Archive of: July, 2014

• Roll up. Roll up for some summer fun

  24 July 2014

  Author Ronnie ReedSchools Officer It is 10am and the Pump Barn is eerily quiet. No voices, no laughter. Just pools of sunlight falling across the stone flags and moats of dust dancing in the air. And silence. The doors are open but

• Bats eclipsed by traffic in West Sussex shale oil planning decision

  23 July 2014

• Greenspace invader

  17 July 2014

  himalayan balsam / Kevin LerwillAuthor Kevin LerwillGatwick Greenspace Project Community Wildlife OfficerOne of the most important jobs for us to tackle each Summer is trying to control the spread of himalayan balsam (Glandulifera

• Watch the birdie

  16 July 2014

  Young blackbirds / Jani PritchardAuthor Jani PritchardStudent placement with the Gatwick Greenspace ProjectI just completed two weeks of work experience with the Gatwick Greenspace Partnershipat Tilgate Park, and it

• Secret Wildlife Festival: Glow-sticks, horntails and a sockful of gorgonzola

  15 July 2014

  Author Michael BlencowePeople and Wildlife OfficerLast year Tim Bullen from The Secret Campsite at Barcombe arranged a one night / one day event at the campsite focusing on all the great wildlife that can

• 13.07.14 Burnet Bonanza!

  15 July 2014

• 11-13.07.14 Secret Wildlife Festival: Glow-sticks, horntails and a sockful of gorgonzola.

  14 July 2014

  Last year Tim Bullen from The Secret Campsite at Barcombe arranged a one night / one day event at the campsite focusing on all the great wildlife that can be found there. We all enjoyed it so much we thought we'd make it a bigger three day / two night

• Roads to nowhere

  10 July 2014

• 08.07.14 Garden privet.

  09 July 2014

  From Katharine: "What sort of moth is this? (Found this resting on gate post end of our garden, Landport bottom)".It's a privet hawk-moth aour biggest resident moth and arguably Britain's biggest insect. Privet Hawk-moth

• 07.07.14 Cat of Many Colours

  09 July 2014