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5,000 Белощекая казарка 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 Большой кроншнеп, Кулик-сорока, Малый веретенник and Чернозобик occur in hundreds, and Галстучник, Травник, Исландский песочник, Тулес and others in at least tens. And also the shallow water, on which a flock of up to 300 Морская чернеть, up to 50 Красношейная поганка, large flocks of Обыкновенная гага, perhaps 25 Гоголь, a dozen Морянка, plenty of Лебедь-кликун and Лебедь-шипун and several hundred Свиязь, spend the winter. Further out on the loch, and often better seen from Bruichladdich, are up to 100 Синьга throughout the year, as well as all three species of divers, Черноклювая гагара sometimes exceeding 50 in number. Up to 100 Длинноносый крохаль moult on the loch in late summer.
Between Bridgend to Bruichladdich is a two-mile strand divided by a shingle spit, good for Камнешарка and Полярная чайка or Бургомистр. The rocky shore in front of Bruichladdich village is an excellent place for Морской песочник, 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 Песчанка present through June, too. Return passage starts in July and by August flocks of Песчанка, Галстучник and Чернозобик occur, with occasional Краснозобик and Кулик-воробей.
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.