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Our Nature Reserves Photography Competition 2025
Sussex Wildlife Trust is calling for photographers to showcase the stunning natural beauty of the Trust’s nature reserves in a new photography competition.
Meet wildlife photographer: Phil Harrison
When Phil received his cancer diagnosis, the chance to get outside and photograph wildlife, became a helpful, and healing, distraction.
Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Wildlife Sightings: August 2025
August saw the kickstart of autumn migration on the nature reserve.
Over 600 children swap the classroom for Rye Harbour Nature Reserve
School’s out for summer and we’ve been reflecting on the busy, and brilliant, year we’ve had, welcoming schools to the nature reserve.
Meet the longhorn beetle
It’s easy to see how the longhorn beetles got their name. Ranger, Matt Rich, spills the beans on his favourite beetles.
Acclaimed musician, Ruby Colley, to perform at Rye
“Oozing with lyrical beauty” ★★★★ Arts Desk Don’t miss this standout musician at the Discovery Centre in September.
Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Wildlife Sightings: July 2025
Five species of tern, returning waders and the reappearance of Broad-leaved Helleborine were among the month’s highlights.
Wildlife in watercolour: Meet Rachel Spreckley
Find out more about the artist behind the paintbrush.
From adversity to adventure
One of our recent visitors at Rye Harbour, Genny Brown, is training to become “the first black woman to ski 1200km from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole”.
There's no such thing as a seagull
Esmay left us a field sketch of a correctly labelled ‘gull’ in one of our bird hides. Through the powers of social media, we managed to track her down and find out more about her love of bird watching.