Wetland 2 | Sussex Wildlife Trust

11 November 2018

Nature's Engineers

How wildlife shapes our landscapes

31 October 2018

Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings - October 2018

Bird highlight during October was a cattle egret, initially seen on Castle Farm on the 18th.

25 October 2018

Autumn is a very exciting time for ‘twitchers’ when many birds are on the move with the changing season and there is an increased chance of something rare turning up on our shores. But it is not only birds that migrate: many insects do too!

17 October 2018

The Natural Capital of Floodplains

The Trust is working with partners to provide Natural Capital and multiple benefits to people and wildlife through Natural Flood Management in the Sussex Flow Initiative project.

01 October 2018

Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings - September 2018

One of the characteristic invertebrates of Rye Harbour at this time of the year is the sea-aster bee.

24 September 2018

Management for Bumblebees at Rye Harbour

Over the last five years we have been managing some of our grassland for bumblebees, and every year between May and August we have also been counting the bees to monitor the effects.

19 September 2018

A Bike* of Bees

At Rye Harbour, there are two quite similar species of ‘autumn colletes’ active at the moment, ivy bee (Colletes hederae) and sea-aster bee (Colletes halophilus), also known as saltmarsh bee

03 September 2018

Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings - August 2018

One bird which is typical of autumn passage at Rye Harbour is the whinchat.

01 August 2018

Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings - July 2018

Perhaps the most exciting wildlife find this month was a southern migrant hawker found on Harbour Farm on the 25th, the first reserve record for this rare migrant dragonfly.