I’m glad we’ve been able to share so much of our wildlife with people here and on social media since March, but it was good to be able to show people wildlife in the flesh again. Dr Barry Yates Dr Barry Yates, Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Manager tells us about the first guided walk in many […]
Art Attack’s Neil Buchanan lives near Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, and is a regular visitor. Emma Chaplin caught up with him over the phone to find out how his lockdown was going. Many people will know you as a TV presenter, but you’re also an artist and musician. Tell us a bit more about yourself. […]
Actor Robert Bathurst is a lover of walks between Hastings and Rye and a regular visitor to Rye Harbour Nature Reserve. He also featured with reserve manager Barry Yates, in an ITV programme called Britain’s Favourite Walks, which is soon going to be repeated. Emma Chaplin caught up with him over the phone. How are you finding […]
Dr Barry Yates is Sussex Wildlife Trust’s Manager at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve. The reserve has just celebrated its 50th anniversary and Barry has worked, and lived, on the reserve for the last 36 years. Here he recalls the origins of the nature reserve and looks at its development over half a century and considers […]
‘Our surveys enable us to gauge the health of the ocean from what washes up.’ Andy Dinsdale has lived in Fairlight all his life. He’s been a juggler, worked for an engineering firm and has covered temporary posts at Sussex Wildlife Trust as a Learning and Engagement Officer. He’s been leading riverbank and beach cleans […]
The pioneering campaign to restore a vast underwater kelp forest off the Sussex coast achieved its first major milestone last week when the introduction of a critical new byelaw was agreed. The new byelaw, which will see trawling excluded from a vast 304 km2 of Sussex coastline year-round, was agreed by the Sussex Inshore Fisheries and […]
Wetlands are enormously important they help provide clean water, flood protection, provide food, capture carbon, promote biodiversity and provide an environment for quiet relaxation. So what exactly are wetlands? They are naturally low lying or water-fed areas of land which help store and filter huge amounts of water. In doing so, they enable wildlife to […]
Sussex Wildlife Trust welcomed two groups for ‘hard hat’ tours of the Rye Harbour Discovery Centre build, expertly led by Baxall Construction last week.. Everyone donned hard hats and high vis vests, then Sussex Wildlife Trust Chief Executive Officer, Tor Lawrence, welcomed each group, which comprised members of the Discovery Centre Appeal Board, Friends of […]
Sussex Wildlife Trust has received a grant of over half a million pounds from The National Lottery Heritage Fund for its Discover Rye Harbour project which will transform the way visitors engage with the natural and cultural heritage of Rye Harbour Nature Reserve. Made possible by National Lottery players, the grant of £588,100 over 39 […]
