News

  • There's no such thing as a seagull

    15 July 2025

    There's no such thing as a seagull

    Esmay left us a field sketch of a correctly labelled ‘gull’ in one of our bird hides. Through the powers of social media, we managed to track her down and find out more about her love of bird watching.

     
  • Meet the staff: Archie Taplin

    13 July 2025

    Meet the staff: Archie Taplin

    Meet Archie, our new trainee Community Engagement Officer and find out about moths for breakfast (not really!)

     
  • Gatwick Bioblitz

    13 July 2025

    Gatwick Bioblitz

    Gatwick Greenspace recently hosted a day of discovery. The aim was to bring people together to identify as many species on site as possible.

     
  • Deneway's Wild Future launch

    12 July 2025

    Deneway's Wild Future launch

    On a sunny Saturday in mid July Youth Rangers supported staff in running an event to launch Deneway’s Wild Future project

     
  • Beacon of hope - update from Eric Smith of Sussex Underwater

    08 July 2025

    Beacon of hope - update from Eric Smith of Sussex Underwater

    We caught up with Sussex Underwater’s Eric Smith to find out how the marine wildlife is looking after the trawler ban, plus some great news about the project

     
  • Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Wildlife Sightings: June 2025

    02 July 2025

    Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Wildlife Sightings: June 2025

    An exciting visitor last seen at the nature reserve in 1996 was just one of the many sightings last month.

     
  • A unique Victorian garden, with a twist

    30 June 2025

    A unique Victorian garden, with a twist

    Find out about how a Victorian park garden has been transformed into a haven for wildlife

     
  • Next Generation Nature

    23 June 2025

    Next Generation Nature

    Have you ever watched a child completely absorbed in building a den out of sticks or inspecting a beetle with wide-eyed curiosity? That’s the magic of Forest School

     
  • Our Elusive Water Voles

    23 June 2025

    Our Elusive Water Voles

    Elusive, endangered, and NOT rats. Our native Water Voles are pretty special, and we must protect them.

     

Around Sussex

  • Species Spotlight: Merlin

    20 October 2020

    Species Spotlight: Merlin

    It’s eminently possible many living in Sussex may never have seen a Merlin. For like a huge array of birds the Merlin is a migrant, a breeding inhabitant of chilly northern latitudes

     
  • Return to guided walks at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve

    07 September 2020

    Return to guided walks at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve

    Our first guided walk for many months at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve set out along the shore on World Shorebirds Day

     
  • Species Spotlight: Heather

    02 September 2020

    Species Spotlight: Heather

    The British Isles boasts one of the richest ranges of Heather species anywhere in the world, though there are three distinct and common varieties you’re most likely to see