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Adur Estuary

Ringed plover feeding

Breeding-plumaged dunlin on estuary

Sandwich tern taking off from water

Winter-plumaged dunlin feeding

Adur Estuary at sunset

Little egret with flatfish

Turnstone feeding on crab

Mudflat with birdfootprints across it

Male kingfisher on branch

Female teal dabbling in mud

Winter-plumaged Mediterranean gull in flight

Wild saltmarsh just a few minutes' walk from Shoreham-by-Sea town centre

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Adur Estuary

Top things to do in Spring

Watch the waders poking their beaks into the mud
Can you spot redshanks, dunlins or ringed plovers?
Listen for a high-pitched whistle - you might just see a kingfisher whizzing past!

Top things to do in Summer

Watch the Sandwich and common terns making spectacular dives for fish
See if you can spot young oystercatchers among the adults
Witness migration in action, as birds like dunlins head south after breeding in the north

Top things to do in Autumn

Can you see returning ringed plovers and redshanks?
Keep your eyes peeled for streaky brown meadow pipits feeding on the saltmarsh
Learn how little egrets fish - watch them shuffling their yellow feet around underwater, then snatching fish with their sharp bills

Top things to do in Winter

Look carefully for roosting snipe, ringed plovers and redshanks
See the feeding and roosting teals
If you like a challenge, sift through the gulls (big and small) in their different age-plumages

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Date: 21 June 2010

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