Celebrate World Wetlands Day 2020 at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve
07 January 2020
Wetlands are enormously important. They help provide clean water, storm protection and biodiversity. So what exactly are wetlands?
Archive of: Wetland 2
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December 2019 - Rye Harbour Wildlife
06 January 2020
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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Nathusius Pipistrelles at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve
02 January 2020
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
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Gnats All Folks!
08 December 2019
This year I have been carrying out a survey of the invertebrates of the saline lagoons at Rye Harbour and am currently in the process of identifying the samples collected during the summer.
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November 2019 - Rye Harbour sightings
01 December 2019
Bird highlight during November was a Long-tailed Duck seen briefly on Harbour Farm on the 10th.
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Something to crow about
26 November 2019
The results of just a few dedicated volunteers grafting to create natural flood storage in their local woodland were more spectacular than we could have hoped for.
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A Remedy for the Winter Blues
17 November 2019
I spent a very rewarding couple of hours with trust ecologist Graeme Lyons and visiting naturalist Ryan Clarke last weekend looking for invertebrates on the Beach Reserve.
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Ivy League
19 October 2019
At this time of the year when relatively few plants are still in flower, Ivy is an excellent late season nectar source for many insects.
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September 2019 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
01 October 2019
Highlight during September were several sightings of Stone Curlew on the Beach Reserve and Harbour Farm.
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August 2019 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
31 August 2019
A feature of the moth trap at this time of the year is the Pale Grass Eggar, a very rare species which in the UK is only found on the shingle of Dungeness and Rye Harbour.