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Dungeness
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Europe's largest shingle formation.
Location: TR063196 - 1 mile south of Lydd.
Admission: Free
Facilities: Paths (wheelchair access), shop and refreshments.
Telephone: 01797 320588
Features: Flooded gravel pits and shingle provide sites
for colonies of Black-headed, Common and Mediterranean Gulls
and Common and Sandwich Terns. Winter wildfowl including Bewick's
Swan, and winter raptors include Merlin and Hen Harrier (illustrated
right).
Further information on Dungeness available
here.
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Elmley
Marshes - RSPB |
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Reserve
on Isle of Sheppey.
Location: Track on right after crossing Kingsferry Bridge
on road to Sheerness.
Road: A249
Facilities: Hides.
Admission: Charge (free to RSPB members).
Features: Excellent for wildfowl and waders, especially
in winter and spring and autumn passage. Divers, Swans, good
selection of winter raptors and Short-eared Owl. Other parts
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Stodmarsh
- English Nature |
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Largest
freshwater marsh in Kent.
Location: TR220610 - From track in Stodmarsh village.
Facilities: Hides with disabled access, toilets.
Admission: Free access on Lampen Wall.
Telephone: 01227 728382
Features: Lagoons with reedbeds holding Bearded Tit,
Cetti's and Grasshopper Warbler, Gargeney. Winter wildfowl waders
and raptors.
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Northward
Hill - RSPB |
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Woodland
next to marshes.
Location: TQ784759 - High Halstow. Footpath off Northwood
Avenue.
Facilities: Nature trail and visitor centre.
Admission: Free
Telephone: 01634 222480
Features: Hold Britain's largest heronry. Good selection
of woodland birds including Nightingale, and wintering wildfowl
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