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:Sussex Wildlife Trust

{{Short description|Conservation charity which aims to protect natural life}}

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|name = Sussex Wildlife Trust

|image = Woods Mill offices.jpg

|caption = Woods Mill headquarters of the SWT in 2009

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|alt = Woods Mill offices

|formation = 1961

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|headquarters = Woods Mill

|location = Sussex

|membership = 38,000

|website = [https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/ Sussex Wildlife Trust]

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The Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT) is a conservation charity which aims to protect natural life in Sussex. It was founded in 1961 and is one of 46 wildlife trusts across the UK and the Isle of Man and Alderney. As of 2024, it had 38,000 members and manages {{convert| 2,000 |ha|acre|-3 }} of land for nature.{{cite web|url=https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/about-us/what-do-we-do|title=About us|publisher=Sussex Wildlife Trust|access-date=23 September 2024}} It is a registered charity{{cite web|url=https://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/CharityWithPartB.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=207005&SubsidiaryNumber=0|title=Sussex Wildlife Trust: Accounts for the Year to 31 March 2019|publisher=Charity Commission|access-date=30 January 2020}} and in the year to 31 March 2019 it had an income of £5.7 million and expenditure of £4 million, resulting in net income of £1.7 million.{{cite web|url=https://assets.sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/Files/swt-annual-accounts-2019-web.pdf|page=16|title=Sussex Wildlife Trust Report and Annual Accounts 2018–19|publisher=Sussex Wildlife Trust|access-date=9 September 2019}}

The SWT manages twenty-six nature reserves in the county.{{efn|This is the number of reserves which are listed separately on the SWT website. No details are given of other small reserves.{{cite web|url=https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit|title=Find a nature reserve near you|publisher=Sussex Wildlife Trust|access-date=29 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190727180107/https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit|archive-date=27 July 2019|url-status=live}}}} Nineteen are Sites of Special Scientific Interest, one is a national nature reserve, eleven are local nature reserves, eight are Special Areas of Conservation, three are Special Protection Areas, three are Ramsar sites and seven are Nature Conservation Review sites. Its headquarters at Woods Mill, south of Henfield, is also a nature reserve with a lake, woodland and meadows.

The historic county of Sussex is divided into the administrative counties of East Sussex and West Sussex. The South Downs stretches across the county from west to east. This area is chalk and to the north is the Weald, which is composed of heavy clays and sand. The coast has a succession of holiday towns such as Brighton, Eastbourne, Bognor Regis and Worthing.{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Sussex-historical-county-England|title=Sussex|encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica|access-date=13 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725010339/https://www.britannica.com/place/Sussex-historical-county-England|archive-date=25 July 2019|url-status=live}}

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=Public access=

  • FP = public access to footpaths through the site
  • NO = No public access to the site
  • PP = public access to part of the site
  • YES = public access to the whole or most of the site

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=Designations=

  • LNR = Local nature reserve{{cite web|url=https://data.gov.uk/dataset/acdf4a9e-a115-41fb-bbe9-603c819aa7f7/local-nature-reserves-england|publisher=Natural England|title=Local Nature Reserves (England)|access-date=2 February 2020}}
  • NCR = Nature Conservation Review{{cite book|editor-first=Derek |editor-last=Ratcliffe |title=A Nature Conservation Review |volume=1 |authorlink=Derek Ratcliffe |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge, UK |year=1977 |isbn=978-0-521-21403-2}}
  • NNR = National nature reserve{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-nature-reserves-in-england|publisher=Natural England|title=National Nature Reserves in England|access-date=2 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921055339/https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-nature-reserves-in-england|archive-date=21 September 2015|url-status=live}}
  • Ramsar = Ramsar site, an internationally important wetland site{{cite web|url=https://www.ramsar.org/about/wetlands-of-international-importance-ramsar-sites|publisher=The Ramsar Convention Secretariat|title=Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar sites)|access-date=2 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190618152012/https://www.ramsar.org/about/wetlands-of-international-importance-ramsar-sites|archive-date=18 June 2019|url-status=live}}
  • SAC = Special Area of Conservation{{cite web|url=https://data.gov.uk/dataset/a85e64d9-d0f1-4500-9080-b0e29b81fbc8/special-areas-of-conservation-england|publisher=Natural England|title=Special Areas of Conservation (England) |access-date=2 February 2020}}
  • SPA = Special Protection Area under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds{{cite web|url=https://data.gov.uk/dataset/174f4e23-acb6-4305-9365-1e33c8d0e455/special-protection-areas-england|publisher=Natural England|title=Special Protection Areas (England) |access-date=2 February 2020}}
  • SSSI = Site of Special Scientific Interest{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/guidance/protected-areas-sites-of-special-scientific-interest|publisher=Natural England|title=Sites of Special Scientific Interest - Managing Your Land|access-date=2 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114010938/https://www.gov.uk/guidance/protected-areas-sites-of-special-scientific-interest|archive-date=14 January 2020|url-status=live}}

