Volunteers with Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) squares have the option to survey their squares for butterflies during July and August, as part of the Wider Countryside Butterfly Survey (WCBS) which is a collaboration between the BTO and Butterfly Conservation. Volunteers taking on new squares now can take part in the WCBS and then have the […]

SOS Council member Mya Bambrick is undertaking a project called ‘21 Wildlife Walks.’ She will be going on and vlogging 21 different wildlife walks across the UK before her 21st birthday in September, with the aim to raise £2100 for the BTO, raise awareness of species decline and different conservation issues. Locations include RSPB Arne, […]

If you have volunteered to do a bird survey on Ashdown Forest this spring and summer, the Conservators will allow free car parking for the purposes of the survey and for the period of the survey. If you’d like to take advantage of this, and have not already done so, please email me your car […]

SOS is seeking a person to take over from Audrey Wende to co-ordinate SOS’s mid-week walks for members. The role involves organising one mid-week walk a month, generally 11 walks a year (none in August), find potential walk leaders and liaise with the weekend walks co-ordinator. These events are attended by approximately 12 people and […]

There is still time to sign up to take part in the full national survey of breeding woodcock running in 2023 organised by the BTO with the GWCT as partners. The last full national survey of breeding woodcock was in 2013. Indications from annual monitoring since 2013 suggest that the population may have decreased. The […]

Chichester’s Peregrine Group are appealing to SOS members to help with their Peregrine Open Days at Chichester Cathedral on Wednesday – Sunday from 10th June – 9th July on the Cathedral Green. Help is sought with the telescope/video feed viewing and interpretation. These Open Days continue to attract good numbers of people and this is […]

SOS are carrying out a county-wide Nightjar survey this summer and we are looking for volunteers to cover a number of 1km squares in known Nightjar areas in Sussex. The survey consists of 2 evening visits between late May and late July. The survey website, with available 1km squares is now up and running and […]

We are looking for someone to take a leading role in the SOS Conservation Team, working with three current team members, two of whom have extensive experience of the work involved. The SOS has established a unique niche in conservation matters in Sussex, using our database of over seven million records of birds in Sussex, […]

SOS is thrilled by the news that Center Parcs have done the right thing in realising that Oldhouse Warren, a fantastic ancient woodland in the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, is the wrong place for their next development. They have “analysed all the detail from surveys they have undertaken and concluded that the […]