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Description
Paull Holme Strays offers good views of a variety of birds. The sky is often full of the song of Eurasian Skylark and the calls of Eurasian Curlew and Common Redshank. Thousands of European Golden Plover fill the sky, often stirred up by Western Marsh Harrier or Peregrine Falcon. There is a single hide at the end of a good walk around the wetlands, that will often provide views of breeding Avocet in the summer and Short-eared Owl in the winter.
Look out for Water Rail, Cetti's Warbler, Reed Warbler and Sedge Warbler in and around the vegetation and ditches. It is also worth keeping an eye out of birds flying along the estuary - Kittiwake and even Northern Gannet have been recorded. Also the trees surrounding nearby Fort Paull hold various warblers, chats and thrushes.
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Access
From the A1033 follow the signs for Fort Paull and then head south on Thorngumbald Road. The entrance to the car park is on the right just less than a mile after the entrance to Fort Paull. In the winter, access can be very muddy - it may be best to walk up the road slight and use the access path that runs alongside the Gas compound.