Be tick aware
11 May 2020
Now summer is here it is a good time to brush up on your knowledge of ticks, where they live and what sensible precautions you can take.
Archive of: Southerham
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A Good Newts Story
25 March 2020
Glenn Norris on the hunt for the Great Crested Newt
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Chalk Grassland
06 July 2019
There are few sights more spectacular than a wildflower meadow in full bloom. Packed with nectar-rich flowers and humming with insect life, these botanical hotspots will soon be looking their best and today, 6 July, marks National Meadows Day - a celebration of our glorious grasslands and the wealth of wildlife they support.
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Puppy Love
22 February 2019
All about Patsy the sheepdog puppy, and why sheep are so important in maintaining precious chalk downland in which wildlife can thrive
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The value of casual recording
26 May 2018
The Trust’s Senior Ecologist blogs about the value of stumbling across quite a lot of good species whilst doing other things.
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Badger Vaccination in Sussex
15 December 2015
Sussex Wildlife Trust - in partnership with the volunteer led Sussex Badger Vaccination Group - begun a five year programme of badger vaccinations at both our Malling Down and Southerham nature reserves.
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Searching for the Orthopteran Orchestra
17 September 2015
In which we head off onto the Lewes Downs in search of the great green bush cricket.
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Summer on the Lewes Downs
19 July 2015
Another lovely wildlife walk from Lewes to Oxteddle Bottom.
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The Phantom of the Diptera
01 July 2015
The phantom hoverfly is genuinely rare and difficult to find and is quite a convincing wasp mimic, even moving like a wasp.
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21.08.14 Orchids, butterflies and monsters
22 August 2014