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You will find a Victorian monument to Edward I at Burgh Marsh, as this was where he died. There is a footpath leading from the village of Burgh-by-Sands to the spot. On Moricambe Bays south shore, you will find three more marshes of the Solway Coast. Cardurnock Flatts marsh is home to the villages of Bowness-on-Solway and Port Carlisle. Skinburness Marsh is the site of the village of Skinburness, sitting on the narrow spit of Grune Point. Newton Marsh is the third marsh in the Moricambe Bay area. The marshes are a breeding ground for ducks and geese. There is a diverse animal and bird life inhabiting all areas of the Solway Coast. Thyme, spiny restharrow, yellow kidney vetch and pale blue harebells nestle in the sand dunes while skylark and barn owls fly overhead. Wading birds such as lapwing, oystercatcher, and curlew cover the sands at low tide. Badgers, foxes, voles, and hedgehogs live in the hedgerows and farm fields, that extend over what was forest land until the 1400s. Glasson Moss and Bowness Common form part of the rare wildlife reserves of bogs and mosses. Butterflies and red grouse feed on the purple heather. Butterworts and sundew eat the local insects. The Smugglers Route is a walking route in the Solway that provides an introduction to the history, heritage, flora, fauna, and landscape of the Solway coast and plain. Sand dunes, salt marsh, farm fields, and bogs and mosses all make up this windswept Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. |
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