The Sussex Wildlife Trust is a wildlife trust

The Wildlife Trusts partnership

The Wildlife Trusts is an organisation made up of 47 local Wildlife Trusts in the United Kingdom plus the Isle of Man and Alderney.The Wildlife Trusts, between them, look after around 2,300 nature reserves covering more than 90,000 hectares...

 and a registered charity covering the counties of East Sussex

East Sussex

East Sussex is a county in South East England. It is bordered by the counties of Kent, Surrey and West Sussex, and to the south by the English Channel.-History:...

 and West Sussex

West Sussex

West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex , Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county councils in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial county until 1974 and the coming...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. The trust's Chief Executive is Tony Whitbread

Tony Whitbread

Dr Tony Whitbread is the Chief Executive of Sussex Wildlife Trust and is also the national spokesman on woodland issues for The Wildlife Trusts.Tony took a PhD in Grassland Ecology from Hatfield Polytechnic in 1981 and a BSc in Applied Biology...

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The trust has its headquarters at Woods Mill near Small Dole

Small Dole

Small Dole is a village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, in England. It lies on the A2037 road two miles south of Henfield.In the late 1970s the Church of England altered its ecclesiastical parish boundaries, transferring Small Dole from the parish of Upper Beeding to the parish of...

 and has 30,000 members including junior members. The Woods Mill site is itself a nature reserve with a lake, woodland and meadows.

The Trust manages over 3000 acres (12 km²) of downland, woodland, wetland and heath. Their work also includes environmental education, working with land owners, companies and local communities to conserve Sussex. The trust also manages many projects across the county of Sussex including the Sussex Otters and Rivers project.

Reserves

• Amberley Wildbrooks
  Amberley Wild Brooks
  Amberley Wild Brooks is a wetland Site of Special Scientific Interest in the flood plain of the River Arun, just north of the village of Amberley, West Sussex, England...
  
  
• Brickfield Meadow
• Burton and Chingford Ponds
• Castle Water and Rye
  Rye
  Rye is a grass grown extensively as a grain and as a forage crop. It is a member of the wheat tribe and is closely related to barley and wheat. Rye grain is used for flour, rye bread, rye beer, some whiskeys, some vodkas, and animal fodder...
  
   Harbour
• Ditchling Beacon
  Ditchling Beacon
  Ditchling Beacon is the third-highest point on the South Downs in south-east England, behind Butser Hill and Crown Tegleaze . It consists of a large chalk hill with a particularly steep northern face, covered with open grassland and sheep-grazing areas...
  
  
• Ebernoe
  Ebernoe
  Ebernoe is a hamlet and civil parish in the District of Chichester in West Sussex, England located six kilometres north of Petworth near the A283 road.The parish has a land area of 1239 hectares...
  
   Common and Butcherland
• Eridge Rocks

• Filsham Reedbed
• Flatropers Wood
• Gillham Woods
• Iping and Stedham Commons
• Levin Down
• Malling Down
• Marline Valley
• The Mens
• Old Lodge
• Pagham
  Pagham
  Pagham is a coastal village and civil parish in the Arun district of West Sussex, England, with a population of around 5,500.-Geography:The village comprises three main areas:*Pagham Beach, coastal area, developed in the early 20th Century,...
  
   Harbour
• Pevensey
  Pevensey
  Pevensey is a village and civil parish in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England. The main village is located 5 miles north-east of Eastbourne, one mile inland from Pevensey Bay. The settlement of Pevensey Bay forms part of the parish.-Geography:The village of Pevensey is located on...
  
   Marshes
• Selwyns Wood
• Southerham
• Waltham Brooks
• West Dean Woods
• Withdean Woods
• Woods Mill

Smaller nature reserves

• Balcombe
  Balcombe
  Balcombe may refer to:* Balcombe, West Sussex, England* Balcombe Street Siege, IRA Incident in London* Graham Balcombe, pioneer cave diver* David Balcombe, cricketer...
  
   Marsh
• Chailey
  Chailey
  Chailey is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. It is located ten miles north of Lewes, on the A272 road from Winchester to Canterbury...
  
   Warren
• The Deneway
• Hundredhouse Copse
• Leythorne meadow
• Marehill Quarry

The Wildlife Trust

Sussex Wildlife Trust is one of 47 local Wildlife Trusts across the whole of the UK, the Isle of Man

Isle of Man

The Isle of Man , otherwise known simply as Mann , is a self-governing British Crown Dependency, located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, within the British Isles. The head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who holds the title of Lord of Mann. The Lord of Mann is...

 & Alderney

Alderney

Alderney is the most northerly of the Channel Islands. It is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown dependency. It is long and wide. The area is , making it the third-largest island of the Channel Islands, and the second largest in the Bailiwick...

. There are approximately 765,000 members in total.