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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Farnboro John" data-source="post: 1674692" data-attributes="member: 36432">Martin Down is (or used to be) an excellent site for seeing Stone Curlews, not least because the landscape in the SC breeding area there was concave not convex.  Lots of parking space and lots of space for the birds.  Haven't been there lately but have had some great days out there in the past with Quail and Montagu's Harriers a draw as well as the Stone Curlews.  Also a good spot for Adders, Slow-worms and Marsh Fritillaries among hordes of other things: and almost the whole reserve open access, which is something sadly lacking at a lot of reserves these days.  I am absolutely not knocking the work of RSPB and the Wildlife trusts but there is a real need for wildlife-rich places where you can get down and dirty and close to the wildlife and not be confined to a path all the time. Martin Down is a splendid example of this.John</blockquote>