Doing the moth math
26 March 2019
From 2004, when I began my employment at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, to late 2018 I ran a moth trap at Lime Kiln Cottage.
Archive of: Chris Bentley
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Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings - February 2019
01 March 2019
Spotted redshank is one of those birds which I generally hear more than I see, so it was nice to actually lay eyes on one on the new saltmarsh on the 18th.
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Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings - January 2019
01 February 2019
After first being spotted during December, the small flock of three twite was still present on the Beach Reserve throughout January.
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Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings - December 2018
01 January 2019
The Peregrine is the epitome of a bird of prey, with its muscular build and rapid flight, and is certainly one of those birds guaranteed to grab a birdwatchers attention
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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…
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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.