Adur Estuary

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Address
RSPB Adur Estuary, A259, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5EN
Grid ref
TQ215049

This wild saltmarsh is just a few minutes walk from Shoreham-by-Sea. Make the short journey from the town centre and you'll discover a small reserve where saltmarsh meets mudflats, the perfect feeding and roosting site for waders and wildfowl. Access is restricted, but you can enjoy views from nearby footpaths.

Plan your visit

Opening times

Open at all times.

Entrance charges

Free entrance to RSPB members
Yes
Adults
Free, but donations are very welcome.
Children
Free, but donations are very welcome.

Facilities

  • No visitor centre
  • Car park off-site
  • Toilets off-site
  • Accessible toilets off-site
  • No Refreshments
  • Shop off-site

Accessibility

How to get here

By train

Shoreham-by-Sea. From the station, walk west along Ham Road then turn left onto Tarmount Lane, then East Street to reach the High Street along the river. The reserve lies just to the west of the footbridge.

By bus

Shoreham-by-Sea town centre.

By bike

The Adur Valley route is nearby.

Get directions from Google Maps
RSPB reserves on Google Earth

What will the weather be like?

5 degrees, Sunny day

Contact Adur Estuary

What will you see?

Our star species

Seasonal highlights

Little egrets, oystercatchers, ringed plovers, grey plovers, dunlins, redshanks and turnstones at low tide, feeding on the reserve and River Adur.

A generally quiet period for birds, but in August, numbers of oystercatchers, ringed plovers, dunlins and redshanks increase. Likewise, Sandwich and common terns are often seen fishing.

Little egrets, oystercatchers, ringed plovers, grey plovers, lapwings, dunlins, redshanks and turnstones at low tide, feeding on the reserve and River Adur. At high tide, grey herons, little egrets, snipe, redshanks and linnets on the reserve's saltmarsh.

Little egrets, oystercatchers, ringed plovers, grey plovers, lapwings, dunlins, redshanks and turnstones at low tide, feeding on the reserve and River Adur. At high tide, grey herons, little egrets, snipe, redshanks and linnets on the reserve's saltmarsh.

About Adur Estuary

Habitat

The saltmarsh and mudflats support a range of wintering waterfowl.

Conservation

There is no access to the reserve itself in order to allow birds to breed and roost undisturbed, and the fragile habitats to develop naturally.

Site information

Owing to the sensitive nature of the habitat there is no access to the reserve itself, but it is viewable year round from surrounding public footpaths.

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