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  • Meet our staff: Ranger Dav Bridger

    28 April 2024

    Meet our staff: Ranger Dav Bridger

    Meet Dav Bridger, who, after a successful stint as Heritage Trainee at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, has now become a member of the Land Management team as Ranger (West)

     
  • Return of the Blackcaps

    26 April 2024

    Return of the Blackcaps

    Blackcaps return to England in April with a rich, full-throated, joyous warble; a defiant announcement that lets everyone know he’s cheated death for another winter.

     
  • Our Wild Sussex: nature reserves

    25 April 2024

    Our Wild Sussex: nature reserves

    Henri Brocklebank Director of Conservation talks about our nature reserves and the crucial part they will play in Our Wild Sussex strategy

     
  • AGM #3 Friday 17 May 7pm start

    25 April 2024

    AGM #3 Friday 17 May 7pm start

    So much more than an AGM! Join us to hear about our exciting 4 projects making a difference to wildlife in the Arun Valley. Then join SWT leaders on a bat walk around Woods Mill. Please click and book up in advance.

     
  • Made By Me By the Sea - meet Vicky Anne Vaughan

    25 April 2024

    Made By Me By the Sea - meet Vicky Anne Vaughan

    Vicky Anne Vaughan is a digital artist based in Worthing, who is kind enough to be fundraising for Sussex Wildlife Trust with her Sussex wildlife-inspired art. .

     
  • Volunteers reminisce part 2. Woods Mill

    25 April 2024

    Volunteers reminisce part 2. Woods Mill

    We hear from Christine Dafter, who has been an Education Volunteer at Woods Mill for many years

     
  • Our Wild Sussex: 30 x 30

    24 April 2024

    Our Wild Sussex: 30 x 30

    30 by 30 has become shorthand for the global imperative to restore nature. It calls for 30% of land and sea globally to be meaningfully protected for nature by 2030

     
  • Volunteers reminisce, part 1. The joy of Ebernoe

    23 April 2024

    Volunteers reminisce, part 1. The joy of Ebernoe

    In the second of a series of three blogs about volunteering for the Trust, we hear from retiring Ebernoe volunteer, Mary Travers. Huge thanks to Mary for all her incredible volunteering work for the Trust over the years.

     
  • Publication of The Fight for the South Downs

    23 April 2024

    Publication of The Fight for the South Downs

    Robin Crane, CBE, Vice President of Sussex Wildlife Trust, has written a book that encompasses the story of the South Downs Campaign, the special qualities of the South Downs and Western Weald, plus the evolution of its landscapes and communities over the centuries.

     

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