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Sites

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!scope="col" data-sort-type="number"| Area{{efn|name=SWT|The area and location are taken from the Wildlife Trust page for each site.}}

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!scope="col" |Designations

!scope="col" class="unsortable" |Description

scope="row"| Amberley Wildbrooks{{cite web |url= https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/amberley-wildbrooks |title= Amberley Wildbrooks |publisher= Sussex Wildlife Trust |access-date= 20 December 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181221230344/https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/amberley-wildbrooks |archive-date= 21 December 2018 |url-status= live }}

|File:Amberley Wild Brooks - geograph.org.uk - 361203.jpg

| {{convert| 80 |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}

|Amberley
{{coord| 50.913

0.536 |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Amberley Wildbrooks }}
{{gbmappingsmall| TQ030136 }}

|align="center"|FP

|NCR Ramsar{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK11004&SiteName=&countyCode=46&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Arun Valley | series= Ramsar Site|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 5 April 2019}} SAC{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK0030366&SiteName=&countyCode=46&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Arun Valley | series= Special Areas of Conservation|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 5 April 2019}} SPA{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK9020281&SiteName=&countyCode=46&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=|title= Designated Sites View: Arun Valley | series= Special Protection Areas |publisher=Natural England|access-date =5 April 2019}} SSSI{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003987&SiteName=&countyCode=46&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=|title=Designated Sites View: Amberley Wild Brooks | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 11 April 2019}}

|This site has wet grassland, peat bog and man-made ditches. It has more than half the aquatic plants found in Britain and diverse invertebrates, some of which are internationally rare. The site is also important for waders, which breed there, and for wintering wildfowl.{{cite web |url= https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/amberley-wildbrooks/reserve-profile |title= Amberley Wildbrooks Reserve Profile |publisher= Sussex Wildlife Trust |access-date= 31 July 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190411185821/https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/amberley-wildbrooks/reserve-profile |archive-date= 11 April 2019 |url-status= live }}

scope="row"| Brickfield Meadow{{cite web |url= https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/brickfield-meadow |title= Brickfield Meadow |publisher= Sussex Wildlife Trust |access-date= 20 December 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181221182934/https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/brickfield-meadow |archive-date= 21 December 2018 |url-status= live }}

|File:Brickfield Meadow (geograph 5560851).jpg

| {{convert| 1.4 |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}

|Uckfield
{{coord| 51.019|0.097 |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Brickfield Meadow }}
{{gbmappingsmall| TQ472265 }}

|align="center"|YES

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|This wildflower rich meadow has been traditionally managed for many years by cutting in the summer and grazing later in the year. Flowering plants include Dyer’s greenweed, devil's-bit scabious, bitter-vetch and zigzag clover. It is one of the best places in the county for the chimney sweeper moth.

scope="row"| Burton and Chingford Ponds{{cite web|url= https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/burton-chingford-ponds|title= Burton and Chingford Ponds|publisher= Sussex Wildlife Trust|access-date= 20 December 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181221182933/https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/burton-chingford-ponds|archive-date= 21 December 2018|url-status= live}}

|File:Burton Mill Pond - geograph.org.uk - 1260268.jpg

| {{convert| 56 |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}

|Petworth
{{coord| 50.953

0.609 |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Burton and Chingford Ponds }}
{{gbmappingsmall| SU978180 }}

|align="center"|YES

|LNR{{cite web |url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteLNRDetail.aspx?SiteCode=L1008820&SiteName=&countyCode=46&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title= Designated Sites View: Burton and Chingford Ponds |series= Local Nature Reserves |publisher= Natural England |access-date= 6 April 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190327091400/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteLNRDetail.aspx?SiteCode=L1008820&SiteName=&countyCode=46&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |archive-date= 27 March 2019 |url-status= live }} SSSI{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1004125&SiteName=&countyCode=46&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Burton Park | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 6 April 2019}}

