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Denny Hide

Our new birdwatching hide was officially opened by Steve Denny’s family and friends on 9th May. He was a committee member of the Friends of Rye Harbour Nature Reserve from 1985 until his death in September 2006.

Steve lived nearby in the Brede Valley where he enjoyed the countryside and looked after a colony of Tree Sparrows. He was a regular visitor to this Nature Reserve and contributed to its success. On his last visit Steve came on his motorised wheelchair to the Parkes Hide nearby. Steve knew of the plans for this hide and his family have funded the project — he would have loved to sit here, overlooking the Quarry, and watch the spring Whimbrel roost or the Common Terns nesting on the islands. There are plans to create several new islands close to this hide in the autumn of 2010.

Introduction by Barry Yates and Matthew Denny

Opening by Steve’s grandchildren