Events and courses at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve in 2019

Emma Chaplin
, 17 December 2018
Events and courses at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve in 2019
Whats on leaflet 2019 Rye Harbour Nature Reserve

You can make 2019 the year you learn about the amazing wildlife on your doorstep by booking yourself onto one of the wonderful courses and events we're putting on for adults, children and families, on and near the Rye Harbour Nature Reserve.

Learning and Engagement Officer Lucy Bowyer talks to us about what we can look forward to in the coming year.

So 2019 is a big year for Rye Harbour Nature Reserve? 

Yes, we are so delighted that the development of a fantastic new visitor centre, the Rye Harbour Discovery Centre is going ahead. It will be a fantastic resource for our thousands of visitors, with exhibition space, as well as being a base for our educational work. All being well, our 2020 programme will include it as a venue/meeting place.

Lucy story telling nature tots

What events did you most enjoy running in 2018?

Nature Tots is always a favourite. It's so lovely to see young children gain confidence and a love for marine wildlife and being on the beach. Then there's Beginners Birds: Winter Waders, which was so popular we sold out even after we added an additional date! It's fabulous to be able to introduce people to this group of birds that provide our winter visitors with spectacular views of large flocks wheeling around in the big skies on sunny days.

Stone collecting nature tots

Did anything unexpected happen?

We never expected that it would be warm enough to paddle in the sea in October!

RH sunset Dec

Who tends to come along?

Anyone and everyone – hopefully we offer something for all.

Oystercatcher 1 2 RH Barry Yates

Which are most popular?

Rockpooling always books up really quickly. Friends of Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Winter Talks are really well attended. Camber Castle openings are limited so always really popular.

Give us a few highlights of the 2019 programme...

We're starting Wildlife Rangers – which is about offering conservation tasks for 12-16 year olds. Then there's Build a Birdbox for National Nestbox Week in February half term. We are also offering extra openings of Camber Castle in the summer

Anything new?

We've got World Oceans Day – Global Travellers, Guide in a Hide, Our Changing Coastline, Discover the Pillboxes and a Special Seeds event....

Pick up a brochure from the Information Centre or download the PDF. Many courses and events are popular, and fill quickly, so do book online.

Please keep an eye on our Appeal website, sign up to monthly e-news or follow us on social media (Facebook, Instagram and Twitter), for news about developments with the Discovery Centre project.

