Archive

  • Severing their own green finger

    23 October 2018

    Severing their own green finger

    Whitehawk Hill is one of Brighton & Hove’s most valuable wild spaces and a designated Local Nature Reserve - so why has it been earmarked for development?

     
  • No more plastic

    22 October 2018

    No more plastic

    Membership Development Manager Debbie is delighted that efforts to ditch plastic wrapping for membership packs and our bi-annual wildlife magazine mailings have been successful, and we have now ditched the plastic wrap

     
  • Thistle-tweaker

    19 October 2018

    Thistle-tweaker

    The goldfinch is a beautiful little bird, almost verging on the exotic with its scarlet facemask, vibrant yellow wing feathers and chunky, parrot-like beak.

     
  • Transatlantic mini-boat at Seaford Head

    18 October 2018

    Transatlantic mini-boat at Seaford Head

    Schoolchildren in Seaford were thrilled to hear Sussex Wildlife Trust’s Nikki Hills talk about the miniature boat that washed up at Seaford Head, having been launched 3,000 miles away in Maine, USA by schoolchildren, in order to track coastal currents and discover more about how communities evolve.

     
  • The Natural Capital of Floodplains

    17 October 2018

    The Natural Capital of Floodplains

    The Trust is working with partners to provide Natural Capital and multiple benefits to people and wildlife through Natural Flood Management in the Sussex Flow Initiative project.

     
  • Climate of change

    14 October 2018

    Climate of change

    Is it clear yet? Nature is not a ‘nice to have’.

     
  • Smarter transport solutions

    11 October 2018

    Smarter transport solutions

    In light of Monday’s IPCC publication​, clarifying the catastrophic risk of not making dramatic cuts to our carbon emissions, our calls for halting the Arundel bypass proposals and those for a new road running from Lewes to Polegate, seem extremely pertinent.

     
  • Bogey beetle

    10 October 2018

    Bogey beetle

    This nationally scarce apple-green coloured tortoise beetle has been discovered at Stedham Common for the first time.

     
  • The Power of Place

    10 October 2018

    The Power of Place

    Today is World Mental Health Day

     
  • Lost Words Update

    09 October 2018

    Lost Words Update

    The Lost Words appeal has really taken off and we are well on the way to reaching our initial target – to put a copy of the Lost Words in every state primary school across East & West Sussex, and Brighton & Hove.

     
  • Habitat Restoration Project at Woods Mill

    05 October 2018

    Habitat Restoration Project at Woods Mill

    Phase Two of the Habitat Restoration Project Begins at Woods Mill

     
  • A Precarious Lifestyle

    04 October 2018

    A Precarious Lifestyle

    Babington’s Orache is a low growing plant that has a precarious lifestyle, growing in the mobile shingle below the line of the winter storms