RSPB Stour Estuary

RSPB Stour Estuary is a nature reserve in Essex, England, east of Colchester on the estuary of the River Stour, managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, (RSPB).

Related Topics:
Nature - Reserve - Essex - England - Colchester - Estuary - River Stour - Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

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The reserve is unusual in that it consists of two divergent habitat types: intertidal mudflats (fringed by saltmarsh and estuarine reeds), and 130 acres (0.5 km²) of deciduous woodland, mainly oak and coppiced sweet chestnut.

Related Topics:
Habitat - Woodland - Oak - Sweet chestnut

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The estuary is important as a breeding, roosting and wintering site for many waterfowl and other birds, including woodpeckers, Nightingale, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, European Wigeon, Shelduck, Pintail, Teal, Dark-bellied Brent Goose, Grey Plover, Redshank, Curlew, Dunlin and Black-tailed Godwit.

Related Topics:
Waterfowl - Bird - Woodpecker - Nightingale - Blackcap - Whitethroat - Sedge Warbler - Reed Warbler - European Wigeon - Shelduck - Pintail - Teal - Brent Goose - Grey Plover - Redshank - Curlew - Dunlin - Black-tailed Godwit

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Mammals to be seen include Red Fox Vulpes vulpes, badger Meles meles, Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis, and Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius.

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Red Fox - Badger - Grey Squirrel - Hazel Dormouse

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Butterflies and rare moths include White Admiral Limenitis camilla, Chocolate-tip Moth Clostera curtula and Peach Blossom Moth Thyatira batis.

Related Topics:
White Admiral - Chocolate-tip Moth - Peach Blossom Moth

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