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Bishops Fen

Durham  >  United Kingdom

Part of the Great North Fen a newly created area of scrapes, ponds, wet grassland and scrub.

Tillagd* av John Olley
Senast uppdaterad 15 november 2024

Beskrivning

A developing site depending on water levels. Geese including spetsbergsgås and occasionally bläsgås, lots of duck in the winter and spring: bläsand, Kricka, gravand, Skedand, brunand and snatterand. Silkeshäger and ägretthäger with gråhäger regular. vattenrall, enkelbeckasin, dvärgbeckasin, skogssnäppa, attractive to large numbers of tofsvipa, storspov and ljungpipare. brun kärrhök, ormvråk, lärkfalk are noted with talltita and common warblers, svarthakad buskskvätta and sånglärka.

The fen has a new viewing screen and interpretationpanel managed by Durham Wildlife Trust. The area is best viewed from the screen at the interpretation panel. Castle Lake hide is nearby.

Detaljer

Tillgänglighet

You can reach Bishops Fen by walking a circular route from Bishop Middleman village following the Brightwater trail and also viewing Castle Lake. Parking is available at the farm at Church street. Press P on the map for directions. Two hours circular walking route. This route is shown on the map.

You can also reach Bishops Fen from Hardwick Park. A walk of approx. 1.4 miles. Follow public footpath from the Hardwick Park Visitors Centre west 300m and bare north at the end of the woodland. Follow this path for another 30m before turning west to follow the footpath for 350m. Once on the farm track north of Brakes Farm, follow the farm track north 550m before crossing a small beck. Continue north on the footpath passing large ponds on your right. You will arrive at the old railway line walk that dissects the Bishop's Fen Nature Reserve after around 800m.

Terräng och habitat

Spridda träd och buskar , Slätt , Damm , Vassar , Flod , Jordbruk , Våtmark

Förhållanden

Öppet landskap , Sumpigt , Risk för högvattten

Rundtur

Ja

Tubkikare behövs?

Ja

Bästa säsong för skådning

Året runt

Bästa tid för ett besök

Vår , Höst , Vinter , Höststräck

Rutt

Bred stig , Smal stig

Hur ansträngande vandring

Genomsnittlig vandring

Nås

Till fots , Cykel

Fågeltorn / plattform

Ja

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