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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.

Added* by Nick E. Warner
Most recent update 11 март 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 голем српоклун свиркач, бел свиркач, камењарче, црвенонога тринга, сиво блатарче, обичен свиркач and Brent Goose. Depending on tide line and time of year. Winter to early Spring is best for Brent Goose. Looking out to sea early morning is always good for passing sea ducks and ocean species such as Northern Gannet, Common Scoter, голем корморан, мал морски нуркач, среден северен нуркач even the odd белокрила црнка. If really lucky Common Eider 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 полска чучулига, ливадска трепетилка, Pied Wagtail and конопјарче. 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. црвеноглаво кралче, Yellow-browed Warbler and even Pallas's Leaf Warbler. Keep searching because лисесто циганче, црвеногушесто муварче and црноглаво муварче 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. среден пескар and both Bar-tailed Godwit and црноопашна блатарка. Possible Snow Bunting and Rock Pipit 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 мал сокол and блатен був, in fact many raptors species such as блатна еја and wintering Полска еја, plus hunting сив сокол are all regularly seen here in this open ground. мустаклеста сипка, свиларче and Мочварна овесарка in the reed beds and pools, plus патка свиркач, сива патка, цуцулест кожувар and патка берија. On the meadows калуѓерка, златно блатарче, гусковидна патка, мала бела чапја, голема бела чапја. This site has great potential for migrating species and a highly prized are for rarities turning up here.

Details

Access

​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 and Habitat

Wetland , Scattered trees and bushes , Grassland , Pond , Beach , Mud flats , Reedbeds , Sea , Canyon/cliff

Conditions

Hilly , Slippery , Open landscape

Circular trail

Yes

Is a telescope useful?

Yes

Good birding season

Autumn , Winter , Spring

Best time to visit

Spring migration , Autumn migration

Route

Unpaved road

Difficulty walking trail

Average walk

Accessible by

Foot

Birdwatching hide / platform

No

Extra info

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

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