Beginners Birding Walk with Young Birder, Mya Bambrick – Rye Harbour (11/04/25)

💚 Young People's Month event at Rye Harbour 💚

Mya Bambrick is an award-winning young naturalist, presenter and writer from Sussex who aims to engage young people from different backgrounds with nature. She's currently in the final year of her ecology and wildlife conservation degree, while leading bird tours and walks at Poole Harbour.

Mya will take you on a 2 mile (3 km) guided circular walk around Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, a wetland habitat of international importance, particularly for waterbirds. We'll be visiting three bird hides with bench seats.

Spot seasonal birds, including waders, gulls and songbirds, and summer migrants like terns, and get tips from Mya on how to identify them. She'll talk about the lives of birds we see and there'll be plenty of opportunities to ask questions. We recommend bringing binoculars if you have them, although we’ll have some available to borrow.

At the age of 22, Mya is winner of the British Trust for Ornithology's Young Ornithologist Award 2023 and a Youth Representative for the BTO. She has written for Birdwatching Magazine, featured on Radio 4’s Tweet of the Day and created films for Chris Packham and Megan McCubbin's Self-Isolating Bird Club. See her website.

Concession price: April is our 💚 Young People's Month, we're offering a discount if you're 25 years or under. Select 'Concession' ticket and enter your date of birth. Guests aged 14 to 17 must be accompanied by an adult over the age of 18.

Booking essential: Scroll down for tickets, first please read our Course and Event booking and cancellation Terms & Conditions here. You don't need to be a Sussex Wildlife Trust member to buy a ticket, but if you haven't booked with us before, you'll need to open up a bookings account.

Location: Meet at Rye Harbour Discovery Centre, Rye Harbour, TN31 7FW, see our website for how to find us. Our café will be open from 9.30am serving refreshments and light lunches.

Public transport: The 313 Stagecoach bus travels from Northiam to Rye train station, and on to Rye Harbour village.

Accessibility: Our gently-paced walk will start and finish at Rye Harbour Discovery Centre, a wheelchair-friendly venue, with a step-free entrance ramp. Our toilet facilities include two that are wheelchair accessible, and we will be no more than a mile away from them on the walk. Most of the route is easy for wheelchairs, and the bird hides are accessible. However part of the walk has some uneven and loose surfaces, making it moderately difficult for manual wheelchairs.

Contact: If you have any queries, please email us at [email protected]