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