• November Sightings + Mel's Mutterings
    Rye Meads News As we're finally getting some winter weather, we're into the time of year of a lot of habitat management on the reserve. Regular visitors may have seen the floating reed cutter out on...
  • Volunteer Sightings Blog - Mel's Mutterings
    The Easter holidays has seen a buzz of activity at Rye Meads, and that’s not just from the early gathering bees! Families have been enjoying our Easter Egg-stravaganza activity trail, and pond dipping...
  • June/July Sightings Blog + Mel's Mutterings
    It’s been a packed month, so much so that we missed an end of month blog! Away from the species sightings, our work party have been busy painting and repairing the handrails and fences around the site...
  • 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...
  • Mid-June Sightings Blog - Mel's Mutterings & Visitor Photos
    Strangely mixed weather on the reserve over the last few weeks, but summer is very much here now – between myself and our volunteers we could definitely have a good ‘Knobbliest Knees’ competition. Over...