The Heathlands Reunited project will be led by the South Downs National Park Authority, working in partnership with Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trust, Butterfly Conservation, Defence Estates (Home Counties), Forestry Commission, Hampshire County Council, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust, Sussex Wildlife Trust, National Trust, Natural England, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, The Lynchmere Society and West Sussex County Council. More information here.
Category Archives: Fauna
Stanmer Park
Sunday 22nd June 2014, 11:00am–5:00pm: produce market, birds of prey, sheep shearing, heavy horses, bar and food court. Parking £5. More information here.
Swains Farm Family Fun Day
Harris’s Fun Fair, Huxley’s Birds of Prey, The Pizza Oven, Boogie Hoops, Punch & Judy
The cattle upon a thousand hills
In view of a recent serious incident at the Dyke, local walkers may wish to bear the following NFU-approved Rambler guidelines in mind:
Do
- Try to avoid getting between cows and their calves.
- Be prepared for cattle to react to your presence, especially if you have a dog with you.
- Move quickly and quietly, and if possible walk around the herd.
- Keep your dog close and under effective control on a lead around cows and sheep.
- Remember to close gates behind you when walking through fields containing livestock.
Don’t
- Don’t hang onto your dog – if you are threatened by cattle, let it go as the cattle will chase the dog.
- Don’t put yourself at risk – find another way round the cattle and rejoin the footpath as soon as possible.
- Don’t panic or run – most cattle will stop before they reach you, if they follow just walk on quietly.
Dogs in the First World War
Emma White examines the role of dogs as messengers on the Western Front. Tuesday 3rd June, 12:10pm–12:50pm, Worthing Library, free admission.
Open Day & Fun Dog Show
Dogs Trust Shoreham’s Annual Open Day and Fun Dog Show is a great day out for all the family, two and four legged. There will be attractions such as a bouncy castle, other children’s rides and games, a raffle, a tombola, Dogs Trust merchandise for sale and refreshments including a beer tent. There will also be a Have-A-Go Agility contest and a Doggy Dash for your dogs. At Dogs Trust, Brighton Road, Shoreham by Sea, West Sussex, BN43 5LT on Sunday 25th May, 11:30am–4:00pm.
Take the Lead
This rather vulgar SDNPA cartoon appears to be aimed at dogs and children rather than their adult human carers. You will want to position your dog or child in front of the computer and then leave the room as quickly as possible. It morphs into an SDNPA endorsement for a brand of commercial dog food at the end.
Ecobluff called
Michael Brown of CPRE writes in the Mid Sussex Times:
Both Horsham and Mid Sussex District Councils are in advanced stages of developing long term plans for their Districts: neither of their plans calls for any new market town to meet their Districts’ housing needs. As to location, it is difficult to envisage somewhere less suited to a mega-development than the lovely open countryside around Wineham with no significant local unemployment, with no road, rail or other infrastructure, and on low lying fields prone to flooding from the Adur. Not to mention the barn owls, nightingales and other wonderful wildlife.
We challenge Mayfield to publish the ecological and flood reports that it claims to have commissioned so that we can all judge for ourselves.
Adder alert
“In spring, dogs are prone to snake bites when let off the lead because adders will strike if they are not able to flee.”