21 January 2020
It’s good to report some positive news about the environment. Barry Yates and team at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve report that they are finding less litter on the beach, because more visitors have been taking their rubbish home with them, and some are conducting their own ‘two minute beach cleans’.
07 January 2020
Wetlands are enormously important. They help provide clean water, storm protection and biodiversity. So what exactly are wetlands?
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.
06 January 2020
Ducks can be split into two broad groups: dabblers and divers. As the name suggests, diving ducks feed mainly by diving underwater, using their strong feet (and sometimes their wings) to swim. Dabbling ducks, however, feed predominantly at the surface, sometimes even grazing on land. Many dabblers can often be seen upending, with their heads underwater and their bums in the air.
02 January 2020
The Nathusius Pipistrelle has been known to migrate across mainland Europe for many years, however their movements into and out of the British Isles has been little known
31 December 2019
Well that was a challenging year. The 50th year of the nature reserve was one of preparing the foundations
10 December 2019
One aspect of our seas has greatly improved in recent years - oil dumped by shipping…
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.
01 December 2019
Bird highlight during November was a Long-tailed Duck seen briefly on Harbour Farm on the 10th.
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.