Rye Meads

Forum post: Re: King Fishers

MarkB — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:18:00 GMT

Yes. It did have a ring on.

Forum post: Re: RYE MEADS

doggie — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:02:00 GMT

Welcome to the community Mark

Lovely photos i reckon the first is a Reed Warbler and the second a Sedge Warbler.

Forum post: Rye Meads today 20/05/13

MarkB — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:40:00 GMT

I had a lovely visit today got some nice shots.

Here are a few.

King Fisher perched.

Photo: Little Ringed Plover

ianrose82 — Mon, 20 May 2013 12:29:00 GMT

Taken from the Draper Hide on Saturday 18th May.

Blog post: Recent sightings 20 May

Joan Childs — Mon, 20 May 2013 09:05:00 GMT

A marsh harrier was seen at Rye Meads yesterday (Sunday 19 May). The kingfishers are feeding their young and very visible from the Kingfisher Hide.

Joan

Photo: Kingfisher sitting on reeds

TC922 — Sat, 18 May 2013 19:08:00 GMT

Kingfisher sitting on reeds taken on the 14th May 2013 at Rye Meads RSPB reserve

Blog post: Final call for photographers . . .

Joan Childs — Fri, 17 May 2013 10:25:00 GMT

There are only three places left on Tom's photographic workshop on Saturday 15 June so book now on 01992 708383 to secure your place.

The workshop runs 10 am to 3 pm and is perfect if you want to learn or improve your photographic skills.

Cost £30 for members and £40 for non-members, or join on the day for the cheaper price.

Blog post: See baby birds up close

Joan Childs — Fri, 17 May 2013 10:19:00 GMT

Join us on our nestbox watch where the Rye Meads Ringers will be checking and ringing the baby birds in nestboxes on site. A great chance to see baby birds up close. Fantastic for families.

Saturday 1 June, 1 - 3 pm

£4 for members, £6 for non-members (adults and children), or join on the day to take advantage of the reduced price.

Places are limited and booking fast, so please call 01992 708383 to secure your place.

Blog post: Book on our fantastic holiday club!

Joan Childs — Fri, 17 May 2013 10:13:00 GMT

The Wacky Wildlife Adventures is running 10 am to 4 pm in the half term week, Tuesday - Thursday, 28 - 30 May.

Places are limited so please call 01992 708383, or e-mail becky.shenton@rspb.org.uk to book. You need to be 6 to 12 years old to join us for holiday fun!

Costs £17 for WEx members, or £25 for non-members (you can join on the day to take advantage of the reduced price).

Tuesday 28 May - Woodcraft Creations - become an archer - make your very own bow and have a go at target practice! Get to grips with using simple tools to make natural creations.

Wednesday 29 May - CSI Rye Meads - become a Creature Signs Investigator! Inspect clues animals leave behind in their tracks, trails and poo! Crack nature codes and create your own animal tracks craft to take home.

Thursday 30 May - Marvellous Mammals - explore the world of mammals - learn how to stalk like a fox, try to fly like a bat and make a puppet of your favourite mammal to take home.

Blog post: Our kingfishers have hatched!

Joan Childs — Thu, 16 May 2013 08:54:00 GMT

Our kingfisher pair, nesting in the bank visible from the Kingfisher Hide, is now feeding young, despite the best efforts of a second intruder pair to put them off. Now is a great time to come and watch them going in and out of the nest bank, and visits will increase over the next two weeks until the young fledge as their appetites grow.

Joan

Photo: Geese and Goslings

AndrewR — Wed, 08 May 2013 12:22:00 GMT

Taken on 1st May, not far from the visitor centre

Blog post: Photographic workshop

Joan Childs — Tue, 07 May 2013 10:15:00 GMT

Come and photograph the wildlife that makes Rye Meads its home under the expert tuition of Tom Mason.

Only three places remain for Tom Mason's photographic workshop on Saturday 15 June, 10 am to 3 pm.

£30 for members, £40 for members (or join on the day for the discounted price).

Book now to avoid disappointment.

Blog post: A reminder of events coming up . . .