|This site has ponds, carr woodland, bog, wet heath and marshy grassland. There is a diverse range of invertebrates including three nationally rare species, the snail Omphiscola glabra and the craneflies Erioptera meijerei and Tipula marginata. The site is also important for its breeding water birds, such as water rails and great crested grebes.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1004125.pdf |title=Burton Park citation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date= 19 April 2019}}

scope="row"| Cooksbridge Meadow{{cite web |url= https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/cooksbridge-meadow |title= Cooksbridge Meadow |publisher= Sussex Wildlife Trust |access-date= 20 December 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181221182915/https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/cooksbridge-meadow |archive-date= 21 December 2018 |url-status= live }}

|File:Cooksbridge Meadow (3).jpg

| {{convert| 9 |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}

|Fernhurst
{{coord| 51.035

0.725 |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Cooksbridge Meadow }}
{{gbmappingsmall|SU895270 }}

|align="center"|YES

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|Most of this site is grassland but there is also a narrow strip of woodland and a stream. The meadows are grazed by sheep in order to keep the grass down and ensure a good display of flowers in the spring. Woodland flowers include sanicle, yellow archangel and purslane.

scope="row"| Ditchling Beacon{{cite web |url= https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/ditchling-beacon |title= Ditchling Beacon |publisher= Sussex Wildlife Trust |access-date= 20 December 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181221182858/https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/ditchling-beacon |archive-date= 21 December 2018 |url-status= live }}

|File:Ditchling Beacon Nature Reserve - geograph.org.uk - 1455948.jpg

| {{convert| 24 |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}

|Hassocks
{{coord|50.900

0.107 |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Ditchling Beacon }}
{{gbmappingsmall|TQ332129 }}

|align="center"|YES

| SSSI{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1002124&SiteName=&countyCode=14&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Clayton to Offham Escarpment | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 8 April 2019}}

|This is one of the highest points of the South Downs and it has a 360-degree view across the Weald and the Sussex coast. It is herb-rich chalk grassland which provides food for a variety of insects, including butterflies such as the chalkhill blue and the uncommon silver-spotted skipper.{{cite web|url=https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/ditchling-beacon/reserve-profile|title=Ditchling Beacon Reserve Profile|publisher=Sussex Wildlife Trust|access-date=13 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321141524/https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/ditchling-beacon/reserve-profile|archive-date=21 March 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row"| Ebernoe Common{{cite web |url= https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/ebernoe-common |title= Ebernoe Common |publisher= Sussex Wildlife Trust |access-date= 20 December 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181221182813/https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/ebernoe-common |archive-date= 21 December 2018 |url-status= live }}

|File:Path through Ebernoe Common - geograph.org.uk - 1162481.jpg

| {{convert| 157 |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}

|Petworth
{{coord| 51.041

0.611 |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Ebernoe Common }}
{{gbmappingsmall| SU975278 }}

|align="center"|YES

|NCRRatcliffe, p. 48 NNR{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=1007232&SiteName=ebern&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Ebernoe Common | series= National Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England|access-date =6 April 2019}} SAC{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK0012715&SiteName=&countyCode=46&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Ebernoe Common | series= Special Areas of Conservation|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 6 April 2019}} SSSI{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1004246&SiteName=&countyCode=46&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Ebernoe Common | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 11 April 2019}}

|This site consists of several blocks of ancient woodland. It is nationally important for lichens, with over 100 species, and for fungi, with seven Red Data Book species. It is also nationally important for woodland breeding birds and for bats, especially barbastelles and Bechstein’s.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1004246.pdf |title=Ebernoe Common citation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date= 24 April 2019}}

scope="row"| Eridge Rocks{{cite web |url= https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/eridge-rocks |title= Eridge Rocks |publisher= Sussex Wildlife Trust |access-date= 20 December 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181221182953/https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/eridge-rocks |archive-date= 21 December 2018 |url-status= live }}

|File:Eridge Rocks - geograph.org.uk - 1492841.jpg

| {{convert| 44 |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}

|Tunbridge Wells
{{coord| 51.098|0.218 |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Eridge Rocks }}
{{gbmappingsmall| TQ554355 }}

|align="center"|YES

| SSSI{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1002853&SiteName=eridge&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Eridge Green | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 10 January 2019}}

|This is ancient woodland on clay with outcrops of sandstone which form cliffs up to ten metres high. Flora on the rocks include Tunbridge filmy fern, the mosses Dicranum scottianum and Orthodontium gracile and the liverworts Scapania umbrosa, Scapania gracilis and Harpanthus scutatus.{{cite web|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1002853.pdf|title=Eridge Green citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date=13 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219230340/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1002853.pdf|archive-date=19 December 2018|url-status=live}}

