FACILITIES  -  Visitor centre with tea room & RSPB shop. Toilets, including disabled and baby change. CAR PARK. Three miles of RSPB country walks and eight birdwatching hides, several wheelchair accessible. Binocular hire, only £2.50 plus deposit. Free Explorer backpacks and Discovery Trail Guides.

EVENTS - Regular guided walks throughout the year, including Birdwatching for Beginners and Discover Minsmere. Red Deer events and migration walks in the autumn. Duck walks and roost spectaculars in the winter. Family activities in school holidays, including Trick or tweet in October, nestbox making in February.

PETS - Sorry no dogs on country walks or in birdwatching hides.

TOP THINGS TO DO - Spring and Summer 1. Watch Marsh Harriers"dancing" in the sky overhead and listen to Booming Bitterns. 2. Admire elegant Avocets & Terns nesting on the lagoon. 3. Delight in the melodic songs of Nightingales & Warblers. 4. Spot iridescent dragonflies close to the visitor centre. 5. Enjoy a meal outside as Sand martins skim overhead. Choose some local Suffolk produce from our tasty tearoom menue.

TOP THINGS TO - Autumn and Winter 1. Witness the impressive RED DEER rut on theheath in October. 2. Marvel at the colours of hundereds of ducks,resplendent in their finest plumage. 3. Listen for Bearded Tits in the reedbed. They have distinctive "pinging" calls. 4. Stay till dusk to watch Harriers, Swans and Starlingsreturning to roost. 5. Enjoy Christmas shopping and stock up on bird food and feeders.