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The coast offers a wide variety of ducks and waders, the species varying with the season. Brora beach is particularly interesting during the winter. Mallard, teal, widgeon, goldeneye, longtailed duck and eider are to be found.
Look carefully at the eider off the river mouth as sometimes a king eider may be seen. If you are fortunate, less common species such as pochard, tufted duck, common and velvet scoter may be seen.
In the case of waders, the autumn migration begins as early as July. oystercatcher, knot, dunlin, bar-tailed godwit, curlew, redshank, golden plover, turnstone and sandpipers are all to be seen.
Storms and strong winds may bring unusual species to the beach. With a telescope, sea watching may reveal all three divers, grebes, skuas and shearwaters.
Common and arctic terns are to be observed locally and more rarely sandwich tern and little tern. Also observe the wide variety of gulls, fulmar, cormorants and shag.
To the north of Brora, Lothbeg point is a good place for watching coastal species. Loch Brora is always worth a visit with goldeneye and other ducks, tern, oystercatchers and lapwing.
Overhead buzzards are probable and with good luck golden eagles may also be seen.
To hire a qualified guide please contact the hotel.
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With good luck Golden Eagles
can be seen.
Tufted Ducks are known
to frequent the area.
Buzzards are some of the more common hawks in the area.
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