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Weald to Waves land manager visit, by Alex Briggs

Be Part of the Bigger Picture: Habitat Mapping for Corridor Land Managers

Our free habitat mapping service for land managers in the Weald to Waves corridor offers site visits with advice and mapping to help identify opportunities for nature recovery and improve habitat connectivity across Sussex.

Scrubland planting at Wowo Campsite. Photo by Tanya Forbes

Celebrating Our Scrubland Superheroes

Explore the achievements of the Scrubland Superheroes project, which has worked to revive precious scrubland habitat across the Weald to Waves corridor, improving biodiversity, landscape connectivity, and the resilience of local ecosystems for threatened species.

Hedgerow, by jidanchaomian, CC BY-SA 2.0

New Connectivity Model

Since the Weald to Waves project was started in 2022 we have had the challenge not only to create a wildlife corridor, but to identify what connectivity means on the ground. Find out more about what our exciting research is revealing…

Fish swarm through the kelp forest

Our Must Watch: Ocean with David Attenborough

Currently showing in cinemas, Ocean is incredibly moving and shocking. It reminds us that there has never been a more urgent time to learn about our seas.

Mob Grazing cattle

Mob Grazing Kit Loan Scheme

Discover how mob grazing boosts pasture health, livestock welfare and biodiversity, and learn about our new kit loan scheme to help you get started.

Fairoak Farm rough edges, by Rachel Bicker

The Scrubland Superheroes project is in full swing, creating “stepping stones” of scrub habitat along the corridor. Project Officer Rachel Bicker lets us listen in on her work monitoring birdsong at one of her target sites.

Flooded farmland- Naomi Humphreys

The devastating impact of this winter’s persistent rains has posed significant challenges for farmers across the region. What does this mean for nature recovery?

Bird survey 2016 Rachel Bicker

Monitoring the corridor will take an army of experts and citizen scientists. Are you up for the challenge?

Iford Guardian Article

W2W Founding Farm, the Iford Estate, near Lewes, East Sussex, makes the press this month for their pioneering work in habitat creation.

Project Phases Weald to Waves

How do we create 100-miles of nature recovery corridor, across a densely populated landscape? Our roadmap to a corridor paints a picture of how we might achieve this huge task.

Walking the corridor, Ian Rogers

A myriad of species should one day benefit from 100 miles of connected landscape. But how might a human navigate the corridor? Ian Rogers takes on the challenge.

Tony Whitbread, independant ecologist and President of Sussex Wildlife Trust, reflects on the space between seasons and how it allows us to think beyond binaries.

Red-backed shrike, David Oldham

New habitat creation project receives Natural England funding

Sussex is one of the most wooded regions in the country. Brush off your boots and explore the best of the autumn colour across the corridor.

Gravetye Manor

Gravetye joins the corridor, with 600 acres of farmland, woodland and wildlife gardens.

Bognor Kelp © Paul Boniface

Off the coast of Sussex something amazing is happening. Two years ago the pioneering Sussex Nearshore Trawling Byelaw came into place, pushing bottom-towed trawling 4km off the West Sussex Coast. The changes are now starting to happen.

Runoff into the East China Sea. NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen

The interface between land and sea is particularly important for marine conservation, going back to the idea of connectivity being central to all of our efforts. While it may not be the first thing that springs to mind when we talk about pollution, sediment is a real problem for our marine habitats.