Archive
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17 May 2020
Species of the day: Goldcrest
The Goldcrest is simply tiny, just 9cm long and weighing between five to ten times less than a Starling
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17 May 2020
Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Sixty-one
The results of the seventh Back Garden Bird Race
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16 May 2020
Species of the day: Germander Speedwell
The Germander Speedwell is perhaps one of the most charming and elegant wildflowers in the UK, covering grassland and woodland edges in a dense carpet of deep blue.
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16 May 2020
Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Sixty.
Swifts: Screaming two-winged rebels from hell.
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15 May 2020
Species of the day: Thick-legged Flower Beetle
The Beetles belong to a simply gigantic group of insects forming the Order Coleoptera. Just one of these is the rather cannily named Thick-legged Flower Beetle
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15 May 2020
Behind the App with Dave Kilbey
Dave Kilbey has supplied Sussex Wildlife Trust with many wonderful photos over the years, but more recently, he’s helped the Trust out during the lockdown period by coming up with an app for our Back Garden Bird Race. We interviewed him over the phone about apps and photography.
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15 May 2020
Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Fifty-nine
The moth trap was moth-free but I get to spend some time with some of my favourite little monsters.
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14 May 2020
Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Fifty-eight
I finally set up the moth trap in the back garden.
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14 May 2020
The Bees Knees
There are around 276 species of bee in the UK, many of which are common and widespread.
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14 May 2020
Species of the day: Swallow
The Swallow is a fabulous indicator of seasonal change and is perhaps our most welcomed avian migrant
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14 May 2020
Song Thrush - Bird Song
The Song Thrush is the most familiar member of its family to have ‘Thrush’ in the name. They’re one of just a few birds comprehensively defined by their song
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13 May 2020
The Raven
Michael Blencowe blog on Ravens in Lewes