Archive
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07 March 2021
A closer look at Frogbit
Frogbit is a floating plant of freshwater. Its leaves look like a tiny water lily, but the flowers have just three delicate white petals.
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05 March 2021
Winter Bats
In our effort to identify and understand the wildlife that lives in Sussex, bats have always been tricky to identify
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03 March 2021
Awakenings: Celebrating 60 years of the Sussex Wildlife Trust
Do you enjoy creative writing? We are creating an anthology to celebrate the Sussex Wildlife Trust’s 60th Anniversary in 2021 and would love you to get involved.
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02 March 2021
Burton Pond Fencing: March 2021 update
Work will be carried out from mid-February until late March 2021 and will entail some tree and scrub clearance along the fence line.
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01 March 2021
February 2021 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
One of the bird highlights during February (certainly for me) was a Jack Snipe on Harbour Farm on the 23rd.
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27 February 2021
Wheatear at Rye Harbour
With spring just around the corner, one of the birds that will be arriving on the reserve in early March is the Wheatear.
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24 February 2021
Going Underground - animal architects of the natural world
The number of different homes inhabited by animals is huge, so in this blog, we’re going to look at underground homes. Because, as The Jam would put it, if you want to create a warm, dry and cosy home safe from prying eyes and predators, going underground is a popular option.
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23 February 2021
Ideal Home: Hermit Crab
Finding a suitable shell can be quite the challenge for a small crab in a big ocean, and this life constraint has caused a number of quite unique behaviours to have evolved in hermit crabs, allowing them to find their ideal home.
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22 February 2021
The Ant Hill (and nest) Mob
Where do ants make their homes?
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22 February 2021
Embracing Winter
Tilly Hopkins learns to embrace winter at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve
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22 February 2021
The calling cards of Sussex mammals
Laurie Jackson, Ecologist and Wildlife Lecturer, is an expert on the wonderful and varied small mammals of Sussex.. Here she tells us about how you can track them.
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16 February 2021
Behind the Lens with Max Mudie
Max Mudie talks to us about his love of fungi photography