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  • Fun on the allotment

    10 August 2025

    Fun on the allotment

    Wonderful for growing your own fruit and veg, great exercise, fun for the kids and great for wildlife. Find out about Ros’s allotment

     
  • Meet the longhorn beetle

    08 August 2025

    Meet the longhorn beetle

    It’s easy to see how the longhorn beetles got their name. Ranger, Matt Rich, spills the beans on his favourite beetles.

     
  • Acclaimed musician, Ruby Colley, to perform at Rye

    08 August 2025

    Acclaimed musician, Ruby Colley, to perform at Rye

    “Oozing with lyrical beauty” ★★★★ Arts Desk Don’t miss this standout musician at the Discovery Centre in September.

     
  • Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Wildlife Sightings: July 2025

    05 August 2025

    Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Wildlife Sightings: July 2025

    Five species of tern, returning waders and the reappearance of Broad-leaved Helleborine were among the month’s highlights.

     
  • 'Blue Mentors' trained in Eastbourne

    04 August 2025

    'Blue Mentors' trained in Eastbourne

    A nationwide scheme aimed at engaging young people with their ‘blue’ spaces – coasts, rivers, and estuaries – has been lent a helping hand by Sussex Wildlife Trust.

     
  • Himalayan Balsam: A Big Annual Problem For Nature

    04 August 2025

    Himalayan Balsam: A Big Annual Problem For Nature

    Senior Land Advisor, Rich Black, explains why Himalayan Balsam is causing mountains of trouble for our waterways, and how you can help the Wilder Horsham District project to reverse it.

     
  • Cinnabar caterpillars

    04 August 2025

    Cinnabar caterpillars

    It seems to have been a good summer for Cinnabar Moth caterpillars. They can be found in their hundreds munching away on yellow-flowered Ragwort, and their bold black-and-gold stripes make them easy to identify.

     
  • Sussex seabed habitats

    03 August 2025

    Sussex seabed habitats

    For Marine Week 2025, Wilder Communities Officer (Coastal) Ella Garrud, tells us about our amazing Sussex seabed habitats

     
  • Music in the woods - meet Nicoleta Carpineanu

    02 August 2025

    Music in the woods - meet Nicoleta Carpineanu

    Nicoleta Carpineanu has been undertaking a rather special creative project that involves two ‘forests’ - the ancient woods at Ebernoe Common and the kelp forest under the sea off the Sussex coast

     

Around Sussex

  • Sussex Biodiversity Online Talk - 25th November 2021

    05 November 2021

    Sussex Biodiversity Online Talk - 25th November 2021

    Wildlife recording in Sussex and the work of Sussex Biodiversity Record Centre

     
  • Ebernoe Common Walk - 6th November 2021

    19 October 2021

    Ebernoe Common Walk - 6th November 2021

    This walk is will take place around the ancient woodland of Ebernoe Common, led by the President of the Sussex Wildlife Trust, Dr Tony Whitbread.

     
  • Wilder Horsham - Indoor Talk - 29th October 2021

    19 October 2021

    Wilder Horsham - Indoor Talk - 29th October 2021

    Wilder Horsham is a ground-breaking five-year partnership between the Sussex Wildlife Trust and Horsham District Council. The Nature Recovery Network principles being applied are core to improving habitats and biodiversity everywhere and this is expected to be a very popular event.

    29 October 2021

     
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