Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT) has written to all its members asking them to act now for nature and make their views count before the government publishes the Natural Environment White Paper. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ...

Back in March Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT) brain boxes ‘The Wise Owls’ beat the BBC’s formidable quiz champions on Eggheads winning prize money of £37,000. After smashing the country’s finest quiz goliaths The Wise Owls (all members of staff ...

On Saturday 16 October (10:00-16:00), Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT) is holding an open day at Kirdford Village Hall for anyone interested in the Trust’s proposals for Ebernoe Common near Petworth. Ebernoe Common is one of the Trust’s flagship nature ...

Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT), the county’s leading conservation charity, has been awarded a generous grant by Arcadia of $500,000 to be paid over five years. The money will be used to support the Trust’s work promoting large-scale conservation projects ...

Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT) is leading a three year programme of community activities and events in Pebsham Countryside Park. The newly formed park is an area of green space (approx 600 hectares) bordering Hastings, Bexhill and Crowhurst and is ...

‘The Wise Owls’- SWT's winning team against the BBC Eggheads - have decided to spend £10,000 of their prize money on improvements to a school grounds in the Lewes and Uckfield area for the good of wildlife and to ...

Celebrate national Apple Day and the wonderful wildlife of the West Weald Landscape this half term with Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT) and Fishers Farm Park near Billingshurst on Saturday 30 October (13:00-17:00 drop-in event). Organised by the West Weald ...

This October half term Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT) starts a series of special wildlife events for disabled children or young people to enjoy alongside their siblings and family members. Thanks to receiving a grant of £1,672 from West Sussex ...

On Saturday 16 October (10:00-16:00), Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT) is holding an open day at Kirdford Village Hall for anyone interested in the Trust’s proposals for Ebernoe Common near Petworth. Ebernoe Common is one of the Trust’s flagship nature ...

Two young wildlife spotters stumbled across a rare dormouse discovery at Stanmer Park, Brighton recently. Maia Bauval (age 4) and Tom Farrell (age 5) pointed out a small furry creature sitting in the middle of the road near Stanmer ...

Dr Tony Whitbread, Chief Executive of Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT) is urging the coalition government to raise its ambitions for nature and make a positive change for wildlife and the UK’s natural environment. With the announcement on Monday 26 ...

To celebrate its 50th Anniversary next year Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT) is looking for 12 stunning wildlife images to create an online calendar for 2011. If you’re a budding photographer or a more experienced snapper, why not enter the ...

Dr Tony Whitbread, Chief Executive, Sussex Wildlife Trust is joining senior officers of wildlife trusts throughout the country in calling on the new coalition government to raise its game in policies on the natural environment and commit to a ...

Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT) is welcoming school parties to its nature reserve at Eridge Rocks near Tunbridge Wells for the first time this spring. Eridge Rocks boasts impressive sandstone outcrops which host rare ferns, mosses and lichens and beautiful ...

There is growing concern that bluebells - one of our most striking wildflower scenes - may be under threat. Rare in most of Europe and absent from the rest of the world, Sussex is a stronghold for bluebells as ...

Return of the Nightingales Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT) is delighted that three male nightingales have returned to their summer breeding sites at Woods Mill near Henfield after a three thousand mile flight from Africa. Throughout the day and night, ...

Two Summer Wardens have joined Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT) to help people enjoy their weekend and summer holiday visits to Woods Mill nature reserve near Henfield. Woods Mill, one of SWT’s most popular nature reserves, is free to visit ...

Dr Tony Whitbread, chief executive of Sussex Wildlife Trust is calling on the three main political parties to put conservation issues high on their agenda and introduce a White Paper on nature and ecological restoration in their General Election ...

Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT) brain boxes have beaten the BBC’s formidable quiz champions on Eggheads winning prize money of £37,000. During the broadcast on BBC Two on Wednesday 3 March at 6pm, The Wise Owls (all members of staff ...

