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Events and courses at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve
In addition to the events and courses listed below, we also run four activity groups in craft, wildlife, history and creative writing.
Saturday, 2nd November 2019, 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Wildlife Watch - Rye Harbour (02/11/2019)
Rye Harbour Event
Leader: Lucy Bowyer
Our monthly club for children aged 5-11 offering a chance to find out more about the natural world and the special wildlife we find at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve. Each session will have a different...
Saturday, 2nd November 2019, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Walk with a Warden - Rye (02/11/2019)
Rye Harbour Event
Join one of our experienced wardens for a walk around Castle Water in a search for late warblers in the bushes, waders on the islands and wagtails overhead.
Meet at Brede Lock, car parking nearby in...
Thursday, 14th November 2019, 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Reflections with Jane Lovell - Rye (14/11/19)
Not just of water, of salt lagoon and gravel pit, but of past times, born of memories and nostalgia. Symmetry and shape will play a part in this workshop for poets and writers of all levels. Come and experiment with language and form!
Jane Lovell is an award winning poet whose work...
Friday, 15th November 2019, 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Sussex Bird Safari – Rye Harbour (15/11/19)
Leader: Mike Russell
We will spend the day exploring this wonderful SWT Reserve as the number of wintering wildfowl and waders begin to build up. It can hold one of the largest flocks of golden plover in the UK at this time of year. Flocks of finches can also...
Saturday, 16th November 2019, 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Guyana - The Last True Wilderness? - Winchelsea (16/11/2019)
Rye Harbour Event
Part of the Friends’ Winter Talk series: by Mike Russell
Mike’s interest in natural history was kindled in the 1950’s armed only with The Observer’s Book of Birds. From his mid- twenties Mike took on an assortment of countryside related jobs...
Thursday, 21st November 2019, 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
A Year at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve - Eastbourne 21/11/2019
Eastbourne Group Event
Barry Yates, the Sussex Wildlife Trust Rye Harbour Site Manager, will give us an illustrated insight into the seasonal changes at this Sussex Wildlife Trust nature reserve; describing management of shingle, saltmarsh, saline lagoon and reedbed...
Sunday, 24th November 2019, 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Friends Land Rover Safari at Castle Water 1 - Rye - Friends of Rye Harbour Members Only (24/11/2019)
Rye Harbour Event
Leader: Chris Bentley
Join the warden, Chris, for a Land Rover tour of the northern end of the nature reserve – Castle Farm – where there should be many winter birds to spot at Castle Water.
Meet at
Sunday, 24th November 2019, 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Friends Land Rover Safari at Castle Water 2 - Rye - Friends of Rye Harbour Members Only (24/11/2019)
Rye Harbour Event
Leader: Chris Bentley
Join the warden, Chris, for a Land Rover tour of the northern end of the nature reserve – Castle Farm – where there should be many winter birds to spot at Castle Water.
Meet at
Saturday, 30th November 2019, 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Beginners Birds: Winter Waders - Rye (30/11/2019)
Rye Harbour Event
Get to grips with those tricky winter waders with this short course for beginner birdwatchers.
Binoculars and field guides available to use on the day.
Meet at Rye Harbour village car...
