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Loch a' Mhuilinn also features grassland, peatbog, freshwater and seashore habitats, which help to attract a wide range of wildlife.
Visit in spring for woodland flowers, in summer for dragonflies, and the scenery is spectacular all year.
Highlights: Otters, Roe deer, Pine Martens, Common lizard, 9 species of butterfly, water birds and waders.
Location: Four miles south of Scourie, off the A894 road, on the northeastern shore of Edrachillis Bay. Limited bus services connect with Ullapool and Inverness. There is parking near the entrance and road/track into the heart of the reserve.
Contact SNH, 17 Pulteney Street, Ullapool, Ross-shire IV26 2UP.
Tel: 01854 613418.
Grid reference: NC163395
Loch a’ Mhuilinn National Nature Reserve
Loch a’ Mhuilinn National Nature Reserve contains the most northern remnant of native oak woodland in Britain. The stunting effects of westerly gales are clearly visible with some of the oaks reduced to a creeping form near the sea.Loch a' Mhuilinn also features grassland, peatbog, freshwater and seashore habitats, which help to attract a wide range of wildlife.
Visit in spring for woodland flowers, in summer for dragonflies, and the scenery is spectacular all year.
Highlights: Otters, Roe deer, Pine Martens, Common lizard, 9 species of butterfly, water birds and waders.
Location: Four miles south of Scourie, off the A894 road, on the northeastern shore of Edrachillis Bay. Limited bus services connect with Ullapool and Inverness. There is parking near the entrance and road/track into the heart of the reserve.
Contact SNH, 17 Pulteney Street, Ullapool, Ross-shire IV26 2UP.
Tel: 01854 613418.
Grid reference: NC163395
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