Archive
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19 May 2020
Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Sixty-three
Some sycophantic toadying to an amphibian I adore; warts and all.
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18 May 2020
Species of the day: Elder
Now is the perfect time to see the attractive creamy-white inflorescence produced by the Elder. It’s a common shrub of hedgerows and neglected ground and will grow voraciously once established
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18 May 2020
Finding kindness in Mental Health Awareness Week
In Mental Health Awareness Week, we urge you to be kind to yourself
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18 May 2020
Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Sixty-two
California Dreaming with some Starlings, Alfred Hitchcock and William Shakespeare.
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17 May 2020
Species of the day: Goldcrest
The Goldcrest is simply tiny, just 9cm long and weighing between five to ten times less than a Starling
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17 May 2020
Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Sixty-one
The results of the seventh Back Garden Bird Race
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16 May 2020
Species of the day: Germander Speedwell
The Germander Speedwell is perhaps one of the most charming and elegant wildflowers in the UK, covering grassland and woodland edges in a dense carpet of deep blue.
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16 May 2020
Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Sixty.
Swifts: Screaming two-winged rebels from hell.
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15 May 2020
Species of the day: Thick-legged Flower Beetle
The Beetles belong to a simply gigantic group of insects forming the Order Coleoptera. Just one of these is the rather cannily named Thick-legged Flower Beetle
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15 May 2020
Behind the App with Dave Kilbey
Dave Kilbey has supplied Sussex Wildlife Trust with many wonderful photos over the years, but more recently, he’s helped the Trust out during the lockdown period by coming up with an app for our Back Garden Bird Race. We interviewed him over the phone about apps and photography.
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15 May 2020
Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Fifty-nine
The moth trap was moth-free but I get to spend some time with some of my favourite little monsters.
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14 May 2020
Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Fifty-eight
I finally set up the moth trap in the back garden.