Bar-tailed Godwit

Shallow pools surrounded by tussocky grass, rich mud peppered with webbed footprints, and huge flocks silhouetted against the sunset sky. Head to the hide at Nigg Bay to soak up the reserve's unique atmosphere.

This windswept stretch of sand dunes and saltmarsh is a rare and fragile habitat, home to sea ducks and waders.

Explore the shores of the vast and rugged Lough Foyle, watching as Peregrines harry waders and Otters fish in the lough's nooks and crannies.

Look out across the vast and dramatic Wash, and watch tens of thousands of birds take to the air, shimmering and whirling above the mudflats in a feathered cacophony.