55.82095,-6.35222
- Grid ref: NR275672
- Lat/long: 55.82095,-6.35222
- Postcode: PA44 7PR
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Photo by RSPB Images - Danny Green
Wildlife awards
Loch Gruinart is one of the best places for wildlife in the UK.
Top things to do in Spring
- Breeding wading birds begin displaying and calling
- From mid-May, corncrakes arrive and start calling
- You can see our new lambs and calves
Top things to do in Summer
- Look for birds of prey hunting over the moorland
- Corncrakes call all through the night
- Watch out for otters playing in the ditches
Top things to do in Autumn
- Thousands of barnacle and white-fronted geese arrive from Greenland to winter on the reserve
- Listen out for thousands of ducks, not far behind!
- Redwings and fieldfares arrive in large numbers
Top things to do in Winter
- The geese are still here in large numbers, munching their way through the grass
- Will you see a barn owl out and about?
- Dunlins, godwits, turnstones and redshanks are some of the waders found on the reserve