Archive of: Wetland 2
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01 December 2016
November 2016: Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
November saw several records of scaup on the reserve, with three young birds present on Flat Beach Quarry from the 8th and an additional 17 on Harbour Farm on the 10th.
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01 November 2016
October 2016: Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
This month saw a major influx of ring ouzel, with six on Harbour Farm the 8th, three on Harbour Farm on the 10th and an amazing 85 at Castle Water on the 13th, by far the largest number ever recorded on the nature reserve (before this year the maximum was two!).
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01 November 2016
It's a real otter - in Sussex!
I wasn’t sure that the day would ever come when I could report that a video has been taken of a genuine, real live otter in Sussex.
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03 October 2016
September 2016: Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
One regular but uncommon wader which turns up at Rye Harbour at this time of year is the curlew sandpiper, and this year was no exception with small numbers present on the reserve during September.
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01 September 2016
August 2016: Rye Harbour
August saw the addition of yet another plant species to the reserve list with the discovery of a single plant of common sea lavender near the Mary Stanford lifeboat house on the 25th.
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02 August 2016
July 2016: Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
One of the characteristic plants of Rye Harbour at this time of the year is red hemp-nettle. This inconspicuous little relative of the mints and dead-nettles, with its red flowers and nettle-like leaves, grows on sparsely vegetated habitats on the Beach Reserve and Harbour Farm, often where the ground has been disturbed.
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10 June 2016
Something to be proud of
Congratulations to the Arun and Rother Connections (ARC) Project which was shortlisted as one of three national examples of best practice in environment and conservation in the UK
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31 May 2016
May 2016: Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
A pleasant surprise this month was the presence of at least four singing corn bunting on the reserve.
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18 May 2016
An EU framework for water and wetlands
The sixth of our blog series about the EU Referendum and Sussex Wildlife, looks at how the EU policy has impacted on our water and wetlands.
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13 May 2016
Rise of the Rain Garden
The rise of the Rain Garden - from Portland (US) to Portslade.
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03 May 2016
Soggy flowers, kids and water buffalo!
Restoring flowering fens at West Rise school near Eastbourne – Soggy flowers, kids and water buffalo!
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01 May 2016
April 2016: Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
Bird highlight during April was a stone-curlew which was seen briefly on Harbour Farm on the 28th.