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5,000 Helsingi 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 Fjöruspói, Tjaldur, Lappajaðrakan and Lóuþræll occur in hundreds, and Sandlóa, Stelkur, Rauðbrystingur, Grálóa and others in at least tens. And also the shallow water, on which a flock of up to 300 Duggönd, up to 50 Flórgoði, large flocks of Æðarfugl, perhaps 25 Hvinönd, a dozen Hávella, plenty of Álft and Hnúðsvanur and several hundred Rauðhöfðaönd, spend the winter. Further out on the loch, and often better seen from Bruichladdich, are up to 100 Hrafnsönd throughout the year, as well as all three species of divers, Himbrimi sometimes exceeding 50 in number. Up to 100 Toppönd moult on the loch in late summer.
Between Bridgend to Bruichladdich is a two-mile strand divided by a shingle spit, good for Tildra and Bjartmáfur or Hvítmáfur. The rocky shore in front of Bruichladdich village is an excellent place for Sendlingur, 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 Sanderla present through June, too. Return passage starts in July and by August flocks of Sanderla, Sandlóa and Lóuþræll occur, with occasional Spóatíta and Veimiltíta.
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.