Winter Bird Walk: Gosforth Nature Reserve

A guided two-hour winter bird walk around Gosforth Nature Reserve with NHSN naturalist Matthew Harrison, seeking wintering species such as bittern and redwing.

Naturalist Matthew Harrison leads a beginner-friendly guided walk around Gosforth Nature Reserve in search of wintering birds, with likely species including marsh tit, kingfisher, redwing and bittern. The informal walk covers a flat, circular 1-2 mile route on boardwalk, gravel and woodland paths, starting and finishing at the reserve entrance. It forms part of The Ouse Burn Way project, funded by the Reece Foundation.