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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.

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Scaling for Impact: Going Digital with Weald to Waves

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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Our Must Listen: The Wandering Ecologist with Penny Green

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

Hedgerow, by jidanchaomian, CC BY-SA 2.0

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.

Bumblebee by Libby Drew

Did you catch Alex talking about Weald to Waves at the recent Webinars for the Local Nature Recovery Strategy?

Sussex Nature Recovery

The introduction of Local Nature Recovery Strategies (LNRS) represents a transformative approach to conservation in England. Find out how Weald to Waves is involved in this work.

Knepp Stork Nest Webcam

Have you seen the live webcam from the White Stork Project? Tune in to see what is happening on one of the colony’s nests.

LNRS Hedgehog

Have you heard about the Local Nature Recovery Strategies? Find out more about ways to get involved with planning for nature recovery across Sussex.

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One of the most important issues affecting our landscape is the interlink between nature and farming. How can we achieve sustainable food production and boost biodiversity? Lydia Baxter, Sussex Wildlife Trust’s Wilder Ouse Project Officer, tells us more about how the project works to support nature and farming.

Peacock butterfly by Libby Drew

Pollinating insects play an essential role in maintaining the health of our ecosystems. Here’s how you can contribute to supporting these vital members of our ecological community by developing habitats that attract and sustain them.

Swallow by Matt Phelps

Have you seen your first swift this year? Matt Phelps updates us on the incredible migration patterns of the bird species appearing across Sussex.

Molly Biddell

We are thrilled to announce that Molly Biddell has joined the W2W team as a key advisor on Nature Based Solutions across farms and landholdings within the corridor.

Allotment/ Will Jackson / CC BY 2.0 DEED

In Sussex, the allotment tradition continues to thrive, not just for recreation and food production, but important urban spaces for nature.

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.

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Shoresearch is The Wildlife Trusts’ national citizen science survey of the intertidal shore. Find out how to get involved.