News

It was great to see so many members at last night’s AGM. The mood was upbeat and supportive and Eleanor Harris gave an excellent talk on i360 progress and plans.

We’re reliably informed that the starlings were over the pier around 4pm today, but our source was driving and couldn’t take a photo. Did anyone else see them? Any photos?

by Lee Laycock – this big autumn weather is producing some memorable images See his Facebook page for more great photos  

Amazing photos from Max Langran! He says: Just caught this on Brighton beach and it felt VERY close! For prints go to www.maxlangranphotography.com

Mark Power is a Brighton based photographer who took a series of images in the late 1980’s addressing the homeless situation at the time. A number of photographs from the collection included the derelict West Pier and the juxtaposition of this with the girls situation adds enormously to the poignancy and their isolation. You can ... Read more

A recent Facebook post including a beautiful footage of the murmurations over the West Pier prompted discussion as to why they have been in decline in recent years. We asked RSPB Brighton Starlings who gave us the following helpful reply. “There are more than one possible answer to this.. Firstly the numbers coming to the ... Read more

from Gordon Laing. The clouds are extraordinary – take a look

Here’s November’s newsletter with a progress update and useful timeline for the build

People are asking if the starlings are back creating their beautiful twilight formations over the pier. We’ve not seen them yet this season and last year, sadly, they rarely appeared. We’re not always on site at dusk so if you see the murmuration please let us know. Better still, send us a photo. Here’s a ... Read more

Click here for October’s news.

Take a look at Gordon Laing’s great time lapse of the pier.

Brighton i360 has posted a very useful overview of the construction timeline, click here to read about it