{"id":444,"date":"2022-06-01T08:42:02","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T08:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandwichbaybirdobservatorytrust.org.uk\/sitefiles\/?page_id=444"},"modified":"2025-05-07T14:26:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T14:26:04","slug":"worth-marshes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/worth-marshes\/","title":{"rendered":"Worth Marshes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Worth Marshes is also part of our recording area, not one of our reserves. It is a large area of reclaimed farmland dominated by open landscapes and wetland habitats. It contains small wooded pockets as well as a vast ditch system bordered by shrubs and hedges. The RSPB recently purchased much of the land and have begun creating the Lydden Valley nature reserve. In the few years since work began there it has become a superb area of pools, ditches, reed-bed and scrub attracting many rarities on passage and even as breeding birds.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17104\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17104\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17104\" src=\"http:\/\/sandwichbaybirdobservatorytrust.org.uk\/sitefiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/Worth-Marshes-by-Ian-Hodgson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"449\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17104\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Worth Marshes by Ian Hodgson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ditches are alive with Sedge and Reed Warblers in Spring and you can hear the iconic sound of Cuckoos resonating across the marshes. Garganey and Little Ringed Plover are possible on the small pools. Spot invertebrates such as the Large Red Damselfly and Orange Tip butterfly and keep one eye out for Water Voles along the ditches.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In summer, this is one of the best areas in the UK to see the declining Turtle Dove, which nests in the dense hedgerows and bushes on the edges. These also provide excellent habitat for Lesser Whitethroats and Cetti\u2019s Warblers. This is prime time for dragonflies and damselflies and many of our rarer species, such as Norfolk Hawker and Scarce Chaser, are found here.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17106\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17106\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17106\" src=\"http:\/\/sandwichbaybirdobservatorytrust.org.uk\/sitefiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/Worth-Track-by-Ian-Hodgson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17106\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Worth Track by Ian Hodgson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In autumn, keep your eyes low for Kingfishers but don\u2019t forget to look to the skies as well for hunting Hobbies. Expect Green Sandpipers and Lapwings on the pools and maybe something scarcer like Cattle Egret.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In winter, Worth is a great place for a visit. Keep your eyes open for White-fronted, Tundra Bean, and Pink-footed Geese but also for Bewick\u2019s Swans during this time. You might bump into the elusive Jack Snipe or the secretive Water Rails. If you\u2019re lucky Bearded Tit and Merlin will pay you a visit too.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17108\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17108\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17108\" src=\"http:\/\/sandwichbaybirdobservatorytrust.org.uk\/sitefiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/White-fronted-Geese-by-Paul-Coltman.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"331\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17108\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">White-fronted Geese by Paul Coltman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/our-wildlife-reserves-recording-area\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">See an overview of our Wildlife Reserves &amp; Recording Area HERE.<\/a><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sbbot.org.uk\/2026\/recording-area-map\/\">Back to the Recording Area Map<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Worth Marshes is also part of our recording area, not one of our reserves. 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