Should you wish to get nearer to Britain’s wildlife, you may pack your lungs with clean air and travel the countryside in the Isle of Wight. The Island is home to a wide range of wild birds, mammals, and insect life that have established alongside meadows, streams, wetlands, shorelines and woodlands. The intensification of agriculture along with an unending encroachment for urban advancement has drastically endangered this diversity in nearly all of England. The Isle of Wight has nonetheless succeeded, by way of its size and natural seclusion, to restrain the continual march of the deterioration which has been triggered in many parts of mainland Britain.
The Isle of Wight has maintained much of its natural beauty and individuality. Tourism has superseded farming and urban development as its principal industry. The island has some of the most captivating Areas Of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs) in the whole of England.
While the Isle of Wight seacoast is home to some of the most spectacular beaches in Britain, the cliffs above take you near to mother nature and wildlife you may not see anywhere else in the mainland. The isle’s signature Needles can be watched as you take magnificent clifftop walks along the south of this tiny, diamond-shaped island. The estuaries and creeks to the north of the Island are especially rich in birdlife. You’ll not be disappointed by the plethora of bird species at the Newtown Creek for example, which is one of many locations that could be traveled to anytime of the year. No matter what your level of interest as a watcher, you’ll find an almost limitless variety of different areas to discover.
What time of year you choose to do some bird watching can make all the difference. The spring months will see the majority of the birds nesting, and the dirt routes ending in some estuaries can be much more of a challenge to visit during the colder season.
However, if you possibly could brave the mud and step out into the cold then you can be at an edge over summer visitors as some of the wetland species are winter visitors, like the Great Crested Grebe and Golden Plover.
Every environment is home to a different group of avian species and these contain some rarities as well as the vast majority of those species more prevalent on the mainland. You’ll only need to decide what you wish to see as each area features its own distinct and appealing character.
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