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Beskrivning
As well as a good mixture of birds, the Reculver area has history and sweeping views of the part of the River Thames where it is obvious the North Sea begins. Thus, it receives a mixture of marsh specialties, sea-faring migrants, some of which will have been blown farther up the Thames than is normal due to high winds, especially northerlies, and winter migrants. Some rarities have been found here, too.
The ruins of the church dominate the area, and this is where walks begin and end from a pay-for car park. There has been a monastery or church here since the 7th Century, with its last reincarnation having largely been destroyed by a winter storm in 1807. There also are remnants of a Roman fort that is even older. About a mile along the sea wall heading east is a lagoon that sees some sheltering birds, but any number of species can be seen along the footpaths cutting across the marsh. Among the birds that you can encounter are mindre sångsvan, sjöorre, smålom, snösparv, svart rödstjärt, berglärka, jorduggla, prutgås, kornsparv and gulsparv.
Detaljer
Tillgänglighet
Reculver is on the Thames Path/Saxon Shore footpath. The easiest way to get here is by car, and there is adequate parking. The two rail stations of Birchington (to the east) and Herne Bay (to the west) are a good hour's walk away, but provide good opportunities of birding. The Downs near Herne Hill often produces species such as stenskvätta and buskskvätta and afterwards a great view of Reculver as one heads down across a golf course.
Terräng och habitat
Flod , Hav / ocean , Gyttjig strand , Strand , Våtmark , JordbrukFörhållanden
Platt , Risk för högvatttenRundtur
JaTubkikare behövs?
Kan vara användbartBästa säsong för skådning
Året runtBästa tid för ett besök
Vinter , Vårsträck , HöststräckRutt
Bred stigHur ansträngande vandring
Lätt vandringNås
Till fots , CykelFågeltorn / plattform
NejExtra information
There has been a remarkable effort of birding this area since the early 1960s by birder Chris Hindle (see reculverbirding.blogspot.com link below), a wonderful exercise in perserverance and good field craft. Of the rarities seen here, peruse that site; the masktörnskata (5th for the U.K. was found just beyond the lagoon, on Shuart Marshes in October 2019; one of two purpurhäger have been known. Reculver is a particularly good spot for winter-visiting snösparv.