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Incredible peregrines, lost seabirds and blackberries and cream

Author Michael Blencowe It was a busy weekend for the Sussex Wildlife Trust over in Lewes. On Saturday evening I organised a talk at the Linklater Pavilion. Phil Everitt of the Sussex Peregrine Study Group gave 40 people a fascinating … Continue reading

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Biosphere Reserve

Author Tony Whitbread The Biosphere is the world in which we live and share with other living things – the zone of life around our planet – for which UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is developing … Continue reading

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Peregrine Falcons in Lewes

Author Michael Blencowe Circling high in the blue May skies above Lewes is one of the world’s deadliest predators. Peregrines are hunting above us. Scanning the avian traffic their incredible vision locks on to an unsuspecting bird passing below and … Continue reading

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For those about to Rook

Author Michael Blencowe The first sound that a newborn rook hears is other rooks. Lots of them. It’s a sound that will surround it every day for the rest of its life. Rooks are one of our most sociable birds. … Continue reading

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Putting wildlife in the picture

Author Michael Blencowe A month or so after I started my new post in Lewes as the Sussex Wildlife Trust’s Community Wildlife Officer, my attention was drawn to an advert for an exhibition by local artist Mark Greco entitled ‘A … Continue reading

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Asilus crabroniformis and Me

Author Michael Blencowe It was 1977 when I first encountered the hornet robberfly. I was seven years old and out with my family on Dartmoor. I remember laying in the sun listening to music on our chunky Roberts radio (I’d … Continue reading

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Twinkle

Author Ronnie Reed Don’t let on to anyone but there moments in this job when I can’t believe I am actually being paid for what I do. Special moments that bring home why I do what I do. Such a … Continue reading

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