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Chalk grassland, Wildflowers, South Downs, Sam Joy

Mid-Tier Extensions Offer Relief for Farmers Amid Funding Uncertainty

DEFRA is offering 1-year extensions for mid-tier Countryside Stewardship agreements in 2026. Find out what this means for you.

Tilly Headshot, Tanya Forbes, Knepp

Welcoming Our New Landscape Advisor

We’re delighted to welcome Tilly as our new Landscape Advisor. She will support landowners across the Weald to Waves corridor with advice on habitat management, funding, and nature recovery.

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Buzz Club- Bug Bunker Project

Give bugs a winter home! Join the Buzz Club’s Bug Bunker project, build shelters, survey monthly, and help protect invertebrates across the UK.

Greening Steyning Downland Community Orchard even 10 May 2025

Weald to Waves and Partners: Championing nature recovery across Sussex

Join Weald to Waves and partners in championing nature recovery across Sussex. Connect, learn, and take action for wildlife in your community.

Wildflower year 1, by Gareth Williams

Underdown Garden Service Station

Read about our journey from concrete to habitat, turning a bare garden into a service station for wildlife on the move between the coast and the downs.

Chalk grassland, Wildflowers, South Downs, Sam Joy

DEFRA is offering 1-year extensions for mid-tier Countryside Stewardship agreements in 2026. Find out what this means for you.

Tilly Headshot, Tanya Forbes, Knepp

We’re delighted to welcome Tilly as our new Landscape Advisor. She will support landowners across the Weald to Waves corridor with advice on habitat management, funding, and nature recovery.

Buzz Club logo

Give bugs a winter home! Join the Buzz Club’s Bug Bunker project, build shelters, survey monthly, and help protect invertebrates across the UK.

Greening Steyning Downland Community Orchard even 10 May 2025

Join Weald to Waves and partners in championing nature recovery across Sussex. Connect, learn, and take action for wildlife in your community.

Wildflower year 1, by Gareth Williams

Read about our journey from concrete to habitat, turning a bare garden into a service station for wildlife on the move between the coast and the downs.

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Discover our new Members Area, with tools and resources to help everyone in Sussex take action for a thriving, connected landscape.

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Celebrating positive nature conservation news one story, one friendship, one wild place at a time.

Wild farmland border. Photo by Alex Briggs

Uncertainty is nothing new for farmers, but 2025 brings major changes. Explore the latest agri-environment schemes and market opportunities.

Greening Arundel BioBox

With over 250 species recorded so far, the Weald to Waves BioBoxes are revealing the hidden biodiversity of Sussex and sparking community-led discovery.

Canoes on Lower Adur, Jasmine Cacioppo

Tides might be about to change for the UK water sector as the Independent Water Commission has released a landmark report directly challenging the status quo

Brighton chalk reef © Clive Shalice / Locate Productions / Sussex Bay

To restore life below the waves, we need to look far upstream. Sussex Bay’s source-to-sea approach connects land, rivers, and ocean to drive true marine recovery.

Cuckoo, by Lee Barber

From satellite-tagged cuckoos to rare chalk grassland butterflies, Wiston is buzzing with life. Explore recent nature highlights from across the estate.