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Happy Birthday

The Wildlife Trusts celebrate 100 years of nature conservationOn 16 May 1912 a banker, landowner, naturalist and scientist named Charles Rothschild got together with like-minded enthusiasts to whip-up support for a radical idea: to identify and protect the very best … Continue reading

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Marine Mindbenders: Fascinating Cuttlefish

Author Erin Pettifer Since starting at the Sussex Wildlife Trust, I’ve had queries from those with brilliant curious minds about anything and everything marine. From ‘Are Sussex’s coasts imminently going to be overrun with jellyfish’ to ‘what causes bubbling sand … Continue reading

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Protecting our Seas

Author Erin Pettifer The week before last, things in the marine conservation world took a big step forward! All of England’s recommended Marine Conservation Zones (a new type of Marine Protected Area) went to the statutory nature conservation bodies for … Continue reading

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Marine Week and beyond…

Author Erin Pettifer On Friday 12th August, our week of diverse and consistently great Marine Week activities came to an end. For me it ended on a high, with the final event at Seven Sisters really highlighting why so much … Continue reading

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Message in a Bottle

Author Erin Pettifer Hundreds of celebratory balloons soaring up into the sky, until they’re just a speck on the horizon… destination unknown! A secret message in a bottle, launched into the sea… drifting who knows where? Maybe to be found … Continue reading

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