Oysters - Birdwatching

Saxonia Charters 01206 823373 info@SaxoniaCharters.co.uk

Saxonia Charters, 28, Vine Drive, Wivenhoe, Essex, CO7 9HB. Tel: 01206 823373

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Saxonia Charters, 28, Vine Drive, Wivenhoe, Essex, CO7 9HB. Tel: 01206 823373

Bird watching - wildlife of the marshes.

Get a unique close-up view of the thousands of birds and other wildlife that live on the remote Essex marshes as the Saxonia glides silently up the Colne past the Fingering Nature Reserve.

Thousands of native and migrating birds feed and nest along the protected mud-flats and nature reserves of the Blackwater and Colne.

Marsh-harriers, tern, oyster-catchers, egret, heron, curlew, avocet, dunlin, shell-duck and geese can all be seen here. Bring your camera, long-lenses, and binoculars.

Avocet chick

”A loaf of bread,” the Walrus said,

“Is what we chiefly need:

Pepper and vinegar besides

Are very good indeed -

Now if you’re ready, oysters dear,

We can begin to feed.”

The Walrus and the Carpenter - Lewis Carrol

Opening oysters on Saxonia’s foredeck.

origin they are alive and opened on especially for you - opening them is half the fun.

everything else needed to bring out the flavour. All our oysters are locally farmed

in Mersea and come with certificates of

Oyster tasting.

Colchester 'native' oysters were known to the Romans two thousand years ago and the Romans were the first to cultivate oysters commercially in the Colne and Blackwater estuary.

Local ‘Native’ oysters still fetch premium prices for the delicacy of their flavour and are shipped to restaurants throughout Europe.

Sail on Saxonia and delight your taste-buds at the same time - sampling locally produced ‘Native’ and ‘rock’ (gigas) oysters while at anchor in a secluded creek.

This is a truely unique experience - a day sail on an 80-year old fishing smack with a selection of fine local oysters.

You bring a bottle of wine, we'll provide the oysters - half-a-dozen per person - a selection of ‘Natives’ and Gigas plus

Oysters and Birdwatching.