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In the middle of winter, a dawn or dusk visit may reward you with the flight of thousands of pink-footed geese, which commute between their safe roost site on The Wash and farmland inland where they feed on the aftermath of the sugar beet harvest.
In the summer, large numbers of common terns and black-headed gulls nest on the reserve and there is a spectacular display of shingle flowers. To help you plan your visit, the RSPB has produced Birdwatcher tide tables. These include details of the best tides for watching roosting wading birds and the best phases of the moon for seeing winter wild geese flights.
Birdwatchers' tide tables, 2006 price 50p, can be obtained from RSPB Titchwell Marsh Visitor Centre or by sending a stamped addressed envelope and two first class stamps to RSPB Office, Snettisham Business Centre, 43a Lynn Road, Snettisham, Norfolk, PE31 7LR.
Opening times
Open at all times, but car park may be locked overnight.
The place to...
see thousands of wading birds coming into roost at high tide.
Snettisham
Norfolk
Tel: 01485 542689
Grid reference: TF630310
Click here for more details.
Snettisham RSPB
Snettisham nature reserve is the place to witness two of the UK's great wildlife spectacles. On a big tide as the water covers the vast mudflats of The Wash, tens of thousands of wading birds are pushed off their feeding grounds and onto the roost banks and islands in front of the RSPB hides.In the middle of winter, a dawn or dusk visit may reward you with the flight of thousands of pink-footed geese, which commute between their safe roost site on The Wash and farmland inland where they feed on the aftermath of the sugar beet harvest.
In the summer, large numbers of common terns and black-headed gulls nest on the reserve and there is a spectacular display of shingle flowers. To help you plan your visit, the RSPB has produced Birdwatcher tide tables. These include details of the best tides for watching roosting wading birds and the best phases of the moon for seeing winter wild geese flights.
Birdwatchers' tide tables, 2006 price 50p, can be obtained from RSPB Titchwell Marsh Visitor Centre or by sending a stamped addressed envelope and two first class stamps to RSPB Office, Snettisham Business Centre, 43a Lynn Road, Snettisham, Norfolk, PE31 7LR.
Opening times
Open at all times, but car park may be locked overnight.
The place to...
see thousands of wading birds coming into roost at high tide.
Snettisham
Norfolk
Tel: 01485 542689
Grid reference: TF630310
Click here for more details.
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