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Wallsend Guest House

Luxury bed and breakfast accommodation at The Old Rectory, Bowness on Solway.

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LOCAL WALKING:

Estuary (250 metres north) -

- wading birds - view from the road running east & west from Bowness on Solway or "The Banks" seat and shelter looking across to Scotland.

Saltmarsh (500/750 metres east & west)

- wild flowers - Sea Lavender, Sea Aster and Thrift form spectacular carpets of colour from late May onwards.

- small birds - such as Linnets and Warblers are to be found in the dense band of gorse colonising the upper marsh area.

Bowness Sandpit Nature Reserve (1,000 metres west)

- animals - Natterjack Toads and Great Crested Newts with a variety of plants water fowl and insects in a small area. West of Bowness-on-Solway just after the viaduct (old railway) peninsula. (1,000 metres)

English Nature Reserve "Bowness and Glasson Raised Moss" (1.5 miles south)

- plants - Insectivorous Sundew and other plants accessed from the Bowness to Kirkbride road.

- animals - Adders and Lizards may be seen in summer as well as Dragonflies, Hare, Roe Deer and a variety of Butterflies.

Campfield Marsh RSPB Reserve (1.5 miles west)

- birds - Contact the local warden if you would like to book a guided tour.