The group commonly known as ‘waders’ in the UK (or shorebirds in the US) are typically long-legged and long-billed, often seen half-submerged at shorelines, river mouths and estuaries. ‘Wader’ is a useful word as it captures a whole host of …

Find the best places to visit an estuary and see wading birds and more. Saltmarshes and estuaries are unique places where river freshwater and salty sea mix, providing a range of habitats that many animals rely on for feeding, breeding, and shelter.

In winter, Britain's estuaries, coastal lagoons and marshes offer the perfect conditions for wading birds to thrive. But what are wading birds? Why do they have such long legs? And which species of wading bird live in the UK?

The Dee Estuary, on the North Wales / North-West England border, is one of the United Kingdom's premier birding locations for wetland and shorebirds. This Website describes the best Dee Estuary birdwatching areas with detailed maps and latest bird news for dedicated twitchers and casual birdwatchers alike.

It may still feel like winter but for some species, the increasing temperatures and lengthening days have already kick-started spring migration, with birds starting to arrive and depart across Britain and Ireland.

Each winter the salt marshes and mudflats of the Severn Estuary host an average of 74,000 birds. The Severn Estuary Special Protection Area (SPA), designated under the Habitats Regulations, supports 6 species of European importance, 1 passage species and 11 species of …

Some non-breeding birds may stay in the UK all summer. They gather on coastal mudflats, estuaries, beaches, and brackish wetlands. Migrating birds may occasionally visit inland wetlands.

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Home to flocks of birds, our estuaries are ever changing, as dynamic as the tides that shape them. Explore the vast beauty of the UK’s estuaries, a world teeming with wetland wildlife, created where river and ocean meet.

Aug 1, 2014 · Ringed Plover (-39%), Redshank (-26%), Dunlin (-23%), Curlew (-17%) and Oystercatcher (-15%) are among the eight most abundant wintering waders on UK estuaries, yet the populations of all of them are declining.