17 February 2020
Andy Dinsdale has lived in Fairlight all his life. He’s been a juggler, worked for an engineering firm is Executive Director of Strandliners, a Community Interest Company that seeks to make our rivers and seas cleaner. We speak to him at Pett Level, on a beautifully sunny February day, as the Fulmar fly overhead.
07 February 2020
We speak to Lucy Bowyer about events at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve in 2020
03 February 2020
On Sunday 2nd February, Sussex Wildlife Trust led two guided, circular walks around the wetlands of Rye Harbour Nature Reserve - internationally designated as Ramsar wetlands. Twenty two people came on the morning walk, which started from Rye station. We were pleased that eight people arrived by train. We walked first to Camber Castle and then had lunch at the nearby hide, overlooking the freshwater of Castle Water. There were excellent views of Marsh Harrier and a variety of ducks, including Gadwall. Fourteen people came on the afternoon wal, which started from the car park at Rye Harbour and explored the saline wetlands.
20 January 2020
Ian Nunn is Operations Manager for Kent, East Sussex and South London, covering flood and coastal risk management. His teams operate mainly coastal and flood defence assets (such as flood walls - the Thames Barrier). His commitment is to significantly reduce the risk of flooding and its impact to people, property and infrastructure. He enjoys creating, building and maintaining things that make a difference to people’s lives.
07 January 2020
The Friends of Rye Harbour Nature Reserve have established a small lottery to support the running of the Discovery Centre.
05 January 2020
In February, we have a couple of visiting poets running a workshop here - Kay Syrad and Clare Whistler. Both experienced, published writers, they have also been co-running ‘ecopoetics’ workshops at Knepp, ONCA and the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival
02 January 2020
Well that was a challenging year. The 50th year of the nature reserve was one of preparing the foundations - literally - for new and improved experiences for our visitors and volunteers with starting the Discovery Centre and a three year National Lottery Heritage Fund project called Discover Rye Harbour. Our latest visitor figures, for 2018, show that annual visitor numbers continue to increase with 356,310 visits estimated from hourly car park figures, which is a 4% increase on 2017 and a 66% increase since 2001! This is typical of most coastal countryside sites and reflects increased mobility and recreational time in our society and more people wanting to exercise in nature.
20 December 2019
We speak to Tracey and Simon Kenward of The Old Vicarage B&B in Rye Harbour about what it’s like to run a business that overlooks the nature reserve
09 December 2019
Chair of the Friends of Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Cliff Dean reflects on his visit inside the Discovery Centre build
04 December 2019
We speak to Chair of the Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Management Committee, Tony Lloyd about what the reserve and the Discovery Centre mean to him
