South Walney Nature Reserve
Previously farmed by the monks of Furness Abbey, South Walney forms the tip of a historic shingle island, probably most famous for having the largest mixed ground-nesting of herring and lesser black-back gulls in Europe.
Wildlife highlights: At this weather-beaten salt marsh you can watch turnstones creep through the flat pebbles, and look out for the black flash of the under wing of grey plover in flight. Knot, dunlin, grey plover and oystercatcher, Barn owl, short-eared owl, peregrine, merlin and twite can all be seen on the salt marsh.at the right time of year.
Location: Shingle island at the end of the Furness peninsula.
Grid reference: SD 225 620
Access: Open: 10am - 5pm daily. There is a small fee for non-members of the Cumbria Wildlife Trust.
There is a wheel chair trail and accessible hides
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