Staple Island — Local services in North Sunderland

Visiting this island is an incredible experience - I've never seen or photographed puffins before but I could happily have stayed for hours - certainly longer than the two hours afforded by the boat trip I was booked on.There's a wide range of birds to see here that also includes comorants, razorbills, kittiwakes, oystercatchers and black headed gulls. You can see them all co-habiting and nesting and get very close without any...

The place is great with lots of birds to see and photograph. The cost of the photographic trip is getting very expensive though and I won't be back. £40 for the trip plus a landing fee of £17.50 for each island is too much, making it £75 in total. The Isle of May is £26 including landing fee and has the same species of birds and...

Fantastic place to see wildlife including the long nose Nikon and lesser spotted Canon. The island is a well known gathering point for the flocking Twitcher which can be seen in their natural olive green colours. There are National Trust Wardens on hand to help you spot the rare person not holding some form of optical...