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Salcott Cum Virley

Essex  >  United Kingdom

Salcott Creek is yet another great tidal inlet estuary, part of the Blackwater. Internationally important site for thousands of visiting birds.

Dodane* przez Nick E. Warner
Ostatnia aktualizacja 31 marca 2025

Opis

Salcott Creek is a simple ,level walk along side the tidal estuary creek. The site is best accessed from the Village of Salcott-cum-virley. A footpath from the village to the sea wall takes you across farmland where you may see czajka, skowronek and a selection of gulls feeding on the fields. Try and get to Salcott creek on a rising tide (see the link to the tide table below). This can give the best results from a bird moment aspect. When you step up on to the seawall the site and sounds of the Essex Marshland is very evocative. Listen as well as look. krwawodziób are nearly always the first bird you will be alerted to. świstun, cyraneczka and ohar are a safe bet to be seen soon on. kulik wielki are both sides of the wall, the Creek is to your left and the farmland to your right. Many birds can be seen feeding on the sensitively grazed grasslands. Species such as the thousands of bernikla obrożna which winter along the Blackwater Estuary. czajka, kulik wielki and siewka złota, some of the grassland is flooded in the Autum and winter months. This will lead to many birds feeding on the water log soils.

Looking back over the estuary with high tide, bernikla obrożna on the water are often accompanied by szlachar and over the winter by grebes and divers. perkoz rdzawoszyi and lodowiec are recorded here. The barrow dykes often with sedge reed will have warblers in Summer and potrzos, wąsatka and wierzbówka zwyczajna in winter.

The whole site is hunted over by błotniak stawowy, uszatka błotna and wintering błotniak zbożowy. sokół wędrowny are much a bird which should be looked for sitting on low posts across the site. drzemlik is always a delight to see resting on a fence post or low flight hunting. Large flocks of mix waders moving around the marsh waiting for the tide to uncover the rich feedings of the mut flats. These will include rycyk, biegus zmienny, szablodziób, siewnica and ostrygojad.

The grass banks of the seawall will often have a selection of finches such as makolągwa, szczygieł and possible rzepołuch. All in all making this coastal site a worthwhile visit.

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Dostęp

Salcott-cum-Virley is just of the B1026 which goes from Colchester to Tollshunt D'Arcy. This is the bus route 92 or 50 50A Colchester to Tollesbury. Parking is limited in the village, but there is a small parking spot opposite the Church, where you can now walk down to the Creek. Press P on the map for directions to the parking spot.I think one should allow at least 3 hours for a birdwatching visit to this site.

Teren i siedlisko

Tereny podmokłe , Rzeka , Morze , Trzcinowiska , Łąka , Rzadkie drzewa i krzewy , Staw , Błota , Rolnictwo/uprawy

Warunki

Płaski , Bagienny , Ślisko , Otwarty krajobraz

Trasa dookoła

Nie

Czy luneta będzie przydatna ?

Może być przydatna

Udany sezon obserwacyjny

Przez cały rok

Najlepszy czas na wizytę

Zima , Jesienne migracje

Trasa

Droga nieutwardzona , Szeroka ścieżka

Poziom trudności szlaku pieszego

Łatwy

Dostępne

Pieszo

Czatownia/platforma obserwacyjna

Nie

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