News

08 January 2016

Building houses in floodplains is nonsensical

Building houses in floodplains is nonsensical says Dr Tony Whitbread Chief Executive of the Sussex Wildlife Trust.

07 January 2016

Nature Tots bounce back for spring

Bring your little ones on an outdoor adventure with Sussex Wildlife Trust’s fun weekly woodland activity sessions starting in March. Nature Tots is suitable for accompanied children aged 3-5.

07 January 2016

Flooding - the inconvenient truth

“Flooding equals lack of river dredging” is the simplistic message often promoted by the media, sometimes with bizarre claims that rivers were left un-dredged just to protect wildlife. Some pundits even go so far as blaming “eco-zealots” for the floods, with accusations that environmentalists are more concerned about bugs and beetles than they are about people! It’s all so simple in some minds.

06 January 2016

Racing into 2016

Find out how many birds Mike Russell’s Team spotted on this year’s New Year Bird Race

05 January 2016

Better Living Through Botany: Celebrating 400 Years of Nicholas Culpeper.

Exactly 400 years ago this year, in 1616, a legend was born; a rebel who partnered up with Mother Nature to revolutionise British medicine. A herbal hero, a botanical bad boy, the father of alternative medicine, ladies and gentleman I give you, Nicholas Culpeper.