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Keep Out! Says wildlife charity

Northumberland Wildlife Trust is strongly reminding members of the public that its Hauxley nature reserve on Druridge Bay is still closed, whilst its new Wildlife Discovery Centre (funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund) is under construction. The site will remain closed until spring/summer 2016.

The reminder follows a number of recent incidences where people have blatantly ignored the closed sign, not to mention the padlocked gate, and climbed over the fence to get onto the reserve.

Not only is such behaviour causing damage to the fence, it is also dangerous as the entire reserve is classed as a construction site with everybody having to comply with the guidelines set out by the Health and Safety Executive. Now, volunteers who would have been assisting with the construction are being diverted to patrolling the site and repairing the fencing, which in turn, is having an affect on the building’s progress.

There are still five other reserves along the Bay for visitors to enjoy: Cresswell Foreshore, Cresswell Pond, Druridge Pools, East Chevington and Linton Lane.

You can follow the progress of the build via Facebook at www.facebook.com/HauxleyNatureReserve

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Sue Bishop .