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[description] => Though these holidays don’t cover great distances on foot, they are still active. You'll be hopping on and off the coach and should expect to spend the majority of the day on your feet. Walking to the birdwatching sites may take you across country tracks or footpaths and, at times, off the beaten track so be sure to bring sturdy shoes.
Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve
Also known as Holy Island, Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve is the jewel in the crown of Northumberland when it comes to birding. During winter thousands of wildfowl and waders flock to the area, including almost the entire population of Svalbard breeding population of pale-bellied brent geese. We spend the day here, exploring the best birding sites. Keep an eye out for red-throated divers, great northern divers, slavonian and red-necked grebes, whooper swan, pink-footed geese, and you’ll not fail to find wigeon (over 20,000 can be found here at any one time).
Druridge Bay
Another of our favourite sites is Druridge Bay. Six miles of long sandy beaches backed by sand dunes provide a series of ponds, patches of scrub, hedgerows, and fields – the perfect spot for year-round bird watching. The hides around Cresswell Pond, Druridge Pools and East Chevington provide views overlooking fresh water and reedbeds where waders and wildfowl spend the winter months and owls and raptors patrol in search of food. Watch out for long-eared owl, hen harrier, divers, grebes, merlin, peregrine, geese, plover, snipe, godwit, and more.
Bamburgh, Beadnell & Boulmer
A tour of the coastline between Bamburgh and Boulmer sees us stop at some of the region’s best birding sites including Stag Rock, Seahouses Harbour, Beadnell Bay and Low Newton. A mix of rocky and sandy shoreline, and sheltered bays, these habitats are home to waders and wildfowl, including the unobtrusive purple sandpiper, and sanderling - Northumberland’s county bird. Look out for eider duck, and rafts of common scoter offshore too.
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Though these holidays don’t cover great distances on foot, they are still active. You'll be hopping on and off the coach and should expect to spend the majority of the day on your feet. Walking to the birdwatching sites may take you across country tracks or footpaths and, at times, off the beaten track so be sure to bring sturdy shoes.
Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve
Also known as Holy Island, Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve is the jewel in the crown of Northumberland when it comes to birding. During winter thousands of wildfowl and waders flock to the area, including almost the entire population of Svalbard breeding population of pale-bellied brent geese. We spend the day here, exploring the best birding sites. Keep an eye out for red-throated divers, great northern divers, slavonian and red-necked grebes, whooper swan, pink-footed geese, and you’ll not fail to find wigeon (over 20,000 can be found here at any one time).
Druridge Bay
Another of our favourite sites is Druridge Bay. Six miles of long sandy beaches backed by sand dunes provide a series of ponds, patches of scrub, hedgerows, and fields – the perfect spot for year-round bird watching. The hides around Cresswell Pond, Druridge Pools and East Chevington provide views overlooking fresh water and reedbeds where waders and wildfowl spend the winter months and owls and raptors patrol in search of food. Watch out for long-eared owl, hen harrier, divers, grebes, merlin, peregrine, geese, plover, snipe, godwit, and more.
Bamburgh, Beadnell & Boulmer
A tour of the coastline between Bamburgh and Boulmer sees us stop at some of the region’s best birding sites including Stag Rock, Seahouses Harbour, Beadnell Bay and Low Newton. A mix of rocky and sandy shoreline, and sheltered bays, these habitats are home to waders and wildfowl, including the unobtrusive purple sandpiper, and sanderling - Northumberland’s county bird. Look out for eider duck, and rafts of common scoter offshore too.
Nether Grange 
