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  07 June 2021

  Bee Orchid

  The Bee Orchid exploits male bees by promising them the one thing they value more than a good meal. The flowers do a passable impression of a stripy female bee, complete with furry body, outstretched wings and an irresistible female scent.

   
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  07 June 2021

  Animal Fight Club

  The weaponry possessed within the natural world has undoubtedly fascinated humans through the ages. Whether it’s horns, tusks, antlers, teeth, claws, talons, fangs or stingers; animals have developed a hugely diverse suite of weapons in order to triumph in the evolutionary arms race

   
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  06 June 2021

  Meet our trustees - Martin Kyndt

  We speak to trustee Martin Kyndt

   
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  04 June 2021

  Our 30 Days Wild - 2021

  David Philips blogs about the beginning of his 2021 30 Days Wild adventures

   
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  01 June 2021

  May 2021 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Wildlife

  Last August we found a Swallowtail butterfly at Watch Cottage and it laid eggs on Fennel in a garden next to the nature reserve.

   
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  31 May 2021

  Meet our Trustees - Jon Cooper

  We speak to Trustee Jon Cooper

   
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  30 May 2021

  Swallowtail Diary

  This is the ongoing account of the Swallowtail butterfly at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve in 2020.

   
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  28 May 2021

  How to bowl a maiden over

  We are very excited to announce that following a concerted effort over a number of years to re-create suitable habitat for the Field Cricket, our Reserves Manager, Jane Willmott heard two singing males on the Warren at Burton and Chingford Ponds Local Nature Reserve.

   
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  26 May 2021

  Hedgerows for nature's recovery

  Hedgerows are a well-loved feature of the British countryside that create important corridors and much needed connectivity for wildlife.

   

Around Sussex

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  13 July 2015

  New Leaflet

  We have produced a new leaflet about Rye Harbour Nature Reserve.

   
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  13 July 2015

  A white-letter day

  The white-letter hairstreak is a rare butterfly in Sussex but if you find some elms you may be in luck and see one flying around the canopy or a pair of territorial males fighting high above the tree. The caterpillars of this hairstreak feed on elms and as our elms

   
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  12 July 2015

  Eastbourne Group Walk Report - Cornish Farm on 7 July 2015

  Eastbourne Group Cornish Farm Walk