Shapwick Heath NNR Somerset & Bristol
Latest Rarities in Somerset & Bristol
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09/12/2023 13:41 |
Glossy Ibis
Somerset & Bristol Details |
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09/12/2023 10:52 |
Ring-necked Duck
Somerset & Bristol Details |
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09/12/2023 09:59 |
Kentish Plover
Somerset & Bristol Details |
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08/12/2023 17:40 |
Glossy Ibis
Somerset & Bristol Details |
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08/12/2023 17:17 |
Ring-necked Duck
Somerset & Bristol Details |
Latest Photo
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- Steve Kitchen
- Description
- View east along the old trackbed of the Evercreech Junction to Burnham-on-Sea branch line of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
Site Location Details
Site location details and google satellite image for Shapwick Heath NNR
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- Latitude\Longitude: 51.16595 , -2.82377
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Site Details
Forming part of the Avalon Marshes, Shapwick Heath offers some of the finest wetland habitat to be found in Europe. This is epitomized by the recent return of Great White Egret as a breeding species to Britain, nesting here in 2012. Bittern and Cetti's Warbler may be found year-round, while spring witnesses a remarkable concentration of staging Hobbies. A long list of vagrants in recent years also demonstrates the huge potential of the site to attract rare and unusual species. The site also plays host to 27 species of butterfly (including White Admiral), and 24 species of mammals, which include Water Vole and Otter.
Birding Sites in the Shapwick Heath NNR Area
Additional Site Details
Directions
Parking is available at the Avalon Marshes Visitor Centre (ST426413).Site Photographs
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Useful Links
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British & Irish Records Archive Shapwick Heath NNR
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Latest Rarities
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09/12/2023 22:13 |
Ring-billed × Lesser Black-backed Gull
Staffordshire Details |
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09/12/2023 19:14 |
Green-winged Teal
Cornwall Details |
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09/12/2023 18:47 |
White-crowned Sparrow
Cornwall Details |
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09/12/2023 16:48 |
Hume's Leaf Warbler
Devon Details |
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09/12/2023 16:26 |
Lesser Flamingo
Valencia Details |
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