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BirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · 29d

The mysterious Jerdon's Courser has been rediscovered outside its known range for the first time in more than a century:

Birders record Jerdon's Courser 16 years after last sighting

The Critically Endangered Jerdon's Courser has been rediscovered in Andhra Pradesh, India, outside its known range for the first time in 125 years. Thought to survive only in a tiny patch of the Lankamalla hills, the elusive bird was detected through acoustic recordings by a team of birders in August 2025. The find provides fresh hope for the species, ranked among the world’s top ten 'lost birds', and highlights the urgent need to safeguard India's remaining scrubland habitats.

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Barry Yates @rxnature.bsky.social · Aug 31

youtu.be/Rv1MuCIf3Q4 for #superseabirdsunday
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The Breeding Terns of Rye Harbour Nature Reserve

YouTube video by RyeHarbourUK

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Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · Aug 29

Watch our Director of Conservation, Henri Brocklebank on BBC SouthEast News tonight. Find out why Sussex Wildlife Trust has launched a legal challenge to stop dumping in Marine Conservation Zone & how this exposes the current inadequate protection given to marine protected areas.

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Photo montage of Henri Brocklebank, a Short-snouted Seahorse and a dredger vessel

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Chris Corrigan @chriscorrigan3.bsky.social · Aug 28

Super-proud of my colleagues that we are taking a stand. Marine protected sites are all too often protected in name only.

Great to be working with Leigh Day and the Environmental Law Foundation

Please read the blog for the full story and details of how you can help
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Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · Aug 27

We're taking legal action to stop 100,000 tonnes of sediment being dumped in Beachy Head West Marine Conservation Zone every year for the next 10 years. This should not be allowed in a protected area.

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Mark Mallalieu @mallalieum.bsky.social · Aug 24

Some of the numerous juveniles among 44+ Hawfinches at West Dean, Sussex, this morning, feeding on beech, presumably mast. @sussexornitholo.bsky.social @sussexwildlife.bsky.social @ukrbbp.bsky.social

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Mark Mallalieu @mallalieum.bsky.social · Aug 20

Red Bartsia Bees only take pollen from that plant and are mainly a chalk downland species in Sussex, but several today in a Red Bartsia-rich meadow at Weir Wood Reservoir in the High Weald, attended by their parasitic Blunthorn Nomad Bees. @sussexwildlife.bsky.social

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Adam Huttly @adamhuttly.bsky.social · Aug 14

We require a knowledgeable birdwatcher to lead the team that produces the highly respected annual Sussex Bird Report, described by @birdguides.bsky.social as ‘a gold standard of county bird reports’.

Please share with your networks.

Full brief in link here; tinyurl.com/y9nz7acd

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Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · Aug 5

Ragwort is a valuable haven for wildlife, when allowed to grow in the right places, & a crucial foodplant for the Cinnabar Moth caterpillar - whose numbers have been in decline. We leave Ragwort to grow on our reserves whenever possible. Read more here
📷Alan Price, Bob Eade
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yellow and black stripy caterpillars on ragwort

Person walking past clumps of yellow ragwort

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Mark Mallalieu @mallalieum.bsky.social · Aug 1

One of nine juvenile Goshawks seen over 16 sq. km of Sussex woodland this morning, this one a female. @sussexwildlife.bsky.social @sussexornitholo.bsky.social

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Mark Mallalieu @mallalieum.bsky.social · Jul 23

I left some leeks from last year to flower and the Median Wasps love them.

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Mark Mallalieu @mallalieum.bsky.social · Jul 21

A bonus bird from Song Meter passive recorder set on a cherry tree in NW Sussex for Hawfinch. Tracks along base are TD purring. Also Little Owl detected. @sussexornitholo.bsky.social

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Mark Mallalieu @mallalieum.bsky.social · Jul 21

Yellow and terracotta Achillea cultivars attract Davies' Colletes..at least in mid-Sussex.

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Mark Mallalieu @mallalieum.bsky.social · Jul 20

Honey-buzzard over Ashdown Forest today. The next 30 days are crucial for monitoring Sussex's Honey-buzzard population, so I'd welcome details of sightings and photos by email: [email protected] Thanks. @sussexornitholo.bsky.social @sussexwildlife.bsky.social @ukrbbp.bsky.social

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beachyheadbirder.bsky.social @beachyheadbirder.bsky.social · Jul 15

Final chance to submit photos for inclusion in the 2024 Sussex bird report. Pls follow instrcutions below. Many thanks!

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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · Jul 10

1/ New blog! Discover how Passive Acoustic Monitoring can help in Nightjar monitoring ➡️ www.bto.org/our-work... #Orntihology #bioacoustics

Nightjar on the ground. Image by Mike Toms/BTO.

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Mark Mallalieu @mallalieum.bsky.social · Jul 7

Another Sussex Lower Greensand and coastal solitary bee off course in a clayey Haywards Heath wildflower meadow: female Pantaloon Bee on Knapweed today. @sussexwildlife.bsky.social

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Barry Yates @rxnature.bsky.social · Jul 6

So much wasted money, when natural regeneration may have created better wildlife outcomes at a fraction of the cost. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

How a £1.5bn ‘wildlife-boosting’ bypass became an environmental disaster

A14 in Cambridgeshire promised biodiversity net gain of 11.5%, but most of the 860,000 trees planted are dead. What went wrong?

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Mark Mallalieu @mallalieum.bsky.social · Jul 6

Four-banded Flower Bee on catmint, in garden, Haywards Heath, Sussex.

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Mark Mallalieu @mallalieum.bsky.social · Jul 5

Verified 'Tzik' Hawfinch calls from a passive recorder on a cherry tree in NW Sussex: in this tetrad last breeding season Hawfinch record pre-2025 was 1980. Buy the man a coffee! @sussexornitholo.bsky.social @ukrbbp.bsky.social

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Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · Jul 3

Get closer to nature this autumn 📷

Multi award-winning wildlife photographer, filmmaker, and author David Plummer shares his secrets in this one-day course at Woods Mill.

A popular course, early booking recommended.

#photography #fieldcraft

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David Plummer dressed in camouflage jacket and hat in long grass

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Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · Jul 2

Cheering news from @LesserSpotNet.bsky.social ⭐

A high of 24 active nests have been monitored across the UK - more than at any time in the last 10 years of monitoring.

An average of 3.8 young fledged from nests too, signalling a productive spring.

📷 Derek Middleton

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (black and white with red on head) perched at nest hole with food in its beak (c) Derek Middleton

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Mark Mallalieu @mallalieum.bsky.social · Jul 1

Another parasitic Sharp-tail Bee. This is Coelioxys elongata investigating a bee hotel used by leafcutter bees, its host genus, in a mid-Sussex garden. @sussexwildlife.bsky.social

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Mark Mallalieu @mallalieum.bsky.social · Jun 29

Large Sharp-tail Bee Coelioxys conoidea, a dry heathland and coastal species of this parasitic genus, out of place in a small wildflower meadow in Haywards Heath today. Released after photos. @sussexwildlife.bsky.social

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Mark Mallalieu @mallalieum.bsky.social · Jun 23

It's a myth 🙂. Goshawks are very showy except when breeding. Territorial behaviour can be seen from autumn to spring and juveniles spar with their siblings from June into autumn. Way easier than Honey-buzzard, LSW or Hawfinch. There may be 70 pairs of Goshawk in Sussex now.

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Mark Mallalieu @mallalieum.bsky.social · Jun 22

Peppered Moth caterpillar in Gabriel Oak rose bush in the garden this evening.