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Scottish Wildlife Trust
Explore 3 birding guides for places operated by Scottish Wildlife Trust, with seasonal birds, visitor arrangements and practical routes.
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Montrose Basin
This 750-hectare enclosed estuary is internationally important for Pink-footed Geese, Knot and Redshank, with Ospreys fishing in summer and Kingfishers, Eiders, Wigeon and other wildfowl rewarding a well-timed visit.
Plan this visit →Scotland · Ospreys from spring to late summer · autumn and winter wildfowl · year-round woodland birdsLoch of the Lowes Wildlife Reserve
One of Scotland's best-known Osprey viewing sites, with the nest around 150 metres from the hides. Great Crested Grebes, Goosanders and winter wildfowl use the loch, while Red Squirrels, Great Spotted Woodpeckers and occasional Pine Martens visit the woodland feeding area; Beavers are most likely around dawn and dusk.
Plan this visit →Scotland · April–July breeding seabirds; mid-May–July puffinsHanda Island
Guillemots, razorbills and kittiwakes at the Great Stack; puffins in summer
Plan this visit →Official visitor information
Social preview photograph: Saltmarsh and a tidal creek on the north shore of Montrose Basin. Anne Burgess / Salt Marsh / Geograph; converted to WebP, display may crop · CC BY-SA 2.0. Resized and converted for the preview.