Almouth coastal land returned to sea for habitat creation
The land is part of the Northumberland Coast National Landscape but owned by Northumberland Estates, which is overseeing the project.The £38,500 cost of the work is mostly funded by the Department of Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) through its Farming in Protected Landscapes Programme. The scheme focuses on the replacement of an old culvert which will enable the creation of extended areas of both saltmarsh and freshwater habitat. Mr Robson said only the "very high tides" will inundate the area."The sea will extend over the area briefly and then will retreat, but that coming and going will create a completely different landscape."
A bridleway which forms part of the Northumberland Coast Path will be raised above the flood level. To carry out the work, large machines will be on site during February but access for the public will be maintained.
Mr Robson said: "It'll look a bit brown and awful at first, but after a while it'll transform into a lovely bit of really important coastal habitat. "The land is very marginal there so we're not taking it out of food production, we are just returning it to how it was before."
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