Archive of: Wetland 2
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13 April 2016
Spring at Last!
With the arrival of spring weather at Rye Harbour I have been out and about looking for a couple of rare bee species, and yesterday I managed to find one!
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31 March 2016
March 2016: Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
March produced the first booming bittern of the year, with a single male heard regularly at Castle Water from the 12th.
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22 March 2016
A New Arrival
A good deal of my time over the last five years has been spent monitoring the invertebrates on the new saltmarsh and shingle habitats at Rye Harbour…
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01 March 2016
February 2016: Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
One sign of the approaching spring is the appearance of cream-spot tiger caterpillars on the reserve.
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01 February 2016
January 2016: Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
Highlight during January was a Lapland bunting which was present on Harbour Farm on the 28th.
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28 January 2016
Water - not an enemy but a misunderstood friend - World Wetlands Day
World Wetlands Day is on 2 February 2016.
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25 January 2016
Flooding, fossil fuels and unpaid bills
Dr Tony Whitbread debunks the myth of ‘expensive green energy’
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07 January 2016
Flooding - the inconvenient truth
“Flooding equals lack of river dredging” is the simplistic message often promoted by the media, sometimes with bizarre claims that rivers were left un-dredged just to protect wildlife. Some pundits even go so far as blaming “eco-zealots” for the floods, with accusations that environmentalists are more concerned about bugs and beetles than they are about people! It’s all so simple in some minds.
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20 November 2015
Helping Fish Commute
Whilst installing man-made structures, little thought was historically given to the need for most fish species to move around - upstream and downstream to find food, shelter and other fish to breed with.
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02 November 2015
October 2015: Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
October saw the first records of short-eared owl of the autumn at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve.
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16 October 2015
Making Meadows
As far as the eye can see, volunteers are industriously fetching, carrying, digging and sowing - restoring a flower-rich meadow.
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07 September 2015
Support your local Rivers Trust
The Arun and Rother RiversTrust is a charity dedicated to making practical improvements to our local rivers.