December 2019 - Rye Harbour Wildlife
06 January 2020
It was good to see a Smew on the reserve this month, with a ‘redhead’ (i.e. female or immature) present on the Quarry from the 9th until the end of the month.
Archive of: Chris Bentley
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Gnats All Folks!
08 December 2019
This year I have been carrying out a survey of the invertebrates of the saline lagoons at Rye Harbour and am currently in the process of identifying the samples collected during the summer.
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November 2019 - Rye Harbour sightings
01 December 2019
Bird highlight during November was a Long-tailed Duck seen briefly on Harbour Farm on the 10th.
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A Remedy for the Winter Blues
17 November 2019
I spent a very rewarding couple of hours with trust ecologist Graeme Lyons and visiting naturalist Ryan Clarke last weekend looking for invertebrates on the Beach Reserve.
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October 2019 - Rye Harbour sightings
02 November 2019
Highlight in the moth trap was Mottled Shieldbug on 20th, the first Sussex record
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Ivy League
19 October 2019
At this time of the year when relatively few plants are still in flower, Ivy is an excellent late season nectar source for many insects.
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September 2019 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
01 October 2019
Highlight during September were several sightings of Stone Curlew on the Beach Reserve and Harbour Farm.
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August 2019 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
31 August 2019
A feature of the moth trap at this time of the year is the Pale Grass Eggar, a very rare species which in the UK is only found on the shingle of Dungeness and Rye Harbour.
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July 2019 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
01 August 2019
Highlight this month has been the relatively large numbers of Sussex Emerald in the moth trap…
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Sussex Emerald at Rye Harbour
23 July 2019
The Sussex Emerald moth is a very rare beast in the UK, with breeding traditionally restricted to the disturbed shingle habitats at Dungeness in Kent