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Our star species are some of the most interesting birds you may see on your visit to the reserve.
When the barn owls have young to feed, you could see them at any time of day as they scour the grassland for small voles and shrews to take back to their nest. |  |
Watch the nesting lapwings here chasing predators that may come too close to their nests. The protective parents regularly give chase to crows and do not stop their 'mobbing' attacks until the danger has passed. |  |
Keep an eye out for the redshanks' towering display flights over the wet meadows in spring. They are sometimes known as 'the sentinel of the marshes' for their noisy habit of drawing attention to predators. |  |
Look for tiny teals among the wintering wildfowl. They gather here in large numbers to feed on seeds floating on the water. |  |
Wigeons arrive at Boyton Marshes in autumn. You can watch large flocks grazing on vegetation here until the following spring when they depart for northern Europe to breed. |  |