We have been keeping a close eye on the moorhen family in the ditch. They have been spending a lot of time in this location and we have been able to watch them on and off most days, apart from when the weather has been very poor. We are pleased to report that all four [...]
We can now confirm the identity of a fish we saw through the Heart of Reeds webcam as being a juvenile sea bass. This fish probably entered the reed bed when the winterbourne stream flooded into the reed bed. The sea bass would have entered the winterbourne stream from the nearby River Ouse, which is [...]
The teasels around the Heart of Reeds are now beginning to flower. Teasels have long tough stems with spines and the rib of the leaf is also protected by spines. This helps to protect the plant again grazing animals. The head of the teasel plant is cone-shaped and this is where the flowers appear, the [...]
Despite the rain, the water levels have now dropped to such an extent that we will shortly be removing the underwater cameras until the Autumn and will let you know if we manage to re-site them in the meantime. Meanwhile, our other two cameras are still working and we are seeing interesting activity on ditch [...]
Well done St Pancras and sorry for the delay on getting this on to the web.
These are the Powerpoints that we have created to recruit new members and to pass on what we have learned about flood defences in Lewes. This completes the first stage of a 150 year student to student project. Rats – Lewes Flood defence June 2015 Schools Presentation June 2015 [...]
The Linklater RATS - Raising Awareness of Tides and Sea levels After their pioneering first stint, the Linklater RATS are ready to pass on their learning and luck to a new group starting in September 2015 and will be making presentations to their school assemblies on 6th July 2015. These materials - Rats – Lewes [...]
We are back on line and I should just take this opportunity to praise the work of Tim Hall our IT consultant and Paul Webster our camera maintenance person (and much more!) for all the work they do behind the scenes. Pond cam is now as low as it can go and it may take [...]
We are aware that we have lost all cameras and are working on it as quickly as possible. Sorry.
We are aware that the low levels of water have upset our underwater cameras at the moment and we could do with some rain. The surface cameras are fine and we are going to boost the public library with more recorded images soon so please bear with us. The last few weeks have given us [...]
