News

  • Meet the staff: Barry Wildish

    19 September 2023

    Meet the staff: Barry Wildish

    Find out more about Gatwick Greenspace Partnership Officer Barry Wildish and his love of ancient woodland and chess!

     
  • Help us expand Ebernoe Common

    17 September 2023

    Help us expand Ebernoe Common

    This autumn we need to raise £110,000 to purchase three fields adjoining our nature reserve at Ebernoe Common. Help restore our landscape.

     
  • Have you seen a hornet?

    15 September 2023

    Have you seen a hornet?

    Don’t panic! Our native European Hornet is harmless but we explain how to identify the invasive Asian Hornet and where to report any sightings.

     
  • Long legs, short lives

    15 September 2023

    Long legs, short lives

    You’ve probably seen a cranefly recently, though you might know them better as ‘daddy longlegs’. One look at their long, spindly legs and it’s easy to see how they got this nickname!

     
  • Will the Lords wreck government plans to pollute our rivers?

    12 September 2023

    Will the Lords wreck government plans to pollute our rivers?

    A ‘wrecking amendment’ could block the government’s damaging legislation.

     
  • Your lasting legacy

    11 September 2023

    Your lasting legacy

    This week is ‘Remember a Charity in your Will Week’, a national initiative to encourage people across the UK to consider including a gift to charity in their Will, after taking care of loved ones.

     
  • The Adventures of a Wild Coast Sussex Volunteer

    07 September 2023

    The Adventures of a Wild Coast Sussex Volunteer

    Volunteer Ruby Stothard shares her experiences of volunteering with our Wild Coast Sussex project

     
  • Rivers in crisis

    06 September 2023

    Rivers in crisis

    As the Government announces its plans to weaken the rules that prevent pollution of some of our most important wildlife sites, Ali Morse explores the detrimental impact this will have on us and our natural world.

     
  • Dung and death

    06 September 2023

    Dung and death

    Given how much there must be, why aren’t we drowning in wildlife corpses and poo? Ecologist Alex Worsley takes us through the crucial role of detrivores - creatures who feed on detritus.

     

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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