Category Archives: Woods Mill
Learn to twitch
Sussex Wildlife Trust is offering a five month course at Woods Mill, from January to June 2014, taught by Mike Russell, and involving both indoor sessions and outside field trips that will visit many top bird sites in Sussex. The course covers identification techniques, habitats, bird conservation and populations, migration and birdsong. Suitable for beginners and those with a little knowledge.
Risk area for flooding
This post is not a flood alert! But you may have thought that river flooding is something that only happens elsewhere in the locality (e.g., along the banks of the Adur and its larger tributaries). The Environment Agency thinks otherwise and marks a strip of Fulking and Edburton that stretches north from Brook House, via Perching Sands, then west past Lower Edburton and Tottington Sands to Woods Mill. This strip is at significant risk of flooding where ‘significant’ means more than once every 75 years. The Agency’s map has been added to the end of the Local Geology page.
Habitat Management for Invertebrates
A Sussex Wildlife Trust course at Woods Mill taught by Graeme Lyons. How to plan and manage the best habitats for invertebrates – the building blocks for a properly functioning ecosystem. Saturday 7th December, 10:00 – 16:00, members £27.50, non-members £38. Click here to book.
Halloween Horrors at Woods Mill
Sussex Wildlife Trust will frighten your kids for a small fee. They’ll be led on a candlelit walk around the woods, meet some real owls and bats and learn some interesting facts about these not so spooky creatures. Fancy dress costumes welcome. Suitable for children aged 5-11 years. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Thursday 31 October 17:30 – 19:30, members £10 per child, non members £13 per child. Book here.
Join the Hit Squad
If you’re interested in wildlife and enjoy working outdoors then Sussex Wildlife Trust is looking for conservation volunteers to help at local nature reserves. Every weekend, our Saturday Conservation Hit Squad, led by Sarah Quantrill, visits different nature reserves to carry out important conservation tasks. Summertime work includes path clearing, fencing repairs and bramble or bracken control. As well as learning new skills, getting out in the fresh air and meeting new people, our Saturday volunteers enjoy spotting plenty of wildlife including summer butterflies, wild flowers and birds. Although this is a weekly group working from 9-5pm on a Saturday, volunteers do not have to commit to helping every week. The only requirement is to be over 18 years old and reasonably fit. Lifts are available from Woods Mill nature reserve near Henfield or volunteers can go direct to the chosen nature reserve. If you’re interested in joining us for a taster day or finding out more then please get in touch with Liz Francis on 01273 497562 or email lizfrancis@sussexwt.org.uk
