RSPB Nor Marsh and Motney Hill
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Overview
Nor Marsh is a saltmarsh island in the Medway Estuary and Motney Hill is a narrow peninsula surrounded by mudflats that juts into the estuary from the southern shore. The RSPB provide safe areas for birds to feed and breed in an increasingly developed estuary. The saltmarsh and mudflats here are important for wintering waterfowl, with impressive flocks of avocets, black-tailed godwits, dunlins, knots, shelducks and brent geese. Look out for ducks like goldeneyes and red-breasted mergansers - seen regularly - plus occasional scarce grebes like black-necked and Slavonian, if you're lucky.
About the area
Kent is home to the White Cliffs of Dover, an English icon that marks the point where the Kent Downs AONB stretches from the Surrey Hills down to the sea. Visitors can explore historic parklands, including Knole Park and Sir Winston Churchill’s former home at Chartwell, or beautiful nature reserves, such as the coppiced woodlands of Denge Wood and Earley Wood and the ancient fine chalk woodland of Yockletts Bank.
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