News
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03 June 2024
A volunteering double act
It’s Volunteers Week 2024 and we’d like to introduce husband and wife, Janet and Peter Mann. Find out what’s kept them volunteering at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve for the last seven years.
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02 June 2024
Volunteers reminisce part 3. Setting up SxBRC, Seasearch, Shoresearch and more
Gerald Legg tells us about decades of volunteering out on reserves with his Land Rover, helping to set up the Sussex Biodiversity Record Centre, as well as supporting Shoresearch
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01 June 2024
In search of 1500 species
Graeme Lyons and Dave Green set out to find, identify and record 1500 species, including 1000 invertebrates, in 24 hours in West Sussex. We find out how it went and how many species they found.
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28 May 2024
Heritage crime uncovered
Heritage crime is on the rise. Local Heritage Crime Officer, Daryl Holter of Sussex Police, came to the Discovery Centre to tell us more.
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28 May 2024
Chailey Commons site visit with Forestry England
Lydia Baxter Wilder Ouse Project Officer recently took staff from Forestry England to see the leaky dams installed at Chailey Common Nature reserve last winter.
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25 May 2024
A Woods Mill wander for Volunteers Week
A wildlife walk at Woods Mill was a great start to events being put on to thank our amazing volunteers during Volunteers Week 2024
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24 May 2024
Insects in art
Louisa Crispin is a regular visitor to Rye Harbour Nature Reserve. However she’s not there to spot the birdlife, instead seeking out the insect population, ready to capture them in her intricate graphite pencil drawings.
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23 May 2024
Get nature on the agenda
With the General Election set for 4 July, we have just six short weeks to make sure nature and climate change are at the heart of the next Government’s agenda.
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23 May 2024
Meet the Kelp-supporting Blue-footed Boobies
A team of six fine women are swimming a Channel Relay for the Sussex Kelp Recovery Project. Meet the Blue-footed Boobies
Around Sussex
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10 May 2020
Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Fifty-four
The results of the 6th Back Garden Bird Race. With Swifts, Hobbies, fledglings, a Black Kite and an Osprey.
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10 May 2020
Species of the day: Treecreeper
The delightful little Treecreeper is a bird that truly lives up to its name.
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09 May 2020
Species of the day: Bluebell
There can be no plant more iconically associated with British woodland than the Bluebell. It’s a quintessential symbol of spring