Short birdwatching visit · Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust
Donna Nook
- Tier
- Good stop nearby
- Best season
- Reserve open year-round; headline bird seasons unstated
- Headline birds
- Snow Bunting · Sandwich Tern
- Parking
- Stonebridge has limited spaces. Seasonal traffic management and main field parking arrangements apply during seal season.
- Hides
- Seasonal fenced viewing area; no bird hide is specified in the visitor profile.
- Step-free
- Not stated by the operator
Marsh Lane, North Somercotes coast · LN11 7PD
Donna Nook is a broad coastal reserve between North Somercotes and Saltfleet, where dunes, saltmarsh and shore provide a changing birdwatching landscape. Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust names Snow Bunting, Sandwich Tern and Little Grebe in its species list, though it does not assign individual seasons on that page. Its well-known seal season also changes the visitor arrangements, so choose the access plan before leaving home. Watch from authorised routes and obey all range warnings. The wildlife interest is not a reason to enter restricted ground or approach seals: during pupping season visitors must remain behind the viewing-area fence.
Birds and seasons
- Snow Bunting · Headline bird — Season not stated by the operator Source for Snow Bunting
- Sandwich Tern · Headline bird — Season not stated by the operator Source for Sandwich Tern
- Little Grebe — Season not stated by the operator Source for Little Grebe
Plan your visit
- Hides and viewpoints
- Seasonal fenced viewing area; no bird hide is specified in the visitor profile.
- Paths
- Use authorised dune routes and the fenced viewing area during pupping season. Never enter the bombing range when red flags fly.
- Toilets
- Seasonal portaloos in the main field car park when it operates; otherwise the nearest public toilets are in North Somercotes.
- Parking
- Stonebridge has limited spaces. Seasonal traffic management and main field parking arrangements apply during seal season.
- Dogs
- No dogs in the seal viewing area.
- Access notes
- Stonebridge provides ramp access; the main field-car-park approach crosses an unsurfaced dune.
- Step-free access
- Stonebridge provides ramp access; the main field-car-park approach crosses an unsurfaced dune.
Getting there: Approach on Marsh Lane to Stonebridge, LN11 7PD. In seal season, check the operator’s current car-park instructions because busy weekends have different arrangements.
Sources
Social preview: original typographic artwork by Does Your Duck Quack.
Nearby special trips
- Tetney Marshes · 4.6 straight-line miles
- Huttoft Bank Pit · 14.6 straight-line miles
- Alkborough Flats · 36.0 straight-line miles
Continue birding nearby
Nearest full guide: Spurn National Nature Reserve, 9.4 miles away in a straight line.
- Tetney Marshes · 4.6 miles in a straight line
- Covenham Reservoir · 5.3 miles in a straight line
- Huttoft Bank Pit · 14.6 miles in a straight line