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Swift in flight early morning sun by Paul Stevens

Swift, Swallow, Sand and House Martin Conservation

Swifts and House martins have now been red listed in the UK due to a 50% decline in their populations in the last 30 years. Learn how we can again turn our summer skies into a spectacle of these high-speed masters of the air.

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Lifelines Planting Project – St Ethelburga’s

Lifelines works with farmers, landowners, and communities across the UK to support them in planting woodland and hedgerows on their land with the help of different faith & non-faith groups from across the country.

Meadow Brown, Amy Hurn

Gardens & Greenspaces – Taking Action for Nature This Summer

As Gardens & Greenspaces membership grows, it is wonderful to witness how our individual outdoor spaces, whatever their size are increasingly providing us with that much needed closer connection to nature.

Sussex Nature Recovery

Map Your Actions for Nature With the Local Nature Recovery Strategy

If you’re a farmer, community group, organisation or land manager use the voluntary tool to MapYourActions for nature. Whether they are large or small, in progress, implemented or planned, the Sussex LNRS team want to hear about them!

Hedgerow, by jidanchaomian, CC BY-SA 2.0

Healthy Hedgerows

Hedgerows not only provide individual benefits on the lands where they exist but also serve as vital ecological corridors across landscapes, connecting biodiverse areas in a linear fashion. In Sussex, they are integral components of the larger Weald to Waves corridor, creating essential links between habitats and allowing species to move and disperse across a fragmented landscape. By enhancing hedgerow connectivity, we bolster the resilience and continuity of local ecosystems.

Wakehurst signing event March 2023

We are delighted to be bringing a wave of new partners this month who represent key biodiversity hotspots along the corridor and bring invaluable knowledge and influence to our community.

Dartford Warbler

The Dartford warbler is one of the defining species for the conservation of this important area. It’s easily overlooked, sometimes giving itself away by its scratchy song and occasional song-flight. If conditions are right, pairs can raise two, even three broods each summer. Once down to only 10 pairs in the whole of the UK, habitat protection and management, and warmer winters, now mean the UK population is in the thousands.

Wild farmland border. Photo by Alex Briggs

The UN estimates the planet has 60 harvests left, based on the current rate of soil depletion.

Northern lapwing by Daniil Komov

The world is facing a biodiversity crisis that will affect every single one of us. With nature being lost at an unprecedented rate, scientists agree humans are exploiting our planet beyond its limits.

Green peas

This is an entirely valid concern in these uncertain times – is it possible to sustain food security alongside nature recovery?

Green grass field under rainbow by Lauren Lopes

We started the year with a new global commitment to set aside 30% of the planet for nature by the end of this decade.