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Sandwell Valley

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Top things to do in Spring

  1. Watch for the first summer visitors to arrive: sand martins and chiffchaffs
  2. Spring is the best time of year to listen to the dawn chorus
  3. Admire the spring flowers and blossoms

Top things to do in Summer

  1. Look for dragonflies and damselflies
  2. Watch swallows skimming over the water from the Lakeside Hide
  3. See butterflies and day-flying moths

Top things to do in Autumn

  1. Walk around and soak up the autumn colours
  2. Listen and see hundreds of jackdaws flying to roost
  3. Search for fungi... but don't eat it!

Top things to do in Winter

  1. See winter visitors. Look for gorgeous goosanders and goldeneyes on the lake
  2. Experience the arrival of fieldfares and redwings on the reserve
  3. Search for secretive, camouflaged snipe

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  • Bullfinch
  • Chaffinch coming in to land
  • Feeder frenzy
  • Busy feeder
  • Robin
  • A bit of everything
  • The Challenge Project
  • The Challenge Project

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Map of Sandwell Valley

Map of Sandwell Valley

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Date: 14 February 2013

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WildSquare Bingo

WildSquare Bingo

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Date: 21 June 2010

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Girls playing on a fallen tree at RSPB Middleton Lakes nature reserve

Middleton Lakes

Relax or play... find a wild space to suit your mood

View of the RSPB Lochwinnoch nature reserve

Lochwinnoch

A beautiful place for the whole family to enjoy

Wader flock (including oystercatchers and dunlin) at the RSPB Snettisham nature reserve

Snettisham

Walk alongside bird-filled lagoons, shingle beaches and the vast wilderness of The Wash

Male kestrel 'hovering'

Birmingham kestrels

Let us introduce you to Birmingham's hovering sentinels.

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