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  • New Leaflet

    13 July 2015

    New Leaflet

    We have produced a new leaflet about Rye Harbour Nature Reserve.

     
  • A white-letter day

    13 July 2015

    A white-letter day

    The white-letter hairstreak is a rare butterfly in Sussex but if you find some elms you may be in luck and see one flying around the canopy or a pair of territorial males fighting high above the tree. The caterpillars of this hairstreak feed on elms and as our elms

     
  • Eastbourne Group Walk Report - Cornish Farm on 7 July 2015

    12 July 2015

    Eastbourne Group Walk Report - Cornish Farm on 7 July 2015

    Eastbourne Group Cornish Farm Walk

     
  • My Work Experience Week

    12 July 2015

    My Work Experience Week

    Samuel and Harvey joined the Sussex Wildlife Trust’s Gatwick Greenspace project for a week of work experience. They worked hard on practical tasks, with Nature Tots and Youth Rangers. Find out how they got on in their own words.

     
  • Snipe - Stayin' Alive

    11 July 2015

    Snipe - Stayin' Alive

    ​Common snipe can be seen all year round in Sussex, but they can be difficult to see because they like to hide away and are well camouflaged.

     
  • Event Report: The Carnival of the Creatures

    10 July 2015

    Event Report: The Carnival of the Creatures

    An amazing day. The wildlife of the South Downs marches into Lewes for the Moving On Parade.

     
  • June Wildlife Sightings

    09 July 2015

    June Wildlife Sightings

    Warm weather in June brought out the dragonflies and hummingbird hawkmoths. Wildlife sightings in June 2015 from the Gatwick Greenspace Partnership

     
  • Tangled up in slow-worms

    07 July 2015

    Tangled up in slow-worms

    Can you count ‘em all?

     
  • Schools

    06 July 2015

    Schools

    ​Like the children they bring, the schools that visit us here at the Seven Sisters Country Park, come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. We welcome every kind of school into our Pump Barn for their day out in the woods or on the park.

     
  • Event Report: The Secret Wildlife Festival 2015

    05 July 2015

    Event Report: The Secret Wildlife Festival 2015

    Our 3-day wildlife festival returns for its third year.

     
  • Looking closely at flowers

    04 July 2015

    Looking closely at flowers

    I often admire colourful displays of wild flowers or look closely at rare ones, but do I really look closely at common ones?

     
  • Up Sparrow-scope

    02 July 2015

    Up Sparrow-scope

    A pop-up sparrow.