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RSPB Loch Gruinart
Gruinart, Scotland
A big sea-loch reserve known for barnacle and white-fronted geese in winter.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 2 hours
Loch Gruinart's flats are an RSPB nature reserve and one of the main winter roosts of barnacle geese in Britain. In summer you can still see waders, hen harriers and corncrakes if you are lucky. A hide and trails make it easy to get close.
Good to know
- Winter is the big goose season
- Bring binoculars
- Wrap up, it is exposed
- Best time
- October to March for the geese
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- Signed car park off the B8017
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
The location is approximate. Check the official website before you go.
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