Wildlife Boat Trips

30/08/2024

I cannot find the person/post that asked about Tony’s finishing date this season, so apologies.
The closing date will be 30th September.

22/08/2024

Photo credit to Belinda Trenfield. Trip on 20.08.24

19/08/2024

The Naze Protection Society (NPS) was set up to raise awareness of the threat posed by erosion to the

05/08/2024

What a lovely trip today.

15/07/2024

🐾🐶 Wet food appeal 🐶🐾

We know we rely on your support for so many things and your donations over the last few weeks have been invaluable in helping us care for our animals 💙

We know we have asked before-and many of you were so kind to step in to help-but we are in desperate need of wet food for our dogs 🤞

We’re lucky enough to be have a good stock of quality dry food but many of our dogs eat a mixture of wet and dry or purely wet food for special reasons. Over the last few months, our kennels have been at capacity-and many of our residents currently are bigger boys and girls with bigger tummies!! 🐷

With Amazon prime day coming up, we’re hopeful that our supporters may find some of our wished for items on special should they wish to treat a pooch. We also have collection points in Tesco and Pets at Home-plus our Reception will gratefully accept donations to the door 💙

If you’re in a position to be able to help us, we’re in need of the following:

🐾 Tinned wet food-specifically favourites including Butchers and Chappie
🐾 Trays and cartons of complete wet food- favourites include Harrington’s, Naturediet, Forthglade
🐾 All forms of dog training treats including mini training bites, meaty strips, hot dogs and cheese!

Our Amazon wishlist for deliveries to our kennels is: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/registry/wishlist/3G1PURUIMNM2Z/ref=cm_sw_em_r_wsg_YioCxbVWHE809_w

💙 Thank you so much in advance for anything you can do to help and support us in caring for animals in need 💙

09/07/2024

We've got our website live now with info on the festival dates and venues. We're updating the programme over the coming months. Join the mailing list to keep updated. https://www.waltonartsfestival.com/

11/05/2024

09/05/2024

Tony has had lots of calls, so he has asked me to thank you all and make an announcement 😄 Please phone him on 07806 309460 for any information and to make bookings in advance. Sometimes his signal is poor on the water, so I'm sorry if you don't get through straight away. Tide times will of course dictate dates and times of any trips. He has all that information. Thank you!

12/04/2024

15/01/2024

The Walton Wally's litter picking team have announced their dates for a while, if anyone had thought about joining them. Such dedicated litter picking, thank you. Just click on the photos for info.

12/01/2024

Tony should restart this year roughly mid April. I don't have an exact date yet, sorry. He will only be working Friday, Saturday or Sunday of any week, (he's an old boy now ;) ) given that the tides are at the right times. Please remember he will not receive messages on here. As every trip is tidal related, therefore ever changing times, a phone call is necessary. He will have all and any information you might need. No price increase again this year. Last thing, a reminder that it is cash only please. He has no other way of accepting payment. Looking forward to the new season already! Thank you all.
Photo credits for the poster photos are Sarah Tarbard, Fiona MacGregor, Nikki Hunt, Karl Zabroski and me. Thank you 😊

01/10/2023

Thank you everyone for another wonderful season.
See you next year!

08/08/2023

Tonight on itv anglia news. Tony and Hamford Water National Nature Reserve. The relevant bit starts at 19.40 on the news bulletin

Catch up with ITV Anglia News from the East and West of the region here. | ITV News Anglia

07/08/2023

A lovely comment/review 😁 Thank you

24/06/2023

Facebook has decided it won't let other people post their photos on this page without a load of shenanigans 😠
So, if you would like to submit a few, please message them over and I will post them for you. Thank you!

23/06/2023

Cheryl Holland, can you see this?

15/06/2023

Secret Water is the eighth book in Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series of children's books. It was published on 28 November 1939.[1]

This book is set in and around Hamford Water in Essex, close to the resort town of Walton-on-the-Naze.[2] It starts only a few days after We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea ends.

It brings the Swallows and the Amazons together and introduces a new group of characters, the Eels and the Mastodon. Ransome used to sail to Hamford Water, an area of tidal salt marshes and low-lying islands, in his yacht Nancy Blackett. He set the book here to offer his characters new opportunities to explore and make maps in a different landscape.

15/06/2023

Photo credit to a wonderful local photography called Kevin Jay. Cracking photos. https://www.facebook.com/droneshotz2

12/06/2023

https://www.visitengland.com/experience/seal-watching-arthur-ransomes-secret-water

Explore Walton’s ‘Secret Water’, the setting for Arthur Ransome’s ‘Swallows and Amazons’ book on a coastal break in Essex. Plan your visit at VisitEngland.

12/06/2023

Such a lovely trip today.

04/06/2023

It was a gorgeous day in . Unfortunately, at least 3 landings at Sandy Point near nesting birds, someone was making a fire again around Brightlingsea reach, and 7 jetskiers decided the bay is their playground, regardless the safety of others. Please, share the coast with others (of all species!).

25/05/2023

Happy to say a great deal of money was raised. National Animal Welfare Trust, Lt. Clacton 🙂

27/04/2023

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