Children from Thomas A Becket Middle School in Worthing and St Andrew’s CE Primary School in Nuthurst enjoyed planting new trees and shrubs at the weekend (Saturday 30 January) to help bats and other wildlife at Ebernoe Common nature ...

Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT), the county’s leading conservation charity, and project partners Hastings Borough Council and Brighton & Hove City Council, have been awarded a grant of £274, 697 by Natural England’s Access to Nature, which is funded from ...

This New Year join Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT) and find out more about our feathered friends. From early January until the beginning of June, learn more with the Trust’s ornithological expert, Mike Russell, on his six month course ...

Sussex Wildlife Trust is looking for volunteers to lend a helping hand with school children visiting its education centres at Woods Mill (Henfield) and Seven Sisters Country Park (near Seaford) during term time. If you like working with children ...

Wildlife expert, photographer and TV presenter Chris Packham was guest of honour at Sussex Wildlife Trust’s (SWT) AGM last week (Sat 31st October). Over 200 members and supporters of the Trust turned out on a wet and windy morning ...

Huw Irranca-Davies MP, Wildlife and Biodiversity Minister, joined 64 children (aged 10-11) from Year 6 of Downs Junior School in Rugby Road, Brighton at Sussex Wildlife Trust’s (SWT) nature reserve at Woods Mill, near Henfield on Tuesday 22 September. ...

Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT) has been awarded a grant of £50,000 by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to fund land purchase and local community activities at its Flatropers Wood Nature Reserve near Beckley in East Sussex. Flatropers is a ...

Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT) says stark climate predictions are a ‘call to arms’ after Hilary Benn, Environment Secretary, announced the results of cutting-edge scientific projections. Based on Met Office science, the UK Climate Projections 2009, provide a detailed ...

Two new Summer Wardens have joined Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT) to help people enjoy their weekend visits to Woods Mill near Henfield. Woods Mill, one of SWT’s most popular nature reserves, is free to visit and during the summer ...

Despite declining numbers throughout the UK, nightingales are singing their hearts out at a Sussex nature reserve. A walk around the Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT) nature reserve at Woods Mill Henfield will more often than not reward ...

Sussex Wildlife Trust’s (SWT) Education Department is celebrating teaching 20,507 children and young people in 2008. Last year there was a growth in the range of activities and different sites where SWT offers environmental education to children. Woods Mill ...

After more than 60 years the South Downs is now England’s 10th and the United Kingdom’s 15th National Park. The South Downs Campaign (SDC), a network of 160 organisations (1) is celebrating the news that the Government has ...

Sussex Wildlife Trust’s (SWT) flagship project - the West Weald Landscape Project (WWLP) - has been awarded major financial support of nearly a quarter of a million pounds (£246,353) by The Tubney Charitable Trust. This funding means the partnership ...

In an exciting new venture, the Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT) is setting up a Youth Council enabling young people to input their ideas for how the Trust should work and engage with their peer group across the county. The ...

As the champion of landscape-scale conservation projects across the county, Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT) supports a report from the House of Commons Environmental Audit Select Committee urging the government to adopt a new approach to halt wildlife and habitat ...

Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT), one of 47 local Wildlife Trusts across the country, is celebrating a milestone in landscape-scale conservation: more than 100 schemes across the UK are helping people and wildlife combat the impacts of climate change. Together ...

This autumn, the Sussex Otters and Rivers Project (SORP) launches a new website – www.sussexotters.org - providing a wealth of free and easily downloadable advice sheets on a whole range of wetland wildlife topics. Some of the ...

A unique opportunity for young people in Sussex hoping to make a career in conservation is on offer this summer. If you’re aged between 16-25, why not join Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT) for some hands-on practical conservation work. As ...

Dr Tony Whitbread, Chief Executive of Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT), says the government must stop dismantling the current planning system if the natural environment is to be properly protected. Following The Wildlife Trusts’ annual conference, SWT has ...

Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT) is delighted to announce that otters are back in Sussex after an absence of over 30 years. Otters, one of the UK’s best loved mammals, were widespread in Britain in the 1950s but their numbers ...

