Archive
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18 March 2020
Corona Wildlife Diary: Day One
As the world shuts down around us the uplifting role that wildlife plays in our lives becomes more vital than ever. Michael Blencowe is going to keep a daily diary of what he finds around his garden.
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18 March 2020
Our response to Coronavirus
We have been assessing the Covid-19 situation daily and are constantly reviewing all of our planned events, taking sensible steps to protect the health and safety of staff, volunteers and members of the public.
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17 March 2020
Avocets return
In the last few weeks some familiar friends have returned to Rye Harbour in good numbers for the nesting season.
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16 March 2020
Help kit out our new education zone
Sussex Wildlife Trust has launched a new crowdfunding campaign, to help us kit out the environmental educational facility within the Rye Harbour Discovery Centre.
This facility will allow the learning and engagement team to host school excursions and adult education, and this means visitors of all ages can learn more about the rare and special wildlife at the reserve.
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13 March 2020
Eastbourne Group Walk at Arlington Reservoir
An early spring walk at Arlington Reservoir
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10 March 2020
All things need a name
Nomenclature is the science of naming, with rules and systems for organising species and giving each one an official two-part title. But there is also an art to the naming of things and often a sense of magic, especially when it comes to common names.
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06 March 2020
Goose Barnacle, Barnacle Goose
Goose Barnacles, can be found in their thousands still clinging to their driftwood raft on the strandline, They once puzzled people for hundreds of years.
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05 March 2020
Have your say about the Natural Environment in Horsham District
We have received lots of enquiries from people concerned about how the natural environment is being considered in the Horsham Local Plan and how they can respond to the public consultation.
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04 March 2020
Denizens of the Dark
At this time of the year there is always much excitement around the appearance of the first bumblebee or the first butterfly, and why not?
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03 March 2020
Wild Daffodils at West Dean Woods
In Sussex, Wild Daffodils are locally frequent with the majority found in old woods on the Weald. This was a common plant but is significantly declining due to agricultural improvement of meadows and mismanaged woodlands.
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02 March 2020
Slipper Limpet
Along our Sussex beaches there are millions of shells of the Common Slipper Limpet - so named because the empty shells resemble tiny slippers up to 50mm long.
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02 March 2020
There is no wealth but life
If we win the war against nature, we will have crushed the very life support systems on which we depend. This will be our ultimate “Pyrrhic victory”.
So what is driving us towards our own self destruction?