Court Lodge Farm is situated on the edge of the Pevensey Levels in East Sussex, an area internationally renowned for its wildlife. The 10,000 acres of the Pevensey Levels are designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest by English Nature, the Government organisation responsible for the nature conservation. The area is also a ‘Ramsar Site’, an acknowledgement of the international importance of the flora and fauna of the freshwater ditches. Sustainablility and the encouragement of biodiversity are important elements of our farming system and there is a wealth of wildlife in evidence, encouraged by our mixed farming system and complete absence of chemical herbices and insecticides. 

Various ponds and scrapes have been created on the farm, and some previously arable land has been reverted to wetland to to encourage wildfowl. Funding from the Countryside Stewardship Scheme has made this possible. There has been a heronry on the farm for many years – the local church has a beautiful lectern in the shape of a heron – making a change from the usual eagle! Court Lodge is alsos home to mammals such as badgers and hares as well as dragonflies, and rare invertebrates such as Fen Raft Spider….………a large carnivorous spider that lives in the freshwater ditches of Pevensey Marsh.

photograph by Peter Wakely


Adjacent to the main part of the farm is the Sussex Wildlife Trust’s Pevensey Levels Nature Reserve. Livestock farming is an essential part of the management of the grazing marsh, and we help to look after the reserve by grazing our young cattle and dry cows on the reserve.

By purchasing our products you will help to maintain the biodiversity of Pevensey Marsh

The RSPB has recorded over 50 species of birds on the farm including skylark, lapwing, reed bunting, sedge warbler, barn owl, green woodpecker, redshank, yellow wagtail, hobby linnet and yellowhammer
     
     
 

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