Leave a comment
Time Δ Debug Message - Perch Runway 3.2
1783362975.4120 [906] SELECT p.pagePath, pr.routePattern, pr.routeRegExp, p.pageTemplate, pr.routeOrder, s.settingValue AS siteOffline FROM swt_pages_staging p LEFT JOIN swt_page_routes pr ON p.pageID=pr.pageID LEFT JOIN swt_settings s ON s.settingID='siteOffline' UNION SELECT NULL AS pagePath, pr2.routePattern, pr2.routeRegExp, pr2.templatePath AS pageTemplate, pr2.routeOrder, NULL AS siteOffline FROM swt_page_routes pr2 WHERE templateID!=0 ORDER BY routeOrder ASC, pagePath ASC
1783362975.44770.0357Matched route: news/[slug:s]
1783362975.44790.0002Server address: 216.73.216.170
1783362975.44790Using master page: /templates/pages/blog/post.php
1783362975.44790Page arguments: 
Array
(
    [0] => /news/events-and-courses-at-rye-harbour-nature-reserve-in-2019
    [s] => events-and-courses-at-rye-harbour-nature-reserve-in-2019
    [1] => events-and-courses-at-rye-harbour-nature-reserve-in-2019
)
1783362975.44820.0003 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/news/post' LIMIT 1
1783362975.45030.002 [86] SELECT DISTINCT settingID, settingValue FROM swt_settings WHERE userID=0
1783362975.45230.002 [1] SELECT locationID FROM swt_shop_tax_locations WHERE locationIsHome=1 LIMIT 1
1783362975.45280.0005INSERT INTO swt_shop_cart(memberID,locationID,currencyID,cartPricing,cartProperties) VALUES(NULL,'1',47,'standard','[]')
1783362975.46060.0078 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_shop_cart WHERE cartID=22700290
1783362975.46130.0007 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_shop_cart WHERE cartID=22700290
1783362975.4620.0006 [nil] SELECT * FROM swt_shop_sales WHERE saleFrom<='2026-07-06 18:36:00' AND saleTo>'2026-07-06 18:36:00' AND saleActive=1 AND saleDeleted IS NULL ORDER BY saleOrder ASC
1783362975.46350.0015 [1] SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS DISTINCT tbl.* FROM ( SELECT idx.itemID, main.*, idx2.indexValue as sortval FROM swt_blog_index idx JOIN swt_blog_posts main ON idx.itemID=main.postID AND idx.itemKey='postID' JOIN swt_blog_index idx2 ON idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemKey='postID' AND idx2.indexKey='_id' WHERE 1=1 AND ((idx.indexKey='postSlug' AND idx.indexValue='events-and-courses-at-rye-harbour-nature-reserve-in-2019')) AND idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemKey=idx2.itemKey GROUP BY idx.itemID, idx2.indexValue, postID ) as tbl WHERE (postStatus='Published' AND postDateTime<='2026-07-06 18:36:00' ) GROUP BY itemID, sortval ORDER BY sortval ASC LIMIT 0, 10
1783362975.46780.0043 [1] SELECT FOUND_ROWS() AS `count`
1783362975.46850.0007 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_blog_posts WHERE postID=1684 AND postStatus='Published' AND postDateTime<='2026-07-06 18:36:00'
1783362975.46960.0011 [13] SELECT * FROM swt_blog_sections ORDER BY sectionTitle ASC
1783362975.47040.0008 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_blogs ORDER BY blogTitle ASC
1783362975.47110.0007 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_categories WHERE catID=37 LIMIT 1
1783362975.47160.0005 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_categories WHERE catID=70 LIMIT 1
1783362975.47210.0005Using template: /templates/blog/post.html
1783362975.47230.0002 [162] SELECT catID, catPath FROM swt_categories
1783362975.47320.0009 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_blog_posts WHERE postStatus='Published' AND postDateTime<='2026-07-06 18:36:00' AND postSlug='events-and-courses-at-rye-harbour-nature-reserve-in-2019'
1783362975.49490.0217Using template: /templates/blog/post.html
1783362975.49530.0005 [250] SELECT country, countryID FROM swt_shop_countries WHERE countryActive=1 ORDER BY country ASC
1783362975.4970.0017Using template: /templates/pages/attributes/seo.html
1783362975.49730.0002 [1] SELECT regionID, regionTemplate, regionPage, regionRev AS rev FROM swt_content_regions WHERE regionKey='Banner image' AND (regionPage='/news/post' OR regionPage='*')
1783362975.49820.0009 [nil] SELECT * FROM ( SELECT idx.itemID, c.regionID, idx.pageID, c.itemJSON, idx2.indexValue as sortval FROM swt_content_index idx JOIN swt_content_items c ON idx.itemID=c.itemID AND idx.itemRev=c.itemRev AND idx.regionID=c.regionID JOIN swt_content_index idx2 ON idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemRev=idx2.itemRev AND idx2.indexKey='_order' WHERE ((idx.regionID=104 AND idx.itemRev=0)) AND idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemRev=idx2.itemRev ) as tbl GROUP BY itemID, pageID, itemJSON, sortval, regionID ORDER BY sortval ASC
1783362975.49930.0011 [82] SELECT * FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageNew=0 AND pageHidden=0 AND pageDepth >=0 AND pageDepth<=2 ORDER BY pageTreePosition ASC
1783362975.50240.0031 [1] SELECT pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/news/post' LIMIT 1
1783362975.50320.0008 [2] SELECT pageID FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageTreePosition IN ('000-006-001', '000-006', '000') ORDER BY pageTreePosition DESC
1783362975.50540.0022Using template: /templates/navigation/ps_nav_template.html
1783362975.50550.0001 [6] Using template: /templates/navigation/ps_nav_template_children.html
1783362975.50650.001 [4] Using template: /templates/navigation/ps_nav_template_children.html
1783362975.50710.0006 [29] Using template: /templates/navigation/ps_nav_template_children.html
1783362975.510.0029 [10] Using template: /templates/navigation/ps_nav_template_children.html
1783362975.51110.0011 [7] Using template: /templates/navigation/ps_nav_template_children.html
1783362975.51180.0008 [9] Using template: /templates/navigation/ps_nav_template_children.html
