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
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
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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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
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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The beautiful and beautifully camouflaged Feathered Ranunculus!
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#IslesofScilly
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October 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The beautiful and beautifully camouflaged Feathered Ranunculus!
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Least Adders-tongue. A rare and tiny fern and a St Agnes speciality.
It is a rude plant which seems to be giving me the finger!! 🤣
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It is a rude plant which seems to be giving me the finger!! 🤣
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October 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Least Adders-tongue. A rare and tiny fern and a St Agnes speciality.
It is a rude plant which seems to be giving me the finger!! 🤣
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It is a rude plant which seems to be giving me the finger!! 🤣
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Super Rye Harbour from the Discovery Centre cafe....and a Wasp Spider too (outside not inside if spiders are not your thing!)
Never been? You don't know what you're missing!
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Never been? You don't know what you're missing!
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September 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Super Rye Harbour from the Discovery Centre cafe....and a Wasp Spider too (outside not inside if spiders are not your thing!)
Never been? You don't know what you're missing!
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Never been? You don't know what you're missing!
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September 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Never been to a moth party before! This week at Sussex Wildlife Trust HQ we had a fun get together celebrating an awesome 30 years of moth trapping at the site.
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September 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Never been to a moth party before! This week at Sussex Wildlife Trust HQ we had a fun get together celebrating an awesome 30 years of moth trapping at the site.
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'Tis the season of the twirly flowers. Lovely to see but signal the start of autumn for me
Autumn Lady's Tresses #SouthDowns
#orchids
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Autumn Lady's Tresses #SouthDowns
#orchids
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August 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
'Tis the season of the twirly flowers. Lovely to see but signal the start of autumn for me
Autumn Lady's Tresses #SouthDowns
#orchids
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Autumn Lady's Tresses #SouthDowns
#orchids
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If yoy are not interested in #moths lool away now!
I'm always amazed how many migrant moths come across the channel at this time of year. It mustbe millions, or even 10s of millions. A joy when species like the Olive tree Pearl turns up in your garden moth trap
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I'm always amazed how many migrant moths come across the channel at this time of year. It mustbe millions, or even 10s of millions. A joy when species like the Olive tree Pearl turns up in your garden moth trap
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August 25, 2025 at 8:28 AM
If yoy are not interested in #moths lool away now!
I'm always amazed how many migrant moths come across the channel at this time of year. It mustbe millions, or even 10s of millions. A joy when species like the Olive tree Pearl turns up in your garden moth trap
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I'm always amazed how many migrant moths come across the channel at this time of year. It mustbe millions, or even 10s of millions. A joy when species like the Olive tree Pearl turns up in your garden moth trap
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Bye Bye summer, hello autumn!
#SouthDowns Autumn Gentians and a Clouded Yellow (plus all the other chalky butterflies). Washington Chalk Pit.
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#SouthDowns Autumn Gentians and a Clouded Yellow (plus all the other chalky butterflies). Washington Chalk Pit.
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August 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Bye Bye summer, hello autumn!
#SouthDowns Autumn Gentians and a Clouded Yellow (plus all the other chalky butterflies). Washington Chalk Pit.
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#SouthDowns Autumn Gentians and a Clouded Yellow (plus all the other chalky butterflies). Washington Chalk Pit.
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Chalk Grassland near Amberley #SouthDowns. A stunning habitat full of special plants and butterflies
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August 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Chalk Grassland near Amberley #SouthDowns. A stunning habitat full of special plants and butterflies
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Mystery morning photo
It's a dead ringer for a Highland Cow!!!!
It's a dead ringer for a Highland Cow!!!!
August 9, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Mystery morning photo
It's a dead ringer for a Highland Cow!!!!
It's a dead ringer for a Highland Cow!!!!
Chantry Hill #SouthDowns full of butterflies when the sun peeps out. Clouded Yellow, Chalkhill Blues, Wall and Brown Argus. Its still summer!
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August 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Chantry Hill #SouthDowns full of butterflies when the sun peeps out. Clouded Yellow, Chalkhill Blues, Wall and Brown Argus. Its still summer!
