John Parry

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About John Parry

With a background in TV, teaching, academia (University of Sussex) and teacher training followed by the vision to create a community centre to promote the study of environmental change in Lewes, Dr John Parry has developed innovative approaches to engaging many different ages and groups at the Lewes Railway Land Local Nature Reserve for over 25 years. He has had direct experience of environmental education policy making and has engaged students over many years with his mix of theoretical background, conceptual reach and practical experience on the ground. As Director of the Railway Land Project he masterminded the development of the Linklater Pavilion - a purpose built, award-winning, hexagonal building that now serves as an environmental community hub from which the latest Railway Land Live! project will be run.

All 4 cameras up and running

Thanks to the efforts of Tim Hall and Paul Webster all four cameras are now up and running.  Bird cam has now become Winterbourne cam and Pond cam is showing the bottom of the pond as opposed to the surface last year.  Ditch cam is now looking south along one of the ditches and [...]

By |2022-01-26T10:27:06+00:00April 8th, 2016|Railway land Live! News|3 Comments

Pond surface camera submerged

We have had to remove the pond surface camera due to increased water levels and we have also re-sited ditch cam for the same reason. This means that for the next few month we will be operating just two of our four cameras (bird feeder and ditch). However, we have exciting ideas for re-siting the [...]

By |2022-01-26T10:27:15+00:00January 4th, 2016|Railway land Live! News|0 Comments

New bird feeder camera up and running

Despite the rain, the water levels remain low and so we have moved one of our underwater cameras to record activity around the bird feeder just under the Linklater Pavilion eave. This can be accessed in the 'live' section under bird feeder. If you see any special sightings, please let us know the date and [...]

By |2015-09-18T14:22:07+00:00September 18th, 2015|Railway land Live! News|0 Comments

Materials resulting from Stage 1 (2014 – 2015)

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 [...]

By |2022-01-26T10:27:38+00:00June 25th, 2015|RATS|0 Comments

Passing the baton from Group 1 (2014 – 2015) to Group 2 (2015 – 2017)

 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 [...]

By |2022-01-26T10:27:38+00:00June 24th, 2015|RATS|0 Comments

All cameras on line again

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 [...]

By |2022-01-26T10:27:39+00:00June 24th, 2015|Railway land Live! News|0 Comments