Abbots Hall Farm
Great Wigborough, Essex
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Location Guide |
Part of the Blackwater Estuary and forms the
centrepiece in a conservation jigsaw that links together over 3,000 acres of
wildlife rich land along the Essex coast. The farm is 700 acres and the seawall
was breached allowing salt water back onto the land and bringing it back to a
saltmarsh. Its vegetation includes marsh samphire, annual sea blit), and lesser
sea spurrey, and the birds which can be seen feeding here include redshank,
oystercatcher, littler tern and shelduck.
Amongst the farmland that has not been
reclaimed by the sea it is home to farmland birds such as skylark, grey
partridge and corn bunting and you will see sheep grazing.
During the winter migration - Brent Geese visit
here.
Today it is part owned and managed by the Essex
Wildlife Trust.
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Location: Abbots Hall Farm, Great
Wigborough, Essex |
Grid Reference:
TL966142
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Ceremonial County:
Essex |
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Getting there: About 3km south of the causeway
across Abberton Reservoir, turn east off the B1026 (Colchester to Maldon)
towards Peldon. The entrance to Abbotts Hall Farm is about 1km down on the
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Website:
Own
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Address: The Jean Elliot Visitor Centre,
Abbotts Hall Farm, Great Wigborough, Colchester, Essex |
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Postcode: CO5 7RZ |
Telephone: 01621 862960 |
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Opening Times: Monday-Friday 9am-5pm |
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Nearby Locations:
Old Hall Marshes, Essex
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Notes: Toilets and Bird Hides. Dogs restricted
to certain areas or to certain specified times.
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