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Chris Corrigan
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CEO of @SussexWildlife, President @SussexOrnitholo, trustee South Georgia Heritage Trust and Enovert Community Trust. Ex-RSPB and Birdwatch Ireland
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Students and staff at an Eastbourne school are experiencing the natural world where they live in new ways through an ambitious new project, with support from Sussex Wildlife Trust.

https://f.mtr.cool/rvihvnhzdo 

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A young boy holds binoculars and points towards a distant landscape, while standing next to an adult, hinting at birdwatching or exploration.
January 20, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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Delighted to see that #biobeads have been raised at PMQs. Thank you #HelenaDollimoreMP!
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Helena Dollimore MP raised the issue of Bio-beads at Prime Minister's Question Time.

🚨Deadline to sign the petition in 26 January 2026🚨
Sign here: www.helenadollimore.com/binthebeads

#BinTheBeads
January 14, 2026 at 5:16 PM
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CLOSES TOMORROW! Please sign 🙏
#biobeads
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sussexwildlife.bsky.social Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · Dec 11
🚨 SIGN THE PETITION 🚨

We're backing MP Helena Dollimore's petition to end the use of bio-beads across the UK. Modern, safer alternatives exist – water companies must use them.

👉 Sign now: https://f.mtr.cool/ktkpksyvix

Every signature counts. Together we can protect our coastline.
A group of protesters holding signs against bio-bead pollution, with messages like "Stop Using Bio-Beads" and "Ban Bio-Beads Now." A hand in a blue glove holds small, dark cylindrical pellets against a backdrop of marshland and water.
January 11, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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Pleased to see that the #biobead spill has now rightly been upgraded to a Category 1 incident by the #EnvironmentAgency

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Camber Sands plastic pellet pollution incident upgraded
MP Helena Dollimore is launching a petition to end the use of plastic beads in wastewater treatment.
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January 10, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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Guest blog by our CEO Chris Corrigan about the biobead spill disaster
January 6, 2026 at 9:53 AM
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Thanks @markavery.bsky.social for helping highlight this shocker of an issue. Yet more wildlife-harming plastic in the sea.

Please help us make sure it doesn't happen again
#binthebeads #biobeads
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January 6, 2026 at 10:27 AM
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Forgotten something?

There's one week left to sign the #BinTheBeads petition and help us to end the use of biobeads in wastewater treatment. 

📢https://f.mtr.cool/wwigddyjnt
January 4, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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Gorgeous day at Rye Harbour NR! Bumped into ex-colleague and excellent birder/photographer Sara Humphrey... and had an unexpected Glossy Ibis flypast at Castle Water
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Photo: Sara Humphrey
Glossy Ibis in flight
December 31, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Restoring conservation grazing to Mill Hill LNR is making a big difference. More to do to knock the site back into its former chalk grassland glory but well done the Hetdwicks (and @southdownsnp.bsky.social and the grazier!)
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December 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Sussex Christmas Marsh Marigolds 🌼
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December 26, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Shocking 'disappearance' of not one but three White-tailed Eagles, including a Sussex-born chick.
Illegal persecution still happening.
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Disappearance of conservation project white-tailed eagles probed
Police are investigating the disappearance of three white-tailed eagles across the country.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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The disastrous bio-bead pollution has spread across our flagship and internationally important Rye Harbour nature reserve.

Please sign the petition - it is the only way to make sure this doesn't happen again. Thanks!
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sussexwildlife.bsky.social Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · Dec 11
🚨 SIGN THE PETITION 🚨

We're backing MP Helena Dollimore's petition to end the use of bio-beads across the UK. Modern, safer alternatives exist – water companies must use them.

👉 Sign now: https://f.mtr.cool/ktkpksyvix

Every signature counts. Together we can protect our coastline.
A group of protesters holding signs against bio-bead pollution, with messages like "Stop Using Bio-Beads" and "Ban Bio-Beads Now." A hand in a blue glove holds small, dark cylindrical pellets against a backdrop of marshland and water.
December 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Two Peacock butterflies seen in the glorious Sussex sunshine today #SouthDowns. A proper winter treat!
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December 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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RSPB Arne as lovely as ever....nice and quiet as visitors distracted by #PullaPine! Spoonbills, Avocets and more....
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November 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Latest on bio-beads and our meeting with Southern Water.
#RyeHarbour
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sussexwildlife.bsky.social Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · Nov 28
Latest update on the bio-bead pollution incident at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve https://f.mtr.cool/ygvlynzwnt
November 28, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Thrilled to bits! Our partnership with the wonderful Wiston Estate has helped them win the prestigious Schöffel Farm-Environment Partnership Award.

Well done to them!

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Working Together for Wildlife: Wiston Estate wins the Schöffel Farm-Environment Partnership Award | Sussex Wildlife Trust
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November 27, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Our CEO @chriscorrigan3.bsky.social on the situation at Rye Harbour.

Read more on the blog sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/heartbr...

#Sussex #biobeads #pollution
Bio-bead crisis at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve
YouTube video by Sussex Wildlife Trust
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November 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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We are battling a major pollution incident at our Rye Harbour reserve. Huge nos. of tiny plastic bio-beads have spilled onto the saltmarsh.

Has anyone got experience of dealing with this type of pollution or know the potential impacts? Thanks!

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sussexwildlife.bsky.social Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · Nov 18
Sussex Wildlife Trust CEO Chris Corrigan speaks to ITV Meridian about how bio-bead pollution from Southern Water's wastewater treatment plant is impacting wildlife at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve.
Bio-bead pollution at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve
Sussex Wildlife Trust CEO Chris Corrigan speaks to ITV Meridian about how bio-bead pollution from Southern Water's wastewater treatment plant is impacting wildlife at Rye Harbour Nature…
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November 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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A beautiful day at Rye Harbour. Sadly having to spend time on our response to the dreadful #biobead pollution incident. Tragically 100,000s or even millions have spilled out across the saltmarsh. As yet the impacts on wildlife are unclear
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November 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Disastrous news as the #SouthernWater bio-beads reach our Rye Harbour Nature Reserve.

This is a fast moving situation but we are extremely grateful to all the volunteers and organisations helping with the clean up - thank you!

#NeverAgain

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Bio-bead pollution at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve | Sussex Wildlife Trust
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November 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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URGENT! Last chance! Please take 2 mins to help head off the disastorous parts of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill Lets make it 35,000 voices for nature
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Email your MP. Amendment 130 would make sure the new planning systems works for, not against nature.demand they keep amendment 130 in the Bill
It's now or never. This is the last chance to protect nature in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. Email your MP to keep amendment 130 in the Bill.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Important news from Europe. Small-scale fishers are calling for a ban on bottom trawling in MPAs
#MPAs #fishing
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November 8, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social gains important legal victory over harmful dredging.

Blog: markavery.info/2025/11/07/6...

I just love the word 'quashed'.

Well done SWT! I hope other WTs will take similar challenges.

#marine #judicialreview #sussex #dredging #brighton #wildlife
November 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Super-proud of the team! This is a big, big win and highlights current failures to properly protect Marine Conservation Zones. What a way to end the week!
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sussexwildlife.bsky.social Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · Nov 7
Sussex Wildlife Trust celebrates success in legal battle to stop Marine Conservation Zone dumping as licence is quashed

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Short-snouted Seahorse © Paul Naylor
Photograph of Short-snouted Seahorse with weed in background © Paul Naylor
November 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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A huge thanks to Barry Yates who pointed out my first (and very late) Least Lettuce. A super-rare shingle lover at Rye Harbour SWT
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November 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM