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Gannel Estuary

Cornwall  >  United Kingdom

The Gannel is a tidal estuary that provides an ideal roosting area for a large number of gulls, waders and other waterbirds.

Tillagd* av Saul Carr
Senast uppdaterad 5 juni 2021

Beskrivning

​The Gannel Estuary, situated on the south side of Newquay, provides an ideal roosting area for many birds. Up to 5000 birds have been recorded here sheltering from harsh northern winters. Large groups of gulls can be seen here. Between the flocks of Gråtrut sometimes vittrut, präriemås and sotvingad mås have been seen. Also groups of svarthuvad mås can be seen here. Among the other birds you can encounter here are kärrsnäppa, större strandpipare, rödbena, småspov, storspov, gluttsnäppa, kustpipare, myrspov, dvärgbeckasin, Silkeshäger, vattenpiplärka and snösparv.

Detaljer

Tillgänglighet

There are numerous walks around the estuary including two circular walks. Please follow way marked routes as some paths are permissive and exist only through the goodwill of the landowning community. One walk of 5 km is shown on the map below.

Note: The Gannel is tidal and a dangerous place to swim or wade, in order to walk right around the estuary you will need to avoid high tide. There are two foot bridges, at Trennance the bridge is covered for about an hour either side of the high tide whereas the Penpol bridge is covered for about 2 1/2 hours either side of high tides. For the tide times click on the link below.

Terräng och habitat

Gyttjig strand , Hav / ocean

Förhållanden

Platt , Sumpigt , Öppet landskap

Rundtur

Ja

Tubkikare behövs?

Kan vara användbart

Bästa säsong för skådning

Året runt

Bästa tid för ett besök

Vinter

Rutt

Bred stig

Hur ansträngande vandring

Lätt vandring

Nås

Till fots

Fågeltorn / plattform

Nej

Länkar

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