Archive
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08 November 2016
Bags of Fun
Thanks to a £3,000 donation from the Southern Co-operative’s ‘Love Your Neighbourhood’ campaign, we have been able to develop our work with children and young people.
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07 November 2016
Stunning Wildlife Calendar
Stunning wildlife calendar will support nature conservation in Sussex
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03 November 2016
Lonely Tree wins photo competition
The winners of our ‘Wild Sussex’ photo competition are announced
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01 November 2016
Remember, remember wildlife on the fifth of November
Watch our new animation, created by 15 year old Elmo Dunford and find out three simple ways to keep your garden wildlife safe from bonfires this autumn
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01 November 2016
October 2016: Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
This month saw a major influx of ring ouzel, with six on Harbour Farm the 8th, three on Harbour Farm on the 10th and an amazing 85 at Castle Water on the 13th, by far the largest number ever recorded on the nature reserve (before this year the maximum was two!).
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01 November 2016
It's a real otter - in Sussex!
I wasn’t sure that the day would ever come when I could report that a video has been taken of a genuine, real live otter in Sussex.
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31 October 2016
Wildlife Courses and Walks in November 2016
Michael Blencowe looks forward to the Sussex Wildlife Trust’s wildlife courses, walks and talks in November
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28 October 2016
Eye of newt
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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25 October 2016
I read the news today, oh boy!
The Cranefly Armageddon is Nigh.
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21 October 2016
Happy Apple Day
October is the month of apple festivals and the countryside is littered with fallen fruit providing a welcome feast for our wildlife.
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18 October 2016
Ivy: An insect's lifeline
During the autumn, one incredibly familiar plant whose flowers become a lifeline to bees, wasps, hoverflies and butterflies - it is, of course, ivy.
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09 October 2016
When is a ladybird not a ladybird?
With autumn just around the corner, ladybirds are gathering in clusters on the inside of windows or in corners of sheds preparing to hibernate.