News
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28 April 2024
Meet our staff: Ranger Dav Bridger
Meet Dav Bridger, who, after a successful stint as Heritage Trainee at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, has now become a member of the Land Management team as Ranger (West)
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26 April 2024
Return of the Blackcaps
Blackcaps return to England in April with a rich, full-throated, joyous warble; a defiant announcement that lets everyone know he’s cheated death for another winter.
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25 April 2024
Our Wild Sussex: nature reserves
Henri Brocklebank Director of Conservation talks about our nature reserves and the crucial part they will play in Our Wild Sussex strategy
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25 April 2024
AGM #3 Friday 17 May 7pm start
So much more than an AGM! Join us to hear about our exciting 4 projects making a difference to wildlife in the Arun Valley. Then join SWT leaders on a bat walk around Woods Mill. Please click and book up in advance.
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25 April 2024
Made By Me By the Sea - meet Vicky Anne Vaughan
Vicky Anne Vaughan is a digital artist based in Worthing, who is kind enough to be fundraising for Sussex Wildlife Trust with her Sussex wildlife-inspired art. .
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25 April 2024
Volunteers reminisce part 2. Woods Mill
We hear from Christine Dafter, who has been an Education Volunteer at Woods Mill for many years
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24 April 2024
Our Wild Sussex: 30 x 30
30 by 30 has become shorthand for the global imperative to restore nature. It calls for 30% of land and sea globally to be meaningfully protected for nature by 2030
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23 April 2024
Volunteers reminisce, part 1. The joy of Ebernoe
In the second of a series of three blogs about volunteering for the Trust, we hear from retiring Ebernoe volunteer, Mary Travers. Huge thanks to Mary for all her incredible volunteering work for the Trust over the years.
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23 April 2024
Publication of The Fight for the South Downs
Robin Crane, CBE, Vice President of Sussex Wildlife Trust, has written a book that encompasses the story of the South Downs Campaign, the special qualities of the South Downs and Western Weald, plus the evolution of its landscapes and communities over the centuries.
Around Sussex
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05 May 2020
Species of the day: Zebra Spider
To any arachnophobe, the notion of a spider that jumps must surely be the most terrifying thought. Fortunately the Zebra Spider maxes out at a mere 9mm
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04 May 2020
Species of the day: Garlic Mustard
The naming of Garlic Mustard is technically a little misleading, at least in a botanical sense, for it bears no relation to the true garlics. It does, however, smell just like them
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04 May 2020
Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Forty-nine
An unusual shaped pond and an unusual shaped plant.