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Drag netting can be hard work, but it's the best way to catch one of our most enigmatic waders - the secretive Jack Snipe.

What happens when you get up early on a cold December morning to count the dribs and drabs of the bird world, that you don't normally raise the binoculars for? Brian Milligan found out.

The heroic story of an amphibian operation codenamed E-day involving two vessels and some 300 Black-headed Gulls - a report from the Seamen's Mess by Brian Milligan

Breaking news....a new record for Rye Meads. Jan Swan explains about an encounter from the morning of Sunday 25th June...

Social media can be a great tool to help ringing studies. Jan Swan recounts how a recent post on Facebook helped the group identify a new recovery...

At the recent Rye Meads RSPB Fun Day, Site Manager Vicky Buckel produced some Emperor Moth pheromone from the freezer, with startling results.

This time last year, an ‘expedition team’ from Rye Meads Ringing Group took part in a UK-wide survey, on Skye.

Water Pipits are usually hidden out in the meadows or on the sewage works, so an unusually showy individual on the reserve has created a lot of interest.

Alan the Robin has been delighting visitors to the Draper Hide at Rye Meads Nature Reserve for some time. We reveal his identity.

To get to see a magnificent bird like a Bittern up close is a privilege; to get to ring it is even more special!