Since the 1970’s, Opticron have been shaking up the optics market, choosing not to market their products to the hunting community. Area Sales Manager, Rob Laughton, tells us what else sets them apart.

Bird migration is an amazing phenomenon of fuelling, endurance, navigation and timing. And nearly all birds seen in Sussex undertake these dangerous journeys.

Learn about Ivy Bees and Sea-aster Bees at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve

Our two 2025 calendars - Wildlife of Sussex and Rye Harbour Nature Reserve are now available to order from our online shop.

Sarah Watson, Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Events Officer, shares some of the highlights of the reserve’s upcoming events programme.

This summer, over 128 people took part in our nature-inspired family activities at Rye Harbour. Alice Oakley, our Volunteer Coordinator who ran the sessions, gives us the lowdown.

When we shared an incredible photo of the Milky Way at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, lots of you asked for advice on how to capture it. We asked the photographer himself, Derek Griffin, to spill the beans.

Find out the wildlife highlights from the nature reserve in August, including an exceptionally rare sighting of a Cory’s Shearwater.

Welcome Claire Oughtred, our new Trainee Ranger with a passion for conservation and Socrates.

July was rather special, with sightings of a rare Red-backed Shrike and the first reporting of Broad-leaved Helleborine at the nature reserve.