Archive of: Wetland 2
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01 July 2018
June 2018 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
For many of our breeding seabirds, June is the climax of their breeding season.
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30 May 2018
May 2018 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
Easterly winds for much of the early part of the month resulted in a real bonanza of rare birds during May.
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30 April 2018
April 2018 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
Highlight during April was two black-winged stilt on Harbour Farm between the 8th and 10th of the month.
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03 April 2018
March 2018 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
Highlight during March were two sightings of spoonbill, with birds on Flat Beach on the 7th and 30th when two were seen.
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28 February 2018
February 2018 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
A familiar bird during the winter months is the long-tailed tit, it’s busy, noisy flocks often seen moving through hedge lines and scrub where they feed on invertebrates.
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31 January 2018
January 2018 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
One bird which is typical of the winter months is the fieldfare and January saw at least 50 birds at Rye Harbour on Castle Farm on the 14th.
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03 January 2018
December 2017 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
Bird highlight this month was probably this Dartford warbler seen on Harbour Farm on the 28th.
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13 December 2017
Our Working Washland complete
Last week we posted a blog about our working washland near Plumpton. One week on and our working washland is complete.
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04 December 2017
Working Washlands
How to create over 100 tonnes of flood storage in a couple of days.
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30 November 2017
November 2017 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
Still present on Harbour Farm during November was the long-staying red-breasted merganser which has been around on and off since October last year.
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01 November 2017
October 2017 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
One bird which has become much more common on the reserve in the last 10 years is the raven.
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01 October 2017
September 2017 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
A pleasant surprise during September was a wryneck seen at Castle Water on the 7th of the month.