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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 Vibe, Rødben and drumming Dobbeltbekkasin. Engsnarre calls can be heard from mid-May and Blå Kærhøg can be seen displaying on the moorland. In Autumn, Bramgås and Blisgås arrive in numbers around 30,000 from Greenland, this arrival attracts many Havørn to the Loch. Waders such as Sandløber, Almindelig Ryle, Stor Præstekrave, Hjejle and Lille Kobbersneppe can be seen through the autumn and winter using the loch. Wintering wildfowl such as Pibeand, Spidsand, Krikand 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.