Wonderful Waders
28 March 2020
Wading birds come in all sort of size and shape.
Archive of: Rye Harbour
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Rye Harbour Quilt 2020
27 March 2020
A huge thank-you to everyone that supported the Rye Harbour Quilt project. It has raised nearly £5,000 for the Discovery Centre.
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Avocets return
17 March 2020
In the last few weeks some familiar friends have returned to Rye Harbour in good numbers for the nesting season.
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Help kit out our new education zone
16 March 2020
Sussex Wildlife Trust has launched a new crowdfunding campaign, to help us kit out the environmental educational facility within the Rye Harbour Discovery Centre.
This facility will allow the learning and engagement team to host school excursions and adult education, and this means visitors of all ages can learn more about the rare and special wildlife at the reserve.
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Denizens of the Dark
04 March 2020
At this time of the year there is always much excitement around the appearance of the first bumblebee or the first butterfly, and why not?
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Slipper Limpet
02 March 2020
Along our Sussex beaches there are millions of shells of the Common Slipper Limpet - so named because the empty shells resemble tiny slippers up to 50mm long.
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February 2020 - Rye Harbour wildlife
26 February 2020
Despite the fairly dreadful weather during February, this month did see several signs of the oncoming spring on the reserve.
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January 2020 - Rye Harbour wildlife
30 January 2020
This month continued a good run of Knot numbers on the reserve, with at least 100 present on Flat Beach
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Glassworts
26 January 2020
they are a flowering plant with what must be the smallest of flowers.
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New family beach cleans at Rye Harbour
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’.