Budle Bay Birdwatching Point

Budle Bay Birdwatching Point

A roadside viewpoint over Budle Bay's tidal mudflats, popular with birdwatchers for waders and wildfowl as the tide turns.

Address:

Bamburgh, NE70 7EE

Hours:

Always open

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Good to Know

Budle Bay is the wide tidal bay just north-west of Bamburgh, part of the Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve. From the roadside you look out over mudflats and sands that fill and empty with every tide.

Why it's on our list: it's one of the best places on the coast for watching waders and wildfowl, particularly in autumn and winter, when huge flocks gather as the tide turns.

Worth knowing: the best viewing is an hour or two either side of high tide. Bring binoculars, park considerately and don't walk out onto the flats, as the tide comes in fast.

A Little Note From Heather & Sand

We haven't quite made it here ourselves yet, but it's on our list!

We're working our way around Northumberland, personally visiting and reviewing as many of the places featured in our Listed section as we can. It's a tough job, but somebody has to do it.

In the meantime, we do our homework. Before adding somewhere to Heather & Sand, we research it, look at what other visitors have to say and check that it has a good reputation. If the feedback isn't encouraging, it generally doesn't make our list.

Of course, a little online research is no substitute for muddy boots, a decent coffee and seeing somewhere for ourselves. So until we've visited, we'll leave the personal review to one side.

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