1783362975.51440.0026 [1] SELECT pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/news/post' OR pageSortPath='/news/post' LIMIT 1
1783362975.51540.001 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageHidden=0 AND pageNew=0 AND pageTreePosition IN ('000-006-001', '000-006', '000') ORDER BY pageTreePosition
1783362975.51830.0028 [1] Using template: /templates/navigation/breadcrumbs.html
1783362975.51880.0006Using template: /templates/blog/post.html
1783362975.51910.0003 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_blog_authors WHERE authorID='20' LIMIT 1
1783362975.52010.001Using template: /templates/blog/author.html
1783362975.52050.0005 [1] SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS DISTINCT tbl.* FROM ( SELECT idx.itemID, main.*, idx2.indexValue as sortval FROM swt_blog_index idx JOIN swt_blog_posts main ON idx.itemID=main.postID AND idx.itemKey='postID' JOIN swt_blog_index idx2 ON idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemKey='postID' AND idx2.indexKey='_id' WHERE 1=1 AND ((idx.indexKey='postSlug' AND idx.indexValue='events-and-courses-at-rye-harbour-nature-reserve-in-2019')) AND idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemKey=idx2.itemKey GROUP BY idx.itemID, idx2.indexValue, postID ) as tbl WHERE (postStatus='Published' AND postDateTime<='2026-07-06 18:36:00' ) GROUP BY itemID, sortval ORDER BY sortval ASC LIMIT 0, 1
1783362975.5230.0024 [1] SELECT FOUND_ROWS() AS `count`
1783362975.52360.0006 [1] Using template: /templates/blog/post.html
1783362975.52720.0036Using template: /templates/blog/comment_form.html
1783362975.52930.0021 [nil] SELECT * FROM swt_blog_comments WHERE 1=1 AND postID=1684 AND commentStatus='LIVE' ORDER BY FIELD(webmentionType, 'like', 'repost', 'comment', NULL) ASC, commentDateTime ASC
1783362975.58080.0515 [0] Using template: /templates/blog/comment.html
1783362975.5810.0002Using template: /templates/blog/post.html
1783362975.58120.0002 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_blog_authors WHERE authorID='20' LIMIT 1
1783362975.5820.0008 [1] SELECT pageID, pageParentID, pageDepth, pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/what-we-do' OR pageSortPath='/what-we-do' LIMIT 1
1783362975.58280.0009 [1] SELECT pageID, pageParentID, pageDepth, pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageTreePosition='000-002' LIMIT 1
1783362975.58340.0005 [7] SELECT * FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageNew=0 AND pageHidden=0 AND pageTreePosition LIKE '000-002%' AND pageDepth >=1 AND pageDepth<=2 ORDER BY pageTreePosition ASC
1783362975.58530.0019 [1] SELECT pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/news/post' LIMIT 1
1783362975.58570.0004 [2] SELECT pageID FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageTreePosition IN ('000-006-001', '000-006', '000') ORDER BY pageTreePosition DESC
1783362975.58760.0018 [6] Using template: /templates/navigation/footer-nav.html
1783362975.58840.0008 [1] SELECT pageID, pageParentID, pageDepth, pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/make-a-difference' OR pageSortPath='/make-a-difference' LIMIT 1
1783362975.5890.0006 [1] SELECT pageID, pageParentID, pageDepth, pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageTreePosition='000-005' LIMIT 1
1783362975.58970.0007 [38] SELECT * FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageNew=0 AND pageHidden=0 AND pageTreePosition LIKE '000-005%' ORDER BY pageTreePosition ASC
1783362975.59220.0025 [1] SELECT pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/news/post' LIMIT 1
1783362975.59270.0005 [2] SELECT pageID FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageTreePosition IN ('000-006-001', '000-006', '000') ORDER BY pageTreePosition DESC
1783362975.59460.0019 [10] Using template: /templates/navigation/footer-nav.html
1783362975.59650.0018 [1] SELECT pageID, pageParentID, pageDepth, pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/visit' OR pageSortPath='/visit' LIMIT 1
1783362975.59710.0006 [1] SELECT pageID, pageParentID, pageDepth, pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageTreePosition='000-004' LIMIT 1
1783362975.59750.0004 [30] SELECT * FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageNew=0 AND pageHidden=0 AND pageTreePosition LIKE '000-004%' AND pageDepth >=1 AND pageDepth<=2 ORDER BY pageTreePosition ASC
1783362975.59970.0022 [1] SELECT pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/news/post' LIMIT 1
1783362975.60010.0004 [2] SELECT pageID FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageTreePosition IN ('000-006-001', '000-006', '000') ORDER BY pageTreePosition DESC
1783362975.60190.0018 [29] Using template: /templates/navigation/footer-nav.html
1783362975.60450.0026 [1] SELECT pageID, pageParentID, pageDepth, pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/make-a-difference' OR pageSortPath='/make-a-difference' LIMIT 1
1783362975.60520.0008 [1] SELECT pageID, pageParentID, pageDepth, pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageTreePosition='000-005' LIMIT 1
1783362975.60570.0005 [11] SELECT * FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageNew=0 AND pageHidden=0 AND pageTreePosition LIKE '000-005%' AND pageDepth >=1 AND pageDepth<=2 ORDER BY pageTreePosition ASC
1783362975.60780.0021 [1] SELECT pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/news/post' LIMIT 1
1783362975.60840.0006 [2] SELECT pageID FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageTreePosition IN ('000-006-001', '000-006', '000') ORDER BY pageTreePosition DESC
1783362975.61070.0023 [10] Using template: /templates/navigation/footer-nav.html
1783362975.61160.0009Request time: 0.2007
1783362975.61160Process time: 0.2005
1783362975.61160Memory: 1.6273