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Welcome to the website of the Sussex And Surrey Coppice Group. We hope you will find it interesting. My name is Clive Cobie and I have recently been lucky enough to become chairman of the SSCG.   Our objectives have always been to promote a better understanding of the rural crafts, most of which are connected to Coppice Woodlands , it seems strange but some of the rural craft are in danger of extinction , one reason is because they are not part of local community where as in days gone by the rural crafts would be integral to the [...]

Asian Hornet - April Update ( Bob Hewitt) At the beginning of April, the NBU began spring trapping in areas identified as high risk. Traps have been set at locations across Kent, East Sussex, Devon and North Yorkshire to monitor for signs of Asian hornet activity. On the 13th of April, a single hornet was caught in one of these traps near Four Oaks, Kent approx. 3km from the nest found in 2023. The specimen has been sent to the lab at Fera Science Ltd for official confirmation and analysis and the NBU will continue to monitor the [...]