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Boyton Marshes
Welcome one and all to the Boyton Marshes group. Boyton is a small but perfectly formed wet grassland site on the serene Suffolk Coast. The reserve is situated in a fantastically scenic location where the Butley river meets the Alde/Ore Estuary.
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What do wrens and terns have in common?
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10 months ago
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Aaron
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This month we received the fantastic news that we had been successful in receiving a sizable grant application to undertake wetland enhancement works at our Boyton and Hollesley reserves. This project is imaginatively titled the South Alde-Ore Estuary...
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A Difficult Spring
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11 months ago
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Aaron
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Boyton, like most of our coastal wetland reserves has had more than its fair share of rain over the last two months. The breeding birds at Boyton have found it difficult it rear any young due to the cold and difficult weather. However, there has been...
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Winter wonderland
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over 1 year ago
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Winter is the time of the year that Boyton is truly left to its avian inhabitants. With the onset of winter the farmer starts to take off this Hereford cattle and we start increasing the water levels on the fields. By pushing the water up it floods the...
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A tall story
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over 2 years ago
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Ian Barthorpe
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Until this week, if anyone had told me that I would see a sandhill crane in the UK I'd never have believed them. OK, so there were three previous UK records, but these were predictably in the far flung corners - Orkney and Shetland, plus a record...
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Summer update:
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over 2 years ago
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Kieren
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Sadly, I have not had the time to write much about Boyton marshes of late but that doesn’t mean its not worth a visit. There are at least 12 pairs of avocets nesting on the summer flash with astonishing numbers of chicks around. It must...
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visit 21.7.2010
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Boyton’s military history.
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Boyton RSPB
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Sandhill crane spotted
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Chris Upson
Otter
While trying to photograph Dragonflys this Otter swam along the edge of a drainage channel at Boyton...
otter
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24 Aug 2010
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Chris Upson
Wood Sandpiper
This stunning Wood Sandpiper showed well on the flash next to the footpath at Boyton Marshes on the 7...
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9 Aug 2010
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Chris Upson
Canada Goose
Plenty of these around on my visit to Boyton Marshes on 21/08/10
Canada goose
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24 Aug 2010
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Aaron
Herefords on Boyton
The key to the management of Boyton Marshes are the pedigree Hereford cattle that graze the marshes in...
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7 Apr 2010
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Kieren
The Flash at Boyton
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29 May 2010
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The flash at Boyton with the Herefords in the backgrouns
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29 May 2010
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Kieren
Avocets and Canada geese at Boyton
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29 May 2010
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Kieren
Grassland at Boyton
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29 May 2010
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Reeds and Grassland Boyton
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Avocets at Boyton
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