This is almost certainly the local Nature Reserve.  People travel miles to visit it and its not at all unusual to see coach parties from the Midlands, East Anglia and London areas on the reserve.

The March 2008 storms have damaged the sea wall so if you visit be careful particularly out near the point at the southern end of the rerserve.

Where is it?
From the A27 North East of Portsmouth take the A2030 exits and find the reserve access track immediately off the South East quadrant of the roundabout .  Be careful and give very clear indications of your intention to cars behind which tend not to expect people to go off the roundabout here.

On foot there is a good path off the Eastern Road bridge.

You can also approach the reserve by taking a short walk from the Broadmarsh car park on the shore to the east of the reserve.  This short walk in itself can be rewarding for wild flowers , insects and birds.  This is one of the spots to look for black-necked grebes at high tide.

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What is there to see?
The reserve extends out into Langstone Harbour and from the sea wall round the marsh you will see wildfowl, including brent geese, wigeon, teal, shoveler, pintail and other ducks; waders including , especially in the winter, including curlew, dunlin, redshank and black-tailed godwits; and if you know what to look for there is a rich plant and invertebrate population.

Raptors are common and include in season short eared owls, peregrine, kestrel and others.

The Lake on the west side not far from the car-park is a hot spot and many of the frequent rarities appear here.  The Deeps on the east is also a good spot to look for rare ducks and waders.  The eastern shore tends to be better for harbour birds like merganser, goldeneye and scarcer sea ducks.

The reserve is on Portsmouth CC owned land but managed by the HIWWT who employ a reserve officer to do the day to day management.  In the summer the marshes are grazed.