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Some Top Spots To Wildlife Watch
Farne Islands, Northumbria - the Farne Islands lie just a few miles off the Northumbrian coast and offer amazing wildlife watching opportunities for a variety of seabirds - from puffins and terns to razorbills, guillemots and cormorants - thousands of which nest here during the summer months. The Farne Islands are also home to one of Europe's largest Grey Seals colonies. Boat trips to the islands are available all year round.
Kylerhea Otter Haven, Isle of Skye - on the south of the Island of Skye, off Scotland's west coast, you can discover the Kylerhea Otter Haven, overseen by the Forestry Commission. As well as enjoying the amazing Scottish scenery you can visit the viewing hide (open all year round) and look out for otters and common and Atlantic grey seals as well as bottle nosed dolphins. The Otter Haven is also a great place for bird watching and you could spot oystercatchers, herons and even a white tailed sea eagle to name a few.
Moray Firth, Scotland - the Moray Firth, near Inverness in northern Scotland, is well known for being an excellent place to watch dolphins; you don't even need to get on a boat as often the creatures can be seen from the shore.
Lochgilphead, Argyll - Beavers, having recently been reintroduced to Scotland as part of a special Scottish Beavers Trial, can be seen in the Knapdale Forest area of Argyll not far from the town of Lochgilphead. August 2010 saw the exciting arrival of the first beaver kits born in the wild as part of the wildlife trial. For more details visit www.scottishbeavers.org.uk
Bass Rock, East Lothian - located just off the coast of the pretty seaside town of North Berwick not far from Edinburgh, is Bass Rock. Home to thousands of sea birds each year, it's said to be the largest sea bird colony on the east coast of Britain and home to around 10% of the world population of North Atlantic Gannets. Reportedly the largest single rock gannetry in the world, Bass Rock has been described as 'one of the wildlife wonders of the world' by Sir David Attenborough.
Isle Of Mull, Scotland - the Isle of Mull, off the west coast of Scotland, offers a plethora of wildlife watching opportunities from the chance to spot a sea eagle or even a golden eagle to seeing otters and going on whale watching boat trips.
Cumbria - as well as being a great place to don those walking boots and get out and explore the fells and spectacular scenery, Cumbria is also a wonderful place to discover red squirrels, ospreys and look out for recently reintroduced red kites.
Blakeney Point, North Norfolk - take a boat trip and view hundreds of common and grey seals in the lovely scenery around Blakeney Point.
Wales - head for Wales to catch a rather special wildlife experience at one of the daily feedings of the red kites, a great chance to see these birds up close.
Wales, Ynys-Hir - a spectacular RSPB nature reserve in Powys and home to BBC Springwatch in 2011. As well as great scenery this nature reserve is home to an amazing diversity of wildlife, a great spot to wildlife watch.
Cumbria, Northumbria, Scotland, Rutland - watch ospreys, often via a live webcam, at one of the many special centres around the UK, from Loch Garton and the Tweed Valley in Scotland to Whinlatter in the Lake District, Kielder Water in north western Northumbria and Rutland Water in the East Midlands.


Mull Charters aim to provide you with the ultimate wildlife experience. We take small groups of people (up to 12 max) to see the magnificent White Tailed Sea Eagle in it's natural environment around the coast of Mull. Every trip is a different adventure and we never have two trips the same.
Seaprobe Atlantis is Scotland's Only Semi-Submersible Glass Bottom Boat, operating from the Marine Conservation area at Kyle of Lochalsh and recently voted 'Best UK Wildlife Experience' by the Daily Telegraph June 2010.


