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Searching for the endangered Dormouse in Sussex woodlands

Our wildlife volunteers are surveying woodlands in the Low Weald and South Downs to find evidence of the endangered Dormouse in Sussex. Find out more about the survey to help protect this iconic species.

May 6, 2025

Restoring Hareswith Pond – an ancient woodland with young people at its heart

The Lost Woods team brought the local community together to help restore this magical woods near Storrington, that's been looked after by Croydon's Old Town Youth Club for a century and was once regularly visited by Flower Fairy artist Cicely Mary Barker.

April 16, 2025

Where have the Lesser-Spotted Woodpeckers gone? Sussex communities urged to join citizen science survey

The Lesser-Spotted Woodpecker is in serious trouble, with huge population declines nationally and in Sussex. Can we find evidence of one of our rarest bird species in the woodlands of the Low Weald and Downs?

March 17, 2025
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