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  • Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Seven

    24 March 2020

    Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Seven

    Today I’ve decided to tactically deploy the most powerful weapon I have and blast you with some thermonuclear level cuteness to distract you from these difficult times.

     
  • Species of the day: Song Thrush

    24 March 2020

    Species of the day: Song Thrush

    The Song Thrush is one of our most familiar and popular song birds. Its distinctive, boldly charismatic repertoire has inspired people over countless generations.

     
  • Species of the day: Lesser Celandine

    23 March 2020

    Species of the day: Lesser Celandine

    Lesser Celandine was so loved by William Wordsworth (his favourite, in fact) that he wrote no less than three poems about it

     
  • Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Six

    23 March 2020

    Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Six

    It’s a cold, clear night and I stood staring up at the stars, the satellites and Venus blazing bright in the western sky. I wasn’t sure what I was looking for up there, maybe a sign? some reassurance? It was then I that I heard it. Tseep.

     
  • Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Five

    22 March 2020

    Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Five

    A guided tour of the garden

     
  • Behind the Lens with Sara Humphrey

    21 March 2020

    Behind the Lens with Sara Humphrey

    We talk to ‘Sussex’ Sara Humphrey about her love of wildlife, her photography and visiting nature reserves by public transport

     
  • Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Four

    21 March 2020

    Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Four

    The plants in my garden are beginning to bloom and, as it’s still a bit early for many pollinating insects, some of our first flowers are banking on the breeze to spread the love.

     
  • Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Three

    20 March 2020

    Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Three

    Just as I was returning to the kitchen I heard a Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming loudly from way across the road on an oak tree in a neighbour’s garden.

     
  • Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Two

    19 March 2020

    Corona Wildlife Diary: Day Two

    Watching a pair of Long-tailed Tits this afternoon in the willow tree.

     
  • Corona Wildlife Diary: Day One

    18 March 2020

    Corona Wildlife Diary: Day One

    As the world shuts down around us the uplifting role that wildlife plays in our lives becomes more vital than ever. Michael Blencowe is going to keep a daily diary of what he finds around his garden.

     
  • Our response to Coronavirus

    18 March 2020

    Our response to Coronavirus

    We have been assessing the Covid-19 situation daily and are constantly reviewing all of our planned events, taking sensible steps to protect the health and safety of staff, volunteers and members of the public.

     
  • Avocets return

    17 March 2020

    Avocets return

    In the last few weeks some familiar friends have returned to Rye Harbour in good numbers for the nesting season.​