Every year The Woodland, Flora & Fauna Group hold two public talks. The first is usually associated with the group’s AGM in April or May given by nature conservationists or wildlife experts. The second is held in August and is given by a nationally acknowledged distinguished author or a leading authority on nature and our […]

The Woodland, Flora & Fauna Group is supporting a talk by Hurst ReThink group by Edward Mayer of Swift Conservation UK entitled  ‘Swifts and our local Biodiversity’. It is to be held in the New Inn, Hurstpierpoint High Street on Wednesday, 14th June at 7pm. We actively support any event promoting the interests of wildlife […]

The Woodland, Flora & Fauna Group is holding an illustrated public talk given by Clare Blencowe on Wednesday, 12th April at 7.30pm. It is to be held in the Club Suite of the Village Centre, Trinity Road Hurstpierpoint, BN6 9UY. It will follow immediately after a brief introduction by The Woodland, Flora & Fauna Group. […]

2022 was not the best year for surveying our bat box installations. The late summer weather became progressively more wet following the abnormally hot summer and dry days in which to undertake them became fewer and fewer as autumn arrived. This meant the work was protracted and difficult to achieve. The wet weather and windy […]

The Woodland, Flora & Fauna Group has been busier than ever during the latter half of 2022. In June we visited the woodland pond in Sayers Common and spent many weeks maintaining the valuable wetland location. It was overgrown with ragwort, thistle and spreading brush again. Volunteers worked hard to restore the area to the […]