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  • Glimmers of hope for recovery of Sussex sea forests

    22 May 2024

    Glimmers of hope for recovery of Sussex sea forests

    The Sussex Kelp Recovery Project, the UK’s largest marine rewilding project, celebrates three years of seabed protection in Sussex today on the International Day of Biological Diversity.and have published their annual report.

     
  • Lovely Ladybirds

    16 May 2024

    Lovely Ladybirds

    Take a closer look at one of the UK’s most popular beetles.

     
  • Marine Photography Competition Launched

    15 May 2024

    Marine Photography Competition Launched

    Sussex is blessed with a magnificent coastline and coastal waters, which contain a really special, fascinating range of marine wildlife. In order to celebrate this, the marine team at Sussex Wildlife Trust, in collaboration with Sussex Underwater, is delighted to announce a Marine Photography competition for 2024.

     
  • Fox antics in central Brighton

    14 May 2024

    Fox antics in central Brighton

    Meet the Fox cubs living their best life running around the debris of an untouched back garden in Central Brighton

     
  • Meet the team: Tony Sharpe

    10 May 2024

    Meet the team: Tony Sharpe

    Meet Tony Sharpe, our membership recruiter. Here he talks about his soft spot for Rye Harbour Nature Reserve - the wildlife and the cake!

     
  • What does the Fox say?

    08 May 2024

    What does the Fox say?

    Discover the adorable results of all that foxy screaming on winter nights

     
  • One man. One charity. 100 kilometres.

    07 May 2024

    One man. One charity. 100 kilometres.

    Ranger Matt Rich is swapping the saltmarshes of Rye Harbour Nature Reserve for the rolling hills of the South Downs National Park. Over 48 hours, he’ll be walking 100km, taking on the South Coast Ultra Challenge to fundraise for Sussex Wildlife Trust.

     
  • Meet our Trustees: Louise McLoughlin

    07 May 2024

    Meet our Trustees: Louise McLoughlin

    Meet Trustee Louise McLoughlin and find out about what Sussex wildlife is special to her and what she considers to be the biggest challenge facing the Trust.

     
  • Lederman trainees - our first month

    06 May 2024

    Lederman trainees - our first month

    April has been the first month of Abi and Pip, new Lederman Trainee Rangers, living and working in East Sussex and they ‘are so happy to be here’. Find out what they’ve been getting up to.

     

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Around Sussex

  • Species of the day: Green Shield Bug

    07 May 2020

    Species of the day: Green Shield Bug

    Unfortunately there’s always been a common tendency to call all manner of insects ‘bugs.’ In the case of the Green Shield Bug it’s quite correct, for it’s a ‘true bug’ within the substantial order Hemiptera

     
  • Species of the day: Blackbird

    06 May 2020

    Species of the day: Blackbird

    The Blackbird may well evoke a stronger sense of connection to us than any other bird, possessing the quintessential song of the English summer

     
  • Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Fifty.

    06 May 2020

    Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Fifty.

    Fifty days! A look back over the past seven weeks of the Corona Wildlife Diary

     

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