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22 June 2016

How important is the EU referendum to Sussex wildlife?

There are many aspects to think about when coming to a decision about whether to vote “remain” or “leave” in tomorrow’s referendum. The environment is just one of them. So as a last exercise we decided to do a couple of straw polls on how important the environment is to some people when deciding on their vote tomorrow.

22 June 2016

30DaysWild - Part 2

Throughout June, thousands of people have committed themselves to perform one Random Act of Wildness everyday. This is a taster of some of the wild activities they got up to.

22 June 2016

Grass snake

This large grass snake was spotted swimming in Woods Mill lake. Grass snakes are large, up to 150 cm and have a black and cream/yellow collar just behind their head and a series of 'dots and dashes' running down each side of their body. They are

21 June 2016

EU policy & law and wildlife in Sussex: Conclusions

In May Tony Whitbread wrote to the Chief Executives and Chairmen of ‘Britain Stronger In Europe’ and ‘Vote Leave’, to our 16 local MPs and 10 South East England MEPs, inviting them to tell me how any benefits to Sussex wildlife from current EU policy and laws would be maintained after the Referendum. Here is a summary of their responses.

19 June 2016

Mythically rare and painfully beautiful

Graeme Lyons made an amazing discovery on farmland in East Sussex, a massive, beautiful beetle, which hadn’t been seen in Sussex for over 100 years.

19 June 2016

Mr Wildlife

Sussex Wildlife Trust says goodbye to one of its most charismatic and loved members of staff at the end of this month when Mike Russell, nicknamed ‘Mr Wildlife’ by his colleagues, retires after over 30 years.

17 June 2016

Two go wild in the woods

Two Trust staff spend a night in the woods as part of 30DaysWild

16 June 2016

EU policy and law and wildlife in Sussex: Summary

Tony Whitbread offers a summary of his series of blogs looking at the EU Referendum and Sussex wildlife

16 June 2016

Churchyard Wildlife In Lewes

In recent years volunteers have been managing the churchyard of St John Sub Castro in Lewes for wildlife. Through dedicated cutting, raking and planting a previously overgrown corner of the churchyard is turning into a flower-rich wildlife haven. The churchyard's wildlife certainly approves and so do the human visitors who