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      • Sompting's Environment

         

        We face a global wildlife emergency with local species extinctions, partly linked to the climate emergency.

        We are proud to have overseen a great recovery in richness of both flora and fauna on Sompting Estate over recent decades due to conscious decisions progressively implemented by the Trust since the mid-1980s to support biodiversity.  

        Click on the page links below to find out about our Parish's nature.

         

         

        1.  Sompting Community in the Countryside

        2.  Flora

        3.  Fauna

        4.  Habitats

        5.  EPIC Project

        6.  Access

        7.  Climate

         


        Where to learn more 

        Wildlife Species 

        Places for Wildlife 

        Caring for the Environment

         


          Sussex Wildlife Images

         Sussex Flora Images

         

        Click on the links below

        PLANTS

        TREES

        BIRDS

        LOCAL SPECIES INFORMATION

        Wild Flower Society

        Sussex Botanical 
        Recording Society

        Hants Plants

        Ferns Mosses &
        Lichens

        Plantlife

        Learning with the
        Woodland Trust

        Royal Society for the 

        Protection of Birds

        British Trust for
        Ornithology

         Lancing Nature

        MAMMALS

        BATS

        AMPHIBIANS &

        REPTILES

        British Deer Society

        The Mammal Society

         

        Sussex Bat Group

        Froglife

        Herpetological 
        Conservation Trust

         

        BUTTERFLIES &

        MOTHS

        INVERTEBRATES

        FUNGI

         Butterfly Conservation

        Bees, Wasps & Ants

        British Dragonfly Society

        Buglife

        Association of British
        Fungus Groups

        Record Sompting Nature                

        The Downs Barn Environment Education Centre is a supporter member of the National Biodiversity Network. 

        Try downloading the iRecord App and see if you can contribute new knowledge of our nature to the Sussex Biodiversity Records Centre.

      • The Sompting Estate
        has for 250 years combined farming, residential, business and conservation. 

        The Downs Barn is used for estate meetings and as an environment education centre. 

        Hiring the Downs Barn
        for Environment Education

      • Sompting Blog

        Ash Dieback Disease

        14th Nov 2019
        What is Ash Dieback (ADB) Dise...Read More...

        Our Local Strategic Vision

        7th Apr 2019
        Click here to read a consultat...Read More...

        Meadow Flowers in the Sompting Downs

        9th Jul 2018
        The Parish Meadow Project As ...Read More...

        Downland Dewponds Walk 05 05 18

        27th Apr 2018
        ...Read More...

        'Bright future to be funded by new homes'

        5th Nov 2017
        Press Release Oct 2017: &...Read More...

        Sustainable Sussex in Sompting

        24th Aug 2017
        Keith Colin and Liane Webb hav...Read More...

        Mammal survey event - all welcome

        14th Aug 2017
        ...Read More...
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