RSPB Hants

Langstone Harbour
Hampshire
Phone: 01273 775333
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The RSPB is the UK charity working to secure a healthy environment for birds and other wildlife, helping to create a better world for us all.  They  work for the conservation of wild birds, other wildlife and the places in which they live in a wide variety of ways.

The RSPB has:

• Over a million members, including nearly 150,000 youth members.
• the invaluable support of over 12,200 volunteers.
• Resources available for charitable purposes in 2007 was £78.6 million. 
• 200 nature reserves covering almost 130,000 hectares, home to 80% of our rarest or most threatened bird species.
• A UK headquarters, three national offices and nine regional offices.
• A local network of 175 local groups and more than 110 youth groups.    

Hampshire RSPB Reserve: Langstone Harbour

(Please click onto RSPB website above, for exact location) 

The RSPB reserve occupies one third of Langstone Harbour - a muddy estuary that attracts large numbers of birds all year round. Terns, gulls and wading birds descend to breed on the islands in spring and summer, while thousands of waders and brent geese migrate from the Arctic to feed and roost in safety here.

The reserve occupies one third of the Langstone Harbour tidal estuary and consists mostly of intertidal mud but includes five small islands composed of saltmarsh and shingle ridges.

Apart from a landing area for recreational boat users on one of the islands, access to the reserve is restricted, thereby allowing birds to breed, feed and roost in an undisturbed state and the fragile habitats, with their specialised fauna, to develop naturally.

The invertebrates and vegetation of the mudflats are a rich food source for wildfowl and waders, while the islands are used for breeding by gulls, terns and waders and as a roosting site during high-tide periods.

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