![]() Moine Mhor (National Nature Reserve) (NR8192 – E xplorer Sheet 358, Landranger Sheet 55) Loch Nell (NM8927 – E xplorer Sheet 359, Landranger Sheet 49 )īirds of interest: Tufted Duck, Common Pochard, Common Coot, gulls. Habitat: Sea loch at the mouth of Loch Sween.īirds of interest: Greenland White-fronted Goose, Barnacle Goose, Greylag Goose, Eurasian Wigeon, Eurasian Teal, Red-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, Buzzard, Common Kestrel, Ringed Plover, Grey Plover, Northern Lapwing, Dunlin, Eurasian Curlew, Common Redshank, Common Stonechat, Raven. ![]() Loch na Cille (Loch Sween) (NR6980 – E xplorer Sheet 358, Landranger Sheets 55,62 ) Habitat: Estuary and saltmarsh with extensive mud flats at low tide.īirds of interest: Mute Swan, Greylag Goose, Wigeon, (returning American Wigeon), Teal, Common Eider, Common Goldeneye, Red-breasted Merganser, Goosander, Little Grebe, Shag, Heronry, Hen Harrier, Common Buzzard, Osprey, Peregrine Falcon, Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Red Knot, Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank, Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, White Wagtail, Twite. Innisconnel Castle, Loch Awe © D & G Clark Where to watch birdsĪdd Estuary (NR8093 – E xplorer Sheet 358, Landranger Sheet 55) Ordnance Survey Landranger Series Maps (1:50,000) numbers 49, 50, 55, 56 and 62.Fortunately local operators run boat excursions from places like Craobh Haven and Seil which visit a good many of them. Off-shore islands like Scarba and the Garvellachs hold significant sea-bird colonies but are often rather inaccessible. These lochs have also been hot spots for the rarer gulls in recent years. Some of these have small colonies of terns in summer, while Whooper Swans pass through in autumn and good numbers of sea ducks like Common Goldeneye and Red-breasted Merganser occur in winter. The west coast is broken by a series of moderate sized sea lochs. A wide variety of passage waders can be found at nearby Loch Crinan in spring and autumn. It is good for Common Stonechats and for Hen Harriers and wildfowl in winter. ![]() Moine Mhor is almost unique as one of the last wild raised bogs in Britain. Loch Awe is the largest of the freshwater lochs and has breeding Ospreys and divers in summer and small numbers of Tufted Ducks, Pochards and Common Goldeneyes in winter. These hold breeding Red-throated Divers and a few pairs of Black-throated Divers as well as Little Grebes and Teal. The central part of Mid-Argyll has some open moorland areas, dotted with larger lochs and many small lochans. Taynish NNR with its populations of characteristic birds such as Tree Pipit, Common Redstart and Wood Warbler is a classic example of the latter. ![]() Much of the area is cloaked in commercial conifer forest but there are a few relict broadleaved woodland areas, dominated by oak and birch. For bird recording purposes it includes the islands of Kerrera, Seil, Luing, Scarba and the Garvellachs. Mid-Argyll is the central mainland area of the county, bounded by the A85 to the north, Loch Fyne to the east and West Loch Tarbert to the south. ![]()
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