Archive

  • Species Spotlight: Merlin

    20 October 2020

    Species Spotlight: Merlin

    It’s eminently possible many living in Sussex may never have seen a Merlin. For like a huge array of birds the Merlin is a migrant, a breeding inhabitant of chilly northern latitudes

     
  • Destination Sussex - bird migration

    20 October 2020

    Destination Sussex - bird migration

    Our Sussex birds are not ours. We share them with places thousands of miles away. Sussex is part of an international network of places that need wildlife sites to be maintained and not developed.

     
  • Unblocktober

    19 October 2020

    Unblocktober

    Sussex Wildlife Trust are supporting Unblocktober – a national campaign and awareness month during October to improve the health of our drains, sewers, watercourses and seas.

     
  • The winter thrushes are on the move

    18 October 2020

    The winter thrushes are on the move

    The clocks are changing, the seasons are shifting and the birds are on the move.

     
  • £450 million to sever landscapes and principles

    15 October 2020

    £450 million to sever landscapes and principles

    Today, Highways England announced its preferred option for the much-debated Arundel A27 consultation. This road leads nowhere that we want to go.

    Despite significantly cheaper and less damaging options being presented, the ‘grey route’ will cause irreparable damage to our wildlife and the Arun valley floodplain.

     
  • Why don't spiders get stuck in their own webs?

    13 October 2020

    Why don't spiders get stuck in their own webs?

    Why don’t spider get stuck in their own webs? Charlotte Owen explains.

     
  • My work for Sussex Wildlife Trust

    12 October 2020

    My work for Sussex Wildlife Trust

    We speak to Jess Price about her work at Sussex Wildlife Trust

     
  • Attack of the Eight-legged Ladies

    10 October 2020

    Attack of the Eight-legged Ladies

    This month ends with Halloween. Outside, the undead patrol the streets. My advice is to lock your doors, close your curtains and turn off the lights. But what if the very thing that you’re most terrified of is locked in the house with you?

     
  • Living with spiders

    09 October 2020

    Living with spiders

    Every autumn, headlines warn about spiders invading our homes. But what’s the real story with our eight-legged neighbours?

     
  • Response to Horsham District Council's press release on Rookwood golf course

    08 October 2020

    Response to Horsham District Council's press release on Rookwood golf course

    Sussex Wildlife Trust’s response to Horsham District Council’s press release about Rookwood golf course.

     
  • Winter Wetland Birds at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve

    08 October 2020

    Winter Wetland Birds at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve

    The first of the really cold weather will soon hit Europe and many waterbirds will find our warm Sussex coastal wetlands to their liking.

     
  • Bluefin Tuna

    07 October 2020

    Bluefin Tuna

    Officers at the Sussex IFCA were surprised to find an Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) which had washed up on the shores of Chichester Harbour.