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Wakehurst - Trees for Bees by Amy Hurn

What We Know About Trees Needs to Change

With 97% of wildflower meadows lost in the UK, could trees offer an alternative? Wakehurst is exploring how flowering canopies, with the help of citizen science, can support pollinators.

More than Human at the Design Museum. Courtesy of the Design Museum. Photo by Luke Hayes

More Than Human Landscapes

The Design Museum’s More than Human exhibition reimagines design beyond humans, spotlighting projects like Weald to Waves that foster multispecies connections.

Groundswell Regenerative Agricultural Festival 2025, by Amy Hurn

Groundswell 2025: Building Connections for People, Nature and Climate

Reflections from Groundswell Regenerative Agricultural Festival 2025: Conversations, connections and the power of shared purpose

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.

Suzi Turner, Deputy Head Gardener at Knepp and Gardens and Greenspaces Ambassador, on autumn ‘mess’ and how to avoid tidying away hidden habitats.

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.

Migrating birds by Libby Drew

As habitats increase along the corridor, they will provide safe passage for the great autumn bird migration. Ecologist and wildlife guide, Matt Phelps, shares how some species are embarking on their seasonal journey southward.

Toadstool in field

Fungi are a world of their own. Find out about the fascinating role they play in connectivity.

Coastal sunset at low tide

Sussex’s coastline has long been a favourite destination for locals, tourists and wildlife. However, the deterioration of sea water quality in the region has been a growing concern in recent years.

White-tailed eagle by Andreas Weith

White-tailed eagles, also known as sea eagles, are making a remarkable comeback in the southern region of England after an absence of almost 250 years.

Hippocampus hippocampus by Hans Hillewaert

Shining a light on one of Sussex’s two seahorse species, which are facing a range of conservation challenges.

Kelp on a stone by Hugh Venables

Fancy a spot of kelp combing this summer? The Sussex Kelp Recovery Project would love your help to record sightings of this super seaweed along the Sussex coastline. Plus eggcase hunting, dolphin spotting and more!

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.