News

  • We are nearly there!

    13 October 2023

    We are nearly there!

    With your help, we’re now over three-quarters of the way towards the £110,000 needed to buy three fields adjoining the northern edge of our Ebernoe Common nature reserve.

     
  • Rye Harbour's Lost Words

    13 October 2023

    Rye Harbour's Lost Words

    As the Lost Words project comes to a close, we celebrate what has been achieved in engaging the local community with the wildlife at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve.

     
  • Meet the staff: Lydia Baxter

    12 October 2023

    Meet the staff: Lydia Baxter

    Lydia Baxter is Wilder Ouse Project Officer. Emma Chaplin caught up with her recently to find out a bit more about her.

     
  • Hunting for mermaid's purses in Hove

    09 October 2023

    Hunting for mermaid's purses in Hove

    Helen Stewart, Wild Coast Sussex Volunteer, goes mermaid’s purse hunting in Hove

     
  • Launch of the Wilder Ouse project

    09 October 2023

    Launch of the Wilder Ouse project

    Sussex Wildlife Trust is delighted to announce the official launch of ‘Wilder Ouse’ – a project bringing together people across the Ouse River Catchment to help restore nature at the heart of its landscapes and community.

     
  • Four simple ways to support ocean conservation

    05 October 2023

    Four simple ways to support ocean conservation

    Alicja Szalanska, Wild Coast Sussex volunteer, tells us four simple ways to support ocean conservation

     
  • Seasearch Training Day

    03 October 2023

    Seasearch Training Day

    After a run of bad luck with the weather, Sarah Ward happily tells us about a recent successful September Seasearch Training Day

     
  • Vote for your favourite nature photograph 2023

    02 October 2023

    Vote for your favourite nature photograph 2023

    Sussex Wildlife Trust Photography Competition judges had the difficult task of selecting 12 finalists from hundreds of excellent entries. We are delighted to announce the shortlist has now been made. Now vote for your favourite

     
  • What's a Robin's Pincushion?

    02 October 2023

    What's a Robin's Pincushion?

    Living up to its name, the Robin’s Pincushion is a red, round, hairy growth that can be seen on wild roses.

     

Around Sussex

  • Species of the day: Buzzard

    06 April 2020

    Species of the day: Buzzard

    The Common Buzzard has in recent years displaced the Kestrel as the UK’s most widely distributed and observed raptor species - it can now be seen in every county.

     
  • Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Twenty

    06 April 2020

    Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Twenty

    After being confined for twenty days it’s time to pause and insert a Comma into my prison sentence.

     
  • Species of the day: Primrose

    05 April 2020

    Species of the day: Primrose

    ‘Primrose Day’ was created on April 19th to celebrate Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli’s love for his favourite flower