On the Dengie Peninsula in Essex, the Bradwell Shell Bank is a fantastic nature reserve unlike any you'll find elsewhere. Formed by tides, the bank has built up over time and is jam packed with cockle and oyster shells. The rich pickings make it a hub for birds and you'll undoubtedly see flocks here, wading about, seeing what they can find. Both Ringed Plover and Oystercatchers raise chicks here in the summer, so bring your binoculars to see if you can spot any. In winter, hen-harriers and short-eared owls swing by, hoping for a meal.

Keith

May 17, 2020

Great place at low tide to find beautiful shell’s at dengie National nature reserve.

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Location: Bradwell-On-Sea, Maldon, Essex, East Of England, England, United Kingdom

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