Archive of: Southerham

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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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  Be tick aware

  22 May 2018

  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.

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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.

• 21.08.14 Orchids, butterflies and monsters

  22 August 2014

  The weather was kind to us on our August hike to Bible Bottom today. On Cliffe High street a busking trombonist sent us on our way with a rendition of 'Sunny side of the Street'. Soon we were up amongst the flower rich downland of our Southerham reserve above the

• 15/16/17.06.14 A hundred kites over Southerham

  24 June 2014

  As part of our DownTown Lewes project we have been working with Southover school. This week we took over 100 pupils to our Southerham reserve over three days. The hike to the reserve gave the children a chance to experience the amazing countryside that is available to them around Lewes.

• 30.05.14 Exploring the Lewes Downs

  03 June 2014