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5,000 Belolika guska 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 Velika carska šljuka, Ostrigar, Laponska muljača and Crnotrba sprutka occur in hundreds, and Žalar blatarić, Crvenonogi sprudnik, Velika sprutka, Srebrni vivak and others in at least tens. And also the shallow water, on which a flock of up to 300 Morska crnka, up to 50 Ušati gnjurac, large flocks of Gavka, perhaps 25 Patka dupljašica, a dozen Ledenjarka, plenty of Veliki labud and Labud grbac and several hundred Zviždara, spend the winter. Further out on the loch, and often better seen from Bruichladdich, are up to 100 Crni turpan throughout the year, as well as all three species of divers, Veliki morski gnjurac sometimes exceeding 50 in number. Up to 100 Srednji ronac moult on the loch in late summer.
Between Bridgend to Bruichladdich is a two-mile strand divided by a shingle spit, good for Šljuka kamenjarka and Islandski galeb or Severni galeb. The rocky shore in front of Bruichladdich village is an excellent place for Morska sprutka, 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 Bela sprutka present through June, too. Return passage starts in July and by August flocks of Bela sprutka, Žalar blatarić and Crnotrba sprutka occur, with occasional Riđa sprutka and Mala sprutka.
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.