the nature of change: david streeter
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Sussex Wildlife Trust
Celebrating 50 years of Wildlife Conservation in
Sussex
David Streeter
Society for the Promotion of Nature Reserves
Nathaniel Charles Rothschild 1877-1923
Photo: Clarisse Strasser
Formed Society for the Promotion of Nature Reserves, May 1912
Published set of provisional schedules of areas in
England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland worthy of
preservation, August 1915
284 sites identified in UK, 182 in England
The Rothschild Schedules 1915
Ashdown Forest
Amberley Wild Brooks
Selsey Bill
Lewes Downs Hempstead Wood
Camber Castle
Kingley Bottom
Chichester Harbour
Rothschild Schedule - Sussex
1 Amberley Wild Brooks
Amberley Wild Brooks
Amberley Wild Brooks
Amberley Wild Brooks
Amberley Wild Brooks
Amberley Wild Brooks
Amberley Wild Brooks
Amberley Wild Brooks
SSSISPASAC
RamsarRSPBSWT
2 Ashdown Forest
Ashdown Forest
SSSI
SPA
SAC
incl. LNR
SWT
SWT Ashdown Forest Report
1961
3 Camber Castle
Camber Castle
3 Rye Harbour
Camber Castle
Camber Castle
SSSI
SPA
SAC
Ramsar
LNR
SWT
Camber Castle
4 Chichester Harbour
Chichester – Langstone Harbour
Chichester – Langstone Harbour
AONB and SAC
boundaries
With
Pilsey Island LNR
Chichester Harbour
SSSI
SPA
SAC
Ramsar
incl. LNR
AONB
5 Hempstead Wood
First edition 1” Ordnance Survey (updated 1881)
First edition Sussex sheet 6” Ordnance Survey
First edition Sussex sheet 6” Ordnance Survey
5 Hempstead Wood
Spiked Rampion Phyteuma spicatum
Heath Fritillary, Melitaea athalia
‘Insects and plants’
Hempstead Wood
Original site of Hempstead Wood superimposed on modern map
Hempstead Wood
Abbots Wood and surrounding area, (Ancient woodland shaded
green)
Remnant of Hempstead Wood with old hornbeam coppice, holly and oak.
6 Kingley Bottom
Kingley Bottom
Kingley Bottom
‘Unique in Europe as a virgin yew
forest’
SSSISACNNR
7 Lewes Downs
Lewes Downs
Lewes Downs
Lewes Downs
SSSI
NNR
SAC
SWT
8 Selsey Bill
Pagham Harbour
Selsey Bill
SSSI
SPA
Ramsar
LNR
SWT
Rothschild Schedule - Sussex
Amberley Wild Brooks NP, SSSI, SPA, SAC, R, RSPB, SWT
Ashdown Forest AONB, SSSI, SPA, SAC, inc LNR, SWT
Camber Castle (Rye Harbour) SSSI, SPA, SAC, R, LNR, SWT
Chichester – Langstone Harbour AONB, SSSI, SPA, SAC
Hempstead Wood Lost
Kingley Vale NP, SSSI. NNR, SAC
Lewes Downs NP, SSSI, NNR, SWT
Selsey Bill (Pagham Harbour) SSSI, SPA, R, LNR, SWT
Rothschild Schedule - Sussex
Amberley Wild Brooks NP, SSSI, SPA, SAC, R, RSPB, SWT
Ashdown Forest AONB, SSSI, SPA, SAC, inc LNR, SWT
Camber Castle (Rye Harbour) SSSI, SPA, SAC, R, LNR, SWT
Chichester – Langstone Harbour AONB, SSSI, SPA, SAC
Hempstead Wood Lost
Kingley Vale NP, SSSI. NNR, SAC
Lewes Downs NP, SSSI, SAC, NNR, SWT
Selsey Bill (Pagham Harbour) SSSI, SPA, R, LNR, SWT
The Future
Thanks to:
Sussex Biological Records Centre
Penny Green
Colin Pratt
Tim Sands
Alan Stewart
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