Six hectares of much-needed wetland for wildlife has been created following the realignment of a rare chalk stream. The restoration of the Cockshut Stream, near Lewes, has seen the area quickly become an oasis for nature, with herons, kingfishers, egret and snipe among the many birds to be found, while toads, sticklebacks, eels and newts […]

Students from the University of Brighton and East Sussex College Group have been researching how to open up the South Downs to younger generations, with a little help from technology. Young people and creative professionals carried out research to explore how teenagers interact with the world around them, through technology, with the hope of gaining […]

Local dogs in Lewes have been ‘acting like wolves’ to help reseed native wildflowers at a nature reserve. Before wolves became extinct in the UK around 1760, they roamed large areas, typically covering 20km or more each night. As they did so they carried wildflower and grass seeds in their fur, often depositing them many […]

Ranger Angela Ward writes about a recent community event that uncovered one of the rarest insect species in the UK. As part of this year’s Graffham Down Trust annual picnic and butterfly walk, Michael Blencowe, Fiona Scully (from Butterfly Conservation) and I set up two moth light traps in Bowley’s Field. The warm, overcast conditions […]