Beskrivning
The RSPB Loch Gruinart Reserve has two hides and a visitor centre. In the spring the fields come alive with breeding wader displays including tofsvipa, rödbena and drumming enkelbeckasin. kornknarr calls can be heard from mid-May and blå kärrhök can be seen displaying on the moorland. In Autumn, vitkindad gås and bläsgås arrive in numbers around 30,000 from Greenland, this arrival attracts many havsörn to the Loch. Waders such as sandlöpare, kärrsnäppa, större strandpipare, ljungpipare and myrspov can be seen through the autumn and winter using the loch. Wintering wildfowl such as bläsand, stjärtand, Kricka and sångsvan spend the winter in front of the hides.
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Tillgänglighet
No bus to the reserve. Nearest stop 3 miles (4.8 km) away. Passengers should alight at the junction on the A847 Bridgend to Bruichladdich road, then there will be a three-mile walk. Or if on the Port Askaig route, alight at Bridgend - a six-mile walk to the reserve.
Signed from A847 Bridgend to Bruichladdich road, 3 miles (4.8 km) from turn-off. Ferry from mainland, Kennacraig to Port Askaig or Port Ellen on Islay.


