The RSPB: Matford Marsh

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Visitors attending a family fun day, women and young girl pushing bikes

Pair of garganeys

Male great spotted woodpecker pecking tree

Migrant hawker dragonfly in flight

Mute swan with cygnets

Common blue butterfly

Common sandpiper in mud

Comma feeding on ripe blackberries at RSPB Minsmere nature reserve

Hornet robberfly

Frosty water meadow at RSPB Matford Marsh nature reserve

Otter looking back over its shoulder

Wigeons grazing at RSPB Buckenham Marshes nature reserve

A wetland oasis and haven for commuting cyclists and birds alike!

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Matford Marsh

Top things to do in Spring

Cycle to the city through this wildlife haven
Make an early morning visit and listen for the rattling calls of garganeys
Listen for the evocative drumming of great spotted woodpeckers and watch as they excavate nest holes in the old oak trees

Top things to do in Summer

Catch a glimpse of darting dragonflies along ditch edges
Cycle along hedgerows decked with flowers and alive with insects
Watch proud parent coots and swans fussing over their young

Top things to do in Autumn

Look out for huge hornet robberflies patrolling the cowpats
See migrating waders such as green and common sandpipers passing through
Watch the site change as water levels in the pools start to rise, creating muddy margins for the winter visitors

Top things to do in Winter

Listen out from the viewing platform for whistling wigeons grazing the grassy ditch margins
Count flocks of ducks and waders on the expanding pools
Look out for otter tracks in the mud, or even snow!

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