work of our Land Management Team and more specifically the conservation of heathland in Sussex.

     
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