A short distance from the hotel is Dunnet Beach which, along with the
headland and Dunnet Links, is of particular interest to ornithologists.
There is a wealth of species to be found in the National Nature Reserve
of Dunnet Links.
Inland lochs, the sea shore, the dunes and the rocky cliffs provide an
abundance of wild life.
For the enthusiast, there is a hide overlooking a shallow pond at the
North West Corner of St Johns Loch. Further Information from Julian Smith.
01847 851280
For the birdwatching enthusiasts, here are some of the birds to be found
in the area.
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Birds that Breed here:
Red Throated Diver, Little Grebe, Fulmar, Cormorant, Heron, Mute Swan,
Shelduck, Wigeon, Teal, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Long Tail Duck, Red Breasted
Meganser, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Peregrine, Red Grouse, Pheasant, Grey
Partridge, Ring Plover, Lapwing, Dunlin, Snipe, Curlew, Redshank, Common
Sandpiper, Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, Herring Gull, Black Back Gull,
Artic Tern, Rock Dove, Wood Pigeon, Skylark, Swallow, House Martin, Meadow
Pipit, Pied Wagtail, Wren, Dunnock, Robin, Stonechat, Whinchat, Wheatear,
Blackbird, Song Thrush, Grasshopper Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Willow Warbler,
Goldcrest, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Raven, Starling,
House Sparrow, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Siskin, Redpoll, Yellow
Hammer, Reed Bunting, Razorbill, Little Tern, Black Guillemot.
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Birds of Passage:
Slavonian Grebe, Snow Bunting, Fulmar, Green Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper,
Gannet, Whooper Swan, Pink Foot Goose, White Footed Goose, Greylag Goose,
Mandarin, Gadwall, Pintail, Shoveller, Turnstone, Artic Skua, Great Skua,
Kittiwake, Sandwich Tern, Swift, Sand Martin, Waxwing, Golden eye, Goosander,
Merlin, Coot, Golden Plover, Knot, Little Stint, Curlew Sandpiper, Ruff,
Black Tailed Godwit, Whimbrel, Redstart, Fieldfare, Redwing, Whitethroat,
Garden Warbler, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Spotted Flycatcher, Long tailed
Tit, Brambling, Crossbill, Bullfinch, Greenshank.
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Rare and Very Rare Birds:
Tawny owl, Great Northern Diver, Slavonian Grebe, Bean Goose, Canada Goose,
Barnacle Goose, Gadwell, Garganey, Shorreller, Red Rumped Swallow, Yellow
Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Ring Ouzel, Mistel Thrush, Reed Warbler, Red Crested
Pochard. Lesser Scaup, Lesser Whitethroat, Wood Warbler, Red
Breasted Flycatcher, Pied Flycatcher, King Eider, Common Scoter, Marsh
Harrier, Goshawk, Osprey, Quail, Water Rail, Pacific Golden Plover, Tree
Sparrow, Common Rose Finch, Hawfinch, Red Necked Grebe, Cory's Shearwater,
Manx Shearwater, Honey Buzzard, Grey Plover, Temmincks Stint, Jack Snipe,
Woodcock, Bartailed Godwit, Spotted Redshank, Little Gull, Red Backed
Shrike, Brunnicks Guillemot, White Billed Driver, Surf Scoter, Red necked
Phalarope, Long tailed Skua, Hoopoe, Dipper, Corncrake, Barred Warbler,
Tree Creeper, Great Grey Shrike, Cuckoo, Collared Pratencole, Bairds Sandpiper,
Marsh Sandpiper, Ross Gull, Common Tern, White winged Black Tern, Pectoral
sandpiper, Wilsons Phalarope, Ivory Gull, Black Tern.
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