West Loch Shores Wildlife > Shore Wildlife

Often it is possible to sit and watch a solitary heron balancing on the private shoreland of West Loch Shores Tarbert as it waits for its meal to swim by.

As the tide drifts slowly away into the distance, rocks become uncovered leaving small pools of salt water where young crabs scuttle away from the shadows that approach above.

Dragonflies can be seen sometimes buzzing from here to there, hovering without intent casting a small shadow from the sun through the clear blue sky above.

Muscles and a whole manner of crustaceans and shelled creatures attach themselves to the rocks with many visitor trying hard to prize them from their unbeatable grip on the geology.

Further along the coastline, during spring and summer you can watch seals lazing on the rocks that protrude from the surface of the water. Sometimes these curious creatures will swim from the rock close to the shore.

If you are fortunate perhaps to have a small boat, or able to go on a cruise you may see some larger sea life such as minke whales, basking sharks or dolphins. It is not uncommon to see many of these creatures in and around the coast of Kintye and the islands, sometimes a single seal can be seen swimming around Tarbert's harbour.

For those that are interested in wildlife the woodland and the shores are heavily populated with many different species of wildlife for you to study, or catch glimpses of, no matter where you are at the West Loch Shores the beautiful landscapes, unpolluted air and flirtatious wildlife are nearby.