RSPB Pulborough Brooks Nature Reserve
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Overview
Set in the scenic Arun Valley this is an excellent reserve for year-round family visits. A nature trail winds through hedgerow-lined lanes to viewing hides overlooking water-meadows. During spring and summer, birdsong is at its peak with breeding birds including nightingales and warblers, ducks and wading birds, and nightjars and hobbies on nearby heathland. Unusual wading birds and hedgerow birds regularly pass through on spring and autumn migration. There is also a great display of fungi in the woodlands. In winter thousands of ducks, geese and wading birds can be seen on the wetland pools. Contact for details of special events or see website. Photo credits: pond & family volunteering - Anna Allum; demoiselle & lapwings - Chris Prince; nightingale - Gareth Hughes.
Ratings & awards
VisitEngland Quality Assessed
Location
Uppertons Barn, Wiggonholt, PULBOROUGH, West Sussex, RH20 2EL
About the area
Divided from East Sussex back in 1888, West Sussex has a variety of landscapes and coastal scenery, but it is the spacious and open South Downs with which the county is most closely associated. There are plenty of walking routes in the South Downs National Park, cycling routes by the sea or visitors can explore the pretty town of Arundel with its historic castle and buildings.
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