Absolutely beautiful day & an amazing volunteer turnout for hedgerow planting! ☀️ Approx 170m of new trees to slow the flow of water in the Adur catchment as well as creating habitat and connectivity for wildlife. Massive thanks to all that took part! See you again soon🌳 💧

Wait for it.... captured this beautiful murmuration today skirting the ground of the South Downs and right through a wire fence Devil's Dyke #Brighton #Sussex #birds #HappySunday

RECORD CORNER-Another recommendation from the vinyl vaults is this recent release(and her last) from the First Lady of Folk,Shirley Collins. Archangel Hill crowns a 60 year career which ends here on a mighty coda. Highlights include 'Hare on a Mountain' & 'Lost in a Wood' (10/10)

A tangle of legs and tail , your #FoxOfTheDay from Paula 🦋🌻🕊🦉🦊🌸🦢🌱🦔🦅🦆🦌🐝🦇 !

A sunny bloom #CelandineDay from a local village churchyard. None are flowering yet in our local clay woodlands which are wetter than I've ever seen them - paths are now streams and there are pools of standing water everywhere. And still it rains... #wildflowerhour

Rethink Rubbish! A season of useful and interesting workshops and events at LewesClimateHub , Lewes House, 32 High Street, #Lewes! A must for everyone who cares about our #environment . For more details, or to keep in touch, visit lewesclimatehub.org

Winter in a large garden is a busy time of year despite the challenges the weather throws at us every day. The weather itself creates work from picking up twigs and branches after storms. parhaminsussex.co.uk/winter-update-…

One of the Countryside Warden Team captured this calming video of bats flying around the Discovery Hub on Sunday evening. It is assumed the bats were either Common or Soprano Pipistrelles. 🦇

Brightening up your feed with this golden flower. Well, it is Celandine Day. Part of the buttercup family, you might start spotting these along woodland paths in early spring. Photo: Hugh Mothersole

Join Communities Intern Mya Bambrick on Tues 27 Feb, 7.30pm, for the first Sussex Ornithology webinar of the year. Mya is sharing the story of her '21 Wildlife Walks before 21' mission! sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/whats-on/2024-…

Our wildlife is at risk. UK Government has approved the use of a deadly, bee-killing pesticide. Why, when we owe so much to our pollinators, are they being put in danger? Find out more and ask British Sugar to help farmers sell neonic-free sugar.👉 wtru.st/back-beet-farm…

It’s been a short, wet and slug-filled snowdrop season this year, but the season goes out either a bang - dropping this week are Green Zebra, Das Gelbe vom Ei, Green Arrow & Midas

“It’s hard to be brave,” said Piglet, “when you’re only a Very Small Animal.” Rabbit said: “It is because you are a very small animal that you will be Useful in the adventure before us.” Piglet was so excited at the idea of being Useful that he forgot to be frightened. ~A.A.Milne

Our brilliant volunteers have helped more than 2,700 amphibians across Charlcombe Lane so far in the 2024 migration season - that is more than the whole of the 2023 season. We’ve had some very busy nights and they are still on the move with another month of the season left 🐸

We're on the move again! This Sunday's walk is a 10 mile stomp from Godalming Wharf (parking available) to Winkworth Arboretum, then to Hydon's Ball and back. It's a free walk, but if you book on our website, then we know you're coming. 10.30 am at Godalming Wharf.

Postcards from 1920s Littlehampton...however, not libellous ones! ✉️ Check out our latest blog to find out what happened between Rose Gooding and Edith Swan in the 1920s - buff.ly/4bzW02j

A perfect 12 minutes. So looking forward to having Chris Wood and Andy Cutting back in Sidmouth this summer. See you down the front! youtube.com/watch?v=R8wz9C…

🌟ICYMI - Fake Terns and seabird habitat restoration🌟 You can find out more about our Return of the Tern project to help these special seabirds, and listen to the BBC World Service Podcast here 👇 conservancy.co.uk/nature-recover…

Our public events for 2024 are being planned and our local sessions in Worthing, Lewes and Chichester are going strong (for full details see our Blog). If you'd like to sing with us just drop us a line, or come see us at an event and say hello! A warm Sussex welcome awaits!

Clocks now changed, Spring is here and our 2024 Events begin this month with: Christ Church in Worthing (April 9th), Petworth House (April 14th), Firle Place Garden Show (April 21st) and Stanmer Village Apple Blossom Day (April 28th). (More details - see our Blog's Diary page.)