Archive of: Rye Harbour

  • Meet our staff - Barry Yates

    06 April 2021

    Meet our staff - Barry Yates

    Tilly Hopkins talks to Barry Yates about his life and work at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve

     
  • March 2021 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Wildlife

    31 March 2021

    March 2021 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Wildlife

    Despite the often cold weather during March, there were definitely signs of spring in the air at Rye Harbour.

     
  • WeBS Counts

    15 March 2021

    WeBS Counts

    The Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) monitors numbers of non-breeding waterfowl in the UK.

     
  • Beaks in Action

    15 March 2021

    Beaks in Action

    Beak and bill are names for the same hard, pointed part of a bird’s mouth

     
  • Antisocial behaviour on nature reserves - how you can help

    10 March 2021

    Antisocial behaviour on nature reserves - how you can help

    As the country begins to look forward to a time when we emerge from lockdown, we would like to draw your attention to ongoing issues we are aware of affecting some our nature reserves.

     
  • A closer look at Frogbit

    07 March 2021

    A closer look at Frogbit

    Frogbit is a floating plant of freshwater. Its leaves look like a tiny water lily, but the flowers have just three delicate white petals.

     
  • Winter Bats

    05 March 2021

    Winter Bats

    ​In our effort to identify and understand the wildlife that lives in Sussex, bats have always been tricky to identify

     
  • February 2021 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings

    01 March 2021

    February 2021 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings

    One of the bird highlights during February (certainly for me) was a Jack Snipe on Harbour Farm on the 23rd.

     
  • ​Wheatear at Rye Harbour

    27 February 2021

    ​Wheatear at Rye Harbour

    With spring just around the corner, one of the birds that will be arriving on the reserve in early March is the Wheatear.

     
  • Embracing Winter

    22 February 2021

    Embracing Winter

    Tilly Hopkins learns to embrace winter at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve

     
  • Curlew at Rye Harbour

    15 February 2021

    Curlew at Rye Harbour

    The sound of the Curlew is distinctive and reminds me of remote parts of Britain….

     
  • Courting Danger

    08 February 2021

    Courting Danger

    Most, if not all spiders employ some form of courtship when wooing a prospective partner.