Opis
Blue House Farm is a nature reserve managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust. As you leave the small gravel car park, through the first of many gates, the landscape opens up to series of mix grazing meadows. The live stock here help manage the grasslands. Conservation grazing and fresh water flooding has transformed this 287 hectares site.
In the winter the landscape is feeding ground to thousands of bernikla obrożna, and numbers of gęgawa, bernikla białolica plus bernikla kanadyjska all can be seen.
A massive fencing project has made it safe for birds to feed and breed with out ground preditors disturbance. The flooded reed lined scrape areas have three hides from which you can view many wading and water bird species. Breeding szablodziób and czajka. The reeds beds have wąsatka, rokitniczka and trzcinniczek (zwyczajny). The flooded scrape is great for migrating waders such as samotnik, kwokacz, brodziec śniady, rycyk and batalion. The waders can be seen moving between the flooded areas and the estuary when the tide is low feeding on the food rich mud flats. Such species as kulik wielki, ohar, biegus zmienny, czapla nadobna and the odd czapla biała. At high tide szlachar, perkozek and perkoz dwuczuby are common here.
Summer time potrzeszcz, potrzos and skowronek will be breeding across the reserve.
Raptors will include, pustułka (zwyczajna), myszołów, błotniak stawowy, wintering błotniak zbożowy and the occasional kobuz. Many rare species have turned up on this amazing site and well worth a visit during migration both spring and autumn.
Szczegóły
Dostęp
Blue House Farm is south of the village of North Frambridge, Essex, CM36GU. OS GRID REF TQ857969. The carpark is located down a small road Blue House Farm Chase off the junction Frambridge Rd and The Avenue. Press P on the map for directions. The circular walking route that starts from the carpark is about 5 km.
North Frambridge has a train station and is walkable to the reserve from there.
Teren i siedlisko
Łąka , Tereny podmokłe , Rzeka , Staw , Trzcinowiska , Rolnictwo/uprawy , Błota , MorzeWarunki
Płaski , Otwarty krajobraz , Bagienny , ŚliskoTrasa dookoła
TakCzy luneta będzie przydatna ?
Może być przydatnaUdany sezon obserwacyjny
Przez cały rokNajlepszy czas na wizytę
Wiosenne migracje , Jesienne migracjeTrasa
Szeroka ścieżkaPoziom trudności szlaku pieszego
Średnio wymagający spacerDostępne
Pieszo , Rower , Samochód , ŁódźCzatownia/platforma obserwacyjna
TakDodatkowe informacje
Visitors should be aware of the cattle and sheep which are loose on the reserve. As you go through the gates of diffrent areas some fields will have live stock in.


