Archive of: Rye Harbour
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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.
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30 January 2020
January 2020 - Rye Harbour wildlife
This month continued a good run of Knot numbers on the reserve, with at least 100 present on Flat Beach
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26 January 2020
Glassworts
they are a flowering plant with what must be the smallest of flowers.
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21 January 2020
New family beach cleans at Rye Harbour
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’.
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07 January 2020
Celebrate World Wetlands Day 2020 at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve
Wetlands are enormously important. They help provide clean water, storm protection and biodiversity. So what exactly are wetlands?
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06 January 2020
December 2019 - Rye Harbour Wildlife
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.
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06 January 2020
Dip into the world of dabbling ducks
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.
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02 January 2020
Nathusius Pipistrelles at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve
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