News
Reviving Woodlands, Reconnecting Communities: Coppicing Returns to Wiston Estate
by Cathy Cross | November 11, 2025 | Access to Nature, Biodiversity, Landscape Recovery, News | 0 Comments
Discover how Wiston Estate and Roots West Sussex CIC are restoring local woodlands through traditional coppicing, boosting biodiversity and community wellbeing.
Securing a Future for Nature with Elgol Funding for Weald to Waves
by Weald to Waves | November 10, 2025 | News, Project News | 0 Comments
With new Elgol Fund backing, Weald to Waves enters an exciting chapter for nature recovery, habitat creation, and community engagement.
Tackling Deer Pressure for a Healthier Sussex Landscape
by Weald to Waves | November 10, 2025 | Biodiversity, Landscape Recovery, News | 0 Comments
Sussex’s landscapes are under pressure from booming deer populations. Explore how local projects are helping to bring nature back into balance to protect our unique biodiversity.
Mid-Tier Extensions Offer Relief for Farmers Amid Funding Uncertainty
by Mathilde Corcoran, Weald to Waves | October 21, 2025 | Landscape Recovery, News | 0 Comments
DEFRA is offering 1-year extensions for mid-tier Countryside Stewardship agreements in 2026. Find out what this means for you.
Welcoming Our New Landscape Advisor
by Weald to Waves | October 1, 2025 | News, Project News | 0 Comments
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.
November 4th, 2024
Parks are an important part of both our childhoods and our landscapes. We take a trip down memory lane to see progress at Brooklands Park.
September 16th, 2024
Read more about Greening Steyning and their work this summer to celebrate Wildlife Corridors as part of their Green Day event.
September 16th, 2024
As a species dependant upon good habitat connectivity, bats are particularly important for Weald to Waves. Learn more about bat species in Sussex, and how to help their survival in our own spaces.
August 8th, 2024
The black-veined white butterfly, with its distinctive black-veined wings and elegant flight, was once a familiar sight in the hedgerows and woodlands of Sussex.
August 8th, 2024
We are pleased to welcome Ryan Ellis as our Landscape Advisor, who has joined the Weald to Waves corridor to develop of network and to find solutions for food production and habitat management that support nature recovery.
August 7th, 2024
PATINA (Parents & Teachers In the Arts) is a charity created at the turn of the millennium to give young people in the Lewes District the opportunity to experience and enjoy art, work directly with professional artists and gain a sense of belonging and community through the arts. Their recent “Moving On Parade” focussed on “Welcome To Our Table”, celebrating local food and all the fun of growing, cooking and eating together.
August 6th, 2024
Mob grazing is a technique used by an increasing number of farmers, enabling livestock farming to boost productivity and biodiversity by mimicking natural grazing behaviours.
August 5th, 2024
Alongside our work monitoring vital environmental and biodiversity gains, we want to understand how nature recovery across the corridor is benefiting you. How is it making a difference in your lives, and in your communities? We want to hear your experiences.
August 4th, 2024
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.
August 1st, 2024
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.
July 28th, 2024
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.
July 19th, 2024
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!











