The Rise of the Herons
11 November 2018
In the early days of the nature reserve the only species of heron you were likely to see at Rye Harbour was the familiar grey heron, but now…
Archive of: Chris Bentley
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Migrant Magic
25 October 2018
Autumn is a very exciting time for ‘twitchers’ when many birds are on the move with the changing season and there is an increased chance of something rare turning up on our shores. But it is not only birds that migrate: many insects do too!
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Management for Bumblebees at Rye Harbour
24 September 2018
Over the last five years we have been managing some of our grassland for bumblebees, and every year between May and August we have also been counting the bees to monitor the effects.
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A Bike* of Bees
19 September 2018
At Rye Harbour, there are two quite similar species of ‘autumn colletes’ active at the moment, ivy bee (Colletes hederae) and sea-aster bee (Colletes halophilus), also known as saltmarsh bee
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Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings - July 2018
01 August 2018
Perhaps the most exciting wildlife find this month was a southern migrant hawker found on Harbour Farm on the 25th, the first reserve record for this rare migrant dragonfly.
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A Day To Remember
23 April 2018
I had a fantastic day last Friday with noted entomologist Steven Falk and the Wildlife Trust ecologist Graeme Lyons looking for rare bees at Castle Water.
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April 2016: Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
01 May 2016
Bird highlight during April was a stone-curlew which was seen briefly on Harbour Farm on the 28th.
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Spring at Last!
13 April 2016
With the arrival of spring weather at Rye Harbour I have been out and about looking for a couple of rare bee species, and yesterday I managed to find one!
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March 2016: Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
31 March 2016
March produced the first booming bittern of the year, with a single male heard regularly at Castle Water from the 12th.
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A New Arrival
22 March 2016
A good deal of my time over the last five years has been spent monitoring the invertebrates on the new saltmarsh and shingle habitats at Rye Harbour…