June 2021 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Wildlife
01 July 2021
The most significant wildlife event this month was the discovery of two larvae of the Sussex Emerald moth on Harbour Farm, the first ever recorded in Sussex
Archive of: Wetland 2
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May 2021 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Wildlife
01 June 2021
Last August we found a Swallowtail butterfly at Watch Cottage and it laid eggs on Fennel in a garden next to the nature reserve.
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Mew Name Madness!
04 May 2021
As with many of our birds, the English names of gulls are generally pretty descriptive.
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April 2021 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Wildlife
29 April 2021
Bird highlight this month was a White-tailed Eagle which was present over the Beach Reserve on the 19th.
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March 2021 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Wildlife
31 March 2021
Despite the often cold weather during March, there were definitely signs of spring in the air at Rye Harbour.
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WeBS Counts
15 March 2021
The Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) monitors numbers of non-breeding waterfowl in the UK.
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A closer look at Frogbit
07 March 2021
Frogbit is a floating plant of freshwater. Its leaves look like a tiny water lily, but the flowers have just three delicate white petals.
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February 2021 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
01 March 2021
One of the bird highlights during February (certainly for me) was a Jack Snipe on Harbour Farm on the 23rd.
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January 2021 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
02 February 2021
A sure sign of the advancing year is the first appearance of the flowers of Common Whitlowgrass on Camber Castle
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A Beaver's tale
02 February 2021
The design of a beaver’s tail is quite unlike that of any other mammal you might see. It is thought to have a multitude of uses, such as helping them to guide their route as they navigate through the water.