Archive of: Rye Harbour

  • New Leaflet

    13 July 2015

    New Leaflet

    We have produced a new leaflet about Rye Harbour Nature Reserve.

     
  • Snipe - Stayin' Alive

    11 July 2015

    Snipe - Stayin' Alive

    ​Common snipe can be seen all year round in Sussex, but they can be difficult to see because they like to hide away and are well camouflaged.

     
  • Looking closely at flowers

    04 July 2015

    Looking closely at flowers

    I often admire colourful displays of wild flowers or look closely at rare ones, but do I really look closely at common ones?

     
  • June 2015: Rye Harbour nature reserve sightings

    02 July 2015

    June 2015: Rye Harbour nature reserve sightings

    ​One of the characteristic insects of Rye Harbour Nature Reserve is the great silver water beetle.

     
  • 'Wild Woodies' Summer Holiday Clubs

    30 June 2015

    'Wild Woodies' Summer Holiday Clubs

    Sussex Wildlife Trust is leading fun-packed outdoor activity days for children across the county throughout the summer holidays in Henfield, Brighton, Crawley, Seaford and Rye.

     
  • EU laws are good for wildlife - act now to keep it that way!

    29 June 2015

    EU laws are good for wildlife - act now to keep it that way!

    Conservation organisations throughout Europe are working hard to safeguard these hard-won laws that protect nature. But we urgently need public support – your support – if we’re going to win this battle.

     
  • Viper's Bugloss

    22 June 2015

    Viper's Bugloss

    This is a new poster for our information centre at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve.

     
  • April 2015: Rye Harbour nature reserve sightings

    02 June 2015

    April 2015: Rye Harbour nature reserve sightings

    The late spring period is perhaps the only time that nightingale can be heard singing around Rye Harbour,

     
  • April 2015: Rye Harbour nature reserve sightings

    20 May 2015

    April 2015: Rye Harbour nature reserve sightings

    April is a good time to see brown hare on the reserve, particularly the grassy ridges near Camber Castle.

     
  • 20 March 2014

    Wheatear: The arrival of the white-arsed vanguard of summer

    Author Michael Blencowe Lewes Community Wildlife Officer There�s nothing that can lift my spirits more than learning that the first wheatears have started to arrive on the Sussex coast. After enduring the worst winter ever, I greeted the news of the first wheatear of 2014 with mild euphoria and I wanted to