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Golfers raise £13k for Rye Harbour Discovery Centre
Generous golfers from all over Kent and Sussex raised an astounding £13,000 towards the exciting new Discovery Centre for Rye Harbour Nature Reserve at a golf challenge event
Wild and Domesticated Carrots
Wild Carrot (Daucus carota) has become a common flower of the grassland and some shingle areas of Rye Harbour Nature Reserve.
Feeling The Pressure
Recent high air pressure has affected our saline wetlands.
Let the train take the strain
… was the 1988 slogan to encourage people to use trains, and 30 years later there is an even greater need to encourage the use of public transport.
June 2018 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
For many of our breeding seabirds, June is the climax of their breeding season.
Rye Harbour Discovery Centre funding boost from Gala Concert
Classical music lovers helped raise £2500 towards the new Discovery Centre at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve on Saturday (16 June) with a spectacular Gala Concert by the Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra and Chamber Choir.
May 2018 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
Easterly winds for much of the early part of the month resulted in a real bonanza of rare birds during May.
Stonerunner at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve
A local name for ringed plover is Stonerunner, because it nests on the shingle and the adults and chicks run over the stones.
April 2018 - Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Sightings
Highlight during April was two black-winged stilt on Harbour Farm between the 8th and 10th of the month.
A Day To Remember
I had a fantastic day last Friday with noted entomologist Steven Falk and the Wildlife Trust ecologist Graeme Lyons looking for rare bees at Castle Water.