Descrizione
5,000 Oca facciabianca 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 Chiurlo maggiore, Beccaccia di mare, Pittima minore and Piovanello pancianera occur in hundreds, and Corriere grosso, Pettegola, Piovanello maggiore, Pivieressa and others in at least tens. And also the shallow water, on which a flock of up to 300 Moretta grigia, up to 50 Svasso cornuto, large flocks of Edredone, perhaps 25 Quattrocchi, a dozen Moretta codona, plenty of Cigno selvatico and Cigno reale and several hundred Fischione, spend the winter. Further out on the loch, and often better seen from Bruichladdich, are up to 100 Orchetto marino throughout the year, as well as all three species of divers, Strolaga maggiore sometimes exceeding 50 in number. Up to 100 Smergo minore moult on the loch in late summer.
Between Bridgend to Bruichladdich is a two-mile strand divided by a shingle spit, good for Voltapietre and Gabbiano islandico or Gabbiano glauco. The rocky shore in front of Bruichladdich village is an excellent place for Piovanello violetto, 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 Piovanello tridattilo present through June, too. Return passage starts in July and by August flocks of Piovanello tridattilo, Corriere grosso and Piovanello pancianera occur, with occasional Piovanello comune and Gambecchio comune.
Usual possibility of otters, dolphins, porpoise, grey seal or basking shark offshore.
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Accesso
Ferry from Kinnacraig (as of 2022, reports indicate delays are possible due to Calmac's aging fleet), or by air from Glasgow.

