At this time of the year when relatively few plants are still in flower, Ivy is an excellent late season nectar source for many insects.

​Sussex Wildlife Trust has received a grant of over half a million pounds from The National Lottery Heritage Fund for its Discover Rye Harbour project which will transform the way visitors engage with the natural and cultural heritage of Rye...

Highlight during September were several sightings of Stone Curlew on the Beach Reserve and Harbour Farm.

a rare Sussex wetland moth, the Reed Dagger,

A feature of the moth trap at this time of the year is the Pale Grass Eggar, a very rare species which in the UK is only found on the shingle of Dungeness and Rye Harbour.

The High Sheriff of East Sussex Violet Hancock came for a visit to Rye Harbour Nature Reserve and the new Discovery Centre

Highlight this month has been the relatively large numbers of Sussex Emerald in the moth trap…

Waders are such special birds and their evocative calls can take us back to the wild places where we first heard them…

National Marine Week is our annual celebration of the sea and the amazing wildlife that lives there.

We speak to local fisherman John Botterell, whose family collect rubbish from the sea as they fish.