scope="row"| Filsham Reedbed{{cite web|url= https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/filsham-reedbed|title= Filsham Reedbed|publisher= Sussex Wildlife Trust|access-date= 20 December 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181221182917/https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/filsham-reedbed|archive-date= 21 December 2018|url-status= live}}

|File:Nature Reserve Nr Bulverhythe East Sussex - geograph.org.uk - 167871.jpg

| {{convert| 19 |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}

|Hastings
{{coord| 50.851|0.520 |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Filsham Reedbed }}
{{gbmappingsmall| TQ775088 }}

|align="center"|YES

|LNR{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteLNRDetail.aspx?SiteCode=L1008897&SiteName=filsham&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title= Designated Sites View: Filsham Reed Beds|series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England |access-date= 10 January 2019}} SSSI{{cite web |url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001853&SiteName=&countyCode=14&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title= Designated Sites View: Combe Haven |series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest |publisher= Natural England |access-date= 10 January 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190212070519/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001853&SiteName=&countyCode=14&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |archive-date= 12 February 2019 |url-status= live }}

|This is one of the largest reedbeds in the county and it also has areas of grazing marsh, swamp and ancient woodland. There is a wide variety of plants and over 1000 species of invertebrates have been recorded. The bird life is important and diverse, with species such as Cetti's warbler, reed bunting, sedge warbler, purple heron, red-backed shrike and water rail.

scope="row"| Flatropers Wood{{cite web |url= https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/flatropers-wood |title= Flatropers Wood |publisher= Sussex Wildlife Trust |access-date= 20 December 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181221183002/https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/flatropers-wood |archive-date= 21 December 2018 |url-status= live }}

|File:Stinking hellebore, Flatropers Wood (geograph 5266981).jpg

| {{convert| 38 |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}

|Rye
{{coord| 50.980|0.651 |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Flatropers Wood }}
{{gbmappingsmall| TQ862234 }}

|align="center"|YES

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|The wood is mainly oak and birch, but there are also areas of sweet chestnut and former plantations of Scots pine and beech. The site is notable for its invertebrates, with almost 500 species of moths recorded and the rare oak mining-bee.{{cite web|url=https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/flatropers-wood/reserve-profile|title=Flatropers Wood Reserve Profile|publisher=Sussex Wildlife Trust|access-date=14 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814180320/https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/flatropers-wood/reserve-profile|archive-date=14 August 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row"| Gillham Wood{{cite web |url= https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/gillham-woods |title= Gillham Woods |publisher= Sussex Wildlife Trust |access-date= 20 December 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181221182911/https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/gillham-woods |archive-date= 21 December 2018 |url-status= live }}

|File:Gillham Wood, Bexhill.jpg

| {{convert| 3 |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}

|Bexhill-on-Sea
{{coord| 50.836|0.437 |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Gillham Woods }}
{{gbmappingsmall| TQ717069 }}

|align="center"|PP

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|The wood is mainly oak with an understorey of hazel, birch and holly. An old bomb crater is now a pond which provides a habitat for a variety of fauna and flora. Part of the site is closed to the public so as to provide a sanctuary for foxes and other wildlife.{{cite web |url= https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/gillham-woods/reserve-profile |title= Gillham Wood Reserve Profile |publisher= Sussex Wildlife Trust |access-date= 14 August 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190814211115/https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/gillham-woods/reserve-profile |archive-date= 14 August 2019 |url-status= live }}

scope="row"| Graffham Common{{cite web |url= https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/graffham-common |title= Graffham Common |publisher= Sussex Wildlife Trust |access-date= 20 December 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181221183000/https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/graffham-common |archive-date= 21 December 2018 |url-status= live }}

|File:Bowl Barrow Graffham Nature Reserve.jpg

| {{convert| 38 |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}

|Petworth
{{coord| 50.968

0.674 |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Graffham Common }}
{{gbmappingsmall|SU932196 }}

|align="center"|YES

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|This former pine plantation is being restored back to heath and grassland by the clearance of pine trees and rhododendrons. Drainage ditches have been blocked to allow the natural restoration of wet heath. Wet seepages provide a habitat for cross-leaved heath, hare’s-tail cottongrass and purple moor-grass.{{cite web |url= https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/graffham-common/reserve-profile |title= Graffham Common Reserve Profile |publisher= Sussex Wildlife Trust |access-date= 14 August 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190814220207/https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/graffham-common/reserve-profile |archive-date= 14 August 2019 |url-status= live }}

