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The 5 hides on this Essex Wildlife Trust nature reserve provide superb bird-watching over the 1,200-acre expanse of Abberton Reservoir. The centre with shop, observation room, toilets and displays always offers a warm welcome. We also run a wide range of adult courses and children's activities throughout the year. The huge expanse of Essex & Suffolk Water’s Abberton Reservoir is one of Europe’s most renowned wetland sites. It is of international importance as a safe haven for wild duck, swans and other water birds, whether resident, passing through on migration or over-wintering. The reservoir is situated close to east coast migration routes and, with its surrounding envelope of pasture and tree plantations, is a welcome sight to tired birds.