Walberswick reedbeds (1 Viewer)

Hi all, I'm off to Suffolk for a few days next week. One of our favourite birding walks is from Walberswick, through the reedbeds to the derelict water wind pump where we turn left then right and continue in a westerly direction, through the reeds to eventually meet a boardwalk going through a damp wooded area that leads to a car park by the Dunwich/Blythburgh road. We turn right here and walk the Sanderling's Way track back to Walberswick. Over the last couple of years we have been forced to either detour or give up because many of the footpaths through the reeds have been closed due to improvement work. Does anyone know if the footpaths are still affected or that they are now open.

thanks in advance

Dave

Dave

The footpaths are now re-opened, though covered in horrible scrunchy gravel or pea shingle.....

Brian S

Thanks Brian, at least we can walk the area again but probably scare off all the Bearded Tits and Bitterns we regularly see there.

Cheers

Dave

d.steeley said:

Thanks Brian, at least we can walk the area again but probably scare off all the Bearded Tits and Bitterns we regularly see there.

Cheers

Dave

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I too have fond memories of walks through those reedbeds. I seem to remember hearing Nightingale on a regular basis from the path through the wood situated on the western site of the reedbed. If you are lucky enough to hear them still in this area please let us know. I'm now situated further north and the only option for nightingale was Thorne waste in Humberside now they have disapeared from Thorne. So sad.