News
3 June 2013
May was cool
From Hastings Meteorological Station (normal value in brackets)
January 2013
Sunshine 56.5 hours (64.3)
Mean maximum temp. 6.5 C (6.9)
Mean minimum temp. 2.7 C (2.5)
Rainfall 81.6 mm. (70.7)
Gale or stronger 2 days (2.1)
Snow or sleet 8 days (3.6)
Snow lying 2 days (2.6)
February 2013
Sunshine 82.0 hours (84.1)
Mean maximum temp. 6.3 C (7.1)
Mean minimum temp. 1.8 C (2.4)
Rainfall 28.4 mm. (52.9)
Gale or stronger 0 days (0.9)
Snow or sleet 7 days (3.8)
Snow lying 0 days (2.6)
March 2013
Sunshine 70.9 hours (133.1)
Mean maximum temp. 6.5 C (9.1)
Mean minimum temp. 2.1 C (3.5)
Rainfall 60.9 mm. (50.7)
Gale or stronger 0 days (0.9)
Snow or sleet 9 days (2.4)
Snow lying 3 days (0.5)
April 2013
Sunshine 174.8 hours (179.0)
Mean maximum temp. 10.7 C (11.9)
Mean minimum temp. 4.7 C (5.3)
Rainfall 52.6 mm. (47.0)
Gale or stronger 1 days (0.3)
Snow or sleet 3 days (1.2)
May 2013
Sunshine 197.3 hours (228.9)
Mean maximum temp. 14.5 C (15.4)
Mean minimum temp. 7.9 C (8.4)
Rainfall 60.3 mm. (44.9)
Gale or stronger 0 days (0.3)
26 May 2013
Trip Advisor
Visitors are leaving comments on their experience of the Nature Reserve at Trip Advisor – read their view or leave yours by clicking here
24 May 2013
Photo competition
This competition has now closed for entries. The winners can be seen by clicking here
All entries can be viewed as this slideshow… it will take a while to load
If you needed an incentive to get out in the RX area look no further… there is our photographic competition, so get your walking boots on, get out there and get snapping. We are looking for images that “show off our local wildlife and countryside”. The competition is open to all; photos must be digital and must be taken within the RX area. Please send images to: rhnroffice@sussexwt.org.uk
Limited to 6 entries per person and no e-mail larger than 10MB. All entries will be shown online – click here. Winners will receive a framed copy of their photograph and it will be displayed in the Avocet Gallery in Rye Harbour during the RX Wildlife Festival week (25th May – 2nd June 2013). Entries must be received by 30th April 2013.
See the RXwildlife website
19 May 2013
RX Wildlife Festival
Click here for details of events.
10 April 2013
Hide Re-opens
The hide at the Wader Pool has now reopened. It was built 26 years ago! Sadly, its legs had rotted and it was a bit too small for some wheelchairs and school groups – so we have completely replaced it. In addition to being a little larger, the hide now faces in a better direction for watching the birds out on the flooded Flat Beach. We have dedicated this new hide to the memory of John Gooders who was Chairman of the Friends for 10 years and an author of many bird books. We will also remember that the original hide was dedicated to the memory of Colin Green, a Rye school teacher who helped the nature reserve so much in its very early days and introduced many children to conservation.
A donation from The Face Foundation has enabled the raised walkway to the new hide to be re-built, making it easy access for wheelchair users and everyone else.
23 January 2013
Not Everybody Rises
Local artist Julian Hanshaw has used a comic format to tell some forgotten stories around Rother. One of the stories is told at the blockhouse south of Lime Kiln Cottage, near the river mouth – the story tells of John Paul Merton, an American flying with the RAF during World War II who was shot down in the sea near Dungeness… Click here to find out more
1 January 2013
December was doubly wet
From Hastings Meteorological Station.
(normal value in brackets)
January 2012
Sunshine 87.6 hours (64.1)
Mean maximum temp. 10.4 C (6.9)
Mean minimum temp. 4.6 C (2.5)
Rainfall 44.1 mm. (70.9)
Gale or stronger 3 day (2)
February 2012
Sunshine 103.1 hours (83.9)
Mean maximum temp. 7.0 C (7.1)
Mean minimum temp. 1.4 C (2.4)
Rainfall 14.6 mm. (53.2)
Gale or stronger 0 day (1)
Snow lying 9 days (2.5)
March 2012
Sunshine 167.0 hours (132.9)
Mean maximum temp. 13.1 C (9.1)
Mean minimum temp. 5.3 C (3.4)
Rainfall 36.4 mm. (50.8)
Gale or stronger 0 day (0.9)
April 2012
Sunshine 176.0 hours (179.0)
Mean maximum temp. 11.9 C (11.9)
Mean minimum temp. 4.6 C (5.3)
Rainfall 78.6 mm. (46.7)
Gale or stronger 0 day (0.3)
May 2012
Sunshine 222.7 hours (229.0)
Mean maximum temp. 16.3 C (15.4)
Mean minimum temp. 9.8 C (8.4)
Rainfall 44.6 mm. (44.9)
Gale or stronger 0 day (0.3)
June 2012
Sunshine 192.6 hours (233.0)
Mean maximum temp. 17.0 C (18.1)
Mean minimum temp. 12.1 C (11.2)
Rainfall 84.8 mm. (46.8)
Gale or stronger 3 day (0.1)
July 2012
Sunshine 232.9 hours (229.3)
Mean maximum temp. 19.3 C (19.9)
Mean minimum temp. 13.6 C (13.2)
Rainfall 73.7 mm. (53.7)
Gale or stronger 1 day (0.1)
August 2012
Sunshine 231.7 hours (217.5)
Mean maximum temp. 20.6 C (20.2)
Mean minimum temp. 15.0 C (13.5)
Rainfall 26.0 mm. (59.2)
Gale or stronger 0 day (0.3)
September 2012
Sunshine 189.4 hours (168.5)
Mean maximum temp. 18.4 C (18.3)
Mean minimum temp. 11.4 C (11.8)
Rainfall 93.6 mm. (62.4)
Gale or stronger 1 day (0.6)
October 2012
Sunshine 100.5 hours (124.0)
Mean maximum temp. 14.2 C (14.6)
Mean minimum temp. 9.4 C (8.8)
Rainfall 139.0 mm. (88.3)
Gale or stronger 0 day (1.2)
November 2012
Sunshine 98.0 hours (76.5)
Mean maximum temp. 11.0 C (10.6)
Mean minimum temp. 6.1 C (5.5)
Rainfall 76.1 mm. (88.8)
Gale or stronger 3 day (1.5)
December 2012
Sunshine 76.4 hours (57.7)
Mean maximum temp. 9.4 C (7.9)
Mean minimum temp. 4.1 C (3.4)
Rainfall 172.5 mm. (80.6)
Gale or stronger 2 day (1.8)
20 December 2012
Mediterranean Gulls
The recent rise and rise of this seabird in Rye Bay has been summarised in a paper in the 2011 Sussex Bird Report that was recently published by the Sussex Ornithological Society. You can read this paper online from our Publications page – click here. Better still you can join the Society here and get the whole report.
10 December 2012
Another hide closed...
The hide at the wader pool will be closed for a few weeks. It is 27 years old and needs rebuilding, so we are taking the opportunity to improve the angle for watching the whole of the new wetland in front of it and making it more wheelchair friendly. We will post on here when it re-opens.
10 December 2012
Events 2013
Our list of Events for 2013 is now available. The paper leaflet is available from Lime Kiln Cottage or the information centres in Rye, or you can download it or see the list on our webpage – Click Here