Audrey Jarvis

More hard work on #tree care from the NatureLinks group making a positive difference at Malling Deanery Arboretum, #Lewes, today. Three of us were clearing around this Ilex latifolia, a rare and unusual Holly. Hopefully the before and after pictures show the difference!

🦇 Brilliant Bats! 🦇 Drop in at #Lewes Climate Hub on Saturday 31st October to join us for our Brilliant #Bats Day! Open from 11.00 a.m. to 3.00 p.m. Free!

Fantastic work by the NatureLinks group from the Railway Land today during our first work experience session at Malling Deanery Arboretum, #Lewes. With eight young people and their helpers , Matt and Wendy, we cleared and mulched around 17 of the #trees . Thank you to everyone!

Bat Day at @LewesClimateHub on Saturday 31st October! Crafts, talk, information and Bat biscuits! Open 11-3 and all free!

🌳Pop in to the Town Hall foyer this week to find out more about the Rights of Trees Charter for Lewes! 🌳Have a look at the "special #trees " shared by members of the community! 🌳 Pick up information about #Lewes tree trails and adventures on the Railway Land!

Lots of berries on the #trees in the wildlife hedge that we planted at Jubilee Gardens in 2021 with the support of #Lewes District Council and South Downs National Park Trust - Rowan, Hawthorn and Spindle.

Beautiful bark on this Pine #tree on the Railway Land, #Lewes

Large shining berries on this Cockspurthorn in Malling Recreation Ground, #Lewes . It is one of a group of five that are identified on the British #Tree Register as Crataegus x grignonensis, (Grignon's Cockspurthorn), and one is recorded as the County Champion of East Sussex!

We had a great turnout for our AGM this evening! After a review of the year, Kate Bradbury talked about gardening for wildlife with lots of suggestions for enhancing our Swift-friendly Town. Thank you to #Lewes Mayor Adrian Ross for coming and sharing his support for #Swifts.

We had a lovely welcome on our visit to LOGS Junior School this morning - to explain the work of the #Lewes Urban Arboretum team, tell them about the #trees that we planted outside their school, and to share news about the Rights of our Trees Charter for Lewes.

Hundreds of berries are beginning to turn red on the three Whitebeam #trees we planted alongside Abergavenny Road, #Lewes. These are three of the native "Trees for Birds" that we planted there in 2015.

Weeding and renewing the strimmer guards this morning on the #trees we planted in Prince Edwards Road, Gundreda Road, and Ferrers Road, #Lewes. Lovely weather for it!

So many berries on the wildlife #hedge that we planted at the bottom of #Lewes Cemetery in 2021, funded by #Beelines, with the support of Lewes District Council. Here are some of them - Hawthorn berries, Blackthorn sloes, Rose hips, and Guelder Rose berries.

🦇 Bat Day at #Lewes Climate Hub! 🦇 October 31st, 11-3 🦇 Free talk and activities for all ages! Picture of a Pipistrelle by L. Campbell

New things at Malling Deanery Arboretum,#Lewes, today - two fruits on the Handkerchief #Tree and ripening berries on both the Bee-bee Tree and the Japanese Raisin Tree, and the Swamp Cypress by the river was developing autumn colours.

Weeding the three Elms and the two Cockspurthorn #trees that we planted by Brighton Road, #Lewes, in 2023.

A huge crop of red berries on the Cockspurthorn #trees we planted in Gundreda Road, #Lewes, in 2021 and lots of fruits on the Hop Hornbeams we planted at the same time.

Thank you to Lewes Town Council for their unanimous approval of the #Tree Charter for #Lewes!

Thank you again to everyone who gave a donation to East Sussex WRAS during our Nature Recovery season at #Lewes Climate Hub in May. We raised £350! They have now reached the funding needed to replace their vital X-ray equipment - more help for rescued #Swifts and other wildlife!

Still celebrating the Rights of our #Trees Charter for #Lewes!

Our second guided #tree walk around Malling Deanery Arboretum during #Lewes Heritage Open Days. A lovely group of people enjoyed listening and learning from the vast experience and knowledge of Peter Thurman.

Another fantastic guided tree walk around the Malling Deanery Arboretum yesterday! Peter Thurman shared fascinating facts about 32 of the special #trees in this private garden. We are very grateful to the owners for letting us enjoy this wonderful place in #Lewes !

Following the good news that the Rights of our Trees motion was approved by Lewes Town Council last night, here is a celebratory decorated version of the Tree Charter for Lewes. It was designed by the talented Lynda Durrant, fullcircle-design.co.uk

The Rights of our #Trees motion to #Lewes Town Council was approved at the full council meeting this evening! Congratulations and thank you to everyone involved. Drop in to Lewes Climate Hub on Saturday 12th or Sunday 13th September, 10- 5, to find out more about the agreed Tree Charter for Lewes.

The hollow Black Poplar #tree , Populus nigra, at Malling Deanery Arboretum, #Lewes, and some of the interesting fungi inside and around it - possibly Poplar Fieldcap?

A walk around Malling Deanery Arboretum to check the route for our guided #tree walks during #Lewes Heritage Open Days this weekend. So much colour and variety!

