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Description
5,000 Hvitkinngås 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 Storspove, Tjeld, Lappspove and Myrsnipe occur in hundreds, and Sandlo, Rødstilk, Polarsnipe, Tundralo and others in at least tens. And also the shallow water, on which a flock of up to 300 Bergand, up to 50 Horndykker, large flocks of Ærfugl, perhaps 25 Kvinand, a dozen Havelle, plenty of Sangsvane and Knoppsvane and several hundred Brunnakke, spend the winter. Further out on the loch, and often better seen from Bruichladdich, are up to 100 Svartand throughout the year, as well as all three species of divers, Islom sometimes exceeding 50 in number. Up to 100 Siland moult on the loch in late summer.
Between Bridgend to Bruichladdich is a two-mile strand divided by a shingle spit, good for Steinvender and Grønlandsmåke or Polarmåke. The rocky shore in front of Bruichladdich village is an excellent place for Fjæreplytt, 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 Sandløper present through June, too. Return passage starts in July and by August flocks of Sandløper, Sandlo and Myrsnipe occur, with occasional Tundrasnipe and Dvergsnipe.
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.