It shows great partnership in the town where we work together to ensure that stretched budgets go as far as they can and that what the volunteers do really provides the icing on the cake. We’re hoping we can turn it golden next year 🏆

Really looking forward to presenting our exciting plans for nature recovery networks in Sussex with the wonderful Henri Brocklebank of SWT, 7pm at Horsham’s Drill Hall. Entry free, all welcome. Henri Brocklebank Sussex Wildlife Trust 🦔 @KneppSafaris

⛔️RESERVE CLOSED ⛔️ We apologise for any inconvenience caused but we have had to close the Reserve due to flooding at 11.30am. We hope to be back open tomorrow BBC Weather Sussex Birding Warnham LNR Friend

🚨 A HUGE win for all of you who joined our campaign for the countryside and local democracy! This is a brownfield first approach in all but name. 🙌 telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/…

Plenty to do at Warnham Local Nature Reserve this coming half term, and take a peek at the new Discovery Hub too

Well done UKWIN another excellent report. SECA Sussex Green Living We're not on X anymore - formerly CPRE Sussex Extinction Rebellion Horsham West Sussex County Times West Sussex County Council Plume Plotter Friends of the Earth Zero Waste Europe BBC Radio 4 Environment AgencySE BBC Sussex KeepRookwoodGreen warmersussex

We’re delighted to be running our annual Quiz at Trinity Hall on 20th Nov 21. This is our main fundraising event of the year and has always been well supported and a lot of fun! Click link for details and how to book your tickets. friendsofhorshampark.co.uk/events/annual-…

Here’s the answer to yesterday’s riddle…we’ve refurbished the rusty old iron love seat for newlyweds having photos in ParkHouse Sensory Garden ⁦Friends Of Horsham Park⁩ ⁦Horsham District Council⁩ . Thanks to ⁦The National Lottery⁩ for making this possible.

If you are out walking and enjoying the Sussex countryside, look out for blackthorn bushes in the hedgerows. You can make sloe gin from the berries. Here’s a recipe: bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/s…

Please note the Reserve will close at 15.00 tomorrow 18th October. Herons Rest café will not be open at all. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Did you know? Daddy longlegs are sometimes known as jenny longlegs or jennys in Scotland 🕷 🕸 For more fascinating facts check out our new spidery spotter’s guide! cpre.org.uk/discover/top-s… #SpiderSeason

Our compelling vision of a #NatureBasedEconomy in Britain. 🦌 We show how people-led #rewilding & restoration can help nature recover while invigorating an economic transformation of rural & coastal communities. Have a play with the slider 👇 bit.ly/NBEreport

25 to 35mm of rain - around an inch and half - fell on Sussex last night

Environment Bill no vote for bees in Commons. Despite a petition of 65,000 signatures handed to the Secretary of State for the Environment, MPs voted 297 to 182 against the House of Lords amendment on protecting pollinators against pesticides. buglife.org.uk/news/environme…

Our local parks are proven to support both our physical health and mental wellbeing. Not just somewhere for exercise and fresh air, but places we can also reflect and recharge.

Take note politicians.These are not isolated protests but a movement: across the UK people are standing up to developers trashing countryside for profit Zac Goldsmith Michael Gove Helen Whately MP Luke Pollard MP Sir Roger Gale Chris Packham @GregClarkMP Damian Green CommunityPlanningAlliance 🦇🦎

"Our national parks should be amongst the most precious jewels in the crown of the UK's natural landscapes" – Chris Packham ✍️ Sign our petition calling on the govt to help them play a vital role in tackling the extinction crisis and climate emergency. rewildingbritain.org.uk/petition

Urban parks are havens for nature; providing habitats, green corridors and supporting ecosystems. We must protect the environmental benefits of our #GreenSpacesForGood. #parkXtinction

Heartening news that landowners owning 1/3 of England have pledged to go climate-friendly by boosting peat bogs, woodlands and rivers. Together they have the real potential to create rewilding areas so an interconnected mosaic of habitats can reemerge! inews.co.uk/news/environme…

❗ Tree surgery along the bottom border of Jenny Bare Legs field today (due to Ash die-back ☹️).