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  • Species of the day: Grey Squirrel

    08 April 2020

    Species of the day: Grey Squirrel

    There probably couldn’t be a more contentious animal amongst UK wildlife than the Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis).

     
  • Species of the day: Hairy-footed Flower Bee

    07 April 2020

    Species of the day: Hairy-footed Flower Bee

    These Flower Bees are certainly characterful - the males in particular zip around at inordinate speed, interspersing that with bouts of immaculate hovering

     
  • Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Twenty-one

    07 April 2020

    Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Twenty-one

    I’m not the only one trapped inside on this sunny afternoon.

     
  • Robin - Bird Song

    07 April 2020

    Robin - Bird Song

    We may love the Robin, but there’s something about them that belies their general demeanour - they’re viciously territorial.

     
  • Species of the day: Buzzard

    06 April 2020

    Species of the day: Buzzard

    The Common Buzzard has in recent years displaced the Kestrel as the UK’s most widely distributed and observed raptor species - it can now be seen in every county.

     
  • Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Twenty

    06 April 2020

    Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Twenty

    After being confined for twenty days it’s time to pause and insert a Comma into my prison sentence.

     
  • Moth Blog

    06 April 2020

    Moth Blog

    Bob Foreman starts a regular series of blogs about garden moth trapping

     
  • Species of the day: Primrose

    05 April 2020

    Species of the day: Primrose

    ‘Primrose Day’ was created on April 19th to celebrate Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli’s love for his favourite flower

     
  • Behind the Lens with Bob Foreman

    05 April 2020

    Behind the Lens with Bob Foreman

    We speak to Sussex Biodiversity Record Office Data Lead Bob Foreman about his work and photography

     
  • Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Nineteen

    05 April 2020

    Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Nineteen

    Let the Blackcap and Bill Withers serenade you on this sunny Sunday.

     
  • Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Eighteen

    04 April 2020

    Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Eighteen

    In which I get beaten at my own game.

     
  • Species of the day: Herring Gull

    04 April 2020

    Species of the day: Herring Gull

    The Herring Gull splits public opinion like no other bird. It may appear a familiar sight and sound across the length and breadth of the country, indeed in many areas you’d argue they’re hard to avoid - but astonishingly it’s in catastrophic decline.