Archive
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25 August 2022
How do feathers grow?
Feathers are made in feather follicles, just as hairs are made in hair follicles. Both feathers and hair are dead structures, so they cannot repair themselves and must be shed and replaced when damaged or worn out.
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23 August 2022
Barn Owl feathers
Charlotte Owen looks into how a Barn Owl feathers are adapted to help them hunt
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22 August 2022
Sussex Wildlife Trust Chief Executive update
Sussex Wildlife Trust is delighted to announce the appointment of Chris Corrigan as interim Chief Executive for the Trust.
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21 August 2022
All about feathers
Feathers are the defining features of birds: only birds have them (though they first evolved millions of years ago on their dinosaur ancestors) and feathers are the most complex structures to be found on the skin of any vertebrate.
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16 August 2022
Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Calendar
In addition to our usual Sussex Wildlife Trust calendar, this year we have also created a special calendar celebrating the wildlife of Rye Harbour Nature Reserve
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14 August 2022
Interview with Gesine Garz, Centre Manager at Rye Harbour Discovery Centre
We meet new Centre Manager of the Rye Harbour Discovery Centre, Gesine Garz.
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10 August 2022
City of Meadows
Schools in Brighton & Hove have been helping to conserve pollinating insects as part of the City of Meadows project
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10 August 2022
Biocontrol of Australian Swampweed at Rye Harbour
The exciting news is that this week staff from CABI released some tiny mites into a small area of Australian Swampweed at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve.
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09 August 2022
Road Rage
Proposals to ‘decarbonise the transport system’ in the South East will build new roads and increase carbon emissions. This simply isn’t good enough.
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08 August 2022
How to help wildlife during the heatwave
After such a long period of drought and relentlessly high temperatures, conditions are tough for wildlife - here are some ways you can help.
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02 August 2022
Leysdown Trainee update - June/July
Rosie and Mark, Leysdown Trainees, tell us more about what they’ve been up to recently.
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01 August 2022
Behind the Lens with Piers Fearick
Piers Fearick tells us about his wildlife photography and his recent interest in developing his skills in marine photography.