Descrição
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 Ganso-de-faces-negras, and numbers of Ganso-comum, Ganso-de-faces-brancas plus Ganso do Canadá 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 Alfaiate and Abibe-comum. The reeds beds have Chapim-de-bigode, Felosa-dos-juncos and rouxinol-dos-caniços. The flooded scrape is great for migrating waders such as Pássaro-bique-bique, Perna-verde-comum, Perna-vermelha-escuro, Maçarico-de-bico-direito and Combatente. 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 Maçarico-real, Pato-branco, Pilrito-comum, Garça-branca-pequena and the odd Garça-branca-grande. At high tide Merganso-de-poupa, Mergulhão-pequeno and Mergulhão-de-crista are common here.
Summer time Trigueirão, Escrevedeira-dos-caniços and Laverca will be breeding across the reserve.
Raptors will include, peneireiro-de-dorso-malhado / peneireiro, Águia-d'asa-redonda, Tartaranhão-ruivo-dos-pauis, wintering Tartaranhão-azulado and the occasional Ógea. Many rare species have turned up on this amazing site and well worth a visit during migration both spring and autumn.
Detalhes
Acesso
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.
Terreno e Habitat
Campina , Terras húmidas , Rio , Pequeno lago , Camas de junco , Agricultura , Lamaçais , MarCondições
Plano , Paisagem aberta , Pantanoso , EscorregadioCaminho circular
Simé útil um telescópio?
Pode ser útilBoa temporada de observação de aves
Durante todo o anoMelhor hora para visitar
Migração da primavera , Migração de outonoRota
Caminho largoCaminho dificil
Caminhada médiaAcessível por
Pé , Bicicleta , Carro , BarcoAbrigo/plataforma deobservação de aves
SimInformação extra
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.


