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  • Species of the day: Buzzard

    06 April 2020

    Species of the day: Buzzard

    The Common Buzzard has in recent years displaced the Kestrel as the UK’s most widely distributed and observed raptor species - it can now be seen in every county.

     
  • Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Twenty

    06 April 2020

    Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Twenty

    After being confined for twenty days it’s time to pause and insert a Comma into my prison sentence.

     
  • Moth Blog

    06 April 2020

    Moth Blog

    Bob Foreman starts a regular series of blogs about garden moth trapping

     
  • Species of the day: Primrose

    05 April 2020

    Species of the day: Primrose

    ‘Primrose Day’ was created on April 19th to celebrate Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli’s love for his favourite flower

     
  • Behind the Lens with Bob Foreman

    05 April 2020

    Behind the Lens with Bob Foreman

    We speak to Sussex Biodiversity Record Office Data Lead Bob Foreman about his work and photography

     
  • Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Nineteen

    05 April 2020

    Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Nineteen

    Let the Blackcap and Bill Withers serenade you on this sunny Sunday.

     
  • Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Eighteen

    04 April 2020

    Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Eighteen

    In which I get beaten at my own game.

     
  • Species of the day: Herring Gull

    04 April 2020

    Species of the day: Herring Gull

    The Herring Gull splits public opinion like no other bird. It may appear a familiar sight and sound across the length and breadth of the country, indeed in many areas you’d argue they’re hard to avoid - but astonishingly it’s in catastrophic decline.

     
  • Snail Race

    04 April 2020

    Snail Race

    The Sussex Wildlife Trust brings you the excitement of….. Snail Racing.

     
  • Sussex Seahorses

    03 April 2020

    Sussex Seahorses

    We have had a few reports recently of sightings of one our most elusive marine creatures – the small yet charismatic seahorse.

     
  • Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Seventeen

    03 April 2020

    Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Seventeen

    In which I’m challenged to a Back Garden Bird Race… and I challenge you to one too

     
  • Species of the Day: Lipped Snails

    03 April 2020

    Species of the Day: Lipped Snails

    ​There are a couple of species of Lipped Snails commonly found in Britain - they’re cleverly named Brown (Cepaea nemoralis) and White-lipped (Cepaea hortensis) according to the colour of the band closest to the opening (or aperture) of the shell.