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  • Fly Agaric

    22 December 2019

    Fly Agaric

    Fly Agaric was certainly common on Christmas cards in Victorian and Edwardian times, when it was seen as a symbol of good luck.

     
  • Woods Mill nature reserve closed due to flooding

    20 December 2019

    Woods Mill nature reserve closed due to flooding

    Woods Mill nature reserve is closed Friday 20 December 2019 due to flooding

     
  • Kissing under the Mistletoe

    19 December 2019

    Kissing under the Mistletoe

    Do you still embrace the custom of kissing under the Mistletoe at Christmas time? Mistletoe is one of Britain’s best-known plants but it’s becoming increasingly rare. As well as being steeped in tradition and folklore, Mistletoe provides an important winter food source for birds like the Mistle Thrush.

     
  • Future of transport in Sussex - please help

    18 December 2019

    Future of transport in Sussex - please help

    Please could you take a couple of minutes to send in a response to ask for transport which gives us all a cleaner and healthier future.

     
  • Soil - the biodiversity underworld

    18 December 2019

    Soil - the biodiversity underworld

    Soil is an amazing thing. Without soil we wouldn’t eat much, yet so many of us still see it as just dirt. Healthy soils store more carbon than the world’s oceans, and they are one of the most under publicised, wildlife-rich habitats on the planet.

     
  • Snow Bunting

    17 December 2019

    Snow Bunting

    The Snow Bunting, the planet’s toughest songbird, living in the Arctic Circle for much of the year. In the winter, you may be lucky enough to spot one of these plucky birds on a Sussex beach.

     
  • Queen's Park School go wild in the woods

    16 December 2019

    Queen's Park School go wild in the woods

    Queen’s Park School enjoy forest school sessions at The Deneway Nature Reserve

     
  • Tree Dressing Delight

    12 December 2019

    Tree Dressing Delight

    Families sang Christmas carols around the 300 year old oak tree at Woods Mill nature reserve last weekend

     
  • The naming of things

    11 December 2019

    The naming of things

    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. These are bestowed by everyday people with no rulebook in sight, and are often steeped in folklore.

     

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