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| | Walney
Island, on the western fringes of Cumbria, lies just half a mile from the mainland
town of Barrow-in-Furness. The island is just 11 miles long and a mile wide,
but provides a range of great habitats for wildlife, including 250 types of birds,
450 flowering plants and 400 species of moths and butterflies. | |  | Summer is a great season to watch wildlife from sea birds
to marine life and wild flowers. | |  | - Check out island nature watching opportunities from
birds and Basking Sharps to flowers and fauna.
| | | Walney
Island - Visitor Guide | | Address: | South
Walney Nature Reserve, Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. | | Postcode
| LA14 3YQ | | Telephone: | 01229
471 066 | | e-mail | southwalney@care4free.net
| | Grid reference: | Grid
reference: SD202688 | | Location
map: | Multimap of | | Key attraction: | Wildlife
trails and hides. | | Essential
kit: | Walking shoes. Binoculars and
telescopes. | | Nature watching: | Natterjack
Toads - to the north of the island. 听 Birds - species found among the
mudflats and salt marshes include Redshanks, Knot, Common and Little Terns, Ringed
Plovers, Oystercatchers, Dunlins, Curlews, Pintails, Shelducks and Red-breasted
Merganser. Head to the north of the island. 听 The gull colony is located
at the southern end of the island.
Be careful not to pick up or interfere with
the chicks.
听 Observation hides and purpose-built trails on South
Walney. | | Access: | Disabled
Access to public toilets at car park and nature reserve marked pathways. Access
also available to one of the six observation hides in the South Walney Nature
Reserve. | | Facilities: | The
nearest amenities are a shop and toilets at the caravan site in Earnsie Bay -
visitors are advised to bring their own refreshments. | | Getting
there: | By car: From Junction 36
on the M6 follow the A590 through Barrow-in-Furness and over the bridge to Walney
Island. The reserve is situated at the north end of the island - turn right after
the bridge onto the Promenade and then turn left onto Mill Lane after half a mile.
听 Turn right at the Periscope Hotel onto West Shore Road and continue
through the West Shore estate to Earnsie Point - the nature reserve lies one mile
to the north. 听 Car parking: Available at South Walney Nature Reserve. | | Opening
times: | North Walney Nature Reserve
- year round. 听 South Walney Nature Reserve - 10am - 7pm in summer
and 10am - 6pm in winter. Closed Mondays except Bank Holidays. | | Charges: | North
Walney Nature Reserve - free.
South Walney Nature Reserve - 拢1 adults;
50p children; free for Cumbria Wildlife Trust members |
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