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  • Good news for marine conservation

    18 January 2016

    Good news for marine conservation

    Well today is a Good News story. Today we almost doubled the number of Marine Conservation Zones in English waters!

     
  • Second wave of marine protection welcomed by the Sussex Wildlife Trust

    17 January 2016

    Second wave of marine protection welcomed by the Sussex Wildlife Trust

    23 new Marine Conservation Zones announced by the Government today

     
  • A year in numbers

    11 January 2016

    A year in numbers

    See some of the Sussex Wildlife Trust’s highlights in 2015

     
  • Building houses in floodplains is nonsensical

    08 January 2016

    Building houses in floodplains is nonsensical

    ​Building houses in floodplains is nonsensical says Dr Tony Whitbread Chief Executive of the Sussex Wildlife Trust.

     
  • Nature Tots bounce back for spring

    07 January 2016

    Nature Tots bounce back for spring

    Bring your little ones on an outdoor adventure with Sussex Wildlife Trust’s fun weekly woodland activity sessions starting in March. Nature Tots is suitable for accompanied children aged 3-5.

     
  • Flooding - the inconvenient truth

    07 January 2016

    Flooding - the inconvenient truth

    “Flooding equals lack of river dredging” is the simplistic message often promoted by the media, sometimes with bizarre claims that rivers were left un-dredged just to protect wildlife. Some pundits even go so far as blaming “eco-zealots” for the floods, with accusations that environmentalists are more concerned about bugs and beetles than they are about people! It’s all so simple in some minds.

     
  • Racing into 2016

    06 January 2016

    Racing into 2016

    Find out how many birds Mike Russell’s Team spotted on this year’s New Year Bird Race

     
  • Better Living Through Botany: Celebrating 400 Years of Nicholas Culpeper.

    05 January 2016

    Better Living Through Botany: Celebrating 400 Years of Nicholas Culpeper.

    Exactly 400 years ago this year, in 1616, a legend was born; a rebel who partnered up with Mother Nature to revolutionise British medicine. A herbal hero, a botanical bad boy, the father of alternative medicine, ladies and gentleman I give you, Nicholas Culpeper.

     
  • December 2015: Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings

    03 January 2016

    December 2015: Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings

    Golden plover has become something of a feature of the reserve in the last 10 years, with large flocks frequenting Flat Beach Level in particular during the winter.

     
  • 2015 weather was sunny, warm and wet

    01 January 2016

    2015 weather was sunny, warm and wet

    Whole year Sunshine 1948.1 hours (1761.0) Mean maximum temp. 14.7 C (13.4) Mean minimum temp. 8.8 C (7.5) Rainfall 879.8 mm. (740.2) Gale or stronger 21 days (10.7)

     
  • Ten Wildlife Garden Tips for the New Year

    30 December 2015

    Ten Wildlife Garden Tips for the New Year

    Welcome wildlife in to your garden this January with our top ten wildlife garden tasks

     
  • New Year's Day Walk at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve

    27 December 2015

    New Year's Day Walk at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve

    Burn off some of those festive calories with Sussex Wildlife Trust’s free birdwatching walk at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve on Friday 1 January from 10:00 to 12:30