Archive
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16 May 2020
Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Sixty.
Swifts: Screaming two-winged rebels from hell.
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15 May 2020
Species of the day: Thick-legged Flower Beetle
The Beetles belong to a simply gigantic group of insects forming the Order Coleoptera. Just one of these is the rather cannily named Thick-legged Flower Beetle
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15 May 2020
Behind the App with Dave Kilbey
Dave Kilbey has supplied Sussex Wildlife Trust with many wonderful photos over the years, but more recently, he’s helped the Trust out during the lockdown period by coming up with an app for our Back Garden Bird Race. We interviewed him over the phone about apps and photography.
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15 May 2020
Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Fifty-nine
The moth trap was moth-free but I get to spend some time with some of my favourite little monsters.
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14 May 2020
Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Fifty-eight
I finally set up the moth trap in the back garden.
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14 May 2020
The Bees Knees
There are around 276 species of bee in the UK, many of which are common and widespread.
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14 May 2020
Species of the day: Swallow
The Swallow is a fabulous indicator of seasonal change and is perhaps our most welcomed avian migrant
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14 May 2020
Song Thrush - Bird Song
The Song Thrush is the most familiar member of its family to have ‘Thrush’ in the name. They’re one of just a few birds comprehensively defined by their song
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13 May 2020
The Raven
Michael Blencowe blog on Ravens in Lewes
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13 May 2020
Species of the day: Early Purple Orchid
The Orchids are a staggeringly large family of flowering plants. One that very much lives up to both parts of its common name is the Early Purple Orchid
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13 May 2020
Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Fifty-seven
Just when you thought it was safe to leave the cul-de-sac
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12 May 2020
Species of the day: Brown-tail Moth
The Brown-tail is one of around 2500 moth species in the order of Lepidoptera found in Britain. Its larvae live and feed in distinctive communal colonies which take the form of a silken tent