This information tells you about

RSPB Arne.

Visitors spend around

2 hours here.

When you get to Arne, there

will be people in the Welcome

Hut who can help you.

They can tell you about the

different paths.

The Welcome Hut is open from

9am to 4.30pm, every day of

the week.

There is also a shop and a

café.

There are toilets in the car park

and the café.

The accessible toilets are in

the shop/ café.

Arne is run by the Royal Society

for the Protection of Birds (RSPB).

This booklet is about:

the RSPB Arne nature reserve

the animals that live here

the plants that grow here

R S P B

Royal

Society

Protection

Birds

RSPB look after the nature

reserves, which are places

reserved for nature to live in.

Keeping the nature reserves

how they should be is called

conservation.

Arne is home to some birds

that are rare.

The Dartford Warbler is a rare

bird.

It is small with a long tail.

There is also a lot of this purple

plant, called Heather here.

Insects and birds love the

purple heather.

Butterfly

Heather

Dartford Warbler

The team at Arne work hard to

conserve the heather and

other plants for the insects and

birds.

1. Walk around and

see RSPB Arne

2. Look for birds from

the Bird Hide.

3. Learn about the animals and plants.

While you are here you can……..

Deer at Arne

There are lots of different

paths that you can walk

around Arne.

Each path will take you to see

different things;

The Fields

The Woods

The Bird Hide

The Beach

Look out for one of the bird

hides on your walk.

Choose your path before

you start and follow the

coloured markers.

Make sure you stay quiet in the hides.

If you are noisy, you might scare away the birds!

Binoculars make seeing the

birds easier.

You can hire binoculars from

the Welcome Hut.

You can see birds if you look

out the holes in the hides.

Hides are rooms you can go

in to watch birds without

them seeing you.

Depending on the weather and the time of year, you

may see the birds below from the bird hides.

Spoonbills

(only in the Winter).

Black-tailed Godwits.

Dark-bellied Brent Geese.

Did you know, the female Black-tailed Godwit

has a longer beak?

Can you see any birds from the hide?

Arne has lots of different

areas, which are known

as habitats.

Heathland

Farmland

Grassland

Beaches

Woodland

Can you see any habitats?

There are a lot of different animals that live in the different habitats.

Can you see any animals?

There are a lot of Sika Deer at

Arne.

Sika Deer don’t normally live in

this country.

Cows Lizards

Birds

Pigs

Sika Deer

1. Arne is run by the RSPB to look after rare birds

and wildlife.

2. There are lots of different habitats conserved

at Arne for the wildlife to live in.

3. If you are quiet you may see wildlife.

Thank you for visiting RSPB Arne.

Please come back again soon!

We hope you enjoyed your day.

What did you enjoy the most?

Now you know that …….

Arne

The name of the area here.

RSPB Stands for: Royal Society

for the Protection of Birds.

Wildlife

Animals, birds, insects, plants

and trees.

Nature reserve

An area of land that is

protected to look after the

wildlife.

Conservation Keeping something the same.

Habitat A special type of area good

for some animals and plants

to live or grow in.

Hides Building that you can watch

the birds from and they can’t

see you!

Binoculars Make things look bigger and

nearer.

Dartford Warbler A rare bird that lives at Arne.

Sika Deer A type of animal that lives at

Arne.

Heather A type of plant that grows at

Arne.

Meaning of some words

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This guide has been compiled by Heritage Ability using a person-

centred approach, in conjunction with professional advisors with

lived-experience.

Images from www.rspb.org.uk or our own photos.

Heritage Ability project is run by the disability charity,

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