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David Bentley
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Birds, wildlife & words, E. Sussex.
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All about Golden Plovers at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, with excellent photos by @rxnature.bsky.social

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A flock of golden-brown wading birds on saltmarsh, in a low sun giving the scene an attractive orange glow.
November 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Marsh life.
Just over the border into Kent. Between Stone and Fairfield.
An attractive line of trees next to a ditch on the edge of the marsh.
November 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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A male Goosander and day-feeding Lapwings at Castle Water gave a little nod towards this short cold snap. 50 other bird species nearby.
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Reedbeds and open water beneath a bright blue sky.
November 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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On the day it started to feel a bit like Winter, it started to look a little like Spring. Here come the male Hazel catkins...
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Developing catkins on a Hazel tree - dangling green/grey structures - that will become the male flowers in late Winter and early spring.
November 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Hoverfly Eupeodes luniger still going strong in the garden 💪🏼
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A yellow and black striped insect on a green leaf.
November 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Marsh life
Pylon, ditch-digger and marsh view. Pylon, ditch-digger and marsh view. Pylon, ditch-digger and marsh view. View of the marsh. An arable mono-culture in the mist.
November 15, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Mist and fog on the marsh north of Rye. Could just about make out Green Sandpiper, Kingfisher, 20 Teal, 3 Gadwall, 4 Stonechat, 40 Redwing, Fieldfare, lots of other thrushes, 7 Yellowhammer, Chaffinches, Ravens and many corvids & pigeons.
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A misty arable scene, with a pylon in the distance and a ditch-digger in the foreground.
November 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Fairly quiet between Rye and Camber, but I had superb views of a Short-eared Owl. It wasn't just mobbed by Jackdaws, it suffered multiple physical assaults. Callous corvids.
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A view of the incoming tide at Camber Sands, close to the mouth of the River Rother, with a dramatic, cloudy sky.
November 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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The best bark is Hornbeam.
No further questions, Your Honour.
A tree trunk with sinuous 'veins' running over the grey bark.
November 8, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Flatropers Wood Nature Reserve. Variable Oysterling, Hornbeam, Clustered Bonnet and a view into the canopy.
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A beautiful white and orangey fungus, on a dead branch. A yellow, brown and green leaf with a jagged edge, in bright sun. A view up into the tree canopy in a woodland. Waxy, brownish mushrooms with green moss behind.
November 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Tawny Owls have been vocal for a while and the next breeding season is already upon us. The circle of life turns quickly, with great power and longevity. It will outlive selfishness and stupidity. Stay strong, all. Stay strong.✊🏼
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A picture of Elon Musk with the text 'Elon Musk is set to become the world's first trillionaire'. A picture of Nigel Farage with the text 'Nigel Farage says the minimum wage for young people is "too high".'
November 7, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Part of a large patch of Devil's Fingers fungus (aka Octopus Stinkhorn) in Rye, East Sussex. I smelt them before I saw them. An intense bouquet of rotting flesh to attract insects that then help spread spores. Brilliant!
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A patch of bright red fungi that look like clawed-hands reaching out of the ground.
November 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Sat amongst the beach furniture at Rye Harbour watching waders on the shore: Oystercatcher, Ringed & Grey Plover, Sanderling, Dunlin, Turnstone, Bar-tailed Godwit, Curlew... is there a better bunch of birds than the waders?
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A view of sand, shingle and the sea, with part of a old groyne in the foreground. The sky holds quite dramatic clouds.
October 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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We saw nearly 50 bird species and had 130 visitors to Sussex Wildlife Trust's 'Guide in a Hide' event on Saturday, staffed by Friends of Rye Harbour Nature Reserve vols. Highlights included 2,000 Golden Plover, 50+ Pintail, Spoonbill etc
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A view out of the 'Gooders' bird hide, taking in saline pools, channels and saltmarsh at Rye Hatbour Nature Reserve. In the distance are hills and the sea cliff-line at Fairlight.
October 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Large areas with very few birds on East Guldeford Level today. But, some nice stuff including 22 Tree Sparrow, 6 Corn Bunting, 3 Green Sandpiper, 470 Lapwing, 2 Cattle Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 7 Stonechat and flocks of Wigeon passing over.
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Reeds in the foreground, wind turbines beyond and a solid blue sky above.
October 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Bit blowy, but nice out. Blasting around the lanes on my bike I happened across Redwings, Stonechats, Great White Egret, Spoonbill and Kingfisher. Stopped at Broomhill Sands long enough to count four Black Redstarts.
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The River Rother at Rye at high tide. The steep slope at the back is the old cliff line that marked the boundary between land and marsh/sea.
October 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Wow! This 'undertaker' Sexton Beetle is about to bury an enormous dead Minotaur Beetle. The female will lay eggs by the corpse so that the larvae have ready food. This was in a sandy glade at Brede High Woods, Rye, this morning.
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A black and red beetle is grasping a much larger dead glossy-black beetle on sandy soil
October 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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View into Rye, East Sussex, from Monk Bretton Bridge this morning. Spoonbill, Greenshank and Black Redstart were also visible from this point.
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A view of fishing boats at a quayside in a calm, blue river. Beyond lies the old town of Rye, with the church in view. The sky is solid blue.
October 21, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Minimum of four Black Redstarts on flood defence boulders and coastguard cottages at Broomhill Sands, Rye, this morning with 2 adult male and 2+ female-types. Also 2 Wheatears and a Merlin failing to catch a Meadow Pipit.
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A view of a flat calm sea under grey skies with grey flood defences in the foreground.
October 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Today I mostly stared at scrub in the hinterlands of Rye Harbour NR. But nothing much popped out to say 'hello'. Still managed to see 84 bird sp, including 17 wader sp, without visiting the 'Best Bit'. Feel lucky to have RHNR 🙏🏻
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A view of shower-filled clouds and bits of blue sky above a shingle and sand beach, with the tide well out.
October 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Some birds on WeBS count between Rye and Camber: 1 Spoonbill, 47 Brent Geese, 183 Golden Plover, 97 Lapwing, 68 Curlew, 32 Dunlin, 74 Redshank, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 3 Great White Egret, 2 Kingfisher. Also 100s of Goldfinch.
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The canalised mouth of the River Rother on a rising tide with clouds skies above.
October 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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It's Devil's Coach Horse season. 🖤
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A large black beetle, showing its aggressive 'scorpion-like' posture.
October 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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The incredible Pale Tussock moth caterpillar in Rye today. The adult is grey!🤭
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A bright yellow, orange, red, green and black caterpillar.
October 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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A lovely soft light and a flat calm sea at Broomhill Sands, Rye where there were 4 Red-throated Diver, 100 Gannet - some close in - 200 Oystercatcher heading west, 75 Sandwich Tern and an Arctic Skua.
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Wooden steps from the promenade down to a flat calm sea. The sky is cloudy.
October 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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In our garden Fleabane flowered forever 💛, and it was good enough to pass the baton onto Yarrow 🤍 (pictured) which is still going strong well in October. Hoverflies send their thanks.
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A delicate white flower in front of a grassy sward.
October 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM