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Cliffs and seabird colony at RSPB Fowlsheugh nature reserve

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If you're new to birdwatching, what better way to see the beauty of birds close up than by visiting a seabird cliff colony? The spectacular cliffs at Fowlsheugh are packed with 130,000 breeding seabirds in the spring and summer, including guillemots, razorbills and kittiwakes.

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Open at all times.

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Free, but donations to help us continue our work here are welcome.

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01346 532017

strathbeg@rspb.org.uk

Nearest town: Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire

Grid reference: NO879808

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Cliffs and seabird colony at RSPB Fowlsheugh nature reserve - Andy Hay (rspb-images.com, Ref: 2000_1087_009)
Cliffs and seabird colony at RSPB Fowlsheugh nature reserve - Andy Hay (rspb-images.com, Ref: 2000_1087_009)
Fulmar in flight, Isle of May National Nature reserve - Andy Hay (rspb-images.com, Ref: 2002_3595_009 )
Thrift, sunset at Marwick Head - Andy Hay (rspb-images.com)
Bird illustrations by Mike Langman (RSPB)