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5,000 belolična gos 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 škurh, školjkarica, progastorepi kljunač and spremenljivi prodnik occur in hundreds, and komatni deževnik, rdečenogi martinec, veliki prodnik, črna prosenka and others in at least tens. And also the shallow water, on which a flock of up to 300 rjavka, up to 50 zlatouhi ponirek, large flocks of gaga, perhaps 25 zvonec, a dozen zimska raca, plenty of labod pevec and labod grbec and several hundred žvižgavka, spend the winter. Further out on the loch, and often better seen from Bruichladdich, are up to 100 crna raca throughout the year, as well as all three species of divers, ledni slapnik sometimes exceeding 50 in number. Up to 100 srednji žagar moult on the loch in late summer.
Between Bridgend to Bruichladdich is a two-mile strand divided by a shingle spit, good for kamenjar and polarni galeb or ledni galeb. The rocky shore in front of Bruichladdich village is an excellent place for morski prodnik, 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 peščenec present through June, too. Return passage starts in July and by August flocks of peščenec, komatni deževnik and spremenljivi prodnik occur, with occasional srpokljuni prodnik and mali prodnik.
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.