We arrived at St Aiden’s around 10:30am and enquired about the possibility of seeing Black-necked Grebes which are supposed to breed here and we got some advice as to out best plan. This involved taking the red path as far as the smaller track that crosses it (dotted line on the map) where we should turned right and walk to the end where we could turn right again which took us back on our parth back to the reception area. We couldn’t get a paper maps so we had to wing it with a phone photo of the map on the noticeboard. We were told our chosen route could probably be done in 45 minutes which suited us because we were still a bit exhausted from our visit to Fairburn Ings followed but a scorching day out on the cliffs. If only!
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