News
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10 June 2024
Why is fire so important for community building?
Why has Sophie Atkinson invested time and money in fire and cooking equipment for her new role as Youth Action Officer? It’s all about the community you build around a fire.
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08 June 2024
Welcoming EMAS to a nature-based activity day
It was a great pleasure for the Trust to welcome around 40 members of Brighton-based Ethnic Minority Achievement Service (EMAS) to Woods Mill for a wellbeing day in nature
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08 June 2024
Meet the staff - Helen Rafferty
Meet our new Head of People and Operations - Helen Rafferty. Find out about her love of working for organisations with cause and purpose, as well as her saxophone skills and what makes for a perfect Sunday
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08 June 2024
Happy World Ocean Day!
World Ocean Day is on June 8th every year and is the day we celebrate how vital the Ocean is to the health of our planet.
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07 June 2024
Meet Charles Ashe - Volunteer Reserve Manager
Meet Volunteer Reserve Manager for West Dean woods, Charles Ashe and find out about the reserve and the coppicing regime that happens here
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07 June 2024
Staff - favourite marine species for World Ocean Day
For World Ocean Day 2024, we asked around the staff team for their favourite marine species. There is such an amazing world of wildlife beneath (and near) the water.
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06 June 2024
Swifts - the screaming 'devil birds' of summer
They may not look like much (they’re basically two wings and a mouth) but it’s hard to explain their abilities without making them sound supernatural. Read about Swifts.
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03 June 2024
Swimming with Terns
Rye Harbour Nature Reserve is famous for its breeding colonies of Tern. Volunteer, David Bentley, tells us about his idea of a perfect summers day spent swimming with them.
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03 June 2024
A volunteering double act
It’s Volunteers Week 2024 and we’d like to introduce husband and wife, Janet and Peter Mann. Find out what’s kept them volunteering at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve for the last seven years.
Around Sussex
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10 May 2020
Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Fifty-four
The results of the 6th Back Garden Bird Race. With Swifts, Hobbies, fledglings, a Black Kite and an Osprey.
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10 May 2020
Species of the day: Treecreeper
The delightful little Treecreeper is a bird that truly lives up to its name.
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09 May 2020
Species of the day: Bluebell
There can be no plant more iconically associated with British woodland than the Bluebell. It’s a quintessential symbol of spring