The annual Eco Open Houses event comes to Shoreham-by-Sea this April. Since 2014 it has been run by some of the team from Transition Town Worthing. This year it has been extended to Shoreham with support from Transition Town Shoreham, and also Steyning with help from Greening Steyning. It runs from Tuesday 7 April to …...

Last September we reported a new nature recovery project by local conservation volunteers to reverse a dramatic decline in butterfly populations on Mill Hill local nature reserve. Mill Hill: grassland restoration is gathering pace Four months ago, the central slope was largely carpeted with invading scrub. Since then, the change has been...

Local volunteers are leading a restoration project above Shoreham to reverse decades of ecological decline and revive butterfly and wildflower populations. Mill Hill: restoring a precious chalk grassland A community-led effort is underway to bring Mill Hill Local Nature Reserve back to life. Once world-famous for its butterflies and...

A guest article by Chris Hannon, Transition Town Shoreham We’re using more energy than ever, and we will need more. The National Grid is anticipating an increase in electricity demand of 50% by 2035. There’s a mix of factors driving this, such as energy-hungry new tech like AI, the transition to a low-carbon economy (EV …...

‘Don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone?’* Julia Widdows describes a new initiative to capture an up-to-date picture of the natural environment of Shoreham’s ‘Great Big Back Garden’, helping to identify priorities and opportunities for nature support and recovery. When Friends of...

Domestic gardens are vital for biodiversity. Julia Widdows describes a new local project to encourage wildlife at our doorsteps. Our countryside is under constant pressure from development, traffic, pollution, and intensive agriculture, and is no longer the haven for a rich variety of wildlife that it has been in the past. UK gardens...

Tree Festival 2025 comes to Shoreham and Southwick Whatever the weather, the upcoming Tree Festival 2025 will let us reconnect with nature and appreciate the incredible role trees play in our lives. This line-up of events across Sussex and the Living Coast UNESCO Biosphere includes over 20 events in Shoreham and Southwick alone from now...

Dave Fawcett describes a walk to record the birdsong at first light by members of the Echoes Of Old Shoreham soundscape project. It’s about 5 a.m. on the first Sunday in May. A little group of us are dotted around Mill Hill, tuning into the soundscapes created by the bird song around us. We met …...

Thoughts from a walk to Thundersbarrow A three mile walk from Shoreham town centre will take you one of the best views on the South Downs. Thundersbarrow, high above the town, is an archaeological site rich in history. The hill features an Iron Age fort, a Bronze Age bowl barrow, and traces of a Romano-British …...

This is a guest article by the recently formed Friends of Adur SSSI Just under 40 years ago the Adur River Estuary (from Cuckoo corner to the footbridge in Shoreham) was deemed to be of such importance for wildlife that it was designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) under the then new …...