Wilder Ouse Officer Harriet Trueman tells us about a great partnership day making leaky dams with the The Lost Woods project  https://f.mtr.cool/ecojvmwkmr

Thank you, so many of you have already emailed to object to Brighton Marina's licence application.   If you haven't had a chance yet, there's still time. Consultation closes soon. Already objected? Share this post 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/vamhrwfumc for template email

From Barry Clough on the Nature Table: "This Dark-edged Bee Fly spent ages in this fixed position. This is the more commonly seen Bee Fly, but here in the South we also get the Dotted one too, always worth looking if one lands close-by."

Easy to hear, hard to see (and even harder to photograph). Great perky pose captured here by Barry Clough. 👏

Beautiful Wild Daffodils at Ebernoe Common - as spotted by Ranger Clive.

Our Youth Rangers worked with Lancing Parish Council planting 140 hedge trees! Hazel, Dogwood, Dog Rose & Hawthorn sourced from the Woodland Trust & their free community group trees.. These future hedgerows at East Lancing Recreation Ground will be vital habitat for wildlife. 📸 Katie Bell

Marvellous Mullet in Lewes

A walk around the wonderful Rye Harbour nature reserve Marvellous place to practice my photography skills 🤦 with ‘the’ Spotted Redshank and a Shoveler 60+ Sandwich Terns and plenty of waders on a big tide Finished off with a moist and collapsed Madeira Cake with Lorna @sussexwildlife.bsky.social

Lovely sign of spring, one of the first bees to appear - the solitary Hairy-footed Flower Bee. Photos by Barry Clough

From Black Poplars to 'lesser spots'... Watch Wilder Ouse Officer Harriet Trueman and Trustee @mallalieum.bsky.social talking to @chrisgpackham.bsky.social about monitoring and restoration at Bowyer's Wood near Uckfield.  https://f.mtr.cool/wbahxvutar

Another stunning Lapwing photo by Barry Yates. You can identify a Lapwing by its squeaky 'peewit' call. To many it's known as the Peewit. Other local names include Green Plover, Lappy, Toppyup, Pie-Wipe & Tieve's Nacket, which means thief's imp.

Summer meeting winter at Rye Harbour. The last of the Golden Plovers, first of the Sandwich Terns and finally tracked down the overwintering Spotted Redshank! @sussexwildlife.bsky.social @sussexornitholo.bsky.social @sussextangerine.bsky.social

This weekend, you can make a real difference. 2 simple actions.  1️⃣ Sign our Dredge e-action: https://f.mtr.cool/sdkfoisvtc 2️⃣ Sign the Friends of Earth petition on the Water Reform Bill: https://f.mtr.cool/nukxzctbij  #WorldWaterDay

From Black Poplars to 'lesser spots'... Watch Wilder Ouse Officer Harriet Trueman and Trustee @mallalieum.bsky.social talking to @chrisgpackham.bsky.social about monitoring and restoration at Bowyer's Wood near Uckfield.  https://f.mtr.cool/wbahxvutar

What did the Eastbourne Regional Group get up to in February? A lovely trip to Rye Harbour Nature Reserve plus trees! David Beer tells us. 📸Barry Yates https://f.mtr.cool/uenanfewms

Today is World Poetry Day, a couple of years ago Sussex Wildlife Trust sent every local primary school a copy of The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane & illustrator Jackie Morris, to celebrate nature in literature. We love the Dandelion poem, and we'd love to see your Dandelion photos too!

To end our week of celebrations of Sussex Kelp in style, we doth our rods and swim hats to #WorldRewildingDay.   In Sussex, it is likely that we will see this rewilding process begin with the recovery of ‘ecosystem engineers’ on the seabed such as kelp, mussels and chalk reef-dwelling piddocks. 🌱

Could you help people of all ages get inspired in the outdoors?  We're looking for a Wilder Learning Officer.  https://f.mtr.cool/qomvczeeqq #NatureBasedEducation #GreenJobs #ForestSchool #WildBeach

18/3/26 - a sunny morning at #OldLodgeNR. My walk started with a showy Firecrest at the beginning and a song flight Woodlark at the end. In between: Buzzard; Chiffchaff; Goldcrest; Siskin; Stock Dove; Stonechat; Tits (Blue, Coal; Great; Long-tailed); Treecreeper; Wren @sussexwildlife.bsky.social

Youth Action Officer Katie says: 'It's Toad spawning season & The Deneway pond's one of the spots they gather. Seeing as these amphibians are most active at night, Youth Rangers took an evening trip to observe this annual spectacle. The Toads did not disappoint!' 📸 Bob Eade

Do follow Barry for superb (mostly) Sussex wildlife updates

Fighting Shelduck 2 unpaired males battle for supremacy - holding on with beaks and delivering left and right jabs with the wings. At Pett Level. Video slowed to 25% speed and no sound.

Fighting Shelduck 2 unpaired males battle for supremacy. Yesterday at Pett Level, Sussex.

