Archive of: Rye Harbour
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17 August 2018
Old Photos
Old photographs of the Sussex countryside can sometimes tell a good story. This one from 1947…
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16 August 2018
Natural Velcro
Lesser Burdock is a tall plant of the daisy family that has flowers with hooks or burrs.
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01 August 2018
Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings - July 2018
Perhaps the most exciting wildlife find this month was a southern migrant hawker found on Harbour Farm on the 25th, the first reserve record for this rare migrant dragonfly.
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25 July 2018
Golfers raise £13k for Rye Harbour Discovery Centre
Generous golfers from all over Kent and Sussex raised an astounding £13,000 towards the exciting new Discovery Centre for Rye Harbour Nature Reserve at a golf challenge event
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21 July 2018
Wild and Domesticated Carrots
Wild Carrot (Daucus carota) has become a common flower of the grassland and some shingle areas of Rye Harbour Nature Reserve.
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18 July 2018
Feeling The Pressure
Recent high air pressure has affected our saline wetlands.
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04 July 2018
Let the train take the strain
… was the 1988 slogan to encourage people to use trains, and 30 years later there is an even greater need to encourage the use of public transport.
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01 July 2018
June 2018 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
For many of our breeding seabirds, June is the climax of their breeding season.
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20 June 2018
Rye Harbour Discovery Centre funding boost from Gala Concert
Classical music lovers helped raise £2500 towards the new Discovery Centre at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve on Saturday (16 June) with a spectacular Gala Concert by the Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra and Chamber Choir.
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30 May 2018
May 2018 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
Easterly winds for much of the early part of the month resulted in a real bonanza of rare birds during May.
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28 May 2018
Stonerunner at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve
A local name for ringed plover is Stonerunner, because it nests on the shingle and the adults and chicks run over the stones.
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30 April 2018
April 2018 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
Highlight during April was two black-winged stilt on Harbour Farm between the 8th and 10th of the month.