12 June 2019
Around four years ago, we attempted to rejuvenate one of the fields at Woods Mill into something less grass dominated and more meadow-like. A sign that a project like this has become really successful though is when host-specific invertebrates turn up to feed on the their food plants.
06 June 2019
May saw the first records of the very rare whelk jumping spider (Pellenes tripunctatus) on the reserve for 2019.
01 May 2019
This is the month of amazing changes in the natural world with birds arriving / leaving / migrating and many insects and flowers appearing. We enjoyed some exceptionally warm weather, a few April showers and lots of lovely wildlife.
25 April 2019
Exciting news as Dartford Warblers holding territory in dense bramble scrub at Butcherlands
24 April 2019
When it comes to birdsong, the nightingale is a world famous virtuoso with a voice so powerful, melodious and varied that few other species can match it.
22 April 2019
The bees are loving the ground ivy that is thriving on the paths and rides around Hope Bottom.
09 April 2019
On Monday 8th April, a groundbreaking ceremony was held for the new Rye Harbour Discovery Centre.
01 April 2019
Bird highlight during March was a splendid male ring-necked duck initially seen at Castle Water on the 27th.
30 March 2019
When T.S. Eliot wrote the first words of “The Waste Land” - April is the cruellest month, many people thought it was because the life and colour of spring ….
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.