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  • Froggy Friday

    26 March 2020

    Froggy Friday

    It’s frogspawn season - one of the most exciting events in nature’s calendar. We look forward to it every year, eagerly awaiting the return of the frogs to water. Will they make it safely back to the garden pond after their winter sleep, and when will they arrive? Will they spawn this year? When will it appear, and how much will there be?

     
  • A Good Newts Story

    25 March 2020

    A Good Newts Story

    Glenn Norris on the hunt for the Great Crested Newt

     
  • Behind the Lens with Sara Humphrey

    21 March 2020

    Behind the Lens with Sara Humphrey

    We talk to ‘Sussex’ Sara Humphrey about her love of wildlife, her photography and visiting nature reserves by public transport

     
  • Our response to Coronavirus

    18 March 2020

    Our response to Coronavirus

    We have been assessing the Covid-19 situation daily and are constantly reviewing all of our planned events, taking sensible steps to protect the health and safety of staff, volunteers and members of the public.

     
  • Avocets return

    17 March 2020

    Avocets return

    In the last few weeks some familiar friends have returned to Rye Harbour in good numbers for the nesting season.​

     
  • Help kit out our new education zone

    16 March 2020

    Help kit out our new education zone

    Sussex Wildlife Trust has launched a new crowdfunding campaign, to help us kit out the environmental educational facility within the Rye Harbour Discovery Centre.

    This facility will allow the learning and engagement team to host school excursions and adult education, and this means visitors of all ages can learn more about the rare and special wildlife at the reserve.

     
  • All things need a name

    10 March 2020

    All things need a name

    Nomenclature is the science of naming, with rules and systems for organising species and giving each one an official two-part title. But there is also an art to the naming of things and often a sense of magic, especially when it comes to common names.

     
  • Goose Barnacle, Barnacle Goose

    06 March 2020

    Goose Barnacle, Barnacle Goose

    Goose Barnacles, can be found in their thousands still clinging to their driftwood raft on the strandline, They once puzzled people for hundreds of years.

     
  • Have your say about the Natural Environment in Horsham District

    05 March 2020

    Have your say about the Natural Environment in Horsham District

    We have received lots of enquiries from people concerned about how the natural environment is being considered in the Horsham Local Plan and how they can respond to the public consultation.

     

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