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Woodland Management at Dorothy Stringer Woods

Big Nature Posted on December 23, 2021 by Rob SandercockDecember 23, 2021

Big Nature was able to support students and their families help manage the Dorothy Stringer Woodland for nature. This involved coppicing some of the Hazel to open up part of the woodland. Various plants and animals take advantage of this opening in the summer. It takes about 10 years for..Read More

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SWT Sheep arrive at Liz Williams Butterfly Haven

Big Nature Posted on December 23, 2021 by Rob SandercockDecember 23, 2021

We are delighted to be able to facilitate the Sussex Wildlife Trust’s sheep to visit the Liz Williams Butterfly Haven to help maintain the habitat restoration here. Chalk Grass Downland is one of the most biodiverse, but also one of the rarest semi-natural habitats in the UK. It is the..Read More

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New Fence for Liz Williams Butterfly Haven

Big Nature Posted on December 23, 2021 by Rob SandercockDecember 23, 2021

Following a grant from the Brighton & Hove Communities Fund and working in conjunction with Dorothy Stringer School which also secured funding from The Chapman Charitable Trust and The Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust, we have been able to purchase and install a new stock proof fence for the Liz Williams..Read More

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Friends of the Liz Williams Butterfly Haven

Big Nature Posted on December 23, 2021 by Rob SandercockDecember 23, 2021

Big Nature is delighted that through its work supporting and developing the Liz Williams Butterfly Haven a group of interested like minded people have got together to create the Friends of Liz Williams Butterfly Haven. You can follow what goes on there at LizWilliamsButterflyHaven (@LWButterflyH) / Twitter

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Waitrose Donation

Big Nature Posted on December 23, 2021 by Rob SandercockDecember 23, 2021

Big Nature is delighted to be the facilitating organisation that allowed students from Dorothy Stringer School – Brighton, to join the Friends of the Liz Williams Butterfly Haven to receive a cheque for £1000 from the staff of both the Hove and Brighton branches of Waitrose. The Liz Williams Butterfly..Read More

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Wildflower Lewes and Millennium Seed Bank

Big Nature Posted on November 26, 2020 by Rob SandercockNovember 27, 2020

We are delighted to have been able to support the work of Wildflower Lewes by supplying 1123 wildflower plugs grown from locally sources seeds by Kew at the Millennium Seed Bank. On a chilly but clear evening in November volunteers we were able to take students from Dorothy Stringer School..Read More

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Big Nature pushes for celebration to mark end of the UN International Year of Biodiversity

Big Nature Posted on December 17, 2019 by Rob SandercockNovember 27, 2020

In 2017 the first discussions were had about doing something to celebrate the then expected International Year of Biodiversity. A group of people from a range of interested groups across the Biosphere got together and started to plan what we could do.

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Nature 2020

Big Nature Posted on December 17, 2019 by Rob SandercockDecember 23, 2021

Big Nature is delighted to announce the launch of Nature 2020 – a year long calendar of inspiring events to recognise the end of the International Decade of Biodiversity. Check out www.nature2020.org.uk for more information.

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Christmas Tree Appeal

Big Nature Posted on February 23, 2017 by Rob SandercockNovember 27, 2020

David Bellamy gave away 500 native trees for the citizens of Brighton and Hove to promote an active interest in backyard biodiversity.

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Big Nature Treasure Hunt

Big Nature Posted on February 23, 2017 by Rob SandercockNovember 27, 2020

Members of the public participated in a treasure hunt in search of biodiversity clues around the city.

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