Landscape & Wildlife

Whinstone weaves it way through much of the Parish of Bamburgh and is home to many important flowering plants which are almost unique to Northumberland.

The colourful delicate flowering plants include maiden pink, common rockrose, wild chives, wild onion, common butterwort and grass of Parnassus.

The Sand dunes are also home to many plants which indicate the quality of the environment by their presence.  Bloody cranesbills, burnet rose, lesser meadow rue and purple milk vetch.

Many visitors come to see the large population of birds which inhabit the area during the year.  During the summer regular trips run to the Farne islands to see the Puffins and the Terns nesting.

Budle Bay is also a very popular bird watching spot common sightings include - common scoter, grebes, sea ducks, long tailed ducks, turnstone and purple sandpiper.

Website designed by Sarah Holmes on behalf of the Bamburgh Parish Council.  With special thanks to Des Taylor (website technical advisor), Chris Hull Head Author of The Bamburgh parish plan and the Parish Plan Committee (Alan Newton, Ann Ness, Shirley Porteous, Eileen McLean, Philip Gregory, Ralph Baker Cresswell, James Boulton, Carolyn Algar, Sandra Webster, Liz McDonnell, Jude Aldred, Donna & Dawn Friar, Christopher Hull, Norah Friar, Richard Narraway  and Sarah Holmes) without whom this website would not have been possible.
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Last Updated: 1/03/2008.