News

  • Rye Harbour Seals

    09 January 2022

    Rye Harbour Seals

    Last November local photographer Tony Ham was able to read the flipper tags on two of the seals and it’s interesting to know where they came from.

     
  • Windlesham School ditch plastic in lunches

    05 January 2022

    Windlesham School ditch plastic in lunches

    What a comm-ocean – Windlesham School and Nursery ditch plastic in lunches on school trips.

     
  • Sod's Law

    03 January 2022

    Sod's Law

    Emma Chaplin meets regen ag farmer Sam Newington

     
  • Challenge yourself

    02 January 2022

    Challenge yourself

    Walk, Jog or Run at YOUR pace on the Ultra Challenge Series event of your choice. Support Sussex Wildlife Trust in 2022 for an unforgettable Challenge

     
  • December 2021 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings

    01 January 2022

    December 2021 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings

    This month a team from the Mammal Society came to carry out a survey for Harvest Mice on the reserve and met with much success!

     
  • Your Wildlife in 2022

    29 December 2021

    Your Wildlife in 2022

    The start of the New Year is always an opportunity to begin a new project, perhaps a personal wildlife one.

     
  • Meet the Trainees

    29 December 2021

    Meet the Trainees

    Meet Mark and Rosie, the two latest Leysdown Trainees with the Sussex Wildlife Trust, who will be regularly blogging over the next year or so

     
  • How to clean bird feeders and nest boxes

    28 December 2021

    How to clean bird feeders and nest boxes

    Keep bird feeders and nest boxes clean with these simple steps

     
  • Naked (Christmas) lunch

    22 December 2021

    Naked (Christmas) lunch

    Michael Blencowe talks turkey

     

Around Sussex

  • Spring at Last!

    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!

     
  • Early Bats

    04 April 2016

    Early Bats

    After last year’s exciting discovery of a Nathusius pipistrelle bat migrating from Latvia to Rye Harbour we thought it would be interesting to monitor bats early in the year.

     
  • Ramsar at Rye Harbour

    31 March 2016

    Ramsar at Rye Harbour

    Rye Harbour Nature Reserve is a part of the Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay Special Protection Area and Ramsar site because….