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Effingham =Watts Wildlife Sanctuary= Effingham, New Hampshire 03882 New Hampshire Audubon Sanctuaries webpage

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Watts Wildlife Sanctuary, Effingham
Coordinates: 43.7849755, -70.9977722 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Watts Wildlife Sanctuary

 * Location:** From NH-16 in Center Ossipee, go east on NH-25 for about 6.25 miles, and turn right on NH-153 just before the Ossipee River bridge. Go south on 153 just over a mile to the parking area on the left.

To get to the Huntress Bridge Road swamp area, continue south from the parking area on NH-153 for maybe .75 mile to where the road makes a sharp right. Turn left onto the dirt Huntress Bridge Road, and park on the right just past the last house on the right at the beginning of the swamp.


 * Target Birds**: Spring/summer/fall birding. Along the trail at the parking area: Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Hermit Thrush, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Belted Kingfisher, Osprey, waterfowl. Along Huntress Bridge Road: Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Alder Flycatcher, White-throated & Swamp Sparrows, Yellow and Chestnut-sided Warblers, Common Yellowthroat, Northern Waterthrush, Ruffed Grouse, Purple Finch, and other passerines. Raptor flyovers possible.


 * Description**: A New Hampshire Audubon Wildlife Sanctuary, named after Charles and Mabel Watts, who cared for the site for over 60 years as a wildlife sanctuary. Their son donated 250 acres to NH Audubon in 1989, and 130 additional acres east of Huntress Bridge Road were acquired in 1996. Except for the woods along the high ground along the Ossipee River, almost all the sanctuary is a large heath shrub swamp.

The one trail is the Yellow Trail, only 0.44 mile long, going into the woods and along the river from the parking area until it gets too swampy. Parts may be quite wet after snowmelt and significant rains.

Along Huntress Bridge Road, birding is done by walking up and down the road, which is about .5 mile long.

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