Surprise visitor to Rye Meads

A surprise visitor to the reserve today has everyone in a flutter.  

If you've never seen an owl before come down to the reserve now and one of our volunteers will show you this beautiful bird. Bring the children, they'll love it!

It's a great place to come in the rain as you will be sitting in a nice dry hide watching this most unusual bird.

There's plenty of other birds to see. There are 150+ snipe on the Lagoon, loads of ducks and lapwings and flocks of long-tailed tits.