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Said our farewells to conservation and birding legend Tony Marr. Founder of the @sussexornitholo.bsky.social Council member of @rspb.bsky.social and key figure in the BOU. He was also the driving force behind the succesful campaign to protect Pagham and Rye Harbour as nature reserves. RIP
August 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Said our farewells to conservation and birding legend Tony Marr. Founder of the @sussexornitholo.bsky.social Council member of @rspb.bsky.social and key figure in the BOU. He was also the driving force behind the succesful campaign to protect Pagham and Rye Harbour as nature reserves. RIP
Two Tigers in my garden! 😀
Who says moths are small, brown and boring!
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Who says moths are small, brown and boring!
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July 28, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Two Tigers in my garden! 😀
Who says moths are small, brown and boring!
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Who says moths are small, brown and boring!
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Waiting for Nightjars 🤞
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June 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Waiting for Nightjars 🤞
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Not often you have a red letter birding day at the office! But aTurtle Dove at the Sussex Wildlife Trust Woods Mill HQ today was a treat
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Photo: Bob Foreman
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June 13, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Not often you have a red letter birding day at the office! But aTurtle Dove at the Sussex Wildlife Trust Woods Mill HQ today was a treat
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Photo: Bob Foreman
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Knapweed Broomrape on the #SouthDowns Mill Hill LNR. Parasitic on Greater Knapweed. Didnt seem as many this year - site looks like a bit overgrown and in need of a haircut!
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June 11, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Knapweed Broomrape on the #SouthDowns Mill Hill LNR. Parasitic on Greater Knapweed. Didnt seem as many this year - site looks like a bit overgrown and in need of a haircut!
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Parasitic (not common) Common Dodder, double figure count of Silver-studded Blues and 2 singing Tree Pipits in a brief visit to Iping Common SWT reserve. Love this heathland site!
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June 8, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Parasitic (not common) Common Dodder, double figure count of Silver-studded Blues and 2 singing Tree Pipits in a brief visit to Iping Common SWT reserve. Love this heathland site!
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Well, this is surprising! A flock of over 30 adult Mediterranean Gulls at Old Winchester Hill. Feeding on ants or craneflies? Anyone else seeing them well inland?
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June 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Well, this is surprising! A flock of over 30 adult Mediterranean Gulls at Old Winchester Hill. Feeding on ants or craneflies? Anyone else seeing them well inland?
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It might not look much but its my favourite flower. Musk Orchids in Hampshire #SouthDowns
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June 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
It might not look much but its my favourite flower. Musk Orchids in Hampshire #SouthDowns
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Chiddingfold Forest is a wildlife rich woodland on the Sussex-Surrey border. Nightingales, a Cuckoo and the site speciality - Wood Whites! Well worth a visit - hardly a soul around
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May 31, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Chiddingfold Forest is a wildlife rich woodland on the Sussex-Surrey border. Nightingales, a Cuckoo and the site speciality - Wood Whites! Well worth a visit - hardly a soul around
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Thrilled to bits with yesterday's #SouthDowns White Helleborines. c35 on a site which last year was devastated by ash dieback clearance. Nature can bounce back!
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May 25, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Thrilled to bits with yesterday's #SouthDowns White Helleborines. c35 on a site which last year was devastated by ash dieback clearance. Nature can bounce back!
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Orchids and a Small Blue depite rubbish butterfly conditions. Is there a better month than May?
#SouthDowns #WistonEstate
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#SouthDowns #WistonEstate
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May 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Orchids and a Small Blue depite rubbish butterfly conditions. Is there a better month than May?
#SouthDowns #WistonEstate
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#SouthDowns #WistonEstate
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Vegetated shingle now looking a colourful treat, including small patches of the rare Starry Clover
#ShorehamBeach
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#ShorehamBeach
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May 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Vegetated shingle now looking a colourful treat, including small patches of the rare Starry Clover
#ShorehamBeach
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#ShorehamBeach
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