Rye Harbour Nature Reserve in East Sussex

Rye Harbour is a nature reserve in East Sussex that is managed by Sussex Wildlife Trust.

Birds found in Rye Harbour

There have been 176 species of birds recorded in the Rye Harbour area.

Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Buff-Breasted Sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
Common Guillemot (Uria aalge)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus)
European White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. albifrons)
Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
French Partridge (Alectoris rufa)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)
Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Goosander (Mergus merganser)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
Little Owl (Athene noctua)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Magpie (Pica pica)
Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
Pale-Bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla subsp. hrota)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Red-Necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Shore Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tawny Pipit (Anthus campestris)
Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)
Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)
Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. alba)
Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)
Black-Throated Diver (Gavia arctica)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla subsp. bernicla)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Grey Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus)
Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
Long-Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Red-Crested Pochard (Netta rufina)
Red-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Smew (Mergellus albellus)
Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
Southern Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo subsp. sinensis)
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
White-Fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava subsp. flavissima)
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)

Mammals found in Rye Harbour

There have been 8 species of mammals recorded in the Rye Harbour area.

Badger (Meles meles)
Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus)
Pygmy Shrew (Sorex minutus)
Stoat (Mustela erminea subsp. erminea)
Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus)
Mole (Talpa europaea)
Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
Weasel (Mustela nivalis)