{"id":17673,"date":"2022-07-04T15:02:15","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T13:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countryfile.com\/?p=42720"},"modified":"2022-07-04T15:52:13","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T13:52:13","slug":"day-out-pettico-wick-berwickshire","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/rss_feed\/day-out-pettico-wick-berwickshire\/","title":{"rendered":"Day out: Pettico Wick, Berwickshire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Daniel Graham\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 04 July 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p><strong>At the north-western tip of St Abb\u2019s Head, just beyond the peninsula\u2019s 19th-century lighthouse, there is a small rocky cove known as Pettico Wick. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ahead, the cliffs slant and stagger like a buck-toothed smile towards the low light of the setting sun.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/22\/2019\/07\/St-Abbs-Head-Berwickshire-\u00a9Jake-Graham-07af165.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/22\/2019\/07\/St-Abbs-Head-Berwickshire-\u00a9Jake-Graham-07af165.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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In the summer months, thousands of seabirds \u2013 including guillemots, fulmars, kittiwakes and puffins \u2013 nest on the bluffs that surround the beach. Keep an eye out for northern gannets tracking the coastline and harpooning the seas, and the looming silhouettes of skuas in the skies overhead.<span class=\"&quot;Apple-converted-space&quot;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-size:\">The bay is considered to be one of the best places in Britain for shore diving, with superb water quality, a plethora of aquatic life and several atmospheric shipwrecks to explore.<\/span><\/p>\n<section class=\"&quot;highlight\"><div class=\"&quot;highlight__content\" editor-content=\"\"> <p><strong>Related articles<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/www.countryfile.com\/go-outdoors\/walks\/scotlands-best-walks\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\">Scotland\u2019s best walks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.countryfile.com\/go-outdoors\/walks\/walk-st-abbs-head-berwickshire\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\">Walk: St Abb\u2019s Head, Berwickshire<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.nts.org.uk\/visit\/places\/st-abbs-head&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\">Find out more about St Abb\u2019s Head<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.countryfile.com\/wildlife\/birds\/guide-to-british-seabirds-how-to-identify-and-where-to-see-them\/&quot;\">UK seabird guide<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p> <\/p><\/div> <div class=\"&quot;highlight__image-container&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;highlight__image&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;img-container\" img-container--highlight-image=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/22\/2019\/05\/Seabirds-at-St-Abbs-Head-Berwickshire-Scotland-f03da5c.jpg?quality=45&amp;resize=556,556&quot;\" srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/22\/2019\/05\/Seabirds-at-St-Abbs-Head-Berwickshire-Scotland-f03da5c.jpg?quality=45&amp;resize=1025,1025\" https:=\"\" sizes=\"&quot;(min-width:\" calc=\"\" width=\"&quot;556&quot;\" height=\"&quot;556&quot;\" class=\"&quot;img-container__image\" img-fluid=\"\" wp-image-39270=\"\" alignnone=\"\" size-highlight_image=\"\" img-container__image=\"\" alt=\"&quot;Seabirds\" at=\"\" st=\"\" abb=\"\" head=\"\" berwickshire=\"\" scotland=\"\" title=\"&quot;Seabirds\" graham=\"\"\/><\/div><\/div> <\/div> <\/section><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Daniel Graham Published: Monday, 04 July 2022 at 12:00 am At the north-western tip of St Abb\u2019s Head, just beyond the peninsula\u2019s 19th-century lighthouse, there is a small rocky cove known as Pettico Wick. 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