Wet woodland habitat, good for woodpeckers
Mini sound recorder on birch tree
As part of @sussexornitholo.bsky.social Lesser Spotted Woodpecker survey using passive acoustic monitoring. We put our sound recorder out today hoping for fine weather on Saturday when LSW may be calling & drumming. Nice looking wet woodland habitat in the Weald near Midhurst @btobirds.bsky.social
RSPB Pulborough Brooks has disappeared under the floods! Perfectly illustrates the vital role of wetlands and floodplains in absorbing floodwater
#flooding #wetlands
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"Lapwing are the Audrey Hepburn of the bird world... beautiful monochrome, a lovely iridescent and that fantastic quiff" says Charlotte Pestell, Nature Recovery Officer.
Lapwing are one of the many species to benefit from the Pevensey Levels Wetland Restoration Project.
A Dartford Warbler with rufous-brown and purple-grey plumage perched on a spiky Gorse bush against a blurred, natural background. Image © Dave Kilbey
The Government's onslaught against nature protections continues - this time in the welcome they're giving the Nuclear Regulatory Review recommendations.
Read more, and let Ed Miliband know what you think.
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A young boy holds binoculars and points towards a distant landscape, while standing next to an adult, hinting at birdwatching or exploration.
Students and staff at an Eastbourne school are experiencing the natural world where they live in new ways through an ambitious new project, with support from Sussex Wildlife Trust.
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Delighted to see that #biobeads have been raised at PMQs. Thank you #HelenaDollimoreMP!
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CLOSES TOMORROW! Please sign 🙏
#biobeads
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Pleased to see that the #biobead spill has now rightly been upgraded to a Category 1 incident by the #EnvironmentAgency
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Guest blog by our CEO Chris Corrigan about the biobead spill disaster
Thanks Steve!
Thanks @markavery.bsky.social for helping highlight this shocker of an issue. Yet more wildlife-harming plastic in the sea.
Please help us make sure it doesn't happen again
#binthebeads #biobeads
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Forgotten something?
There's one week left to sign the #BinTheBeads petition and help us to end the use of biobeads in wastewater treatment.
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Glossy Ibis in flight
Gorgeous day at Rye Harbour NR! Bumped into ex-colleague and excellent birder/photographer Sara Humphrey... and had an unexpected Glossy Ibis flypast at Castle Water
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Photo: Sara Humphrey
Restoring conservation grazing to Mill Hill LNR is making a big difference. More to do to knock the site back into its former chalk grassland glory but well done the Hetdwicks (and @southdownsnp.bsky.social and the grazier!)
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Sussex Christmas Marsh Marigolds 🌼
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Shocking 'disappearance' of not one but three White-tailed Eagles, including a Sussex-born chick.
Illegal persecution still happening.
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The disastrous bio-bead pollution has spread across our flagship and internationally important Rye Harbour nature reserve.
Please sign the petition - it is the only way to make sure this doesn't happen again. Thanks!
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Thanks Blll. This incident has been a nightmare. And before we have even sorted this out we have the containers in West Sussex!
Two Peacock butterflies seen in the glorious Sussex sunshine today #SouthDowns. A proper winter treat!
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RSPB Arne as lovely as ever....nice and quiet as visitors distracted by #PullaPine! Spoonbills, Avocets and more....
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Latest on bio-beads and our meeting with Southern Water.
#RyeHarbour
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Thrilled to bits! Our partnership with the wonderful Wiston Estate has helped them win the prestigious Schöffel Farm-Environment Partnership Award.
Well done to them!
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Our CEO @chriscorrigan3.bsky.social on the situation at Rye Harbour.
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#Sussex #biobeads #pollution
We are battling a major pollution incident at our Rye Harbour reserve. Huge nos. of tiny plastic bio-beads have spilled onto the saltmarsh.
Has anyone got experience of dealing with this type of pollution or know the potential impacts? Thanks!
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Hi Amy. Thanks for asking. The problem is that the beads are spread over a wide area and it is hard to see them among the saltmarsh vegetation. Very different to the strandline of a beach. There will be trials of different methods tomorrow. If vols are needed we will put a call out.
A beautiful day at Rye Harbour. Sadly having to spend time on our response to the dreadful #biobead pollution incident. Tragically 100,000s or even millions have spilled out across the saltmarsh. As yet the impacts on wildlife are unclear
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Disastrous news as the #SouthernWater bio-beads reach our Rye Harbour Nature Reserve.
This is a fast moving situation but we are extremely grateful to all the volunteers and organisations helping with the clean up - thank you!
#NeverAgain
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URGENT! Last chance! Please take 2 mins to help head off the disastorous parts of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill Lets make it 35,000 voices for nature
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Important news from Europe. Small-scale fishers are calling for a ban on bottom trawling in MPAs
#MPAs #fishing
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Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social gains important legal victory over harmful dredging.
Blog: markavery.info/2025/11/07/6...
I just love the word 'quashed'.
Well done SWT! I hope other WTs will take similar challenges.
#marine #judicialreview #sussex #dredging #brighton #wildlife
