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Description
The RSPB Loch Gruinart Reserve has two hides and a visitor centre. In the spring the fields come alive with breeding wader displays including Vipe, Rødstilk and drumming Enkeltbekkasin. Åkerrikse calls can be heard from mid-May and Myrhauk can be seen displaying on the moorland. In Autumn, Hvitkinngås and Tundragås arrive in numbers around 30,000 from Greenland, this arrival attracts many Havørn to the Loch. Waders such as Sandløper, Myrsnipe, Sandlo, Heilo and Lappspove can be seen through the autumn and winter using the loch. Wintering wildfowl such as Brunnakke, Stjertand, Krikkand and Sangsvane spend the winter in front of the hides.
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Access
No bus to the reserve. Nearest stop 3 miles (4.8 km) away. Passengers should alight at the junction on the A847 Bridgend to Bruichladdich road, then there will be a three-mile walk. Or if on the Port Askaig route, alight at Bridgend - a six-mile walk to the reserve.
Signed from A847 Bridgend to Bruichladdich road, 3 miles (4.8 km) from turn-off. Ferry from mainland, Kennacraig to Port Askaig or Port Ellen on Islay.