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Supporting floodplain management at Sheffield Park

17 March 2021

Grants from the Sussex Lund (now known as a the Nature and Community Fund) have supported the restoration of 20 hectares of floodplain at Sheffield Park, one of Sussex’s most popular visitor attractions. Sheffield Park is much loved for the colours of its autumn parkland, but the site spans a much larger area of over […]

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Wickerwood Wildlife Site: improving habitats in Horam

17 March 2021

The Wickerwood Wildlife Site has been created on the former Horam brickworks in East Sussex, thanks to grants from Sussex Lund (now the Nature and Community Fund).  It is a 40-acre community land project designed to bring people closer to nature while enhancing biodiversity. Led by Sacred Earth, a community interest organisation focused on nature […]

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Removal of rhododendron at Battle Woods

17 March 2021

Battle Wood is a privately owned area of ancient woodland in the High Weald, rich in native species but increasingly under pressure from invasive plants. Over time, large stands of rhododendron and extensive bracken had taken hold across the site, suppressing native ground flora and limiting the woodland’s ecological diversity. Riddled with rhodedendron In some […]

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