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.

It’s easy to see how the longhorn beetles got their name. Ranger, Matt Rich, spills the beans on his favourite beetles.

“Oozing with lyrical beauty” ★★★★ Arts Desk Don’t miss this standout musician at the Discovery Centre in September.

Five species of tern, returning waders and the reappearance of Broad-leaved Helleborine were among the month’s highlights.

Find out more about the artist behind the paintbrush.

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”.

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.

An exciting visitor last seen at the nature reserve in 1996 was just one of the many sightings last month.

Elusive, endangered, and NOT rats. Our native Water Voles are pretty special, and we must protect them.

A Red-footed Falcon, Temminck’s Stilt and Black-winged Stilt were some of the rarer wildlife sightings from Rye Harbour Nature Reserve in May.