News

  • Success surveying Sussex Emerald

    30 June 2023

    Success surveying Sussex Emerald

    Rebecca Levey, Kent’s Magnificent Moths Conservation Officer, recently took a trip to Rye Harbour Nature Reserve and made an exciting discovery.

     
  • Meet our staff: Laura Ross

    30 June 2023

    Meet our staff: Laura Ross

    Find out more about our new Communications Officer, Laura, including her obsession with sea glass.

     
  • We meet Sussex Wildlife Trust supporter James Horner

    26 June 2023

    We meet Sussex Wildlife Trust supporter James Horner

    Organic gardener James Horner has been fundraising for Sussex Wildlife Trust with his Honesty Box Stall in Northiam. We catch up with him yo find our a bit more about him

     
  • Bird ringing

    26 June 2023

    Bird ringing

    Ranger Rosie Hutchings tells us why bird ringing is so important to help us understand more about birds and their migration patterns.

     
  • Potter Flower Bee

    26 June 2023

    Potter Flower Bee

    The Potter Flower Bee is one of the rarest bees in the UK. It is now only found at Seaford Head and two other locations in Britain. James Power, author of The Bees of Sussex, tells us more.

     
  • 30 Days Wild - Week 3

    23 June 2023

    30 Days Wild - Week 3

    David Philips is sending in his last two 30 Days Wild weekly posts from rural France, where there is an abundance of insects

     
  • Friends of Glebe Field - The Community Creating a Wildlife Haven

    22 June 2023

    Friends of Glebe Field - The Community Creating a Wildlife Haven

    A year on, we revisit our first ever Nature Recovery Award funding recipients The Friends of Glebe Field to see how they’re getting on…

     
  • Have you spotted the Woolly Wildlife for 30 Days Wild at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve?

    21 June 2023

    Have you spotted the Woolly Wildlife for 30 Days Wild at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve?

    Find out how #30DaysWild means woolly wildlife at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve

     
  • Living on the edge: Vegetated Shingle

    19 June 2023

    Living on the edge: Vegetated Shingle

    Shingle beaches are often depicted as cold, windy, grey and desolate places with banks of shingle that stretch on for miles. But in the spring months these stretches of beach come to life. Conservation Officer, Laura Brook, tells us just how special vegetated shingle can be.

     

Around Sussex

  • Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Eight

    25 March 2020

    Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Eight

    On sculpted, vibrant yellow wings my first Brimstone butterfly of the year makes his elegant entrance over the garden fence.

     
  • Species of the day: White Dead-nettle

    25 March 2020

    Species of the day: White Dead-nettle

    The White Dead-nettle is a very important source of nectar for bees, particularly at this time of the year, when few other nectar-producing plants are in flower.

     
  • Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Seven

    24 March 2020

    Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Seven

    Today I’ve decided to tactically deploy the most powerful weapon I have and blast you with some thermonuclear level cuteness to distract you from these difficult times.