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.
Archive of: Wetland 2
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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.
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July 2019 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
01 August 2019
Highlight this month has been the relatively large numbers of Sussex Emerald in the moth trap…
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June 2019 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
30 June 2019
Turtle Dove is becoming an increasingly rare bird on the reserve (and indeed nationally), so it was good to get the first reserve record for 2019 from Castle Farm on the 1st.
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Sussex Wildlife Trust responds to news of Ofwat penalties for Southern Water
28 June 2019
Ofwat has been given notice that it intends to impose a £126million penalty on Southern Water for its past failure to comply with regulations regarding waste water treatment and monitoring.