Sandpiper is a spacious and charming family property that offers fabulously appointed accomodation over two floors. Considerable thought has gone into the design and finish of this beautiful cottage, which combines character and charm, alluding to the buildings agricultural past, combined with a practical layout for todays modern living Read More »

Tuesday  6th December – Newgiggin-on-Sea (Landranger 81 312880)
by Mora Rolley

Now and again we go ‘twitching’, but only in ‘our patch’.  Today we drove down to Newbiggin to follow up the sighting of a desert wheatear that was flitting around on the low sandy cliffs near Beacon Point.  Beacon Point is north of the car park, which is beside the church and the new visitor’s centre, and reached by either walking along the shore or along the path at the edge of the golf course.  Newbiggin is an interesting wee town and seems to attract unusual birds.  It used to be a mining town and ‘The Mound’ is the site Read More »

Preparations are under way for a very special guest to arrive in Alnwick gardens this Xmas, click here.

A CONSERVATION project to protect red squirrels across the North East has won a major grant.

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded £247,700 to the Northumberland Wildlife Trust.

The four-year project, Red Squirrels Northern England, will encourage urban and rural communities across Northumberland to come together and help protect the red squirrel.

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