Kevin Lerwill from Gatwick Greenspace explains why seeing Adders is such a joyful sign of spring and how they are so precious & endangered 📷 Dawn & Jim Langiewicz sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/celebrati…

Our #DiscoveringDewponds team have been working with growing_hollingdean to create a small #gardenpond in the orchard of Hollingdean Park, as part of the #NeighbourhoodWildlifeCorridor network! Construction is now complete; once rain fills it, #wildlife can start moving in!

Mating grass snakes spotted today in East Sussex. Wonderful to watch 🐍

Both the naming and look of the Slow-worm may be confusing, for it’s neither a worm nor particularly slow. It’s not a snake either, although it can be mistaken for one, but is actually an elongated lizard without any legs. Have you spotted a Slow-worm this spring?

Join Froglife’s #DiscoveringDewponds project in #Brighton this weekend to learn how to identify native #amphibian species, how to create #habitats for them, plus learn about the methods used to survey them. Sign-up is essential. More info here: ow.ly/taNU50Rg7Au

Black Adders, Field Wood-rush, Sweet Violets and more. What's been happening at Levin Down nature reserve in April? Find out in this blog by Volunteer Reserve Manager Rob Eadie sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/levin-dow…

Dewpond survey season has begun on the #DiscoveringDewponds project in #Sussex. Volunteers have been learning #amphibian ID & #survey skills, with the team & Sussex ARG Spaces are still available on our free workshops in May, sign up here: ow.ly/hoLc50RgizU

So much adder activity yesterday in East Sussex including 3 pairs of mating snakes. Fabulous to witness 🐍

Basking on my allotment compost heap in today's warm sunshine: a beautiful common lizard! What I didn't realise until I looked at the photo - it only has three legs - look where its poor left front leg should be. Please garden carefully! Sussex Wildlife Trust 🦔 Sussex ARG

Thanks to everyone who's added to the PondNet #SpawnSurvey 💚 Spawn season may be over in some parts of the country, but sightings are still coming in so we'll keep the survey open until 31st May 🐸 Add your sighting before the end of the month: ow.ly/jGOh50RuLyK

Slow worm courtship ❤️

Lots going on in the wild pond this morning. To small to capture with camera but several this years tiny newts observed. Sussex ARG Sussex Wildlife Trust 🦔 #NaturePhotography #gardenwildlife

Normally, you can tell the difference between a newt and a lizard from the environment you find it in... so what is this common lizard doing in this pond vegetation?!🦎 Find out other ways to tell newts and lizards apart in our FAQs👉 arc-trust.org/lizards-faqs#d…

These might be just leaves, but can you see the folds? inside each of those are newt eggs! Female newts will lay their eggs on leaves and then carefully fold them over to protect their precious bundles. #amphibian #nature #wildlife #newt

Fantastic Grass Snake photo by Barry Clough, posted on our Nature Table. The Grass Snake is the largest of the three British snake species & indeed our biggest terrestrial reptile. It's the females that grow the longest sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/species-o…

This adder was basking when it was disturbed by a peacock butterfly! 🦋🐍 Filmed by Rueben, a keen ARC surveyor & volunteer. Amazing job, thank you for sharing! The transect was undertaken on behalf of the National Reptile Survey. More info👉 reptile-survey.arc-trust.org

This is the tenth year of our annual PondNet eDNA surveys for Great Crested Newt! The country’s largest single species survey using eDNA techniques sees us monitoring around 400 ponds. This helps to track population trends for this protected species. 👇 freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/news/englands-…

A common frog under the garden gate in the cool of this morning, wearing a little bit of duckweed. Froglife Sussex ARG

Tiny skeleton found in garden - what might it be? Sussex Wildlife Trust 🦔 Sussex ARG

We saw three species of reptile today at Park Corner Heath and Rowland wood, east Sussex. Including a melanistic adder, a Common lizard and two slow worms Sussex ARG