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CODE CONDUCT OF TRAIL BITTERN with listed attractions. © Town Council 2019 Produced by Glastonbury Town Council incollaboration through the heart of Somerset’s Avalon Marshes. Avalon Somerset’s of heart the through trail wonderful this enjoy importantly, Most www.avalonmarshes.org at found be can Information trail. the undertaking before guidance seek and accordingly plan please so buggies, in even reserves, the through route whole the access cannot dogs Unfortunately required. if down slow and way give and users other of respectful be Please priority. take pedestrians where route awalking also is trail The and wildlife. beauty quiet the appreciate and noise much too making avoid and try Please reserves. sensitive wildlife and important extremely through passes trail The users. road/trail other for mindful be and clothing safety appropriate wearing care, take Please reserves. nature the through routes permissive and roads public follows trail The groups. and bikes mountain/racing professional SUITABLE NOT is It tracks. and roads flat along trail cycle friendly family atranquil is This for for Enjoy a4 mile family walk or cycle between Glastonbury and the Avalon Marshes CentreAvalon Marshes

WALK/CYCLE THE BOOMING BITTERN The bittern, a rare type of heron, is a secretive species found in tall, wet marshy habitats, especially reed-beds. They eat a wide variety of prey, but predominantly fish and amphibians. They became extinct in the UK at the turn of the 20th century through habitat loss. After making a recovery in the 1950s they were nearly lost again in the 1990s. However, a second extinction was averted by some concerted conservation work to create new reed-bed habitats, especially in the Avalon Marshes. We now have one of the biggest populations in the UK, with regular sightings at , and . Although they can be notoriously difficult to see (watch for feeding flights WESTHAY in early summer), in early spring the males make their distinctive booming calls to attract a mate – once heard, never forgotten!

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Enjoy this tranquil, family friendly cycle trail through approximately 4 miles of the Avalon Marshes. Running between the town of Glastonbury and the Avalon Marshes Centre, GLASTONBURY immerse yourself in a landscape teeming with wildlife and steeped in both history Ordnance Survey Map | Date Created 8-2-2019 | © Crown copyright and database right. All rights reserved (100052401) 2019 and mythology. 0 880m Bittern photography with thanks to © Andrew Kirby: Bittern in reed bed & in flight (cover), © Rob Balch: Bittern in flight (above).