Balranald_Nature_Reserve Knowpia

57°36′33″N 7°30′11″W / 57.609164°N 7.502957°W / 57.609164; -7.502957 The Balranald Nature Reserve is an RSPB reserve on the north west coast of North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland.

The reserve is open all year round and has a small unmanned visitor centre ^[1]

Balranald has a number of birds that can be viewed there regularly such as lapwings, corn buntings, greylag geese and the famous corncrake which has a distinctive rasping sound in the summer months. North Uist has also had some other rarer visitors such as the Snowy Owl,^[2] Black Billed Cuckoo,^[3] Gyrfalcon and the Hoopoe.^[4]

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^ "About Balranald". The RSPB. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
^ "Hope of first owl chicks in years". BBC. 13 May 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
^ "Birders flock to spot 'mega rarity' in North Uist - Island News & Advertiser". Island News & Advertiser. 23 May 2016. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
^ "World's largest falcon spotted on North Uist". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 20 June 2016.

[1] "About Balranald". The RSPB. Retrieved 20 June 2016.

[2] "Hope of first owl chicks in years". BBC. 13 May 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2016.

[3] "Birders flock to spot 'mega rarity' in North Uist - Island News & Advertiser". Island News & Advertiser. 23 May 2016. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.

[4] "World's largest falcon spotted on North Uist". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 20 June 2016.

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