If you”ve got a stay in a Northumberland holiday cottage lined up, you may well want to heed the advice of Natural England and head to the National Nature Reserve that can be found at Lindisfarne.
Featuring a long stretch of coastline that includes the Lindisfarne sand dunes, the area is a haven for wildlife lovers, as it is home to species that are rarely found elsewhere.
And winter is one of the best times to go, the body noted, as wildfowl, dunlin, and redshank descend on the area in order to feed alongside roosting greylag geese and whooper swans.
The dunes are also known as Holy Island and, while the wildlife that can be seen there is spectacular, getting to it in the first place is difficult.
Access is only possible at low tide and visitors are urged to check safe crossing times on Northumberland County Council”s website.
A trip to nearby Berwick-upon-Tweed could also be on the agenda for holidaymakers.
The town recently secured government funding that will bring the introduction of a variety of environmentally-friendly schemes.
Posted by Andrew Hill
