Author Tony Whitbread There is now a huge wave of public support for greater protection for UK’s seas and coastline. A quarter of a million people have signed up to the Wildlife Trusts Petition Fish campaign, to be presented to … Continue reading
Author Erin Pettifer and Graeme Lyons Today is a global celebration of our ocean – World Oceans Day. People all around the world are celebrating the wondrous diversity of life we have in our seas. Coral reefs in warm, crystal … Continue reading
On 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 of the UK’s wild places. Thus began the … Continue reading
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
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
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
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
