• July Highlights - The return of monthly sightings!
    Hi Everyone, Bryony here... the Visitor Experience Manager at RSPB Rye Meads. It’s been a little while since we shared with you some sightings so with August here we though now would be a good time...
  • Incubation begins and other sightings
    Great News, 2 changeovers have been sen today at the kingfisher bank! The first was at roughly 11.50 and the next almost exactly 2 hours later at 1.50. Incubation lasts 19-21 days so we would expect hatching...
  • Rye Meads Sightings Blog - September
    This month has come and gone in a blur it seems! Hot weather continued for a while but we are now seeing the signs of the changing seasons as our summer species reduce in numbers. Habitat management work...
  • Mel's Mutterings - End of April Sightings Blog
    The other side of Easter has seen a mixture of warm and still, and cool and windy - fortunately we've begun to see plenty of Year Firsts, including Reed Warblers and the unmistakable sounds of Cuckoos...
  • Rye Meads Sightings Blog - January 2023
    The start of a new calendar year is always a busy time for us here at Rye Meads, with the slate wiped clean and our annual sightings log reset to zero! But the year has started brilliantly with some major...