Thatcham Marsh and Lower Farm

The Nature Discovery Centre hosts a number of organised events for all the family. In summer, the lake in front of the centre has displaying Great Crested Grebes, a raft for breeding Common Terns and an artificial Sand Martin bank, and may hold late-staying Gadwall or Pochard. In winter the usual wintering wildfowl can be found and Red-crested Pochard may be found at any time of year.

South of the Kennet and Avon canal is Lower Farm Gravel Pit, with a hide managed by the Newbury District Ornithological Society. It attracts a wide range of passage waders and, though still rare, Great White Egret and Spoonbill are more frequent here than elsewhere in Berkshire.