Great Northern Diver - Polochar

Polochar, Isle of South Uist, Outer Hebrides

Type:Birds - Coastal Birds

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Mostly a winter visitor but small numbers can also be found throughout the summer, usually in their grey and white none-breeding plumage. Scan the Sound of Barra from the Polochar car park. Birds may drift past with the tide. Best to look at low tide when divers often fish close inshore. Commonest from late autumn until early May. Regularly seen catching crabs and flat fish in coastal waters in all months of year

Generally silent.



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What's Nearby

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    0.06 miles away
  2. At the very south of the Island, lies the Polachar Stone, looking out to sea.

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  3. Bottlenose dolphins can be seen in the Sound of Barra.

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  4. Tigh na Mara Art and Antiques Gallery is by the sea at East Kilbride on the south coast…

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  5. The machair runs parralell to the beach and a great place to walk.

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  6. Designed in 1965 by architect Richard McCarron, this Catholic church has been described…

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  7. Along the west coast of South UIst lies around 20 miles of stunning white beach and…

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  10. Am Baile Beach

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