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Point of Portsea Island, offering views over the Solent and inland across the very sheltered Langstone Harbour.
Nice walk around the point covering many varied habitats including open sea, beach, marina, grassland, abandoned infrastructure, marina, and buildings. Locally famous minervauggla pair often seen in the gun-holes of Fort Cumberland (end of the point, on the sea side). Flocks of sandlöpare rush the shores around the area between Portsea and Hayling, along with fiskmås and Storskarv in the calm strait. As with the rest of Langstone Harbour, prutgås can be seen in the marina at low tide. Vitvingad trut, skärsnäppa, svarthuvad mås, ladusvala, svart rödstjärt, and sparvhök also reported across the year.
Parking is free in the gravel carpark by Fort Cumberland, at the end of Fort Cumberland Road. From here walk South East until you reach the beach and continue East with the wire fence on your left. Stay on the elevated concrete as it rises above the beach until fencing prevents further access - look to your left at the gunholes in the Fort to see minervauggla. At low tide, continue around the beach (some easy climbing over rocks needed) and down the strait to reach the RNLI lifeboat house, observing sandlöpare, fiskmås, and Storskarv on the groynes and in the straight. Very tame stare and skrattmås hang around here. Follow the road back on yourself to return to the car park via marina with prutgås and rödbena at low tide, then through protected grassland home to svarthakad buskskvätta, grönfink, tornfalk, and gråsparv.
Grassland next to carpark and Fort Cumberland is a protected greenspace due to the insect and bird life. Information boards available.
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