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53.719548,-2.876604
  • Grid ref: SD422251
  • Lat/long: 53.719548,-2.876604
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Shelducks in aggressive displayRinged plover feedingWheatear in spring
Oystercatcher sitting on nest Skylark in song-flightFlowering sea aster
Male and female wigeon swimmingGoldcrest clinging to branchHawthorn berries in autumn
Whooper swans displayingMerlin in flightFieldfares eating hawthorn berries
Photo by Graham Catley
Photo by Steve Round
Photo by Steve Round
Photo by Tom Marshall
Photo by Steve Round
Photo by Andy Hay
Photo by Andy Hay
Photo by Steve Round
Photo by Katie Fuller
Photo by Graham Catley
Photo by Graham Catley
Photo by Nigel Blake

Top things to do in Spring

  1. Watch out for flocks of dunlins and ringed plovers dropping in to the lagoons on their way north
  2. Marvel at the intensity of the shelducks' displays
  3. Search the posts and banks for wheatears just back from Africa

Top things to do in Summer

  1. Walk the sea wall and lose yourself in the skylarks' song
  2. Look for wildflowers on the saltmarsh edge
  3. Enjoy the antics of nesting oystercatchers

Top things to do in Autumn

  1. Watch flocks of nervous teals flying to and fro, looking for somewhere safe to feed
  2. Listen to the whistling wigeons just back for the winter – all the way from Siberia
  3. Search the hedgerows for small birds like blackcaps and goldcrests on their migration south

Top things to do in Winter

  1. Shelter at Karen's Viewpoint and scan the horizon for a hunting hen harrier or merlin
  2. Listen out for flocks of Bewick's and whooper swans dropping into the lagoons to bathe or onto nearby stubble fields
  3. Watch the antics of the flocks of fieldfares in the hawthorn hedgerows

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