Wash cruise with RSPB

The Wash is the UK's most important estuary for wildlife and the coastline has some of the best saltmarsh and mudflats in the country, supporting thousands of wildfowl and waders on their migration. On these cruises you can see these habitats from the seaward side, allowing you to get close to the birds.

 

Cruises: Each year the RSPB South Lincs Local Group runs a number of Birdwatching Cruises from Boston along the River Witham into The Wash and along the River Welland. Our cruises provide interest for all; from the avid birder to anyone with a general interest in nature and who likes the idea of cruising down the river into The Wash. Each cruise is lead by local guides, who help with bird identification and also point out places of local historical interest. 

 

The cruises last 4½ to 5 hours. Board the boat at Sluice Bridge on the River Witham in Boston. After negotiating the lock you travel down river to the mouth of the Witham and out into the Wash for about a mile or so. The journey then takes you along the River Welland with views over the saltmarsh bordering the RSPB reserve before returning to Boston.

Cruises run from April to October. 

 

Wildlife highlights:  ln 2011 more than 100 species were seen with around 60 species seen per cruise. Sightings include waders, such as ringed plover, turnstone, dunlin, knot, redshank, blacktailed and bartailed godwit, as well as little egret, eider, marsh harrier, various terns, peregrine, common buzzard, gannet and kingfisher.

 

Seals hauled out on the exposed mud banks are also seen on most cruises.

 

More details and how to book on the South Lincs RSPB website , or email Slincsbirdcruises (@) btinternet.com