Registered Charity No 259211 If you are interested in hearing about or observing wildlife around Chichester and South West Sussex, then Chi Nats is the Society for you. It doesn’t matter if you are just interested, know nothing about nature or if you are a world expert, we welcome you all. Our evening meetings are held in central Chichester and our members enjoy a series of fascinating free nature talks, mainly by visiting speakers, covering a range of topics such as Beavers in Sussex, Flies in the UK and The World’s Highest Flying Bird. Alongside this, we run regular field outings in the local area - it’s amazing how much we can see in our own back yard when surrounded by knowledgable companions. We also provide members with the opportunity to track bats and identify moths in their gardens. New members are always welcome and our subs are very low - Single membership £12 per annum, Joint/Family Membership £22 per annum.
Contact email secretary@chinats.org.uk Spring / Summer 2026Wednesday 4 March at 19:30. Talk - Sharks, Tigers, Carpets & Kittens: The Marvellous Moths of Great Britain. Speaker: Michael Blencowe.
Thursday 19 March at 10:00. Field event - Pagham Harbour RSPB Reserve. Leader - Stuart Malcolm.
Wednesday 1 April at 19:30. AGM and Talk - How profitable Farming can be good for the Environment. With two speakers - Suzie Robson, from the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group, and a farmer participating in the scheme.
Tuesday 14 April at 10:00. Field event - the Devil's Punchbowl, Hindhead. Leaders: Matt Cusack and NT colleagues.
5 June, 25 June, 29 July and 6 August. Additional field events - for details, click the "Events" tab and choose "Field trips and Outdoor Events."
Phenology - the 2026 season of recording has begun! Members and friends are warmly encouraged to participate. The form for 2026, and the results for previous years, are on the "Information - Phenology" page..
Facebook
See our new Facebook group for members' wildlife sightings. Join the group and upload your own sightings.
iRecord
ChiNATs has started to use iRecord to record our sightings on field outings. You can also use it to submit any wildlife sightings of your own. Find out more here on the ChiNATS iRecord guide or see the iRecord website.
 Medmerry Surveyors amongs the Oxeye daisies EventsField outings, small groups led by some of our experts, are arranged throughout the year to various wildlife locations in West Sussex. Lecture evenings are held regularly in Chichester over the winter, while lunchtime sessions in a local pub allow a small group to focus on a particular aspect of nature. more  Wildlife SightingsIn addition to our formal surveys we encourage our members to record wildlife wherever they see it. Sightings can be posted on our facebook page or uploaded to iRecord. more ReportsOn our field trips we encounter a wide range of wildlife and many of our members are keen wildlife photographers.
more Chichester Flora field report added, with plant list
Pagham Field report added
Bepton Field report added
2025 Mothing Mornings added
Photographic Competition details added
2025 Indoor Lecture Programme added Any questions on the website please send an email to website@chinats.org.uk
The blog allows you to log wildlife sightings and comment on those put up by other members - please use it.
We still need to keep the sightings book so please enter any observations in the sightings book on lecture evenings.
We would welcome more photos for the site from members
Below is shown number of visitors to the site from April 2017.
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