Archive of: Rye Harbour
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01 February 2017
January 2017: Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
Shoveler is a common winter bird at Rye Harbour and perhaps one of our most important species, often occurring in nationally significant numbers (the UK threshold of importance for this species is 148).
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26 January 2017
Top Ten Sussex Wildlife Trust nature reserves
Here are the Sussex Wildlife Trust’s top ten most well-recorded nature reserves with a few facts and figures and some charismatic species
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19 January 2017
Nature Tots springing up across Sussex
Sue Curnock is looking forward to welcoming a new crop of Nature Tots for outdoor family fun and games in the woods this spring.
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02 January 2017
December 2016: Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
The winter months are the best time to see merlin on the reserve and this year has been no exception, with small numbers of sightings during November and December.
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01 December 2016
November 2016: Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
November saw several records of scaup on the reserve, with three young birds present on Flat Beach Quarry from the 8th and an additional 17 on Harbour Farm on the 10th.
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01 November 2016
October 2016: Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
This month saw a major influx of ring ouzel, with six on Harbour Farm the 8th, three on Harbour Farm on the 10th and an amazing 85 at Castle Water on the 13th, by far the largest number ever recorded on the nature reserve (before this year the maximum was two!).
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03 October 2016
September 2016: Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
One regular but uncommon wader which turns up at Rye Harbour at this time of year is the curlew sandpiper, and this year was no exception with small numbers present on the reserve during September.
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18 September 2016
Carved in stone
The turf-covered shingle ridges of Castle Farm and Castle Water, near Rye, are too inhospitable for oak trees but…
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10 September 2016
How do you view the countryside?
Is it the beauty of the countryside that appeals to you, or the patterns, or the plants, or animals, or the tranquility?
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01 September 2016
August 2016: Rye Harbour
August saw the addition of yet another plant species to the reserve list with the discovery of a single plant of common sea lavender near the Mary Stanford lifeboat house on the 25th.
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22 August 2016
Tots back to school for woodland fun
Sussex Wildlife Trust Nature Tots are back for more muddy woodland fun and games in Henfield, Brighton, Horsham, Crawley, Eastbourne and on the beach in Rye bay this September. Bushcraft activities for children aged 3-5 years, accompanied by an adult.
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02 August 2016
July 2016: Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
One of the characteristic plants of Rye Harbour at this time of the year is red hemp-nettle. This inconspicuous little relative of the mints and dead-nettles, with its red flowers and nettle-like leaves, grows on sparsely vegetated habitats on the Beach Reserve and Harbour Farm, often where the ground has been disturbed.