Archive of: Rye Harbour
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16 November 2018
Golden plover
‘Goldies’ descend from their upland breeding grounds to form large winter flocks in sheltered spots along the coast
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11 November 2018
The Rise of the Herons
In the early days of the nature reserve the only species of heron you were likely to see at Rye Harbour was the familiar grey heron, but now…
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08 November 2018
Lots of Fun with the Rye Harbour Discovery Centre Silent Auction
You can bid for all kinds of fascinating items to raise funds for the Rye Harbour Discovery Centre. The auction ends 9pm, Saturday 17 November, so get your bids in!
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31 October 2018
Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings - October 2018
Bird highlight during October was a cattle egret, initially seen on Castle Farm on the 18th.
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25 October 2018
Migrant Magic
Autumn is a very exciting time for ‘twitchers’ when many birds are on the move with the changing season and there is an increased chance of something rare turning up on our shores. But it is not only birds that migrate: many insects do too!
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24 October 2018
Waitrose volunteer day at Rye Harbour
Waitrose staff worked hard clearing willow from the reedbeds at a recent corporate volunteer day at Rye Harbour
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04 October 2018
A Precarious Lifestyle
Babington’s Orache is a low growing plant that has a precarious lifestyle, growing in the mobile shingle below the line of the winter storms
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01 October 2018
Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings - September 2018
One of the characteristic invertebrates of Rye Harbour at this time of the year is the sea-aster bee.
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29 September 2018
The Showman at Camber Castle
This was one of the events to raise awareness and funds for the Rye Harbour Discovery Centre Appeal - it raised just over £2,000.
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24 September 2018
Management for Bumblebees at Rye Harbour
Over the last five years we have been managing some of our grassland for bumblebees, and every year between May and August we have also been counting the bees to monitor the effects.
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19 September 2018
A Bike* of Bees
At Rye Harbour, there are two quite similar species of ‘autumn colletes’ active at the moment, ivy bee (Colletes hederae) and sea-aster bee (Colletes halophilus), also known as saltmarsh bee
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03 September 2018
Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings - August 2018
One bird which is typical of autumn passage at Rye Harbour is the whinchat.