Archive

  • June 2015: Rye Harbour nature reserve sightings

    02 July 2015

    June 2015: Rye Harbour nature reserve sightings

    ​One of the characteristic insects of Rye Harbour Nature Reserve is the great silver water beetle.

     
  • The Night has a Thousand Eyeds.

    02 July 2015

    The Night has a Thousand Eyeds.

    Hawk-moth photographed at The Depot.

     
  • The Phantom of the Diptera

    01 July 2015

    The Phantom of the Diptera

    The phantom hoverfly is genuinely rare and difficult to find and is quite a convincing wasp mimic, even moving like a wasp.

     
  • 'Wild Woodies' Summer Holiday Clubs

    30 June 2015

    'Wild Woodies' Summer Holiday Clubs

    Sussex Wildlife Trust is leading fun-packed outdoor activity days for children across the county throughout the summer holidays in Henfield, Brighton, Crawley, Seaford and Rye.

     
  • Eastbourne Group Walk Report - The Downs above Eastbourne

    29 June 2015

    Eastbourne Group Walk Report - The Downs above Eastbourne

    Eastbourne Group Walk Report - The Downs above Eastbourne

     
  • EU laws are good for wildlife - act now to keep it that way!

    29 June 2015

    EU laws are good for wildlife - act now to keep it that way!

    Conservation organisations throughout Europe are working hard to safeguard these hard-won laws that protect nature. But we urgently need public support – your support – if we’re going to win this battle.

     
  • New Wildlife Recruit

    25 June 2015

    New Wildlife Recruit

    Oly Sayers, aged 20, from Rudgwick near Horsham, has been chosen as Sussex Wildlife Trust’s Volunteer Assistant Reserves Officer thanks to a grant from The Prince’s Countryside Fund.

     
  • Wildlife Walk Report: Iping Common

    25 June 2015

    Wildlife Walk Report: Iping Common

    We go in search of predators, parasites and silver-studded butterflies on our nature reserve in West Sussex.

     
  • Woods Mill Visit

    25 June 2015

    Woods Mill Visit

    Sussex Wildlife Trust’s Eastbourne Regional Group visit Woods Mill nature reserve

     
  • The lesser of two weevils

    23 June 2015

    The lesser of two weevils

    Too often, important parts of the natural world like slugs and algae and micro moths are overlooked purely because there is no one expert enough or with enough patience to identify them.

     
  • Wild Worthing Competition

    23 June 2015

    Wild Worthing Competition

    If you garden with wildlife in mind Sussex Wildlife Trust’s Wild About Worthing project is organising a competition just for you.

    Whether you have a wildlife garden on your balcony or a bigger space with fruit trees and a pond – there is a category to suit you.

     
  • Happy Birthday Brighton Biosphere

    22 June 2015

    Happy Birthday Brighton Biosphere

    The Brighton & Lewes Downs Biosphere is now a year old and in that time it has built up a good record of pioneering a positive future for people and nature in the area.