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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.
Sunday, 2nd February 2020, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
World Wetlands Day Walk 1 - Rye (02/02/2020)
Rye Harbour Nature Reserve is a Ramsar International wetland site and today is World Wetlands Day. This circular walk will visit the birdwatching hide overlooking Castle Water where we should see Waders, Egrets, Ducks, Marsh Harrier and, if we are very lucky, a Bittern. We will also have a quick...
Sunday, 2nd February 2020, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
World Wetlands Day Walk 2, Rye (02/02/2020)
An evening short walk around our saltmarsh looking at wetland birds as they feed and roost on the nature reserve. Visiting a couple of our birdwatching hides.
Meet at Rye Harbour village car park
No booking required. ...
Thursday, 6th February 2020, 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Globesongs with Kay Syrad and Clare Whistler - Rye (06/02/2020)
'It’s the globesongs that reverberate': a Changing Everything Carefully* workshop experience that will be meditative, collective and facing away from the self towards the non-human. *e.e.cummings
kin’d & kin’d is a composite eco-poet, the creation of Kay Syrad and...
Thursday, 6th February 2020, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Winter Owls at Rye Harbour (06/02/2020)
Leader: James Duncan
Join us as we set out to explore Rye Harbour in this most demanding of seasons. This is a great time of year to observe owls on the hunt. Owls are fascinating in both their ecology and mythology, revered by the ancient Greeks as a...
Saturday, 15th February 2020, 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Introducing Bumblebees - Illustrated Talk - Winchelsea (15/02/2020)
An illustrated talk by Morgan and Peter Greenhalf organised by the Friends of Rye Harbour Nature Reserve
Between them, Morgan and Peter have been involved with Rye Harbour Nature Reserve since it was founded 50 years ago. Many of you will have sampled their homemade cakes at Avocet...
Monday, 17th February 2020, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Wildlife Rangers - Rye (17/02/2020)
Become a Wildlife Ranger and join other teenagers taking action to protect and learn about local wildlife, bushcraft skills and much more. Identify and learn about wildlife, carry out practical conservation tasks to improve habitats, survey and monitor plants and animals, country crafts and...
Tuesday, 18th February 2020, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Beginning Birdwatching in Winter, Rye Harbour (18/02/2020)
Leader: James Duncan
Rye Harbour is renowned for its magnificent bird life where more than 280 species have been recorded. Many have significant breeding populations on the reserve but others are migratory, stopping to refuel during epic journeys of flight. There...
Wednesday, 19th February 2020, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Strandline Stroll - Rye (19/02/2020)
Wrap up warm for a stroll along the beach when winter’s stormy seas may have brought in many interesting things to find. We will also clean up any litter as we go.
Meet at Rye Harbour village car park TN31 7TX
No booking...
Thursday, 20th February 2020, 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Brilliant Birds - Rye (20/02/2020)
It’s National Nestbox Week, why not drop-in to the reserve to see how you can help your garden birds. There will be advice on choosing or making a nestbox and a chance to have a go at making your own bird feeders to take home.
Sunday, 23rd February 2020, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Walk with a Warden - Rye (23/02/2020)
Join one of our experienced wardens to spot some winter birds around the beach reserve. We should see Curlew, Lapwing, Redshank, Golden Plover, Wigeon, Teal, Shoveler and Little Egret.
Meet at Rye Harbour village car park TN31 7TX ...
