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Fairburn Ings RSPB

Yorkshire  >  United Kingdom

Ex-industrial site is now a wetland with a mixture of habitats and an important site for breeding and wintering wildfowl.

Tillagd* av Mark Darwell
Senast uppdaterad 4 februari 2021

Beskrivning

Shaped by a long history of coal mining, Fairburn Ings protects a mixture of habitats. Wetland areas created by subsidence include open water, wet grassland, reedbed and wet woodland. While other habitats, including dry grassland, deciduous woodland and lagoons, have been restored on the former coal spoil tips. Wet grassland on the reserve supports breeding waders such as tofsvipa, rödbena, enkelbeckasin and storspov, and is important for breeding and wintering wildfowl - especially snatterand. There are islands where fisktärna breed and reedbeds for the benefit of birds such as breeding Sävsparv and rördrom. Also mindre strandpipare, större strandpipare, kungsfiskare, sånglärka and rapphöna breed in the area.

Detaljer

Tillgänglighet

From the A1(M) leave at J42, take the A63 towards Leeds, follow signs for Fairburn on the A1246. From the M1 come off at J47. Take the A656 south towards Castleford, after 4 miles turn left onto Newton Lane, the visitor centre is 2 miles along the road on the right. There is also a smaller parking at Arrow Lane. Click on a P in the map to get directions to the parking of your choice. There are 5 different trails you can explore and many bird hides and viewpoints. The route on the map below is a combination of these trails that is about 12 km.

Terräng och habitat

Våtmark , Slätt , Vassar , Sjö

Förhållanden

Sumpigt , Öppet landskap

Rundtur

Ja

Tubkikare behövs?

Kan vara användbart

Bästa säsong för skådning

Året runt

Bästa tid för ett besök

Vår , Höststräck

Rutt

Bred stig

Hur ansträngande vandring

Lätt vandring

Nås

Till fots

Fågeltorn / plattform

Ja

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