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5,000 Sjevernomorska 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 Veliki Pozviždač, Oštrigar, Riđa muljača and Žalar Cirikavac occur in hundreds, and Kulik Blatarić, Crvenonoga Prutka, Rđasti Žalar, Zlatar Pijukavac and others in at least tens. And also the shallow water, on which a flock of up to 300 Patka crninka, up to 50 Ušati gnjurac, large flocks of Gavka, perhaps 25 Patka Batoglavica, a dozen Patka ledara, plenty of Žutokljuni Labud and Crvenokljuni Labud and several hundred Zviždara, spend the winter. Further out on the loch, and often better seen from Bruichladdich, are up to 100 Crna patka throughout the year, as well as all three species of divers, Sjeverni plijenor sometimes exceeding 50 in number. Up to 100 Mali ronac moult on the loch in late summer.
Between Bridgend to Bruichladdich is a two-mile strand divided by a shingle spit, good for Kameničak and Iceland Gull or Glaucous Gull. The rocky shore in front of Bruichladdich village is an excellent place for Morski žalar, 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 Bijeli Žalar present through June, too. Return passage starts in July and by August flocks of Bijeli Žalar, Kulik Blatarić and Žalar Cirikavac occur, with occasional Krivokljuni Žalar and Mali Žalar.
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.