Which reserve to visit? (1 Viewer)

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Marxach

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• Jun 10, 2018

• #1

In Yorkshire next week and time to visit either Potteric Carr or Fairburn Ings or St Aidens. Any thoughts welcome

Regards
Peter

 

Chris-Leeds

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• Jun 10, 2018

• #2

They're all worth a visit depending on what you want to see. Being biased I'd say Swillington Ings (St Aidan's for the new crowd).

 

Keith Dickinson

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Opus Editor

• Jun 13, 2018

• #3

To be fair St Aidan's and Fairburn Ings are only a short drive apart so it is possible to do both in one day.

 

Gaz Shilton

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• Jun 13, 2018

• #4

Fairburn. Spoonbills with young. BN Grebes. Bittern maybe.
St Aidens is worth a look as well. Only ten mins from Fairburn.

 

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arthur heaton

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• Jun 17, 2018

• #5

Good Sand Martin roost at St Aidens,but a bit new(IMHO).Do that and Fairburn-they're so close.

 

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Julian61

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• Jun 17, 2018

• #6

A bit further down the M1 is Old Moor (jct36). Plenty of other nearby sites too but probably an area worth a whole day in; one to save for the future if you're visiting further north this time.

 

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Marxach

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• Jul 18, 2018

• #7

A bit late this for which I apologise.
Thank you all for the suggestions. In the end we went to Fairburn Ings where we failed to see the black necked grebes. We were well compensated though with a bittern and a whooper swan.Added to that we saw a couple of ring ouzels in Derbyshire and lots of sea birds at Bempton.
Regards
Peter