Birdwatching
This area has always been a favourite for birdwatching. The best birdwatching in this part of Wigtownshire is along the rocky coastline and across the mudflats and saltmarshes of Wigtown Bay. Local well-used bird watching sites include;-
Luce Bay Shore Road – Cock Inn to Monreith Pebble beach, scrub Stonechat, Common and Lesser Whitethroat, Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, Curlew, Cormorant, Gannets and Terns offshore. Large finch flocks on strand line in winter
Burrow Head and St Ninian’s Cave coastal cliffs and shingle, maritime heath and low scrub Black Guillemot, Shag, Fulmar, Peregrine, Raven, Twite
Garlieston and Gruggleton Bays rocky shore and broad-leaved woodland Oystercatcher, Turnstone, Redshank, occasional Greenshank, Black Guillemot and Shag on Gruggleton Cliffs.
Wigtown Bay LNR Saltmarsh, mudflats and sandflats. Freshwater wetland The largest LNR in Britain with the largest area of saltmarsh and mudflats on the Outer Solway. Internationally important for wintering of Pink-footed Geese and nationally important for Pintail, Whooper Swan and Curlew. Breeding waders, ducks and terns.
A visit to Wigtown County Buildings Camera Room will let you view the recently returned Ospreys and their chicks. This is the first pair of Ospreys in Galloway for over 100 years
