Archive of: Rye Harbour
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14 May 2020
The Bees Knees
There are around 276 species of bee in the UK, many of which are common and widespread.
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11 May 2020
What was seen on furlough
It’s surprising what you can find in even the smallest urban garden.
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05 May 2020
April 2020 - Rye Harbour Wildlife
This month was strange under “lockdown” with mostly just very local people out and about enjoying their restricted walks and cycling on the reserve and in such lovely weather.
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17 April 2020
Make A Bee Hotel
Here is a quick, simple, long-lasting and inexpensive way of creating a home for solitary bees. It took me 20 minutes and cost nothing.
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15 April 2020
Dr Barry Yates celebrates 36 years at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve
In March, Rye Harbour Nature Reserve celebrated 50 years. Dr Barry Yates talks about the last 50 years- and his hopes for the future
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01 April 2020
Creative nature writing in a time of crisis
Rye Harbour Nature Reserve has a creative writing and poetry group that’s connecting remotely because of the Coronavirus situation. Sussex Wildlife Trust member Jim Northover shares his poem about wood anemones
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31 March 2020
March 2020 - Rye Harbour Wildlife
Bird highlight during March was a Glossy Ibis which was seen at Castle Water and on Harbour Farm.
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28 March 2020
Wonderful Waders
Wading birds come in all sorts of size and shape.
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16 March 2020
Help kit out our new education zone
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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04 March 2020
Denizens of the Dark
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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02 March 2020
Slipper Limpet
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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26 February 2020
February 2020 - Rye Harbour wildlife
Despite the fairly dreadful weather during February, this month did see several signs of the oncoming spring on the reserve.