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RSPB Wallasea Island Wild Coast Project

Essex  >  United Kingdom

Reserve that covers more than 740 ha, with saltmarsh, mudflats, lagoons and grazing marsh.

Geplaatst* door Michael Bliss
Meest recente update 10 november 2022
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Beschrijving

Wallasea Island Wild Coast Project is a landmark conservation and engineering scheme for the 21st century, on a scale never before attempted in the UK and the largest of its type in Europe. The aim of this project is to combat the threats from climate change and coastal flooding by recreating the ancient wetland landscape of mudflats and saltmarsh, lagoons and pasture. It will also help to compensate for the loss of such tidal habitats elsewhere in England. Wallasea Island sits within an SPA which covers the Crouch and Roach estuaries and which is special for overwintering waders and wildfowl including Rotgans. The habitat creation has now been completed with the final phase creating a series of shallowly flooded saline lagoons in the southern part of the island to attract over wintering waders and wildfowl and in the summer nesting birds such as Kluut, Kleine Plevier and maybe even Steltkluut. Other birds you can encounter are Bruine Kiekendief, Velduil, Wintertaling, Smient, Visdief, Grutto, Tureluur, Scholekster, Wulp, Zilverplevier, Bonte Strandloper and Lepelaar.

Details

Toegang

From the historic market town of Rochford take the Ashingdon Road until you see the brown tourism sign at Brays Lane and follow these to the RSPB Wallasea Island Wild Coast. Parking is free and there are designated disabled parking bays. The reserve is free to enter. There is a small surfaced car park and all trails are grass paths. The sea wall footpath which runs along the northern side of the reserve along the River Crouch, providing uninterrupted views to the north of the river, is open at all times. The reserve itself is open at all times between 8am and 8pm or dusk, whichever is earlier. There are four walking trails – Jubilee Marsh, Allfleets Marsh, Marsh Flats and South Trail.

Terrein en leefgebied

Slikken , Wetland , Grasland/weide , Rivier

Omstandigheden

Open landschap

Rondlopende wandeling mogelijk?

Ja

Telescoop meenemen?

Kan handig zijn

Wanneer hier vogels kijken?

Het hele jaar

Toptijd voor dit gebied

Lente , Najaarstrek , Voorjaarstrek

Route

Breed pad , Smal pad

Zwaarte wandeling

Gemakkelijk

Toegankelijk via

Te voet

Vogelkijkhut aanwezig?

Ja

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