Dr Tony Whitbread, Chief Executive of the county’s leading conservation organisation, Sussex Wildlife Trust, has attacked Government in his blog accusing them of hoodwinking an unsuspecting public following the recent announcements regarding Eco-Towns. He accuses the Eco-Town projects of ...

Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT) will lead Gatwick Greenspace Partnership (GGP) from 1 April 2008. Funded by the surrounding local authorities and BAA Gatwick, GGP works to enhance open spaces and the local countryside for the benefit of wildlife and ...

A century after the publication of Kenneth Grahame’s children’s classic The Wind in the Willows, and six years after a change in the law was first recommended, ‘Ratty’ is finally to receive full protection from the law. Sussex Wildlife ...

Secretary of State Hazel Blears has given greater protection to ancient woodland in a landmark planning decision. Local residents led by Stuart Meier and Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT), have won a crucial victory against blanket development in Bolnore Village, ...

Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT) is joining forces with the South Downs Campaign (SDC) and urging people to have their say about the exclusion of the western Weald – including Petersfield, Liss, Midhurst and Petworth - from the proposed South ...

The future of wildlife in the South East is under serious threat says Dr Tony Whitbread, Chief Executive of the Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT) in response to a report by independent Inspectors examining the Government’s South East Plan (SE ...

Dr Tony Whitbread, Chief Executive of the Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT), is calling for more wildlife friendly gardens in the county, after the inclusion of hedgehogs on an updated list of species and habitats in need of protection. Compiled ...

As the country remains in the grip of devastating floods and water supply problems, Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT) is urging a re-think of the government’s housing proposals contained within a Green Paper, published on Monday 23 July. The draft ...

The Planning White Paper, published on 21 May 2007, paves the way for a multiple assault on wildlife, according to Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT). Keen to speed up the development of major infrastructure projects (MIPs), the Government’s White Paper ...

Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT) welcomes the Government’s new Manifesto - launched on November 28 - encouraging teachers to put learning outside the classroom at the heart of the curriculum. The Manifesto urges schools to use the wealth of educational ...

The Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT) has received an award at this year’s Sussex Education Business Alliance (SEBA) Excellence in Partnership Awards. The Business Partnership Award was awarded to Mike Murphy, the Trust’s Education Development Officer, for his INSET training ...

The South East Plan is schizophrenic says Chief Executive of the county’s leading conservation organisation as he calls for it to be scrapped and re-written. Dr Tony Whitbread, Chief Executive of Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT), the leading conservation organisation ...

Dr Tony Whitbread has been appointed Chief Executive of Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT). He succeeds Elaine Lambert who left the Trust at Christmas. Previously SWT’s Conservation Director, Tony Whitbread has been Acting Chief Executive since December 2005. ‘We are ...

Otters have been extinct in Sussex since the 1970’s but now, thanks to help from water companies and conservation organisations in the county there are signs they are returning. The Sussex Otter and Rivers Project (SORP) is led by ...

Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT) has joined forces with the UK’s leading environmental groups (with more than five million supporters between them) to establish a series of ‘green’ tests against which they intend to judge the three main parties in ...

Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT) welcomes the support of MP Gregory Barker, Shadow Minister for the Environment, in its call for urgent action against the dramatic effects of climate change. Presenting the MP for Bexhill & Battle with a tailor-made ...

Sussex Wildlife Trust has benefited from £235,000 in awards from the Landfill Communities Fund since the Government first introduced landfill tax ten years ago. Since its inception in 1996, landfill tax has provided vital funds for SWT that have ...

Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT) has benefited from £235,000 in awards from the Landfill Communities Fund since the Government first introduced landfill tax ten years ago. Since its inception in 1996, landfill tax has provided vital funds for SWT that ...

Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT) is calling for urgent action to protect wildlife in the county against the dramatic effects of climate change. Along with neighbouring wildlife trusts, SWT has launched a report - A Living Landscape for the South ...