Stewartry Coast Cliffs
The Stewartry has some fantastic cliff top walks for seabirds and other wildlife. Balcary near Auchencairn and Meikle Ross headland near Kirkcudbright are probably the best, although Rockcliffe to Portling is also very good.
There is a booklet on Birdwatching in Dumfries and Galloway, which is available from any local Toursit Information Centre or by sending an A5 SAE to Dumfries and Galloway Council Ranger Service, c/o 4 Market Street, Castle Douglas. DG7 1BE. This booklet will give you details on how to get there, parking availability, best time of year to visit and what you might expect to see. There are also other sites not listed here. Price £2.50 inc P&P
If however you would like to go on a guided walk with a ranger to one of these sites you may also want to look out for the Free Ranger Led Walks and Countryside Activities booklet. This booklet is also available from the same locations as mentioned above.
These webs pages have been put together by Keith Kirk. Keith is a semi pro natural history photographer and writer. He is the wildlife feature writer for D&G Life magazine and also writes a monthly Nature Notes column for the Galloway News. His day job is a countryside ranger with Dumfries and Galloway Council, something he has been doing for over 24 years. Keith also has another web site which promotes him as a photographer, whilst this site is more about Dumfries and Galloway, an unknown part of Scotland. www.dumfriesandgallowaywildlife.co.uk
Also check out www.flickr.com/photos/keithkirk8 which he updates on almost a daily basis with his latest images.
Keith is also a photographer who has tested many types of photography kit for manufacturers . At the moment he is testing Bushnell and Spypoint wildlife/trail/stealth cameras. Checkout the link at the top of the page or go to www.scottcountry.co.uk for more info. Also coming soon will be a report on a new outdoor clothing manufacturer (Ridgeline) that is producing good kit for Wildlife Photographers and Birdwatchers.........so watch this space. Here's a quick preview.
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