South Essex Marshes

A landscape of wetlands and marshes nestled along the Thames Estuary.
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    Waders still the show

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    There’s a great selection of wintering waders to see across our reserves at the moment. At Vange Marsh, Redshank, Black-tailed Godwit, Snipe, Ruff and Green Sandpiper have all been regularly seen, along with Water Rail skulking in the ditches. A...
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    Big Garden Birdwatch - Are you ready?

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    I just had to share these stunning images taken in our wildlife garden this week. These great and blue tits along with the goldfinch are regular visitors to our bird feeding station and were captured beautifully by Neil, you can see more of these images...
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    New Year's resolution to get out more?

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    If you’ve indulged over the Christmas period and are now trying to work off the turkey and chocolate, why not take a walk round one of our reserves, the New Year is a great time to get out and see many of our winter birds. There are impressive flocks...
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    Sightings update

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    This morning on Vange Marsh a single waxwing was seen in the tree tops to the NW. At Wat Tyler Country Park a peregrine falcon was on one of the scrape islands with its prey, probably a coot, before flying off towards Benfleet Creek with it's prey...
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    Arctic Explorers

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    As the colder weather settles in we decided that the Little Owls could learn all about winter and the Arctic. They started off by making their own unique snowflakes then we set off outdoors to explore in our wellies and woolly hats. Hidden around our...
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