This month continued a good run of Knot numbers on the reserve, with at least 100 present on Flat Beach

they are a flowering plant with what must be the smallest of flowers.

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,...

Wetlands are enormously important. They help provide clean water, storm protection and biodiversity. So what exactly are wetlands?

It was good to see a Smew on the reserve this month, with a ‘redhead’ (i.e. female or immature) present on the Quarry from the 9th until the end of the month.

Ducks can be split into two broad groups: dabblers and divers. As the name suggests, diving ducks feed mainly by diving underwater, using their strong feet (and sometimes their wings) to swim. Dabbling ducks, however, feed predominantly at the surface,...

The Nathusius Pipistrelle has been known to migrate across mainland Europe for many years, however their movements into and out of the British Isles has been little known

Well that was a challenging year. The 50th year of the nature reserve was one of preparing the foundations

One aspect of our seas has greatly improved in recent years - oil dumped by shipping…

This year I have been carrying out a survey of the invertebrates of the saline lagoons at Rye Harbour and am currently in the process of identifying the samples collected during the summer.