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  • Ivy bee seen at Woods Mill

    09 October 2015

    Ivy bee seen at Woods Mill

    The ivy bee has finally been recorded at Woods Mill!

     
  • What does autumn sound like?

    07 October 2015

    What does autumn sound like?

    I confess to being more of a wildlife listener than a watcher – more often than not my ears guide me to seeing things.

     
  • Top ten tips for being a biological recording machine

    05 October 2015

    Top ten tips for being a biological recording machine

    Sussex Wildlife Trust’s ecologist shares his top tips for biological recording

     
  • September 2015: Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings

    01 October 2015

    September 2015: Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings

    Bird highlight during September was a juvenile red-backed shrike which was present briefly to the north of Harbour Farm on 3rd.

     
  • Late summer visitor sets pulses racing

    30 September 2015

    Late summer visitor sets pulses racing

    Woods Mill is always a great place to look for wildlife, but every now and again something special turns up that sets the heart of any naturalist racing, which is what has happened this week.

     
  • Check your local ivy for ivy bees.

    30 September 2015

    Check your local ivy for ivy bees.

    Ivy bees are being reported across Lewes.

     
  • Plastic Bags

    30 September 2015

    Plastic Bags

    On Monday 5th October 2015 the UK government introduces a long awaited plastic bag charge. To curb the use of plastic bags, shops will charge at least five pence for each bag you use, with any profits going to charity.

     
  • Eclipse and The Pips

    29 September 2015

    Eclipse and The Pips

    Bat experts survey our Rye Harbour reserve for one of the UK’s rarest species.

     
  • Photo Competition - My Wild Sussex

    28 September 2015

    Photo Competition - My Wild Sussex

    Sussex Wildlife Trust is looking for beautiful and awe-inspiring wildlife and landscape photographs to grace the pages of their 2016 online calendar. The subject matter is ‘My Wild Sussex’.

     
  • Wildlife Hit Squad needs you

    28 September 2015

    Wildlife Hit Squad needs you

    Sussex Wildlife Trust’s Saturday Conservation Hit Squad needs volunteers (aged 16+) to help keep their nature reserves in tip top shape. It’s good fun, good exercise and good for the wildlife of Sussex.

     
  • The Sound Of Silence

    18 September 2015

    The Sound Of Silence

    Michael Blencowe listens out for the great green bush cricket.

     
  • Searching for the Orthopteran Orchestra

    17 September 2015

    Searching for the Orthopteran Orchestra

    In which we head off onto the Lewes Downs in search of the great green bush cricket.