Neil Fletcher has been recording the lives of a family of blue tits in a garden nest box. The birds are nesting nearly three weeks later than last year. We will be posting regular video updates so you can follow … Continue reading
Author Tom Forward A stones throw from our office here in Tilgate Park, we are working to manage a small patch of heathland no more 0.36 acres in size. We know it to be a good site for adders, slow … Continue reading
Author Mike Russell Sorry, just had to send this out into the ether! After so much gloomy weather, gloomy news and Brighton not making the Championship play-offs, I had the most brilliant walk into work at Woods Mill this morning … Continue reading
Author Mike Russell 1.30am on Sunday morning and I am answering the call of nature; well two calls actually. The first was because of what sadly afflicts men of a certain age, but the second was that I had to … Continue reading
Author Ronnie Reed ‘Where the bee sucks, there suck I, In a cowslip’s bell I lie, There I couch when owls do cry, On the bat’s back I do fly After summer merrily. Merrily, merrily, shall I live now Under … Continue reading
Author Sue Curnock With Hedgehog Awareness Week running from 5 – 11 May, I thought you might be interested to hear about the fantastic day I had at Roger’s Wildlife Rescue in Brighton. Roger had been caring for a number … Continue reading
Author Graeme Lyons Many of you will be familiar with the common green tiger beetle Cicindela campestris but it has a much scarcer cousin, the heath tiger beetle Cicindela sylvatica which probably went extinct in Sussex several decades ago. This … Continue reading
Author Jess Price The marsh frog (Pelophylax ridibundus) is a non-native species that was introduced near to Romney and Walland Marshes in Kent back in 1935. They have since spread along waterways of the county and populations have also been … Continue reading
Author Michael Blencowe Orange-tip butterflies started to emerge in Sussex over the weekend. It’s around this time of the year I often get asked “What’s that butterfly with the orange tips on the end of its wings called”. “Well,” I … Continue reading
Author Graeme Lyons Picture the scene. You’ve just spent your birthday ill in bed with a rotten cold and have taken the following day off sick too. Having finally dragged yourself out of a steaming hot bath at about 3.30 … Continue reading
