A
Visitors Guide to the Birds of Coquetdale A
Visitors Guide to the Birds of Coquetdale
(including Coquet Island R.S.P.B Reserve)
Written and illustrated by Mike Fielding £4.95
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River Coquet,(designated an SSSI )The most famous of all
Northumberland's trouting rivers and many say the most beautiful,bisects
the county from west to east for a distance of some 57 miles,its
many loops and twists spelling out its name according to country
folk.From its source,the windswept border country of Brownhart
Law,with its Roman camp at Chew Green in the Cheviots,the river
passes the picturesque villages of Alwinton,Harbottle,Holystone,Hepple,Thropton,Rothbury,Felton
and Warkworth,before its waters empty into the 
North
Sea at Amble opposite the R.S.P.B reserve of Coquet Island. For
the visiting birdwatcher,the sheer variety of habitats along the
river's course and the spectacular birdlife of Coquet island,means
that all of Northumberland's birdlife,with a few exceptions can
be found in this one easily explorable area,indeed over 265
species have been recorded over the past ten years and without
doubt mant more will have gone undetected as Northumberland is a
very underwatched county.
Lists sites and directions to best birding places in this area.Also details some brief history as well as information on other major attractions such as Cragside etc.