INFORMATION POINT - BIRD WATCHING

Birds are the most fascinating, varied and noticeable of the natural life around us. Watching them is popular and pleasurable.

The area around Dunnet Bay and Dunnet Head is of particular interest to Ornithologists. Embracing the principal bird habitats of land, waterside and water, there is an abundant variety of birdlife.

The land is basically grassland or heather moor with a little woodland. Waterside habitat lies adjacent to the area’s lochs, feeder streams, ditches and bogs. The lochs also provide a water habitat, but the main water area is obviously the sea around the shore, which has both sandy dunes and rocky cliffs.

How you act will affect how much bird life you see. Go quietly - especially during the breeding season.

BIRDS THAT BREED HERE

For the enthusiast, there is a hide overlooking a shallow pond at the North West corner of St. John’s Loch. Further information may be obtained from Julian Smith, St. John’s, Brough. 01847 851280.

BEST SITES TO VIEW BIRDS

SEA BIRDS

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