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Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Calendar
In addition to our usual Sussex Wildlife Trust calendar, this year we have also created a special calendar celebrating the wildlife of Rye Harbour Nature Reserve

Interview with Gesine Garz, Centre Manager at Rye Harbour Discovery Centre
We meet new Centre Manager of the Rye Harbour Discovery Centre, Gesine Garz.

Biocontrol of Australian Swampweed at Rye Harbour
The exciting news is that this week staff from CABI released some tiny mites into a small area of Australian Swampweed at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve.

Rye Harbour Nature Reserve sightings - July 2022
Bird highlight during July was a Purple Heron which was found at the northern end of Castle Water (before moving to Long Pit) on the 28th.

Going on a bee hunt at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve
Sussex Wildlife Trust volunteers and Friends members Morgan and Peter Greenhalf have been involved in identifying and recording bumblebees for over a decade. They now lead Bumblebees Identification days and ‘bee-safari’ walks.

Award Winning Discovery Centre
Rye Harbour Discovery Centre has won the Public & Community Award at the Sussex Heritage Awards 2022.

Rye Harbour Nature Reserve sightings - June 2022
The breeding season has reached a peak this month, and in many respects it seems to have been a pretty good one!

Tigers are on the prowl at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve
Natasha Sharma talks about the remarkable sight on a summer’s walk is the odd tiger or even a whole streak of them at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve (as in moth!)

Patterns in nature drawing
Wildlife artist and author Jennifer Moore discusses patterns in nature and how to draw using them

Interview with Kathy Crowther, Volunteer Coordinator at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve
We speak to Kathy Crowther, Volunteer Coordinator at Rye Harbour Discovery Centre