Pop in to #Lewes Climate Hub on Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th September. Open from 11.00 a.m. to 5.00 p m. as part of Heritage Open Days. 🌳 Find out more about the proposed #Tree Charter for Lewes. 🌳 Enjoy the photographs of "special trees" sent to us by residents of Lewes.

The most beautiful red berries on one of the Hawthorn #trees outside the Linklater Pavilion on the Railway Land nature reserve, #Lewes.

Thank you to #Lewes Climate Hub for sharing news of our exhibition of special #trees in their September newsletter! It is open at Lewes House, 10-3, on 12th and 13th September as part of the Heritage Open Days organised by Friends of Lewes. lewesclimatehub.org/exhibition-s...

A heavy crop of berries on the Wild Service #Trees in De Warrenne Road, #Lewes, after all the wonderful blossom in Spring!

A #Tree Charter for #Lewes? Find out more during our Heritage Open Days exhibition at Lewes Climate Hub on Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th September, 11.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. and enjoy the display of "special trees" chosen by members of our community!

Did you know that #Lewes #Swift Supporters also install artificial House #Martin cups? We are able to fund nest cups and their installation if you live near to existing House Martin nests, or in a house where they used to nest. Contact: lewesswifts@gmail.com

Hundreds of berries on the three Whitebeams on the three Whitebeam #trees , (Sorbus aria 'Majestica'), that we planted alongside Abergavenny Road, #Lewes, in December 2016. They did have a wonderful display of blossoms in May!

Betula maximowicziana - one of many unusual #trees to see on our guided walks around Malling Deanery Arboretum, #Lewes on Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th September. Book a place via Eventbrite: Lewes Heritage Open Days 2026 – Friends of Lewes share.google/YifUktFdo9wz...

Booking for our guided #tree walks in #Lewes opens today! Lewes Heritage Open Days 2026 – Friends of Lewes share.google/5jV2bFOZ1SHF...

Flowers on the Styphnolobium japonicum, (Japanese Pagoda #Tree), at Malling Deanery Arboretum. Booking opens on 20th August for our two guided tree walks there during #Lewes Heritage Open Days, 12th and 13th September, 2.30-4.30 p.m.

A surprise today - at 11.00 a.m. we saw two #Swifts flying just above the trees at Malling Deanery Arboretum, #Lewes, and heading upriver!

Greater Bird's Foot Trefoil and Small Scabious in the High Street planter provided by #Lewes #Swift Supporters. Interested in wildlife gardening? Kate Bradbury is the speaker at our AGM in October. Membership of LSS is free - just contact lewesswifts@gmail.com to register.

We thought that the #Swifts at our house in #Lewes had fledged while we were away because we didn't see or hear them yesterday - but we were wrong! Two faces, and a wing, peeping out of the entrance at 9.55 this morning!

Lots of chestnuts on this Sweet Chestnut #tree in Baxter's Field, #Lewes!

Possibly the last #Swifts we will see in our survey area at the top end of #Lewes? On 10th August we saw two Swifts in our nest box then had to go away for a couple of days. This evening we didn't see any Swifts at all! Safe journey to Africa - and back here again next year!

Some photographs of the chicks at the entrance to our #Swift nest box in #Lewes this morning.

Heritage Open Days, organised by Friends of Lewes, on Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th September. Booking opens on 20th August for our guided tree walks around Malling Deanery Arboretum, 2.30-4.30 p.m. each day! friends-of-lewes.org.uk/hod2026/?fbc...

Similar results to yesterday - 3 #Swifts flying over De Montfort Road, #Lewes, and one entered the same nest box - the only one of 8 nests in that road that still seems to be occupied. Entries and exits to the nest box at our house and two chicks peering out of the entrance.

Two #Swifts were flying above De Montfort Road, #Lewes, tonight and we saw one enter the same box as last night again. Piers saw two flying over the reservoir in Western Road. We heard scratching from the box at our house just as we set out on our survey and one Swift peeked out.

One #Swift at the entrance to our nest box at 11.00 a.m. today. This evening, two Swifts quietly flying from Baxter's Field, #Lewes, and one entered one of the boxes in De Montfort Road at 8.25 p.m. They first occupied that box on 14th June so could still have a while to go!

Two #Swifts seen at the entrance to our nest box at 10.00 a.m. and one Swift seen entering at 3.00 p.m. - but tonight no Swifts at all seen in our survey area in #Lewes between 7.20-9.10 p.m! Photo from last year because we weren't quick enough this morning.

Jersey Tiger Moth and bees - on the Bee-bee #tree , (Tetradium daniellii), at Malling Deanery Arboretum, #Lewes, this morning. The whole tree was buzzing!

For the first evening since 30th April we didn't see any #Swifts entering a nest in #Lewes! During the day, they returned into the box at our house four times. The second time, one wing was hanging out of the box as if a parent Swift was feeding a chick.

Today we saw some of the few remaining #Swifts entering nest boxes in Valence Road and De Montfort Road, and under the eaves to two nests in Western Road. One Swift entered a nest box in Sun Street that we installed in December 2023. Now 96 nests in #Lewes, 21 in boxes.