Williamson's Weekly Nature Notes

I LOVE old rabbit warrens. There is always something interesting to see on the old piles of chalk they have dug out over the centuries. Look at what they achieved in the Kingley Vale gully recently.

By The Newsroom

Published 17th Apr 2008, 18:23 BST

Updated 8th Jun 2018, 03:25 BST

Stonecrop was able to spread like a fire across the bare ground with no other plant to impede the explosion.

You could see this bright yellow patch of flowers a mile away when the sun shone and reflected the colour back.

This particular warren shows up as a white patch in a 1911 photograph of the gully, and in those days it was much bigger than the rabbits have been able to achieve today.

For the full feature see the West Sussex Gazette issue dated April 23, 2008

Nature West Sussex Gazette