An island for avocets
Avocets are one of the most distinctive and famous of the UK’s wetland birds. Their colony at Titchwell Marsh is a conservation success story, with hundreds of these striking and elegant waders finding refuge in brackish lagoons near to the sea. However, the avocets need a new home because the vulnerable outer parts of the lagoons are being eroded.
Your £25 gift of an island plot will help us build stable new islands for the avocets behind protective sea walls further inside the reserve. The islands will also form a haven at high tides for other iconic wading birds, like oystercatchers and bar-tailed godwits – so this gift will help to protect many species from becoming sunken treasures.
Order any virtual gift, and you will also receive a FREE Wildlife on your Doorstep booklet. While stocks last.
Proceeds from this gift will go directly towards funding the Titchwell coastal change project.
Titchwell Marsh nature reserve is under pressure. The coast is changing as the sea erodes the land and the reserve's sea walls are not robust enough to hold back the ever-nearing seawater. We need to take action now to adapt to these changes and protect the reserve's freshwater habitats for the wildlife which relies on them.
That is why, in autumn 2009, the Titchwell Marsh coastal change project will begin. This is a large project to realign the sea defences over a small part of the reserve, and reinforce the sea bank behind our brackish marsh. This bank will then continue to protect our precious freshwater habitats.
For more information on the project please visit www.rspb.org.uk
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