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Description
This sheltered inlet is an internationally important wetland site for wildlife. Roughly half of the reserve is intertidal saltmarsh and mudflats, with the remainder of the reserve consisting of farmland, copses, lagoons, reedbeds and shingle beaches. You can see birds like Knortegås, Spidsand, Dværgterne, Stor Kobbersneppe and Silkehejre. In winter large numbers of Knortegås, Vibe and Stor Kobbersneppe use the harbour or surrounding fields, with a supporting cast which includes Strandhjejle, Hjejle and Almindelig Ryle. Nordisk Lappedykker are seen offshore and Toppet Skallesluger in the harbour. Waders and wildfowl linger well into spring, including Storspove, Strandhjejle, Lille Kobbersneppe and Stor Kobbersneppe, Almindelig Ryle, Spidsand, Pibeand, Krikand and Knortegås. Smaller migrants arrive, such as Sivsanger, Rørsanger and Løvsanger, Munk and Gransanger sing in the bushes and Stenpikker hop about the beach. In summer Dværgterne and Fjordterne can be seen fishing in the harbour.
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Access
By train: The nearest train station is Chichester, 5.5 miles away. There is a taxi rank outside Chichester station - ask to be taken to Pagham Harbour Visitor Centre, Selsey Road, Sidlesham.
By bus: The 51 Link service from Chichester Bus Station to Selsey stops outside the Visitor Centre. The bus station is 2 minutes' walk from the train station. The journey takes 20 minutes.
By road: From the A27 at Chichester, take the B2145 south towards Selsey. After half a mile at the first roundabout, turn right continuing on the B2145 to Selsey (do NOT take the B2166 to Pagham village - the Visitor Centre is on the opposite side of the Harbour). Remain on the B2145 for 6 miles. The turning into the Visitor Centre car park is half a mile on from Sidlesham on the left-hand side.