Archive of: Rye Harbour

  • Rye Harbour November Dawn

    06 November 2020

    Rye Harbour November Dawn

    On 6th November the morning forecast looked good for a dawn with cloud and sun - it turned out to be the best sunrise I have ever seen!

     
  • October 2020 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve sightings

    01 November 2020

    October 2020 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve sightings

    Highlight on the reserve this month were probably two Pied Flycatcher present on the 11th at Castle Water.

     
  • Marshmallow at Rye Harbour

    25 October 2020

    Marshmallow at Rye Harbour

    We recently told our story of Marshmallow plants and its moth to Charlotte Smith on BBC Countryfile and we collected and then spread this year’s seed at Castle Water

     
  • New Arrivals

    25 October 2020

    New Arrivals

    ​Since 1970 when Rye Harbour Nature Local Nature Reserve was first declared by the County Council there have been many changes in the breeding bird fauna of the reserve.

     
  • Destination Sussex - bird migration

    20 October 2020

    Destination Sussex - bird migration

    Our Sussex birds are not ours. We share them with places thousands of miles away. Sussex is part of an international network of places that need wildlife sites to be maintained and not developed.

     
  • Winter Wetland Birds at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve

    08 October 2020

    Winter Wetland Birds at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve

    The first of the really cold weather will soon hit Europe and many waterbirds will find our warm Sussex coastal wetlands to their liking.

     
  • September 2020 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings

    01 October 2020

    September 2020 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings

    Wildlife highlight during September were two records of Marsh Mallow Moth on the reserve.

     
  • ​Natural Regeneration at Rye Harbour

    30 September 2020

    ​Natural Regeneration at Rye Harbour

    Natural Regeneration is what has been going on with the strip of land along Rye Harbour Farm

     
  • Black Poplars

    16 September 2020

    Black Poplars

    Back in 2003 we collected some saplings of Sussex Black Poplar from Wakehurst Place and with our team of volunteers planted them out at Castle Water.

     
  • An evening at Castle Water

    11 September 2020

    An evening at Castle Water

    The evening is my favourite time for watching wildlife, it usually offers a special experience. I’d like to share last evening with you with these five short videos.

     
  • Blackberry Bushes

    09 September 2020

    Blackberry Bushes

    ​The Blackberry or Bramble is a member of the rose family and it is a great habitat for birds, insects and spiders - not forgetting it that it produces delicious, juicy, black berries in August and September.

     
  • Return to guided walks at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve

    07 September 2020

    Return to guided walks at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve

    Our first guided walk for many months at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve set out along the shore on World Shorebirds Day