scope="row"| Iping and Stedham Commons{{cite web|url= https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/iping-stedham-commons|title= Iping and Stedham Commons|publisher= Sussex Wildlife Trust|access-date= 20 December 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190401132051/https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/iping-stedham-commons|archive-date= 1 April 2019|url-status= live}}

|File:Iping Common.JPG

| {{convert| 125 |ha|acre |sortable=on|disp=br()}}

|Midhurst
{{coord| 50.991

0.787 |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Iping and Stedham Commons }}
{{gbmappingsmall| SU852220 }}

|align="center"|YES

|LNR{{cite web |url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteLNRDetail.aspx?SiteCode=L1008971&SiteName=&countyCode=46&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title= Designated Sites View: Iping Common |series= Local Nature Reserves |publisher= Natural England |access-date= 6 April 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190327091532/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteLNRDetail.aspx?SiteCode=L1008971&SiteName=&countyCode=46&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |archive-date= 27 March 2019 |url-status= live }} NCRRatcliffe, p. 119 SSSI{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1000461&SiteName=&countyCode=46&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Iping Common | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 7 April 2019}}

|This is described by Natural England as one of the richest areas of heath in the county. Most of it is dry but there are also areas of wet heath, two ponds, woodland, scrub and grassland. It has a rich invertebrate fauna, and breeding heathland birds include nightjars and stonechats.{{cite web|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1000461.pdf|title=Iping Common citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date=1 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321141514/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1000461.pdf|archive-date=21 March 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row"| Levin Down{{cite web |url= https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/levin-down |title= Levin Down |publisher= Sussex Wildlife Trust |access-date= 20 December 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181221182913/https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/levin-down |archive-date= 21 December 2018 |url-status= live }}

|File:Beef cattle, Levin Down - geograph.org.uk - 1498569.jpg

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|Chichester
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| SSSI{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1000626&SiteName=&countyCode=46&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Levin Down| series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 2 May 2019}}

|This is an area of chalk grassland and heath on the slope of the South Downs. The chalk turf has a rich variety of flora, such as autumn gentian, salad burnet, round-headed rampion, autumn lady’s tresses, eyebright, glaucous sedge and quaking grass.{{cite web|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1000626.pdf|title=Levin Down citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date=2 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321141459/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1000626.pdf|archive-date=21 March 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row"| Malling Down{{cite web |url= https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/malling-down |title= Malling Down |publisher= Sussex Wildlife Trust |access-date= 20 December 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181221182958/https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/malling-down |archive-date= 21 December 2018 |url-status= live }}

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|align="center"|YES

|NCRRatcliffe, pp. 116–17 SAC{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK0012832&SiteName=&countyCode=14&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Lewes Downs | series= Special Areas of Conservation|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 10 January 2019}} SSSI{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1002952&SiteName=&countyCode=14&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Lewes Downs | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 16 January 2019}}

|This South Downs site is chalk grassland, which is one of Britain's richest habitats for flowers. There are many orchids including the widespread common spotted and fragrant and rarer ones such as the musk and frog orchid.{{cite web |url= https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/malling-down/reserve-profile |title= Malling Down Reserve Profile |publisher= Sussex Wildlife Trust |access-date= 15 August 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190815162531/https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/malling-down/reserve-profile |archive-date= 15 August 2019 |url-status= live }}

scope="row"| Marline Valley{{cite web |url= https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/marline-valley |title= Marline Valley |publisher= Sussex Wildlife Trust |access-date= 20 December 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181221182818/https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/marline-valley |archive-date= 21 December 2018 |url-status= live }}

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|align="center"|YES

|LNR{{cite web |url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteLNRDetail.aspx?SiteCode=L1009021&SiteName=&countyCode=14&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title= Designated Sites View: Marline Wood |series= Local Nature Reserves |publisher= Natural England |access-date= 10 January 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220230742/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteLNRDetail.aspx?SiteCode=L1009021&SiteName=&countyCode=14&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |archive-date= 20 December 2018 |url-status= live }} SSSI{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003006&SiteName=&countyCode=14&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Marline Valley Woods | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 10 January 2019}}

