City Nature Challenge Walk

Saturday 25 April, 10.30am-12.30pm, Landport Bottom Nature Reserve (meet at junction of The Gallops with Nevill Road at 10.30am)

Join Jan Knowlson from the South Downs National Park and others to take part in the annual Global City Nature Challenge to record as much nature as possible over one weekend at the end of April. Audrey Jarvis of Lewes Urban Arboretum explains more.

Every year iNaturalist hosts a Global City Nature Challenge to record as much nature as possible over a weekend at the end of April. Our local Living Coast Biosphere has a project area set up and takes part every year. You can see results from previous years here: City Nature Challenge – The Living Coast.

Knowing what species are in our city and where they are helps us study and protect them, but the ONLY way to do that is by all of us – scientists, land managers, and the community – working together to find and document the nature in our area.

You don’t need any experience to take part, we will be there to guide you. Before coming along, it will save a lot of time if you download the iNaturalist app to your phone and create an account.

Jan Knowlson from the South Downs National Park will lead the walk over Landport Bottom Nature Reserve. There will be some uneven terrain, so please wear appropriate footwear and bring plenty of water and snacks! We will be stopping to record anything we see as we go, so it will be a slow, gently-paced walk.

This is an opportunity to see the countryside around Lewes, learn how to record wildlife and use the iNaturalist app, whilst taking part in a global challenge to help support nature!

The meeting point is the junction of The Gallops with Nevill Road at 10.30am (see the red cross on the map below).