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Description
5,000 Barnacle Goose roost at Bridgend Flats at the landward end. A convenient road, with several specially provided bird-watching lay-by, hugs the shore from Bowmore to Bruichladdich, enabling one to view both the tidal sandflats at the head of the loch, where (Ευρασιατική) Τουρλίδα, (Ευρωπαϊκός) Στρειδοφάγος, Θαλασσολιμόζα and Λασποσκαλίδρα occur in hundreds, and Αμμοσφυριχτής, Κοκκινοσκέλης, Κοκκινοσκαλίδρα, Αργυροπούλι and others in at least tens. And also the shallow water, on which a flock of up to 300 Σταχτόπαπια, up to 50 Χειμωνοβουτηχτάρι, large flocks of (Κοινή) Πουπουλόπαπια, perhaps 25 (Ευρωπαϊκή) Βουκεφάλα, a dozen Χιονόπαπια, plenty of Αγριόκυκνος and (Βουβός) Κύκνος and several hundred (Ευρωπαϊκό) Σφυριχτάρι, spend the winter. Further out on the loch, and often better seen from Bruichladdich, are up to 100 (Ευρωπαϊκή) Μαυρόπαπια throughout the year, as well as all three species of divers, Παγοβούτι sometimes exceeding 50 in number. Up to 100 Θαλασσοπρίστης moult on the loch in late summer.
Between Bridgend to Bruichladdich is a two-mile strand divided by a shingle spit, good for Χαλικοκυλιστής and Ισλανδόγλαρος or Glaucous Gull. The rocky shore in front of Bruichladdich village is an excellent place for Βραχοσκαλίδρα, from about November to May, and they can also be seen at Port Charlotte. Loch Indaal is never empty. Wader passage occurs in April and May, with a few Λευκοσκαλίδρα present through June, too. Return passage starts in July and by August flocks of Λευκοσκαλίδρα, Αμμοσφυριχτής and Λασποσκαλίδρα occur, with occasional Δρεπανοσκαλίδρα and (Κοινή) Νανοσκαλίδρα.
Usual possibility of otters, dolphins, porpoise, grey seal or basking shark offshore.
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Ferry from Kinnacraig (as of 2022, reports indicate delays are possible due to Calmac's aging fleet), or by air from Glasgow.