Rearing tadpoles
04 April 2019
Rearing tadpoles is relatively simple and endlessly fascinating, and can also give the local frog population a welcome boost by helping a few more tadpoles complete their perilous transformation into miniature frogs.
Archive of: Amphibian
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Why did the toad cross the road?
14 March 2019
Toads are on the move as they return to their ancestral breeding ponds, ready to spawn.
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Frogspawn Fiesta
14 February 2018
Watching a mass of tiny black tadpoles in the dappled sunlight is one of life’s great pleasures.
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Great crested newts
16 May 2017
Sussex is a stronghold for the great crested newt but their populations are patchily distributed and numbers are in decline, so this species remains fully protected by law to help safeguard its future.
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A Toadally abundant time of year
14 March 2017
What’s great at this time of year, is that signs of frogs and toads are evidence that spring is finally on its way.
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Toads on the move
24 February 2017
Soon the great migration of common toads will begin
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Eye of newt
28 October 2016
At Halloween, Shakespeare’s infamous spell-casting recipe reminds us of a day when our wildlife faced a whole different set of problems; mainly cauldron-based. Nowadays newts’ main worries are habitat loss, finding a mate and avoiding being eaten by a passing grass snake or bird.
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European Protected Species
04 May 2016
The fourth of our blog series about the EU Referendum and Sussex Wildlife, looks at European Protected Species - including bats, dormice and great crested newts.
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Pond Heroes
18 February 2016
Five Sussex Wildlife Trust Youth Rangers aged 16-25 are restoring an overgrown pond at Thomas A Becket Junior School in Glebeside Avenue, Worthing. Pupils aged 7-11 will use it for pond dipping activities and learn all about the amazing world of underwater wildlife living right on their doorstep.
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Signs of Spring
09 March 2014