Blacktoft Sands RSPB reserve

View from the Marshland bird hide, with a ship, on the Ouse, en route to Goole, in the background.

Blacktoft Sands RSPB reserve is a nature reserve in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.[1] It is managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, which leases the site from Associated British Ports.[2]

The site is on the southern bank of the Ouse, opposite the village of Blacktoft, and is a wetland. Being at the beginning of the Humber estuary, the water is slightly saline.

The reserve's tidal reedbed is the largest in England.[1] It is known for its wetland breeding birds, including marsh harrier, bittern and bearded tit.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Blacktoft Sands". RSPB. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "ABP Celebrates 40 Years of Conservation at Blacktoft Sands." Selby Times (Selby, England). 2013. accessed via HighBeam Research (subscription required). (13 April 2014).

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Coordinates: 53°41′58″N 0°43′27″W / 53.699485°N 0.724097°W