by sarahjones | Oct 4, 2024 | Conservation
Our Vision is focused on connecting our vibrant local people with our world-class environment so that everyone can thrive in our area. Martin Harris, chair of The Living Coast, said: “We are immensely proud to live and work in our unique Biosphere, and I am equally... 
by sarahjones | Apr 25, 2023 | Conservation, Nature & wildlife, Towns & city
For the past 3 years, local volunteers have mounted a toad patrol during mating season to monitor numbers. This year they saw a drop to almost half those counted in 2020, the first year of the patrol. The toads appeared a month late this year, in March. Volunteers put... 
by Jess Mead | Mar 30, 2023 | Conservation, Nature & wildlife, Partners, Projects, Rural & Downs
New community grants scheme for local groups to engage with the eastern South Downs, benefitting communities from Brighton & Hove to Eastbourne and Lewes. The Changing Chalk partnership has launched a new community grants scheme in eastern Sussex. The Changing... 
by sarahjones | Sep 26, 2022 | Conservation, Nature & wildlife, Towns & city
Image by Carlotta Luke. Planted in 1872, hundreds of Japanese spindle plants have grown to create a wall almost a mile long at Madeira Drive in Brighton & Hove. Today over 100 species of flowering plants can be seen growing here, along with a range of birds and... 
by Jess Mead | Sep 20, 2022 | Conservation, Nature & wildlife, Projects
Invertebrate Investigations Between April and September of 2021 expert ecologist Graeme Lyons recorded the range of invertebrates species found across the 90 hectare Waterhall Local Nature Reserve. Invertebrates is a term used to describe animals without a backbone,...
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