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Balranald Nature Reserve[edit]

This 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]

References[edit]

^ "About Balranald". The RSPB. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
^ "Hope of first owl chicks in years". BBC. 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
^ "Birders flock to spot 'mega rarity' in North Uist - Island News & Advertiser". Island News & Advertiser. 2016-05-23. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
^ "World's largest falcon spotted on North Uist". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 2016-06-20.

[1] "About Balranald". The RSPB. Retrieved 2016-06-20.

[2] "Hope of first owl chicks in years". BBC. 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2016-06-20.

[3] "Birders flock to spot 'mega rarity' in North Uist - Island News & Advertiser". Island News & Advertiser. 2016-05-23. Retrieved 2016-06-20.

[4] "World's largest falcon spotted on North Uist". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 2016-06-20.

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