Wildlife

Explore the wildlife of the Easter Ross area

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Bird Watching

The RSPB Reserve at Nigg Bay is an easily accessible place to see coastal birds up close. The vast mudflats and marshes here make the ideal habitats for waders like curlews, godwits, and dunlins. From October, you can experience the spectacular sight and sounds of thousands of pink-footed geese, ducks and waders wintering in the shelter of the bay.

Heron fishing by the Falls

Marine Life

For the chance to see seals basking or bobbing about in the tidal basin, head to nearby Loch Fleet Nature Reserve, an internationally important wildlife habitat with easy woodland trails and wildlife watching hides. If you’d like the chance to get even closer to more marine and bird life, hop aboard a dolphin and wildlife watching boat trip with Ecoventures, sailing from Cromarty. 


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