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Portsmouth Factfile Portsmouth The Kench This tidal inlet on the eastern side of the entrance to the harbour and the northern shore of the Sinah peninsula is important as an intertidal feeding area for birds and its shingle ridges which are used in winter by large numbers of waders at high tide. The RSPB Reserve The RSPB protect a group of salt marsh islands and the surrounding intertidal mud - covering about a quarter of the harbour. This summer sees black-headed gulls, common, sandwich and little terns, and an increasing number of Mediterranean gulls breeding on the islands. In the winter the islands provide high tide roosts for waders and resting territory for wildfowl.   << Back Next >>    Portsmouth Contents Quick Facts Introduction Langstone Harbour >> The Kench<< Farlington Marshes Milton Locks Portsmouth Harbour Queens Harbour Master A Natural Resource The Solents Role Dredging Environmental Impact Portsmouth Links Did you know ? In the summer Langstone Harbour is home to breeding gulls, terns, lapwing, redshank and much more