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  • Oak trees and Knopper Galls

    10 August 2020

    Oak trees and Knopper Galls

    Next time you walk past an Oak tree, take a closer look and you might notice something a bit unusual. Perhaps some of the acorns are ripening nicely but others seem to have mutated into an abnormal, knobbly mess. What’s going on?

     
  • Ground breaking decision for British beavers

    06 August 2020

    Ground breaking decision for British beavers

    After years of uncertainty, the Government has announced their ground breaking decision to allow England’s first wild breeding population of beavers to stay in their Devon home.

     
  • The Wasp Spiders Return

    05 August 2020

    The Wasp Spiders Return

    It's the most wonderful time of the year! At the start of August you'll find me crawling around my front lawn - my wildflower meadow. I've been waiting all year for this day to arrive. The spring and summer days of flowers, butterflies and bees and thousand other insects have passed and the colours of the meadow have started to fade.

     
  • The amazingly oceanic Kittiwake

    03 August 2020

    The amazingly oceanic Kittiwake

    They may not look like hardy sea-farers but Kittiwakes spend half the year wandering the Atlantic, making them the most oceanic gull in the world.

     
  • The very essence of water

    02 August 2020

    The very essence of water

    Water. Where would we be without it? The truth is, we probably wouldn’t be at all. Water is the key to life on our blue planet but beyond our vast oceans, glaciers and underground aquifers only a tiny fraction of it (just 0.1%) is accessible on the surface in freshwater ponds, rivers, lakes and wetlands.

     
  • Rockpooling

    02 August 2020

    Rockpooling

    Charlotte Owen talks us through the joys of rockpooling

     
  • Sussex Flow Initiative receive CPRE Countryside Award

    01 August 2020

    Sussex Flow Initiative receive CPRE Countryside Award

    Sussex Wildlife Trust is delighted that the Sussex Flow Initiative (SFI) has been given a Countryside Award this year in the category of Promoting Nature and the Countryside.

     
  • July 2020 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings

    01 August 2020

    July 2020 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings

    While this year has not been a great one for out breeding birds, there were still some bright spots to be found!

     
  • Red Kite

    31 July 2020

    Red Kite

    The Red Kite is an increasingly familiar sight in the skies above Sussex, soaring effortlessly over the South Downs on an almost-six-foot wingspan.

     

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