We have arranged a public talk on Friday, 30th May 2025 in the Club Suite of the Village Centre, Trinity Road, Hurstpierpoint, BN6 9UY. The speaker is Michael Blencowe the naturalist, author and wildlife guide. The title of his talk is ‘The Wildlife of Sussex’. It commences at 7.30pm. The diverse habitats of our southern county support a range of amazing species. Michael Blencowe […]

The weather has been a problem for all our activities this year. Insufficient notice of dry days in the fluctuating forecast has made all our arrangements a last-minute scramble to organise. Those that we have been bold enough to gamble on for them to remain as predicted dry days, have often had to be cancelled […]

2024 has proved to be a very difficult year for progressing our nature conservation work. The number of wet days occurring since the start of the year have made volunteer day opportunities to progress our many projects, extremely difficult. More selected project days have been cancelled this year than since the group was formed 20 […]

This year has been the most successful yet for breeding occupancy in our barn owl boxes. Not only have we had a record number of barn owl young born in our boxes, we have also had a large number of kestrels who are also in decline nationally with only 1 in 3 born surviving beyond […]

The Woodland, Flora & Fauna Group have organised a special public talk by the renowned author and leading authority on barn owls, David Ramsden, MBE from the Barn Owl Trust. It will take place on Thursday 29th August at 7.30 pm in the Main Hall at Hurstpierpoint Village Centre, Trinity Road, Hurstpierpoint, BN6 9UY. David Ramsden is one of the […]