Balranald Nature Reserve
Nature reserve in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]