Location Details
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Sponsored by SNH and Leader + Ordnance Survey Sheet 68 (NR628209) Southwest Kintyre Argyll Machrihanish is about six miles west of Campbeltown on A83, then B843. The Seabird / Wildlife Observatory is well signposted from the village and is about a mile west of the Golf Club. Access - Open most mornings during peak times. If you want to visit on a specific date please message or phone and we will try to be there for you. 07737 985874. Wheelchair access, dogs welcome, parking for 3 cars, outside viewing platforms open all the time, picnic area Facilities - Seawatching hide, toilets in nearby village, coach parking. Public Transport - Regular buses from campbeltown. ( West Coast Motors, Tel:- 01586 552 319) Habitat - Marine, rocky shore and upland habitats. Key Birds Summer - Golden Eagle, Peregrine Falcon, Storm Petrel, Twite. Autumn - Passage seabirds and waders. On shore gales often produce inshore movements of Leach's Petrel and other scarce seabirds inc. Balearic Shearwater, Sabine's Gull, Grey Phalarope. Winter - Great Northern Diver, Purple Sandpiper, Ruddy Turnstone with occasional Glaucous and Iceland Gull. Look for our flagpole on the point!!! 
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