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  • Nightingale

    16 June 2019

    Nightingale

    Every year Nightingales make an incredible 3,000 mile journey from West Africa to the UK to breed, and Sussex is one of the best counties to listen out for them.

     
  • Ducklings

    14 June 2019

    Ducklings

    ​It’s duckling season and while these adorable bundles of fluff can be seen paddling about on ponds across Sussex, they can also turn up in some rather more unusual locations.

     
  • If you build it, they will come

    12 June 2019

    If you build it, they will come

    Around four years ago, we attempted to rejuvenate one of the fields at Woods Mill​ into something less grass dominated and more meadow-like. A sign that a project like this has become really successful though is when host-specific invertebrates turn up to feed on the their food plants.

     
  • 30 Days Wild at The Secret Campsite

    10 June 2019

    30 Days Wild at The Secret Campsite

    Guest blogger Tim Bullen from The Secret Campsite, shares his 30 Days Wild adventures & looks forward to this year’s Secret Wildlife Festival

     
  • Road expansion doesn't work in Wales and it doesn't work in Sussex either

    07 June 2019

    Road expansion doesn't work in Wales and it doesn't work in Sussex either

    The First Minister for Wales has cancelled the M4 bypass around Newport – an outbreak of good sense that we hope will spread to South East England.

     
  • May 2019 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings

    06 June 2019

    May 2019 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings

    May saw the first records of the very rare whelk jumping spider (Pellenes tripunctatus) on the reserve for 2019.

     
  • Gatwick Goes Wild

    06 June 2019

    Gatwick Goes Wild

    Every year during May half term Gatwick Goes Wild as the Greenspace Partnership hosts a week of events to help local people learn about wildlife and find new ways to enjoy their greenspaces.

     
  • Volunteering - Why do it?

    03 June 2019

    Volunteering - Why do it?

    To celebrate Volunteer Week, Julian Thompson, shares what it is like to volunteer for the Sussex Wildlife Trust.

     
  • New wave of protection for the sea announced today

    30 May 2019

    New wave of protection for the sea announced today

    Today marks a huge landmark in UK marine conservation as 39 (41) new Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) are designated in the waters around England – three of which are in our local Sussex Seas!

     

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