Archive
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17 October 2025
A New Home for Wart-biters
The Wart-biter Bush-cricket is one of Britain’s most endangered insects, but efforts to spread them to new sites in Sussex are underway.
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17 October 2025
30 years of moth trapping at Woods Mill
Bob Foreman and Millie Brand of the Sussex Biodiversity Records Centre talk about moth trapping at Woods Mill Nature Reserve to celebrate a milestone of this amazing monitoring.
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15 October 2025
Two minutes of peace with the fungi of Woods Mill
Watch young filmmaker Amy King’s beautiful short film, narrated by Clare Blencowe.
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14 October 2025
Paul Parsons - Sussex wildlife selection, on land & sea
Paul Parsons is a fantastic Sussex diver and photographer and we are lucky enough that he shares his images with us. We asked him to share some of his favourites from this year
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13 October 2025
False Accusations - our false widow spiders
The shift into autumn often reignites a focus on indoor spider sightings, and with it a renewed batch of clickbait fearmongering. Some of those getting the worst of it are the false widows.
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09 October 2025
First it was newts, then bats… now it’s snails.
How did these species become the unlikely poster children of an anti-growth narrative?
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08 October 2025
Species of the day: Hedgehog
Roaming the countryside far and wide, the much-loved Hedgehog was once considered an exceedingly numerous species, one we very much took for granted
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07 October 2025
Behind the Lens with Kutub Uddin
Local wildlife photographer Kutub Uddin’s photo of a slime mould was Highly Commended in the Natural History Museum Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. We asked him about it
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07 October 2025
40 Years of Rye Harbour Magic
Forty years after first visiting Rye Harbour, Charlie Peverett recalls the day that hooked him on birds.
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07 October 2025
Sussex Wildlife Trust 2026 Calendars on sale
Our two 2026 calendars - Wildlife of Sussex and Rye Harbour Nature Reserve are now available from our online shop.
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06 October 2025
International Geodiversity Day
Monday 6th October is International Geodiversity Day - a celebration of geology and it’s place in the natural world. We spoke to the experts, the Sussex Geodiversity Partnership, to find out more.
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01 October 2025
Meet Youth Action Officer Katie Bell
Meet Youth Action Officer Katie Bell, find out about growing up wanting to be a mermaid, plus whether she regrets her first tattoo.