Archive of: March, 2013

• A Ploverly Place

  31 March 2013

  Kentish Plover / Martin CasemanAuthor Barry YatesWith all the recent improvements to habitats at our Rye Harbour Nature Reserve there has been a corresponding improvement in the

• A New Reputation

  28 March 2013

  Author Tom ForwardIt is easy to dismiss modern day youth as pasty, sofa-bound, energy drink fuelled, gaming addicted and sleep deprived, with little concern other than for evolving thumbs that are better adapted for faster BBM-ing and maintaining a better grip on their console controls or updating their Facebook status

• 27 March 2013

• Sussex Shoresearch

  26 March 2013

• The Budget 2013: Value of nature still invisible to the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

  22 March 2013

  401kcalculator_orgAuthor Tony WhitbreadWhile many in parliament, and in government departments, are trying to find ways of recognising and reflecting the value of nature in national accounting, the Chancellor still seems to view the environment as

• Once Bittern, Thrice Shy

  21 March 2013

  bittern at Woods Mill / Anisa Bryce Author Mike RussellOK, sorry about the naff headline, it shows my lack of imagination as well as my indignation that

• Economic benefits of the South Downs National Park

  19 March 2013

  South Down visitors / Barry Pickthall Horsham DCAuthor Tony WhitbreadLast week saw the publication of the South Downs Visitor Survey. This outlines the impact and benefits

• A host of golden daffodils

  18 March 2013

  "a host of golden daffodils" / Neil FletcherAuthor Jess PriceI wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o'er vales and hills,When

• Hazel

  14 March 2013

  female hazel flower / Dean-MorleyAuthor Michael BlencoweWe've had a bit of spring sunshine and Sussex is beginning to bloom but there's been one plant that's been in

• The Sycophant

  13 March 2013

  Author Graeme Lyons sycophant beetle / Graeme LyonsI would literally trade in family members to see this beetle. Sadly, the sycophant Calosoma sycophanta is only ever a very