Wye Meanders

West Midlands > United Kingdom

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

Added* by Iain Crawford
Most recent update 8 августа 2022

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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. Береговушка colony at Backney Common. Numerous breeding Полевой жаворонок. Большой крохаль and Мандаринка. Сапсан, Большая белая цапля, Египетская цапля, Малая белая цапля and Чеглок occasional. Тростниковая овсянка and Камышевка-барсучок present in riverside crops Перепел. Barbel often visible from Foy footbridge. Lakes at Fawley Court frequented by Малая поганка and Серая цапля.

Details

Access

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 and Habitat

Valley , Agriculture , Lake , Scattered trees and bushes , Grassland

Conditions

Flat , Open landscape , High water possible

Circular trail

Yes

Is a telescope useful?

Good birding season

All year round

Best time to visit

Spring

Route

Wide path , Narrow trail , Unpaved road

Difficulty walking trail

Average walk

Accessible by

Foot

Birdwatching hide / platform

Extra info

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

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Top 5 birds

1. Красная куропатка
(Alectoris rufa)

2. Малая белая цапля
(Egretta garzetta)

3. Обыкновенный зимородок
(Alcedo atthis)

4. Малая поганка
(Tachybaptus ruficollis)

5. Тростниковая овсянка
(Emberiza schoeniclus)

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