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  • A rose chafer by any other name

    11 June 2021

    A rose chafer by any other name

    The rose chafer is one seriously glamorous insect. Each one looks like it’s been designed, carefully crafted, coated in the most dazzling metallic green and hand polished.

     
  • A 30 Days Wild minibeast hunt

    10 June 2021

    A 30 Days Wild minibeast hunt

    Look under leaves, lift up logs (placing them back down carefully), peer into cracks and crevices – who knows what miniature marvels you might find!

     
  • Government says yes to Highly Protected Marine Areas

    08 June 2021

    Government says yes to Highly Protected Marine Areas

    The Wildlife Trusts cheer long fought-for arrival of first ever sea sanctuaries where all damaging activities will be banned

     
  • Bee Orchid

    07 June 2021

    Bee Orchid

    The Bee Orchid exploits male bees by promising them the one thing they value more than a good meal. The flowers do a passable impression of a stripy female bee, complete with furry body, outstretched wings and an irresistible female scent.

     
  • Animal Fight Club

    07 June 2021

    Animal Fight Club

    The weaponry possessed within the natural world has undoubtedly fascinated humans through the ages. Whether it’s horns, tusks, antlers, teeth, claws, talons, fangs or stingers; animals have developed a hugely diverse suite of weapons in order to triumph in the evolutionary arms race

     
  • Meet our trustees - Martin Kyndt

    06 June 2021

    Meet our trustees - Martin Kyndt

    We speak to trustee Martin Kyndt

     
  • Our 30 Days Wild - 2021

    04 June 2021

    Our 30 Days Wild - 2021

    David Philips blogs about the beginning of his 2021 30 Days Wild adventures

     
  • May 2021 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Wildlife

    01 June 2021

    May 2021 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Wildlife

    Last August we found a Swallowtail butterfly at Watch Cottage and it laid eggs on Fennel in a garden next to the nature reserve.

     
  • Meet our Trustees - Jon Cooper

    31 May 2021

    Meet our Trustees - Jon Cooper

    We speak to Trustee Jon Cooper

     

Around Sussex

  • My Work Experience Week

    12 July 2015

    My Work Experience Week

    Samuel and Harvey joined the Sussex Wildlife Trust’s Gatwick Greenspace project for a week of work experience. They worked hard on practical tasks, with Nature Tots and Youth Rangers. Find out how they got on in their own words.

     
  • Snipe - Stayin' Alive

    11 July 2015

    Snipe - Stayin' Alive

    ​Common snipe can be seen all year round in Sussex, but they can be difficult to see because they like to hide away and are well camouflaged.

     
  • June Wildlife Sightings

    09 July 2015

    June Wildlife Sightings

    Warm weather in June brought out the dragonflies and hummingbird hawkmoths. Wildlife sightings in June 2015 from the Gatwick Greenspace Partnership

     
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