|This site has ancient woodland and species rich unimproved grassland. The wood has coppice of hornbeam, hazel and sweet chestnut and standards of pedunculate oak.{{efn|Coppicing with standards was a form of forestry management widely used until the late nineteenth century. Most of the trees were regularly coppiced, that is cut down to near ground level, resulting in a stool which provides a base for new growth. Scattered trees were standards which were not coppiced but left to grow.{{cite journal|journal=Forestry & Energy Review|date=Summer 2014|volume=1|issue=4|page=42|first1=Ian|last1=Short|first2=Jerry|last2=Camion|title=Coppice–with–standards: An old silvicultural system with new potential? |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280646180|access-date=30 January 2020}}}} A stream runs along a steep sided valley which has 61 species of mosses and liverworts, including some uncommon species.{{cite web|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1003006.pdf|title=Marline Valley Woods citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date=17 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219230435/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1003006.pdf|archive-date=19 December 2018|url-status=live}}

scope="row"| {{sortname|The| Mens|The Mens}}{{cite web |url= https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/the-mens |title= The Mens |publisher= Sussex Wildlife Trust |access-date= 20 December 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181221182753/https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/the-mens |archive-date= 21 December 2018 |url-status= live }}

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|Petworth
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|align="center"|YES

|NCRRatcliffe, pp. 48–49 SAC{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK0012716&SiteName=&countyCode=46&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: The Mens| series= Special Areas of Conservation|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 6 April 2019}} SSSI{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1000537&SiteName=&countyCode=46&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: The Mens | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 2 May 2019}}

|This large area of woodland has diverse breeding birds and rich lichen and fungal floras. There are many rare beetles and a fly which is under threat of extinction, Chelostoma curvinervis. All three British species of woodpecker breed on the site, together with other woodland species such as nightingales, woodcocks and wood warblers.{{cite web|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1000537.pdf|title=The Mens citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date=2 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321143025/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1000537.pdf|archive-date=21 March 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row"| Old Lodge {{cite web |url= https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/old-lodge |title= Old Lodge |publisher= Sussex Wildlife Trust |access-date= 20 December 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181221182826/https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/old-lodge |archive-date= 21 December 2018 |url-status= live }}

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|align="center"|YES

|LNR{{cite web |url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteLNRDetail.aspx?SiteCode=L1009058&SiteName=&countyCode=14&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title= Designated Sites View: Old Lodge, Nutley |series= Local Nature Reserves |publisher= Natural England |access-date= 10 January 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181221041334/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteLNRDetail.aspx?SiteCode=L1009058&SiteName=&countyCode=14&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |archive-date= 21 December 2018 |url-status= live }} NCRRatcliffe, p. 115 SAC{{cite web |url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK0030080&SiteName=ashdown&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title= Designated Sites View: Ashdown Forest |series= Special Areas of Conservation |publisher= Natural England |access-date= 10 January 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190214061554/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK0030080&SiteName=ashdown&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |archive-date= 14 February 2019 |url-status= live }} SPA{{cite web |url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK9012181&SiteName=ashdown&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title= Designated Sites View: Ashdown Forest |series= Special Protection Areas |publisher= Natural England |access-date= 10 January 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190214061645/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK9012181&SiteName=ashdown&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |archive-date= 14 February 2019 |url-status= live }} SSSI{{cite web|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001983&SiteName=&countyCode=14&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=|title=Designated Sites View: Ashdown Forest|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date=10 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214061635/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001983&SiteName=&countyCode=14&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=|archive-date=14 February 2019|url-status=live}}

|This highland site is mainly grassland and heather, with areas of gorse and scattered birch and oak trees. There are also small Scots pine plantations. Birds include common redstart and common crossbills and there are large nests of red wood ants.

scope="row"| Pevensey Marshes{{cite web |url= https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/pevensey-marshes |title= Pevensey Marshes |publisher= Sussex Wildlife Trust |access-date= 20 December 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181221182909/https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/pevensey-marshes |archive-date= 21 December 2018 |url-status= live }}

