Archive of: Wetland 2
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02 January 2020
Nathusius Pipistrelles at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve
The Nathusius Pipistrelle has been known to migrate across mainland Europe for many years, however their movements into and out of the British Isles has been little known
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08 December 2019
Gnats All Folks!
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.
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01 December 2019
November 2019 - Rye Harbour sightings
Bird highlight during November was a Long-tailed Duck seen briefly on Harbour Farm on the 10th.
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26 November 2019
Something to crow about
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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17 November 2019
A Remedy for the Winter Blues
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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19 October 2019
Ivy League
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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01 October 2019
September 2019 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
Highlight during September were several sightings of Stone Curlew on the Beach Reserve and Harbour Farm.
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31 August 2019
August 2019 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
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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01 August 2019
July 2019 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
Highlight this month has been the relatively large numbers of Sussex Emerald in the moth trap…
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30 June 2019
June 2019 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
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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28 June 2019
Sussex Wildlife Trust responds to news of Ofwat penalties for Southern Water
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.
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18 June 2019
Flies with Thighs
Grubbing about on the shingle recently looking for rare spiders I came across this hoverfly with swollen femora near the Mary Stanford lifeboat House.