Other Suffolk Wildlife Trust Reserves in the area are; Newbourne Springs, an SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest) which consists of a small wooded valley with spring fed streams with a small area of marsh, fen and nearby heathland, Nacton Meadows; an area of wet meadows renowned for its Common Spotted and Southern Marsh Orchids and Levington Lagoon; a small brackish lagoon by the River Orwell.

Other good 'birding' sites include Levington Creek and Reedbeds, Loompit Lake, Trimley Retreat, Fagbury Cliff, Peewit Hill, Felixstowe Ferry and Kingsfleet and both the River Orwell and Deben Estuaries/Rivers which includes the Orwell Country Park and Martlesham Creek.

Though Im not a 'Suffolk Boy' and have only lived in Felixstowe since July 1994 (having lived in Bedfordshire for most of my life) I personally can not envisage living any-where else now. The birding is that good. There are so many good spots to go birding within ten miles of my house that  I and other local birder's really are spoilt for choice. Having lived in a land locked county for most of my life you really appreciate living beside the sea especially when Landguard is only up the road.  But this web site is not going to be about Landguard specifically as the Obs already has a excellent web site of its own (though no doubt we will venture there occasionally), it's going to be about the whole peninsular and its birds (and other wildlife). Hopefully I will be able to guide you round a few sites so if you should ever venture into this part of deepest Suffolk you will hopefully enjoy it as much as me. 

A bit about me.

Yours truely at Gorak Shep, the last 'village' before Everest Base Camp in April 2007.

Ive been 'birding' since the age of ten (36 years ago, doesn't time fly when your having fun). My birding career started when a  project at my school in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire turned into a film by the RSPB called 'Adventure has Wings' and we spent many a happy day filming during school time. In other words it was a complete and utter skive. An unfortunate trait that has sort of followed me around ever since. Having spent most of my formative years local patching around Biggleswade and Sandy I started twitching occasionally in 1976 and shaking uncontrollably from 1980 through to about 1986 when I was in LGR Evan's crew.....! In 1986 following my marriage to Tina I started the second chapter of my birding life and became a ringer. I am now a A permit holder and Trainer. I have birded most of the hotspots within Europe, North Africa and the Middle East and have recently started to spread my wings a bit further afield with trips since the year 2000 being Sri Lanka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu (South India), Goa (twice), Gambia (twice) and  Malaysia. I have also managed to fit in trips to Cyprus and Fair Isle in between. In April 2006 we went to Nepal and we went back again this year for three weeks from March 29th to do the Everest Trek again as well as having a week at Pokhara. This year we finally made it to Everest Base Camp. I am still very much a local patcher though I do get the urge to twitch occasionally, but I must admit I would rather save my money and go abroad.

I hope you enjoy my web and it is of some use to you. Any comments gratefully received, just use the link below.

Take care and good birding.  Paul.

To contact me proldfield@hotmail.co.uk