Some serious slurping

A Curlew eats a crab at high tide in the saltmarsh at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #LandMeetsWater @sussexwildlife.bsky.social

Five years ago, the Sussex Kelp Recovery Project was born, and with it began a radical rewilding of our Sussex seabed 🪸🐚🐟 Read our blog on how this pioneering project came to be ⬇️ https://f.mtr.cool/wccrnckhis 📷Starfish on kelp © Paul Naylor

Could you help connect businesses with nature in Sussex? We're looking for a Corporate Partnerships Officer.  https://f.mtr.cool/qjfoqxjmfb

This is a key moment in our campaign to end the dumping of dredged silt in a Marine Conservation Zone. Every sign up matters! Thank you! @sussexornitholo.bsky.social @mcsuk.bsky.social @markavery.bsky.social @bluemarinef.bsky.social

Our nature reserves team is expanding. 🌿 We're looking for *three* new senior rangers, based at locations across Sussex.  https://f.mtr.cool/jzyqmadevu #Sussex #nature #jobs #GreenJobs #conservation

Tomorrow we will be celebrating the Sussex Kelp Recovery Project, which was launched 5 years ago to champion and study the recovery of the seabed. 🌿 Meet the Sussex Kelp Recovery Project Team.

Brighton Marina is applying — again — to dump dredged sediment at Beachy Head West Marine Conservation Zone.  Dredging may be necessary. But dumping 1000s of tonnes of sediment in a protected area is not.  Use our template email to object. https://f.mtr.cool/tgghjihrta

Good news! The number of nightjars recorded in the South Downs National Park is thought to have doubled in the past five years. Seventy eight of the elusive birds, which are known for their "churring" song at sunset, were recorded last year @southdownsnp.bsky.social @sussexwildlife.bsky.social

This week we are celebrating #TheBig5Sussex: Five years of seabed protection from trawling - thanks to the protection afforded by the @sussex_ifca Nearshore Trawling Byelaw 2021 - is giving Sussex’s marine habitats like kelp, mussel beds and chalk reefs the space they need to recover. 🌱

Nice cash prizes on offer for the winning entries to the South Downs Poetry Festival Competition, deadline 31st March www.ticketsource.co.uk/southdownspo...

For Neurodiversity Celebration Week, our Communications Officer Kai shares how nature can be a game changer for the neurodivergent mind 🌳🌊🐦 Check out our blog ⬇️ https://f.mtr.cool/dtwrlexydt

Close-up of the head and pronotum of a Vine Weevil in the garden. The whole creature is only maybe 8 or 9mm long. #UKwildlife #insects #weevils #Sussexwildlife

What an incredible photo of a Hoverfly - and we also 💛Dandelions.

There are 2 Rye Harbour Nature Reserve bat records on this map @sussexwildlife.bsky.social

Recurvirostra avocetta, the impossibly elegant Avocet, in Saturday sunshine at #RyeHarbourNR 14/3/26. Other waders there: Common & Spotted Redshank; Curlew; Dunlin; Golden Plover; Lapwing: Oystercatcher; Snipe. @sussexornitholo.bsky.social @sussexwildlife.bsky.social #sussexbirding #ukbirding

Have you heard the news? British wildlife is coming to our banknotes — and YOU get a vote in which species are featured! 💷 So tell us — which Sussex animals, birds or plants would you love to see on the next Bank of England notes? Leave your suggestions in the comments below

In spring especially you can hear their explosive, popping "chwit-chwit". Dominic Ellett has taken a great photo of a Nuthatch, the most amazingly gymnastic of birds

Oi, you. What you looking at? Goldcrest at Flatbeach, Rye Harbour, as spotted by James Tomlinson

Youth Rangers welcomed South Downs National Park young people & Worthing Ranger Craig to The Deneway Nature Reserve. It was a great day, making new paths & doing surveys. Craig used to be a Trust Youth Ranger & said his volunteer experience is what led to his job as a Ranger.

Have you heard that signal of spring, the Chiffchaff? Barry Clough has!

Bird on a wire. Glorious photo of a Skylark with the iconic Red-roofed hut in the background at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, taken by James Tomlinson

Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers in Sussex hit the headlines again: www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/... @sussexornitholo.bsky.social @sussexwildlife.bsky.social

Leysdown Trainee Ranger Callum & Youth Action Officer Katie tell us about a lovely walk for young people Callum led at Old Lodge recently 📸 Katie Bell/Derek Middleton https://f.mtr.cool/jgofaaqsve

Learning teams met last week for a great day of exploring ideas on outdoor learning, creativity and play led by@stemlearning.bsky.social. Spaces still available for the April course! https://f.mtr.cool/cbvrokrtqz

"I LOVE Hairy-footed Flower Bees. For me, they are the furry heralds of spring. Here are the results of a happy hour watching several males buzzing around the Pulmonaria flowers at the allotment yesterday." 📷© Becky Walton, Biodiversity Data Officer

I'm keen on Salt Pool at Rye Harbour NR. Today ♂️ Garganey, Little Ringed Plover, Spotted Redshank, Red-breasted Merganser and much more were there. @sussexwildlife.bsky.social @sussexornitholo.bsky.social #UKwildlife #UKbirds