We wish you an enjoyable stay at your chosen Ampleforth England UK hotel. The famous and/or historic hotels of the world are major destinations in their own right. The Belmond Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro, the Renaissance Suzhou Hotel in Suzhou China, the Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund, the Cascades Hotel at Sun City in South Africa, the Norfolk Hotel in Nairobi, the Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong (featuring in the Clark Gable movie Soldier of Fortune) and the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego. are among the classic or luxury hotels of the world. Some Facts About BritainSparrowhawks (Accipiter nisus); gadwalls (Anas strepera); introduced mandarin ducks (Aix galericulata); great crested grebes (Podiceps cristatus); black-necked grebes (Podiceps nigricollis); migratory scaups (Aythya marila); reintroduced white-tailed eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla, also called ernes or sea eagles); migratory red-necked grebes (Podiceps grisegena); introduced Canada geese (Branta canadensis); red-breasted mergansers (Mergus serrator); greenshanks (Tringa nebularia); Manx shearwaters (Puffinus puffinus); lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus); honey buzzards (Pernis apivorus); and hen harriers (Circus cyaneus), are among the interesting birdlife of the British isles. |