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Morning! How are you all today? So, I haven't interviewed a volunteer for a while so I thought it was time to do the next in the mini series about the "people of Rye Meads". There is more to a nature reserve than just the wildlife - it takes just shy of 100 volounteers to keep Rye...

Morning all How are you? So I posted a couple of pictures I took over our 10th Birthday Bash, but I thought I would give you a few more pictures and tell you all that happened over the weekend! So the exciting news was that the baby kingfishers at the Kingfisher hide fledged that morning...

Hello! How are you? Just a couple of quick pictures of our birthday bash so far... Some of us are in our best party frocks too! Well, the boys are in suits, but still! Steve Kershaw Wildlife Art RSPB sales Paradise Wildlife Park have been here this morning with...

Afternoon all, how are you? Quick post - the kingfishers fledged this morning! We've seen two babies in the surrounding bushes! Woohoo!

It's our birthday - help us celebrate! Come along tomorrow and join the party! The visitors centre is 10 years old this year and we are going to have a birthday party! And you are all invited! Plase come along and help us celebrate! On Sunday 9 September we are going to have an open...

Hi everyone, how are you? Last Saturday we spotted this piece in the Times, by Simon Barnes. have a read - it's a very interesting piece - and keep an eye out for the Rye Meads mention!

Good morning you lovely people, How are you? I wanted to share a picture that a very lucky visitor took on Sunday: Brilliant picture by Peter Hewitt The harrier was hunting ove rthe meadow and made it's way over to the Tern hide - where it was mobbed by crows! Brilliant bird...

There is a marsh harrier flying over the meadow right now ! Woohoo! More info when we find out! Click on the picture to go to the RSPB website and find out more information about marsh harrier

Hi everyone. Here is a blog from one of Rye Meads' volunteers, Lucy! She wanted to tell you about the holiday activities that we run at Rye Meads: Hi! My name is Lucy. I first came to Rye Meads with my Mum and little sister. We saw a poster about an event over the school holidays: the Wacky...

Just the view from a couple of Sunday's ago at the Draper Hide. The water was crystal clear. You could clearly see birds diving and swimming under the water. We watched on little one (a Grebe?) swim across about 50+ft. It's target appeared to be a larger bird (a Coot or Duck, can't remember...

Both Kingfishers were quite active yesterday morning.

I laid on the grass for quite a while before this decided I was not a threat

This male sat outside the nest for some while.

daisies are great little flowers and whilst walking along the path from the kingfisher hide i spotted this little group and just had to take a photo.

i love dragonflies i think they are fantastic! for a while i have been trying to photograph one in flight and to this day this is my best attempt.

Well the Kingfisher version of choccys and flowers anyway! This fab picture was taken by Malcolm Housden (a visitor) is of the Rye Meads' kingfishers. It was taken on Thursday 8 April at the Kingfisher Hide. The male is giving the female a present of a fish - she likes presents to convince her to...