Archive
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19 August 2020
Britain's rarest reptile
The Smooth Snake is only found at a single, precious location in West Sussex but this extra-special resident still takes some finding, even when you’re in the right place.
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18 August 2020
Here be dragons
If you know where to look, there are still plenty of dragons to be found in Sussex today. Granted, they are miniature dragons at just 15 cm from nose to tail but the Common Lizard is no less fearsome to its insect prey.
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17 August 2020
Dancing Adders
Courting Adders move in a synchronised flowing behaviour, with much tongue-flicking and tail-lashing. After mating, the male stays to guard his female and will dance with intruding males, rearing up and entwining bodies to wrestle his rival to the ground.
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13 August 2020
The Oak
The mighty oak is our most iconic tree, a symbol of strength and endurance with huge historical and cultural significance.
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12 August 2020
How to help wildlife in extremely hot weather
With such prolonged period of high temperatures, we’ve put together a list of some things you can do to help wildlife
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12 August 2020
A hot but good day at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve
Wildlife photography takes blood, sweat and tears. Or it does the way I do it! Sara Humphreys guest blog
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12 August 2020
The tale of the collapsed oak
The gripping tale of an oak tree and a stormy night
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10 August 2020
Oak trees and Knopper Galls
Next time you walk past an Oak tree, take a closer look and you might notice something a bit unusual. Perhaps some of the acorns are ripening nicely but others seem to have mutated into an abnormal, knobbly mess. What’s going on?
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06 August 2020
Ground breaking decision for British beavers
After years of uncertainty, the Government has announced their ground breaking decision to allow England’s first wild breeding population of beavers to stay in their Devon home.
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05 August 2020
The Wasp Spiders Return
It's the most wonderful time of the year! At the start of August you'll find me crawling around my front lawn - my wildflower meadow. I've been waiting all year for this day to arrive. The spring and summer days of flowers, butterflies and bees and thousand other insects have passed and the colours of the meadow have started to fade.
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03 August 2020
The amazingly oceanic Kittiwake
They may not look like hardy sea-farers but Kittiwakes spend half the year wandering the Atlantic, making them the most oceanic gull in the world.
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02 August 2020
The very essence of water
Water. Where would we be without it? The truth is, we probably wouldn’t be at all. Water is the key to life on our blue planet but beyond our vast oceans, glaciers and underground aquifers only a tiny fraction of it (just 0.1%) is accessible on the surface in freshwater ponds, rivers, lakes and wetlands.