Kylerhea Otter Haven - Skye
Kylerhea Otter Haven hide is set in a spectacular location with fantastic views across the Kylerhea narrows to Glenelg and the Kintail mountains. The hide is a short walk along a forest path from the car park, which is itslef only accessible via a spectacular drive along a single track road.
There is also a short circular walk, and the whole area, even the car park, has spectacular views.
Highlights
Otters can be seen on the shoreline from the hide, but you are much more likely to see seals hauled out on the rocks. Very occasionally, schools of dolphins can be seen swimming through the narrows.
Oystercatcher, sandpiper, heron, dipper, rock pipit, cormorant, shag, eider, guillemont, gannet, kittewake, fulmar and many gulls, and occasional white-tailed sea eagles, are all seen here.
How to get there:
Take the summer ferry from Glenelg to Kylerhea or, from the A850 on Skye, three and a half miles west of the Skye bridge, take the road to Kylerhea.
Near Kylerhea and at the signpost, turn north on the small track to the Otter Haven carpark.
Grid reference: NG 786 211
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