We are thrilled to announce that the Manhood Wildlife and Heritage Group have teamed up with CPRE Sussex and gained a Hedgerow Heroes grant through a CPRE National initiative to plant 2 kilometres of native hedge. This equals approximately 10,000 trees and will make a huge positive difference locally. Hedges are vital wildlife corridors for many species, especially if planted next to ditches and long grass verges. They provide a safe route for travel as well as food and shelter. In our area they help to link interested and special areas of Pagham Harbour, Medmerry and Chichester Harbour.

Hedges are our best friends as they hold soil on the land so it stays on the land and not in water courses, reducing water quality, and silting them up, and contributing to local flooding issues. They also soak up carbon, add to the visual appeal of the landscape and slow down the wind. WE need to put them back, gap fill older hedges, and repair damage from previous long ago government policies around hedgerow removal.