Iping | Sussex Wildlife Trust

29 March 2020

Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Twelve

In which a global pandemic forces our hero to face his deepest fear.

29 March 2020

Species of the day: Comma

The Comma must surely be one of Britain’s most distinctive butterflies - not necessarily for its wildly exotic colours, but certainly its unique shape.

29 March 2020

In my garden

The first thing Katie Parker likes to do in the garden at this time of year is to take a walk around and look to see what is growing, and what survived the winter.

28 March 2020

Species of the day: Alexanders

Alexanders is an umbellifer belonging to the enormously diverse and widespread carrot family. It’s well known for its use in medicine.

28 March 2020

Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Eleven

I disguise myself as a sofa and wait for the Danny la Rue of the crow family.

28 March 2020

Wonderful Waders

Wading birds come in all sorts of size and shape.

27 March 2020

Species of the day: Starling

The Common Starling is undoubtedly one of the countries most familiar garden birds. So familiar in fact that they’re almost certainly underrated in both their beauty and abilities in song.

27 March 2020

Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Ten

The song of the Chiffchaff. Not the most inspiring song when you have a hangover.

27 March 2020

Rye Harbour Quilt 2020

A huge thank-you to everyone that supported the Rye Harbour Quilt project. It has raised nearly £5,000 for the Discovery Centre.

26 March 2020

It’s frogspawn season - one of the most exciting events in nature’s calendar. We look forward to it every year, eagerly awaiting the return of the frogs to water. Will they make it safely back to the garden pond after their winter sleep, and when will they arrive? Will they spawn this year? When will it appear, and how much will there be?