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| Outside the Little Tern hut in Crimdon before a litter picking event last Spring |
With additional financial assistance from the East Durham AAP (Area Action Partnership) we are delighted to be able to confirm that a replacement hut has now been ordered and will be in place before the coming breeding season. The Heritage Coast manager has issued the following statement:
Little Tern Wardens Hut
“Following the loss of the little tern wardens hut at Crimdon earlier in the year to an arson attack, it is pleasing to be able to announce that a new wardens hut has been ordered. This is only possible because of the support from East Durham Area Action Partnership and County Councillors Lynn Pounder and Rob Crute.
The new hut will sit in the same position and made of the same materials as before and will be in position for the wardens to use for the coming breeding season. The little tern breeding season runs from early May through to the end of July. They return to Crimdon each year to breed from West Africa.
The colony will also be fenced to reduce disturbance of the birds by people, dogs and predators from late April.
For any further information please contact Niall Benson of the Heritage Coast Partnership on 03000 268130”