Wednesday, 4 June 2025

Birds and wildlife seen during my first walk round The Naze during a short stay in Walton-on-the Naze towards the end of April 2025

View of the beach huts on Walton-on-the Naze beach as I walked towards The Naze

Common Whitethroat at The Naze

Naze Tower

One of the many WW2 pill boxes on Walton beach

Swift flying towards its nest in a hole on the cliff face

Bee Fly at the John Weston nature reserve on The Naze

Linnet on gorse at the end of the headland

Dunnock in the brambles

Linnet with nesting material

View into the John Weston nature reserve while I was standing on the seawall


Swifts collecting nesting material from the grass at The Naze


Lots of gorse in flower

Wooden shark!

Goldfinch at the end of a branch

Oystercatcher on the estuary at low tide

I was surprised to see a Spotted Redshank in a pool at the end of The Naze

Shelducks on the estuary at low tide


I walked back to Walton-on-the Naze along the seawall at the edge of the estuary

Male Muntjac deer in a field

It was hard work walking along this narrow path between the flowering plants!

View of Harwich/Felixstowe on the other side of the estuary

Barnacle geese, Oystercatchers and Shelducks near a pool on the marshes at Walton-on-the-Naze


Meadow Pipit on a concrete post at the edge of the seawall

Male Reed Bunting on a narrow twig amongst the reeds

Stone barge on the Walton Backwater

Rowing boat in the reeds

Little Egret behind a wire fence on the marshes

Naze Tower in the distance across the marshes

This rusty ship won't been going anywhere anytime soon!!

I enjoyed the walk and went back for another look a few days later




























 

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