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March 2020 - Rye Harbour Wildlife
Bird highlight during March was a Glossy Ibis which was seen at Castle Water and on Harbour Farm.
Wonderful Waders
Wading birds come in all sorts of size and shape.
Help kit out our new education zone
Sussex Wildlife Trust has launched a new crowdfunding campaign, to help us kit out the environmental educational facility within the Rye Harbour Discovery Centre.
This facility will allow the learning and engagement team to host school excursions and adult education, and...
Denizens of the Dark
At this time of the year there is always much excitement around the appearance of the first bumblebee or the first butterfly, and why not?
Slipper Limpet
Along our Sussex beaches there are millions of shells of the Common Slipper Limpet - so named because the empty shells resemble tiny slippers up to 50mm long.
February 2020 - Rye Harbour wildlife
Despite the fairly dreadful weather during February, this month did see several signs of the oncoming spring on the reserve.
January 2020 - Rye Harbour wildlife
This month continued a good run of Knot numbers on the reserve, with at least 100 present on Flat Beach
Glassworts
they are a flowering plant with what must be the smallest of flowers.
New family beach cleans at Rye Harbour
It’s good to report some positive news about the environment. Barry Yates and team at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve report that they are finding less litter on the beach, because more visitors have been taking their rubbish home with them,...
Celebrate World Wetlands Day 2020 at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve
Wetlands are enormously important. They help provide clean water, storm protection and biodiversity. So what exactly are wetlands?