Archive of: Southerham
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15 June 2022
Be tick aware
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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25 March 2020
A Good Newts Story
Glenn Norris on the hunt for the Great Crested Newt
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06 July 2019
Chalk Grassland
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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22 February 2019
Puppy Love
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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26 May 2018
The value of casual recording
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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15 December 2015
Badger Vaccination in Sussex
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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17 September 2015
Searching for the Orthopteran Orchestra
In which we head off onto the Lewes Downs in search of the great green bush cricket.
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19 July 2015
Summer on the Lewes Downs
Another lovely wildlife walk from Lewes to Oxteddle Bottom.
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01 July 2015
The Phantom of the Diptera
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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22 August 2014
21.08.14 Orchids, butterflies and monsters
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
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24 June 2014
15/16/17.06.14 A hundred kites over Southerham
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.
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03 June 2014
30.05.14 Exploring the Lewes Downs