The marshes around the River Otter are part of the Otter Estuary Nature Reserve and are a brilliant place for birdwatching. You can walk all the way up to Otterton if you wish but the birdlife is concentrated at the estuary mouth.

Anna Saveleva

August 12, 2021

Deck route around the salt marshes. There is a birdwatcher's hut.

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October 4, 2021

The Otter Estuary supports a significant population of wintering wildfowl and waders, including redshank, common sandpiper, curlew and red-brested merganser. Reed warbler, sedge warbler and reed bunting breed on the site.

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Distance 1.11 km

Uphill 10 m

Downhill 20 m

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Location: Budleigh Salterton, East Devon, Devon, South West England, England, United Kingdom

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