Joan Childs — Tue, 07 May 2013 10:10:00 GMT

Our monthly Wildlife Explorers' Club meets on Saturday 18 May between 11 am and 1 pm. We'll be doing 'Everything Eggy'. Numbers are limited so please book a place by calling 01992 708383. Suitable for 6 to 11 year olds. First timers welcome.

There's a Wildlife Watch on Saturday 25 May - volunteers will be in a hide to help you spot and identify wildlife. Great for families and to increase your wildlife knowledge and skills. It's free and you don't have to book - just turn up between 2 and 4 pm.

Our holiday club for kids, the Wacky Wildlife Adventures, is meeting Tuesday to Thursday 28 - 30 May, to banish holiday boredom. Please book on the number above.

Don't forget that our Nestbox Watch has moved to 1 June because of the lateness of the season. Great experience for families to see nestlings up close. Please book on the above number.

Forum post: Today at Rye Meads (6/5/13)

StuartH — Mon, 06 May 2013 19:11:00 GMT

1 Garganey (male) from the Tern hide but also seen from the Draper hide
2 Little Ringed Plover from the Draper hide

Lots of Blackcaps, Sedge Warblers, Reed Warblers, Cetti's Warblers and Garden Warblers. There was also a report of a Grasshopper Warbler from the Warbler hide but the observer was not too sure and also a Hobby over the grazing marsh.

Over 275 visitors and many who had seen and/or photographed the Kingfishers and were happy bunnies.

It was a good day to be on roving duty; I enjoyed it a lot.

Forum post: Dawn Chorus walk

JeffG — Sun, 05 May 2013 18:37:00 GMT

Thanks to all those involved in the Dawn Chorus walk - it was excellent. I've just done a count and I saw/heard 42 different species of bird during the morning.

Jeff.

Blog post: It's baby time at Rye Meads!

Joan Childs — Fri, 03 May 2013 09:03:00 GMT

We have our first three mallard ducklings and six goslings!

Joan

Blog post: Fun stuff for kids!

Joan Childs — Fri, 03 May 2013 09:00:00 GMT

Banish boredom in the half term at our Playscheme!

Tuesday to Thursday, 28 - 30 May, 10 am to 4 pm

The Wacky Wildlife Adventures is our fun holiday club for children aged 6 to 12. Something different every day!

Costs £17 for WEx members or £25 for non members per day. Booking essential.

Please call the reserve on 01992 708383.

We also have a WEx group in May.

Saturday 18 May, 11 am to 1 pm

Everything eggy! As it's spring we'll be finding out about birds' eggs and doing some eggs-periments. Can we transport eggs without breaking them? Can we get an egg in a bottle? Can we make eggs bounce?

Suitable for children 6 - 11. £3 for WEx members, £5 for non-members. First timers welcome! Please book on the above number.

Forum post: Re: seen on the reserve 30/4

HigashiPete — Wed, 01 May 2013 18:15:00 GMT

There were a couple of kestrels circling over the car-park too!

Blog post: The first swifts!

Joan Childs — Wed, 01 May 2013 08:30:00 GMT

We spotted the first swifts of the year at Rye Meads on 30 April - about a dozen were wheeling high above the visitor centre.

In a sudden rush of activity, we now have most of our migrants back: cuckoo, sedge warbler, blackcap, whitethroat, lesser whitethroat, chiffchaff, willow warbler, swallow, common terns, sand martin, house martin, reed warbler, hobby, little ringed plover.

We still haven't seen or heard turtle dove, garden warbler or grasshopper warbler, so let us know if you do!

Joan

Blog post: Kingfisher update - 1 May

Joan Childs — Wed, 01 May 2013 08:26:00 GMT

Our kingfisher pair is now incubating eggs, due to hatch approximately 10-12 May.

Yesterday, an interloper pair was messing about at the nest bank! The resident pair was busy chasing them off! One of the males has a chunk of wing feathers missing presumably from where they have been fighting. Hopefully the interlopers will move to the alternative bank outside the Gadwall Hide!

Joan