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|align="center"|NO

|NCRRatcliffe, p. 166 Ramsar{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK11053&SiteName=&countyCode=14&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Pevensey Levels | series= Ramsar Site|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 10 January 2019}} SAC{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK0030367&SiteName=&countyCode=14&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Pevensey Levels | series= Special Areas of Conservation|publisher=Natural England|access-date =10 January 2019}} SSSI{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1000914&SiteName=&countyCode=14&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Pevensey Levels | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 10 January 2019}}

|This wetland site has a network of pools, scrapes and ditches. There are many plants which are only found in high quality water, such as flowering-rush, water-violet, tubular water-dropwort. Ditches have nationally important populations of some rare aquatic molluscs such as Segmentina nitida and Anisus vorticulus.{{cite web |url= https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/pevensey-marshes/reserve-profile |title= Pevensey Marshes Reserve Profile |publisher= Sussex Wildlife Trust |access-date= 15 August 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190815173048/https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/pevensey-marshes/reserve-profile |archive-date= 15 August 2019 |url-status= live }}

scope="row"| Rye Harbour{{cite web |url= https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/rye-harbour |title= Rye Harbour |publisher= Sussex Wildlife Trust |access-date= 20 December 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181221182815/https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/rye-harbour |archive-date= 21 December 2018 |url-status= live }}

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|Rye
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{{gbmappingsmall| TQ942189 }}

|align="center"|YES

|LNR{{cite web |url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteLNRDetail.aspx?SiteCode=L1009115&SiteName=&countyCode=14&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Rye Harbour |series=Local Nature Reserves |publisher=Natural England |access-date=10 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220230938/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteLNRDetail.aspx?SiteCode=L1009115&SiteName=&countyCode=14&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |archive-date=20 December 2018 |url-status=live }} Ramsar{{cite web |url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK11023&SiteName=RYE&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title= Designated Sites View: Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay |series= Ramsar Site |publisher= Natural England |access-date= 16 January 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180716173248/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK11023&SiteName=RYE&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |archive-date= 16 July 2018 |url-status= live }} SAC{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK0013059&SiteName=dunge&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=|title= Designated Sites View: Dungeness|series= Special Area of Conservation|publisher= Natural England|access-date= 16 January 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190218081935/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK0013059&SiteName=dunge&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=|archive-date= 18 February 2019|url-status= live}} SPA{{cite web |url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK9012091&SiteName=RYE&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title= Designated Sites View: Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay |series= Special Protection Area |publisher= Natural England |access-date= 16 January 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190218201924/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK9012091&SiteName=RYE&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |archive-date= 18 February 2019 |url-status= live }} SSSI{{cite web |url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S2000533&SiteName=&countyCode=14&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title= Designated Sites View: Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay |series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest |publisher= Natural England |access-date= 10 January 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190218081903/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S2000533&SiteName=&countyCode=14&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |archive-date= 18 February 2019 |url-status= live }}

|This large reserve has diverse coastal habitats, including saltmarsh, shingle, reedbeds, saline lagoons, grazing marsh and flooded gravel pits. More than 280 species of birds have been recorded, out of which 90 breed on the site. There are more than 450 flowering plant species, including 27 which are scarce and two of which are endangered, least lettuce and stinking hawksbeard.

scope="row"| Seaford Head{{cite web|url= https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/seaford-head|title= Seaford Head|publisher= Sussex Wildlife Trust|access-date= 20 December 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181221182742/https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/seaford-head|archive-date= 21 December 2018|url-status= live}}

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|Seaford
{{coord| 50.762|0.131 |type:landmark_region:GB|name= Seaford Head }}
{{gbmappingsmall| TV504980 }}

|align="center"|YES

|LNR{{cite web |url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteLNRDetail.aspx?SiteCode=L1009127&SiteName=&countyCode=14&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title= Designated Sites View: Seaford Head |series= Local Nature Reserves |publisher= Natural England |access-date= 10 January 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181221041317/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteLNRDetail.aspx?SiteCode=L1009127&SiteName=&countyCode=14&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |archive-date= 21 December 2018 |url-status= live }} NCRRatcliffe, p. 1 SSSI{{cite web |url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1002008&SiteName=&countyCode=14&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title= Designated Sites View: Seaford to Beachy Head |series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest |publisher= Natural England |access-date= 10 January 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190220062859/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1002008&SiteName=&countyCode=14&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |archive-date= 20 February 2019 |url-status= live }}

|The site has diverse habitats with chalk grassland, chalk cliffs, scrub, vegetated shingle, wet grassland, saltmarsh and rockpools. Grassland flora include kidney vetch, squinancywort, moon carrot and clustered bellflower. There are butterflies such as silver-spotted skipper, chalkhill blue and adonis blue.{{cite web|url=https://assets.sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/seaford-head-nr-new-leaflet-2014.pdf|title=Seaford Head Local Nature Reserve Guide|publisher=Sussex Wildlife Trust|access-date=19 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220062816/https://assets.sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/seaford-head-nr-new-leaflet-2014.pdf|archive-date=20 February 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row"| Selwyns Wood{{cite web |url= https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/selwyns-wood |title= Selwyns Wood |publisher= Sussex Wildlife Trust |access-date= 20 December 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181221183011/https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/selwyns-wood |archive-date= 21 December 2018 |url-status= live }}

