Frampton Marsh near Boston Lincolnshire is an area of lagoons and marshland separated from the Wash by an earth bank. We can expect to see large numbers of waders and geese. Merlins and Peregrines are sighted regularly.

There will be a breakfast stop en-route and there are toilet facilities on site.

A variety of habitats in the Great Ouse valley should result in a good selection of bird species. Especially, Nightingales are regularly recorded here.

There is a visitor centre for food and facilities

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We will be accompanied by Nigel Slater on his local patch and will be able to take advantage of his excellent birdsong id skills. All of the summer visitors will be in. There’s plenty to see on the former gravel pit lagoons which run alongside the River Trent

nb No breakfast stop

Visitor Centre has a café and facilities

Bitterns are regularly sighted and we should see Marsh Harriers and possibly a Kingfisher or two.

There is a visitor centre for food and facilities

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nb We have decided to postpone the visit to Holme NOA, as there are already other parties booked in.

Instead we will concentrate on finding as many birds as possible at the Sculthorpe site.  Much relandscaping and their new raised hide that have been built in the last couple of years will afford plenty of opportunities to watch for a good variety of birds.

This is a Hawk and Owl Trust site. For non-members there is a £7.00 entrance fee

If time permits on the return home, we will divert to Eldernell Lane and hope to find quartering owls and possibly Cranes

Café & toilet facilities

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A much-loved Yorkshire site with a variety of habitat, where we may be lucky to find Bitterns and Kingfishers

There is a visitor centre

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The nearest RSPB reserve for us has plenty to offer in the way of varied habitat and December can be a very good time to see winter visitors

There is a café and toilet facilities

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