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Wye Meanders

West Midlands  >  United Kingdom

Large, sparsely populated alluvial river valley with numerous wildlife. Car or bicycle essential.

Ajouté* par Iain Crawford
Dernière actualisation 8 août 2022

Description

The Wye valley from Brockhampton through Kings Caple, How Caple, Foy and Backney, features wide agricultural landscapes, quiet and unspoilt. Hares are numerous, fallow deer, stoat and weasel occasional. Hirondelle de rivage colony at Backney Common. Numerous breeding Alouette des champs. Harle bièvre and Canard mandarin. Faucon pèlerin, Grande Aigrette, Héron garde-boeufs, Aigrette garzette and Faucon hobereau occasional. Bruant des roseaux and Phragmite des joncs present in riverside crops Caille des blés. Barbel often visible from Foy footbridge. Lakes at Fawley Court frequented by Grèbe castagneux and Héron cendré.

Détails

Accès

From A40 Wilton roundabout (the one with petrol station) take Hereford exit then first right for Backney picnic site car park, or second right turn for Hoarwithy, Sellack and How Caple. parking at Kings Caple Church, Backney picnic site, and south side of Foy footbridge.

To reach Hole in the Wall and footbridge access to Foy, from A40/M50 roundabout take the Ledbury road A449 then first left on narrow road and right at Tjunction.

For the energetic, an 8 mile (12,8 km) circular walk via Sellack, Fawley Chapel, How Caple, Foy and Baysham is recommended, plus numerous shorter walks. For the 4,6 mile (7,5 km) Hoarwithy to Sellack circular walk marked on the map it is safer to take the footpaths and riverside route as the road has no pavement. Note that there is a right of way through the Hoarwithy campsite which again avoids the roadway..

Terrain et Habitat

Vallée , Agriculture , Lac , Arbres et buissons disséminés , Prairie

Conditions

Plat , Paysage ouvert , Niveau d'eau élevé probable

Boucle

Oui

Avez-vous besoin d'une longue-vue?

Non

Saison idéale pour observer

Toute l'année

Meilleure période pour une visite

Printemps

Itinéraire

Sentier large , Sentier étroit , Route non pavée

Niveau de difficulté de l'itinéraire

Durée de la marche

Accessible via

A pied

Observatoire/hutte d'observation

Non

Informations supplémentaires

Featured in the BBC series 'Hugh's Wild West' when Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall went snorkelling to see barbel close up.

Voir les sites d'observation voisins publiés sur Birdingplaces

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