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Beschreibung
5,000 Weißwangengans 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 Großer Brachvogel, Austernfischer, Pfuhlschnepfe and Alpenstrandläufer occur in hundreds, and Sandregenpfeifer, Rotschenkel, Knutt, Kiebitzregenpfeifer and others in at least tens. And also the shallow water, on which a flock of up to 300 Bergente, up to 50 Ohrentaucher, large flocks of Eiderente, perhaps 25 Schellente, a dozen Eisente, plenty of Singschwan and Höckerschwan and several hundred Pfeifente, spend the winter. Further out on the loch, and often better seen from Bruichladdich, are up to 100 Trauerente throughout the year, as well as all three species of divers, Eistaucher sometimes exceeding 50 in number. Up to 100 Mittelsäger moult on the loch in late summer.
Between Bridgend to Bruichladdich is a two-mile strand divided by a shingle spit, good for Steinwälzer and Polarmöwe or Eismöwe. The rocky shore in front of Bruichladdich village is an excellent place for Meerstrandläufer, 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 Sanderling present through June, too. Return passage starts in July and by August flocks of Sanderling, Sandregenpfeifer and Alpenstrandläufer occur, with occasional Sichelstrandläufer and Zwergstrandläufer.
Usual possibility of otters, dolphins, porpoise, grey seal or basking shark offshore.
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Zugang
Ferry from Kinnacraig (as of 2022, reports indicate delays are possible due to Calmac's aging fleet), or by air from Glasgow.