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Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · 35m

Community groups! We're want you! To join us at The Deneway Nature Reserve, Brighton.
Contact Archie to discuss how we could work together [email protected]
Visits can be one-off & don’t need to involve practical conservation work - just a chance to connect with nature

Black Darter dragonfly © Simon Linington

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Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · 6h

Mostly it was extracted from small pits but the industrial revolution led to the excavation of large quarries, today disused. The chalk cliffs of the Navigation & Southerham Pits can be viewed from the Railwayland nature reserve while Caburn & Balcombe pits can be seen from the top of Mount Caburn.

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Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · 6h

The chalk on Lewes Downs was deposited 100-66 million years ago. The chalk rock which makes up Lewes Downs is exposed in 11 former chalk pits. Chalk has been used over the centuries for a variety of agricultural & industrial purposes.

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Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · 6h

In Sussex, geodiversity is dominated by the chalk rock which underlies the South Downs & by the older sandstones & clays which underlie the High Weald, the Low Weald & the Wealden Greensand landscapes.

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David Bentley @sussextangerine.bsky.social · 23h

In our garden Fleabane flowered forever 💛, and it was good enough to pass the baton onto Yarrow 🤍 (pictured) which is still going strong well in October. Hoverflies send their thanks.
#UKwildlife
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@wildflowerhour.bsky.social

A delicate white flower in front of a grassy sward.

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Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · 10h

A fab six exposure image of a Curlew flapping across the sky by
@rxnature.bsky.social

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Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · 1d

Geology is far more than just rocks. Our geological features such as sand, rocks and sediments provide the very foundation on which everything else can live, enabling crucial habitats for plants, fungi and animals - including us!

📸Rock pipit © Alan Price

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Barry Yates @rxnature.bsky.social · 6d

The colour of the patch of green on the wing of a Teal is created by structure of the feathers and not a pigment.
The iridescence changes with the angle of the light and in this wing flap one wind shows green and the other blue.
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Barry Yates @rxnature.bsky.social · 1d

This is the most advanced moult I could find today among the drake Teal at Pett Level - still some way to go until full breeding plumage is attained.
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Barry Yates @rxnature.bsky.social · 1d

A coppiced Ash in ancient woodland near Icklesham - the leaves look like it's still summer...

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Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · 1d

No worries! Thanks David. There's been a flurry of interest

Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · 1d

Do you have any photos please David? If so, could you email them to me? Thanks. Emma

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Caroline Dianne @caroline-dianne.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Monday from the unseasonably warm South coast. Felt privileged to see for the first time a beautiful hummingbird hawk-moth. #nature #insect #moth #photography #sussex #england #video #wildlife @sussexwildlife.bsky.social

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David Bentley @sussextangerine.bsky.social · 1d

A couple of Arctic Skuas were bothering Sandwich Terns close in at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve this morning. Like they don't have enough to worry about, with a 4,000km journey to West Africa looming.
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A shingle beach, with the sea beyond and a pleasant sky above.

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Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · 1d

Stonechat numbers are very high at the moment along the coast & in wetlands. Their plumage is indistinct, but will develop as the feather tips wear away. Post/pic 📷Barry Yates @rxnature.bsky.social

stonecat, small light brown bird looking to one side on a little branch

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

Our 2026 Wildlife of Sussex and Rye Harbour Nature Reserve calendars are now on sale. They feature 12 stunning full colour images from wildlife photographers who support the work of The Trust.

The calendar costs £6.99 including free postage. buff.ly/NfFKkbQ

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

It's International Geodiversity Day! A celebration of stone, sand and sediment - the non-living, but no less vital, features of our environment.

We spoke to the Sussex Geodiversity Partnership to celebrate geodiversity's relationship with biodiversity.

Watch here buff.ly/NunhYyH

📸©Sam Roberts

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barryclough.bsky.social @barryclough.bsky.social · 6d

Another visitor to our newly enlarged wild pond, this a Southern Hawker, laying oodles of eggs in and around the perimeter. I wondered whether I was doing the right thing enlarging it, shouldn't have worried, provide it and nature will find it! @sussexwildlife.bsky.social #dragonflies

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

Spotted Flycatcher © Moi Hicks. Spotted Flycatchers are great at... catching flies! They dash from a high perch to grab a flying insect, then return to the same spot.

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

Geodiversity Day is 6 Oct. Geodiversity is the parts of nature that aren't alive - minerals, fossils, soils, landscapes & the natural processes that shape them. It influences habitats & species as well as our economy, historical heritage, education & health
Dragonfly fossil © Booth Museum

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Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · 4d

Putting birdfeeders out this autumn? Listen to wise words from Most Hygienic Robin.

(lovely work from Charlotte Wells)

Did you know you can help keep your garden birds healthy? #birdfeeder

Did you know you can help keep your garden birds healthy and prevent the spread of diseases by regularly cleaning your bird feeders? 🐦Watch this step by ste...

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Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · 4d

Communities are key to the recovery of nature, and action seems to be springing up all around Sussex.

We recently added 15 more community groups to our map. ✊

See what's happening near you: buff.ly/Klj8a3b

📷 Sam Buckland

Volunteers on Chailey Common under a blue sky learning how to make leaky dams © Sam Buckland

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

Splish, splash, I was having a bird bath. One happy wet Robin! Pics - John Lauper

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

The work of a new artist is now on display in the Discovery Centre at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve. Illustrator Alexi Francis produces extraordinary pen & ink & cut paper works as well as creations from found objects. Show on until end Oct
Photo from Friends of Rye Harbour NR
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smiling woman in front of pieces of wildlife related art including birds and fishes

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

Lovely profile! Fox in a Lancing meadow photo by Glynn Rubidge, posted on the Nature Table.

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