High Weald AONB

I am a keen bird watcher and two places top my list.  One is Old Lodge Nature Reserve on Ashdown Forest where I go on a still evening every summer to hear Nightjars, and the other is Rye Bay Nature Reserve where I go in the winter to watch migrating waders and listen for a booming bittern.  A drive along the area's smaller lanes is often part of a visit to either place, there are always wonderful cottages, wildflower verges, boundary banks topped with gnarled old trees and other interesting features to see.  One of the reasons I love living in this area is the diversity of places to visit just a short distance away.

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