Footpath clearing today on part of Seaford Head with the South Downs National Park volunteers

Our amazing committee member Emily (Emily Thrift) is giving a talk on protecting hedgehogs in Lewes this Saturday. Grab your ticket whilst you can! 🦔🙌🏼 ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/east-…

Our first visit to High woods near Bexhill today with the Twiglets. An ancient woodland with an old Sessile oak coppice area - identifying trees by twigs ( Rowan), veteran oak coppice stools, Butchers broom and my second only Firecrest. Sussex Botanical Recording Society

I may not have been there in person, but it was still important to me to watch the University of Derby graduation online today for students I taught. Congratulations everyone #derbygrad 🎓🎓🎉🎊🎓🎓

So wonderful to hear the fabulous Vote of thanks speech by MSc Conservation Biology student Leigh Peters at the University of Derby graduation today 🎓🎓

Tormentil in flower today at Park Corner Heath in East Sussex #wildflowerhour

Dove's foot cranesbill in flower this week in East Sussex #wildflowerhour

Wood avens still in flower in East Sussex this week #wildflowerhour

Bramble still in flower Seen today on Eastbourne, East Sussex #wildflowerhour

Bramble fruit, ripe and green. Seen today in East Sussex

Surprised to see Tansy in flower today around Eastbourne, East Sussex Sussex Botanical Recording Society #wildflowerhour

Cow parsley in flower today around Eastbourne, East Sussex Sussex Botanical Recording Society #wildflowerhour

Winter Heliotrope in flower this week in East Sussex #wildflowerhour Sussex Botanical Recording Society

Big pre- Christmas South Downs National Park volunteer task today. Scrub clearing on part of Seven Sisters Country Park . Must have been about 20 volunteers out today!

Nine Purple sandpipers seen on the eastern marina arm in Newhaven, about an hour before high tide today Sussex Birding Sussex Ornithology

Great day out with the South Downs National Park volunteers today - scrub clearing on Lullington Heath NNR. Who knew that a leaf blower makes a fantastic flame fanner to get it going! 👍🔥 Natural England - Sussex and Kent Team

Our #NewYearPlantHunt today at Rye harbour, East Sussex. 21 species including Vipers bugloss BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland

Beachy Head: Humpback Whale breaching repeatedly off Beachy Head to the ESE 13:17 BirdGuides Sussex Dolphin Project 🐬

Humpback sightings continue in Sussex 🐋 Thank you to all those who have been reporting humpback sightings over the last week. This footage, recorded by Stan Coddles on Sunday at Birling Gap shows the Humpback whale pectoral fin slapping, a form of non-verbal communication. 🧵

This evening's Puffin count was bonkers! Good conditions and a minimum of 13,174 rafting birds logged; this was the highest count since 1934 and the earliest five-figure count ever.