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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 Brent Goose, Northern Pintail, Little Tern, Black-tailed Godwit and Little Egret. In winter large numbers of Brent Goose, Northern Lapwing and Black-tailed Godwit use the harbour or surrounding fields, with a supporting cast which includes Grey Plover, European Golden Plover and Dunlin. Slavonian Grebe are seen offshore and Red-breasted Merganser in the harbour. Waders and wildfowl linger well into spring, including Eurasian Curlew, Grey Plover, Bar-tailed Godwit and Black-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, Northern Pintail, Eurasian Wigeon, Common Teal and Brent Goose. Smaller migrants arrive, such as Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler and Willow Warbler, Blackcap and Common Chiffchaff sing in the bushes and Northern Wheatear hop about the beach. In summer Little Tern and Common Tern 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.