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|Heathfield
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|align="center"|YES

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|This reserve has woodland with extensive sweet chestnut, a stream in a narrow valley and an area of heather. Breeding woodland birds include willow warblers, chiffchaffs, nuthatches and marsh tits.{{cite web |url= https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/selwyns-wood/reserve-profile |title= Selwyns Wood Reserve Profile |publisher= Sussex Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 August 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190816124419/https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/selwyns-wood/reserve-profile |archive-date= 16 August 2019 |url-status= live }}

scope="row"| Southerham Farm {{cite web|url= https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/southerham|title= Southerham Farm|publisher= Sussex Wildlife Trust|access-date= 20 December 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181221183009/https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/southerham|archive-date= 21 December 2018|url-status= live}}

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|Lewes
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|align="center"|YES

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|The thin and infertile soils on this chalk site result in a floristically very rich grassland. Plants which flower in the summer include horseshoe vetch, kidney vetch, mouse-ear hawkweed, field scabious, dropwort and salad burnet.{{cite web |url= https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/southerham/reserve-profile |title= Southerham Farm Reserve Profile |publisher= Sussex Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 August 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190816154035/https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/southerham/reserve-profile |archive-date= 16 August 2019 |url-status= live }}

scope="row"| Waltham Brooks{{cite web |url= https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/waltham-brooks |title= Waltham Brooks |publisher= Sussex Wildlife Trust |access-date= 20 December 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181221182901/https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/waltham-brooks |archive-date= 21 December 2018 |url-status= live }}

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|Pulborough
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|align="center"|FP

| SSSI{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1000711&SiteName=&countyCode=46&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Waltham Brooks | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 23 May 2019}}

|This is one of the few remaining areas of grazing marsh in the county and it has a rich variety of aquatic flora, including one nationally rare species, the small water-pepper. Many bird species winter at the site, including three in nationally important numbers, Bewick’s swan, teal and shoveler.{{cite web|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1000711.pdf|title=Waltham Brooks citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date=23 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523192557/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1000711.pdf|archive-date=23 May 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row"| West Dean Woods{{cite web|url= https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/west-dean-woods|title= West Dean Woods|publisher= Sussex Wildlife Trust|access-date= 20 December 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181221182848/https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/west-dean-woods|archive-date= 21 December 2018|url-status= live}}

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|Chichester
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|align="center"|NO

| SSSI{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001418&SiteName=west%20dean&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: West Dean Woods | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 10 January 2019}}

|These woods have records dating back to the sixteenth century. The ground layer is rich in flowering plants, including white helleborine, fly orchid and around two million wild daffodils. Thirty five species of bryophyte have been recorded and invertebrates include two rare hoverflies which live on dead wood, Cheilosa carbonaria and Cheilosa nigripes.{{cite web|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1001418.pdf|title=West Dean Woods citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date=24 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321141456/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1001418.pdf|archive-date=21 March 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row"| Withdean Woods{{cite web |url= https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/withdean-woods |title= Withdean Woods |publisher= Sussex Wildlife Trust |access-date= 20 December 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181221182727/https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/withdean-woods |archive-date= 21 December 2018 |url-status= live }}

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|Many of the mature trees on this site were destroyed by the Great Storm of 1987, but it still has a range of mammals including foxes, badgers and common pipistrelle bats, while there are birds such as great spotted woodpecker and firecrests.

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|This is the headquarters of the trust and an environmental education centre. The main feature of the nature reserve is a lake, which has many damselflies and dragonflies, such as the scarce chaser and downy emerald. There is also a large area of ancient woodland, with oak, silver birch and coppiced hazel.{{cite web |url= https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/woods-mill?s=getting-around |title= Woods Mill Reserve Profile |publisher= Sussex Wildlife Trust |access-date= 16 August 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150923095820/https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/woods-mill?s=getting-around |archive-date= 23 September 2015 |url-status= live }}

See also

Notes

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References

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Sources

  • {{cite book|editor-first=Derek |editor-last=Ratcliffe |title=A Nature Conservation Review |volume=2 |authorlink=Derek Ratcliffe |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge, UK |year=1977 |isbn=978-0-521-21403-2}}

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External links

  • [https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit Sussex Wildlife Trust website]

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