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New Lewes wetland habitat takes step forward

The new Lewes wetland

A project to create a new wetland habitat in Lewes in East Sussex took a major step forward this week as diggers broke through a riverbank allowing water from the old channel to rush into the new 6.8-hectare wetland area. Adjacent to the Lewes Brooks, the Cockshut is a 3km long chalk stream that flows … Read more

Rescue owls help patients with stress and anxiety

Patients at Priory’s Ticehurst Hospital in East Sussex recently took part in a session to hold and observe owls close-up, getting to meet an eagle owl, a little owl and a tawny owl. The patients were introduced to rescue owls as part of a therapy session aimed at reducing stress and anxiety. The session had a calming effect … Read more

An interview with…. Lucy Cooke

Wildlife expert Lucy Cooke is an award-winning television producer and presenter, best-selling author and explorer, with a Masters in zoology from Oxford University where she studied under Professor Richard Dawkins. A regular on our TV screens, Lucy has recently appeared on BBC2’s Springwatch, as team captain on wildlife quiz Curious Creatures and host on BBC4’s … Read more

Close encounters of the slow kind

Drusillas Park in East Sussex has introduced a brand new Close Encounter experience for 2018 with their beautiful two-toed sloths. Each 40 minute session, with one of the park’s slowest and most popular residents, takes place in the walk-through bat enclosure, where visitors get the chance to feed and come face-to-face with these strange and … Read more

SEA LIFE Brighton

Let us take you on a fascinating journey through the original Victorian architecture of the oldest operating aquarium in the world from the coastline to the depths of the ocean. Discover a magical underwater world filled with a dazzling array of amazing creatures. Every step will reveal something new, from a face to face encounter … Read more