News

  • Robot chores

    04 December 2021

    Robot chores

    Sam Roberts find out how effective a robotic tractor mower is at managing scrub on the steep slopes at Levin Down

     
  • Marsh Helleborine

    03 December 2021

    Marsh Helleborine

    Marsh Helleborine is a rare plant in Britain and in Sussex it has been lost from all of its historic sites

     
  • Ashdown Forest Car Parking Charging Consultation

    02 December 2021

    Ashdown Forest Car Parking Charging Consultation

    The Ashdown Forest Conservators are holding a public consultation on possible introduction of car parking charges across 47 car parks under their management of One of these car parks serves Sussex Wildlife Trust Old Lodge Nature Reserve.

     
  • November 2021 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings

    01 December 2021

    November 2021 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings

    Bird highlights this month were probably several sightings of Snow Bunting on the Beach reserve, with two present on the 12th and 18th.

     
  • David King wins the David Streeter Award

    29 November 2021

    David King wins the David Streeter Award

    The David Streeter Award is given annually to a young person who has made an outstanding contribution to nature conservation. This year the winner is David King. He tells us a bit about himself.

     
  • We speak to new Heritage Trainee Tim Castle

    26 November 2021

    We speak to new Heritage Trainee Tim Castle

    We speak to new Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Heritage Trainee Tim Castle

     
  • Nature's role for carers by Darren Currell

    25 November 2021

    Nature's role for carers by Darren Currell

    We speak to carer Darren Currell about the role nature plays in his work

     
  • Rye Harbour's Piscivores

    25 November 2021

    Rye Harbour's Piscivores

    November was a great month for animals that eat fish at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve.

     
  • Soil

    24 November 2021

    Soil

    There’s a secret world beneath your feet - of soil. Charlotte Owen tells us more

     

Around Sussex

  • WeBS @ Rye Harbour

    07 March 2016

    WeBS @ Rye Harbour

    ​Today I have just completed the annual chore of inputting hundreds of numbers onto the WeBS website!

     
  • Saturday Hit Squad at Filsham Reedbed

    07 March 2016

    Saturday Hit Squad at Filsham Reedbed

    The Saturday Hit Squad enjoying a muddy day at Filsham Reedbed where they were clearing willow to prevent it from taking over the reed bed. It was also a 'bonanza biscuit day' with orange Club, Penguins and home made flapjack and brownies. It was such a great day the

     
  • Rye Harbour Saltmarsh v.2

    02 March 2016

    Rye Harbour Saltmarsh v.2

    A visit to Rye Harbour Nature Reserve is now a spectacular wetland wildlife experience, with thousands of waders and ducks in winter and thousands of nesting gulls, terns, waders and ducks in the summer. Last year 41 pairs of avocet nested!