How edible trees can help with farm animal health
19 August 2019
Livestock farmers know how important trees and hedges are for providing shelter and shade for their farm animals but the importance of hedgerow forage is a lesser known art.
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Sussex Seals
15 August 2019
Both seal species, Common and Grey Seals, can be seen here in Sussex
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How the knowledge of the ancients can help improve livestock health
12 August 2019
The knowledge of how to keep livestock healthy using locally available native plants has been around for millennia. It is both intuitive to the animals themselves, and is held by those who care for them.
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Starfish
09 August 2019
Starfish are among the most ancient life forms on the planet. The earliest fossils date back 450 million years!
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Kingfisher
07 August 2019
Sleek and aerodynamic, with lightning reflexes and deadly accuracy, the kingfisher is the ultimate angler.
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Hydroids and Bryozoans: The Weird and Wonderful
06 August 2019
Sussex Wildlife Trust was happy to host a specialist marine identification course for our volunteers
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July 2019 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
01 August 2019
Highlight this month has been the relatively large numbers of Sussex Emerald in the moth trap…
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The language of the land
31 July 2019
In a world which is inundated by emoji’s, texts, emails, podcasts, tweets, blogs, chats, posts, etc, it can be hard to hear the language of the natural world around us. Fran Southgate writes about the power of words in nature conservation.
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Black and white butterflies
30 July 2019
Some of our most beautiful butterflies are the least colourful. Shying away from the garish yellow of the Brimstone and the exuberant red of the Peacock, the whites have chosen a sleek, minimalist look.
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Citizen Science: The importance of marine data
29 July 2019
Shoresearch, our volunteer citizen science project for recording and monitoring on the intertidal zone of our coastline.