A Precarious Lifestyle
04 October 2018
Babington’s Orache is a low growing plant that has a precarious lifestyle, growing in the mobile shingle below the line of the winter storms
Archive of: Rye Harbour
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Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings - September 2018
01 October 2018
One of the characteristic invertebrates of Rye Harbour at this time of the year is the sea-aster bee.
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The Showman at Camber Castle
29 September 2018
This was one of the events to raise awareness and funds for the Rye Harbour Discovery Centre Appeal - it raised just over £2,000.
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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 - August 2018
03 September 2018
One bird which is typical of autumn passage at Rye Harbour is the whinchat.
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Old Photos
17 August 2018
Old photographs of the Sussex countryside can sometimes tell a good story. This one from 1947…
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Natural Velcro
16 August 2018
Lesser Burdock is a tall plant of the daisy family that has flowers with hooks or burrs.
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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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Golfers raise £13k for Rye Harbour Discovery Centre
25 July 2018
Generous golfers from all over Kent and Sussex raised an astounding £13,000 towards the exciting new Discovery Centre for Rye Harbour Nature Reserve at a golf challenge event