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The Naze

Essex  >  United Kingdom

Coastal headland with a high cliff over looking the North Sea. It's about 3 miles long with grassland, scrubland great for sheltering migrants.

Ajouté* par Nick E. Warner
Dernière actualisation 11 mars 2025

Description

Once you arrive in the car park, head North along the edge of the cliff. This gives a good elevated view of the sea and mud shoreline. Where you can see Courlis cendré, Bécasseau sanderling, Tournepierre à collier, Chevalier gambette, Pluvier argenté, Bécasseau variable and Bernache cravant. Depending on tide line and time of year. Winter to early Spring is best for Bernache cravant. Looking out to sea early morning is always good for passing sea ducks and ocean species such as Fou de Bassan, Macreuse noire, Grand Cormoran, Plongeon catmarin, Harle huppé even the odd Macreuse brune. If really lucky Eider à duvet have been recorded from the Naze.

Now while sea watching from the cliff you are surrounded by a large grassland field of mixed heights of cut. This area can be good for seeing Alouette des champs, Pipit farlouse, Bergeronnette de Yarrell and Linotte mélodieuse. Still walking North you now enter the scrubby area. Here in the Spring and Autumn is always worth a second look and a sharp ear open for something special. Roitelet triple-bandeau, Pouillot à grands sourcils and even Pouillot de Pallas. Keep searching because Rougequeue à front blanc, Gobemouche nain and Gobemouche noir are all on the cards here at The Naze. The Naze can boast of some really rare passage migrants and this hand full of scrubland acers can be a real hot spot.

Once you have done the scrub area now carry on up on to the sea wall foot path where looking towards the sea there is sandy beach and a mud flat mix at low tide. Here lots of diffrent feeding waders can be seen. Grand Gravelot and both Barge rousse and Barge à queue noire. Possible Bruant des neiges and Pipit maritime are often seen along the sand and shingle beach. Walking futher alone the sea wall. Now facing inland, is the small 'John Weston' nature reserve. Take the track South off the sea wall through the gate into the Reserve. Most of the reserve can be viewed from the sea wall, but the bushes around the green storage container worrent closer inspection.

Once back on the Sea wall about 100m North West so you have salt marsh to the North East and grazing meadows and reedbeds to the south West. This is a great spot for seeing Faucon émerillon and Hibou des marais, in fact many raptors species such as Busard des roseaux and wintering Busard Saint-Martin, plus hunting Faucon pèlerin are all regularly seen here in this open ground. Panure à moustaches, Bouscarle de Cetti and Bruant des roseaux in the reed beds and pools, plus Canard siffleur, Canard chipeau, Fuligule morillon and Sarcelle d'hiver. On the meadows Vanneau huppé, Pluvier doré, Tadorne de Belon, Aigrette garzette, Grande Aigrette. This site has great potential for migrating species and a highly prized are for rarities turning up here.

Détails

Accès

​The Naze is located north of the towns of Frinton and Walton-on-the-Naze. By Train to Frinton Station then on the bus to the Naze. By Car, Starting from Walton-on-the Naze town High Street take the B1039 follow this with the Beach on your Right. Now take the left fork Hall Lane, follow this around to the right on toNaze Park road, then on to Old Hall Lane for a short few 100 meters. The entrance to the Car Park is now on your Right. You can pay for parking via the App. Press P on the map for directions.

Terrain et Habitat

Zone humide , Arbres et buissons disséminés , Prairie , Étang , Plage , Vasières , Roselière , Mer/océan , Canyon/falaise

Conditions

Vallonné , Glissant , Paysage ouvert

Boucle

Oui

Avez-vous besoin d'une longue-vue?

Oui

Saison idéale pour observer

Automne , Hiver , Printemps

Meilleure période pour une visite

Migration printanière , Migration automnale

Itinéraire

Route non pavée

Niveau de difficulté de l'itinéraire

Durée de la marche

Accessible via

A pied

Observatoire/hutte d'observation

Non

Informations supplémentaires

You can get food and drink from the Discovery Centre and the toilets are also here.

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