JUNE 2018 | News Robert Goddard is a master-storyteller, famous for his taut plotting and edge-of-seat pacing, who has written more than 25 best-sellers, including The Wide World Trilogy. He’ll be chatting to fellow writer William Shaw about his latest thriller, The Panic Room. Tickets are £35 and include a delicious 2 course meal and a copy of Panic Room, which Robert will be happy to sign! On Tuesday 19 June at 7.30pm we have Tor Udall and Charles Elton, two Bloomsbury novelists in conversation, in the charming ambience of the Gluck Studio. Tor Udall’s debut novel A Thousand Paper Birds is a masterful study of love, loss and the healing power of the natural world, set in Kew Gardens. Charles Elton’s The Songs is a riotous, Alan Price, Gatehouse Studio © Sussex Wildlife Trust darkly comic story of siblings searching for the truth about their musician father. Tickets are £12 WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR IN JUNE and include a book.! WITH SUSSEX WILDLIFE TRUST For either of the events call 01903 812062 to book, We’ve had some ups and downs with the weather or check www.steyningbookshop.co.uk. so far this year but as midsummer approaches it Gudrun Bowers finally feels like sunny afternoons might be here to stay. Dragonflies and damselflies are on the wing, bees are buzzing and some of our garden birds have already managed to successfully fledge a brood of chicks - but there are still some hard weeks ahead for tired parents. Look out for the swallows and swifts of summer swooping over water and grassland picking up insects to feed their young. In a few short months they will be getting ready to make the return journey south. Other species that could be arriving on our shores include hummingbird hawk moths, the occasional swallowtail and painted lady butterflies. Look out for Elder blooms, Oxeye daisies, Bats, Common spotted-orchids, Painted lady BARCHESTER’S RED OAKS CARE butterflies, Yellow horned poppies, Elephant hawk moths, Yellowhammers, Beautiful demoiselles and HOME IS ‘OUTSTANDING’ banded demoiselles, Foxgloves and Solitary bees. Staff and residents at Red Oaks Care Home in If you see something special please let us know, Henfield, West Sussex, are celebrating their recent sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/species-record-form. Care Quality Commission inspection rating, where they scored an overall ‘Outstanding’ after being How about doing something wild every day this reviewed for a safe, effective, caring, responsive June? Join us for 30 Days Wild, the UK’s monthlong nature challenge run by The Wildlife Trusts. and well-led service. Now in its fourth year, hundreds of thousands Currently only 2.4% of England’s care homes, of people have signed up to re-connect with the domiciliary care agencies and hospitals have an natural world by doing one wild thing every day overall ‘Outstanding’ rating, so Red Oaks has in June. You could leave part of your lawn uncut been ranked among the best in the country for the and see what grows, hold an outdoor meeting at quality of the services it provides. work, read a wild book or admire the setting sun. Linda Ryan, General Manager at Red Oak Care Find out more and get involved at wildlifetrusts. Home said: “We are ecstatic! Our team at Red org/30DaysWild. Oaks work so hard to provide the highest possible Charlotte Owen standard of care for everyone who lives at the home and we are so delighted to be recognised for our work by the CQC, and to be rated ‘Outstanding’ overall. Tiffany Nicole
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