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  • Kingston Hill Fields

    23 October 2023

    Kingston Hill Fields

    Alex Worsley tells us about the chalk grassland restoration work and recovery of Kingston Hill Fields

     
  • Transformers - the inevitability of change

    22 October 2023

    Transformers - the inevitability of change

    Like death and taxes, there’s another certainty in life - change. It’s fundamental, dictated by the onward march of time itself. But of course, some species are subject to just that little bit more change than others.

     
  • Bryophytes - exploring the mosses and liverworts of Sussex

    16 October 2023

    Bryophytes - exploring the mosses and liverworts of Sussex

    Mosses, hornworts and liverworts. Sue Rubinstein and Brad Scott, county recorders for bryophytes in Sussex, share their thoughts on a little-studied plant group

     
  • Meet our Business Members: EcoOctopus

    16 October 2023

    Meet our Business Members: EcoOctopus

    We meet Business Member Lynda of EcoOctopus and find out about her small business based in Sussex selling unusual and eco-conscious jewellery and textiles.

     
  • Spider superpowers

    14 October 2023

    Spider superpowers

    Walking on walls, ceilings. Defeated by bathtubs? Spiders may not be everyone’s favourite, but they are fascinating invertebrates with an array of impressive super-powers.

     
  • We are nearly there!

    13 October 2023

    We are nearly there!

    With your help, we’re now over three-quarters of the way towards the £110,000 needed to buy three fields adjoining the northern edge of our Ebernoe Common nature reserve.

     
  • Rye Harbour's Lost Words

    13 October 2023

    Rye Harbour's Lost Words

    As the Lost Words project comes to a close, we celebrate what has been achieved in engaging the local community with the wildlife at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve.

     
  • Meet the staff: Lydia Baxter

    12 October 2023

    Meet the staff: Lydia Baxter

    Lydia Baxter is Wilder Ouse Project Officer. Emma Chaplin caught up with her recently to find out a bit more about her.

     
  • Hunting for mermaid's purses in Hove

    09 October 2023

    Hunting for mermaid's purses in Hove

    Helen Stewart, Wild Coast Sussex Volunteer, goes mermaid’s purse hunting in Hove

     

Around Sussex

  • Species of the day: Buzzard

    06 April 2020

    Species of the day: Buzzard

    The Common Buzzard has in recent years displaced the Kestrel as the UK’s most widely distributed and observed raptor species - it can now be seen in every county.

     
  • Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Twenty

    06 April 2020

    Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Twenty

    After being confined for twenty days it’s time to pause and insert a Comma into my prison sentence.

     
  • Species of the day: Primrose

    05 April 2020

    Species of the day: Primrose

    ‘Primrose Day’ was created on April 19th to celebrate Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli’s love for his favourite flower

     
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