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Bird
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The Northern
Highlands of Scotland - a variety of birds such as ospreys,
goldeneyes, whooper swans,
kittiwakes, fulmars, razorbills and
puffins
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Cape Wrath. The most
north-westerly point on the British mainland. It is accessible via
a ferry across the Kyle of Durness at Keodale
which connects with a mini bus in the summer months. You could of
course walk. 'The
area is outstanding for birdlife during all seasons of the year. The
area is particularity important for large populations of migratory species
that visit either during the breeding season or to over winter....A variety of
Arctic and Alpine plants may also be found here growing at sea level. This
combination is unique to this area and for this reason, much of the Cape
Wrath area is designated as a SSSI (Special Site of Scientific Interest.)...'
Web
Walking
Cape Wrath
In this area:
NW Sutherland
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Corrimony
RSPB Reserve.
22 miles/35 km south-west of Inverness, off A831
between Cannich and Glen Urquhart. Park in the Corrimony Cairns car
park.
Set in one of the most superb landscapes in Britain, Corrimony has
open moorland, conifer plantations and native woodland. Way-markers
guide visitors to Loch Comhnard which in summer attracts common
sandpipers, greenshanks and curlews, along with occasional
red-throated divers and ospreys. In winter, look for goldeneyes and
whooper swans. Black grouse are often seen in the birchwoods and
spotted flycatchers, bullfinches and wood warblers nest in the
pinewoods
Web
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Firthlands
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Duncansby Head
& Duncansby Stacks.
'Duncansby Head is well
known locally for the lighthouse, the Stacs just near the cliffs and
the teaming birdlife especially in the nesting season
where you'll find kittiwakes, fulmars,
razorbills and puffins, at
the right time..'. Take a walk on the cliffs but be very careful.
Birds at Duncansby.
Two miles east of John O'Groats
Open access
Tel: 01955 611448
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Caithness
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Forsinard & Flow
Country. Forsinard.
The Flow Country
of Caithness and Sutherland is probably the
largest remaining expanse of blanket bog in the world, making it
important on an international scale. Set in a
prehistoric landscape of bog pools and wildlife, superb bird life
and nature trails. Live hen harrier cctv nest watch between late May
and July and weekly guided walks in summer..'
01641 571225
Visit the
RSPB Flow Country Visitor Centre. Wildlife
Displays, and the Dubh Lochan trail.
On the A897 24 miles
from Helmsdale. Grid reference: NC885453
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Caithness
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Handa Island Wildlife Reserve.
Access to the reserve is by boat from Tarbet.
One
of the most important seabird breeding colonies in the UK -
razorbills, puffins, arctic skuas..
'Small
ferry boat operates from Tarbet. The service operates April - early
September, Monday - Saturday from 9:30am. Crossings are on demand and weather dependent. Last outbound journey
approx. 2:00pm. - return journey at 4:30pm. Tarbet is sign-posted
from the A894, 2 miles North of Scourie. Parking and public toilets
available in Tarbet ( no toilets on Handa)...'
SWT
Tel: 01463 714746
E-mail:
enquiries@swt.org.uk
In this area:
NW Sutherland
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Loch Fleet Wildlife Reserve.
Golspie,
Dornoch. See
seals and birds on the coast. '2,833 acres (1,147 ha) of tidal basin and sand dunes, coastal heath
and some planted pine woodland. It is an SSSI. In the summer, the
ranger leads guided walks around the reserve. A cottage next to the
reserve is being developed as an educational and interpretative
centre...'
Loch Fleet lies 2 miles (3 km) south of Golspie on the A9, and about 5 miles north of Dornoch. OS Map: 21 NH 794965
Cars can be
parked at Little Ferry or in lay-bys around the basin..'
Open all year
Tel: 01408 633602
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Firthlands
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Lybster:
Fishing village and harbour. Third most important herring port in
Scotland in the 19th century. Masses of birdlife in area. Home to
important archaeological remains.
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Caithness
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Melvich & Portskerra. Excellent beach and beyond Portskerra are huge
cliffs bubbling over with seabirds.
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Caithness
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Munlochy Bay Nature Reserve, off A832. Home to heronries, migrating geese and lots of wading
birds and wildfowl.
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Firthlands
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Clachtoll & Stoer. Take coastal
road north-west of Lochinver. Lovely beaches. Also remains of a broch
near Stoer Bay. Further on you will also find The Old Man of Stoer -
about an hour's walk from the car park near Rhu Stoer lighthouse.
This is a spectacular sea stack. The cliffs are teaming with sea
birds but be careful, the cliffs are largely sandstone and this
makes it dangerous
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NW Sutherland
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Bird life in
Sutherland
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Udale Bay. An extensive area of
mudflat, saltmarsh and wet grassland on the Cromarty Firth. From
late summer to April the reserve supports large numbers of wildfowl
and wadingbirds.
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Firthlands
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Bird life in
Sutherland
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RSPB: North Scotland
Scotland's National Nature Reserves
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