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  • If you only do twelve things for wildlife...

    04 December 2019

    If you only do twelve things for wildlife...

    What are the 12 best things you can do for wildlife?

     
  • Chaffinch

    02 December 2019

    Chaffinch

    The chaffinch can claim the title of commonest finch, and the male could easily vie for most colourful too.

     
  • November 2019 - Rye Harbour sightings

    01 December 2019

    November 2019 - Rye Harbour sightings

    Bird highlight during November was a Long-tailed Duck seen briefly on Harbour Farm on the 10th.

     
  • Alf Simpson MBE

    29 November 2019

    Alf Simpson MBE

    ​We were saddened to hear about the death of Alf Simpson MBE. Alf made an exceptional contribution to nature conservation in Sussex for many decades

     
  • Circular fashion, not fast fashion

    29 November 2019

    Circular fashion, not fast fashion

    Even reducing what we buy won’t fix fast fashion, but if you can take material currently thrown away and make it into new products, then things can change. That’s where Circular Fashion comes in.

     
  • Wilder Horsham District

    28 November 2019

    Wilder Horsham District

    Sussex Wildlife Trust are delighted that this evening a new five year partnership between Sussex Wildlife Trust and Horsham District Council was agreed by Councillors

     
  • Community competition for climate change resilience

    27 November 2019

    Community competition for climate change resilience

    Community groups in Sussex can apply for a £500 grant to help create climate change resilience in their local community thanks to David Saddington and other speakers at the January 2020 Landscape Innovation Conference, organised by Sussex Wildlife Trust and the University of Sussex.

     
  • Something to crow about

    26 November 2019

    Something to crow about

    The results of just a few dedicated volunteers grafting to create natural flood storage in their local woodland were more spectacular than we could have hoped for.

     
  • Creating Climate Capacity

    25 November 2019

    Creating Climate Capacity

    On January 23 2020, we will be holding a Landscape Innovation Conference in partnership with Sussex University. This Conference is a first step for us, in helping to support and inspire local people to find solutions to the climate crisis.

     
  • Wood Pigeon

    25 November 2019

    Wood Pigeon

    They’re big, they’re loud and they’re everywhere – but most of us wouldn’t give a wood pigeon a second glance. But pigeons are far from boring, and even the commonest creatures have their secrets.

     
  • A beacon of hope

    22 November 2019

    A beacon of hope

    There is great potential for Brighton & Hove City Council to restore nature at Hollingbury and Waterhall Golf Courses, especially as BHCC have done something similar before at Beacon Hill

     
  • We speak to Jamie Burston, winner of the David Streeter Award

    20 November 2019

    We speak to Jamie Burston, winner of the David Streeter Award

    We speak to Jamie Burston about being the first young person to win the David Streeter Award, and ask him about his project supporting the White-letter Hairstreak butterfly