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5,000 bernikľa bielolíca 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 hvizdák veľký, lastúrničiar strakatý, brehár hrdzavý and pobrežník čiernozobý occur in hundreds, and kulík piesočný, kalužiak červenonohý, pobrežník hrdzavý, kulík bledý and others in at least tens. And also the shallow water, on which a flock of up to 300 chochlačka morská, up to 50 potápka ušatá, large flocks of kajka morská, perhaps 25 hlaholka severská, a dozen ľadovka dĺhochvostá, plenty of labuť spevavá and labuť veľká and several hundred kačica hvizdárka, spend the winter. Further out on the loch, and often better seen from Bruichladdich, are up to 100 turpan čierny throughout the year, as well as all three species of divers, potáplica veľká sometimes exceeding 50 in number. Up to 100 potápač prostredný moult on the loch in late summer.
Between Bridgend to Bruichladdich is a two-mile strand divided by a shingle spit, good for kamenár strakatý and čajka bielokrídla or čajka bledá. The rocky shore in front of Bruichladdich village is an excellent place for pobrežník morský, 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 pobrežník belavý present through June, too. Return passage starts in July and by August flocks of pobrežník belavý, kulík piesočný and pobrežník čiernozobý occur, with occasional pobrežník krivozobý and pobrežník malý.
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.